Podcast appearances and mentions of Dan Piraro

Dan Piraro returns to the show from his hideout in Mexico. We talk about the political climate in the United States, Dan's spiritual journey, meditation, and psychedelic trips that have led to profound revelations about consciousness and existence. Dan also talks about his graphic novel, Peyote Cowboy, and his subscription newsletter, "The Naked Cartoonist." We had fun...you might too!Tunes in this EpisodeOscar Aleman - DelicadoLos Panchos - El Burro SoccaronLinksBizarro.com - Dan's Oil Painting - Dan's Previous Episode of the MTP - Peyote Cowboy

Dan Piraro returns to the show from his hideout in Mexico. We talk about the political climate in the United States, Dan's spiritual journey, meditation, and psychedelic trips that have led to profound revelations about consciousness and existence. Dan also talks about his graphic novel, Peyote Cowboy, and his subscription newsletter, "The Naked Cartoonist." We had fun...you might too!Tunes in this EpisodeOscar Aleman - DelicadoLos Panchos - El Burro SoccaronLinksBizarro.com - Dan's Oil Painting - Dan's Previous Episode of the MTP - Peyote Cowboy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join me in conversation with multi-instrumentalist, writer, poet, singer, and brilliant human being in general, Vera Sola. We talk about dreams, music, exploding doormats, and her new record - Peacemaker (available everywhere you buy music). Get her record, see her live, and follow her trajectory here - VeraSola.com Read a Review of Peacemaker Here Check out my pal Dan Piraro's Newsletter Here

