A Taste - "A Great Thing About America Is That We Could Offend People..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 325 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 325 features an insightful conversation with Writer, Social Critic and Baseball Enthusiast - Bruno Milo. Bruno and I discuss Freedom of Speech, Benefit of the D…

A Taste - "Creativity Is Humankind's Greatest Resource..." We have for your listening pleasure "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 324 features a conversation of great scale with Artist, Creativity Advocate, Community Builder & Change Agent- Dawn Breeze. Dawn and I discuss Her Journey, Being Exposed Again to the Sky, Hu…

A Taste - "...just killing sea lions dead with guns. These are smart, intelligent, playful animals.... " We have for your listening pleasure Episode 323 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 323 features an environmentally minded conversation with Regular Contributor, Environmental Law Attorney from Friends of Animals …

A Taste - "Our Religion is Economics, and There Is a Soullessness to That For Sure. " We have for your listening pleasure Episode 322 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 322 features a dynamic conversation with Restaurateur, Community Lover, Activist, Impresario Co-Owner & Operator of Pangea in Manhattan's East Villa…

A Taste - "I Believe in Democracy but... I Think Our Government Is Wholly Illegitimate. " We have for your listening pleasure Episode 321 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 321 features a vivacious conversation with our Resident Historian- Serf William. The Serf and I discuss Searching for Meaning, Order in Chaos, P…

A Taste - "I've Been Very Fortunate in My Life, I've Met a Lot of Brilliant People..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 320 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 320 features a grand conversation with Artist, Activist, Puppet Maker - John Bromberg. John and I discuss Ozone Park, Zip Guns, Gangs, Wanting to B…

A Taste - "Stupid Animals? Stupid People..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 319 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 319 features a wonderful conversation with our Resident Philosopher, Farmer and Winemaker - Almighty Todd. The Almighty and I discuss Mudslides. Roadside Litter, Rivers Polluted into the Oc…

A Taste - "It Is An Idea About the Dark Parts of Humans' Interaction with the World..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 318 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 318 features a wonderful conversation with Artist and Activist Trudy Gerlach. Trudy and I discuss Drawing, Painting, Loving Books, Her Mother, the…

A Taste - "We Borrow this World from Our Children..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 317 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 317 features an insightful conversation with Professor of North American Indigenous Peoples Studies - Frank Little Bear. Professor Little Bear and I discuss the Passing of His Fath…

A Taste - "Sometimes the Thing You Need to Do is Absolutely Nothing..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 316 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 316 features an earnest conversation with Nyc Playwright, Recipient of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama- Martyna Majok. Martyna Majok and I discuss Winning the P…

A Taste - "Prevention of People Connecting to One Another, Emigrating and Seeking a Better Life..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 315 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 315 features a beautiful conversation with Regular Contributor, Artist, Writer, Musician & Performer - LittleStarRun. LittleStarRun an…

A Taste - "The Listening Imagination Does Not Discriminate, It Is Blind..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 314 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 314 features a dynamic conversation with Poet, Essayist, Editor and Professor Philip Brady. Philip and I discuss Apprehending Poetry, Muse, Listening, Melody,…

A Taste - "You're Not Aloud to Have a Direct Connection to the Divine..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 313 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 313 features a vivacious conversation with Regular Contributor - Writer, Activist, Baker & Candlestick Maker: Kitty Belle Burbank. Kitty Belle and I discuss How…

A Taste - "Language Always Fails Us One Way or Another..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 312 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 312 features a very insightful conversation with Playwright and Performer - Eliza Bent. Eliza and I discuss Her Journey from a Philosophy Degree at Boston College to Writing a…

A Taste - "Boy, I thought things were bad in the 90s when I ran away to France." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 311 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 311 features a fun conversation with Artist, Global Hobo and our Resident Cultural Critic- JQ. JQ and I discuss Life in the South of France, Measures of …

A Taste - "... I am a Sixty Year Old White Man with Bad Teeth..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 310 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 310 features a grand conversation with Critically Acclaimed Writer & Thinker - Seamus McGraw. Seamus and I discuss the Dismantling of U.S. Institutions, Republicans, De…

A Taste - "This War on the Educated has Led to Terrible Decisions..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 309 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 309 features a vivacious conversation with regular contributor, our Resident Historian - Serf William. The Serf and I discuss Lucretius, Paganism, Infomercials, Inf…

