James Bartelle & Zarah Spalding recently shared their latest theatrical production Flying Dreams: The Ambitious Ascent of Icarus & Daedalus as part of our Mondo Bizarro Presents series in April. James is a multi-disciplinary artist living and working in New Orleans. Through the mediums of visual art, live performance, and theatrical writing, he "sp…

On Hatched #37 we talk with Michelle Joan Papillion. She is a a grower, creator and builder who works conceptually. Her current work is centered around shared economics and cultural heritage preservation. She's a steward of her ancestors' native land and created Royal Queen Farms. For more info about us and to donate to the show visit www.mondobiza…

In this episode we talk with Tannis Kowalchuk & Jess Beveridge from Farm Arts Collective. This past weekend we hosted them as part of our Mondo Bizarro Presents series during which they shared their latest work Decompositions. Farm Arts Collective is an Agri-Cultural organization located on Willow Wisp Organic Farm in Damascus, Pennsylvania whose m…

Monique Verdin is a transdisciplinary artist and storyteller who documents the complex relationship between environment, culture, and climate in southeast Louisiana. For more info about us and to donate to the show visit www.mondobizarro.org. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. Here are some links you may want to check out as you listen to the show…

Kelly Bond is a New Orleans based director, choreographer, performer and teacher. Her and her creative partner, Ellery Burton, recently premiered their latest dance experiment, Fuzzy Bulldozer, at Catapult as part of our Mondo Bizarro Presents series. They'll be doing it again in Philadelphia and New Orleans later this year so follow Kelly on socia…

Steve Bailey is a theater artist, teacher, and arts administrator. He was the co-founder and producing director of Jump-Start Performance Co. in San Antonio, TX and has worked internationally with production companies from Peru to Slovakia. We got to talk to him on one of his last days as the Director of Operations for the National Performance Netw…

ashley sparks is a theater maker, engagement strategist, collaboration coach, and facilitator, as well as a long-time friend and collaborator with Mondo Bizarro. You can learn more about her from the links below as well as find some info related to subjects brought up on the show. spark+dive (facilitation & consulting business) mark-n-sparks (colla…

Hali Dardar is a New Media enthusiast, interaction designer and a member of the United Houma Nation. Her work supports process development, community-based design, language revitalization, indigenous media, and memory documentation. Some links Hali mentions during the podcast are: 10 Words in Uma Houma Language Project Language Keepers For more inf…

Madeleine Grace Kelly is a visual artist and educator living in New Orleans. She is receiving her MFA from UNO this spring and you can witness her master’s thesis exhibition entitled Temple of Familiars at the UNO Gallery (2429 St. Claude St) from March 9th to April 7th. From the official blurb about her show: Her paintings, etchings, and installat…

Katya Chizayeva is a New Orleans-based Ukrainian American artist, community activist, and acupuncturist. She is currently working on a show with Goat in the Road Productions based on her recent experiences in Ukraine called Top 5 Survival Moves, which gives us "a glimpse of Chizayeva’s ongoing work with Ukrainian soldiers coming back from the front…

Nicole Marquez is a dancer, advocate and a survivor of brain and spinal injuries. Approximately 15 years ago she relocated to New York with the aspiration of pursuing a career in dance on Broadway. Her dreams were momentarily deferred following an accident where she fell six stories from the roof of her apartment building. She will be performing he…

LIzz Freeman Kelly is the Executive Director of ricRACK, a creative reuse shop and community sewing studio. ricRACK'S main focus is "keeping textiles out of the landfill and teaching all of New Orleans how to sew." Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. For more information about Mondo Bizarro and to donate visit www.mondobizarro.org.…

Becca Chapmans is a Chalmation, a performer, an educator, a lover of community, and curious human being. She, along with Alex Smith, co-founded a healthcare clowning nonprofit, Prescription Joy, that brings imagination and wonder to pediatric and adult hospitals in the Greater New Orleans area. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. For more informati…

