05/15/13 Bad darkrooms, baking bread, “Mercury Blues,” the newest f-word, and Hillary Clinton’s legs

03/30/14 • 59 min

Photographer/teacher Donna Jordan Dusel joins us in the studio and among the topics discussed are the importance of being patient, the connection between photography and thinking, presiding over a group of artists, the memorable year 1980, and the honest-to-goodness, we’re-not-kidding-folks, we-really mean-it-this-time, last of the 30 ways photography is good for you. The inimitable Mr. Answer Man addresses the question: “Are video games contributing to violence?“

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5/29/13 Whistling, Shirley Temple, Yowzah gatherings, barbaric yawps, and howling at the moon

Join us as itinerant painter/writer/go-go dancer/English teacher Susie Kelly Flatau, a devout Texan, her books include Counter Culture Texas and From My Mother’s Hands, her work as a typist for NASA, a purveyor of hand-painted wine glasses, skirting around and talks about achieving a Zen state of mind and recipes for story telling. Mr. Answer Man addresses the question: “Is the government making us into a nanny state?”

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5/1/13 Documenting reality, Wasaluna, concerned photography, and canoodling with carbon offset schemes

Join us as we spend an hour with international photojournalist Orin Langelle and writer/activist Ann Peterman who travel the world documenting environmental injustice and advocating for indigenous peoples. Among the varied topics discussed are Vermont McMansions, Nicaraguan landslides, surviving on Coca-Cola and beer, how the media saved Chiapas, Mexico, why nobody ever goes to Brasília, and how photography helps us relate to each other. Mr. Answer Man answers the question “Is it ever okay to lie?”