Dr. Lisa Gives A Sh*t

In this episode, I try to figure out how Jim manages a huge Chelsea Gallery, Jim Kempner Fine Art as well as write/produce/star in the hilarious #1 art world webseries, "The Madness of Art" and develop his acting. I'm tired. If you have a day job and a creative pursuit—you gotta listen to this—it'll help. http://themadnessofart.com/ http://www.jimkempnerfineart.com/ #comedy #art #psychotherapy #themadnessofart

Peggy doesn't f*ck around and she's SO refreshingly REAL. We have a great conversation and talk about dating vs friends with high target dudes. Also is asking guys out a way to go or a defense? http://peggyoleary.com/ #creekandthecave #comedy #psychotherapy #art BTW: That's station director/co-founder Tom Tenny with Peggy - He told me he thought she was cute!

Comedian Myq Kaplan a veteran of both America's Got Talent and Last Comic Standing talks with me about his time in weekly therapy with me a few years ago. Also Myq has had more than one open relationship and we learn how those were similar/different. http://myqkaplan.com/ #comedy #psychotherapy #art

Rebecca Goyette makes work that is too original to explain in this tiny space. Salem witch trials, complex sexuality and crashing boundaries are 3 terms to help describe it. More here: http://www.rebogallery.com/ Recently, Rebecca made a feature length film which turned out more psychologically effecting than she could have imagined. In this session, Rebecca, (ok-with help from me) describes her experience in an honest and moving way. Rebecca is an old buddy of mine who I met originally because I was so taken with her ridiculously outrageous and original artwork about pilgrims!

Kweibaye has a lot going for her, but she's made so much happen! She's from an Liberian immigrant family and has made so much happen. She has her shit together, but it didn't happen overnight. She inspired my lazy ass. Check her out: http://www.kweighbaye.com/ I met her at the launch for #BushwickDaily's, Katarina Koces publication, #BushwickNotebook which features Kwiebaye on the cover.

Jake was an awesome interview because he was so interested in discussing his psychology, plus he's articulate. Who doesn't love mania I say! I asked Jake to be on the show after seeing his act. He's an awesome comic-check him out: http://www.feraljokes.com/

I kind of wish this had gone better. Matthew Weinstein, acclaimed writer and artist agreed to come on the show (again) to help me with my on air skills. I had a bad night the night before-losing a competition at #BHQFU and was feeling low, so I felt like I didn't take control of this session as much as I would have liked to. Matthew is super talented! Check out his work at http://www.matthewweinstein.com/

Chris Doucette started his comedy career by showing livestock at the 4H Club as a kid. I tell him that he seems really grounded for a comedian and we take it from there. By the way that photo is from when he works with Jane Lynch, not from the RFB studio. #comedy #art whttp://www.chrisdoucette.com/comedy/home/

Eric Doeringer talks about make lemonade from the lemons of moving his art studio which led to his Richard Prince/Rob Pruitt ebay auction art project. Sean Fader discusses what happened from being a stolen subject in Richard Prince's instagram project. http://ericdoeringer.com/ http://www.seanfader.com/ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/richard-prince-sucks-136358 #RichardPrince #EricDoeringer #ArtNet #PaddyJohnson #art #radio #gagosian

Carol Kino, a personal friend and major art writer ( NY Times, WSJ, USC Annenberg / Getty Arts Journalism Fellow, http://carolkino.com/) is in the house. Carol Kino bravely initiated a direct conversation discussing her feelings and experiences growing up with an accent that doesn't fit in and the complex background behind it. Carol adds "Yes! And I forgot to mention that I've often had people imitate my accent back to me: English when I'm in America and America when I'm in England. Talk about inhibiting! Once in my college dorm I threw a bowl of soup at a boy who did that! He never imitated my accent again . . . ."

David Kramer is a friend of mine and as far as I can see a successful, money making artist. David talks reality of what his life is like-(Great right now!) and we parse the ups and downs of a creative career. David told me after I soft-balled this interview with him but I'm not sure if it's countertranference or if I was just being uptight because I was nervous about a shoot the next day.

Mimi Hoops is one of a kind. She is herself to such a degree that compromising isn’t as much fun as doing all the amazing things she does! Yoga, improv, Hula Hooping. Mimi is most well known as the houla hooper of #TCGS The Chris Gethard Show. She's referred to as "kinetic wallpaper" because she hola-hoops the whole time in the background! It was her birthday-she is 62 only 3 years older than I am so we got to talk ab it about what it’s like being badass old ladies in the world of 20 and 30 something performers. http://thechrisgethardshow.com/about-the-show/

Jessica has made an exciting life for herself. All on her own. She has multiple talents-music and comedy. She started and runs NY Funny Songs Festival. http://www.nyfunnysongs.com Currently she has her own place, The Unicorn, where there’s music shows, classes and comedy. Jessica is married. We talked boys-she dated Kurt Metzger- and parents. A father she didn’t get to know till later in life. We exchanged presents and discussed how uptight it is not to open them. http://www.jessicadelfino.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Delfino

Lauren Hennessy is a transgender man but in saying that it is SO simplifying our conversation. Hennessy helped me understand her particular brand of transgenderness in a way that I could really understand that I never have before. She's also charming and fun and sexy in a dude way. She's married to Keith and the Girl podcaster, Chemda Hennessy and works as comic Judy Gold's assistant . http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/23/transgender-man-medical-intervention_n_5869118.html

Matthew is from a family of brainiacs, his father is has been credited with helping create the field of molecular epidemiology, He makes very complex and beautiful work, mostly videos done with 3d modeling. In this chat, I came to understand that Matthew was dyslexic and instead of getting in his way, he used it as an asset. Also, he doesn’t have unrealistic expectations of what he can and can’t do. I too think I have some form of dyslexia and this conversation was healing for me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Weinstein http://www.matthewweinstein.com/

Prince Harvey is famous for creating an entire album in the Apple Store. He’s 25 and lived in various situations but currently lives with his mom. He’s a totally cool moma’s boy. After that I had I conversation with artist, Karen Marston who had attended the screening of a documentary about me getting married to get her perspective and discuss the movie and how I felt about my wedding. http://www.avclub.com/article/rapper-prince-harvey-secretly-recorded-entire-albu-222103 http://karenmarston.com/w/

Born in Jerusleum and then lived in Russia with her Grandmother-then moved to Austin, Tx with her mom at age 5. She moved to New York at 18 to attend FIT. Julia has great stories about growing up with a ballsy mother who left Russia and earned several degrees in the U.S. Julia was inspired by listening to her mother's self-help tapes in the car. A family of driven ladies! Russia.http://www.juliasinelnikova.com

I found Amber Nelson to be a particularly kind, open personality. As a fan of her work it was great to hang. She's dealt with a lot of shit-her family was living in Saudi Arabia when she was born and quickly had to move back to the states when something heavy happened (listen to the show if you want to know!) Because of her experience in Saudi Arabia, she really valued education here which is the reason (I think) her life has turned out so well and she's not living in the sticks where she grew up. She's tough and can handle anything.