Sagittarian Matters

Today on Sagittarian matters! We're over the moon to welcome Morgan back to the show to  talk about Cafix, CELERY, Trader Joes Vegan Fish, TJ's Bird Nest, signs of aging, the smell of trader joes, Alfred Coffee, Outstanding Cheeseballs, Lagusta's cheese powder, Lagusta's turtles, Molasses cookies, Moku mushroom jerky and SO MUCH MORE.    PLUS! An unsolicited food review from Dawn Riddle, with special guest Megan DIneen. 

We are on a summer break & will come back at some point in the fall with an actual season of the show! But in the meantime,  We are over the moon today to bring you Tortoise Drama, Diary Comics, Unsolicited Vegan Vacation Food Reviews, Big news, where to find AJLT recaps and MORE.  You can find Nicole's new book here: https://www.phasesevencomics.com/phase8/dogs-breakfast/ Get her 2024 calendar here: nicolejgeorges.com/shop Find an unlocked And Just Like That finale recap bonus episode with Bran Taylor at patreon.com/nicolejgeorges And find Nicole live in person at SPX Small Press Expo, Cartoon Crossroads in Columbus, and Short Run Comics Fest in Seattle.  Featured on today's show,  Roving reporters Dawn, Luca, Morgan & Torrence bring us unsolicited vegan food reviews from Spain, Tucson, & Denver.  Dawn Riddle is a multidisciplinary artist from Portland, Oregon. She is a brilliant painter, weaver, photographer, musician, playwright, videographer and so much more.  Luca J. Davis is a writer, web designer and long distance hiker. You will notice their review is in two parts, because it was  originally sent to me as a video text, which you can see on our instagram page, but  after hearing just the names of BEAUTIFUL tahini drink & breakfast items from Houlden's Rise Above, I demanded more details. Which Luca sent. Via memo.  Morgan is a baker and seed lover, and Torrence is a cat lover who was once my  very excellent roommate.  Alec Longstreth is an award winning cartoonist. He also works as a freelance illustrator, animator, digital colorist, and comics educator. He works at the Center for Cartoon Studies, just did all the images and some animations for Weezer's summer tour, and is the author of Basewood  And the all ages comic Isle of Elsi. He runs Phase 8 publishing, and you can get my NEW BOOK by going to his website.  Phasesevencomics.com. You'll see the phase 8 logo in the top right, click on it, and be taken to a print AND digital download link that directly benefits me! Find Alec's comics at phasesevencomics.com. The audio portion of this episode with Alec was originally recorded and edited by Alec for his Patreon page! Find him here:  https://www.patreon.com/longstreth/posts

BETH PICKENS: Live Advice on Dating, Revenge, Asking, Volunteering, New project announcements and MORE.    We are over the moon to welcome noted Capricorn BETH PICKENS back to the show to give  Advice on Revenge, Dating,  Asking for things,  Working for free, Having a life,  a new press, two new classes AND MORE.    Beth Pickens is the author of the books Your Art Will Save Your Life and Make Your Art No Matter What.   Today's episode was guest edited & produced by our theme song composer, Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs. Thank you Carolyn!      You can find Beth & join her homework club RIGHT NOW at bethpickens.com .   You can find Dopamine Press, Beth Pickens, and Nicole all on  on instagram RIGHT NOW! https://www.instagram.com/dopaminebooksla/

We are over the moon to welcome Capricorn dream LIL MISS HOT MESS to the podcast to discuss her book If You're a Drag Queen and You Know It, Drag Story Hour, queer drag pedagogy, standing up to fascists and MORE.  AND Aquarius friend to the show MICHELLE TEA joins us to talk about the recent anti-queer violence at the Glendale School Board meeting, and how to show up, resist, and keep your queer joy.  Also- Nicole discusses the latest drama from her "friendly" tortoise Facebook group.  Lil Miss Hot Mess is the author of the children's books If You're a Drag Queen and You Know It (Running Press Kids, 2022) and The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish (2020) and serves on the board of Drag Story Hour.  She has also appeared on world-class stages like SFMOMA, Stanford University, and Saturday Night Live, was a founding organizer of the #MyNameIs campaign that challenged Facebook's “real names” policy, and has published essays in The Guardian, Wired, and Salon.  When not twirling, Lil Miss Hot Mess is a university professor. Michelle Tea is the author of over a dozen books, including Knocking myself up, Valencia, Against Memoir, and Black Wave.  She is also the co-creator of Sister Spit and Drag Queen Story Hour.  Michelle joined me from a literary festival's wellness center in Denver Colorado to discuss the recent attack on the Glendale school board by the proud boys, and how to be an ally and spark queer joy in the face of it.  Please enjoy my talk with Michelle Tea   

