who you know

By Dmitry SamarovArts Books Fiction Music

who you know episodes

November 23, 2022 John Hodgman
A talk with writer/actor/humorist John Hodgman about Shopsin's, the future of capitalism, zines, and all the rest.
1 hr 25 min
November 16, 2022 Mallory Smart
A talk with writer, publisher, and my horror movie podcast cohost Mallory Smart. Check out Maudlin House and Textual Healing for what she's about.
1 hr 27 min
November 13, 2022 A Very Old Man
A couple pages from Italo Svevo's A Very Old Man.
10 min
November 09, 2022 Elliot Dicks
A talk with musician and sound guy Elliot Dicks about growing up in Columbus, Ohio, moving to Chicago, and building a life in music. Check out his current band and one of his old ones here.
1 hr 25 min
November 02, 2022 Jake Austen
A talk with Jake Austen about growing up in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago, art school, his lifelong fascination with masked singers and much more. Check out what Austen's all about at his Rocktober site.
2 hr 18 min
October 26, 2022 Mat Daly
A talk with musician/artist/craftfair majordomo Mat Daly.
1 hr 24 min
October 19, 2022 Westley Heine
A talk with writer/musician Westley Heine. Get his 12 Chicago Cabbies and Busking Blues and read my Reader article about him.
1 hr 28 min
October 12, 2022 Nancy Carey
A talk with Nancy Carey about writing, painting, baking, conflict-resolution, and more.
1 hr 46 min
October 06, 2022 “What else do you teach?”
A reading of chapter 12 of Don DeLillo's White Noise.
Theme music, forever, by Bill MacKay.
15 min
October 05, 2022 James Jankowiak
A talk with Chicago painter James Jankowiak about growing up in Back of the Yards, getting into graffiti writing, becoming an artist, a teacher, and a whole lot of other stuff. See a bunch of his work here.
Check out his show at Compound Yellow through 11/20/22.
Theme music, forever, by Bill MacKay.
2 hr 33 min