Podcasts about covid check in

Vossy discussed some of the key issues of the morning with Kane Cornes, filling in for Gerard Whateley, on 1116 SEN in Melbourne

It's been a year since I started the COVID Check-In series of podcasts, so I decided to return to the very first guest in that series, artist Kate Lacour, to celebrate! (You know what I mean.) We talk about how her life has changed over a year in Pandemia, and how the urge to document those first few months gave way to other outlets. In her case, Kate rediscovered herself through taxidermy. We get into how she taught herself the rudiments of that art through YouTube and online groups, her philosophy of animals and bodies, the question of realism vs. subjectivity, and why New Orleans is an awfully good place to make a living as a taxidermist. We go deeper into what comics mean to her and how she may return to them, the post-pandemic trip she wants to take, what progress looks like in the sequence of animals she's preserved, and more. Follow Kate on Twitter and Instagram and support her via Patreon • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

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OV331 - Ebert's Great Movies Part 5 - JFK (1991) & Mulholland Drive (2001) - Elliot Page, Warner Bros Movies on HBOMax Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Direct Download Link   In this episode, Ben and I continue our journey through Roger Ebert's Great Movies list with reviews of Oliver Stone's JFK (1991) and David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001). We also discuss the recent Elliot Page news and the surprising news regarding Warner Bros and HBOMax. This week's stinger comes from our Patreon-exclusive recording: 102 - OV B-Roll - “Mister Sir” - Marathons, Movies We'd Screen in Theaters, Tepid Tenet Expectations, Private Screenings - Dec 3, 2020 Timestamps Show Start - 00:30 News - 07:01 COVID Check-In - 25:00 Roger Ebert's Great Movies - 33:40 JFK (1991) - 35:49 Mulholland Drive (2001) - 1:24:27 Spoiler Review - 1:47:58 Selections for Part 6 - 2:06:50 Closing the Ep - 2:11:46 Stinger: "Mister Sir" - 2:15:47 Pre-Recorded Outro - 2:16:58 Matt's Recent Reviews No Sleep October: The Mist (2007) - Guest Essay at Midwest Film Journal Totally Under Control (2020) - 5 stars Fail Safe (1964) - 5 stars Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) - 4 stars  Ben's Recent Reviews Ben's Happy Valley Essays - Midwest Film Journal The Boys in the Band (2020) - 5 stars HIFF2020: The Outside Story (2020) - 3 stars HIFF2020: Picture Character (2020) - 5 stars HIFF2020: Molto Bella (2020) - 5 stars On the Rocks (2020) - 4 stars David Byrne's American Utopia (2020) - 5 stars Related Links ‘Juno' Oscar Nominee Comes Out As Non-Binary, Transgender Person: “My Joy Is Real, But It Is Also Fragile,” Elliot Page Says - Deadline Laverne Cox says 'it's not safe if you're a trans person' after attack - BBC Warner Bros. to Debut Entire 2021 Film Slate, Including ‘Dune' and ‘Matrix 4,' Both on HBO Max and In Theaters - Variety Rudy Giuliani's Star Voter Fraud Witness at Michigan Hearing | NowThis  Roger Ebert's Great Movies Masterlist - Letterboxd Review: JFK (1991) - December 20, 1991 Great Movie: JFK (1991) - April 29, 2002 Review: Mulholland Drive (2001) - October 12, 2001 Great Movie: Mulholland Drive (2001) - November 11, 2012  Buy an Obsessive Viewer Mask Help Support the Podcast Our Facebook: The Obsessive Viewer Archive: Ben Sears Archive: Matt Hurt Featured Review Series Official OV Merch: Our TeePublic Store Matt's Twitter: @ObsessiveViewer  Matt's Letterboxd: ObsessiveViewer Tiny's Twitter: @ObsessiveTiny  Tiny's Letterboxd: ObsessiveTiny Mike's Twitter: @IAmMikeWhite Mike's Letterboxd: IAmMikeWhite Fekkes' Instagram: Nerdster330 Kyrsten's Twitter: @Burger_Lurker Mike's Band: As Good As It Gets Ben's Letterboxd: BenSears Ben Sears Photography  Obsessive Viewer - The homepage for all the things we do. Obsessive Viewer Presents: Anthology - Matt's solo podcast exploring science fiction anthology storytelling in television's first golden age starting with The Twilight Zone. Apple Podcasts - Google Podcasts - Stitcher - Twitter Obsessive Viewer Presents: Tower Junkies - Our spinoff podcast dedicated to Stephen King's magnum opus, The Dark Tower and related topics. Apple Podcasts - Google Podcasts - Stitcher - Twitter Shocktober in Irvington - Our yearly event screening of short horror films from Indianapolis filmmakers to support the Irvington Historical Society Loudlike “Mistakes We Must Make” EP on iTunes - Our theme song is “An Eclipse of Events.” Grab Loudlike's EP and hear the full version of our theme. Episode Homepage: http://www.obsessiveviewer.com/OV331

OV325 - The Social Dilemma (2020) & The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020) - RIP Chadwick Boseman, The Batman, Dune, The Great Hack, The Social Network Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Direct Download Link In this episode, Tiny and I review the newly released documentary The Social Dilemma and McG's sequel The Babysitter: Killer Queen. We also discuss Chadwick Boseman's tragic passing and his legacy, COVID-19 check-ins, The Batman and Dune trailers and more. This week's stinger comes from our Patreon-exclusive recording: 091 - OV B-Roll - “Contactless Delivery” - Da 5 Bloods, The Boys Season 2, Sorkin - Sept 16, 2020 Timestamps Show Start - 00:30 COVID Check In - 02:22 Chadwick Boseman - 09:59 Trailers - 23:38  Reviews - 54:20 The Social Dilemma (2020) - 54:34 The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020) - 1:43:11  Closing the Ep - 2:02:20 Stinger: "Contactless Delivery" - 2:04:00 Pre-Recorded Outro - 2:05:54 Matt's Recent Reviews Love, Guaranteed (2020) - 2.5 stars All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020) - 4 stars Enola Holmes (2020) - 3 stars King Kong vs Godzilla (1962) - 3.5 stars Mothra (1961) - 2 stars Mothra vs Godzilla (1964) - 4 stars Rodan (1956) - 3.5 stars  Contributor Ben Sears' Recent Reviews Tenet (2020) - 3.5 stars Cuties (2020) - no rating Related Links BUY AN OBSESSIVE VIEWER PODCASTS MASK! Ryan Coogler, 'Black Panther' director, pays tribute to Chadwick Boseman - CNN Chadwick Boseman talks about inspiring kids with terminal cancer while filming Black Panther Legend - YouTube ‘The Batman' Resumes Production After Shutdown Over Robert Pattinson's Positive COVID-19 Test - Variety Anti-mask protestors parade around Florida Target singing 'We're Not Gonna Take It' - USA Today The Expanse's 9th and Final Book Is Titled Leviathan Falls - Gizmodo Gen Z Is Making Fun Of Millennials And Honestly We Deserve It - Buzzfeed  Matt's Letterboxd Litterbox 2020 List Ben Sears Photography Ben's Wheeler Mission Drumstick Dash 2020 Fundraiser  Help Support the Podcast Our Facebook: The Obsessive Viewer Archive: Ben Sears Archive: Matt Hurt (2013) Featured Review Series Official OV Merch: Our TeePublic Store Matt's Twitter: @ObsessiveViewer  Matt's Letterboxd: ObsessiveViewer Tiny's Twitter: @ObsessiveTiny  Tiny's Letterboxd: ObsessiveTiny Mike's Twitter: @IAmMikeWhite Mike's Letterboxd: IAmMikeWhite Fekkes' Instagram: Nerdster330 Kyrsten's Twitter: @Burger_Lurker Mike's Band: As Good As It Gets  Obsessive Viewer - The homepage for all the things we do. Obsessive Viewer Presents: Anthology - Matt's solo podcast exploring science fiction anthology storytelling in television's first golden age starting with The Twilight Zone. Apple Podcasts - Google Podcasts - Stitcher - Twitter Obsessive Viewer Presents: Tower Junkies - Our spinoff podcast dedicated to Stephen King's magnum opus, The Dark Tower and related topics. Apple Podcasts - Google Podcasts - Stitcher - Twitter Shocktober in Irvington - Our yearly event screening of short horror films from Indianapolis filmmakers to support the Irvington Historical Society Loudlike “Mistakes We Must Make” EP on iTunes - Our theme song is “An Eclipse of Events.” Grab Loudlike's EP and hear the full version of our theme. Episode Homepage: http://www.obsessiveviewer.com/OV325

