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Latest Episodes:

Missy Singer Dumars smiling — The Food We Choose (Episode 148) Oct 20, 2023
Show notes

Missy Singer DuMars has had careers in Theatrical & Entertainment Lighting, Therapeutic Massage, and Business Coaching. She is now a farmer and the owner of Crown Hill Farm in Eden, NY. She is also the hostess of the Women in Food Podcast. With this eclectic life and experience, she has lots to talk about! Hear what she had to say about her journey into farming, empowering women in the food industry, and the habits and conventions we can all use help breaking through to realize better choices around the food we enjoy and are nourished by every day.

Before the featured interview, co-hosts Wendy Sheridan and Robin Renée talk about autumn gardening plans in The Earthscape. The News is a LOT. Stories include the profound losses and complications of the Israel-Hamas War, India’s Supreme Court statement on same-sex marriage, the continuing U.S. Speaker of the House debacle, Greta Thunberg’s recent arrest, the defeat of The Voice for Australia’s First Peoples, and the first off-road, solar powered car. Robin and Wendy kick off the show with This Fortnight I Learned. This fortnight, Wendy learned a fascinating fact about Australia. Robin embraced being in love.

Things to do:

Check out Missy Singer DuMars’ Crown Hill Farm, SpiritBizPeople coaching, and Women in Food Podcast.

Like Crown Hill Farm on Facebook and follow on Instagram. Connect with Missy Singer DuMars on LinkedIn and X/Twitter.

Take a Haunted Hayride at Crown Hill Farm! Saturday, Oct 28th, 11am – Sunday, Oct 29th, 2pm.

Teanna Byerts — Art, Barf, and Mermaiding (Episode 147) Oct 04, 2023
Show notes

Teanna Byerts wants you to know that adventure is out there — You just need some imagination! Byerts is an artist, writer, photographer, kayaker, horseman, and mermaid. She nerds out about science, science fiction, fantasy, superheroes, animation, and weird, early lifeforms. She has paddled in the wake of dolphins, trained actual wild mustangs, and lived with a small pride of mini panthers. She believes that storytellers and artists should inspire and educate and very much lives up to that objective. In this friendly, artist-to-artist conversation with co-host Wendy Sheridan, Teanna Byerts shares about some of her great experiences with painting and working in environmental education art, wildlife rehabilitation, publishing, and the joy and skill of mermaiding.

Just before the featured interview, co-host Robin Renée interviews Wendy in The Artscape about her explorations in finding a signature style, her art and design work for the new Flick Liver album cover, her upcoming shows, and more. In All the News We Can Handle: Laphonza Butler will fill the U.S. Senate seat that was held by Dianne Feinstein, increased availability of abortion pills for New York City residents, Trump’s legal calendar, NJ Senator Bob Menedez’ issues, Taylor Swift’s voter registration impact, and rhino rebound. In This Fortnight I Learned, Wendy learned about hemorrhoids and Robin learned about blimps.

Things to do:

Go to Teanna Byerts’ website. Check out her books and other offerings.

Follow Teanna Byerts on Facebook, X/Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

Check out Wendy’s art shows! Find her at:

BarronFest 2023: Woodbridge’s 16th Annual Fine Arts & Crafts Festival
400 Rahway Avenue, Woodbridge, NJ
October 14, 2023, 12pm - 4:30pm

Rahway Craft & Art Fair
Rahway Recreation Center, 275 E. Milton Ave, Rahway, NJ
November 4, 2023, 11am – 4pm

Philcon
Doubletree by Hilton, Cherry Hill, NJ
November 17 – 19, 2023

Get music by Flick Liver!

See the Goodyear blimp!

Get yourself a public radio name here, here, or here.

View art by Wendy Sheridan (click for full size images)

Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan
Show notes by Robin Renée
Web hosting by InMotion
Remote recording by SquadCast

Flick Liver - We Found You album cover art by Wendy Sheridan — Art, Barf, and Mermaiding (Episode 147) Oct 04, 2023
Show notes

Teanna Byerts wants you to know that adventure is out there — You just need some imagination! Byerts is an artist, writer, photographer, kayaker, horseman, and mermaid. She nerds out about science, science fiction, fantasy, superheroes, animation, and weird, early lifeforms. She has paddled in the wake of dolphins, trained actual wild mustangs, and lived with a small pride of mini panthers. She believes that storytellers and artists should inspire and educate and very much lives up to that objective. In this friendly, artist-to-artist conversation with co-host Wendy Sheridan, Teanna Byerts shares about some of her great experiences with painting and working in environmental education art, wildlife rehabilitation, publishing, and the joy and skill of mermaiding.