Simone Immanuel is a New Orleans born actor, writer, singer and dancer. We recently presented a work-in-progress showing of her one woman show On My Way: My Ancestors Wildest Dreams at our studio, Catapult, as part of our Mondo Bizarro Presents series. Simone says that the hope of her work is to show that God is with us all. Her goal is to use her …

Synamin Vixen is a dancer, actor, poet, teacher, sex doula, herbalist, and so much more. She is bringing her latest performance called Daughter of a Nymph Devine to our studio, Catapult, this weekend (September 22, 23, 24). Seating is limited so get your reservations here today. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. For more information about Mondo B…

Steve and Mike talk about a top secret organization charged with making us a bit less crappy to one another. Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2wBy Steve Spalding

Dee Dee Green is the Area Program Director for American Friends Service Committee’s Peace by Piece New Orleans program. She is also a member of the New Orleans coalition Eye on Surveillance. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. COINTELSHOW runs 23-25 March. Click here to reserve your tickets. For more information about Mondo Bizarro visit www.mondob…

Steve and Mike talk about loss of institutional trust and how to find common ground in complicated informational environments. Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2wBy Steve Spalding

Renard Bridgewater is a New Orleans based musician (performing under the moniker Slangston Hughes), organizer and cultural advocate who works as the Community Engagement Coordinator for the Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans (MaCCNO). He is also a member of the New Orleans coalition Eye on Surveillance. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. C…

Steve and Mike talk about the perverse incentives that drive modern employment contracts, and one way to make them a bit less dystopian. Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2wBy Steve Spalding

Steve and Mike talk about getting people stuff without being giant jerks about it. Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2wBy Steve Spalding

Steve and Mike talk about lying your way to utopia on the season premiere of Critical Impacts. Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w

Steve and Mike talk about the future in adventure in this final episode of the first season of Critical Impacts. Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2wBy Steve Spalding

This audio is an exploration of some of the waterways you will soon visit as part of A Studio in the Wood's event Floating Adaptations in Search of Invisible Rivers. Floating Adaptations in Search of Invisible Rivers is conceived by Monique Verdin, Jeff Becker and Mondo Bizarro. It is a search for the hidden histories of the land and water surround…

Highly engaged with eternally recurrence. Part 12 of 12 (for now). Written and Produced by Steve Spalding Support The Show: https://www.insidefictions.com/support-inside-fiction/ You May Also Like-- At The Midnight: https://www.insidefictions.com/at-the-midnight/ Risk Management: https://www.insidefictions.com/risk-management/…

Hours and Candor have a final showdown with the treasure hunters, and find an answer they had been searching for. [WIC - 8702] Written and Directed by Steve Spalding. Music by: Jacob McNatt and Blythe Renay (Vocals) Sound Design and Production by: AudioOhm Cast Hours: Steve Spalding Purity: Melissa Sheldon Prospects: Angela Tran Spree: Phillip Sacr…

This is an episode that was *supposed* to be released months ago, but then the global pandemic hit so it was put on the shelf. Steve and Mike chat about the future of medicine, Preventative Health bots and a world immune system. Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w…

Nihilism notwithstanding. Part 12 of Many. Written and Produced by Steve Spalding Support The Show: https://www.insidefictions.com/support-inside-fiction/ You May Also Like-- At The Midnight: https://www.insidefictions.com/at-the-midnight/ Risk Management: https://www.insidefictions.com/risk-management/…

Prospects and Purity discover that the situation is far worse than they could have possibly imagined. [WIC - 8702] Written and Directed by Steve Spalding. Music by: Jacob McNatt Sound Design and Production by: AudioOhm Cast Hours: Steve Spalding Purity: Melissa Sheldon Prospects: Angela Tran Spree: Phillip Sacramento Gloom: Forenza Candor: Jessub F…

Missing people miss people. Part 12 of Many. Written and Produced by Steve Spalding Support The Show: https://www.insidefictions.com/support-inside-fiction/ You May Also Like-- At The Midnight: https://www.insidefictions.com/at-the-midnight/ Risk Management: https://www.insidefictions.com/risk-management/…