OV324 - Desert One (2020) & Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump (2020) - AMC Has Reopened, Will We See Tenet?, The Stand CBS All-Access Release Date Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Direct Download Link In this episode, Tiny and I review the newly released documentaries Desert One and Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump. We also discuss AMC Theaters' reopening, Tenet's upcoming release, and The Stand CBS All-Access release date announcement. Note: This episode was recorded before news broke of Chadwick Boseman's tragic passing. We will cover it in the next episode. This week's stinger comes from our Patreon-exclusive recording: 090 - OV B-Roll - “A Croc of Bullshit” - Pitchstorm Card Game, Buy Our Masks, Tiny Buys a New Car, Vote Biden, Black Lives Matter, Save the USA, Training Like We Fight - Aug 26, 2020 Timestamps Show Start - 00:29 COVID Check In - 02:47 News - 05:22  Reviews - 25:50 Desert One (2020) - 26:05 Non-Spoiler - 26:40 Spoilers - 49:52  Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump (2020) - 1:03:20 Closing the Ep - 1:26:04 Stinger: "A Croc of Bullshit" - 1:28:33 Pre-Recorded Outro - 1:32:55 Matt's Recent Reviews The Last Christmas Party (2020) - 3.5 stars HUM (2020) - 4 stars Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956) - 1 star Climate of the Hunter (2019) - 3.5 stars King Kong (1933) - 3.5 stars Tesla (2020) - 1 star Son of Kong (1933) - 1.5 stars I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020) - 4.5 stars  Contributor Ben Sears' Recent Reviews Yes, God, Yes (2020) - 4 stars Happy Valley: The Benchwarmers - Midwest Film Journal Happy Valley: Deuce Bigalo, Male Gigolo - Midwest Film Journal Happy Valley: Little Nicky - Midwest Film Journal  Related Links  Matt's Letterboxd Litterbox 2020 List Ben Sears Photography Ben's Wheeler Mission Drumstick Dash 2020 Fundraiser   Help Support the Podcast Our Facebook: The Obsessive Viewer Archive: Ben Sears Archive: Matt Hurt (2013) Featured Review Series Official OV Merch: Our TeePublic Store Matt's Twitter: @ObsessiveViewer  Matt's Letterboxd: ObsessiveViewer Tiny's Twitter: @ObsessiveTiny  Tiny's Letterboxd: ObsessiveTiny Mike's Twitter: @IAmMikeWhite Mike's Letterboxd: IAmMikeWhite Fekkes' Instagram: Nerdster330 Kyrsten's Twitter: @Burger_Lurker Mike's Band: As Good As It Gets  Obsessive Viewer - The homepage for all the things we do. Obsessive Viewer Presents: Anthology - Matt's solo podcast exploring science fiction anthology storytelling in television's first golden age starting with The Twilight Zone. Apple Podcasts - Google Podcasts - Stitcher - Twitter Obsessive Viewer Presents: Tower Junkies - Our spinoff podcast dedicated to Stephen King's magnum opus, The Dark Tower and related topics. Apple Podcasts - Google Podcasts - Stitcher - Twitter Shocktober in Irvington - Our yearly event screening of short horror films from Indianapolis filmmakers to support the Irvington Historical Society Loudlike “Mistakes We Must Make” EP on iTunes - Our theme song is “An Eclipse of Events.” Grab Loudlike's EP and hear the full version of our theme. Episode Homepage: http://www.obsessiveviewer.com/OV324

Can there be economic justice without environmental justice? With his new novel, FAILED STATE (Harper Voyager), Christopher Brown returns to the alternate America of Tropic of Kansas (2017) and Rule of Capture (2019) to explore the possibility of utopia and the catastrophe of man's disconnect from the land. We talk about how he reprised his great character Donny Kimoe (causing Amazon to categorize this book as "Dystopian Lawyer"), the roots of the world he built in these novels and his drive to publish 3 books in 4 years, and how the pandemic is influencing the choice of his next project, and how he's been coping since our COVID Check-In a few months ago. We also get into the culture of undocumented people in his area of Texas, the documentary TV episode about his home in east Austin, his current binge of Latin American horror by women writers, the role of resistance when the law is being subverted by politics, the future of his wonderful Field Notes weekly e-mail, and more! Follow Chris on Twitter and Instagram • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

“As women, we are often the caregivers of our families, our aging parents, even our ailing friends. We must also take care of ourselves so we can handle juggling the many aspects of our lives. We are at the Epicenter of Care for our loved ones and ourselves. We believe that women are the driving force to bring cannabis wellness to the mainstream. We aim to empower as many women as possible with quality information and supportive communities to enhance their exploration of cannabis for a healthier, happier life.” Ellementa Mission StatementAliza Sherman is the publisher of HerCannaLife.com, a website showcasing women in the cannabis industry. She is also the CEO of Ellementa, a women's health company focused on cannabis and CBD. Her professional journey, prior to committing herself to elevating women in the emerging cannabis industry, included starting the first woman-owned, full-service Internet company Cybergrrl, Inc; the first global Internet networking organization for women, Webgrrls International; and was named by Newsweek one of the “Top People Who Matter Most in the Internet.” All these accolades in 1995! And she hasn't slowed down.Not one to let artificial barriers stop her, in 2009 Aliza was named one of the “Most Powerful Women in Technology.” Now she is breaking barriers in cannabis as an author, web pioneer and empowered voice for women. The ladies talk about educating women, finding community and what's going on in Alaska.Topics Discussed:Welcome and Introduction [1:33]Covid Check-In [3:08]Sharon High School Graduation [4:20]Ellementa Philosophy [5:10]Aliza's Journey [5:55]Melissa Fierce and Founders [7:00]Arizona to Alaska [7:50]Ellementa Hosts Non-Consuming Events [8:48]Tokeativity [8:54]Target Audience [9:21]“Just No Now” [10:50]The Stigma is Still Alive [12:58]The Global Ellementa Community [13:48]What Ellementa Does [14:15]Kush Groove in Central Square [16:20]How to Become a Leader [16:41]Brands Want to Meet Us! [18:25]Advisors [19:20]Junella Chen and The Book [20:00]The Other Advisors [20:12]Aliza's First Cannabis Job [20:30]Dr. Robert Flannery [21:32]Cannabis and CBD for Health and Wellness [22:22]Women's Health Issues [25:20]Women's Wellness Seminars [26:30]Heady Vermont Women's Event [28:05]Products on Ellementa [29:15]My Bud Vase [29:48]Erbanna Odor Free Bags [30:18]Family Life [32:48]Cannabis Relationship [33:20]Cannabis Awakening [34:00]Fear and Shame [35:35]Family and Cannabis [36:26]MyJane [39:21]Amie's Favorite Thing [41:58]Erin Scott Photography [42:58]Alaska and Cannabis [44:00]Exciting On Site Consumption [47:10]No More Sharing Joints [48:50]Contact Aliza Sherman [49:50]The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin for writing and performing TCMS theme music Kelly Dolan of Retail Results Inc Lori Lennon of Thinkubator Media Kim Kramer of McLane Middleton Cannabis Creative GroupPod617, The Boston Podcast Network