Just before the featured interview, co-host Robin Renée interviews Wendy in The Artscape about her explorations in finding a signature style, her art and design work for the new Flick Liver album cover, her upcoming shows, and more. In All the News We Can Handle: Laphonza Butler will fill the U.S. Senate seat that was held by Dianne Feinstein, increased availability of abortion pills for New York City residents, Trump’s legal calendar, NJ Senator Bob Menedez’ issues, Taylor Swift’s voter registration impact, and rhino rebound. In This Fortnight I Learned, Wendy learned about hemorrhoids and Robin learned about blimps.

Things to do:

Go to Teanna Byerts’ website. Check out her books and other offerings.

Follow Teanna Byerts on Facebook, X/Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

Check out Wendy’s art shows! Find her at:

BarronFest 2023: Woodbridge’s 16th Annual Fine Arts & Crafts Festival
400 Rahway Avenue, Woodbridge, NJ
October 14, 2023, 12pm - 4:30pm

Rahway Craft & Art Fair
Rahway Recreation Center, 275 E. Milton Ave, Rahway, NJ
November 4, 2023, 11am – 4pm

Philcon
Doubletree by Hilton, Cherry Hill, NJ
November 17 – 19, 2023

Get music by Flick Liver!

See the Goodyear blimp!

Get yourself a public radio name here, here, or here.

View art by Wendy Sheridan (click for full size images)

Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan
Show notes by Robin Renée
Web hosting by InMotion
Remote recording by SquadCast

Janet Coburn — Bipolar Us: The State of Mental Health (Episode 146) Sep 20, 2023
Show notes

Janet Coburn writes about mental health on her award-winning blog, Bipolar Me. She draws her insights from direct experience, as she has lived with bipolar disorder for decades. Her book of valuable mental health information and personal stories, Bipolar Me, was published in 2018. Her collection of short essays, Bipolar Us, which appeared in 2020, includes chapters on work, family life, self-care and caregivers, society and stigma, treatments and medications, and treating bipolar disorder sucessfully with help and caring. In this discussion, hear her speak candidly about experiencing bipolar II disorder, psychiatric treatment options, mental health care in the United States, and more. Coburn lives in Ohio with her husband and cats.

Before the featured interview, co-hosts Wendy Sheridan and Robin Renée enter The Blanket Fort for much needed heart-to-heart time and virtual hugs. In This Fortnight I Learned, Wendy reveals the world’s most faked artist and Robin reveals the meaning behind a popular song by Squeeze. In the News, there is an Australian government proposal to add Indigenous representation in Congress via a vote to change their constitution, there are multiple impeachment attempts around the US, a stolen Van Gogh is returned, an absurd “Jersey Man” story, the 2023 Ig Nobel Prizes, and a Herculean kitten rescue on Long Island.

Things to do:

If you are struggling, help is available. Text or call 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

Read Janet Coburn’s blog, Bipolar Me.

Buy the books: Bipolar Me and Bipolar Us.

Follow Janet Coburn on Facebook.

Watch This Week in Science: Turning Dead Spiders Into Robots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wiQZdbeeI8

Bipolar Me by Janet Coburn, book cover — Bipolar Us: The State of Mental Health (Episode 146) Sep 20, 2023
Show notes

Janet Coburn writes about mental health on her award-winning blog, Bipolar Me. She draws her insights from direct experience, as she has lived with bipolar disorder for decades. Her book of valuable mental health information and personal stories, Bipolar Me, was published in 2018. Her collection of short essays, Bipolar Us, which appeared in 2020, includes chapters on work, family life, self-care and caregivers, society and stigma, treatments and medications, and treating bipolar disorder sucessfully with help and caring. In this discussion, hear her speak candidly about experiencing bipolar II disorder, psychiatric treatment options, mental health care in the United States, and more. Coburn lives in Ohio with her husband and cats.

