The Bucket Of Blah Blah: Recent Episodes
Marc Oxoby
A wide-roving, good-natured, conversational podcast. Plus music, literature, commentary, and whatever else catches my fancy at a given moment.
A conversation with Marthe Clark and Rachel McKinney about family, books, Disney, meaningful songs, & guacamole. Plus music by A Terrible Autonomy.
A conversation with Alicia Barber & James Mardock about Reno's history & present, sense of place, Moliere & theatre craft, geek culture & comics, and more. Plus music by Ummm Jr.
A conversation with Jamie Hemingway & Carrie Pritchard about performing, introversion & extroversion, twins, being around books, coffee & coffeehouse culture, & other subjects. Plus readings by Michael Branch & Phyllis Clark.
A conversation with Neal Ferguson & Judith Ames Whitenack about what makes art (music, writing, film, etc.) good, the impacts of dementia & Alzheimer's, Gerwig's Little Women, Machado's "Caminante, No Hay Camino," & other subjects . Plus, music by Tynan Groves.
A conversation with Justin Gifford & Frank Hartigan about Black radicalism, African-American crime fiction, world travel, underground cities, abandoned buildings, & the Y1K panic (yes, you read that right). Plus, a reading by Justin Gifford from his forthcoming biography of Eldridge Cleaver.
A conversation with Joe Calabrese & Erica Westhoff about pasta, learning languages, Italian comedy, Dante, Augustine, Andrea Camilleri, Walker Percy, office supplies, the social contract, and travel to Italy, Greece, Spain, & Mexico. Plus music by Jim Casella from the short films Filling In & Roller Coaster.
A conversation with Scott Tyler and Michael Brodhead about hydrology, history, the Army Corps of Engineers, westward exploration, fluid dynamics, and a little bit about golf balls. Plus music by So Sol.
A conversation with Joey McKinney and Nathaniel Benjamin about art, science, mysticism, music, magic, movies (esp. horror), hiking, and space. Plus music by The New Harvesters.
A conversation with David Fenimore & Shaun Grekor about Japanese archery, Woody Guthrie, Chautauqua, abstract art, Stanley Kubrick, and Apollonian & Dionysian impulses. Plus music by Milton Merlos from his albums Mi Amor & Flow.
A conversation with Bernard Schopen & Jonathan Cummins about Nevada’s split personality, detective fiction, child rearing, popular culture, and Star Wars, of all things. Plus music by Rocky Tatarelli from his album Heart Of Tales.
A conversation with Shaun Griffin and Chris Rios about poetry, martial arts, public service, addressing trauma, and staying hopeful in troubled times. Plus music by The Lazy Universe from the album Sake.
A conversation with Richard Schori and Zac Haley about becoming an expert, building community, rock climbing, and the relationship between mathematics and music. Plus music by Bazooka Zac from the album Opening Cosmic Gateways.
A conversation with Richard Siegel and Amy Ghilieri about Eleanor Roosevelt, book formats, Israel, witches, and meeting famous people. Plus a reading about World War II pilots by Chris Bucholtz and music by Frog and Toad.
A conversation with Cheryll Glotfelty & Joe Bachman about ecocriticism & ecofeminism, Nevada literature, big books, audio technology, slacklining, and aging (whether we want to or not). Plus music by Joe Morris & Rob Oxoby.
A conversation with Michael Branch and Phyllis Clark about lifelong learning, Peace Corps service, environmental humor, the weirdness of Nevada, inept skateboarding, jackalopes, hedgehogs, and old dogs. Plus poetry by William Wilborn and music by Legally Blue.