Julia Gosnell arrived in the cannabis world following an impressive thirty plus years in mainstream corporate America. She is also the mom of two, and the COO of Hippo Premium Packaging which she co-founded with Kary Radestock, a powerhouse in her own right.Before quitting her corporate job in 2017 to focus entirely on cannabis packaging, Julia and Kary attended one of the first MJ Biz Conference in November 2015 in Vegas, and saw for herself the opportunity for cannabis packaging. But Julia wasn't sold on jumping in yet. However, when Kary established the Hippo Premium Packaging in 2016 Julia stepped up to help, and together they set out on their mission to provide superior products and services to the cannabis industry - with pride, passion and professionalism.And although Julia has a personal relationship with cannabis, she is also the mother of a seventeen-year old daughter who for the first seven years was medicated heavily to control her seizures. But this brave mama educated herself on the powers of cannabis and transformed her daughter's life. The ladies are talking about cannabis as medicine, cannabis packaging and the potential for cannabis to renew American industry with Julia Gosnell, COO of Hippo Premium Packaging.Topics Discussed:Welcome [1:22]Introduction of Julia Gosnell [1:35]Covid Check-In [3:10]Hard Times [4:20]Overcoming the Shame [5:00]Emma's Story [5:20]Julia's Medicine is Not Valium [8:00]Transformative Medication [10:38]Being Two Moms [12:00]Finding Help [13:00]Humbolt Harvest [13:07]No More Drinking [15:15]A Happy Cannabis Family [15:40]Parenting Advice [16:16]Don't Be Afraid [16:45]Transition to Cannabis and The Famous Bowl [17:30]Print and Packaging Operations [18:31]Kary Radestock [18:50]MJ Biz Conference 2015 [19:32]How Packaging Testing Really Works [20:50]Testing with Kids and Seniors [21:00]No Packaging Testing Until Covid Over! [22:00]Hemp [22:25]MA Cannabis and Covid Changes [24:00]Instructions On A Pre-Roll? [25:58]“Inhale for immediate satisfaction.” [26:10]Creative Designs for Cannabis Brands [27:35]Julia's Email [29:17]Cornstarch Can Is Not Recyclable [30:12]Canadian Cannabis Packaging is Boring [33:00]Importance of Compliance Attorneys [35:16]MyJane [38:15]Amie's Favorite Thing: She Survival Box [40:33]CocaCandle [44:07]Julia's Favorite Way to Consume [46:26]The Number 11! [47:30]The Emerald Cup and The Hall of Flowers [50:33]Hippo Premium PackagingThe Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin for writing and performing TCMS theme music Kelly Dolan of Retail Results Inc Lori Lennon of Thinkubator Media Kim Kramer of McLane Middleton Cannabis Creative GroupPod617, The Boston Podcast Network

Valentia Valentine is a highly successful and accomplished professional in Carmel, California. She began her career in the commercial real estate industry where she served businesses throughout the Central Valley for over 25 years. But she speaks with The Canna Mom Show as the founder of Synchronicity Holistic, a state-of-the-art cannabis wellness center dedicated to patient care for both the adult and medical use. Her cannabis journey began in 1989, after suffering from symptoms that her doctor first thought could be a brain tumor, but turned out to be Multiple Sclerosis. That diagnoses forever changed her life. It was a devastating moment for a mother and career professional, but Valentia refused to be a victim of the disabling disease and began to learn as much as she could about MS. From treatments to protocols; from traditional Western medicine to Chinese herbal medicines, Eastern philosophies as well as mind and body practices. As a result of her studies she became a self-taught expert and holistic health advocate. Her efforts focused on ways to minimize MS symptoms.Although she had learned a great deal about traditional Eastern and Western medical treatments, she describes her experience with medical cannabis as nothing short of remarkable. The results were significant. Valentia had less pain. Her inflammation was more manageable. She slept. But most excitingly her mobility was significantly improved. Valentia Valentine's success has always come by helping others, and she has been focused on changing the public perception of medical cannabis. She has also spent a lifetime giving back and has become synonymous with philanthropy on the Monterey Peninsula. When not saving the world or running her businesses, Valentia is enjoying life with her large and wonderful family. Topics Discussed:Welcome [1:23]Happy Birthday Valentia [1:27]Covid Check-In [1:45]Introduction [2:40]Learning About Cannabis and Family Trauma [5:00]Valentia's Cannabis Journey [7:30]Treadmill In Her Pool [8:50]Cannabis for MS [10:10]Education, Directive and Cost [12:15]Israel! [12:30]Banking Is Making Doing Good Hard [16:00]1996 Compassionate Care Act [16:40]Family Tragedy [18:20]Cannabis Racist History [20:07]Family Reaction and Proud of Mom [20:40]So Much Anxiety and Pain [22:00]Valentia's Dispensary Vision [22:30]Righteous Indignation and Anxiety [24:34]Tinctures 1:1 [27:00]Edibles: Candy vs. Capsules [28:00]Synchronicity Holistic Experience [29:25]High Roads Designs Instagram [30:16]The Tiffany's of Cannabis [31:15]Priests, Seniors and Soccer Moms [32:25]Chat Lines with Real People to Help [32:50]Dr. Mechoulam Prescribes 20 mg CBD [34:20]The Wounded Healer Changing Minds [35:45]Visiting Assisted Living and Independent Living [36:50]Not High! Balance and Wellness [38:35]Female Focus and Helping Seniors Get Off Pain Meds [40:10]MyJane [41:25]California Cannabis 80 –20 Rule [44:15]Passion and Compassion [44:50]Med Men [48:20]“Without education it's just pot.” [50:10]Connect With Valentia Valentine The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin for writing and performing TCMS theme music Kelly Dolan of Retail Results Inc Lori Lennon of Thinkubator Media Kim Kramer of McLane Middleton Cannabis Creative GroupPod617, The Boston Podcast Network