A Taste - " I Never Had Any Harrowing, Devil Wears Prada Experiences..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 308 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 308 features a great conversation with NYC Artist, Illustrator & Designer Justin Teodoro. Justin and I discuss His Journey from Creative Kid in Canada to the Par…

A Taste - "The Argument for Protecting Pollinators is So Much Stronger. It's Protecting Ourselves, Our Future, and Our Kids' Future..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 307 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 307 features an ecologically astute perspective shared by Regular Contributor Environmental Law At…

A Taste - "You Have to See People as People, as a Function of Their Family and the Movement of Their Lives." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 306 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 306 features a warm, insightful conversation with Educator and Author Virginia Rowe. Virginia and I discuss - Teaching, Her N…

A taste - "We Are a Country Founded on Genocide & Built on Slavery." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 305 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 305 features a delightful conversation with Composer, Singer, and Activist - Nellie McKay. Nellie and I discuss Bob Dorough, Walt Whitman, Kindred Spirits, Being Ove…

"What Is Lost In A Culture That Oppresses Women?" We have for your listening pleasure Episode 304 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 304 features an insightful conversation with Activist, Playwright, Director, and Producer - Melissa Moschitto. Melissa and I discuss Her Story, Upstate Manhattan, Going to a Stage Prod…

"Trump Has Border Security Personality Disorder..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 303 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 303 features a fun filled conversation with Regular Contributor, our Resident Politico, Democratic Committee Member, and Chair of Pennsylvania's Progressive Caucus - Dwayne Heisler. …

"That is the Best Definition of Theater I've ever heard..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 302 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 302 features a grand conversation with Renowned Nyc Actor, Playwright, Director and Sage - Austin Pendleton. Mr. Pendleton is presently starring in "Choir Boy" at the Manhatt…

"We Are But Mere Mortals..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 301 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 301 features a somewhat philosophical conversation with regular contributor Almighty Todd. The Almighty is our Resident Philosopher, a Farmer and Winemaker living in Stockbridge, Vermont. Todd and I discus…

"Feminism is a Support Group for White Women..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 300 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 300 features a compelling conversation with regular contributor Nash Rose. Ms. Rose is a Comedic Writer & Comedian living in New York City. Nash and I discuss Feminism, Impeachment, Mil…

"There Is No Self, There Is Only Self..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 299 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 299 features an insightful conversation with regular contributor Kitty Belle Burbank. Ms. Burbank is a Writer, Activist, Baker & Candlestick Maker. Kitty Belle and I discuss Family, Home, Iden…

"Meryl Streep is the most confident person I have ever met..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 298 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 298 features a great conversation with NYC Actress and Writer Prudence Wright Holmes. Prudence and I discuss Moving to NYC to Be An Actress, Working with Meryl Streep, Woo…

"Power attracts the worse in us and the worst among us..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 297 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure" Episode 297 features a radical conversation with Writer, Musician, Cultural Critic, and Our Resident Global Hobo JQ. We have a conversation as he sits in his humble abode in the South …

"It's like the Reagan years have festered into a boil..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 296 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 296 features a great conversation with Writer, Actor, Theater Director, and Activist John Pivovarnick. John and I discuss How He Developed a Love for Theater and Literature, Ku…

Hey babe your hair's all right, hey babe let's go out tonight... We have for your listening pleasure Episode 295 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 295 features a raucous conversation with regular contributor, our Resident Historian - Serf William. The serf and I discuss Capitalism, Xenophobia, Our Founding Fathers,…

Simple Truths When Storytelling Resonate... We have for your listening pleasure Episode 294 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 294 features a compelling conversation with Author, Columnist, Singer, Teacher, Critic & Opera Lover Conrad L. Osborne. Conrad talks with us as he sits in his Upper West Side Studio in Manha…

"Living Your Life With Dignity..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 291 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." This week we have an earnest and important conversation with Regular Contributor Dwayne Heisler. Dwayne is a Political Activist, the Chair of the Pennsylvania State Progressive Caucus, and a Union Organizer.…

"Slouching Toward Facisim..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 290 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 290 features a grand conversation with Poet, Novelist, Biographer, Screenwriter,and Critic the great Jay Parini. Mr. Parini's acclaimed novel The Last Station – was made into an Academy Award-nominated fi…