Before the featured interview, co-hosts Wendy Sheridan and Robin Renée enter The Blanket Fort for much needed heart-to-heart time and virtual hugs. In This Fortnight I Learned, Wendy reveals the world’s most faked artist and Robin reveals the meaning behind a popular song by Squeeze. In the News, there is an Australian government proposal to add Indigenous representation in Congress via a vote to change their constitution, there are multiple impeachment attempts around the US, a stolen Van Gogh is returned, an absurd “Jersey Man” story, the 2023 Ig Nobel Prizes, and a Herculean kitten rescue on Long Island.

Things to do:

If you are struggling, help is available. Text or call 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

Read Janet Coburn’s blog, Bipolar Me.

Buy the books: Bipolar Me and Bipolar Us.

Follow Janet Coburn on Facebook.

Watch This Week in Science: Turning Dead Spiders Into Robots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wiQZdbeeI8

Alice Leibowitz — In Conversation Against Fascism (Episode 145) Sep 08, 2023
Show notes

Alice Leibowitz is a longtime activist and facilitator who provides support for progressives and changemakers to find hope and keep their sanity in the face of rising fascism and other global crises. Her coaching and facilitation firm, Conversations Against Fascism, provides love, power, creativity, and focus in response to the question, “How are we going to do what it takes to meet this moment in history?” Hear about her activism journey, the role personal growth can play in social/political movements, and thoughts on finding your own niche in it all.

In the new This Fortnight I Learned segment, Wendy Sheridan learned that our human ancestors nearly went extinct and Robin Renée was awakened to the level of respect that is possible for Black American English (AAVE). In the news: the continuing strike in Hollywood and approval rates of unions, the Burning Man deluge, the impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) in Texas, the “one weird trick” buglars in Wales are using, a successful lawsuit in Montana for the right to a clean and healthful environment, and the passing of Jimmy Buffett.

We are very sad to announce the passing of Arretta Cuff, lifelong friend of Robin and family and the featured interviewee in History and Hope (Episode 68): An Oral History of Race From the 1940s – Today.

The Geekscape meets Why Is This Awesome? is a combined segment before the main interview as Wendy and Robin discuss their impressions of the movie of the summer.

Things to do:

Join Conversations Against Fascism on Facebook and Instagram.

Subscribe to Alice Leibowitz’ YouTube channel.

Follow #BiVisibilityMonth on social media.

Go see

and share your thoughts!

Read “‘Barbie’ is the New Innana” in The Wild Hunt.

Listen to the Fucking Cancelled podcast.

Check out Robin Renée aka DJ Andrew Genus on Mixcloud.

Just… watch this madness. 😀 Yacht Rock Episode 11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEw3_6xWkDs

Lisa Vandever — 20 Years of CineKink (Episode 144) Jul 06, 2023
Show notes

Lisa Vandever is the co-founder and director of CineKink Film Festival, which is just entering its 20th anniversary season. A writer, producer and consultant in film and communications, Lisa was formerly the director of programming for a regional network of public television stations, worked as a development executive for two New York-based independent production companies, and she currently freelances with a wide range of organizations and companies. Active in local political organizing, she lives in Rahway, New Jersey with her husband and their two ginger tabbies, Clive and Radley. Leftscape co-hosts Wendy Sheridan and Robin Renée chat with Lisa about kink, the upcoming festival on August 2nd – 6th, and celebrating adult sexuality, connection, and self-expression.

Robin is in the hot seat for the Artscape segment, as Wendy asks about their latest writing, gigs, and other musical projects. Earlier in the show, the Random Facts of the day involve the creature with the world’s largest eyes and catching up with Christian Cooper, who was made famous for “birding while Black” in Central Park. In the News, there is the recent challenge to authority in Russia, a flurry of decisions from the US Supreme Court, hospitality workers on strike in Los Angeles, Australia becomes the first country to allow prescriptions for psilocybin and MDMA, and strides in renewable energy in Spain and Portugal.

This is the last show of the season! Until next time, enjoy the redux episodes and stay connected on social media @Leftscape. Thanks for listening!

Featured photo @ top of page by Stacie Joy

Things to do:

Attend CineKink! Save the dates: August 2 – 6, 2023 at Wild Project, in New York City.

Follow CineKink on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and FetLife.