Today on a Super Special Pride Edition Crossover Episode, noted Virgo  Karen Tongson of the Gaymazing Race & Waiting to X-hale joins me to talk about THE ULTIMATUM- QUEER LOVE. Stay tuned.  Karen Tongson is the author of Normporn: Television and the Spectacle of Normalcy (forthcoming 2023), Why Karen Carpenter Matters (2019), and Relocations: Queer Suburban Imaginaries (2011). Her current book-in-progress is titled, Empty Orchestra: Karaoke, Queer Performance, Queer Theory (Duke University Press). She received Lambda Literary's Jeanne Córdova Award for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction for her body of writing in 2019. Tongson currently chairs the department of gender and sexuality studies at USC, where she's Professor of GSS, English and American studies & ethnicity. Her writing and cultural commentary have recently appeared in Slate, NPR, The Los Angeles Review of Books, PBS NewsHour, The Los Angeles Times, The AV Club, Entertainment Weekly, and KCRW's Good Food among other venues. Tongson is co-editor of the award-winning book series, Postmillennial Pop with Henry Jenkins at NYU Press, and co-hosts two podcasts: the GenX-themed Waiting to X-Hale with Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh, and The Gaymazing Race (a queer podcast about The Amazing Race) with Nicole J. Georges. Today's episode brought to you by  Jaime Raybin, Khale McHurst, and Zella Minor-House ! If you would like to support sagittarian matters, especially producer Chris sutton, please send $5 $40000 via paypal to hornetleg@gmail.com or Hellbooks on Venmo.  Thank you for your support and we look forward to saying your name on the podcast. Producer Ponyo looks forward to it too. 

We are over the moon to welcome EILEEN MYLES back to the program.    We talk about Meditation, the concept of home, Making money as an artist, films, tea bags, coparenting, girlfriends ex girlfriend, tolerating the intolerable, activist groups, self-care, ambition and creativity.    Plus, Nicole gives an Unsolicited Whole Foods music review, hardcore music revisit & introduces HERMES THE TORTOISE!  Eileen Myles  is a Sagittarius, a poet, a  novelist, a performer and an art journalist. Their more than twenty books include Cool for You, I Must Be Living Twice, Chelsea Girls, afterglow, and MORE.  Eileen has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and was recently elected a member of the American Academy of Arts & Letters.    Eileen joined me from their home in Marfa, Texas to talk about their new book of poetry, A Working Life.  “With intelligence, heart, and singular vision, a “Working Life” shows Eileen Myles working at a thrilling new pitch of their poetic and philosophical powers.”   They ALSO have a giant, beautiful, important new anthology, Pathetic Literature.  Go get both!  

Morgan is a frequent contributor to Sagittarian Matters. She is the former purveyor of Dovetail Bakery, and  loves dry crunchy foods  more than any earthling could understand.    Beth Pickens is the author of the books Your Art Will Save Your Life and Make Your Art No Matter What. Beth is an arts consultant, a CAPRICORN, and an esteemed friend to the show.  You can join her homework club RIGHT NOW at bethpickens.com .     Foods we discuss this episode:   Golden beet poke   Bon Devil ganache   Bam Milk   Snak Club Tajine Gummy Bears   Flaxmeal!   Chocolate covered chickpeas   MEAL TRAIL ADVICE: Veggie Galette, Pho, Mix-n-match Por Que No (Portland)   The zen of Grocery Outlet   Maciel's plant based butcher (LA)   Ranchside Cafe Ethiopian menu (LA)    Fermenter Koji (Portland) Beet Reuben    Hot Tongue Pizza (LA) - two tongues up.    Baked Feta recipe from  Vegan Cheese by Jules Aron   Food Fight peanut butter cup shake (Portland)   THERMOS   Kitchen Mouse bakery soup   Milk frother   Maca Powder drink     Sip Cart Almond butter maca date smoothie

