THNX: A Feelgood Podcast

Antonie Evans is an artist, curator, and designer presently working at the Blaffer Art Museum as the Digital Design and Resources Lead. He has participated in the Space Taking Artist Residency; worked as a designer, web developer, social media manager, and graphic designer; and served as docent at both the Brooklyn Museum and the Moody Center at Rice University. Outside of design work, he maintains an interdisciplinary artist practice along with the pursuit of a curatorial mission to help artists build sustainable futures. Tony makes his home in Houston, Texas.

Sean Cummings, the Vice Mayor of The Village, Oklahoma, journeyed from the heart of Kansas City, Missouri to the corridors of local governance as a dedicated advocate for public schools and a proud social activist. Despite the challenges life has thrown his way, including the loss of his beloved spouse, he remains steadfast in his mission to serve others. When he is not navigating the intricacies of city politics, he can be found managing his acclaimed restaurants, Vito's Ristorante and Sean Cummings Irish Pub, or reflecting on his diverse career in comedy, film, television, and radio. Sean makes his home in Oklahoma.

Demola, known as "Demola the Violinist", is a musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and award-winning self taught multi genre violinist. He was born in Lagos, Nigeria and moved to the United States to pursue his music career. With experience performing the National Anthem at Minute Maid Stadium and the Toyota Center, appearing on local, national, and international television, and touring both as a soloist and as the official violinist for legendary R&B groups, he has built a dedicated worldwide audience. Demola calls Houston, Texas home.

J. Isaiah Evans is a native of Dallas, Texas and is best known as the Founder and front man of roots rock & roll band The 40 Acre Mule. They began touring following their critical and commercial success and gained a devout international following. Now, J. Isaiah Evans & The Boss Tweed have forged a new path, putting keys front and center of Americana Rock and creating what he calls "Garageicana Rock-N-Roll". Isaiah makes his home in Dallas.

Monte Warden is an American musician and songwriter native to Texas. Since his early teens, he has played as a solo artist and as a member of bands including Whoa! Trigger! and The Wagoneers, performed at SXSW, and won multiple awards and honors, in addition to being a rare two-time member of The Texas Music Hall of Fame, both as a solo artist and as a member of The Wagoneers. His newest project, Monte Warden and The Dangerous Few, consists of original material in the Jazz / Traditional Pop Genre. Monte makes his home in Austin, Texas.

Revered Dr. Russell J. Levenson has been the Rector of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas since 2007. Prior, he earned a Bachelor of Arts from Birmingham-Southern College, a Master's of Divinity at Virginia Theological Seminary, a Doctor of Ministry in Spiritual Formation at Beeson Divinity School, and an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Nashotah House Theological Seminary. He has received uncountable accolades, honors, appointments, and awards and has contributed to innumerable boards, charitable organizatios, books, articles & journals, television programs, and churches around the country, even officiating and preaching at the funerals for the late First Lady Barbara Pierce Bush and 41st President George H.W. Bush. He has authored multiple books including Witness to Dignity: The Life and Faith of George H.W. and Barbara Bush (2022) and In God's Grip: What Golf Can Teach Us About the Gospel (2023). At the time of this interview, Russ and his wife have three adult children and two gradchildren and call Houston, Texas home.

Marie Constantin is an American still photographer from Hartford, Connecticut. She graduated from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with degrees in General Studies and Journalism. Her photography work, much of which was spent with Catholic nuns working with the poor, has taken her all over the world, and she became known internationally when her photo of Mother Teresa of Calcutta was selected to hang in St. Peter's Square for Mother Teresa's Beatification Ceremony in 2003. She also works as an activist advocating for less flooding and less litter through stormwater management utilities, even being honored as a 2023 Capital Region 500 Most Powerful and Influential Business & Community Leader. A Co-Founder of the Louisiana Stormwater Coalition, she also became an LSU Manship Hall of Fame Inductee, was honored as an Influential Woman in Business, and was awarded the Pete Goldsby Lifetime Achievement Award. Marie makes her home in Louisiana.

Dan Simons was born and raised in Southeast Texas and became the first person in his family to graduate from high school. He then graduated from Sam Houston State University at the top of his class, went on to attend Thurgood Marshall School of Law, and earned his Master's Degree in Tax Law from the University of Houston. He has handled many cases as Assistant District Attorney and as Misdeeanor Chief in Criminal Court No. 14. Dan now has his own practice, Dan Simons Law Firm, in Houston, Texas.

Curtis Wilkie, originally from Mississippi, is a retired Journalism professor at The University of Mississippi, a historian of the American South, and an author. After graduating from The University of Mississippi himself in 1963, he worked as a reporter and editor for the Clarksdale Press Register, received a Congressional Fellowship from the American Political Science Association to work as an aide to Sen. Walter Mondale in Washington, DC, and was a reporter at The News Journal and The Boston Globe. The Fellowship of Southern Writers presented him with the Special Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction Writing in 2005, and a scholarship was endowed for Ole Miss Journalism students in Wilkie's name in 2013. Curtis makes his home in Mississippi.

Jonathan Paul Jackson is an African American Visual Artist from Houston, Texas. He works in all mediums of art, including painting, sculpture, and illustration, and his work has been featured in various solo exhibitions, group exhibitions, and public collections throughout the state of Texas. Jonathan calls Houston, Texas home.