Ep 284: Solomon J. Brager! We are over the moon to welcome graphic novelist Solomon Brager to the podcast to discuss their new book, Heavyweight, AND complain about ice cream, talk graphic memoir, history, confronting zi**ism, and give advice on friends, leaving academia, tortoise food and MORE. Solomon J. Brager is a writer, teacher, and artist. T…

Show less We are over the moon to have MICHELLE TEA back in the Sagittarian Matters Social Distancing Studio in honor of her new anthology, SLUTS- the inaugural book of Dopamine Press. Michelle Tea joined us to give listeners advice on writing, boundaries, people pleasing, tattoo remorse, and more! But first, in an Unsolicited Vegan Food Review, Ka…

We are over the moon to welcome Capricorn CHRIS VARGAS back to the show to discuss his new book, Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects. But first! We do some live reporting from a Golden Girls show in Hollywood, where Chris & I were treated to room-temperature coke, hateful theater patrons and top notch impersonations. Bonus: Chris discusses a Florida snork…

Today on the podcast, we are remembering beloved friend to the show Trina Robbins, who passed away April 10th, 2024 at age 85. We are rebroadcasting a solo interview from 2016 (before the rotting pumpkin took office), and a live interview Nicole did in 2017 with Trina, Lee Marrs and Mary Wings at Root Division in San Francisco. Enjoy.…

We are over the moon to have known Sagittarius Cathy de la Cruz join us to discuss a CHICKEN RESCUE on the streets of Brooklyn. PLUS! Dawn defends her honor, reviews something called Giggles, Morgan & Dawn review CAROB MOLASSES together, Nicole tries it, and talks about getting NEW GLASSES, and MORE. Tune in!…

Today on Sagittarian matters! We’re over the moon to welcome Morgan back to the show to talk about Cafix, CELERY, Trader Joes Vegan Fish, TJ's Bird Nest, signs of aging, the smell of trader joes, Alfred Coffee, Outstanding Cheeseballs, Lagusta's cheese powder, Lagusta's turtles, Molasses cookies, Moku mushroom jerky and SO MUCH MORE. PLUS! An unsol…

We are on a summer break & will come back at some point in the fall with an actual season of the show!\ But in the meantime, We are over the moon today to bring you Tortoise Drama, Diary Comics, Unsolicited Vegan Vacation Food Reviews, Big news, where to find AJLT recaps and MORE. You can find Nicole's new book here: https://www.phasesevencomics.co…

BETH PICKENS: Live Advice on Dating, Revenge, Asking, Volunteering, New project announcements and MORE. We are over the moon to welcome noted Capricorn BETH PICKENS back to the show to give Advice on Revenge, Dating, Asking for things, Working for free, Having a life, a new press, two new classes AND MORE. Beth Pickens is the author of the books Yo…

We are over the moon to welcome Capricorn dream LIL MISS HOT MESS to the podcast to discuss her book If You’re a Drag Queen and You Know It, Drag Story Hour, queer drag pedagogy, standing up to fascists and MORE. AND Aquarius friend to the show MICHELLE TEA joins us to talk about the recent anti-queer violence at the Glendale School Board meeting, …

Today on a Super Special Pride Edition Crossover Episode, noted Virgo Karen Tongson of the Gaymazing Race & Waiting to X-hale joins me to talk about THE ULTIMATUM- QUEER LOVE. Stay tuned. Karen Tongson is the author of Normporn: Television and the Spectacle of Normalcy (forthcoming 2023), Why Karen Carpenter Matters (2019), and Relocations: Queer S…

Podcast 070 | Living Abundantly Creative with a Diversified Business with Jana Roach 3:52 “The walls are 21 inches of bricks. So it's a very sturdy, old, amazing building. And when we walked into it to rent it, there was pigeon poop everywhere. And the tar that they used to use for the inside, they had hay and tar mixed together all on the walls. S…

