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How Filmmaking Became My Escape from Intimacy

Director and cinematographer Jon Bregel on creative burnout and rethinking how to make filmmaking play a truly positive role in his life.

May 22, 2025

Zosha Warpeha and Mariel Terán Talk Through Their Instruments

The collaborators catch up about respecting tradition while looking toward the future, and Orbweaver.

May 22, 2025

Alex Orange Drink

May 21, 2025

Transmissions :: Damien Jurado

A career-spanning talk with Damien Jurado.

May 21, 2025

594: New York Chef ​​Leah Cohen Is On TV, and Under the Radar

We had a great time catching up with Leah Cohen. She’s the chef-owner of the terrific Pig & Khao restaurants in New York City, with locations on the Upper West Side and Lower East Side. On this episode, we talk about her career and appearing on an early season of Top Chef. We also get into her struggles with identity as a kid, and how her Filipino and Jewish upbringing made her the chef she is today. Also on the show we have a great conversation with Barbara Costello. She of the popular @BrunchwithBabs social accounts and the new cookbook: Every Day with Babs: 101 Family-Friendly Dinners for Every Day of the Week: A Cookbook. Do you enjoy This Is TASTE? Drop us a review on Apple, or star us on Spotify. We’d love to hear from you. 

May 21, 2025

797. – Biz Sherbert

May 21, 2025

I Made a Movie for an Industry That Didn’t Want It

Writer-director Vincent D’Alessandro on the challenges he faced finding a home in the world for his debut feature, Bottom Feeders.

David Harrington (Kronos Quartet) and Mary Kouyoumdjian Want to Create Fun

The collaborators talk humor in “serious music,” activism through music, and their new record Witness.

May 20, 2025

Lola Kirke and Greta Morgan Are No Saints

The musicians/authors talk their recent memoirs, and being vulnerable in a new medium.

May 19, 2025

593: We Like to Dinner Party with Casey Elsass & Michael Symon

Casey Elsass is a food writer, recipe developer, and cookbook author living in Brooklyn, New York. Known among his collaborators as the cookbook doula, Casey has helped birth over twenty titles, as co-author, ghostwriter, friend, and unlicensed therapist. He is the author of a terrific new cookbook, What Can I Bring?: Recipes to Help You Live Your Guest Life. Also on the show is chef and TV fixture Michael Symon. He’s the author of Symon's Dinners Cooking Out: 100 Recipes That Redefine Outdoor Cooking. Yes, my guy has some really smart ideas on how to cook outside when hosting, or just cooking solo. We talk about about getting into a grilling practice at home. Smart stuff.  Do you enjoy This Is TASTE? Drop us a review on Apple, or star us on Spotify. We’d love to hear from you. 

May 19, 2025

796. – Chris & Jason

May 19, 2025