SnapSessions! presents Episode 38, featuring an interview with our artist of the show– electronics whiz, musician, linguist and fix it man extraordinaire—Francis Rutherford. Francis talks about his childhood in the Santa Clara Valley; his participation in the explosion in garage technology taking place in the 1950s and 60s; his classical education in music and linguistics at Princeton…
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SnapSessions! presents Episode 37, featuring an interview with our artist of the show–chef, culinary director author, and entrepreneur, Margaret Fox, as well as an article called “The Worst Day in America” comparing a negative day in this country with other possible days in other countries on our planet. Margaret Fox talks about her childhood in…
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A Tribute to North Coast Legend John Chamberlin SnapSessions! presents Episode 36, a special tribute to legendary Mendocino artist and musician John Chamberlin, who would have turned 80 in September 2021. John Chamberlin was a unique character, from his arrival in Mendocino in the late 1960s until his passing in 2013. His posters, signs, and musical contributions to numerous bands were a huge influence on…
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SnapSessions! presents Episode 35, featuring an interview with our artist/activist of the show, Vice Media Group investigative journalist Gabriel Geiger, as well as another SnapSessions! look at American voter suppression, this time in comparison to other democracies. Gabriel Geiger talks about growing up on the Mendocino Coast, his time as an exchange student in Denmark, his university…
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SnapSessions! presents Episode 34, featuring an interview with our artist of the show, folk singer/songwriter Emily Jane White, as well as a salute to the storied 1980s Canadian comedy troupe SCTV–”The Power of Silly, a Tribute to SCTV”. Emily Jane White talks about growing up on the Mendocino Coast in the 1980s and 90s, the…
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SnapSessions! presents Episode 33, featuring an interview with our artist of the show, actor/writer/director Dan O’Connor of Impro Theatre of LA, as well as an audio exposé–“The Strange History of Vaccination–from Medieval India to QAnon Misinformation”. Dan O’Connor talks about his early days as a child actor in San Francisco’s ACT and other theatres, his…
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SnapSessions! presents Episode 32, featuring an interview with our artist of the show, actor/singer/director Velina Brown of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, as well as a sardonic look at the history of the senate filibuster–”Filibusters, Budget Reconciliations and Gasbags”. Velina Brown talks about her career in theater as an actress, singer and director. She grew…
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SnapSessions! presents Episode 31, featuring an interview with our artist of the show, writer/actor/director Michael Gene Sullivan of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, as well as a satirical analysis of the Texas energy crisis featuring Tex Shitter, the Texan from Exxon, and an article “Jamie Raskin and the House Impeachment Managers Present Their Case”. Michael…
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SnapSessions! presents Episode 30, featuring an interview with actress/writer/improviser, Edi Patterson as well as Doug Nunn’s Road to Publication (the story of his journey to publish his book–Jolly Old Elf–the Art of Santa H. Claus), and a salute to the classic science fiction film–The Day the Earth Stood Still. Edi Patterson talks about growing up…
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SnapSessions! presents Episode 29, featuring an interview with artist/writer/teacher Caitlin Berrigan, a look at the fabulous life of scientist/explorer Alexander von Humboldt, and a tribute to 1930s cartoon starlet, Betty Boop! Caitlin Berrigan talks about her youth on the Mendocino coast in Northern California, her education at Hampshire College and MIT as well as in Paris, her development as…
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