Read Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper.

Support QuEAR Candy!

Get Robin Renée music on Apple iTunes and Spotify.

Listen to Saved By Zero on Yacht Rock Discord Sundays at 9pm ET, Radio PVS Thursdays at 9am ET, and anytime on Mixcloud.

Watch a 1987 Hawaiian Punch commercial composed by Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo:

https://youtu.be/SIfh0XMrg6w

Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan
Show notes by Robin Renée
Web hosting by InMotion
Remote recording by SquadCast

20 Years of CineKink (Episode 144) Jul 06, 2023
Show notes

Lisa Vandever is the co-founder and director of CineKink Film Festival, which is just entering its 20th anniversary season. A writer, producer and consultant in film and communications, Lisa was formerly the director of programming for a regional network of public television stations, worked as a development executive for two New York-based independent production companies, and she currently freelances with a wide range of organizations and companies. Active in local political organizing, she lives in Rahway, New Jersey with her husband and their two ginger tabbies, Clive and Radley. Leftscape co-hosts Wendy Sheridan and Robin Renée chat with Lisa about kink, the upcoming festival on August 2nd – 6th, and celebrating adult sexuality, connection, and self-expression.

Robin is in the hot seat for the Artscape segment, as Wendy asks about their latest writing, gigs, and other musical projects. Earlier in the show, the Random Facts of the day involve the creature with the world’s largest eyes and catching up with Christian Cooper, who was made famous for “birding while Black” in Central Park. In the News, there is the recent challenge to authority in Russia, a flurry of decisions from the US Supreme Court, hospitality workers on strike in Los Angeles, Australia becomes the first country to allow prescriptions for psilocybin and MDMA, and strides in renewable energy in Spain and Portugal.

This is the last show of the season! Until next time, enjoy the redux episodes and stay connected on social media @Leftscape. Thanks for listening!

Featured photo @ top of page by Stacie Joy

Things to do:

Attend CineKink! Save the dates: August 2 – 6, 2023 at Wild Project, in New York City.

Follow CineKink on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and FetLife.

Read Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper.

Support QuEAR Candy!

Get Robin Renée music on Apple iTunes and Spotify.

Listen to Saved By Zero on Yacht Rock Discord Sundays at 9pm ET, Radio PVS Thursdays at 9am ET, and anytime on Mixcloud.

Watch a 1987 Hawaiian Punch commercial composed by Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo:

https://youtu.be/SIfh0XMrg6w

Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan
Show notes by Robin Renée
Web hosting by InMotion
Remote recording by SquadCast

Vince Osborn — Big Sister Plaster Caster (Episode 143) Jun 21, 2023
Show notes

Vince Osborn resides in Chicago, is an avid cyclist, and is a devoted music enthusiast. He is a Founder of the Museum of Post-Punk and Industrial Music in Chicago, which was established by drummer Martin Atkins in 2021. He met co-host Robin Renée in the Devo fandom around the same time he first connected with Cynthia Dorothy Albritton, better known as Cynthia Plaster Caster. In this interview he recalls his longtime friendship with Cynthia, her art, and her stories of a rock ‘n’ roll life as “just a fan.”

In The Earthscape segment, Robin and co-host Wendy Sheridan discuss their results of the 7 Identities Test for gender. In News: the historic indictment of Donald Trump, recent major US Supreme Court decisions, the confirmation of Nusrat Choudhury, the US’ first female Muslim federal judge, the grand jury indictment of Marine veteran Daniel Penny on charges connected to the fatal choking of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway, the remarkable house painting of Tash Frootko in Gloucester UK, and Illinois becomes the first US state to ban book banning in libraries, which leads to the question: How many book bans would a book ban ban ban if a book ban ban could ban book bans?

At the top of the show, Wendy and Robin reveal Random Facts about ant life and a tiny unit of time. The show is rounded out by the You Got Questions? We Got Answers? inquiry of the day, “Have you been told you look like someone famous? If so, who was it?”

Happy Summer (and Happy Winter to our friends in the Southern Hemisphere)!

Things to do:

Follow Vince Osborn on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Learn about the Cynthia Plaster Caster Collection at the Kinsey Institute.

Visit the Museum of Post-Punk and Industrial Music.

Listen to the entire 37-count federal indictment against Donald Trump read by MSNBC host Ali Velshi.

