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Join comedian Alvin Williams as he explores the often quirky passions that make our lives unique from members of all walks of the entertainment industry along with his family and friends! With special guests and uncensored conversations that promise to go off course into the deep end of bizarre, Williams helps us all try to gain more understanding on why people love what they love, and perhaps make the world a little brighter in the process!
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Heather Turman is an award winning screenwriter, movie producer, comedian, and host of the new podcast "Indie Women". I had the pleasure of meeting Heather early in our comedy careers, and we performed together on the road for years before our paths took us on different journeys over the last decade. We finally reconnected again for the first time …
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Phillip Kopczynski is one of the funniest people I've had the pleasure of working with in comedy. He recently filmed his debut Dry Bar Comedy Special called Full Grown Man and hosts a weekly Podcast called Dangerous Loner, where he gives his personal take on anything and everything that comes to mind! Currently he's on the road performing nonstop o…
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Sean Carson is a multi-talented entertainer who has taken his talent from Terrell, TX all the way to Los Angeles where he now calls home. An honest singer/songwriter in a world of pretenders, and a man who thinks differently than most. I've called him a friend for a decade and he's always been someone I can gain a different perspective from in the …
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Ron Torres is a gifted filmmaker and improv comedian. His film and performance journey has taken him coast to coast from Hollywood to Atlanta, and back again. During that time he has turned every lesson into art, and we are all better for it. Ron and I met one another at the very beginning of our professional journeys in 2007, and in this episode, …
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Jessica Jane was born into a family of magicians. Some would say she was already destined to become a magician herself, but she has relentlessly worked on her craft as if nothing in her life has ever been promised. Her work ethic and magnetic personality have led her to the high seas where she performs all around the world on cruise ships, providin…
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Sapna Odlin is a creator. She is an accomplished photographer and website designer by trade, and has an eye for the unique. So much so that she holds the distinction of having her work shared on Instagram by Kate Middleton of The Royal Family. Above all that, she's an amazing friend. In this episode, Sapna has a sit-down with me from her home in Re…
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Louis Johnson has done it all in comedy. He has performed on Showtime, Comedy Central, BET, A&E, and has over 20 years of USO Comedy Tours under his belt. He is now the host of the podcast "A Good Green Room" and just finished wrapping up taping for his new Dry Bar Comedy special when he sat down with me to share some funny stories from his career.…
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Monica Nevi is one of my favorite comedians and best friends. During the peak of the pandemic, Monica remained more active than most, having both her debut live stand-up comedy album "Mostly Finger Guns" and her guided meditation comedy album "Chill" both reach #1 on the iTunes Comedy Album charts! In this episode, Monica and I discuss her return t…
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Chris Pendleton is one of the most talented and unique comedy performers you'll have an opportunity to see on the high seas. Her cruise ship career has spanned over 20 years and I've had the opportunity to learn the ropes from her both onstage and off when I first began my cruise ship comedy career. In this episode, Chris and I remember some fun mo…
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Suzy Nece is a yoga instructor, comedian, professional dancer, choreographer, and teacher for the last 20 years who toured nationally with the New York-based Bessie Award-winning dance company, Jane Comfort and Company. Beyond her professional credits she is also an amazing friend and a loving mother. Every conversation I have with Suzy, I still le…
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Miguel Corral is a Business Strategist for the San Francisco based tech firm Genesys. After becoming the first male in his family to graduate college, he went on to receive his MBA from the University of Michigan. Sidenote, he has also been one of my closest friends since 15yrs old. Every conversation between Miguel and I is a philosophy session in…
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Derek Marshall is a certified hypnotherapist and behavior modification expert, with certifications in Sports Hypnosis and Hypnobirthing. Whether working with athletes, expecting moms, or his live performances, Derek's passion is making positive change in the lives of both his clients and his audiences. In this episode, Derek and I catch up to discu…
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Reno Alston is a Professional Winner. He has been a championship winning coach in grade school/high school AAU and college basketball. He is also a loving family man and brother (my older brother to be exact)! His coaching career has spanned the past 20 years, and his athletic career has spanned my entire lifetime. In this week's episode, Reno fina…
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Tom Franek is an award winning, world renowned, grammy nominated pianist and musical entertainer who has been featured on ABC as well as many international television shows for his often mystifying ability to switch between classical music and comedy in a moment's notice (these are my words, not his, because he is often too humble of a person to sa…
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Cassandra Claude is a music professor at the University of Miami, a professional vocal wellness coach, and author of the critically acclaimed book "A Singer's Compass: A Journey Exploring The Internal Power Of Your Singing" In this episode, Cassandra sits down with me to discuss her many passion projects, as well as her current artistic mission to …
