Part the Second of the Northerly holiday show--this time from Russia and Canada, with cheer.

Part 2 of, as Ted put it, "two teachers and an artist" talking about the public reaction to and the processing of the recent fatal confrontations between local police and citizens in several African American communities.

Peter is a unique builder and an artist to say the least--integrating tech with the human form in opera. Ted and Ed pick his brain about his work on Opera of the Future's Death and the Powers back in 2010, his influences, and how you immerse an audience into such a disparate theatrical experience.

In the face of the current climate of protest, Ted, Ed, and guest Mike Hernandez bring what started as a group-text conversation to the studio to discuss how we as educators address the issues surrounding the deaths of William Garner and Michael Brown, Jr., and the possibilities of social media making change.

Part 2 with Peter, explaining the unique tech he used in Opera of the Future's Death and the Powers and the reach of 21rst-century tools.

Ed hung with 12 Miles North's programmer (booker of performers--or, in a manner of speaking, the day's "DJ") Barbara Prisament at her home for a few hours to talk up Take Me to the River, a community-based festival of music, art, and food in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, in Draper Park, on Saturday, Sept. 6 from noon-10 pm (tix are $18 in adv, $25 at door; college students/seniors, $15; kids 10-17, $5; under 9 free). She fills us in on how 12 Miles North came to be, how acts get booked, the...

This the second half of Ed's interview with 12 Miles North's programmer Barbara Prisament about the eighth annual Take Me to the River Music and Arts Festival in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, in Draper Park, on Saturday, Sept. 6 from noon-10 pm (tix are $18 in adv, $25 at door; college students/seniors, $15; kids 10-17, $5; under 9 free). This segment includes past acts, the bountiful genius of founder Liz Sipes-Liebeskind's imagination, and both the "spirit" and the "taste" of the event. Go to...

For Ted's second visit to the station he dials in on everything Film-Noir (and Neo-Noir) to answer the seemingly simple but always elusive question: What the heck is Film-Noir?

Eyal performed with six different, highly eclectic projects of his at The Stone on the Lower East Side this month--ranging from modern classical to free form to rock. He sat down with Ted and Ed to talk influences and gear, and play some songs live.

In this week's show titled, "Monsters and Me," Mark dissects the cultural obsession with the monsters we've come to love---vampires, werewolves, and (mostly) zombies with blogger and film expert Ted Hicks. Ted is the creator and operator of the blog "Films etc," where he offers reviews on film, television, and a bit of everything else. Here's the link: http://tdhicks.com/author/tedhicksfilmetc/

Seton Hall's Associate Professor of English and Literature, Dr. Karen Gevirtz joins Mark in a wide ranging discussion of the 17th and 18th century––of which her book, "Women, the Novel, and Natural Philosophy, 1660-1727" is chiefly focused.

Ensemble for the Romantic Century's new show Trial of Oscar Wilde runs 6/19 through 6/21 at Symphony Space in Manhattan--tix are $46 ($16 for students); go to symphony space.org. In two acts, James and ERC have compiled the letters and stories of the Irish writer into an original script and threaded in the music of contemporaries Satie, Elgar, and Chausson to create a unique experience of biography and chamber music.

For the final third of Ed's sit-down with Bora, we have two songs recorded live and in person: Father Time from the new record Sunken Cathedral and Sons Noveaux from 2008's ( ((Phonation)) ), which will be part of the theatrical performance of the new record coming up in January 2015. Visit her indiegogo microsite via www.borayoon.com to pick up the new record and support the full realization of Sunken Cathedral in its theatrical premiere next year.

Part 2 of Ed's on-location interview with Bora sallies forth with talk of the design elements of the album's colored vinyl, the visual aspects of performing her work live, and the traditional Korean performance practice merging music, dance, and theater together as one. Visit the indiegogo link on www.borayoon.com to purchase the new record Sunken Cathedral which is featured throughout the podcast.

Ed sits down with Bora at her home to talk about her new record, Sunken Cathedral which splices decades-old voice recordings and loops from 500-year-old instruments with the sweetest 21rst-century musical tech... and a viola... and a 2G flip phone... and a broken metronome... among other things. This first third features psychogeography, the cyclical nature of time, and Joseph Campbell's claims about myth--and new songs from the album... among other things... which is why there's three parts...

Mark talks anachronisms and antiquations with Dr. Angela Weisl, co-author of 'Medievalisms: Making the Past in the Present.'

Having finished writing her first novel No Way Off This Earth, Carrie calls in from Colorado to share how the story came to be, what it has been like working in writers' groups, and how everything's possibly maybe almost coming together in "the next step" towards being a published author.

Ralph calls in from the road in LA to talk with us about a new collaboration ETHEL is doing with guitar virtuoso Kaki King called "...And Other Stories"--a set of original compositions written by both Kaki and the ETHEL gang as well as other reworkings of classical and contemporary work. The next stop on the tour will be on 4/4 at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, NJ; tix start at $25 and can be found at http://www.monmouth.edu/templates/EventDetail.aspx?id=32212264235

Music professor (she heads the Barnard music program and the burgeoning Vassar organ program) by weekday, gigging organist by weekend, Gail Archer never goes without a hat: scholar, virtuoso, archivist, and advocate for women composers and performers. Her new record is called The Muse's Voice: A Celebration of Women Composers--featuring composers Jennifer Higdon, Nadia Boulanger, Jeanne Demessieux, and Judith Bingham. Sun 3/30 Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY Sun 4/6 Armenian Presbyterian...

Mark talks with Michael about his debut Novel, Rivers, published with Simon and Schuster September 2013.

Nathan Oates reads from his debut collection of short stories, The Empty House, winner of the 2012 Spokane Prize for short fiction.