In this 2016 duo performance and conversation with Ken Vandermark, Christof Kurzmann discusses making music about the second Iraq war, using the laptop in improvised music, and working as a concert organizer.

In this April 2017 conversation with Ken Vandermark, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten talks about his upbringing and schooling before becoming a musician, discusses the techniques and practices that inspire him, and his personal relationships with different cultures between Norway, Chicago and Austin.

In this March 2018 conversation with Andrew Clinkman, Ingrid Laubrock discusses the role of the room in solo playing, working on an orchestral scale, and moving to New York from London.

In this March 2016 conversation with Ken Vandermark, Fred Lonberg-Holm looks back to his origins of how he came to build his signature cello sound, being called the “anti-cellist”, and discusses his thoughts between art as a job and art as a hobby.

In this October 2017 conversation with Tim Daisy, Michael Vatcher reflects on the narrative elements of solo performance, moving to Amsterdam in the 1980s, and playing chess with Anthony Braxton and Misha Mengelberg. 

Note: this episode includes a discussion of suicide.

In this September 2016 conversation with Ken Vandermark, William Parker looks back at the beginning and formation of The New York Loft Scene, his musical journey from the 70s, 80s, 90s into the new millenium, and gives advice on proper technique vs. individuality.

In this October 2018 conversation with Andrew Clinkman, LaDonna Smith talks about experimentation as a way of carrying childhood forward, fostering a creative music community in Birmingham, Alabama, and sustaining the Trans Museq Records from 1976 to the present.

In this August 2018 conversation with Ken Vandermark, Luke Stewart talks about his bass and amplifier exploration, becoming a key musical organizer in D.C and his views on social justice and artistic sustainability within our collective arts communities.

In this July 2017 conversation with Tim Daisy, Helen Gillet talks about taking inspiration from languages, bridging classical, Indian, and jazz cello technique, and living in the New Orleans Musicians' Village.

In this August 2019 conversation with Tim Daisy, William Winant talks about the similarities between improvised and composed music, crossing musical genres, and interpreting pieces by James Tenney and Roscoe Mitchell.