Vera Sola is a multi-instrumentalist, writer, poet, singer, and brilliant human being in general. She joined me on a Zoom chat to talk about dreams, music, exploding doormats, and her new record - Peacemaker (available everywhere you buy music).Get her record, see her live, and follow her trajectory here - VeraSola.comRead a Review of Peacemaker HereCheck out my pal Dan Piraro's Newsletter HereTunes in this EpisodeDelicado - Oscar AlemanHands - Vera Sola (Courtesy of City Slang Records)The Line - Vera Sola (Courtesy of City Slang Records) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lauren Vela is back on the pod today with a summer short that originally was a section of episode 406 that, unfortunately, I had to cut. It was a little bit tangential to the “why with the employer inertia” theme that the original episode was about. But tangential does not mean unimportant. This clip has some really critical insights on a different topic that may or may not to a greater or lesser degree contribute to inertia. And I'm gonna call this other topic the benefit design that most employees might ultimately be the most satisfied with might not be the one that they are explicitly asking for. Let's start with three kinds of market research insights that Lauren Vela, my guest in this healthcare podcast, uncovered when interviewing friends and neighbors not in the healthcare industry about their benefits: 1. Nobody reads their benefit information. 2. They are unhappy with their benefits. 3. The most important thing for them is to have choice. They want to avoid the notion of “managed care.” In thinking about this, I was reminded of a Henry Ford quote: “If I asked my customers what they wanted, they would have told me a faster horse.” Or Steve Jobs famously said, “Some people say, ‘Give the customers what they want.' But that's not my approach. Our job is to figure out what they're going to want before they do.” Jobs's whole thing, after all, was that true innovation often comes from anticipating customer needs and desires before they can articulate them themselves. So, let me reconcile Lauren's findings when she interviewed people about what they want in their benefits and what Henry Ford and Steve Jobs have to say about the matter. First of all, patients/plan members—most people have never experienced a comprehensive primary care situation where they are assisted in finding the highest-quality specialists or sub-specialists and have their care coordinated. They have never had someone worrying about them in their “in-between spaces,” as Amy Scanlan, MD (EP402), put it, between appointments. This is all just a fantasy. It is a reputed Shangri-la that almost no one has ever seen with their own two eyes. But what many have seen—I have; you have—are narrow networks in which cost containment is wielded like a brute-force weapon, where, for example, the NCI-designated cancer centers are out of network as a way to make sure that people with cancer don't sign up for your plan … or don't last long on your plan if they do. (Did I say that out loud?) Do I sound like I suffer from a brutal lack of trust? Yes, I do—and I was just role-playing there an employee probably pretty accurately. Most of us remember the HMO a-go-go years when your PCP was an administrative gatekeeper and you had to see them to get a specialist appointment—except you never could see them. Wait times were weeks or months, obviously by design, right? But this way-too-expensive PPO model is the devil I know because, even if it totally sucks, it's better than the conspiracy theories and/or accurate or exaggerated recollections of other options. Here are my recommended next steps. Listen to the shows with Vivek Garg, MD, MBA (EP407), and Scott Conard, MD (EP391), and Douglas Eby, MD (EP312), as a start. All three make it really clear that advanced primary care—maybe even direct primary care—can not only save money, but it also can produce better health and patients are super happy and usually clinicians, too. It's like a quadruple aim home run. But none of this can happen if we say “integrated care or advanced primary care and you have to go there to get a referral” and then leave whatever that means up to employees' or plan members' imaginations. Communication is really required here, as it is when rolling out most new things—not just cars or cellular telephones.   You can learn more about Lauren's work by connecting with her on LinkedIn.   Lauren Vela is a passionate advocate for a more rational and sustainable healthcare system and recognizes the influence had by employers and other commercial purchasers through their oversight of employer-sponsored insurance plans. As an independent consultant, she partners with entities that are committed to changing the ineffective status quo. Previously, Lauren was the director of health care transformation with Walmart, where she partnered with the Walmart Benefits team to identify solutions concerning low-value care, site of care, and vendor evaluation. Prior to her tenure at Walmart, Lauren led market strategy and member initiatives for the Purchaser Business Group on Health, where she cumulatively spent two decades working within various healthcare sectors, including health information technology, provider organizations, and pharmacy benefit management. Lauren also served, for seven years, as the executive director of the Silicon Valley Employers Forum, a trade association of high-tech employers collaborating on innovative delivery of both domestic and international benefits. The cartoon. The decisions commercially insured employees across the country are truly facing … ©Dan Piraro 05:15 Do employees really understand what it means to have integrated care? 06:57 Why employees want choice and avoid the notion of managed care. 07:15 “I'm not sure that Americans really know what would be better.” 07:19 What would be a better way to do integrated primary care in America? 08:04 How do you fix it without disrupting what everyone thinks would be better?   You can learn more about Lauren's work by connecting with her on LinkedIn.   @laurenvela1 discusses #employeebenefitdesign on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #hcmkg #healthcarepricing #pricetransparency #healthcarefinance Recent past interviews: Click a guest's name for their latest RHV episode! Dr Jacob Asher (Summer Shorts 5), Eric Gallagher (Summer Shorts 4), Dan Serrano, Larry Bauer, Dr Vivek Garg (Summer Shorts 3), Dr Scott Conard (Summer Shorts 2), Brennan Bilberry (Summer Shorts 1), Stacey Richter (INBW38), Scott Haas, Chris Deacon  

Not many people's resumes include "pediatrician, medical philanthropy consultant, and cartoon writer"... but Dr. Cliff Harris clearly is a man of many talents.  In this episode, he shares how he got started in cartooning (including a very special childhood story involving "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz); how he got connected with "Bizarro" creator Dan Piraro; and how his careers in medicine and philanthropy affected his writing.  We walk through specific cartoons and discuss how Cliff was inspired to write them (he even tests Elizabeth on a word puzzle!); links below.This is a story about much more than just cartooning.  Cliff takes us on a journey of discovery, self-awareness, and finding joy.Cliff's "Bizarro" cartoons mentioned in this episode:https://www.dropbox.com/s/7nsft0klehinzfj/Address.JPG?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/s/hnbpuezlbdbta08/Grape%20Nuts.jpg?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/s/bdgh1l612dd8of2/4%20to%20104.jpg?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/s/xoabwpuolugkg4m/Air%20Guitar.JPG?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/s/5h0smjn1ec8fuwu/Analogy.gif?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/s/j1j7j43362525ub/Bizarro%2010-24-21%20WEB.jpg?dl=0Dan Piraro's graphic novel: https://peyotecowboy.net/ In this episode:Cliff's story of talking with Charles M. Schulz as a child (02:02)How he connected with Dan Piraro of "Bizarro" (06:51)Connection between hard times and good joke writing (10:38)A second link to Charles M. Schulz (13:35)Going through various cartoons and explaining them (20:20)Describing word puzzles (29:55)Leaving the practice of medicine (35:17)Want to know more about Cliff Harris?email him at: doctorcliffharris@yahoo.comWant to know more about the podcast What It's Like To... ?Sign up to be on our Insiders' List to receive our newsletters and insiders' information! Go to whatitsliketo.net (sign-ups are at the bottom of the page)Follow us on social media:InstagramFacebookTwitterLinkedInSupport the show

