Episode 333 Ben Roy
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Stand-up comedian is also an actor, writer, podcaster, and musician. He began his career in Denver, developing his stand-up at , and has since appeared at festivals including Just for Laughs, the New York Comedy Festival, and South by Southwest. His television credits include HBO’s Funny as Hell and Comedy Central’s Adam DeVine’s House Party, Corporate, @midnight, and This Is Not Happening. Ben is a co-creator, writer, and star of the truTV series , which ran for three seasons. He hosts the podcasts on the All Things Comedy network and . In addition to comedy, Ben is a musician...
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Episode 332 Harley Flanagan
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Photo Maurice Nunez Harley Flanagan began performing in the city’s punk scene at age 11 as the drummer for the Stimulators. In the early 1980s he founded the , a band widely cited for its influence on later hardcore, punk, and metal groups. His memoir, , frames his career within the broader evolution of New York’s punk and hardcore movements. Harley has also been active in Brazilian jiu-jitsu for decades, directing the kids’ program at Renzo Gracie’s New York academy. In recent years he has continued recording and performing while participating in film work and public discussions...
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Episode 331 Martin Atkins
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’s three decades in the music industry in nearly every aspect of record production, gives him a rare perspective on the music business past, present, and future. After early success as a drummer with . and later work with acts like , , and , he launched his own projects including and the influential Invisible Records. He has since become an author, speaker, and educator, sharing his expertise at major conferences and now teaching music business at Millikin University. A father of four, he lives in Chicago with his wife, Katrina.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Happy Thanksgiving we hope you are all are enjoying your respective holiday weekends. The latest episode will be delayed until Sunday.
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Episode 330 Filmmaker Jasmine Hirst
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Longtime friend and collaborator of Lydia and friend of , Jasmine returns to the show. She is a filmmaker and artist who wrote letters to Aileen Wuornos and later conducted a filmed interview with her on death row in 1997. Jasmine’s footage appears in the new Netflix documentary ; Wuornos had asked her to record her story before the execution to provide an account she felt the media had misrepresented. Jasmine is working on her own documentary, which is currently in progress. Jasmine and Lydia have also collaborated on the documentary and
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Episode 329 Excepter members John Ryan and Lala Ryan
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is an experimental music collective formed in Brooklyn in 2002. John Fell Ryan (sometimes called “Jeff”) founded Excepter and has remained a central member, providing vocals, synths, and electronic instrumentation. Lala Harrison Ryan has been involved in the group since at least 2006, contributing vocals, programming, keyboards, and flute.
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Episode 328 Producer and Musician Paul Roessler
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is a musician and record producer based in Los Angeles. Active since 1978, he was part of the early L.A. punk scene and played keyboards with band including , , , . His work includes solo albums such as , and , as well as collaborations with artists including and Paul is currently a producer at and is the brother of musician and son of underwater photographer .
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Episode 327 Culture Critic Carlo McCormick
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is a pop culture critic and curator living in New York. He is the author of numerous books on contemporary art and artists and has lectured and taught extensively at universities around the United States. His writing has appeared in Aperture, Art in America, Art News, , , Spin, , and countless other magazines.
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Episode 326 Musician & Author Chris Connelly
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is a Scottish-born musician and writer whose career spans from the industrial and post-punk scenes of the 1980s to a wide range of solo and collaborative projects. Beginning with (later Fini Tribe) and continuing through , , and , Chris's work is an exercise in constant reinvention and movement between genres. His later solo work, including and , reflects a shift toward melodic, literate songwriting, while his books and collaborations, such as demonstrate his continuing interest in music as narrative and experimentation.
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Episode 325 Author Gary Lippman
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Gary Lippman is a writer, artist, and attorney. He has worked with and is the author of the acclaimed new book . His play Paradox Lust ran off-off-Broadway in 2001, and his writing has appeared in , , and . Gary’s visual art can be found at .
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Stand-up comedian Ben Roy is also an actor, writer, podcaster, and musician. He began his career in Denver, developing his stand-up at Comedy Works, and has since appeared at festivals including Just for Laughs, the New York Comedy Festival, and South by Southwest. His television credits include HBO’s Funny as Hell and Comedy Central’s Adam DeVine’s House Party, Corporate, @midnight, and This Is Not Happening.
Ben is a co-creator, writer, and star of the truTV series Those Who Can’t, which ran for three seasons. He hosts the podcasts 97.9 The Rat Race on the All Things Comedy network and The Grawlix Saves the World. In addition to comedy, Ben is a musician and serves as the lead singer of the pop-punk band SPELLS.