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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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SnapSessions! presents Episode 40, featuring an interview with our artist of the show–drummer, percussion teacher, and activist Claudia Paige, as well as a “Tribute to The Twilight Zone”, the extraordinary boundary breaking science fiction TV show of the late 1950s and 1960s. Claudia Paige talks about her “hippie upbringing” in Mendocino in the 1960s and…
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SnapSessions! presents Episode 39, featuring a holiday interview with our artist of the show—Red Barn Productions event producer and one of the originators of the Great Dickens Christmas Fair, Kevin Patterson. In addition to our interview, SnapSessions! also presents the commentary “The Story of Human Population in My Lifetime—a Rollercoaster Ride for our Species!” Kevin…
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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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