Today on a very special episode of Sagittarian Matters,  We are talking about the connections between TERFs & fascism! Plus the word dyke. With Professor Greta La Fleur.    Greta LaFleur is an Associate Professor of American Studies at Yale University, and the author or editor of three books and three journal special issues., including the new issue of Transgender Studies Quarterly,  “Trans Exclusionary Feminisms and the Global New Right”, which was co-edited by with Serena Bassi.   You can get this special issue right now from dukeupress.edu.    At the top of the show, Nicole discusses a local chipmunk, her upcoming diary comic collection, and reading March 24 at Heavy Manners Library in LA.   

WILL BETKE BRUNSWICK! Vegan food, Grief, Comics, Advice, and MORE. Plus- unsolicited vegan food review from Morgan!     Today on Sagittarian Matters! We give advice on grief, moving, comics and more- Plus the premiere of Vegan I Don't Think so Honey. With my special guest, graphic memoirist, WILL BETKE BRUNSWICK! Stay tuned.      Unsolicited Vegan Food Review with MORGAN! Four Sigmatic vegan coconut creamer   PLUS: The world premiere of Vegan I Don't Think So Honey, a DIRECT ode/ripoff to Las Culturistas segment of the same name, which I highly recommend.      Will Betke-Brunswick is a cartoonist and graduate of the California College of the Arts MFA in Comics program. Will's debut graphic memoir, A PROS AND CONS LIST FOR STRONG FEELINGS, is available from Tin House! You can find Will's comics anywhere you buy books, or follow them on instagram @Transboycomics

We are over the moon to welcome back noted TRIPLE CAPRICORN Jessica Lanyadoo! We talk about covid protocol & different information, and answer advice questions on friend's transphobic choices, joining a new community as a queer person, the Christ Year, and MORE.    Tune in.    Also! Nicole mentions the campaign to stop a development from paving over the Verdugo mountain lion's home. Sign the petition & find out more here: nocanyonhills.org @nocanyonhills on ig.   Jessica Lanyadoo is an internationally respected Astrologer and Psychic Medium who has been in private practice with clients all over the world since 1995. You may recognize her from her special guest appearance on Relative Fiction.  Jessica is a triple capricorn, she has a wonderful podcast called Ghost of a Podcast, and Her wonderful book,  Astrology for Real Relationships, which is available RIGHT NOW!!! Find it at lovelanyadoo.com, or anywhere books are sold.  @jessica_lanyadoo on instagram 

We are over the moon to welcome esteemed Capricorn BETH PICKENS back to the show to answer your advice questions, AND to talk about the word Dyke and Nicole's stories career as a sandwich artist.  Tune in

Bran Taylor (Magic Hour Astrology) visited Babyland in 2018 & joined us to discuss watching a cabbage give birth, and the nefarious beginnings of the Cabbage Patch Kids. Dawn Riddle & Screaming Females visited Babyland in 2022, and sent us some updates.  TUNE IN

MEGAN MILKS! DAWN RIDDLE! KAIA WILSON! Queer Weirdness,writing, vegan banana-flavored food reviews and HOME ALONE. Tune in!    We are over the moon to share an interview writer Megan Milks, author of Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body.    BUT FIRST!  We have unsolicited vegan banana-flavored food reviews with Dawn Riddle & Screaming Females, and a long review and revisitation of the movies Home Alone 1 and two, with spouse to the show Kaia Wilson.    Hey! If you are listening to this and you'd like to take my graphic memoir workshop, I have a 5-week class coming up in April. Jog over to my website, Nicolejgeorges.com, for details.    Dawn Riddle is a multidisciplinary artist from Portland, Oregon. She is a brilliant painter, weaver, photographer, musician, playwright, videographer AND unsolicited food review correspondent.    Here are two reviews from Dawn's recent travels to Philadelphia, and on the road with the band Screaming Females, including friend to the show Marisa Paternoster, who you'll hear in the background.    Kaia Wilson is a musician and a positive reinforcement dog trainer in Portland, Oregon. She has played guitar in the band Team Dresch since 1993, and has been working professionally with dogs since 2012. You can  find her on instagram at dogspeedtraining or on the World Wide Web  at dogspeed.dog     Megan Milks is the author of Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body and Slug and Other Stories, a finalist for a 2022 Lambda Literary Award. They are also the author of Tori Amos Bootleg Webring, and tThey co-edited We Are the Babysitters Club, an anthology.    You can sign up for Megan's writing workshop: What is this thing called weird? Which starts JANUARY 24TH right now. Find it at theshipmanagency.com