We are over the moon to welcome EILEEN MYLES back to the program. We talk about Meditation, the concept of home, Making money as an artist, films, tea bags, coparenting, girlfriends ex girlfriend, tolerating the intolerable, activist groups, self-care, ambition and creativity. Plus, Nicole gives an Unsolicited Whole Foods music review, hardcore mus…

Podcast 069 | The Kitchen Table Creative Club with Jennifer Rizzo 3:31 “I thought, well, a newsletter is a low-risk way for me to get ideas out there to share with people. And every newsletter is chocked full of information that normally focuses on one subject.” 5:31 “I think there are two really big things people really struggle with when they sta…

Morgan is a frequent contributor to Sagittarian Matters. She is the former purveyor of Dovetail Bakery, and loves dry crunchy foods more than any earthling could understand. Beth Pickens is the author of the books Your Art Will Save Your Life and Make Your Art No Matter What. Beth is an arts consultant, a CAPRICORN, and an esteemed friend to the sh…

Podcast 068 | Eat. Pie. Love. with Tara Royer Steele 1:27 “God used pie in our life, and we knew nothing about pie. And through all of that, I have a pie shop and we have a bakery, which is our commissary kitchen. But it really has evolved into events and gatherings and retreats and feeding His people.” 7:39 “So “the gathering” is really (at the Pi…

Podcast 067 | The Best is Yet To Come with Jan McCarthy 16:13 “So whatever it is, start a book club, start a dinner club...You'll find your community. Start an art club. Start talking to people about things that you like and finding out where those people are hanging out.” 19:49 “When my daughter, was 14 or 15, I let her move to California from Bou…

Today on a very special episode of Sagittarian Matters, We are talking about the connections between TERFs & fascism! Plus the word dyke. With Professor Greta La Fleur. Greta LaFleur is an Associate Professor of American Studies at Yale University, and the author or editor of three books and three journal special issues., including the new issue of…

WILL BETKE BRUNSWICK! Vegan food, Grief, Comics, Advice, and MORE. Plus- unsolicited vegan food review from Morgan! Today on Sagittarian Matters! We give advice on grief, moving, comics and more- Plus the premiere of Vegan I Don’t Think so Honey. With my special guest, graphic memoirist, WILL BETKE BRUNSWICK! Stay tuned. Unsolicited Vegan Food Revi…

Podcast 066| Selling Art at Round Top with Mary Gregory 7:22 “We built wooden walls and painted them white. That made all the difference. It just looked more like a gallery situation and cleaner and nicer. And it makes painting the picture so much easier, too.” 11:21 “It takes a lot out of you. So, the main thing for me is just to try to keep my mi…

We are over the moon to welcome back noted TRIPLE CAPRICORN Jessica Lanyadoo! We talk about covid protocol & different information, and answer advice questions on friend's transphobic choices, joining a new community as a queer person, the Christ Year, and MORE. Tune in. Also! Nicole mentions the campaign to stop a development from paving over the …

Podcast 065| Overcome What Overwhelms You with Trina McNeilly 7:28 “Because what we're seeing on our screens every day is mostly the highs and curated things. And I get it. We don't want to just put all of the heart out there, but then—even unintentionally—your brain kind of gets programmed, “this is how it should be every day.”” 12:46 “But it took…

We are over the moon to welcome esteemed Capricorn BETH PICKENS back to the show to answer your advice questions, AND to talk about the word Dyke and Nicole’s stories career as a sandwich artist. Tune inBy Nicole J. Georges

Podcast 064| Rembrandt is in the Wind with Russ Ramsey 2:38 “I think that for a lot of people, there's this kind of barrier to entry when it comes to engaging with art. This feeling that you need to somehow be an art historian or you need to understand complexities about art in order to just not be an imposter standing in front of a painting.” 4:30…

Podcast 063| Artpreneur with Miriam Schulman 1:54 “It's like the same things, so you can never hear this often enough. I think the biggest thing I hear is the belief that cheaper is easier to sell.” 4:59 “So when I started writing this book in 2020, it felt like a very similar time to when I decided that I was not going to go back to corporate righ…