Dan Piraro—creator of the innovative, acclaimed, and much-beloved comic strip, “Bizarro,” which he's drawn for more than 35 years, and in which animals (talking, and otherwise) often play a central […] The post Dan Piraro, creator of comic strip “Bizarro” and graphic novel “Peyote Cowboy” first appeared on Talking Animals.

Today, we're joined by famous cartoonist and creative designer, Dan Piraro.   Dan's the man behind the comic strip Bizarro and it's crazy he's been drawing one of these comics every day for over 30 years.   We chat about Bizarro, living in Mexico, artificial intelligence, online scams, and other topics, but some of the things Dan says really stuck with me after the podcast.   He's a very inspiring man who shares with us some nuggets of wisdom about life, and how to live with purpose and passion.   “The more you practice at it, the better you get at it.” - Dan Piraro  Time Stamps:   06:18 - How Dan started working on Bizarro, a newspaper comic strip that's been going on for over 30 years. 13:55 - The idea of a ‘gift economy' and how Dan makes his money from this system. 22:33 - How artists adapted to the world moving from physical to digital. 27:41 - Online scams and how some of them work. 31:40 - Neuralink and artificial intelligence. 32:50 - The importance of focusing on the present and the benefits of getting older. 42:15 - How the Covid vaccine is getting distributed in Mexico and the difference positivity makes. 45:47 - Being on antidepressants and the effects they had on Dan. 51:41 - Creating a graphic novel and what the process looks like. 57:20 - Experimenting with psychedelics and what it's like living in Mexico. 1:00:00 - The corruption of the Mexican police force, and how the violence in Mexico is different from the violence in America. Resources:  - Bizarro https://www.bizarro.com/ - - Peyote Cowboy https://peyotecowboy.net/ - The Spark Parade Podcast https://www.thesparkparade.com/ Connect with Dan Piraro: - https://twitter.com/pirarobizarro/ - https://www.facebook.com/dan.piraro/ - https://www.instagram.com/diegopiraro/   Connect with Patrick Scott Armstrong: - IG: @patrickscottarmstrong - https://www.facebook.com/patrickscottvideos/  - patrick@texasrealfood.com Follow The Lone Star Plate: - Follow us on Twitter: @lonestarplateTX - Follow us on Instagram: @lonestarplateTX - Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LoneStarPlateTX More From The Lone Star Plate: - https://thelonestarplate.com

#0577: The Stuph File Program Featuring Nick Santora, executive producer & writer of The Fugitive on Quibi; Bizarro creator, Dan Piraro, author of Peyote Cowboy; and Marc Hartzman from WeirdHistorian.com Download Nick Santora is the executive producer of the short from Quibi series reboot of The Fugitive,  starring Keifer Sutherland.  He’s also the author of a couple of favourite books of mine. Slip & Fall and the excellent page turner Fifteen Digits. Dan Piraro, the creator of the Bizarro comic strip, has written a graphic novel called Peyote Cowboy, that you can read online for free. Marc Hartzman, author of The Big Book of Mars: From Ancient Egypt to The Martian, A Deep-Space Dive into Our Obsession with the Red Planet is back on the show. He has the website, WeirdHistorian.com, and each month he’ll be here to feature an odd historical fact for the month. This week’s opening slate is presented by Wendy Barrett-Stuart who is a cat rescuer. She runs Cats Manger Rescue.

Asking Travis Barlock to Retract Rodhocetus Claim: Real Science Radio host Bob Enyart asked University of Denver biology graduate Travis Barlock to retract a specific claim he made about evidence for evolution during Barlock's debate with Bill Jack. On today's program, courtesy of filmmaker Dr. Carl Werner, hear the Rodhocetus discoverer Phil Gingerich admit that the fossil never showed evidence of whale flippers nor of a fluked tail. And now that they have recovered its front legs, Gingerich admits that Rodhocetus did not have flippers, and that therefore, the whale's tale that he imagined was not valid. In a discussion with Enyart after the debate, which you can see in the brief YouTube video below), Barlock said that if he could confirm this information, he would stop using this claim. Bob Enyart Live is now calling on Travis to make good on that commitment. And hear the audio from that post-debate discussion on today's program for questions raised about Barlock's other evolution claims. * Inviting DU Evolutionists to Enjoy:RSR's List of Scholars Doubting Darwin List of Genomes that Just Don't Fit * See More of Travis' Favorite Transitional Whale Fossils Debunked: On the show page for the Real Science Radio interview of filmmaker Dr. Carl Werner, rsr.org/whale-fossils-faked, see more video clips of the other now falsified alleged whale transitional fossils. In addition to Rodhocetus, consider also Werner's interview with the discoverer of Ambulocetus, which reveals to the general public what only few insiders knew. Dr. Hans Thewissen is Philip Gingerich's student who, astonishingly, has been celebrated for also (allegedly) discovering a whale transitional form. Following his mentor into fame, and then into shame, Thewissen has now admitted on film that he fabricated the blowhole that he claimed was on the creature's snout. Yet public television nature programs and natural history museums worldwide, demonstrating their notoriously low standard for evidence, have long accepted that imaginary blowhole so that millions of people, like Travis Barlock, believe that fantasized claim to be among the best evidence for evolution. * Inviting DU Evolutionists to Enjoy RSR's: List of Carbon 14 Everywhere it Shouldn't Be List of Dinosaur Soft Tissue Journal Papers List of Not So Old Things * DU Students Say Whale Transitions are Travis' Favorite Examples: University of Denver students in the audience told Bob Enyart that the (alleged) transitional whale fossils were among Travis Barlock's favorite evidence for evolution. This is reminiscent of the millions of evolutionists who justify their belief in evolution by citing the content in Richard Dawkins' books, even as the author himself knew and has now admitted that his books contained no evidence and only assumed evolution to be true (see video below). This Bill vs. Barlock debate also reminds RSR of when Bob Enyart asked the famed evolutionist Dr. Eugenie Scott for her best evidence, and she answered "junk DNA", which very term today has been identified as a science stopper and severely hindered the growth of genomic research as a generation of geneticists were heavily deterred by strong-armed neo-Darwinists from even looking at the non-coding regions of our DNA, vast swaths of which have now been confirmed to have function. As the scientific evidence for our Creator God continues to grow, the big Darwinists claims are shrinking. * Expecting Barlock to Keep His Word: So as this DU evolutionist agreed that if evidence is shown to be invalid, that he would no longer use it, we are hoping and expecting that Travis Barlock will retract his often repeated claim that Rodhoectus is a good example of the evolutionary transition from land animal to whale. * Today’s Resource: Get the greatest cell biology video ever made on DVD: - helps you to share it with others - helps keep Real Science Radio on the air, and - gets you Dr. Don Johnson's book as a bonus! Information is encoded in every cell in our DNA and in all living things. Learn how the common world view of life's origin, chemical evolution, conflicts with our knowledge of Information Science. Finally, information Science is changing the way millions of people think about all living systems! Also, have you browsed through our Science Department in the KGOV Store? You just might LOVE IT!! * Travis, Look What the Lord Has Done! The latest stunning animation from the anti-Darwinist ID folks... * An Example of their Low Standard of Evidence for Evolutionists Worldwide: Taking the Ambulocetus example above, where evolutionists almost universally accept the nonexisting "blowhole" evidence for its alleged role as a transition to a whale, the world's most popular evolution author, Richard Dawkins, confirms one of Real Science Radio's early assessments, that Dawkins' books only assumed evolution to be true, and that they contained no actual evolution for evolution. See this and hear Dawkins affirm our contrary-to-popular-belief observation... * RSR's Google-based Multi-Creation Site Search: Be efficient! As of July 24, 2020, our custom search tool has saved minutes and even hours for our listeners 2,090 times! Just click to check it out. Save time like crazy using this Google creation tool, RSR's Multiple Creation Site Search to simultaneously search CMI, AiG, ICR, CSC, and RSR! 

Phil Witte, a humorist, journalist, cartoonist and lawyer living in Oakland, joins us for an Alta podcast to talk about his process and the quirky world of cartoonists. His work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Reader’s Digest, and museums and galleries around the globe. He was a cartoonist in residence at the Charles Schultz Museum in Santa Rosa and has written for Bizzaro cartoonist Dan Piraro. Phil’s cartoons have ALSO appeared in Altatudes, the collection of cartoons that we select for the back page of every issue of Alta.

Meet our new pal, Dan Piraro! Seven days a week for 33 years, Dan wrote, illustrated and published Bizarro Comics. Now in semi-retirement in Mexico, Dan is creating beautiful and strange paintings, continues to write and illustrate one comic per week, writes a fantastic blog, is raising two charming dogs, and doing it all with the voice of a sultry angel. Thanks to Dr. Uncle Chris Ryan, we were able to spent a few hours at Dan’s home, meet his sweet dogs, record a hilarious podcast, meet his even sweeter wife and share some food before we hit the road. We talked about retiring in Mexico, his thoughts on capitalism, our shared wonderment at what Popeye was really up to, finding inspiration in the weirdness of church, and much more. Join us for a wide ranging and fun conversation with a truly interesting character. Share and Enjoy!LinksBizarro.com – Bizarro IG – Diego Piraro IG - Facebook – Fine ArtTunes in This EpisodeOscar Aleman – DelicadoLouis Prima – Just a GigoloThe Funky Meters – Hey Bo DidleyBeck - Burro

Featuring cartoonist Dan Piraro; Dr. Anne Andrew, author of What They Don’t Teach in Prenatal Class: The Key to Raising Trouble-Free Kids & Teens; & Peter Franklin the Gabby Cabby Download Cartoonist Dan Piraro, creator of Bizarro. Besides his world renowned cartoon work, he also has his fine arts site as well, which is DiegoPiraro.com. Dr. Anne Andrew, author of What They Don’t Teach in Prenatal Class: The Key to Raising Trouble-Free Kids & Teens, talks about suicide prevention in raising teens. Peter Franklin the Gabby Cabby, shares a slice of the Big Apple from his yellow mobile conveyance lounge. This week’s opening slate is presented by my brother-in-law, Handel Scantlebury.

Myq’s 10 minute satellite with Matt Diffee and Dan Piraro

Myq hangs out with Matt Diffee and Dan Piraro on the KATG Network

It’s me, Marc Hershon, and I'll be your host and concierge for Epi103 of Succotash, the Comedy Podcast Podcast. This is a Succotash Clips episode, where we feature clips from comedy podcasts and DON’T feature any interviews with anyone. Although we do have a new Boozin’ With Bill segment, where I pay a visit to our announcer Bill Heywatt in the Studio P wet bar and he mixes up one of his alcohol-laden concoctions. This time out we’ll hear him mix up something he calls "Groovy Love-In Punch". Why Not Network? If you didn't know it before, Succotash is an independent podcast, as are so many of the shows that you can find strewn across the internet. But it’s funny – I was asked not once but twice this past week by a couple of different podcasters what network we’re on and, when they found out we’re NOT part of a network, why aren’t we? I don’t know, actually. I approached a couple of networks fairly early on in our operation and there was little or no interest – I think, at the time, they really wanted shows that were pulling significant numbers to help bolster the network’s ratings. Now, of course, there are networks like the Wolfpop Network, which came out of the gate with shows that were brand new. I’m not opposed to having this show on a podcast network. It would certainly keep me honest and having to maintain a strict release schedule. Plus we’d probably have sponsors and might even start bringing in a little money instead of having to pay it out every month. And there’d be added publicity, too. I’m not going to start knocking on doors right now, though. I have to imagine most of the networks know who and what Succotash is by now. Maybe if we were a review show we’d be a hotter commodity but that’s not what we’re about – and THAT could be the problem. Networks want listeners for their shows so why would they carry a show that’s letting people know what comedy podcasts are out there in the world NOT on their network? So, until further notice, Succotash remains a proudly solo podcast, and our main mission of letting people know about the wide variety of comedy shows that are out there is still very firmly in place. Feel free to show your support for our efforts to do so by rating and reviewing us on iTunes, giving us a “thumbs up” on Stitcher, “hearting” us on SoundCloud, Liking our Facebook page, and/or clicking the Donate button on our http://SuccotashShow.com homepage. A Sound Experiment Epi103 might sound a little different to those of you who have been listening to Succotash for a while. I'm giving an app called BossJock a try this time out, which is the equivalent of have a radio studio in your smartphone or tablet. The set-up is pretty simple and really applicable a show like ours, where we play a lot of clips. I'm not going to wax too technical, but BossJock lets you load up audio clips of any length and they are available much like old-style tape cartridges ("carts") were in my old radio days. There's the ability to record through either the devices microphone or a plug-in mic of your choosing and there you are — all set up in your studio, with the controls at your fingertips. The app give you a maximum of 15 "carts" with a phone and 35 with a tablet. I was using my iPad to carry my scripted rundown and my iPhone to record, but I could have just as easily switched. I'm used to assembling the show by mixing my voice tracks, music, and podcast clips after they're all laid out. SO it was interesting to do the whole thing on the fly with BossJock. There were a few rough patches as I was getting used to moving in and out of the clips, and I didn't have enough carts to give myself a music bed under the TweetSack. So I did a little tinkering in GarageBand afterward. But I really had fun with the practice of putting everything together - essentially - in one sitting, while literally sitting in my car. Coming Up In This Episode  In addition to our Boozin’ With Bill adventure and a classic Henderson’s Pants commercial, we have a double dose of our Burst O’ Durst segment with comedian/commentator Will Durst, and clips from the following podcasts: Artist’s Alley, The Big Cat Show, The Kimchi Chronicles, Making Ends Meet, The Pauly Shore Podcast Show, Taco Tuesday, and Tangentially Speaking — not necessarily in that order. Plus, of course, we dip into the Tweetsack at the end of the show. The Clips The Pauly Shore Podcast ShowThis past week, for Splitsider.com and Huffington Post Entertainment, I reviewed The Pauly Shore Podcast Show. You can go read the review in either place by clicking the links above, but here are the short strokes:   Pauly Shore’s back and podcasting’s got him…again. In his 40’s now, Shore still scores with his “perma-slacker” voice and attitude, clearing needing the several members of his support team in the studio to get him from point A to point B. Even the point of editing seems to escape him at times, with Shore once needlessly recapping something that we just heard happen (which had apparently been a while back in real time.) Childhood friend and occasional acting rival David Arquette is his guest and their chat is very loose, hilariously wandering from topic to topic, including Arquette’s childhood, growing up with his acting siblings, life with Courtney Cox, life without Courtney Cox, and how things are now with a three-year relationship and an 8-month old son. The Big Cat ShowWe recently featured a clip from The Big Cat Show with our old pal Lyonheart and I don’t like to repeat shows in quick succession, but Lyon does his show live on Thursday nights every week and he recently got a surprise caller. That’s pretty cool. Hannibal Burress just calling in. (Lyon, I think you could have parleyed that into a longer interview, though. Note to self: Don’t kick off an interview about talking smack about the star of the movie your guest is appearing in. Just a thought.) You can call into his show yourself every Thursday night at 7 PM East Coast time. Artists AlleyOur associate producer Tyson Saner grabbed a clip from the Artists Alley podcast, hosted by Merill Barr. His guest in this slice from this past December is Troy Conrad, the brains behind the hilarious Set List show, which makes comedians invent material on the spot based on bizarre premises that he pops up on a screen on stage. Here he reveals an upcoming twist to the premise. The Kimchi ChroniclesI got a note from friend of Succotash Nigel Boydell, who listeners may know from the Uncle Arthur’s Bollocks and HMS Codcast podcasts. He says: Hi Marc! I have included a short clip from my latest venture. I have been recording a podcast with my co-host, Samantha Pett. The Kimchi Chronicles is an intercontinental project. Sam is an English teacher in Ulsan, South Korea. We get together every couple of weeks to record a podcast over Skype. Because of the 9 hour time difference, Sam is usually recording in the early hours, and is usually fairly, how should I say, lubricated by the time the recording ends. Kimchi is a staple food in Korea, hence the title, and soju is a cheap alcholic drink, hence the lubrication. They sent along the sample we're featuring in this episode of the show. Taco TuesdayWe recently featured a clip from Taco Tuesday with Podcast Dan and Adam Wolf and normally we’d wait a while before going back to the same well. But those guys are savvy enough to try out our new Hightail link for uploading clips directly to our show, so as a reward, we have another taste of Taco Tuesday. Comedy Podcasters: If you'd like to upload a 3-5 minute MP3 clip directly to us, just use this link: http://www.hightail.com/u/Succotash. Making Ends MeetTyson has clipped us a sample of Making Ends Meet, a podcast where New Yorkers Max Ash and Tovah Silbermann talk to noobie comedians about their day jobs and how they can afford to be a comic in one of the most expensive cities in the country. In this samplage, the pair is talking with Sharron Paul. Tangentially SpeakingFrom the show's description on iTunes: Ever wanted to hang with a famous comedian, dominatrix, health guru, author or Italian prince?  Well, here's your chance. In this clip from a recent episode, Dr. Christopher Ryan chats with guest Dan Piraro, the delightfully twisted artist behind the Bizarro cartoons. All right, friends. That's what is in store for Epi103. Next time, Epi104 will be a Succotash Chats edition and our special guest will be Hal Lublin from The Thrilling Adventure Hour, back for his 3rd annual visit from when TAA was here at SF Sketchfest last weekend. If you want to be our bestest friend, please take time out to Like us on Facebook, rate AND review us up on iTunes, heart us on SoundCloud, thumbs up us on Stitcher, buy our merch through the Succotashery, click our Donate button, and shop on Amazon by clicking on the banner at the top of the page on our homesite, http://SuccotashShow.com. And thanks for passing the Succotash! — Marc Hershon  

Dan is a cigar-smoking vegan, animal rights activist, atheist, NRA hating, ex-husband, father, stand-up comedian, painter, former host of FOX TV’s “Utopia,” philosophizing cartoonist who makes his living writing and drawing a new cartoon every day, 365 days a year. If you have ever seen Dan Piraro’s critically acclaimed comic Bizarro (and you have: it is published daily in over 360 papers), you know that he doesn’t see the world like the rest of us do. His single panel gems are a unique concoction of surrealistic imagery, social commentary, and witty plays on words. Indeed, if Salvador Dali, Garry Trudeau and Oscar Wilde had an illegitimate child, that child would be Dan Piraro. (Bio from Dan's site.)

In this episode, Jesse starts things off with a celebration of the music of Randy Newman.  Then, cartoonist Dan Piraro talks about Bizarro and politics.  Also, Dame Edna Everage graces the show with her presence. 

Listen to the Healthy Voyager Radio right here!! Featuring Vance Lemkhul of Vegcast and the Bizarro King, Dan Piraro: Healthy Voyager RadioNext week we chat with Eat Cleaner's Mareya Ibrahim and raw chef, Bryan Au!!

Listen to the Healthy Voyager Radio right here!! Featuring Will Tuttle and the Compassionate Cook, Colleen Patrick-Godreau:Healthy Voyager RadioNext week we chat with fellow vegan podcaster, Vance of Vegcast as well as the very funny and talented, Dan Piraro!!

Our 74th show features an interview with Kevin Gianni of The Renegade Health Show. Kevin is preparing to go out on tour in his RV and takes some time to tell us about his show and his recent activities. We talk about raw food, the Vitamix, fitness, bags under the eyes, yoga and attention deficit disorder, coffee, cacao-induced rashes, and all kinds of other wacky stuff. We debut new bumpers with Dan Piraro, Emily Deschanel, and Danielle from Vegan Treats. We also feature an interesting intro, making for a fun filled, action packed and informative show from start to finish! For our podcast listeners we include the 3rd installment of Vegan School 101 with Dave Warwak.In the News: Iowa Bill to Protect Pets from Domestic Violence, Gloucestershire school offers vegetarian fee cut, Isn't six a bit young to be a vegetarian?, Just one serving of vegetables a day can lower the risk of type 2 diabetes

Our 31st podcast features the cartooning mastermind behind the daily comic Bizarro, Dan Piraro, who was recently in Philadelphia for the Veggie Cabaret. Vance and Dan discuss cartooning and vegetarianism, and how difficult it can be to derive humor from a grim, depressing situation. Jim Harris, who helmed the pit band for the Veggie Cabaret, sings a song with his band Saint Mad, and there is a Science Fact about the power of a plant based diet to ward off prostate cancer.

Our 31st podcast features the cartooning mastermind behind the daily comic Bizarro, Dan Piraro, who was recently in Philadelphia for the Veggie Cabaret. Vance and Dan discuss cartooning and vegetarianism, and how difficult it can be to derive humor from a grim, depressing situation. Jim Harris, who helmed the pit band for the Veggie Cabaret, sings a song with his band Saint Mad, and there is a Science Fact about the power of a plant based diet to ward off prostate cancer.

On our 15th podcast, we bring you the Sounds of Summerfest, including a chat with Erik Marcus about podcasting and an interview with Joe Connelley on the 50th issue of VegNews. There are also clips from the entertainment sessions, notably the incomparable singing of Sarah Eisman and some clips from the unparallelled collaborative improv cartooning shtick delivered by Dan Piraro and myself. There are also perspectives on what makes Summerfest Summerfest from notables such as Howard Lyman, Carol Adams, Gene Bauston, Amie Hamlin, Michael Greger and others, and as always, a new Science Fact.

On our 15th podcast, we bring you the Sounds of Summerfest, including a chat with Erik Marcus about podcasting and an interview with Joe Connelley on the 50th issue of VegNews. There are also clips from the entertainment sessions, notably the incomparable singing of Sarah Eisman and some clips from the unparallelled collaborative improv cartooning shtick delivered by Dan Piraro and myself. There are also perspectives on what makes Summerfest Summerfest from notables such as Howard Lyman, Carol Adams, Gene Bauston, Amie Hamlin, Michael Greger and others, and as always, a new Science Fact.

Our 13th show features an interview with Dan Piraro, vegan activist and creator of the nationally syndicated comic strip Bizarro. Dan has just published a new book called Bizarro and Other Strange Manifestations of the Art of Dan Piraro which he is currently doing a comedy book tour to publicize. Dan lives in NYC along with his wife Ashley Smith, who is an amazing activist who led Dan to veganism. We also have a short phone interview with vegan musician LeAnne Broas, who lives and works in NYC as well. We feature her song Coming of Age. Our news stories cover omega-3 enriched pigs, the good and bad news in the UK, barbeque meat and prostate cancer, arsenic in chicken, and a crazy Connecticut cat that is attacking avon ladies.