We are over the moon to share an interview writer Megan Milks, author of Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body.    BUT FIRST!  We have unsolicited vegan banana-flavored food reviews with Dawn Riddle & Screaming Females, and a long review and revisitation of the movies Home Alone 1 and two, with spouse to the show Kaia Wilson.    Hey! If you are listening to this and you'd like to take my graphic memoir workshop, I have a 5-week class coming up in April. Jog over to my website, Nicolejgeorges.com, for details.    Dawn Riddle is a multidisciplinary artist from Portland, Oregon. She is a brilliant painter, weaver, photographer, musician, playwright, videographer AND unsolicited food review correspondent.    Here are two reviews from Dawn's recent travels to Philadelphia, and on the road with the band Screaming Females, including friend to the show Marisa Paternoster, who you'll hear in the background.      Kaia Wilson is a musician and a positive reinforcement dog trainer in Portland, Oregon. She has played guitar in the band Team Dresch since 1993, and has been working professionally with dogs since 2012. You can  find her on instagram at dogspeedtraining or on the World Wide Web  at dogspeed.dog     Megan Milks is the author of Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body and Slug and Other Stories, a finalist for a 2022 Lambda Literary Award. They are also the author of Tori Amos Bootleg Webring, and tThey co-edited We Are the Babysitters Club, an anthology.    You can sign up for Megan's writing workshop: What is this thing called weird? Which starts JANUARY 24TH right now. Find it at theshipmanagency.com    

This week we welcome Phil Elverum and Marianna Ritchey to talk about the life and art of Geneviève Castrée.    Geneviève Castrée was a French Canadian cartoonist, illustrator and musician. She was the author of the books Susceptible, A Bubble, and more. She had art exhibitions around the world and toured musically under the names O Paeon and Woelv.    Geneviève passed away on July 9, 2016, at only 35 years old.    She is one of my favorite artists.     Drawn and Quarterly just released her complete works, a giant beautiful book organized, edited and assembled by her husband, Phil Elverum (Mt. Eerie, Microphones).      Marianna Ritchey is  a professor, a musician, and the author of the book Composing Capital: Classical Music in the Neoliberal Era .    She's an old friend of mine, and a longtime friend of Genevieve's.    Towards the end of her life, Geneviève created an oracle deck from collaged magazines, and Ritchey was listed as one of her collaborators. If you get the book, which I really hope you do, you'll see little bits of Ritchey sprinkled throughout, in a diary comic from Australia with her band Lloyd and Michael, and in lists.    I invited her on to talk about the oracle deck and her late friend.    "She was so great. She was a beautiful, wonderful, totally unique person, and I hope everyone will look through this book, and just think about how special she was, and how much she put into the world in such a short amount of time that she was here."  -Ritchey 

We are over the moon to welcome back cartoonist, professor and Jeopardy champion AJUAN MANCE to the podcast.  Ajuan is here to celebrate the release of two books- 1001 Black Men (Stacked Deck Press) and Living While Black (Chronicle). Both of her books are out now!    Also on this episode: Nicole talks about the Club Q tragedy & how to support the LGBTQIA+ community when something like this happens.    Ajuan Mance is a Professor of English at Mills College in Oakland, California, a professor of comics at California college of the arts,  and a lifelong artist and writer. In both her scholarly writing and her visual art, Ajuan explores the complexities of race, gender, and identity, Ajuan's illustrations and comics have appeared in several anthologies, including, Drawing Power, edited by Diane Noomin.  Ajuan has TWO books out that I urge you to get right now! 1001 black men from stacked deck press, and Living While Black with Chronicle books.    You can find Ajuan, her books and more at ajuanmance.com   Now please enjoy my talk with Ajuan Mance. 

