Fish Out Of Agua With Michele Carlo

It's the "A Woman of Endurance" episode—feat. esteemed Afro-Latina author/educator Dahlma Llaños Figueroa tawkin' about the politics behind bilingual education, giving others permission to tell their stories...and why her high school counselor Ms. Bass was r-o-n-g, wrong! With tunes from #TitoPuente, #CalTjader, #IsmaelRivera and #LutherVandross, and shoutouts to #AuroraAnayaCerda and #LaCasaAzulBookstore, #CharlieVázquez and the #BronxCouncilOnTheArts, and all the outspoken young ones finishing what their abuelas began. #artistsIknow #artistsofcolor #womenartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

It's the "Smother Love is Better than Fear" episode—feat. author/storyteller/solo performer Jamie Brickhouse tawkin' about getting fooled by your day job, encounters with 60s songstress Peggy Lee, and the legacies of Daddy Poo and Mama Jean. With tunes from #TheCommodores, #DustySpringfield, #PeggyLee and #TheScissorSisters, and shoutouts to #LeslieGoshko, #GeorgeDawesGreen, the #NationalStorytellingFestival, and a whole lot more! #artistsIknow #NYCartists #queerartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

It's the "Bronx Hall of Fame" episode—feat. poet/activist/educator/storyteller Bobby Gonzalez tawkin' about the wealth of world-class talent that came out of the Melrose Houses and Cardinal Hayes High School, the origin of the "poet's snap," and how working in a bodega for 20 years was the best acting training ever. With tunes from #CrosbyStillsNashandYoung, #JanisJoplin, #TheBeatles and #JohnColtrane, and shoutouts to #Robin Bady, #BridgetBartolini, #Bobby Sanabria and last, but nevah least, #MariaAponte! #artistsIknow #artistsofcolor #NYCartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

It's the "Caribbean Delight" episode—feat. storyteller/performer/educator/artist-creator Jenice Matias tawkin' about being a teenage Black Panthers member (yes, those Black Panthers), integrating (yes, integrating) Forest Hills high school (Forest Hills in Queens, NYC!), how the performing arts saved her sanity, and why culture is the glue that holds us all together. With tunes from #ArethaFranklin, #MarcAnthony, #Rihanna and #GeorgeBenson, and shoutouts to #EricVetter, #ProseofPie, #AdamWade and #MagnetTheater, and #DavidCrabb and #UprightCitizensBrigade Theatre. #artistsofcolor #artistsIknow #womenartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

It's the "Chirp About It" episode—feat. City World Radio Network host Patrick Sainvil tawkin' about being a teenage cold-caller on Wall Street, what it's like to share a studio with a dungeon, and the importance of building a creative family. With tunes from #theEurythmics, #Maroon5, #BobMarley and #SamSmith, and shoutouts to #MarleneVillafane, #IanBamberger, #EllenHunter and #JohnnyMandolin. #artistsofcolor #artistsIknow #NYCartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

The "Evolution of Jen & the Universe"episode—feat. musician/comedian/actress (and almost accountant?!) Jen Kwok tawkin'about getting off the "Asian treadmill," what surfing and performing have in common, and what happens when you put stuff out into "the Universe." With tunes from #CheechandChong and #JenKwok, and shoutouts to #NicoleFerraro #TomTenney, #JimCarbone of #JimmysNo43 and #MargaretCho. #artistsIknow #artistsofcolor #womenartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

The “Legacy Episode”—feat. rapper/producer/ teaching artist James SoSoon Gantt tawkin' about the connection between music and teaching, the benefits of doing “the Hundred” and what happens when you ask. With tunes from #GrandmasterFlashandtheFuriousFive, #MaxRoach, #SoSoon and #SoSoonandMicEl, and shoutouts to #BridgetBartolini and the #FiveBoroStoryProject, #KambriCrews, #ElannDanziger of #RadioFreeBrooklyn #LostandRewound, and #MikeL #artistsIknow #artistsofcolor #NYCartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

It's the "Two Redheaded Boricuas" episode—feat. Nicara-Rican dancer/poet/activist and policymaker Mari Fernandez tawkin' about the intersection of arts and advocacy, what it was like to navigate the world with an incarcerated parent...and the importance of holding the door open in both directions. With tunes from #BlahzayBlahzay, #NotoriousBIG, #ChristinaAguliera and #MarcAnthony, and shoutouts to #NicoleFerraro, #AsherNovek, #EmilyUnderwood and #LindaNieves-Powell. #artistsIknow #artistsofcolor #womenartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

It's the "I Can't Believe You Know EVERYONE I Know" episode —feat. writer/producer, standup/storyhuman...and honorary Art Star Calvin S. Cato tawkin' about trying to pursue art dreams while his parents wanted him to get a job, why diversity shouldn't be like the “Highlander”...and the adventures of driving while black. With tunes from #TheMaryJaneGirls, #Cake, #Queen and #Res, and shoutouts to #AdamStone and #ToddStone, #JackiePeters, #EricVetter, #KambriCrews, #QED #MoPitkin'sHouseofSatisfaction (R.I.P), the #BoweryPoetryClub, #FrancisHall, (Faceboy's Open Mic) #RevjenMiller, #PatrickBucklew (a.k.a Mangina), and #FreddysBarandBackroom. #artistsIknow #artistsofcolor #queerartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