Cartoonist Dylan Horrocks checks in from Wellington, NZ. We celebrate his country's success at overcoming the pandemic, but get into the darker lessons he learned during lockdown, and his shame at having to shrink his circle of concern during the depths of it. We get into making & reading comics during This Whole Situation, the grace of NZ's prime minister and the dry wit of its director-general of health, the joy of getting back to the pub, the way scientist Siouxsie Wiles & cartoonist Toby Morris collaborated to educate NZ about COVID-19, how the BLM protests have translated to his country, the comics projects he's working on, and plenty more. Follow Dylan on Twitter and Instagram, and read his all-time great graphic novel, Hicksville • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Photographer Steve Prue checks in from Brooklyn. We talk about how he got started in (largely NSFW) photography and the origin of Teamrockstar Images, how he's dealing with pandemic life (his roommate is yesterday's guest, Stoya), figuring out how to coordinate remote shoots with models, his love of burlesque and people who have an aversion to clothes, how he melted down when he met Britney Spears, our mutual love of the work of Richard Kadrey, his obsessive, studio-level lighting for routine Zoom calls, and more. Follow Steve on Twitter, and Instagram, OnlyFans, Vimeo and Patreon, and check out Teamrockstar Images • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Writer, actress, publisher and adult performer Stoya checks in from Brooklyn. We talk about social change and protests against police violence, why now isn't the time for self-promotion and why it is the time to promote Black voices, what the next world may look like, and why the AVN Awards committee's decision to eliminate the category of "interracial" is long overdue. We also get into her pandemic life, the ethical debate over being on OnlyFans, wanting to get back to her AEW Wednesdays, the value of friendship, the toothpaste she hoards when she's in Serbia, and her relief at discovering that she & her roommate can handle the lockdown. Follow Stoya on Twitter, Instagram, and OnlyFans, and check out her magazine, ZeroSpaces • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Cartoonist, activist and live-drawing pioneer Liza Donnelly checks in from Rhinebeck, NY. We talk about the rhythm of her daily live-drawing video sessions and how they've improved her drawing & maybe her mental health, the Zoom event she held for Society of Illustrations with Roz Chast & Liana Finck, the longform graphic novel she's pondering, what she misses about NYC, her upcoming exhibition at the Norman Rockwell Museum, how she's getting reacquainted with drawing on paper, the challenge of coming up with cartoons for The New Yorker nowadays, and more. Follow Liza on Twitter, Periscope and Instagram • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Author & photographer Kipp Friedman checks in from Milwaukee, hours after the death of his father, the great writer Bruce Jay Friedman. We trade stories about BJF, but first we talk about how Kipp has been coping with pandemic life, and how, with his bar/bat mitzvah photography business on hiatus, Kipp has returned to a novel he began a few yeas ago about his time as a newspaper reporter in FL in the '80s. He also gets into how teaching tennis manages to keep him occupied while letting him keep appropriate social distance, the advantages of having a live-in chef (his son moved back in and loves to cook), the joy of bingeing on Eric Ambler novels and the Criterion Channel streaming service, and more. Read Kipp's memoir, Barracuda In The Attic • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Johanna Nuding's grandmother is not only named Joyce, but also shares the same birthday as The Canna Mom Joyce! A strange little coincidence. Johanna has a cannabis story that spans continents, beginning in her home state of Texas where she worked in sales on a prominent sports network, to NY for a radio apprenticeship, then back to Texas to work in real estate development. But then, just like a movie, she gave it all up in 2012 and had a life adventure in Italy. When she flew back to America Johanna headed out to California where she started her podcast, Casually Baked, and invested in her passion of helping people get paid for being themselves and educating others as a canna Sherpa.Johanna is also Joyce's podcast idol. When Joyce was just starting out she discovered Casually Baked and was inspired that Johanna wasn't a dude in the basement smoking a blunt. It was inspirational! The Canna Mom Show is talking podcasting, marketing and the importance of learning life lessons through stories. Topics Discussed:Welcome [1:37]Johanna Nuding Intro [1:55]Covid Check-In and Dave's Dance Party [3:30]A Talent Show Gone Astray [4:20]A One-Way Ticket to Bologna and Beyoncé [6:00]California Dreaming [6:50]Howard Stern Connection [8:43]Johanna's Relationship with Cannabis [11:30]Alcohol vs. Cannabis [13:10]Cannabis is a Truth Serum for Your Soul [13:47]The Word “High” [14:15]Aesop's Fables and Podcasting Stories [14:56]It's A Man's World and Women are Shaking it up! [16:36]Raising Community Consciousness with Cannabis [17:56]Valuing Caregivers [19:17]Hemp and Cannabis Moment [20:00]Status of Cannabis in Texas [21:30]Johanna's Mom and Dad [23:00]Cannabis Sherpas and Changing Beliefs [24:50]Johanna's New Park Friend [27:00]California Cannabis Prison Reform [30:30]District Attorneys and Cannabis Criminal Justice Reform [31:35]Canna Curious and Marketing with Puns [32:56]Johanna's Podcast Studio Description [34:15]Terroir [35:50]How To Grow Cannabis [37:35]Advice to Women and Aging Gracefully with Cannabis [39:00]Replacing “High” with “Health” [41:00]MyJane Products [41:20]Employment Advice [43:40]Seeking Out Ways to Be Of Service [46:00]Covid and Cannabis [46:20]Persistence [47:07]Podcasting vs. Radio? Cussing! [48:03]Johanna's Road Trip to Texas [49:40]Contact Johanna [51:00]https://www.facebook.com/casuallybaked/ask@casuallybaked.comhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCk10msTNdrRrPjmTJ096HwThe Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin for writing and performing TCMS theme music Kelly Dolan of Retail Results Inc Lori Lennon of Thinkubator Media Kim Kramer of McLane Middleton Cannabis Creative GroupPod617, The Boston Podcast Network