Listen to “More Perfect presents: Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl.”

Take the 7 Identities Test.

Listen to “Plaster Caster” by KISS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4x2Vlcar5o

Watch “Open Your Heart” by Madonna.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snsTmi9N9Gs

Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan
Show notes by Robin Renée
Web hosting by InMotion
Remote recording by SquadCast

Cynthia Plaster Caster collage — Big Sister Plaster Caster (Episode 143) Jun 21, 2023
Show notes

Vince Osborn resides in Chicago, is an avid cyclist, and is a devoted music enthusiast. He is a Founder of the Museum of Post-Punk and Industrial Music in Chicago, which was established by drummer Martin Atkins in 2021. He met co-host Robin Renée in the Devo fandom around the same time he first connected with Cynthia Dorothy Albritton, better known as Cynthia Plaster Caster. In this interview he recalls his longtime friendship with Cynthia, her art, and her stories of a rock ‘n’ roll life as “just a fan.”

In The Earthscape segment, Robin and co-host Wendy Sheridan discuss their results of the 7 Identities Test for gender. In News: the historic indictment of Donald Trump, recent major US Supreme Court decisions, the confirmation of Nusrat Choudhury, the US’ first female Muslim federal judge, the grand jury indictment of Marine veteran Daniel Penny on charges connected to the fatal choking of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway, the remarkable house painting of Tash Frootko in Gloucester UK, and Illinois becomes the first US state to ban book banning in libraries, which leads to the question: How many book bans would a book ban ban ban if a book ban ban could ban book bans?

At the top of the show, Wendy and Robin reveal Random Facts about ant life and a tiny unit of time. The show is rounded out by the You Got Questions? We Got Answers? inquiry of the day, “Have you been told you look like someone famous? If so, who was it?”

Happy Summer (and Happy Winter to our friends in the Southern Hemisphere)!

Things to do:

Follow Vince Osborn on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Learn about the Cynthia Plaster Caster Collection at the Kinsey Institute.

Visit the Museum of Post-Punk and Industrial Music.

Listen to the entire 37-count federal indictment against Donald Trump read by MSNBC host Ali Velshi.

Listen to “More Perfect presents: Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl.”

Take the 7 Identities Test.

Listen to “Plaster Caster” by KISS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4x2Vlcar5o

Watch “Open Your Heart” by Madonna.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snsTmi9N9Gs

Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan
Show notes by Robin Renée
Web hosting by InMotion
Remote recording by SquadCast

Jenn Iannaconi — Designs on Body Inclusivity (Episode 142) Jun 07, 2023
Show notes

Founded in 2014, Jenn Iannaconi’s company, Valkyrie Apparel, is a passion project born of spite and rage — rage towards an exclusionary fashion industry that neither understands nor wants to understand the needs of plus-sized customers. Jenn was born in New Jersey but now lives in Western Massachusetts with her husband, their dog, and several creepy old dolls that certainly DO NOT watch you as you move around the room. In this conversation with co-host Wendy Sheridan, she shares thoughts on attitudes toward body size, the process of creating and maintaining her business, and another fun and educational project with a focus on LARPing with children.

In Why Is This Awesome?, Robin Renée is excited about discovering Black punk rockers. All the News We Can Handle includes the ongoing anti-trans Bud Light boycott, gay and bisexual men now permitted to donate blood in the US, the Barbie film causes a pink paint shortage, when and why Georgia drivers are being asked to keep their clothes on, promising research centering on the shingles vaccine to prevent Alzheimer’s, and the positive effect of news stories featuring acts of kindness. The Random Facts at the beginning of the show involve vending machines in Japan and another great talent of scientist Alan Turing. In You Got Questions? We Got Answers? Robin and Wendy respond to a question sent in by bi+ activist, Robyn Ochs.

Things to do:

Check out Jennifer Iannaconi’s Valkyrie Apparel website, Instagram, Facebook page, and TikTok.

Learn more about the LARP Adventure Program.

Support Bi Women Quarterly during Pride Month through giveoutday.org.

Listen to Robin’s Afropunk History playlist from Episode 19 of the Saved By Zero show.