Spree has a run in with the group of treasure hunters who have invaded the tomb, and Gloom gathers some needed intelligence. [WIC - 8702] Written and Directed by Steve Spalding. Music by: Jacob McNatt Sound Design and Production by: AudioOhm Cast Hours: Steve Spalding Purity: Melissa Sheldon Prospects: Angela Tran Spree: Phillip Sacramento Gloom: F…

Bored to tears in deep isolation. Part 11 of Many. Written and Produced by Steve Spalding Support The Show: https://www.insidefictions.com/support-inside-fiction/ You May Also Like-- At The Midnight: https://www.insidefictions.com/at-the-midnight/ Risk Management: https://www.insidefictions.com/risk-management/…

Steve and Mike decide to leave this flaming ball of anxiety behind and talk about building cities in the Sky. The world looks so much better from up there. Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2wBy Steve Spalding

The Servants of Moments prepare for battle, and Hours speaks of brighter times. [WIC - 8702] Written and Directed by Steve Spalding. Music by: Jacob McNatt Sound Design and Production by: AudioOhm Cast Hours: Steve Spalding Purity: Melissa Sheldon Prospects: Angela Tran Spree: Phillip Sacramento Gloom: Forenza Candor: Jessub Flower Additional Voice…

Tumbling down a rabbit hole, into a broken world. Part 10 of Many. Written and Produced by Steve Spalding Support The Show: https://www.insidefictions.com/support-inside-fiction/ You May Also Like-- At The Midnight: https://www.insidefictions.com/at-the-midnight/ Risk Management: https://www.insidefictions.com/risk-management/…

A group of guardians wake up after the apocalypse to find what's left of their home under attack by unknown invaders. [WIC - 8702] Written and Directed by Steve Spalding. Music by: Jacob McNatt Sound Design and Production by: AudioOhm Cast Hours: Steve Spalding Purity: Melissa Sheldon Prospects: Angela Tran Spree: Phillip Sacramento Gloom: Forenza …

Steve and Mike discuss how to fit more houses onto a finite Earth, and also parking lots for some reason. Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2wBy Steve Spalding

Amelia Acosta Powell is the Associate Artistic Director of the Repertory Theater of St. Louis. Previously she has worked as the casting director and artistic associate at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. and as line producer at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Our theme music is by Rotary Downs. For more information about Mondo Bizarro visit www.mondobi…

Steve and Mike discuss open source, the Akashic Record, and 3D printing -- not necessarily in that order. Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2wBy Steve Spalding

Steve and Mike discuss what "Utopia" really means, whether they are possible, and whether they should even be our goal in this far ranging debate on what it takes to build better worlds. Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2wBy Steve Spalding

Pandemics. Protests. The future is happening now, and in this episode Steve and Mike discuss different ways to think about it, and try to help you find a meaningful place in the brave, new world that we're all building. Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w…

Working from home could completely change the way people look at their careers, Steve and Mike talk about how this new trend could improve our lives in the long term. Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2wBy Steve Spalding

A few more weeks into Quarantine, Steve and Mike talk about the effects this virus might have on society now and into the future. Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2wBy Steve Spalding

On this special live episode of Critical Impacts, Steve and Mike talk about COVID-19, what it is, what can be done to keep yourself safe, and what we might do as a society to arm ourselves against future existential threats. Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2w…

By Steve Spalding

Steve and Mike talk about a variety of different ways to think about and potentially tackle the problem of climate change. Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2wBy Steve Spalding

Steve and Mike spend a lot of time talking about flying cars, and other ways transportation might change...but mostly flying cars. Music EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c Elexive - Sheriff: youtu.be/Dup6CzMzY2wBy Steve Spalding

The Mages of Weisz go into battle, their fate and their grades hang in the balance. [WIC-5733M] Written and Directed by Steve Spalding. Music by: Jacob McNatt and Blythe Renay (ending theme) Sound Design and Production by: AudioOhm Cast: Kim: Abigail Turner Dustin: Mikey O'Connor Melissa: Mandy Wong Kayin: Belsheber Rusape Sora: Melissa Sheldon Kul…