Design scholar, teacher, and author Steven Heller checks in from New York City. We talk about the anxiety & stress of pandemic life, and why he's thinking of designing a watch that just tells you the day of the week. We also get into his upcoming 70th birthday, and why that number is a big rubicon for him, his reread & revised opinion of Philip Roth's The Plot Against America, the relaunch of Print magazine (he and partners bought the title a few months ago) and the how he sustains his Daily Heller blog there, the weird comfort of walking through a protest this week, his recent binge of Shtisel on Netflix, and more. Follow Steven on Twitter and Instagram and check out his blog at Print Magazine, The Daily Heller • Listen to our most recent full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Caldecott Medal-winning author & illustrator David Small checks in from SW Michigan. We talk about the "what am I going to do next?" moment he's fallen into, the bad timing of selling his papers to a university library last fall and how it means he has to recreate the opening of his next graphic novel from memory, whether his background as a kids book author & illustrator would help him explain This Whole Situation to kids, the upcoming sequel to one of her best-known books, Imogene's Antlers (and how he gave this one a more evil ending than the one his publisher suggested), living with CLL and other aspects of being 75, how he learned to use the dilation of pandemic-time to his advantage, and more. Listen to our full-length podcast and check out David's graphic novels, Stitches and Home After Dark • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Cartoonist & illustrator Robert Sikoryak checks in from NYC. We talk about his just-completed new book, Constitution Illustrated (Drawn & Quarterly), what he learned about the US Constitution & America in the process of making that book, and how that deadline insulated him a little from the effects of sheltering in place. We get into remote teaching of his art classes at Parsons, finding his best Zoom angle, trying to adapt his Carousel live cartooning performances to the social distancing world, and the sequel to Masterpiece Comics he hopes to work on next. Follow Bob on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Cartoonist & comics-historian Eddie Campbell checks in from Chicago. We talk Pandemic Hair, surviving with a pair of 2-month-old kittens (acquired by yesterday's guest, Eddie's wife Audrey Niffenegger), finishing his book on the great cartoonist and interviewer Kate Carew, the difference between imagining books and making them (I have no idea what he's talking about), how the scribbly charm or half-assed-ness of his comics takes a lot of work, catching up on Gasoline Alley reprints, his appreciation of the interchangeable anonymity of Picasso & Braque's unsigned cubist works, his belief that your bucket list should be enjoyment of the magic of the everyday, and more. Follow Eddie on Twitter and read his work • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Author & artist Audrey Niffenegger checks in from Chicago. We talk about her decision to add a pair of 2-month-old kittens to her pandemic household, the progress she's making on the sequel to The Time Traveler's Wife, how she fortuitously incorporated 9/11 into that book and has found a place for the pandemic in this one, and why she continues to wear lipstick every day. We also get into writers' tendency to keep fiddling with their books (especially and expensively in the case of Joyce with Ulysses), the bookstores she wants to visit after This Whole Situation, the question of positing a better world in fiction, Chicago's inequality and how it's exacerbating the health crisis, the nonprofit Artists Book House she helped launch, and why she's enjoying the silence even as her house succumbs to entropy. Follow Audrey on Twitter and support Artists Book House • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Publisher Annie Koyama checks in from Toronto. We talk about whether the pandemic has affected her plans to close down Koyama Press in 2021, and the big farewell she had planned for this year's Toronto Comic Arts Festival. We get into her guerrilla charity/grant-program to help cartoonists and other creative people, her concerns for her 92-year-old mom, the increasing racism toward people of Asian descent, how "being good in emergencies" gets tested when the emergency never ends, why she delayed her dive into Animal Crossing, and the ongoing lesson of appreciating the mundane. Follow Annie & Koyama Press on Twitter and Instagram, and pick up some of their books • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Documentary photographer Jonathan Hyman checks in from Bethel, NY. We talk about his travels from Maine to Maryland to photograph towns and "open the economy" rallies during the pandemic, the near-emptiness of New York City on St. Patrick's Day, the parallels and divergences with post-9/11 America and his photography projects from that era, people coming at him during rallies because of their hostility toward media, how pointing a camera at someone is different than pointing a phone at them, and more. Follow Jonathan on Facebook and Instagram • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Author and professor Peter Trachtenberg checks in from the Catskills. We talk about his surprise at how well he's dealing with This Whole Situation, the essay he's working on about Katherine Anne Porter's Pale Horse, Pale Rider, the realization that Americans are more afraid of going broke than contracting COVID-19, and how this pandemic echoes and differs from the 1918 flu and the AIDS crisis. We get into the book he's working on about living and dying in New York's Westbeth artists' apartments, the value of art in society, his meditative practice of reading Levi's Periodic Table in Italian, what it was like to preside over graduation-by-video at Pitt, and more. Follow Peter on Twitter and Instagram • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Author, archivist and curator David Leopold checks in from Bucks County, PA. We talk about curating art in a quarantine and organizing the Socially Distant Theater virtual exhibition of Al Hirschfeld's drawings of solo shows, how museum audiences are changing over the years and his concerns that we'll continue to drive away from in-person experience, missing JazzFest in New Orleans, making a social-distancing garden, bingeing on The Leftovers and Saki's short stories, researching minstrel shows for an exhibition on race & identity in George Herriman's work, and contextualizing them as commedia dell'arte (while being sensitive about the potential for offense inherent in the subject matter), working on a Frontera music virtual exhibition for Arhoolie, going 6 weeks without leaving the farm he lives on, and more. Follow David on Twitter and check out the Ben Solowey Studio and the Al Hirschfeld Foundation • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Cartoonist, illustrator, archeologist, and teacher Glynnis Fawkes checks in from Burlington, VT. We get into how her knowledge with Ancient Greece & archeology informs her perspective on the current pandemic, and talk about how how she's making a diary comic about her family, but setting it in 1347 during the Black Death semisorta so she can avoid drawing her kids using their iPads all the time. We get into how making Charlotte Bronte Before Jane Eyre led her to realize how much we think we're excused from a lot of hazards, the Angouleme residency she's missing out on, the inspiration of Natalia Ginzburg's Family Lexicon, how she's staying in touch with her comics-festival table-mates, Jennifer Hayden, Summer Pierre, and Ellen Lindner (who I really need to record with), how in-person contact has become a luxury, the joys of online yoga, and more. Follow Glynnis on Twitter and Instagram • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Musician, producer, and just-about-Broadway songwriter Gary Clark checks in from Scotland to talk about the musical of Sing Street (he wrote the songs, based on the movie) and how its Broadway debut has been postponed by the pandemic. We get into the recent charity livestream of Sing Street, what he's learned from the process of working on a musical and how that's feeding into his next project, the Emma Thompson-led staging of Nanny McPhee, the dire prospects for clubs and theaters hurt by the quarantine, the importance of having routines and rhythms for work and life, the pros and cons of streaming music, practicing Transcendental Meditation, having to rewrite the Nanny McPhee song "Plague, Rickets, Scurvy & Spleen" in light of This Whole Situation, and (of course I had to ask) the (non-)prospects of a virtual Danny Wilson reunion. Follow Gary on Twitter and Instagram and keep up with news about the musical of Sing Street • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Architecture writer Witold Rybczynski checks in from Philadelphia. We talk about how his present circumstances — retired from teaching, helping his wife recover from a broken arm, and editing his next book — have enabled him to transition into shelter-in-place mode pretty smoothly. We also get into that upcoming book, The Story of Architecture, how working on it enables him to transport himself into the Renaissance and elsewhere/when, how it's modeled after Gombrich's The Story of Art, why he doesn't want to theorize about the impact of the pandemic on architecture, the Mantel & Greene books he's immersed in and the French TV series he's bingeing on via Netflix, and his acceptance that there are wonderful historic buildings he'll never visit. Follow Witold on Twitter • Listen to our two our full-length podcasts: 2015 and 2019 • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Author & activist Nathaniel Popkin checks in from Philadelphia. We talk about the potential for creative moments in the midst of self-isolation, the inspiration of Elsa Morante's novel History on his recent LitHub essay on the abuse of war imagery during the pandemic, the unique social aspects of Philadelphia, the dilation of time during self-isolation and how glad he was to take a social-distance walk with friends, the eternal search for justice and the battle against corporatization, the history of how the Lenape natives were defrauded of their land in the 1700s and how the language of destroying indigenous people hasn't changed over the centuries, how literature helps him travel in time and space, and more. Follow Nathaniel on Twitter and Instagram • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

This is the next edition of a special series we're calling the COVID Check-In. In this series we get an on-the-ground look at how faith leaders and churches are dealing with the global pandemic.    In this episode we talk with Jay Pathak, lead pastor of the Mile High Vineyard in Denver, CO.  With states starting to ease restrictions and re-open, Jay and Adam tackle the pressing questions facing the Church in this post-quarantine new normal.