Join the Yacht Rock Discord server to catch Saved By Zero Sunday nights 9pm ET (Contact Robin for an updated link if needed) or listen on Melbourne Australia internet station, Radio PVS, Thursday mornings 9am ET (11pm AET).

Kurt Esslinger wearing a feminism t-shirt — Korean War and Peace, Part 2 (Episode 141) May 17, 2023
Show notes

Our interview with Kurt Esslinger in the last show was too good to leave any on the cutting room floor. As a refresher, Kurt Esslinger works on behalf of the Presbyterian Church USA with an ecumenical council of churches in Korea to help bring peace to the Korean Peninsula. A Texas native, he has been living and working in Korea for ten years. This conversation is a look at then President Donald Trump’s part in the beginning of peace talks between North and South Korea, the vastly different perceptions of him and his role in those talks between progressives in Korea and the US, outcomes then, and what is possible in the future.

This is part two of this in-depth conversation. If you haven’t yet, please listen to Korean War and Peace, Part 1 (Episode 140) for the first portion of the discussion.

This time in the Geekscape, R obin Renée schools Wendy Sheridan in essence of music genres including new wave, yacht rock, sophistipop, “Cookie Monster” death metal, classic country, and more. Earlier in the show, the Random Facts cover a possible cure for hangovers and Robin begins the Geekscape vibe early with a definition of witch house. In News, Turkish President Erdoğan and challenger Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu appear headed to a runoff, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) vetoes a bill banning most abortions after 12 weeks (the veto was overridden after recording time), a roundup of Trump legal tanglings including the liable verdict in the sexual abuse case brought by E. Jean Carroll, and Swedish singer Loreen wins her second Eurovision title for the song, “Tattoo.” In You Got Questions? We Got Answers!, Wendy and Robin respond to “What is a widely accepted belief that needs to be dead and buried?”

Things to do:

Sign the Korea Peace Appeal.

Check out a history of electronic music mapped out to the circuit board of a theremin.

Watch Loreen – “Tattoo” – Eurovision 2023 Winner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3vJfR81xO0

Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan
Show notes by Robin Renée
Web hosting by InMotion
Remote recording by SquadCast

Kurt Esslinger — Korean War and Peace, Part 1 (Episode 140) May 04, 2023
Show notes

Kurt Esslinger is assigned by the Presbyterian Church USA to work with an ecumenical council of churches in Korea to help with their campaign for peace on the Korean Peninsula. Having grown up in Texas, he has been living in Korea for the last 10 years. Since middle school he has been wrestling with what it means to identify as a Christian while also identifying as left-wing (“jwa-pa” in Korean). In this interview, he explains the basics of the conflicts between North and South Korea, what led to them, and his understanding of the current situation. Be ready for some perspectives you may have never heard before.

This is part one of this in-depth conversation. Listen in now and look out for the next episode, too.

Earlier in the show, co-hosts R obin Renée and Wendy Sheridan wish those who celebrate a happy Beltane. They share the requisite Random Facts, this time about the former president of Turkmenistan and that seafaring cereal monger, Cap’n Crunch. “All the News We Can Handle” includes the same-day pink slips for Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon, increasing fighting and evacuations in Sudan, Paris protests on International Workers Day, Jack Dorsey’s Twitter alternative, Bluesky, new advancements in plastic recycling, and Uber’s intriguing lost and found index. Just before the featured interview, Wendy and Robin spend some time in The Blanket Fort contemplating experiences of coming out. In You Got Questions? We Got Answers!, the question of the day is “Would you rather hear the good news or the bad news first?”

Things to do:

Sign the Korea Peace Appeal.

Read The Path to Peace.

Watch “The Danger of a Single Story” TED Talk:

https://youtu.be/D9Ihs241zeg

Listen to “Invited In (Episode 137).”

