Category: Podcast
DoT EP97: Lucy Isabel On Being a Jersey Girl in Nashville, Leaving Acting for Music, and Her Debut Album, Plus Live Tracks!
If things had worked out as Lucy Isabel had originally planned, she would be firmly planted in New York right now, using the...... Read More
DoT EP96: Lamont Price on Godzilla, P-Funk, Ringo, and Rambo with New Music From Lucy Isabel
If you want to make anything funnier, just add Lamont Price. It certainly made watching Godzilla a much more enjoyable experience, which is...... Read More
DoT EP95: The Beehive Queen Christine Ohlman Talks Rock and Roll, Singing for Saturday Night Live, and Songwriting, plus New Comedy from Erica Rhodes
It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes in this job of talking to notable people, you get kind of a day off. You talk...... Read More
DoT EP94: Bernard Fowler On Singing Backup with the Rolling Stones and His New Album, plus New Spoken Word from Kate Tempest
Face it. Bernard Fowler has a better job than you. Not only does he release his own solo work, like his new album,...... Read More
DoT EP93: Horror Author Nathan Ballingrud On His Creepy Fun Collection “Wounds,” plus New Music from Bernard Fowler
Nathan Ballingrud has a wonderfully demented imagination. He has a way of reaching into your brain and finding all of those creepy little...... Read More
DoT EP92: Satirist Jimmy Tingle On Politics and Optimism, plus Audio Excerpts from Nathan Ballingrud’s Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell
Jimmy Tingle is one of the first people I interviewed in the Boston comedy scene years ago. He was hosting and producing a...... Read More
DoT EP91: Comedian Erica Rhodes On Art, Discipline, and Her New Album Sad Lemon, plus New Music from Cate Le Bon
If you have not heard Erica Rhodes’s comedy, you have the perfect excuse to dive in on June 18, when her new album,...... Read More
DoT EP90: Funny Women of a Certain Age with Carole Montgomery, Andrea Henry, and Christine Hurley, Plus New Music from Lucette
Carole Montgomery is 61, and she won’t hesitate to mention her age onstage. That is somewhat unusual in an industry obsessed with youth....... Read More
DoT EP89 Indie Rock Oncologist Karen Haglof with New Music from The Woolly Bushmen
There is so much to explore in Karen Haglof’s career. She started out playing with a band called The Crackers in a Minneapolis...... Read More
DoT EP88: Horror and Comedy with “About A Donkey” Director Christina Raia, plus New Music from Karen Haglof
If you follow the Department of Tangents Blog, there’s a good chance you’ve seen some of Christina Raia’s work. I featured her delightful...... Read More
DoT Minicast: Love and Death with Jim Breuer
I have been working on this one since last fall when I saw Jim Breuer at the Comics Come Home benefit show in...... Read More
DoT EP87: Nat Freedberg from The Upper Crust to Better Late Than Never, plus New Comedy from Jim Breuer
If Nat Freedberg’s voice sounds familiar, it may be because you’ve heard him on this podcast way back on EP32, when I interviewed...... Read More
DoT EP86: “Walk This Way” Author Geoff Edgers with New Music from Nat Freedberg
If you are a fan of music or comedy, you should already know Geoff Edgers. He was a longtime arts writer with The...... Read More
DoT EP85: Disney and Hanna Barbera Animator Philo Barnhart plus New Music from Matt York
This is the last of the four podcasts I taped last November at the NorthEast Comic Con and Collectibles Extravaganza, which happens twice...... Read More
DoT EP84: Musical Alien Micropixie Explores the Dark Sight of the Moon, plus New Comedy from Jess Salomon
If you are used to our usual theme song, do not adjust your iPod at the beginning of this episode. This week, we...... Read More
DoT Minicast: Daniel Sloss On Offensive Jokes, “Dad” Jokes, and Why He’s Not a TV Comic
I interviewed Daniel Sloss a few weeks back for the Boston Globe when he came to town with his new show X, a...... Read More
DoT EP83: American Bystander Publisher and Editor Michael Gerber with New Music from Micropixie
This week’s episode is a conversation with Michael Gerber, publisher and editor of humor and satire magazine The American Bystander. There are hundreds,...... Read More
DoT EP82: Musician and Journalist Ted Drozdowski plus an Audiobook Excerpt from Sarah Moss’s Ghost Wall
I first became aware of Ted Drozdowski when I was working at the Boston Phoenix, reading his reviews and features as I helped...... Read More
DoT EP81: Comics Artist and Musician Guy Gilchrist with New Music from Ted Drozdowski
This is an inadvertently Nashville-themed edition, as featured interview subject, comics artist/creator and musician Guy Gilchrist, and the musician behind this week’s featured...... Read More
DoT EP80: Writer/Producer/Puppeteer Bill Diamond with New Music from Teardrop City
The Department of Tangents Podcast is 80 today with this episode, featuring an interview with writer, puppet creator, producer, and all around problem...... Read More
DoT EP79: Michael J. Epstein and Sophia Cacciola Discuss 2018 Horror Films and Their Latest, Clickbait plus New Music from Whispering Sons
Happy New Year’s Eve! This is a special edition of the Department of Tangents Podcast, a look back at the year in horror...... Read More
DoT EP78: NorthEast Comic Con Comedy Panel w Carolyn Plummer, Kathe Farris, Erin Spencer, and Emily Ruskowski, with New Music from illuminati hotties
This week’s episode is a panel discussion with comedians Kathe Farris, Emily Ruskowski, Erin Spencer, and Carolyn Plummer with new music from illuminati...... Read More
DoT EP77: Celebrating 30 Years of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Kids In the Hall on TV
This week’s episode is a bit different from previous episodes, in that it doesn’t feature an interview with one person about their work....... Read More
DoT EP76: Ryan Lee Crosby Talks Raga Blues, plus “I’m Dissatisfied”
I’ve written about Ryan Lee Crosby’s music in the past. I’m not sure when the first time was, but back then he had...... Read More
DoT EP75: Musician Perry Serpa with New Music from His Album, Wherefore Art Thou?
I have known Perry Serpa for several years as a press guy. He has been a regular in my inbox, sending me notices...... Read More
DoT EP74: Comedian Gad Elmaleh with New Music from Robbie Fulks and Linda Gail Lewis
Gad Elmaleh has a fascinating story. He was born in Casablanca, went to college in Montreal, and then moved to France where he...... Read More
DoT EP73: Mike Vago, Author of Selfdestructible, plus New Comedy from Shawn Carter
This episode is an interview with author Mike Vago with new comedy from Shawn Carter. Vago is a talented writer and humor columnist....... Read More
DoT Minicast: Paula Finn, Author of Sitcom Writers Talk Shop
This week’s episode is a minicast, an interview with Paula Finn, author of Sitcom Writers Talk Shop: Behind the Scenes with Carl Reiner,...... Read More
DoT EP72: Wild Artist Cari Ann Shim Sham, plus New Music from the Chandler Travis Three-O
I love Halloween, and I live just a few minutes from Salem, Massachusetts, celebrated for the Salem Witch Trials and home of a...... Read More