Author, teacher & activist Kate Maruyama checks in from LA. We talk about whether writers have a responsibility to write a positive future and how she helped organize the Writing Better Futures in Times of Crisis virtual event (happening 5/14/20!). We also get into how she self-shamed into finishing a novella but is averse to the myth of WFH productivity, teaching writing online, whether her F&SF & horror background prepared her for this scenario, the fragmentation of LA and the challenges that creates for keeping community, reading for the Shirley Jackson Awards, the theory that panicked brains focus on details rather than broad & deep thinking, and more. Follow Kate on Twitter and Instagram • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Writer and editor Ron Hogan checks in from Queens (near Elmhurst Hospital). We talk about why you don't need to write King Lear while in quarantine (or finish War & Peace, although he's hoping to do that), how to handle bad writing days regardless of whether there's a pandemic on, keeping up with his writing-development e-mail, Destroy Your Safe and Happy Lives, and a key lesson from Thomas Merton to find the core of one's writing. We also get into how he officially joined a Quaker meeting via Zoom, his binge of season 3 of Castlevania, his deep-dive into the Psalms, having Korean baseball games as occasional TV-wallpaper, enjoying The Anarchist's Tool Chest (as part of his goal of minimizing his engagement with capital), and more! Follow Ron on Twitter and Instagram and subscribe to his e-mail • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Supernatural horror author & game writer Cassandra Khaw checks in from Montreal. We talk about her life in transit and her dread at seeing borders close, how horror writers are scaredy-cats and why she's trying to write something bright & happy, how it's driving her batty to not be able to go to the gym), the therapeutic aspects of playing Animal Crossing and how it deviates from a key rule of gaming by enforcing the need to slow down, her lament at missing Montreal's mural festival, helping amplify other writers through Twitch-streamed readings, her undying love for Stephen Graham Jones' Mongrels, her upcoming novella, and more. Follow Cassandra on Twitter and Instagram • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Flutist and author Sato Moughalian was the last person with whom I recorded an in-person podcast, and the first guest of the show to turn up positive with COVID-19. She checks in from New York City to talk about her recovery and the time-warping delirium of going 35 days without leaving her apartment. We get into how she's been able to return to the flute, how she knows her lungs well enough to rebuild their strength, her concerns about the future of live music, the communal nature of musicians and their way of being in the world, the joy of the very vibrations in the air that come from performing in close quarters with other players, losing herself in Call the Midwife and more. Follow Sato on Twitter and Instagram, watch one of her performances, and read Feast of Ashes: The Life and Art of David Ohannessian • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

James Beard Award-winning writer Brett Martin checks in from New Orleans. We talk about his brand-new Best New Restaurants In America feature in GQ, how the world's changed since he finished this annual tour and how this edition helps celebrate restaurants both for what they are and what they do. We get into his last great meal, the communal & celebratory spirit of New Orleans, the way he misses all the things he used to gripe about (travel, hotel rooms, etc.), the uncertain future of our alma mater (Hampshire College), my envy at what a fantastic writer he is, why he's not bingeing prestige TV despite writing a book about it, his regular Meal of Bretts at Crescent City Steakhouse, and more! Follow Brett on Twitter and read this year's Best New Restaurants In America and his book, Difficult Men • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

This is the next edition of a special series we're calling the COVID Check-In. In this series we get an on-the-ground look at how faith leaders and churches are dealing with the global pandemic.    In this episode we talk with Dr. Elizabeth O. Pierre, licensed professional counselor and assistant professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling & Counseling Psychology at North Park University in Chicago, IL.  Adam and Dr. Pierre tackle the layers of new issues facing church leaders in the time of quarantine, specifically addressing the topic of burnout.

Cartoonist Karl Stevens checks in from Boston, to talk about how his life hasn't changed all that much during the pandemic (outside of one COVID case in his co-op). We get into how he's trying to find unique humor for gag comics, and playing mix-and-match with The New Yorker's unofficial list of humor topics, his deep dive into Jack Kirby's 1970s comics, having his new book postponed until next spring, the festivals and conventions he misses most, his reflexive morning click on comicsreporter.com almost 6 months after Tom Spurgeon's death, and more. Follow Karl on Twitter and Instagram and check out his work at The New Yorker • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Professor and author Shachar Pinsker checks in from Ann Arbor after a month-long walloping by COVID-19. We get into how his recent book, A Rich Brew: How Cafés Created Modern Jewish Culture (NYU Press), informed his understanding of the pandemic's effect on people, how social isolation may affect the exchange of ideas, the post-COVID energy and inspiration he's feeling for new writing projects like pieces on the nature & future of conviviality and the history of the feuilleton, how his family in Israel is coping, and whether he can taste coffee again. We also talk about how he had to learn online teaching on the fly, what it takes to develop a good asynchronous course, and why teaching during this experience helped him as much as it did his students. Follow Shachar on Twitter and Instagram • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Let's check in with musician, songwriter, producer, inventor and now novelist David Baerwald! We talk about America conforming to the apocalyptic vision of his 1992 album, Triage, and his friends realizing he wasn't as crazy as they thought. We get into the novel he's writing about his family and its connections to 20th century history and the roots of the CIA, how working on the book lets him travel the world from his desk, why we should all Google Emily Hahn & Israel Epstein, why this is the most dangerous moment in human history, what it was like moving house in the middle of the pandemic, the fun of teaching guitar online, how he adapted a full-face snorkeling mask into PPE in lieu of an N95 mask, how his son and the college-age cohort views the future, how a bag of mushrooms is helping him get by, and more. Follow David on Twitter and Instagram • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Nov Shmoz Ka Pop? Writer & artist Paul C. Tumey joins the show to talk about his fantastic new book, Screwball: The Cartoonists Who Made The Funnies Funny (IDW Publishing). We get into where screwball cartooning began, how he selected the 15 cartoonists profiled in the book (like Herriman, Segar, Rube Goldberg, and Frederick Opper), the ways in which the book is an attempt at explaining the parentage of Mad Magazine, the nuances of biography and his work at humanizing his subjects, and how screwball cartooning intersected with with vaudeville & film (and how the Marx Bros. got their names) and why it's the subject of his next book. We also talk about how we're coping with pandemic-panic and his latest binge-reads & -shows. • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Cartoonist Keiler Roberts checks in from Chicago. Even though she was one of the people I was most worried about during the pandemic, it turns out she's doing better than anyone else I've talked to. We talk about what it's like to see the rest of the world conform to her everyday life, her MS and how the lack of day-to-day errands has reduced its toll on her, the progress she's making on her next book, why she chose to bail on comics festivals last year, shifting her coffee-dates with friends to Zoom, how she stays grateful for little things, and more. Follow Keiler on Twitter and Instagram • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Biblical scholar David M. Carr checks in from Putnam Valley, NY. We get into how his book, Holy Resilience: The Bible's Traumatic Origins, resonates with our current moment, how he was trapped in Mallorca when the European semisorta travel ban was announced, the ways Tiger King reflects our own cagedness, the work he's doing on the book of Genesis and the nature of the myth of the Flood, the power of Jewish traditions (especially talking back to God), and how our relationship with our pets may disturbingly mirror the patterns and language people used to use about slaves. • Follow David on Twitter and Facebook, although he's not active on either • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Michael Gerber, editor/publisher of The American Bystander, a.k.a., the last great humor magazine, checks in from Santa Monica, where he's busier than ever. We talk about finding humor and sharing laughs during the pandemic, the Bystander's viability and how its distribution model is built to survive this sort of situation, his background in history and how it helps and hurts right now (including the lesson of the Rome's Gracchi brothers), his upcoming binge of I, Claudius and the novel of ancient Rome he's threatening to write, Dan Savage's (non-sexual) advice about keeping perspective during the pandemic, and his realization that making The American Bystander may just be his calling (as opposed to CIA analyst, which he considered once upon a time). • Support The American Bystander by subscribing to the Last Great Humor Magazine, and check out samples at their site • Follow Michael on Twitter, follow The American Bystander on Twitter and Instagram, and subscribe to their free daily e-mail, Quarantine Cavalcade • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

This is the next edition of a special series we're calling the COVID Check-In. In this series we get an on-the-ground look at how faith leaders and churches are dealing with the global pandemic.    In this episode we talk with Phil Chorlian, senior pastor of the North Jersey Vineyard in South Hackensack, NJ.  Phil and his entire family tested positive for COVID-19 back in March.  Being so close to the NYC area, Phil and his church have been directly affected by the virus, including tragically losing a member of their congregation to the disease.

