Recent Episodes
July 1, 2025
Episode 10 - Renee Zukin
Can you have a fun and lively conversation about a serious and sensitive subject like crippling anxiety? Well, we just did. Renee Zukin is an educator, writer, and occasional musician who has openly written about her own stru...
June 24, 2025
Episode 9 - Liz Ford
It’s entirely possible that Liz Ford loves cats even more than I do. How do I know? She made them her life. And dogs, too. Liz is the former director of the Iowa City Animal Care and Adoption Center, who now has her own dog t...
June 18, 2025
Episode 8 - Leia Lensing
What’s the old joke? “Do you know how to get to Carnagie Hall?” “Practice!” Well, in a similar vein, I wondered “How does a young woman from tiny little Solon, Iowa, become a sought-after opera singer who’s performed all acro...
June 10, 2025
Episode 7 - Josh Carroll
Josh Carroll is one of the singularly most talented writers, comic artists, and drummers I know, all at the same fucking time. He’s also someone who is very open about the fact that he’s been in recovery from alcohol abuse fo...
June 4, 2025
Episode 6 - Megan Early Alter
Megan Early Alter is an Iowa City city councilor who joined me in my shop to talk about her time at New York University, which is also where I went to college, what brought her here, her “day job” at ACT, her time as a profes...
May 27, 2025
Episode 5 - Ortega LaTrobe
Ortega LaTrobe, AKA Craig Owsley - or maybe it’s the other way around? - is one of the most unique and interesting people in Iowa City. He’s been a doorman or a bouncer at almost every live music venue in town during the last...
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