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Something (rather than nothing)

Why is there something rather than nothing? This podcast is a philosophical and psychological exploration into the act of creation (poets, musicians, writers, painters, thinkers, all of us) by: Ken Volante

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TJ McGowan

Something (rather than nothing) ·

2024/03/01

TJ McGowan aka The Everyday Bite is a Bronx based writer, poet, and spoken word artist who has performed all over the Tri-State. His written work has been published in Flash Fiction Mag, Collective Unrest, 35MM, Mojave Heart, Vamp Cat, United: Red, BX Writers, to name a few. His body-autonomy poem, I Am Not Her Bones, and its incendiary performance was recipient of the 2019 Poem of the Year at the Word Masters Poetry Gala. The written version can be found in Wide Eyes Publishing's anthology, War

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48:55

Olivia Britz-Wheat

Something (rather than nothing) ·

2024/02/26

Mortal Emblem owner Olivia Britz-Wheat is a multimedia artist who has been tattooing for over 15 years in Portland. She hails originally from Colorado, attended college in Missoula, Montana until learning how to tattoo under Phil Roberson and Jed Dillon.Enjoy this wide-ranging conversation and regale in thoughts about art, Depeche Mode, Portland, The Lloyd Center mystique and VHS love.SRTN Website

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124:00

Cheeky Fun with Riccelle and Chelsea of Baroque...

Something (rather than nothing) ·

2024/02/22

ART FUN w/ Riccelle and Chelsea - hosts of the Baroque B**ches Podcast!How much fun can you have on a podcast? I dunno but this was hella fun. Join this wildly ranging art, life, and raunch conversation to discover what you did not want to know but, really, c'mon, you actually really did want to know.Art Scholarship for the People!!!BB Website up in hereSRTN Website

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45:35

Elizabeth Coplan

Something (rather than nothing) ·

2024/02/14

Death is the high cost of living. The weight of that knowledge can feel crippling but is it there we find the deepest and most important knowledge of how to live?After tragedy struck in 2013, Elizabeth Coplan turned to writing to express her personal grief. She wrote many published essays, and later, after experiencing three losses in less than a year, she turned to writing plays focused on this global experience known as death. In 2016, Elizabeth developed the groundbreaking play, Grief Dialogues,

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69:50

Allyson McCabe

Something (rather than nothing) ·

2024/02/07

ALLYSON MCCABE is a journalist whose work is heard on NPR’s newsmagazines, public radio stations and programs, and podcasts. Also appearing in publications such as the New York Times, New York Magazine/Vulture, BBC Culture, Wired, and Bandcamp, McCabe is also the author of WHY SINEAD O’CONNOR MATTERS, UT Press, 2023.SRTN Podcast

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55:11

Katherine Yeske Taylor

Something (rather than nothing) ·

2024/01/29

Katherine Yeske Taylor began her career as a rock critic in Atlanta in the 1990s, interviewing Georgia musical royalty such as the Indigo Girls, R.E.M., and the Black Crowes while still a teenager. Since then, she has conducted several hundred interviews and contributes regularly to Billboard, Flood, Spin, and American Songwriter, among others. She is a longtime New York City resident and is extremely active in the downtown rock scene.SRTN Website

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57:01

Kola Shippentower

Something (rather than nothing) ·

2024/01/22

Shippentower signs with the Oregon RavensKola Shippentower is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. She has co-founded and is the Director of The Wisáwca Project - Enough Iz Enough, a non-profit organization working together for change, for better communication and involvement.Kola has developed a Safety Plan to be utilized by anyone in identifying safety methods, contacts, and procedures to keep one safe whether in an abusive relationship or a plan to

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36:00

Katy Tessman

Something (rather than nothing) ·

2024/01/15

Minnesota musician, Katy Tessman is an optimistic and approachable singer-songwriter with a voice full of the wisdom she’s gained through cancer survival, heartbreak, and motherhood. Her powerful vocals and rhythmic approach to guitar (or mandolin) express a straight-from-the-heart songwriting style that moves passionately over diverse emotional and musical terrain.SRTN Podcast

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75:45

Meghan Lamb

Something (rather than nothing) ·

2024/01/10

Meghan Lamb is the author of COWARD (Spuyten Duyvil, 2022), Failure to Thrive (Apocalypse Party, 2021), All of Your Most Private Places (Spork Press, 2020), and Silk Flowers (Birds of Lace, 2017). She served as the Philip Roth Writer-in-Residence at Bucknell University, and teaches creative writing through the University of Chicago, Story Studio, and GrubStreet. Her work has appeared in Quarterly West, DIAGRAM, Redivider, and Passages North, among other publications. She runs the shadow text reading

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46:38

Kate Brody

Something (rather than nothing) ·

2024/01/03

Kate Brody lives in Los Angeles, California. Her work has previously appeared in Lit Hub, The Rumpus, Noema, and The Literary Review, among other publications. She holds an MFA from NYU.Rabbit Hole is her debut novel. Released January 2, 2024.SRTN Podcast

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97:16

GLÜME

Something (rather than nothing) ·

2023/12/25

GLÜME is an art phenomenon. Whether she was plucked from the astral planes or the near-dream world she occupies a unique space in the heart.Her album MAIN CHARACTER is a subtle and attractive dark-pop trance. HEAVEN makes you bounce as you slightly weep and pray your rosary.Dream of your car floating in the clouds as you listen to THE QUEEN OF L.A.Philosophy, artist-blue-balls, Marilyn Monroe, goddesses, dream-worlds, OnlyFans and the redirection of music revenue as a radical body-act are included

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52:09

Stephen Pellnat

Something (rather than nothing) ·

2023/12/20

Stephen Pellnat "I have been making comics for as long as I can remember understanding the written language. I received my formal education at the School of Visual Arts in New York City from 2005 to 2009, graduating with a Bachelor’s of the Fine Arts. I have self published comics for years, including Kitty of the Dead, Ma, Heaven and now, Upstate. I have been featured in a number of promotional campaigns in the northeast, including the tours of Klezwoods and Cocek Brass Band. I provided album

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61:55

Zora von Pavonine

Something (rather than nothing) ·

2023/12/13

Surrounded by animals, held most dear was the peacock family that allowed her to follow them around, telling stories, inventing all kinds of life.Zora von Pavonine spent her teenage chapter foreshadowing her eventual participation in burlesque with another solo activity crafted beautifully from the mind and body, performing as a decorated cross country and track athlete, breaking records and holding others to this day. Her deep appreciation for this output, mental tenacity, just the self and the

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39:23

Salo Panto

Something (rather than nothing) ·

2023/12/07

Salo Panto is: Joe Garwig, Max Doyle, Ed Beach, and David Kudelka Since 2015, Salo Panto has been exploring and bending every corner of the rock genre. Rooted in psychedelia with a stage presence that will blow your hair back, commonly being described as “a sight to behold”. Their technical skill and original hooks play homage to the legends of rock while transforming the genre into something new entirely. These chameleons can be found anywhere from the alternative radio waves to a doom show lineup,

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43:31

Salisha Old Bull

Something (rather than nothing) ·

2023/12/02

Salisha Old Bull (Salish/Crow) is an Indigenous artist based in Montana. She creates a diverse array of art genres but has an affinity to beadwork."I am motivated by the Salish history and Indigenous place-based knowledge. I have learned that place gives a sense of self and allows a person to grow intellectually and continue to explore their possibilities in life. I feel that cultural preservation is a strong influence in my life, and I enjoy combining imagery that reflects cultural values. I use

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51:10

Suziey Block is a Scream Queen

Something (rather than nothing) ·

2023/11/27

Welcome back Suziey!Recorded in a Russian cemetery in Portland, Oregon.Suziey Block kills it in the found footage insta-classic Horror in the High DesertHer performance in ‘Entrance’ is a haunting tour-de-forceSuziey was last featured on SRTN Episode 194!And you heard it here - Suziey Block is the official SRTN podcast SCREAM QUEEN (statue in development) . . .And we had some good ol' fashioned horror talk and we mutually developed a LABOR screed.SRTN Website

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42:51

Pete Dryden

Something (rather than nothing) ·

2023/11/24

Pete Dryden is a portrait photographer based in Oregon.When he’s not deconstructing the world of photography he’s plotting ways to enter into it.Enter the world of Something

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62:52

Lori Fetrick (Chillin' with ICE)

Something (rather than nothing) ·

2023/11/16

Let's go Hollywood!Something (rather than nothing) Podcast is pleased to present Lori Fetrick who is also known as ICE from American Gladiators!She stars in the Netflix Documentary 'Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators.'Lori does a great podcast called "Chillin' with Ice" so you can go on a Gladiator nostalgia stroll but also learn so much from Lori in ways of living, eating, being yourself, entertaining, loving art and dealing with your shit.Fan-boy-host-Ken was in his

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84:52

Pieta Brown

Something (rather than nothing) ·

2023/11/08

The daughter of two preacher’s kids, Pieta Brown’s early upbringing in Iowa was in a rural outpost with no furnace, running water, or TV. There, she was exposed to traditional and rural folk music through her father, Greg Brown, the now beloved Midwestern folk singer. Later, while living with her mother in Birmingham, Alabama during her formative years, Pieta drew on and expanded these influences and began writing poems and composing instrumental songs on piano. By the time she left home at 18 she

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52:50

Cristina of espooky

Something (rather than nothing) ·

2023/10/31

Cristina Lumague is a freelance podcast producer, editor and the host of Espooky Tales, Historias Unknown and Novelas Con Cafecito.Enjoy this SRTN Halloween Special! Cristina and Ken talk about spooky tales, horror movies, telenovelas, podcasting, art y mas . . .espooky PatreonSRTN Podcast

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