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Ep. #1089: Raymond Biesinger

Post author By vish
Post date April 28, 2026

Raymond Biesinger returns to discuss 9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off – An Informal Self-Defence Guide for Independent Creatives, what inspired him to write this book, his personal experiences with intellectual property and wage theft, distinctions between patented inventions and homage and emulation in artistic realms, the role A.I. plays in creative plagiarism, the scourge of uncredited work, memes, and my conflicts about compiling funny tweets and posts by other people, artistic intention vs. perception, his plans for future books and projects, and much more.

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Ep. #1059: Hiss Golden Messenger

Post author By vish
Post date January 20, 2026

MC Taylor from Hiss Golden Messenger is here to discuss life in Durham, North Carolina and the time he spent in San Francisco, California, the Grateful Dead and Dead Kennedys, why he was so fascinated by the American South, he decided to move there 20 years ago, his love for the Band and the motifs in their music, if his academic background in American studies, folklore, and history offers him much perspective on the current state and future path of his country, his decision to work with Chrysalis Records and what may have inspired any new songs he may have written and recorded for a new Hiss album, how travel and touring can inspire him as an artist, his Winterruption 2026 dates in Edmonton and Winnipeg, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #1047: Lonnie Holley

Post author By vish
Post date December 9, 2025

Lonnie Holley is here to discuss his 2025 album Tonky, his view of and appreciation for Canada, the role the country played for African-American slaves and the evolution of terms ascribed to Black people in America, growing up in juke joints, whiskey houses, and slave camps in Alabama in the 1950s, his interest in salvaging objects to make art, his observations about historical cycles, his song “Protest With Love” and viewing presidencies as temporary viruses, what’s next, and much more.

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