The Best Stuff In The World

House Plays (with Alexia Rowe)

I’m excited to talk to musician and playwright Alexia Rowe! Alexia describes herself as an award-winning third-culture kid playwright and singer-songwriter who got her first production professionally produced while still in college. Alexia is currently running a crowdfunding campaign for her House Plays initiative - an attempt to make theater more affordable and accessible by embracing diverse performances, community engagement, and unique venues. Check out the link to her kickstarter [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alexiarowe4/house-plays-no-gatekeepers-just-great-theater] in the show notes - in addition to House Plays Alexia is a musician, and wrote the award winning site-specific show This Is Not A Bill. She is up to a ton of cool stuff and it was great to talk to her about all of it. Alexia's House Plays Kickstarter can be found here [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alexiarowe4/house-plays-no-gatekeepers-just-great-theater]. You can find out about more of Alexia's projects at her website: Alexia Rowe [https://www.alexiarowe.com/] You can email this show at gleamingpod@gmail.com [gleamingpod@gmail.com] Theme music by Mister Michael Brousseau ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Punk Rock: History, Theory, and Practice (with Micah Huang)

I’m excited to talk to Micah Huang about the upcoming course he’s teaching at Tufts University: Punk Rock: History, Theory, and Practice! The punk rock class was what brought Micah to my attention - I love talking about the punk scene with people and I was curious about how someone builds a syllabus for a course like that (what do you include, what do you leave out?) but in addition to his punk course Micah’s a musician, storyteller and community advocate so we also talk about how he took what learned from the punk scene for events he’s involved with like the LA Hungry Ghost Festival, a community-driven cultural event held in Chinatown. This was a super interesting conversation and I hope you enjoy it. Check out the course here: Punk Rock: History, Theory, and Practice [https://www.micahhuangmusic.com/new-page] Check out the Hungry Ghost festival here: LA Hungry Ghost Festival [https://www.micahhuangmusic.com/la-hungry-ghost-festival] See all the other amazing stuff Micah is up to here: Micah Huang Music [https://www.micahhuangmusic.com/] You can email this show at gleamingpod@gmail.com [gleamingpod@gmail.com] Theme music by Mister Michael Brousseau ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Wedding Party

For our 50th episode I'm welcoming back Kellian Adams Pletcher and her husband Brian Pletcher to talk about the new immersive mystery puzzle show they are helping to put on in Boston along with the Secret City Group: The Wedding Party [https://www.secretcityadventures.com/the-wedding-party/boston]! The Wedding Party is a 2.5-hour mystery dinner experience at The W Hotel in Boston - it runs from May 1 to June 14. Six live actors play the wedding party, and you, the attendee, play an old friend of the bride who gets pulled deeper into the story as the night unfolds. Expect puzzles, hidden messages, dramatic revelations, and a delicious meal while it all plays out. Kellian was on the show last year to talk about her show The Cthulhu Luau and she and Brian have been putting on these sorts of live immersive events for the past ten years in the Boston area, Club Drosselmeyer is probably the most well-known and I was really excited to talk to them about this new show. You can find out about The Wedding Party and get tickets here: The Wedding Party [https://www.secretcityadventures.com/the-wedding-party/boston] The YouTube video of Kellian and Brian's viral first wedding dance can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP8zft_SvSM [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP8zft_SvSM] You can, as always, contact the show at gleamingpod@gmail.com [gleamingpod@gmail.com] Our theme song is by Mister Michael Brousseau ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Babylon 5

Babylon 5 was a science fiction television series created by writer and producer J. Michael Straczynski. The show ran in syndication for its first four seasons before moving to TNT for its final season. Babylon 5 was a hugely ambitious show, and sometimes its reach was more than its grasp but I love that it was going for something big. When it worked there was nothing like it on television and I’m so excited to discuss it with returning guest Denise Lhamon, who you may remember from our Charlie Chaplin episode, and with Nathan Laws from the podcast The 42cast [https://42cast.com/]. Spoilers for the show abound in this discussion, so proceed with caution. Check out Nathan Laws over at The 42cast, the ultimate answer to fandom, geekiness and everything: https://42cast.com/ [https://42cast.com/] I was a guest on the podcast Wait, You Haven't Seen..? [https://tvstravis.com/podcast/wyhs] to discuss the classic Hollywood musical Singin' in the Rain: Singin' in the Rain [https://tvstravis.com/podcast/wyhs?episode=Episode+361+-+Singin+in+the+Rain+%281952%29] You can, as always, contact the show at gleamingpod@gmail.com [gleamingpod@gmail.com] Our theme song is by Mister Michael Brousseau ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Incantrix Productions (with Athena Z. Peters)

Athena Z. Peters from Incantrix Productions [https://www.incantrixproductions.com/] joins us to discuss the company's work and their upcoming shows. Incantrix Productions have been putting on immersive/interactive shows in the Boston area for about 10 years and they have two shows coming up in the near future: Romancing Jan [https://www.romancingjan.com/], which is coming out the Saturday after this episode releases (so hopefully you haven’t let this sit in your queue for too long) and TAVERN CRAWL [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tavern-crawl-tickets-1980900287083], a Dungeons & Dragons pub crawl in Malden. Links for tickets to both events are below: Romancing Jan [https://www.romancingjan.com/]: Buy Tickets! [https://www.romancingjan.com/shop] Tavern Crawl: Buy Tickets! [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tavern-crawl-tickets-1980900287083] Find out more about Incantrix Productions here: https://www.incantrixproductions.com/ [https://www.incantrixproductions.com/] You can, as always, email me at gleamingpod@gmail.com [gleamingpod@gmail.com] Theme music by Mister Michael Brousseau. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.