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Dorell Green is an up and coming comic based out of Colorado. But there is so much more to this man's story: He is a retired police officer of 20 years, a military veteran, a former professional Football Player, devoted father and dedicated husband. He sat down with me to discuss why comedy is now his new love and what challenges he's faced along h…
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Tyler Gray is a party-starting savant. His diverse career in entertainment boasts 8 years as a Cruise Director on both Celebrity Cruise Lines and Norwegian Cruise Lines, as well as a 2 year stint in The Blue Man Group! He is currently the Entertainment & Activities Director for the JW Marriott Savannah Plant Riverside District in Savannah, Georgia.…
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Stephani Parker is one of my closest friends in the entertainment industry. She is an international vocalist, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist who has an unmatched hunger to improve in every aspect of her performances. She has most recently developed a highly successful series of live Zoom concerts and took some time to talk about her most recent…
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Back at it again with a new podcat! Nina & Erik return for a short (long) discussion about a mysterious artwork depicting a magical dream land where maybe a cigar is just a cigar and paint brushes and towers are just a cuddly kitten's wildest fantasy. And all the while, an impending latent loaf of liminal luv looms large in Nina's psyche. =/?????\=…
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As winter tightens its grasp on our souls, let us take you to a tropical land filled with squawking birds, orange juice and gravel. Forget about snow, the white stuff blanketing this magical world is something all together different. We discuss “Hélio Oiticica: To Organize Delirium”—the first major US retrospective of the artist (organized by the t…
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Walk around EXPO CHGO with us! Artists notoriously love to hate art fairs and we are no exception. We spend a casual Saturday trying to find meaning in the most pointless of all the world's art fairs which is really saying something because all art fairs are pretty pointless. But hey, we had fun. Shoutout in particular to Spudnik Press for their le…
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Summer’s drawing to a close. And so we wistfully dream of Augusts paston this, the avant-est garde of podcasts. Thomas Hirschhorn and philosophical fan art, sneaky teens, Batman’s secret hotel, Nickelodeon auf Deutsch, bull semen, and Manifesta: the biennial backpacking through Europe after college instead of getting a job.So Whether you’re into ra…
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André has taken the unusual step of asking to appear before the Senate Subcommittee on Degenerate Funding for the Arts. Art on trial! After visiting the Whitney Biennial—portions of which remain on view through July 16—André has asked to appear before a joint session of podcast. And Lordy we have the tapes! Does the ‚"WhiBi" make, "an exciting, pow…
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We kick out the jams with some live music in Berlin's Maurer (Wall) Park, a wonderful communist-era grove known for its love of Oasis hits. Erik is late to the final opening ceremony of the Sommerakademie at the Zentrum Paul Klee because he doesn't know the exchange rate between American minutes and European hours. Andre makes a prophetic predictio…
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We ran into each other on the bus in a meet-cute. And like a romcom we were supposed to meet at the art opening but went to different galleries. Our star-crossed podcasters discuss the recent Christopher Williams exhibition at Corbett vs. Dempsey, podcast mattresses, the new default d-bag voice and smooshing koosh.…
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Technically, anything deliberately sent to a reporter or media source is considered a press release: it is information released by the act of being sent to the media. However, public relations professionals often follow a standard format that they believe is efficient and increases their odds of getting the publicity they desire. The format is supp…
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Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to mix Tequila and Dr. Pepper. Maybe it was an even worse idea to start recording a podcast afterwards. But either way, I Don't Hate This is proud to take you on an inebriated journey through Art History's greatest moments where we learn a thing or two about the Mona Lisa, Napoleon, Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun an…
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The City Chicago is in a pension crisis! And in order to pay for it Mayor Rahm Emanuel is raiding the treasures of the city’s cultural heritage! Join a dowager countess, a trophy wife, a thinly veiled caricature of Julian Schnabel and a security guard as they pay top dollar for works in the Art Institute’s collection. It’s Masterpiece, the board ga…
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?I Don't Hate This is recorded in front of a live studio audience. In STEREO (where available). We welcome Brandon Alvendia, our first guest ever, to the podcast as he welcomes us into his exhibtion The Great Good Place. Recorded on location at Threewalls. Nina, Erik and Brandon discuss his exhibition, tree rodent dating sagas and being a reverse h…
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...Fills Us With AnxietyNina has become a pupil in the way of the KonMari and is converting Erik to the stealthy art of sock folding. Like ninja assassins adherents of the KonMari ruthlessly ask of their possessions, “Does this spark joy?” If the answer is, “No,” the items in question are honorably discharged to the land of wind and ghosts, freed f…
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Erik tells us of his pilgrimage to see a talismanic artwork that forms the center of his Elements & Principles of Art & Design pedagogy and his yearly sojourn to die Schweiz. Topics include a unique annual residency for artists and curators funded by a Swiss bank and what it feels like to be a cat who wants nothing more than to just be let in.…
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It's the Fourth of July and you know what that means? Summer school is in session! Drop your hot dogs, grab your books, and hit the classroom with Nina and Erik in their three-part quiz series where they revisit their art education. In part one: Nina's memory is put to the test when she rediscovers her AP Art History practice test from the 11th gra…
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