See how much has changed by the 31st century.

https://youtu.be/UNNoI0b9flo

Featured image: A demonstration outside the US Capitol after a drive from Los Angeles to Washington, DC for the NCCK Korea Peace Treaty Campaign, 7/28/2016

Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan
Show notes by Robin Renée
Fake sponsor messages by Ariel Sheridan
Web hosting by InMotion
Remote recording by SquadCast

Forging a Path, Keeping a Tradition (Episode 139) Apr 19, 2023
Show notes

Suzan Nickelson is the CEO and Director if Operations of Holistic Solutions, a cannabis dispensary in Waterford Township, New Jersey. It is the 33rd medical cannabis dispensary to open in New Jersey and the first black and woman-owned dispensary in the state, which was very recently approved for adult recreational sales. She also runs Ital Daughters, LLC, a cannabis and hemp consulting company that specializes in assisting minorities, women, veterans, municipalities, and stakeholders in understanding the regulatory aspects of the cannabis industry. Nickelson comes from a long line of herbalist women who have curated cannabis on the island of Jamaica for hundreds of years. In this enlightening conversation, she discusses her path to business ownership, the importance of working toward racial and economic equity in the industry and the law, and she shares lovingly about cannabis as a natural part of her family tradition.

Before the featured interview, Wendy Sheridan and Robin Renée serve up the Random Facts of the day about the Scotch Pine and the most boring day in the world. The attempt at the SpaceX Starship test launch, the Supreme Court’s temporary preservation of the FDA approval of the mifepristone abortion pill (RU-486), a landmark bill working through the California legislature that would make Hindu castes a protected class, Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News, the largest natural explosion in over a century and remembering the great Al Jaffee of Mad Magazine fame are all in the News. In The Artscape, Robin interviews Wendy about her recent paintings and upcoming art exhibits. At the end of the show for You Got Questions? We Got Answers! they ponder, “What was your biggest ever waste of money?”

Things to do:

Visit Holistic Solutions, like them on Facebook, and follow them on Instagram,

Learn more here:

Minorities for Medical Marijuana

New Jersey Cannabis Business Association

Minority Cannabis Business Association

See the artwork of Wendy Sheridan at the 2023 Union County Senior Citizens ART EXHIBIT, April 20 – June 1, HELIOsphere on April 28, and at Balticon 57, May 26 – 29.

Check out Mad Magazine.

Support The Leftscape on Patreon and be privvy to humorous TMI!

Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan
Show notes by Robin Renée
Fake sponsor messages by Ariel Sheridan
Web hosting by InMotion
Remote recording by SquadCast

Stars My Destination - artwork by Wendy Sheridan — Forging a Path, Keeping a Tradition (Episode 139) Apr 19, 2023
Show notes

Suzan Nickelson is the CEO and Director if Operations of Holistic Solutions, a cannabis dispensary in Waterford Township, New Jersey. It is the 33rd medical cannabis dispensary to open in New Jersey and the first black and woman-owned dispensary in the state, which was very recently approved for adult recreational sales. She also runs Ital Daughters, LLC, a cannabis and hemp consulting company that specializes in assisting minorities, women, veterans, municipalities, and stakeholders in understanding the regulatory aspects of the cannabis industry. Nickelson comes from a long line of herbalist women who have curated cannabis on the island of Jamaica for hundreds of years. In this enlightening conversation, she discusses her path to business ownership, the importance of working toward racial and economic equity in the industry and the law, and she shares lovingly about cannabis as a natural part of her family tradition.

Before the featured interview, Wendy Sheridan and Robin Renée serve up the Random Facts of the day about the Scotch Pine and the most boring day in the world. The attempt at the SpaceX Starship test launch, the Supreme Court’s temporary preservation of the FDA approval of the mifepristone abortion pill (RU-486), a landmark bill working through the California legislature that would make Hindu castes a protected class, Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News, the largest natural explosion in over a century and remembering the great Al Jaffee of Mad Magazine fame are all in the News. In The Artscape, Robin interviews Wendy about her recent paintings and upcoming art exhibits. At the end of the show for You Got Questions? We Got Answers! they ponder, “What was your biggest ever waste of money?”

Things to do:

Visit Holistic Solutions, like them on Facebook, and follow them on Instagram,

Learn more here:

Minorities for Medical Marijuana

New Jersey Cannabis Business Association

Minority Cannabis Business Association

See the artwork of Wendy Sheridan at the 2023 Union County Senior Citizens ART EXHIBIT, April 20 – June 1, HELIOsphere on April 28, and at Balticon 57, May 26 – 29.

Check out Mad Magazine.

Support The Leftscape on Patreon and be privvy to humorous TMI!

Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan
Show notes by Robin Renée
Fake sponsor messages by Ariel Sheridan
Web hosting by InMotion
Remote recording by SquadCast

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