"I Was Reading Turkish Poetry in the Garden..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 289 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 289 features a fascinating conversation with regular contributor Poet Vagabond JQ. JQ talks with us from his place in Southern France. We discuss a Slug Phase, Elites Acting Like Spoiled…

I've Been Up All Night Leaning on the Windowsill..." We have archived for your listening pleasure Episode 288 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 288 features a very insightful & intelligent conversation with Vermont Gubernatorial Nominee for the Democratic Party Christine Hallquist. Ms. Hallquist is the first Transg…

"Feminists Don't Have a Sense of Humor..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 287 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 287 features a poignant conversation with regular contributor Artist, Songwriter, Musician LittleStarRun. We discuss Men Harming Women to Fit in With Other Men, Selective Misogyny, Me Too, Se…

"Where You Can Penetrate Every Place You Go..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 286 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." This go round we have a set of two friends to converse with, writers Traci Medford Rosow and Kevin Coughlin. Together they wrote the best selling book "Unblinded: One Mans Courageous Journey thr…

"I Got This Feeling that Today is The Day..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 285 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 285 takes us on a walk to have a great conversation with regular contributor Writer, Community Activist, Baker & Candlestick-maker Kitty Belle Burbank. Kitty Belle and I discuss the Power …

"Call The Karma Police..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 284 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure. Episode 284 features a grand conversation with acclaimed singer, actor, writer, Buddhist, Eric Swanson. Eric and I discuss His Journey, the Guidance of His Mother, Good Teachers, the Link Between Language and Acting,…

"Ain't to Proud to Beg Sweet Darlin'..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 283 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." We are back from our August break to kick off the 2018-2019 season. We start things off with one of our Regular Contributors, Environmental Law Attorney Michael R. Harris. Michael is the Director of th…

Walkin in the Wild West End... We have for your listening pleasure 282 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." This episode features a great conversation with Film and Theater Producer Brian Long. Brian and I discuss How He Fell in Love with Theater While Managing Bands in NYC, the Differences Between Musicians & Actors, Getting…

You Get What You Give... We have for your listening pleasure Episode 281 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." This episode we share an Historic perspective with our Resident Historian Serf William. The Serf and I delve into Presidential Approaches Through Several Generations, Democrats vs. Republicans, Sun City, Nelson Mandel…

Summertime and The Living is Easy... We have for your listening pleasure Episode 280 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." This episode we share a very mindful conversation with Brenda Fernandes. Brenda is an Artist, Composer, Musician & Chanter extraordinaire. We discuss Present Moment Awareness, David Bowie, the Lotus in the…

Wake Up to Find Out That You Are The Eyes of The World... We have for your listening pleasure "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." This episode features a wine imbued conversation with regular contributor, our resident philosopher Almighty Todd. The Almighty and I discuss Lake Champlain, Scott Pruitt, Independence, Interdependen…

There is no place like home... We have for your listening pleasure Episode 278 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 278 features a poignant, truly courageous conversation with Congolese patriot Bienvenue. Bienvenue is a young man who recently emigrated to the United States from the Democratic Republic of Congo. We dis…

The Summer Wind Came Blowing In From Across The Bay... We have for your listening pleasure Episode 277 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." This installment features an insightful, passionate conversation with regular contributor Dwayne Heisler. Dwayne is a community activist, artist and the new chair of the Pennsylvania Stat…

Took a look around to see which way the wind blows... We have for your listening pleasure Episode 276 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." We share a wonderful narrative with the Founder, Artistic Director & Executive Producer of the Scranton Shakespeare Festival Michael Flynn. Mr. Flynn is also one of the premier Assistant D…

And I won't forget to put Roses on your grave... We have for your listening pleasure Episode 275 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." We feature a frenetically poignant conversation with our resident Vagabond Internationale JQ Public. JQ and I delve into the Rat Race, Running Away to France, Aneurysms, Andy Warhol, the Beauty…

That's Alright Mama... We have for your listening pleasure Episode 274 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 274 features a great conversation with novelist Susan Campbell Bartoletti. Susan and I discuss the Books She Read as a Young Person and How They Shaped Her Worldview, Watching Protests, the Importance of Underst…