We are over the moon today to talk to you about Nicole's favorite New York foods, turning to decaf, getting a really gross matcha, Dawn inviting us over for dinner and having a calamity, Astronaut Ice Cream, Coalinga Coffee, Unwelcoming while still being a good neighbor, and MORE. Tune in! 

We are over the moon today to bring you UNSOLICITED VEGAN FOOD REVIEWS of ants, wind, a blueberry woman's personality, Nicole's farmer's market outfit, blueberries, Beyond Jerkey, Sesame Milk, Not-Burgers, Tofurkey Sandwiches, Cauliflower Tahini Prune ICE CREAM and more.  Tune in! 

MICHELLE TEA!!! Advice on publishing, exes, ethics, copycats & more.      We are over the moon to welcome back very special guest MICHELLE TEA, to dole out advice on publishing, weathering copycats, bad exes, bad dreams, writing ethics, writing practices, and more.    Go see me & Michelle LIVE, August 6th at Powells City of Books in Portland, Oregon, where we will be talking about her new book, Knocking Myself Up.        Michelle Tea is the author of over a dozen books, including  Valencia, Against Memoir, and Black Wave.  She is also the co-creator of Sister Spit and Drag Queen Story Hour.    Michelle's new book: Knocking Myself Up, is out now.    DAWN RIDDLE is our roving unsolicited vegan food reviewer. She is also a wonderful artist! Today she brings us GF Snyders of Hanover pretzel rods.  find her here: Dawnriddle.com   

We are over the moon today to have honored Capricorn BETH PICKENS on the show to dole out advice on accepting opportunities and making time for your art practice. PLUS we answer a couple vintage advice questions about problematic friends and how to accept your character assets that have gone out of wack.    PLUS beverage reviews from DAWN RIDDLE & friends, and Nicole tells you how she got the novel CORONAVIRUS 19.  TUNE IN!   Beth Pickens is the author of the books Your Art Will Save Your Life and Make Your Art No Matter What. Beth is an arts consultant, a CAPRICORN, and an esteemed friend to the show.  You can join her homework club RIGHT NOW at bethpickens.com .

We are over the moon today to welcome friend to the show morgan back to the show, PLUS unsolicited vegan prune review from dawn riddle!    We talk about  Spanish prunes  Trader Joe's Cashew Ravioli  Miyokos pourable pizza cheese  Vegan smoked salmon  Chickpea tofu  Strawberry prices  Snacklins New Farm Cookbook  Middle aged Hummingbird feeder tips and more 

Dramatic Facebook comment-reading, the plague of the scrub jay, and Christian damage!    We are over the moon to welcome artist Jessica Campbell to the show this week!   Jessica Campbell is an interdisciplinary artist originally from Nanaimo, British Columbia. She is the author of three graphic novels, including Rave, out now with  Drawn & Quarterly. Her work has been exhibited at museums and galleries throughout North America.

We are over the moon to have cartoonist Emily Carrington on the show today. Her debut graphic memoir, Our Little Secret, is out now with Drawn and Quarterly.     Our Little Secret is a testament to survival and to the importance of telling your story your way    Tune in to hear about comics, writing, healing, and how to support survivors of childhood abuse in your life.    Content warning, we are going to discuss abuse and particularly childhood sexual abuse.   Now please enjoy my talk with graphic memoirist, Emily Carrington

We are over the moon to have Lagusta Yearwood back on the podcast! We talk about the latest Netflix swindler show, the raw movement of the early 2000s, RAW by Juliano, and more! PLUS! An Unsolicited vegan food review by DAWN RIDDLE, Nicole steps into her country hearth destiny, and MORE. Tune in!

Today on Sagittarian Matters- we talk about Money. We're healing your finances, leaving  shame and scarcity in the dust and answering your advice questions with Jessie Susannah Karnatz, in honor of her new book, MONEY MAGIC. Tune in.    Jessie Susannah Karnatz (aka the Money Witch) is a financial coach and the founder of Money Witch, a company that uses practical financial tools and empowering rituals to help clients achieve their financial goals. She is based in San Francisco, California.  

