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December 2022’s SnapSessions! podcast presents a reprise of our holiday treasure–“Tchickclucksky’s The Nutclucker & Other Chicken Holiday Treats”, a 1995 production of Rothman’s HenHouse in association with Large Child Productions.  The Nutclucker was the inspiration of Harry “Henny Bockman” Rothman (aka “Poultriotti”), a longtime player and director of Mendocino’s Hit & Run Theater. Harry was…
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For November, SnapSessions! podcast Episode 49 features an interview with filmmaker and environmental activist Mischa Hedges and Abort the Court, an exploration of the history of abortion since ancient times. The episode opens with Abort the Court, an overview of abortion with an analysis of what the Bible doesn’t say about the topic and what our colonial forefathers did say. Ithas commentaries from Samantha Bee, John Oliver, and George Carlin, as well as leading scholars, refuting the Supreme Court’s recent Dobbs…
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SnapSessions! presents Episode 48, featuring an interview with Mendocino singer/songwriter Gwyneth Moreland, and Doug Nunn’s Avenue of the Stars, a memoir of his time working on The Simpsons Movie as an animator. We open with Avenue of the Stars, in which Doug Nunn recalls learning the Adobe Photoshop and After Effects programs in the SF State Digital Intensive program and creating his own homemade cartoons. Then in March 2007 he received a phone call from old friend and producer of The Simpsons Movie Richard Sakai, which led to him working…
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SnapSessions! presents Episode 47, featuring an interview with musician and inventor Gene Parsons. We also include the premiere of Copzilla, a SnapSessions! audio comedy about a giant policeman who attacks idyllic Donut Town. The podcast opens with Copzilla, a comedy epic about a huge policeman’s assault on the peaceful pastries of Donut Town. Copzilla is told by reporter for The Daily…
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SnapSessions! presents Episode 46, featuring an interview with video editor and Reality TV Producer Sax Eno.  We also present an analysis and appreciation of Nicole Hannah Jones 1619 Project and take a look at the reactionary response to  her book as well as  “Critical Race Theory”.  Our SnapSessions! interview features long-time Reality TV editor, Sax…
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SnapSessions! presents Episode 45, featuring an interview with the tattoo artists of the Triangle Tattoo & Museum in Fort Bragg, CA. We also offer a SnapSessions! homage to the classic 1950s variety show Your Show of Shows, featuring the hilarious Sid Caesar and an incredible cast of characters. Episode 45 opens with the tribute to Your Show of…
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SnapSessions! Presents Episode 44, featuring an interview with British comedian, magician, and painter, Otiz Cannelloni, as well as “SCOTUS vs. Mother Earth”, a look at a US Supreme Court case which threatens to upend all Climate legislation.  Cannelloni talks about his youth in Crystal Palace in South London, and shares stories of his time as…
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SnapSessions! presents Episode 43, with our artist of the show—comedian and comedy/song writer, Dave Cohen, as well as a consideration of Kim Stanley Robinson’s science fiction novel The Ministry of the Future, speculating on where our planet might be headed in the years to come. Cohen discusses his early days in England, playing in punk…
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SnapSessions! presents Episode 42, featuring an interview with our artist of the show—actor, improviser, songwriter, and director Brian Lohmann as well as our next installment in the SnapSessions! Environmental Hall of Shame series—“Exxon Knew”, a blazing critique of the fossil fuel giant’s long-time cover up of the realities of Climate Change. Brian Lohmann talks about…
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SnapSessions! Podcast presents Episode 41, featuring an interview with our activist of the show—academic, economic consultant, and United Nations diplomat Ben Slay, and a salute to Jonathan Winters, one of the great comedians of American showbiz history. Ben Slay graduated from high school in 1976 in Fort Bragg, and his academic studies lead him to a PhD in Economics. A Fulbright Fellowship in…
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