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What Do We Do Now?

12 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 18 ratings

Conversations with performing artists who can’t perform. With theaters closed and in-person performing options dwindling, musician/producer Nathan Zoob and comedian/storyteller Alan Olifson are, frankly, going slowly insane. So they are bringing in other Pittsburgh (and beyond) performers to find out how they’re coping, what they’re doing, and if anyone else has taken up knitting.

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Episodes

Beth Corning

June 07, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 47.6 MB

Zoob and Alan sit down with Beth Corning for their final interview of Season 1 where they talk about unwanted artistic breaks, zoom dance, and the prospect of actually doing live performance again!   Plus an an announcement on what is next for What Do We Do Now? - A live show.  It is a strange new world indeed. 

Joy Ike

May 03, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MB

Zoob and Alan get to talk with musician, coach, artist and all around person who begs the question, "why is she doing this podcast," Joy Ike.  

Gab Bonesso

April 10, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 47.8 MB

Zoob and Alan sit down with comedian/producer/advocate/too many things to mention Gab Bonesso, and talk about, well, pretty much everything.   From mental health to how not to deal with a flooded basement, this conversation has it all!

Gab Banesso

April 10, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 47.8 MB

Zoob and Alan sit down with comedian/producer/advocate/too many things to mention Gab Banesso, and talk about, well, pretty much everything.   From mental health to how not to deal with a flooded basement, this conversation has it all!

Addi Twigg

March 24, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MB

Zoob and Alan talk with the woman behind that amazing voice - Addi Twigg!  We touch on, among other things,  quarantine life, plans for the future, and why drummers are surprisingly responsible. Enjoy!

Aaron Kleiber

March 08, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 50.9 MB

Zoob and Alan talk with one of Pittsburgh's favorite comics, exploring the challenges of comedy without performing, parenthood,  the lost art of anger spitting and much more!   

Brian Broome

February 23, 2021 12:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MB

Alan and Zoob get to talk with an actual esteemed author and all-around raconteur Brian Broome.  Topics cover all the literary hot buttons from bath houses all the way around again to bath houses. And everything in between.  Listen here, then pre-order his memoir (at one of our favorite local booksellers, why not?) which Augusten Burroughs called, "some of the finest writing I have ever encountered." 

Abby Fudor

February 14, 2021 17:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MB

Alan and Zoob speak of many things - of fools and kings - with owner and Managing Artistic Director of the Arcade Comedy Theater, Abby Fudor! We talk having a newborn in a new world, keeping theaters afloat with the arts district closed, and why Pittsburgh's most overrated food is actually...a drink? 

The Wreckids

February 01, 2021 14:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MB

Alan and Zoob catch up with Sarah Siplak and Scott Peterson of Pittsburgh's #3 Folk/Comedy duo who are married, The Wreckids!  We hear about  F*ck7thGrade , music, comedy and epic folk/rock parties with all the Pittsburgh greats.  

F3ralcat

January 21, 2021 14:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MB

Alan and Zoob discuss music, lost opportunities, reinvention,  Nintendo Switch and more with saxophone player, composer, and all-around amazing musician,  F3ralcat

Derek Minto

January 10, 2021 15:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MB

Alan and Zoob have a free-ranging conversation with the comedian and co-founder of Burning Bridges comedy club that touches on comedy, possible criminal acts, and the joys of Dungeons and Dragons.

Introducing 'What Do We Do Now?'

December 22, 2020 15:00 - 11 minutes - 7.97 MB

Alan and Zoob introduce What Do We Do Now?    Conversations with performing artists who can’t perform.   As you patiently wait for inauguration day and your turn to get a vaccine, why not get a sneak peak at a new podcast as a small way to quiet the nagging background dread that is 2020?