We are over the moon to welcome formerly Anonymous Butch Zari Esaian back to the show to answer your advice questions about boundaries, dating, moving, and more.    We ALSO have the true pleasure of an Unsolicited Vegan Food Review from Dawn Riddle and honored Friend to the Show Morgan. PLUS! Kaia Wilson joins us for a review of a bad bad brunch place.    Tune in. 

We are over the moon this week to welcome musician and vegan connoisseur ROMY to talk with us about all her favorite vegan foods at home and abroad.  We talk about Dr. Bronners Chocolate, Bonsoi Soy Milk, Bé Ù, salt & pepper tofu, and MORE. PLUS! Excerpts of new music by Romy & her band, Agender.    Plus! Nicole opens up the show talking about moving to Tujunga, and Ponyo's new life as a punk in a coyote vest.    Tune In. 

We are over the moon to welcome back friend to the show, MORGAN to taste test PRUNE LATTES today, as suggested by listener Paula Simon on instagram. But first! Nicole gives a round up on where she's been, we hear some coyotes freaking out, and we get some more UNSOLICITED VEGAN FOOD REVIEWS. Plus! Oh Happy Days Cafe in Altadena California. A restaurant/store harkening back to vegan days of yore.  TUNE IN! 

We are over the MOON today to have esteemed Capricorn BETH PICKENS join us for a very special Beth's Birthday edition of the show.    She gave us advice about breakups, burnout, Changing your relationship with Money, artist statements, making friends and MORE.     Beth Pickens is the author of the books Your Art Will Save Your Life and Make Your Art No Matter What. Find Beth, her books & Homework club on instagram @bethpickensconsulting or at bethpickens.com.

Happy New Year!  We are over the moon this week to welcome friend to show Amanda Verwey on to talk about the time she tried to pick up Paula Poundstone.  We also have vegan food reviews of chips, poetry, beverages and MORE with DAWN RIDDLE, MARISSA PATERNOSTER, MEGHAN DINEEN and SARAH DAEGLING.    Tune in.    Amanda Verwey is an illustrator, writer and artist from Los Angeles California. Amanda is the mastermind behind the instagram account chihuahua digest (@chihuahua_digest) you can find her actual life's work online at amandaverwey.com.  

We are over the moon to welcome award-winning graphic novelist BISHAKH SOM to the podcast today!    Bishakh is the author of Apsara Engine & Spellbound. She was an  architect , who changed her life completely and dedicated herself to comics in New York City in her 40s.   Bishak's short story collection,  Apsara Engine, won the LA Times Book prize for graphic literature.    Her work explores themes of gender, sexuality, memory and urbanism, among other things.    Her website states: On a formal level, some of my pieces conflate the tools of architectural representation with those of sequential narrative in order to question these very methods and offer new means of representing space, time and the role of the body in both simultaneously.   Bishakh joined me through the magic of the internet to talk about her books, food, trans cartography, world-building, comics tools, advice  and MORE. 

We are over the moon this week to unite seasoned guests to the show MORGAN & BRAN TAYLOR. Bran turns the tables & asks US vegan advice (reviews, protein, meal prep), plus they give some advice to a listener who just came out!  We are also #blessed to have Portland Correspondent DAWN RIDDLE offer a review of Adult Parkour Lessons from the field.  FOODS DISCUSSED: Vtopia Brie, Sproud Milk, Sunflower Drive-in, True Nutrition.com, Dandies marshmallows, Soy nog & the British Bake Off!!!! 

We are over the moon to welcome back Kaia Wilson (Dogspeed Training) and Bran Taylor (Magic Hour) for a special all-advice episode of the podcast.  This episode originally aired on Xray FM as a special pledge-drive edition!   You can listen to Producer Chris Sutton's show Record Lections as DJ Hell Books every Tuesday night from 10-11 p.m.    Find Kaia at dogspeed.dog Find Bran at magichourastrology.com and find all things Nicole & Sagittarian Matters at  @nicolejgeorges on instagram, & @sagittarianmatters.   