Bran Taylor (Magic Hour Astrology) visited Babyland in 2018 & joined us to discuss watching a cabbage give birth, and the nefarious beginnings of the Cabbage Patch Kids. Dawn Riddle & Screaming Females visited Babyland in 2022, and sent us some updates. TUNE INBy Nicole J. Georges

MEGAN MILKS! DAWN RIDDLE! KAIA WILSON! Queer Weirdness,writing, vegan banana-flavored food reviews and HOME ALONE. Tune in! We are over the moon to share an interview writer Megan Milks, author of Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body. BUT FIRST! We have unsolicited vegan banana-flavored food reviews with Dawn Riddle & Screaming Females, and…

We are over the moon to share an interview writer Megan Milks, author of Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body. BUT FIRST! We have unsolicited vegan banana-flavored food reviews with Dawn Riddle & Screaming Females, and a long review and revisitation of the movies Home Alone 1 and two, with spouse to the show Kaia Wilson. Hey! If you are lis…

Podcast 062 | Higher Pursuits with Sarah Martin 2:58 “I am going to focus on what I know to do best that I've been doing for the last many months in order to survive, which is seeking after that, which is higher, seeking after what I call higher pursuits.” 6:33 “It's as simple as everyday revival is, hey, I just really screwed up with my 14-year-ol…

This week we welcome Phil Elverum and Marianna Ritchey to talk about the life and art of Geneviève Castrée. Geneviève Castrée was a French Canadian cartoonist, illustrator and musician. She was the author of the books Susceptible, A Bubble, and more. She had art exhibitions around the world and toured musically under the names O Paeon and Woelv. Ge…

Podcast 061 | Q+A with Stephanie Lee and Jeanne Oliver 4:32 “A lot of that has come with the experience of realizing that sometimes the way you know how something works is just like diving into it and then experiencing how it works.” 9:40 “You're not just an artist. You're ministering to women's hearts and their creativity. So, these questions that…

Podcast 060 | Not Letting Fear + Perfectionism Guide Your Life with Christa Forrest 6:20 “So I left, and I went to take an art class, and that was it. I took an art class, and it was like I hadn't been eating or drinking for the past how many years it was, and it was like, you're starving, and you got that first bite of food. And that's how I felt.…

We are over the moon to welcome back cartoonist, professor and Jeopardy champion AJUAN MANCE to the podcast. Ajuan is here to celebrate the release of two books- 1001 Black Men (Stacked Deck Press) and Living While Black (Chronicle). Both of her books are out now! Also on this episode: Nicole talks about the Club Q tragedy & how to support the LGBT…

Podcast 059 | The God Artist with Roma Waterman 6:47 “I know there's going to be times where we're going to have to fight for what God's called us to. But I actually look back and I'm thankful for those seasons because they do truly refine you. They truly make you go, what is it that God really wants? What is the bullseye? Not just, yeah, I'm good …

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Podcast 058 | True Hospitality with Daune Pitman 9:05 “We really believe that time at the table is a sacred place. And when we spend time, it's just a natural place to connect; around the table, looking in people's eyes, sharing stories, laughing, talking, crying, just doing life together.” 12:26 “It is so simple gathering at the table, but it make…

Podcast 057 | There is Life and Hope in a Meal with Danielle Kartes Hello! I am Danielle Kartes. Welcome to Rustic Joyful Food! Whether it’s through our books, television appearances, magazines spreads, or speaking engagements, we are on a mission to inspire people to love their lives and make delicious food. Great food isn’t great simply because i…

We are over the moon today to talk to you about Nicole's favorite New York foods, turning to decaf, getting a really gross matcha, Dawn inviting us over for dinner and having a calamity, Astronaut Ice Cream, Coalinga Coffee, Unwelcoming while still being a good neighbor, and MORE. Tune in!By Nicole J. Georges

Podcast 056 | The Beauty Chasers with Timothy Willard “Our country is kind of falling under this enchantment of sameness and not uniqueness.” 30:12 “People are thirsty for people and contact.” 34:50 "Before the Enlightenment period, you would ask an artist what their aim of their art was they would say beauty, but today they say transgression or se…

