Conversation: John Vercher
This conversation originally occurred on my old podcast The Ben LeRoy Show. John Vercher is the author of Three Fifths and After the Lights Go Out. More context: John Vercher lives in the Philadelphia area with his wife and two sons. He holds a Bachelor’s in English from the University of Pittsburgh and an MFA […]
Conversation: Melissa Faliveno
Full disclosure — Melissa Faliveno is one of my favorite people in the world. We met back in 2007 or so when we both worked for the same publishing company (different divisions) and became immediate friends, especially as it related to bonding over the 1984 Barneveld Tornado. She’s also a wildly talented writer whose debut […]
Conversation: Pedro Hoffmeister
Back when I was still doing publishing company stuff I met Pedro Hoffmeister and was fortunate enough to publish his debut novel, Graphic the Valley. I was fortunate to publish it, but I was absolutely blessed to meet him and to call him friend. Pedro is a teacher, a writer, a rock climber, a person […]
Conversation: Anika Pyle
In 2021, Anika Pyle, formerly of Chumped and Katie Ellen, released the album Wild River. If you want to know what it looks like for somebody to make art of the raw hurt of the human experience, this is heartbreaking and heavy, while still maintaining the beauty of the world. We talk about music and […]
Conversation: Erica Freas
Erica Freas has been involved in a variety of music projects that have been in constant rotation for me since 2016. Her solo work, in addition to her work with RVIVR, Somnia, and Hooky, are life supporting for me. Of all of the people whom I wanted to talk to for my podcast, Erica may […]
Conversation: Matt Harvey
One of my favorite albums of all time is We Lost the Sea’s stunning masterpiece — Departure Songs. I have long been intrigued by the thought going into its creation, especially as it relates to songs centred around deaths that were captured on film. It’s the album’s last two songs that resonate the most with […]
Dispatch: The Sounds at the End of the World
On March 6, 2019 I asked a question of Twitter — If you knew you were going to be dying in the next few minutes, what song would you want playing? Or would you prefer silence? The song contains every answer* in one track faded up in volume from shortest to longest until there is nothing. […]