Author Scott Edelman checks in from West Virginia. We talk about how the pandemic has derailed his podcast, Eating the Fantastic, after 120 episodes, all the conventions that have been cancelled and how much he misses them (and why Readercon is his fave), the solace he takes from Middlemarch, the books he's hoping to get to now that he's not reading for pod-guests, whether his zombie fiction has prepared him for the current situation, the joys of light opera, and more. Follow Scott on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and listen to his podcast, Eating the Fantastic • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Illustrator and cartoonist Ken Krimstein checks in from Chicago. We talk about how the process of finishing his next book helped him muscle through the early stages of social distancing and isolation, and how the content of the book — adaptations of anonymous autobiographies of Jewish teens in pre-war Lithuania — helped him with perspective on the trials people have gone through in the past. We also get into some utopian thinking, his Charles Portis binge, his amazement at Frank Santoro's graphic memoir Pittsburgh, how he'll never escape Hannah Arendt, years after finishing his graphic biography of her, and more. Follow Ken on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Yiddish historian Eddy Portnoy checks in from Harlem. We get into how he's managing the work/home setup now that his sofa has molded itself to his body, how the Yiddish papers covered the 1918 flu and the analogs that has for our present situation, the Displaced Persons exhibition he's working on for 2021 at the UN (fingers crossed), his long-gestating project on a pair of Yiddish puppeteers, a 1970s novel he's reading about the Black Death hitting NYC, why his Jewish tendency to comedy outweighs any tendency to utopian thinking, the soul food restaurant he'd love to visit again, and more. Follow Eddy on Twitter, and read his book, Bad Rabbi • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Author Maria Alexander checks in from Los Angeles, where we talk about finishing her Bloodlines of Yule trilogy with the upcoming Snowblind (and reworking the ending to be a little less downbeat, given the current moment). We also get into her pandemic-binges, like Bewitched and the Preston/Child Agent Pendergast novels, her social-media distancing, her experience with an emotional vampire (prompted by our mutual love for What We Do In The Shadows), and more. Follow Maria on Twitter and Instagram, and buy her some Agent Pendergast paperbacks • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Artist, teacher and graphic medicine practitioner Kriota Willberg checks in from Manhattan. We talk about the importance of building routines during home confinement (inspired by Ellen Forney), reaching domestic equilibrium in a 2-cartoonist, 1-bedroom apartment (they're both working on new books), holding Netflix Sync parties with friends in lieu of having people over, volunteering at a food bank, missing comics festivals, and how her experience in the AIDS era as part of the Chicago arts community prepares her and compares to our pandemic moment. Follow Kriota on Twitter and Instagram, and read Draw Stronger: Self-Care For Cartoonists and Other Visual Artists • Listen to our most recent full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Doug Wright Award-nominated cartoonist Sylvia Nickerson checks in from Hamilton, ON. We talk about her artist residency and how its postponement has led her to rethink her artistic direction, the fate of the invisible people she documented in her debut book, CREATION (Drawn & Quarterly), why it can be a good time for people to think about creating other worlds, the dual inspirations of Lynda Barry and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and more. Follow Sylvia on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Vimeo • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

This is the next edition of a special series we're calling the COVID Check-In. In this series we get an on-the-ground look at how faith leaders and churches are dealing with the global pandemic.    Today, we talk with John and Judith Hix, lead pastors of the Seattle Vineyard in Washington State. They had an early personal brush with COVID-19.

Cartoonist, illustrator & writer Summer Pierre checks in from Highland Falls, NY. We talk about the importance of work & parenting routines, keeping sane with freelance work, making diary comics, diving into National Poetry Month, the joy of sending & receiving letters (and getting a recent letter from Seth), crying at the supermarket, having the impulse to drive down to New York City just to cruise around the empty streets, and more. Follow Summer on Twitter and Instagram • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

New Yorker cartoonist Emily Flake checks in from Brooklyn. We talk about the challenges of making gag comics in the COVID era (and finding jokes outside of Zoom conferences and toilet-paper hoarding), adapting her Shitshow and Nightmares live events to an online audience, stocking up on art supplies but worrying about the pharma supply chain from India, conning her kid into a reading contest as a way to get some quiet time, missing even the awkward-est of hugs, and more. Follow Emily on Twitter and Instagram, and look for upcoming livestreams of Shitshow and Nightmares • Also, go read her new essay about enchantment and middle age, Molly and the Unicorn • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Photojournalist Kyle Cassidy checks in from Philadelphia. We talk about his new photo series, Between Us and Catastrophe (recently excerpted at Hidden City), where he's photographing and interviewing (at a distance) the healthcare workers, essential personnel and volunteers who are keeping the world going during the pandemic. We talk about the awful choices that nurses have to make, the technical challenges of the series, his aggravation at neighbors holding porch parties, the book on Icelandic sweaters that he'd love to get back to, his decades-old flash that's been waiting for this moment, his fundamental belief in the goodness of humanity, and more. Follow Kyle on Twitter and Smugmug • Listen to our most recent full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Last time Eva Hagberg checked in, she'd just gotten her positive COVID-19 test. Three weeks later, she fills us in on the most harrowing medical experience of a life filled with harrowing medical experiences (seriously, read her memoir). We talk about her attempts to cope with the virus without going to the hospital, the system-wide assault the virus conducts on body and mind, how the experience may change the pandemic novel she'd started writing in The Before Times, and more. Follow Eva on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and her own podcast, Recoup • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Essayist and journalist (and one of my very first pod-guests!) Jane Borden checks in from LA. We talk about memoir-metamorphosis, her recent Vanity Fair piece on the art of making art during a plague, the solace of deep time, working for Tom Wolfe, the Ishion Hutchinson essay that recently blew her mind, the intertwining of arts criticism and memoir, whether it's healthy to try to interpret the pandemic through metaphor, rereading her Joseph Campbell books and reflecting on her marginalia from her 20s, and more. Follow Jane on Twitter • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Writer and critic Whitney Matheson checks in from Brooklyn, after a multi-week bout with COVID-19 (her doctor thinks she's past it, but still dealing with after-effects). We talk about the irony of her being debilitated just when the world needs pop culture recommendations most, her best Zoom angles, the amount of good, bad and ugly art that will come out of this period, the restaurant she misses most, the TV show she's meaning to catch up on, home-schooling a 7-year-old kid while trying not to pass out, and how happy she is to have a birthday coming up next week. Follow Whitney on Twitter and Instagram, subscribe to her weekly pop-culture e-mail and get exclusive content like her comics, short stories and more at her Patreon. Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

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This is the next edition of a special series we're calling the COVID Check-In. In this series we will get an on-the-ground look at how faith leaders and churches are dealing with the global pandemic.    Today, we talk with Hal Donaldson, CEO of Convoy of Hope, about their mission to provide 10 million meals during this crisis. As a faith-based, nonprofit organization, Convoy of Hope has helped more than 115 million people throughout the world by sharing food, water, emergency supplies, agricultural know-how, and opportunities that empower people to live independent lives, free from poverty, disease and hunger.

