Calvin Udall is the proud owner of three snakes, two geckos, two cats, and an uncountable number of fish. He sat down with Matt Bunk to discuss what home means to animals and what it looks like to be a caregiver when you aren't being cared for. Companion to episode 181: My Marbles, Bill, and Marcie.

Hunter Hill is a writer and actor based in Sacramento, California. This week, a live recording of his performance at Address Book. His piece Puss-in-Suit is written as a modern companion to the 1611 masque Oberon the Fairy Prince by English dramatist Ben Jonson.

Chris Canfield is always running into strange little reflections in life, from revisiting his childhood home to performing the same play ten years apart. He and Matt Bunk met to discuss Shakespeare, loyalty, betrayal, and M.A.S.H.

Teal Gardner of the Ecogeoglyphic Observatory describes RIPARIA as a living landscape underneath capitalist forms of inhabitation. Kicking off a new series on Place, Matt Bunk sat down with Teal to picture the Boise Valley with wonder and love.

Three Angsty Poets gathered, initially chatting about poetry, but the chatting turned to ranting. The ranting turned to rage. The bombardment of news—fake news, real news, personal news—churned into storm. Much like most poets, they took the news and created art. Well…only some of the news. Episode Twelve interrogates the news. My Angst on the News. Now more than ever, create art.

Sara Teasdale, 1884 – 1933. 

E. Pauline Johnson, 1861 – 1913. 

George Eliot, 1819 – 1880.