Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure - Conversation, Essays, Poetry & Music.

Took a look around to see which way the wind blows... We have for your listening pleasure Episode 276 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." We share a wonderful narrative with the Founder, Artistic Director & Executive Producer of the Scranton Shakespeare Festival Michael Flynn. Mr. Flynn is also one of the premier Assistant Directors on Broadway today. Michael and I discuss How He Got into Theater, Working with Broadway Director Jack O'Brien & Actor Nathan Lane, Starting the Scranton Shakespeare Festival, the Timelessness & Wonderful Language of Shakespeare, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Footloose, Politics in Art ... Episode 276 also includes an EW Essay titled "Righteous & Bold." Our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese has written another wonderful essay titled "Gypsy." We have a poem called " She." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, the Doors, Beck, How to Succeed Orchestra, Guns & Roses, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Stacy Francis, Rosalind Brown, Kathy Deitrch, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted In the Moosic Mountains of Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell your Friends and Neighbors...

And I won't forget to put Roses on your grave... We have for your listening pleasure Episode 275 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." We feature a frenetically poignant conversation with our resident Vagabond Internationale JQ Public. JQ and I delve into the Rat Race, Running Away to France, Aneurysms, Andy Warhol, the Beauty of Mass Production, the Underground... Episode 275 includes an EW Essay titled "Graciously." Our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese reads a piece by Arthur Rimbaud titled "The Drunken Boat." We have a poem called " Who Could Tell, Anthony Bourdain." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Marvin Gaye, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, JQ Public, Roxy Music, the Rolling Stones, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted In the Moosic Mountains of Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell your Friends and Neighbors...

That's Alright Mama... We have for your listening pleasure Episode 274 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 274 features a great conversation with novelist Susan Campbell Bartoletti. Susan and I discuss the Books She Read as a Young Person and How They Shaped Her Worldview, Watching Protests, the Importance of Understanding History, Jumping from a Secure & Rewarding Teaching Position into Being a Full Time Writer... Episode 274 also includes an EW Essay titled "Wonderful." EW reads an excerpt from "The Outsiders" by S.E Hinton. We have a poem called " Remedy." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Arrested Development, R.E.M, Elvis Presley, Thievery Corporation, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. This episode's visual image is a piece by Walter J. Pugliese. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted In the Moosic Mountains of Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell your Friends and Neighbors...

Boogie on Reggae Woman... We have for your listening pleasure Episode 273 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." This week we feature a fabulous conversation with regular contributor, Brooklyn Based Comedic Writer and Comedian Nash Rose. Nash and I discuss Political Correctness and Its Impact on Comedy(and on society at large), Satire, How Perhaps There Are Too Many Socio- Political Movements, How the Internet Creates Perspective Bubbles, Kathy Griffin, Blue Humor, Kayne West ... We share an EW Essay titled "Jane, Nubian Princess." EW reads the story "A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo" by Jill Twiss. We have a poem called " And You." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Stevie Wonder, Lauyrn Hill, the Hold Steady, the Velvet Underground, Ruth Etting, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted In the Moosic Mountains of Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell your Friends and Neighbors...

Everyday, Everday, Everyday I write the book... We have for your listening pleasure Episode 272 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." We share as part of episode 272 a great conversation with Writer Richard Klin. Richard and I discuss How South Jersey Has Disappeared, His Recently Published Novel "Petroleum Transfer Engineer", the Intersection of Art & Politics, Pablo Neruda, Noam Chomsky, Reviewers, Becoming a Writer, How One Really Must Sit Down & Write... Episode 272 includes an EW Essay titled "Hullabaloo." Our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese (aka Uncle Cesare) shares another poignant essay titled "Glad Rags." We have a poem called " Gladys." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, the Beastie Boys, Madeleine Peyroux, Elvis Costello, Jerry Vale, Frank Sinatra & the McGuire Sisters, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted In the Moosic Mountains of Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell your Friends and Neighbors...

Are You Crazy, Are You High or Just An Ordinary Guy??? We have for your listening pleasure Episode 271 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure."

Hello friends... We have for your listening pleasure Episode 270 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure."

May Flowers... We have for your listening pleasure "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure."

Spring has sprung... We have for your listening pleasure Episode 268 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure."

We have for your listening pleasure Episode 267 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure."