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A talk with film writer Kat Sachs. We discuss how her love of cinema was born at drive-ins in Ohio, auteur theory, our odd cultural moment, and more. Learn more about Sachs at Cinefile [https://www.cinefile.info/] and the Chicago Reader. [https://chicagoreader.com/author/kathleen-sachs/] Read her great essay on Jane Campion [https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/notebook-primer-jane-campion] too. Theme music by Bill MacKay [https://billmackay.com/], as ever.

A talk with musician Emmett Kelly about Chicago, LA, art, the state of the recording industry, and much more. Kelly's cassette label: https://haha.institute/ [https://haha.institute/]; his old band, the Cairo Gang: https://thecairogang.bandcamp.com/ [https://thecairogang.bandcamp.com/] ; Kelly also plays with Will Oldham, Ty Segall, and many others. Theme music by Bill MacKay (https://billmackay.com/ [https://billmackay.com/])

I talk to podcaster, pharma trade guru, and novice artist Gil Roth about podcasting, his day job, getting into visual art at 50 and more. Listen to Gil's great Virtual Memories show: http://chimeraobscura.com/vm [http://chimeraobscura.com/vm] and see a bunch of his drawings and paintings: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chimeraobscura/albums/72157719080284754 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/chimeraobscura/albums/72157719080284754]. Episode art by Gil Roth. Theme music by Bill MacKay (https://billmackay.com/ [https://billmackay.com/])

I talk to writer, farmer, and cassette-label mogul Adam Gnade about writing, living, off the land, releasing cassettes, and more. Learn about him at his site: https://adamgnade.com/ [https://adamgnade.com/] and all the usual social media places. Theme music by Bill MacKay (https://billmackay.com/ [https://billmackay.com/])

I read some poems in Russian. Selected a few dozen that my father sent me during the plague. 1. 00:00— "New Year's Eve" by Boris Ryzhy 2. 01:00— two poems by Boris Ryzhy 3. 02:51 —"A Winter Night" by Boris Pasternak 4. 04:00—untitled poem by Sergey Gandlevsky 5. 07:30—several by Lidia Zaozerskaya 6. 12:00—"Neznakomka" by Alexander Blok 7. 15:00—"Mirror" by Arseniy Tarkovsky 8. 17:57—"From a Poet" by Arseniy Tarkovsky Take a look at the limited edition folder of typed-out Russian poems [https://shop.dmitrysamarov.com/home/papa-s-poems] with notes in English, illustrations, and collaged covers.