Cartoonist and playwright Dean Haspiel checks in from Brooklyn (home of his superhero, The Red Hook!). We talk about making art (good, bad or ugly) during the plague, finding yourself while putting your life on hold, how our social norms may change after the pandemic subsides, the virtue of online comics, bingeing on 1970s comics by Steve Gerber, feeling sad (but not self-pity) when his play, The War of Woo, had to be postponed last month, and more. • Nominate season 3 of The Red Hook, STARCROSS, for Best Webcomic at the Ringo Awards • Follow Dean on Twitter and Instagram, and subscribe to his e-newsletter • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Author Christopher Brown checks in from the edgelands of East Austin, TX. We talk about the final edits of his upcoming novel, Failed State (which is part of the universe of his previous novels, Tropic of Kansas and Rule of Capture), and how the border between dystopia and utopia are kinda permeable. We also get into his amazing weekly e-mail, Field Notes, nature's reclamation projects, the potential inflection point of the current moment, why he's trying to translate German and has taken up the lute, the midwest road trip he's planning, and more. Follow Chris on Twitter and Instagram, and subscribe to Field Notes • Listen to our most recent full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Fantasy author Ilana Myer checks in from eastern PA. We talk about cancelled travel plans, the virtual tour for her new book, The Poet King, what she learned in the course of finishing her Harp and Ring trilogy, the difference between reading about the pandemic and living it, making the plunge into Wodehouse (and avoiding dystopian fiction), and more. Follow Ilana on Twitter and Instagram, and read her new book, The Poet King • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Cartoonist Jennifer Hayden checks in from central NJ. We talk about the need to micro-vent during self-isolation with her family, the graphic memoir she finds herself immersed in (and which keeps growing in scale), her changing understanding of aspects of the Goddess, and how this situation is bringing her to terms with herself. Follow Jennifer on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and read her great graphic memoir, The Story of My Tits • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Silent-film accompanist Ben Model checks in from the Upper West Side of NYC. We talk about how the pandemic and self-isolation led him and his partner Steve Massa to launch the Silent Comedy Watch Party, a livestream on YouTube that airs every Sunday at 3pm EDT. We also get into the ups and downs of Zoom teaching, the challenges of playing piano for a telepresent audience, how he can't wait for New Yorkers to get pushy again, and more. Watch the Silent Comedy Watch Party and follow Ben on Twitter and Instagram • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

This is the first edition of a special series we're calling COVID Check-In. In this series we will get an on-the-ground look at how faith leaders and churches are dealing with the global pandemic.    Today, we talk with John & Kara Kim, pastors of the 166 in Hells Kitchen, Manhattan, NYC. In addition to his work as a pastor, John is a highly-respected economist.

Author Michael Tisserand checks in from New Orleans. We talk about how his wife (a pediatrician) got through her recent bout with COVID-19, how the city has had to change its traditions and practices even when jazz funerals beckon, the Krazy Kat strips that are giving him solace, the comparisons with Katrina, and more. Read KRAZY, Michael's biography of George Herriman, and follow Michael on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook • Listen to our full-length podcast from 2017 • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Writer, editor and rare book dealer Henry Wessells checks in from Montclair, NJ. We talk about the books & authors he's bingeing on, the big project of selling Ricky Jay's collection, the joy of a walk in the woods, the one cooking ingredient he wishes he'd stocked up on before battening down the hatches, and more. Follow Henry on Twitter and go check out his book, A Conversation Larger Than The Universe: Readings in Science Fiction and the Fantastic 1762-2017 • Listen to our full-length podcast from 2018 • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Cartoonist James Sturm checks in from Hartland, VT. We talk about how COVID-19 has affected learning at the Center for Cartoon Studies (he's the founder and director of that institution), his weekly digital Sabbath, recording video-dispatches with cartoonists about this experience, missing Tom Spurgeon and how he would have helped us cope with this, and more. • Follow James Instagram and follow CCS on Twitter and Instagram • Listen to our full-length podcast from 2019 • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Urban fantasy horror writer Richard Kadrey checks in from San Francisco. We talk about how self-isolation impacts his writing, the history of urban plagues, his stab at passing the time by learning to use Windows, Clive Barker as "comfort food" reading, why he doesn't binge on TV series, risking his life for his favorite bourbon, the difference between folk horror and rural horror, and more. • Follow Richard on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram • Listen to our most recent full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Artist & writer Dmitry Samarov checks in from Chicago to talk about self-isolating in a packed-up apartment (he's supposed to move in a month). We talk about his paintings, the lack of social distancing in some neighborhoods he's seen, his current reading (Tropic of Cancer and Ben Katchor's The Dairy Restaurant), and more. • Follow Dmitry through his weekly e-mail • Listen to our most recent full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

From St. Louis, my brother Boaz Roth checks in to talk about how his role as a teacher has changed in the COVID-19 era. We get into how this whole experience measures up with the time his house burned down and his family had to live in a rental for 9 months while they rebuilt, the books he's reading, and the optimal size for an online seminar. • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

From Arlington, MA, essayist and AGNI co-editor Sven Birkerts checks in to let us know what books and poems provide him some degree of solace during the pandemic. We talk about what normal might look like in future and the way the recent past seems unreal, his daily challenge of taking an interesting photo for Instagram, the theme of ongoingness in literature, caring for his 92-year-old mom, and more. Follow Sven on Instagram and Twitter • Listen to our full-length podcast from 2017 • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Horror fiction editor Ellen Datlow checks in from the West Village of NYC. She talks about the low-grade anxiety of day-to-day life, getting by when USPS services drops to 1-2x/week, turning down an assignment to recommend pandemic-novels for quarantined readers, how her Fantastic Fiction reading series is going virtual, and more. • Follow Ellen on Twitter and sign up for the livestream of her next Fantastic Fiction session • Listen to our full-length podcast from • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

It's legendary science fiction author Samuel R. Delany's birthday! Chip checks in from Philadelphia, where he's found himself working on a new piece of fiction. We talk about comparisons with his AIDS-era experiences, his partner Dennis's willingness to share him with Rachel Maddow, his recent binge of Tiger King on Netflix and his disappointment in Da Vinci's Demons, his new website, samueldelany.com, the advantages of turning into his grandmother, his virtual birthday plans, and more. • Follow Chip on Facebook and on his new site • More info at our site • Listen to our full-length podcast from 2017 • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

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In our first Covid-Check-In podcast, artist Kate Lacour (Vivisectionary, Fantagraphics) calls in from New Orleans while her kids are asleep. We talk about how she's coping — taking care of her kids & her garden, reading Cixin Liu, making diary comics, helping neighbors — and how she's planning to celebrate her birthday tonight. • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal