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Ink and Worm

82 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings

A show about the magic of words, the timeless nature of books and the relationships and community that they inspire. Tune in to the delightful discussions on what people are reading, what they are writing, the stories behind the stories, and what has helped them hone their skills.

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Ink and Worm 32: Empty Orchestra!!

July 03, 2016 00:07 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MB

ANGELICA VERGEL & AMANDA MCCLEOD of EMPTY ORCHESTRA https://twitter.com/OrchestraEmpty http://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/empty-orchestra/ Music: "This Must Be the Place" by Talking Heads, "New Tribes" by Nitin Sawhney, and "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler The Books: Frank O'Hara (poetry), "Brian Eno" by Geeta Dayal (33 1/3 series) "David Bowie's Low" by Hugo Wilcken (33 1/3 series) "Big Star's Radio City" by Bruce Eaton (33 1/3 series) "Turn Around Bright Eyes: A Karaoke L...

Ink and Worm 31: Ambition and Undiscovered Countries

June 22, 2016 04:17 - 58 minutes - 54.1 MB

KAELA GARVIN (from twitter) My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes. Co-creator of @2Girls1Asian, board for @theInfinitefest, writer of@AmbitionKillers http://planetconnections.org/2016-full-productions/ambition/ ALTON ALBURO is an actor, producer, writer, all around great guy http://planetconnections.org/2016-full-productions/pilgrim-notes/ UNDISCOVERED COUNTRIES http://www.undiscoveredcountriesfestival.com/ Music: "Amy aka Spent Gladiator 1" by The Mountain Goats, "I giorni: Andant...

Ink and Worm 30: BBC Catching the Big Fish 2 of 2

June 14, 2016 23:21 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MB

JESSI KILLGUS is a Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter [her accompanist: John Kengla] https://www.jessiekilguss.com, https://www.facebook.com/jessiekilgussmusic, https://twitter.com/jessiekilguss, instagram: @jessiekilguss SASHKO DANYLENKO is an Independent filmmaker from Ukraine who joins folk, contemporary, nature and elements digital in his work, creating magical worlds with colorful characters and extraordinary allegories. Motion illustration to David Lynch’s “Catching the big fish” https:/...

Ink and Worm 29: BBC Catching the Big Fish 1 of 2

June 08, 2016 01:28 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MB

CHARLIE NIELAND is a musician, producer, writer, engieneer and long time participant in THE BBC. You can find him online: http://charlienieland.com/, Instagram: @charlienieland, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ch.nieland, Facebook music page (producer): https://www.facebook.com/CharlieNieland/, Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlieNieland, Tumblir (Spooky Action At A Distance): http://charlienieland.tumblr.com/ The Books: "Catching the Big Fish" by David Lynch "The Killer Angels" by Micha...

Ink and Worm 28: Marilyn Rondon

June 01, 2016 12:15 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MB

MARILYN RONDON is an artist, fitness instructor, model, and DJ from Miami Beach, Florida. She inspires young women by promoting fitness and mental health, channeling mental toughness, and facilitating conversations about health and human sexuality. Website: www.totallystokedonyou.com Instagram: @calientechica @datasszine Tumblr: totallystokedonyou.tumblr.com Twitter: @sheyatted Many Thanks to Ben Taylor of Lit Riot Press for the image. The Books: “Why Does Mommy Have Tattoos?” by Marilyn R...

Ink and Worm 27: Nomadic Press BK with Dallas and Chris

May 24, 2016 03:01 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MB

CHRISTIAN NIEDAN, @ChrisNiedan, Writer and Editor http://www.nomadicpress.org/interviews/?tag=Talking+Paper#show-archivehttp://www.nomadicpress.org/interviews/?tag=475+Kent+Avenue#show-archive DALLAS ATHENT, @ChixOnTheHud, Writer. Lover of cities & squirrels. Not above or below anything. http://www.vidaweb.org/report-from-the-field-struggling-with-creative-nepotism/ NOMADIC PRESS, @nomadicsojourns,a 501(c)(3) literary and arts non-profit organization that supports the works of emerging and...

Ink and Worm 26: Calling Ishmael

May 20, 2016 01:52 - 57 minutes - 54.1 MB

The Guests: Logan Smalley and Stephanie Kent, founders of “Call Me Ishmael” (a website? Blog? Entity?) which collects interesting stories about reading. anonymous voicemails from readers about the books they love, transcribed on a real typewriter. Winner of 2015 Innovations in Reading Award CallMeIshmael.com CallMeIshmaelStore.com (site for the Phone) CallingIshmael on instagram CallingIshmael on twitter #callmeishmael on anything The Books: “Guts” by Chuck Palahniuk “My Family and Other An...

Ink and Worm 25: Word Up and Mothers

May 13, 2016 12:31 - 58 minutes - 54 MB

DEAN ANDREWS @worduppoet Brooklyn based poet and musician NEYSA LOZANO @neysalozano Is an actress, model, comedian and friend as well as a graduate from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. ARIEL SPEEDWAGON @arielspeedwagon dperformer. media maker. all around nice guy. The Books: “Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother, Anne Sexton” by Linda Gray Sexton “Lost Boi” by Sassafras Lowrey “The Odyssey” and “The Iliad” by Homer “The Oval Portrait” by Edgar Allen Poe “Blood Meridia...

Ink and Worm 24: Books Read and Unread

May 06, 2016 20:37 - 58 minutes - 55 MB

KEVIN FROLEIKS @KevinFroleiks and @LRTpodcast MARGARET DODGE @MargaretDodge The Books: “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville “The Moviegoer” by Walker Percy “Getting Things Done” by David Allen “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing” and “Spark Joy” by Marie Kondo “The Kilkenny Series” by Louis L’Amour “1984” by George Orwell “The Last Policeman” Ben H. Winters “The Power Broker” b...

Ink and Worm 23: Sister Morgan and a YA Celebration

May 01, 2016 14:13 - 57 minutes - 53.5 MB

Morgan, my darling sister, lover of YA and Regency Historical Fiction and Non-Fiction The Books: “Bad Marie” by Marcy Dermansky “One Moment” by Kristina McBride “The Enchantress” from “The Secrest of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel” by Michael Scott “The Enchanted Forest Chronicles” by Patricia C. Wrede “Freckles” and “A Girl of the Limberlost” by Gene Stratton-Porter “Fabelhaven” series by Brandon Mull (five books) “The Elegance of the Hedgehog” by Muriel Barbery “Elantris” and “The Mistborn...

Ink and Worm 22: Religion, Food, Beer and Projects

April 29, 2016 02:36 - 58 minutes - 54.8 MB

LAURENCE WOOSTER: Studied at Vassar, an avid reader who quit his day job to pursue a career in writing and is currently working on his first novel. https://laurencewooster.wordpress.com/ The Books: Haggadah “Jesus’s Son” by Denis Johnson The Music: “Sacred Sands” by Allah-Las, “Rose Crystal” by Jonathan Goldman and “Baby” by Devendra Banhart Writing: Describe a trip http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/08/amazing-photos-capture-how-faces-change-after-1-2-and-3-glasses/ https://munchi...

Ink and Worm 21: Characters

April 14, 2016 23:24 - 57 minutes - 53.2 MB

NEYSA LOZANO Is an actress, model, comedian and friend as well as a graduate from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. The Books: “Are You My Mother?” (Eres mi mama?) by Dr. Suess “Lord of the Rings” by J.R. Tolkien “Wolf in White Van” by John Darnielle “The Magicians Nephew,” “The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe” and “The Chronicles of Narnia” by C.S. Lewis Robert Crumb The Music: “Universal Traveler” by Air & “Alley Cats” by Hot Chip Writing: Write an inner monologue for a character you don...

Ink and Worm 20: Amber Sparks

April 14, 2016 04:57 - 52 minutes - 48 MB

AMBER SPARKS: Writer, editor. Most recent book “The Unfinished World and other stories” came out January of this year. Prior works include “May We Shed These Human Bodies,” collaboration with Robert Kloss on “The Desert Places” and has been featured in a handful of collections and anthologies. Amber also has an impressive list of published essays and short works of fiction. ambernoellesparks.com @ambernoelle ~http://thefanzine.com/where-wonder-lives-online-why-instagram-is-the-new-cabinet-o...

Ink and Worm 19: Easter- Sex, Death and Paying Rent

April 08, 2016 15:43 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MB

FACEBOY (Francis Hall) is the host of Art Star Scene Saturday nights at 7 pm. Additionally he is an actor, producer, writer, poet, performer and community activist in New York City. He has a regular article NYCritters running in The Villager and Chelsea Now. MARGEAUX X is a comedian, and is launching her show in Season 3, “Burning Bridges with Margeaux” on Saturdays from 2-4pm. She also hosts a Comedy Show with free booze every Wednesday night 6:30pm at 25 Cleavland Place (The Bitcoin Cente...

Ink and Worm 18: The Forgetting Time

March 25, 2016 20:55 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MB

The Guest: SHARON GUSKIN is the author of the debut novel, THE FORGETTING TIME. She has also written and produced award-winning documentary films and holds degrees from Yale University and the Columbia University School of the Arts. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two sons. www.theforgettingtime.com @SGuskin https://www.facebook.com/Sharon-Guskin-478692778968967/ The Books: “The Forgetting Time” by Sharon Guskin, “Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect” by Ian Stevenson, “Moby...

Ink and Worm 17: Art, Music and Comedy

March 20, 2016 02:18 - 58 minutes - 54.2 MB

The Guests: Lyndol Descant Brooklyn based musician, writer and artist www.Lyndol.com Www.facebook.com/lyndol.descant Lawson Leong brooklyn based stand up comedian http://lawsonleong.com/nice-to-meet-you-comedy-special/ The Books: TO BE RELEASED: “Masters of Trust” by Lyndol Descant, “Hope for the Flowers” by Trina Paulus, “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron, “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley, “1984” by George Orwell, “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” by Laura Numeroff, “Catch 22” by Joseph ...

Ink and Worm 16: Swimming, Writing and Publishing

March 11, 2016 06:35 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MB

The Guests: Alec Shane, Literary Agent for Writers House @alecdshane Casey Barrett, Olympic Swimmer, Co-Founder of Imagine Swimming, and Writer @CapsandGoggles UNDER WATER coming out Fall of 2017 The Books: “Fablehaven” by Brandon Mull, “Goosebumps” by R. L. Stine, “Misery,” “Dolores Clayborne,” “On Writing,” “The Shining” by Stephen King, John D. MacDonald, Raymond Chandler, James Lee Burke, “The Alexandria Quartet” by Lawrence Durrell, “The Chronology of Water” by Lidia Yuknavitch, “...

Ink and Worm 15: Journalist Geeta Dayal

March 03, 2016 21:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MB

The Guests: Geeta Dayal http://www.theoriginalsoundtrack.com/ Twitter:@geetadayal PATREON: www.patreon.com/geetadayal The Books: “Another Green World” by Geeta Dayal, Cabinet Magazine, “Designing Sound” by Andy Farnell, “Spaces Speak, are you listening?” by Barry Blesser, Melody Maker Magazine, David Toop, Mark Finker (spelling?), Michelangelo Matos The Music: “Sky Saw” and “Zawinul/Lava” by Brian Eno Writing: Timed writing about the music that has shaped you. #inkandworm #rfb #taodechin...

Ink and Worm 14: "Meryl's Special Blend"

February 25, 2016 21:00 - 58 minutes - 54.2 MB

Ruth Barabe writer, musician, actress and model and purveyor of the blog babysittersfashionclub Daniel Kibblesmith is a author, comedian, writer for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, and co-writer of the new comic book The Doorman, Issue #1 on sale in March The Books: “Meryl’s Special Blend” from the forthcoming collection “I Came Here to Make Friends” by Ruth Barabe, “The Doorman” by Daniel Kibblesmith, “Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius” by Dave Eggers, “Infinite Jest” by David F...

Ink and Worm 13: Poetry, Happy Valentines Day

February 18, 2016 21:00 - 58 minutes - 54.3 MB

The Guests: Cooper Wilhelm: Twitter: https://twitter.com/cooperwilhelm also, http://poetryandstrangers.com/. Abiola Lawal: https://www.my-etymology.tumblr.com, Portfolio www.bee1.allyou.net, IG: Musecian The Books: “As Planned” by Frank O’Hara, Robert Creeley, James Schuyler, Sonnet 16 by Shakespeare, The Poetry Foundation http://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/audiolanding, Robert Hass, “Stardust” by Neil Gaiman, “The Hidden Messages of Water” by Masaru Emoto, “Infinite Jest” by David F...

Ink and Worm 12: Abi and Al

February 11, 2016 21:00 - 58 minutes - 54.2 MB

The Guests: Alexandria Guillen IG: @TeamBookReport, FB: TeamBookReport, TW: @BookReportTeam Abi Inman TW: @abiinman and follow @riverheadbooks The Books: “Bridget Jones Diary” by Helen Fielding, “Moonwalking with Einstein” by Joshua Foer, “The Historian” by Elizabeth Kostova, “A New Collection of Poems” by Wendell Berry, “Girl on the Train” by Paula Hawkins, “Sudden Death” by Alvaro Enrique, “Go Set a Watchman” by Harper Lee, “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline, “The Unbearable Lightness of ...

Ink and Worm 11: East Coast, West Coast

February 04, 2016 21:00 - 58 minutes - 54.2 MB

The Guests: Nikki Georgia K— website: nikkigeorgiak.com IG: nikitabananaaaa, FB:Nikki Georgia K Brian Bins— IG: BrianBins, FB: Brian Bins, Web: www.BrianBins.com, LinkedIn: Brian Bins The Books: “Spark Joy” by Marie Kondo, “Eat, Pray, Love” and “Big Magic” by Elizabeth Gilbert, “The Art of Asking” by Amanda Palmer, “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” by Hunter S. Thompson, “Where the Wild Things Are”...

Ink and Worm 10: Triss Stein

January 28, 2016 20:00 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MB

The Guests: Triss Stein, author of recently released “Brooklyn Secrets” as well as “Brooklyn Bones” and “Brooklyn Graves” http://trissstein.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Triss-Stein-252528508190481/?fref=ts The Books: “Brooklyn Bones,” “Brooklyn Graves,” and “Brooklyn Secrets” by Triss Stein, Margaret Maron, S J Rozan, Penelope Lively The Music: “In Too Deep (feat.Emily Bruce)” by GoldFish and “My-getsu” by DJ Krush and Toshinori Kondo #inkandworm #rfb #snowpocolypse2016 #trissstein #broo...

Ink and Worm 9: Girl Talk

January 23, 2016 15:17 - 59 minutes - 55.2 MB

The Guests: Rommel Wood listen to Ear Hammer, Thursday evenings 8-10 pm EST, archive here: radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/ear-hammer/ rommelwood.com Ksenyia Yarosh, co-host of Bonnie and Maude, creator of “I Love Bad Movies” and co-organizer of The Brooklyn Zine Festival. www.kseniyayarosh.com Become a Part of the RFB Community: radiofreebrookyn.com/pledge The Books: “Goodnight Moon” by Margaret Wise Brown, Tomi Ungerer, “The Grief Recovery Handbook” by John W James and Russell Friedman, “Cla...

Ink and Worm 8: Erotic Queer Comics

January 15, 2016 06:24 - 1 hour - 55.1 MB

The Guests: Greg Kirkorian http://gregariousstreak.com/ https://www.facebook.com/plumpbundt/ https://twitter.com/plumpbundt Madeleine Lloyd-Davies http://sothisallseemshorrible.tumblr.com/ The Books: “Classical Mythology” lectures of Professor Elizabeth Vandiver, Ph. D through “The Great Courses” http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/classical-mythology.html, “On the Move” by Oliver Sacks, Kate Beaton, “Oh Joy Sex Toy” by Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan http://www.ohjoysextoy.com/, Tom of Fi...

Ink and Worm 7: I am the Angel

January 08, 2016 02:08 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MB

The Guests: Michael Stuart-http://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/collision-time-revisited/, http://www.iamtheangel.com/, TW: michael_stuart, IG: stockton22 Taryn Fort-TW:@tarynfortdoyle, FB: https://m.facebook.com/tarynfortdoyle Ray Kimber The Books: “I Am the Angel” by Michael Stuart, “On Writing” by Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut, “You Suck” by Christopher Moore, “The Green Mile” by Stephen King, “Carrie” by Stephen King, “Sacre Bleu” by Christopher More, “James and the Giant Peach” by Roald Da...

Ink and Worm 6: Holiday Sibling Special

January 04, 2016 03:00 - 58 minutes - 54.1 MB

The Guests: My siblings! James, Shani, Dani, Morgan, Cheyenne, Rachel, Ray and my mentor Faceboy The Books: “Harry Potter” by J.K. Rowling, “Fablehaven” by Brandon Sanderson, “The Enchanted Forest Chronicles” by Patricia Wrede, “Outlander” by Diana Gabaldon, “The Princess Bride” by William Goldman, “The Little Match Girl” by Hans Christian Andersen, “The Mansion” Henry van Dyke, “50 Shades of Grey” by E.L. James, “Olaf’s Night Before Christmas” by Disney & Jessica Julius, “A Christmas Carol...

Ink and Worm 5: Localization of Music

December 25, 2015 21:30 - 59 minutes - 55.2 MB

The Guests: Kyle Tigges, http://www.mississippicotten.com/ The Books: “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton, “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, “Light on Yoga” by B.K.S. Iyengar, “Becoming your Own Therapist & Make your Mind an Ocean” by Lama Yeshe, “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett, “Ancient Futures Learning from Ladakh” by Helena Norberg-Hodge, “1984,” by George Orwell, “Panda Bear’s Paintbox” by Michaela Muntean, “The Doors of Percept...

Ink and Worm 4: Star Wars and Science Fiction

December 20, 2015 16:46 - 59 minutes - 55.1 MB

The Guests: Laurence Wooster: Science Fiction Writer and aficionado, Rap Artist and nerd extraordinaire Oscar Prado: Rap Artist The Books: “Childhood’s End” by Arthur C. Clarke, “Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction” by Orson Scott Card, Margaret Atwood, “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy, “All the Pretty Horses,” by Cormac McCarthy, “Game of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin, “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger, “The Flaneur” by Edmund White, “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville, “Infinite Jest” Da...

Ink and Worm 3: Advocacy

December 11, 2015 02:40 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MB

The Guests: Elli Espi-http://www.elliespi.com/ Ben Taylor-http://www.litriotpress.com/, http://garnpress.com/ The Books: Hummingbird (Elli Epsi-Release in December), This Changes Everything (Naomi Klein), Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling), The Black Inked Pearl (Ruth Finnegan), Le Petit Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery), Winnie the Pooh (A A Milne), Exorcising Your Ex (Elizabeth Kuster), A Hero Ain’t Nothin but a Sandwhich (Alice Childress), (P L Thomas), (Haruki Murakami), and (Burnadette Escobi...

Ink and Worm 2: Adventure

December 11, 2015 01:27 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MB

The Guests: James-http://viewfromaboxcar.blogspot.com/, @xames Ford- @fordalishus, snapchat: FordsFording The Books: Man’s Search for Meaning (Viktor E Frankl), The Art of Loving (Erich Fromm), Train Song (Walker), Wild Wood (Colin Meloy), Fablehaven (Brandon Mull), Moby Dick (Herman Melville), The Book of Mormon (Joseph Smith), The New York Regional Singles Halloween Dance (Elna Baker), The Mastery of Love (Don Miguel Ruiz) Kimball Studio: http://kimballstudio.com/ The Music:“Micheal” b...

Ink and Worm 1: Introductions

December 10, 2015 23:36 - 59 minutes - 55.1 MB

The Guests: Ellia- https://elliabisker.wordpress.com, http://sweetsoubrette.com/, http://www.charmingdisaster.com/, http://kotorino.com/, http://funkrust.com/ twitter: @charmingdisaster and @sweetsourbette Susan-http://susanhwanglalala.com/, http://bushwickbookclub.com/ twitter: @soozeehwang The Books: Lafayette in the Somewhat United States (Sarah Vowell), Relish in My Life (Lucy Knisley), God in Ruins (Kate Atkinson), Life After Life (Kate Atkinson), Emotionally Weird (Kate Atkinson), Hum...

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