It’s the the Geek-a-Rican episode—where writer/storyteller David Arroyo tawks about what it’s like to feel rudderless, the importance of finding your “tribe,” and the irony of growing up in PR and NYC—and having neither accent. With tunes from #TheEels, #LisaLoeb, #LosEnanitosVerdes and #GavinDeGraw, and shoutouts to #HarmonLeon, #ScottSchultz, #ChristopherKorbel and #DavidCrabb. #artistsofcolor #artistsIknow #NYCartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

It’s the “Will Work For” episode, where solo performer/poet/playwright Dacyl Acevedo tawks about wanting to be where the weirdos were, getting rid of “fraud” mentality...and how she found her funny. With tunes from #LouReed, #JanelleMonae, #Prince and #NinaSimone, and shoutouts to #LindaNievesPowell, #MarilynTorres, #BoweryPoetryClub, #NuyoricanPoetsCafe, #TamillaWoodard and #NancyKim. #artistsofcolor #artistsIknow #Latinxartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

It’s the “Michele had a tummy ache that week so you get a repeat” episode, feat. stories and mini-interviews from Elana Lancaster and Gastor Almonte, tunes from #TalkingHeads, #Erasure, #BlahzayBlahzay and #DepecheMode, and shoutouts to people and things you'll just have to listen in for! Originally aired as Ep. 31 (01/02/18), recorded 11/20/17 at Ridgewood’s Footlight Bar as part of the “Radio Free Brooklyn Presents” performance series. #artistsIknow #artistsofcolor #transartists #NYCartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

It’s the “Second Coming (Out)” episode, where educator/activist/ storyteller Richard Cardillo tawks about the power of listening, what it’s like to come out twice—and the benefits of being on his “baguette list.” With tunes from #MarvinGaye, #Santana, #SlyandtheFamilyStone and #WeatherReport, and shoutouts to #TheLiarShow, #NewYorkSTORYExchange, #AsherNovek, #RobinBady and #NicoleFerraro. #NYCartists #artistsIknow #queerartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

The “You never know until you know” episode, where writer/journalist/storyteller/producer—and mom Amber B Drea tawks about learning what it means to make it your own way, how weird it is to tell a story when you’re not sure what the ending will be...and why music was the lover she couldn’t be herself with. With tunes from #DepecheMode, #Bjork, #BlindMelon and #MaryJBlige, and shoutouts to #Kerri Doherty, #Siobhan V O’Loughlin and a whole slew of story folk you’ll have tune in for...’cause one of them could be YOU. #artistsofcolor #artistsIknow #womenartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

It’s “The Special Holiday Episode with NO Holiday Music, Part 2,” —feat. stories and mini-interviews from Elana Lancaster and Gastor Almonte, tunes from #TalkingHeads, #Erasure, #BlahzayBlahzay and #DepecheMode, and shoutouts to people and things you'll just have to listen in for! Taped at Ridgewood’s Footlight Bar in November 2017 as part of the “Radio Free Brooklyn Presents” performance series. #artistsIknow #artistsofcolor #transartists #NYCartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

It’s “The Special Holiday Episode with NO Holiday Music, Part I,” —feat. stories and mini-interviews from David Hu, Susan Kent and Sydnee Washington, and tunes from #LedZeppelin, #LionBabe, #MirandaLambert and #GreenDay. Taped at Ridgewood’s Footlight Bar in November 2017 as part of the “Radio Free Brooklyn Presents” performance series. #artistsIknow #artistsofcolor #queerartists #NYCartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

The “Go Robin, Go!” episode, where storyteller/musician/director/producer Robin Bady tawks about being from the “real” Jersey Shore, what it was like to forge her own path during the social changes and upheaval in the 1960s/70s—and why she will never, EVAH mess with a secretary. Featuring tunes from #SteveMillerBand, #TheGratefulDead, #SteveGoodman and #SarahVaughan, and shoutouts to H.r. Britton from #MassMouth, Sherry Weaver of #Speakeasy, Lynne and Lawrence of #PortlandStoryTheater, #SeanOBrien, #AsherNovek, #Nonni and #CowcatWillie (in photo). #artistsIknow #womenartists #NYCartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

It’s the “Rhonda Learns Me Something” episode, where standup, writer, director, storyteller—and puppeteer Rhonda Hansome tawks about out blowing off her original college major to work with #JimHenson, what it was like to open for #AnitaBaker...and when social media...is anything but. Featuring tunes from #Outkast and #Prince, and shoutouts to Emmy Gaye, Nancy Lombardo, Nancy Giles, Dixon Place, Frank Conniff and John Fugelsang’s “Tell Me Everything” on SiriusXM Insight. #artistsofcolor #artistsIknow #womenartists #NYCartists #supportlivingartists

The “Anoush Talks About Stuff” episode, where improv-er, storyteller and illustrator Anoush Froundjian tawks about going with the flow, learning how to feel sad the “normal” way...and winning a Moth Story Slam on her very first try. With tunes from #Madonna, #Madonna, #TheAngels and... #Madonna, and shoutouts to #PenelopePitstop, #GildaRadner, Adam Wade, Margot Leitman, Siobhan V O’Loughlin, Rob Paravonian and the Bowery Poetry Club. #artistsIknow #womenartists #NYCartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists

The “She’s Got it Going ON” episode, where storytelling superhuman Sandi Marx tawks about horrible jobs, wonderful people—and how sometimes life—and careers are made by half an inch. Featuring tunes from #CyndiLauper, #DavidBowieandQueen, #EarthWindandFire and #JenniferHudson, and shoutouts to #David Crabb, #Julie Threlkeld, #Sara Barron, #Stories from the Stage with #Massmouth Inc. and a whole bunch more! #artistsIknow #womenartists #NYCartists #livingartists #supportlivingartists