Today on sagittarian matters, Nicole talks reports back after reading the entirety of the internet, re: Bad Art Friend. THEN! BETH PICKENS joins us to answer your advice questions about comparing, despairing and the intersection of jealous and class rage/institutional oppression. THEN! Unsolicited Vegan Food reviews with Will Betke Brunswick, Eduardo, and Michelle Tea. TUNE IN!

We are over the moon this week to welcome Kaia Wilson & MORGAN to the show to give advice on travel routines and vegan health. We also get angry over ice cream, taste Kind brand ice cream, crack into a skull from Lagusta's Luscious AND hear an unsolicited vegan food review for AvocaJOE from friend to the show Dawn Riddle.  Tune in!     Today's episode brought to you by Josephine McRobbie, Emily Helmus, Maria Turner-Carney , Laura Perry Shoshanna Ruth Wechter, and JOEY SOLOWAY!!!     It is also brought to you by  Lagusta's Luscious' chocolates: organic, fair-trade, always vegan caramels,  bonbons, bars, and more made for you in New Paltz, NY with passion and politics.    Use the code “sagittarian” for 10% off your order at lagustasluscious.com   

Listeners, today is a very special vegan food episode.    A show time ago, frequent contributor to the show Morgan and I were invited over to Bad Boy's Diner for a 5 course meal made up of entirely original recipes.    Bad Boys' Diner is a free dining experience created by Portland artist, musician and playwright Dawn Riddle.    If listening to a podcast is like hanging out with the host, then this episode will be like a dinner party with friends.  I invite you to a backyard  at the end of the summer, with Producer Ponyo, friend to the show Morgan, and Dawn Riddle.   We will talk about the sourest sourdough focaccia, hardcore music from my past that does not hold up, making the best out food fails, microwaved  a mild tahini milkshake recipe and MORE!    If you would like to see some of Dawn's culinary creations , go to @badboysdiner on instagram.    Now, on with the show.  Dine with us, won't you? 

We are over the moon to welcome artist, cartoonist, and professor Ajuan Mance to the show this week. Ajuan, who was recently featured in the documentary No Straight Lines, joined me to talk about her comic in the Eisner winning anthology Menopause, A Comic Treatment, plus her years-long project 1001 Black Men, the time she was on Jeopardy, Nerdiness, Her new art show, Black Art From The Edge of the Universe, and MORE.    You can find Ajuan's art show: Black art from the edge of the universe” right now at the African American art and culture complex in San Francisco. Or find Ajuan, her comics, & the 1001 Black Men project, online at ajuanmance.com      Ajuan Mance is a Professor of African American literature at Mills College in Oakland, California. A lifelong artist and writer, Ajuan has participated in solo and group exhibitions as well as comic and zine fests, from the Bay Area to Brooklyn. In her art, illustration, and comics, Ajuan uses humor and bright colors to explore race, gender, power, and the people and places in which they intersect.   

We are over the moon to welcome blessed & highly favored guest MORGAN back to the show today for a Sagittarian Matters Test Kitchen episode featuring BLANCHED TOFU.  We also eulogize Wolf & Bears, discuss carob lava, vegan bacon, secret cafes, and the ONE VEGAN FOOD YOU SHOULD NEVER EAT COLD.  Tune in. 

We are over the moon to try new & unusual vegan foods in the forest with friends to the show MORGAN & DAWN RIDDLE today, plus choice commentary from Kaia Wilson & Torrence.  PLUS! Nicole rants about the Everly Brothers song Wake Up Little Susie, and gives advice about art, picking up new hobbies as you age, and MORE.  Stay tuned. 

We are over the moon to present an all advice episode with guest Capricorns JESSICA LANYADOO and BETH PICKENS. We answer questions about grants, bullies at work, being direct, giving unsolicited advice and MORE. PLUS! Nicole recommends reading the Sinead O'Connor biography, and lister/friend to the show DAWN RIDDLE calls in with some unsolicited vegan food reviews.  Tune in!