Podcast 055 | Ignite the World Around You with Jessi Green “If you can actually have a relationship with God and really know the creator of the universe, and if the things we talk about in church are actually real, what else am I giving my attention to? This is obviously the most important pursuit of my entire existence.” 7:21 “It’s the experience …

We are over the moon today to bring you UNSOLICITED VEGAN FOOD REVIEWS of ants, wind, a blueberry woman's personality, Nicole's farmer's market outfit, blueberries, Beyond Jerkey, Sesame Milk, Not-Burgers, Tofurkey Sandwiches, Cauliflower Tahini Prune ICE CREAM and more. Tune in!By Nicole J. Georges

MICHELLE TEA!!! Advice on publishing, exes, ethics, copycats & more. We are over the moon to welcome back very special guest MICHELLE TEA, to dole out advice on publishing, weathering copycats, bad exes, bad dreams, writing ethics, writing practices, and more. Go see me & Michelle LIVE, August 6th at Powells City of Books in Portland, Oregon, where…

We are over the moon today to have honored Capricorn BETH PICKENS on the show to dole out advice on accepting opportunities and making time for your art practice. PLUS we answer a couple vintage advice questions about problematic friends and how to accept your character assets that have gone out of wack. PLUS beverage reviews from DAWN RIDDLE & fri…

We are over the moon today to welcome friend to the show morgan back to the show, PLUS unsolicited vegan prune review from dawn riddle! We talk about Spanish prunes Trader Joe’s Cashew Ravioli Miyokos pourable pizza cheese Vegan smoked salmon Chickpea tofu Strawberry prices Snacklins New Farm Cookbook Middle aged Hummingbird feeder tips and more…

Dramatic Facebook comment-reading, the plague of the scrub jay, and Christian damage! We are over the moon to welcome artist Jessica Campbell to the show this week! Jessica Campbell is an interdisciplinary artist originally from Nanaimo, British Columbia. She is the author of three graphic novels, including Rave, out now with Drawn & Quarterly. Her…

Podcast 054 | The Lies of Perfectionism with Sandi Hester “I see that it (perfectionism) is a joy stealer, it’s an energy stealer, it steals the ability to think of others first or even at all, and because of that part of the self-focus, it isolates.” 6:05 “The bad speaks so much louder than the good. And when perfectionism and self-worship are pre…

Episode Notes Podcast 053 | Awake Awake with Sheila Atchley “One of the saddest things to be is unaware.” 10:13 “You have a spirit of authority. Go love it. Find it and love it.” 16:07 “Your middle is as ordained a season as your beginning and as your end.” 16:18 “Your most valuable perspective in the middle is that of loving what is yours, and I w…

Podcast 052 | Loss and Grief with Lorraine Bell “The journey of faith is messy.” 19:11 “Don’t put off anything, do it.” 41:08 “Take that pass, you’ve earned it, you have a right to it, and say no to the things that you are not capable of.” 43:05 “There’s no formula, there’s no fixing it, you just have to walk with it and feel it and experience it.”…

We are over the moon to have cartoonist Emily Carrington on the show today. Her debut graphic memoir, Our Little Secret, is out now with Drawn and Quarterly. Our Little Secret is a testament to survival and to the importance of telling your story your way Tune in to hear about comics, writing, healing, and how to support survivors of childhood abus…

Podcast 051 | Art with Adele Sypesteyn “All of this that I’ve learned and taught myself is going to go away unless I share it.” 22:26 “What you are is beautiful, just be what you are.” 25:09 “Just be more of who you are.” 26:06 “Everything has been done before but nobody can do it like you can.” 26:39 “I think artists are such a special group of pe…

We are over the moon to have Lagusta Yearwood back on the podcast! We talk about the latest Netflix swindler show, the raw movement of the early 2000s, RAW by Juliano, and more! PLUS! An Unsolicited vegan food review by DAWN RIDDLE, Nicole steps into her country hearth destiny, and MORE. Tune in!By Nicole J. Georges