Brooklyn-based artist, activist, comedian and advertising creative director Jeff Greenspan talks about the conflicts and contradictions inherent in being both in advertising and activist-oriented art projects, particularly his news-provoking Edward Snowden bust project.

from the East Village to SoHo to Chelsea to online auctions.

Gracie recount in great detail the highs and lows of running an art gallery, starting out of the loo of her East Village apartment in the late 1970s.

Brooklyn and Berlin-based artist, on cross-cultural living and turning Hold music into Dance Parties

We get into the reasons behind the rise of a young gallery in Maspeth, Queens, NYC. Including discussion of art fairs, the importance of social media for building collectors, and the perils of over-connectedness.

from Wall Street to Williamsburg to the Miami Convention Center

Marin County-based photographer David Maisel talks about: how transformative the experience of being in Marin County has been, how he first got into photographing from the sky (via plane and helicopter) and how he got hooked from those first Cesna flights, particularly by the “threatening” (stomach-in-your-throat) aspects of the experience; and how he grappled with and came to reconcile with the environmental consequences of making his work.

Maya Gurantz, Los Angeles-based artist and writer, takes on James Turrell, Carl Andre, Mike Kelley and messiness

Matt Starr on: Babycore, Amazon Boy, Annie Hall with Seniors as the stars, and the I'm Sorry project.

New York gallerist Jimi Dams, of Envoy Enterprises, eviscerates the state of the art world, but also sets an example of how to make it better

Brooklyn-based artist Kate McQuillen talks about:

Moving to Greenpoint, Brooklyn from Chicago, a move she made rather abruptly though cushioned the transition with brief stints in Connecticut and then Boston; how the intensity of her marriage falling apart led her to seek out talk therapy for the first time and what she learned about herself once she found a great therapist; and how it hit her, in the middle of this past winter, that this (New York…Brooklyn) is her new life.