We are over the moon to welcome back honored Capricorn, psychic astrologer & Medium JESSICA LANYADOO to the Sagittarian Matters Social Distancing Studios to give advice to listeners. We answered so many advice questions this week that we're cutting this episode into two parts, by theme. Today's theme is AGING. We talk about mid-life crises (aka Neptune square Neptune), THE AFTERLIFE, May-December romances and MORE. Tune in!     Jessica Lanyadoo is an internationally respected Astrologer and Psychic Medium who has been in private practice with clients all over the world since 1995.  Jessica is a triple Capricorn, she has a wonderful podcast called Ghost of a Podcast, and Her wonderful book,  Astrology for Real Relationships, which is available RIGHT NOW!!! Find it at lovelanyadoo.com, or anywhere books are sold. 

We are over the moon to welcome MORGAN back to the show for some mellow conversation about NEW VEGAN FOODS. Not Milk, Pumfu, Breakfast sausage, Dream Pops, Gracias Madre, Sung Soon Popup, AND the television show It's Me Or The Dog.  Bonus: DAWN RIDDLE jumps in with an alternate milk review. STAY TUNED. 

We are over the moon to welcome back very special honored Aquarian MICHELLE TEA to the Sagittarian Matters Social Distancing Studios. Michelle reviewed Paleo Verde Sparkling Green Lemon And Ginger Coffee and gave listeners advice on Friend Breakups, Caregiving and Art, Vaccine Jealousy, Sagittarians & MORE.    Find Michelle's podcast at https://www.thisisyourmagic.com/ Find Paleo Verde green coffee at: https://www.cobraverde.org/

We are over the moon this week to welcome....your host, Nicole, riffing and answering your advice & opinion questions on the show. We (I) talk about the fate of soy creamer, vegan desserts, pandemic oddities, near-death experiences, refrigerators, Ponyo, and MORE.  TUNE IN. 

Today we are over the moon to share with you Episode 1 of Nicole's new family secret podcast, RELATIVE FICTION. Relative Fiction is inspired by Nicole's graphic memoir, Calling Dr. Laura, but it goes further into uncovering what family, what secrets & what truths were revealed after that book's release.  Relative Fiction is  produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting, co-written by Claudia Meza & edited by Sage Van Wing.  If you like this episode, please subscribe to Relative Fiction wherever you get your podcasts! And if you like it, please rate & review. It really helps.  We thank you, and we will be back soon with another episode of Sagittarian Matters. 

We are over the moon to welcome highly honored BETH PICKENS for a very special CROSSOVER EPISODE of her podcast, Mind Your Practice, with our podcast, Sagittarian-nay-CAPRICORN Matters! In honor of Beth's upcoming book, MAKE YOUR ART NO MATTER WHAT, we practice "the french braid effect" and answer each-other's questions about book publicity, sales, accomplishment vs. success AND MORE. Tune in!  Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs has even created a new theme song!!!

We are over the moon to welcome esteemed advice columnist, zine maker and author MADDY COURT to the show! Maddy is the author of the zine & forthcoming book The Ex-Girlfriend of my Ex-Girlfriend is my Girlfriend (illustrated by Kelsey Wroten). She is also known online as Xena Worrier Princess, & produces brilliant memes.  Maddy joined us to give advice, talk about giving advice, discuss money in relationships, and ask Nicole WHAT she would buy on a budget at the farmer's market.  TUNE IN. 

We are over the moon to have Magic Hour Astrology's BRANDIE TAYLOR back on the show to talk about the gay sport of this season: DRAG RACE. We take a deep dive into Drag Race U.K., fuckin H&M, Drag Race U.S., and Nicole's conspiracy theories about the show.  BUT FIRST: strong opinions on a listener question about how to proceed when your friends jump the vaccine line.    TUNE IN. 

We are over the moon to welcome Sharon Lee De La Cruz to the show in honor of her first graphic novel, I Am A Wild Seed (go order it now!).  Sharon is a multi-disciplinary artist and activist from New York City.  Her work addresses a range of issues related to tech, social justice, sexuality, and race. You can find her at https://unoseistres.com/ and on instagram at @sharonleedelacruz.    Sharon joined me from New York to talk about her book, coming out, intersectionality and MORE.  Note to listeners: we also talked about Drag Race UK, and MORE, but that will have to go on a special Drag Race UK edition of the podcast.