Despite both of us having severe apocalypse fatigue, it was lovely having this conversation with Artist and KVMR Radio Host, Prickly Pear. We discuss Prickly’s early years growing up surrounded in high quality upholstery, attending a Seventh Day Adventist private school, discovering a desire to serve others as a child, having dreams that accurately predict future events, experiencing traumatic relationships, creating an art gallery, becoming the radio host Prickly Pear on KVMR, witnessing systemic racism within Nevada County, being held at gun point, deescalating conflict, and much more. Recording Date: Friday, August 20th, 2021. To learn about Prickly Pear, visit her on Facebook at: Prickly Pear Radio. To learn more about me, please visit: www.blindmaninblack.com

I have a fun conversation with Musician, Audio Engineer, Host of The Beyond Barriers Unscripted Podcast, and my Assistive Technology Instructor, Randy Lee Owen Sr. We discuss Randy growing up in a military family, traveling the world as a child, being diagnosed with Cone-Rod Dystrophy or “Rod Stewart Dystrophy,” dreaming of being a military pilot, desiring to become a NASA computer programmer, stealing a Cadillac, experiencing jail, being a plumber with low-vision, fathering 7 children, finding solidarity through music therapy, being credible, and much more. Recording Date: Saturday, August 14th, 2021. Visit The Beyond Barriers Unscripted Podcast on YouTube:

https://youtube.com/channel/UCBFTTsn5WB6KphGwKRmv-_g To contact Randy, E-mail him at: [email protected] To learn more about me, please visit: www.blindmaninblack.com

This is a continuing conversation with Deprofessionallized Intellectual, Author, Activist, mentor, and dear friend, Gustavo Esteva. We discuss the effects of policing within the United States/Mexico, truth, reconciliation, indigenous restorative justice, transforming rage into love, and much more. Recording Date: Saturday, July 17th, 2021. To learn more about me, please visit: www.blindmaninblack.com

To celebrate our 50th episode, Rachel Snyder (my wife) and I have a historically insightful conversation with Writer, Singer, Performer, and my dear biological brother, Shane Snyder. We discuss Shane’s childhood of growing up on a comedy tour with the Snyder Brothers, the unconditional love of our hilarious grandmother (Gammy), our uncle Ken’s Three-Legged Man Dance, Rachel shares her ancestry research showing that we (Shane & I) are descendants of Brigham Young/Joseph Smith’s murderous bodyguard, Shane going to school dressed as Spock from Star Trek, his love for astronomy, discovering that he is going blind at 16-years-old, our uncle Ken’s mysterious suicide, the possible formation of the comedy team “The Other Snyder Brothers”, and much more. Recording Date: Wednesday, July 28th, 2021. To learn more about me, please visit: www.blindmaninblack.com

I have a lovely and intensely nostalgic conversation with Actor, Singer, and dear friend, Cynthia Shiraev. We discuss Cynthia’s experiences of growing up with a loving family in Los Gatos (California), having a wild computer programmer father and librarian mother, learning that her mom was in a coven of witches, discovering her love for singing/performance through her mother’s love of opera, being rewarded for good behavior with books as a child, reliving our theatrical performances at Los Gatos High School, Cynthia’s father intimidating her prom date by sitting in silence with the Discovery Channel on mute, me lounging around her home in heart covered boxer shorts, Cynthia having a friend prank call me to get me out of her house, discovering “performance culture” at San Francisco State University, being diagnosed with Multiple Scorosis in her early twenties, experiencing the effects of her boyfriend’s psychotic break in Prague, adapting to the loss of physical abilities, both of us rediscovering our desire to perform, and much more. AUDIO NOTE: My apologies for my sound quality for the first 30 minutes of the show. I meditated before the conversation began and I was so relaxed that I did not remember to connect my microphone to the computer! Recording Date: Wednesday, July 21st, 2021. To follow Cynthia on Instagram, please visit: @cynncie. To learn more about me, please visit: www.blindmaninblack.com

I have a desperately needed conversation with Actor, Director, Producer, Photographer, and dear friend, Alan Loayza. We discuss Alan growing up in the valley of the Karate Kid, discovering his love for acting in Saudia Arabia, searching for the truth within characters, our time together at CalArts, acting with Al Pacino, doing impressions with actor/comedian Jay Mohr, playing Colin McCrae on Gilmore Girls, working through the politics of the television/film industry, discovering his artistry as a photographer, playing Frank Sinatra, and much more. To learn more about Alan, please visit: www.alanloayza.com To find Alan on Instagram, visit: @alanloayza. To learn more about me, please visit: www.blindmaninblack.com

I have a lovely conversation with Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Storyteller, Entrepreneur, World Traveler, and friend, Athena Gam. We discuss Athena’s experiences growing up in a tumultuous family, discovering performing at a young age, meeting her lifelong person in high school, discovering the joys of stage management, our time together at CalArts, working with playwrights Athol Fugard & August Wilson, living in the United Kingdom, using Ayahuasca in Peru, sustaining a loving marriage, finding her creative spirit, surviving a wildfire, losing everything, and much more. Recording Date: Wednesday, July 7th, 2021. To learn more about Athena’s work, please visit: https://emergingbeyond.com/ To follow her on Instagram, go to: @emergingbeyond. To learn more about me, please visit: www.blindmaninblack.com

I have a much-needed nostalgic conversation with Model, Actor, Musician, Fiction Writer, and dear friend from the 7th grade, Chris Manning. We discuss Chris growing up feeling isolated in the haunted Santa Cruz mountains, experiencing racism in middle school, he and I bonding over Mel Brooks films during 7th grade PE, Chris preventing me from sitting on a child on Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride, meeting Metallica in their rehearsal studio, becoming the star of Third Eye Blind’s “Jumper” music video, modeling in Milan, getting arrested for fighting a cab driver in Paris, becoming a father, learning that forgiveness is critical to sustaining a loving marriage, Chris introducing me to “The Joy of Sex,” and a whole lot more. Recording Date: Saturday, July 3rd, 2021. To learn more about me, please visit: www.blindmaninblack.com

I have a relaxing conversation with Painter, Producer, Graphic Designer, Writer, and friend, Sheila Cameron. We discuss Sheila’s early years growing up in Ohio, desiring to express herself creatively through writing at a young age, studying creative writing at Loyola University Maryland, unknowingly seeing her future husband (Greg Cameron of October Faction and SWA) play at a punk rock concert when she was 14-years-old, longing to collaborate with artists, moving to Hollywood to pursue writing, hanging out with Kevin Costner, waking up a grumpy Mick Jagger at 4AM, Harvey Weinstein stealing her table at Sundance, working with Matt Damon/Ben Affleck on Project Greenlight, being struck on the head by a lighting rig, healing through painting, high stakes in show business versus our current reality, and much more.

Recording Date: Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021.

To learn more about me, please visit: www.blindmaninblack.com

I have a lively and joyful conversation with Comic, Actor, Screenwriter, Producer, Radio/Podcast Host, former Band Manager, Multi-Sport Coach, and friend, Bryan Erwin. We discuss Bryan growing up with six siblings in Wisconsin, being guided by an artistic father and a loving mother, being kicked out of an Avant Garde film school for creating a narrative mainstream film, becoming a well-known radio personality throughout the Midwest, having his radio career and first marriage end simultaneously, becoming a comedian, living life on the road as a band manager, giving up his life in Wisconsin and moving to Hollywood to pursue film/comedy, learning how to “fail forward” from Garry Shandling, working with Louie Anderson, reflecting on his life with Tom Segura, creating his film entitled, Fixed, inventing his YouTube sensation called, Policeman vs. Fireman for his sons, learning to enjoy life’s processes with his family, and much more.

Recording Date: Wednesday, June 16th, 2021

To learn more about me, please visit: www.blindmaninblack.com