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Join Elizabeth and Francesca Bell, author and poet of What Small Sound, Bright Stain and Whoever Drowned Here in a great conversation. Trigger warnings, censorship, speaking (and translating) German, and more. Francesca reads a couple of selections from What Small Sound and also a poem from her upcoming book of Max Sessner poems, translated from his native German.

Find more about Francesca at https://www.francescabellpoet.com/

Learn more about the playlists that Elizabeth's son does at https://www.mayithowl.com/

For this bonus we have an excerpt from Episode 259 of the Notes McGotes where Brandon flies solo with Elizabeth discussing Patti Smith Group's album Easter. If you like what you hear here, please do check out the full episode and more wherever you get your favorite podcasts!

For more about the Notes McGotes Podcast, go here: https://linktr.ee/notesmcgotespod

We're joined by Dianne and Kevin Germain of Splendor Solis Books in Northampton, MA. We have a really great chat about how they came to own and run their store, their history, record and book shopping, tin cans and string, and a whole lot more! Grab a snack and a beverage and settle in for this fun conversation!

https://www.splendorsolisbooks.com/

Mentioned in this episode, the album We're OK. But We're Lost Anyway. from Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp.

For this exclusive episode, we have the readers for the Meat For Tea portion of the Human Error Publishing Poetry Month reading from April 2, 2023 at the Divine Theater at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke, MA. Featuring Tam Fricke, Gerald Yelle and Lindsay Adkins! Enjoy this preview featuring one of Lindsay's pieces from her chapbook (on Meat For Tea Press) Fixing The Halo. If you enjoyed this and want to hear the rest of the readings, plus lots of other Patreon exclusive stuff, please consider joining our Patreon at patreon.com/meatfortea

Hey hey! Welcome to a live recording in our house with David P. Miller, Jane Wiley, Tommy Twilite, Daniel Hales and James Lowe! Join us for a semi-free-form discussion, with a reading from David, and music from Tommy and The Frost Heaves & HaLeS: Daniel and James (with Tommy joining in) and much more. Be a fly on the wall at Meat For Teacast HQ with this largely unedited capture of a good hang with some great people! Yes, there's "language" and there's "politics" but at this point, 100 episodes in to the Meat For Tea Cast, what do you expect?! Ha. Please grab a beverage and snack and sit back and enjoy the ride.

For this episode, the dynamic duo Fred Cracklin said we could share their set from Le Cirque Avant la Lune Froide: Saturday, December 3, 2022! It's a rockin' good time. To hear the full set, subscribe to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/meatfortea for this and other goodies, with lots more to come!

Join Elizabeth as she has one heck of a talk with Marina Barcenilla - independent perfumer and fragrance educator, and, randomly, an Astrobiology Doctoral Researcher at the University of Westminster and Natural History Museum in London. This one is lively! Chemicals! Natural Cosmetics! Pedro Pascal! The conversation also goes full Chant Rat. (You'll need to listen to get it. Listen! You'll love it.)

More about Marina can be found here:

https://www.marinabarcenilla.com

https://mbparfums.com

and on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/marinabarcenillaparfums

https://www.instagram.com/marina_barcenilla

We welcome back writer John Yamrus. Elizabeth and John have a free-form conversation ranging from music to writing and much more. John's most recent book, Twenty Four Poems is available from Meat For Tea Press, and his prior book Selected Poems: The Director's Cut, an expansive volume is out through Concrete Mist Press. John reads from his works including some newer, never-published poems! A terrific ride, we promise.
For more from John, go back and check out S2 E18!

Ahoy! Elizabeth has a great chat session with Meat For Tea contributors Rick Paar and Joshua Michael Stewart in this packed episode. They read from their most recent works, including a new, unpublished piece from Joshua, and much much more!
Rick's book God Bless America and Breakfast Burritos to Go (Meat For Tea Press) can be found here:
https://www.meatfortea.com/chapbooks.htm
and
https://www.amazon.com/God-Bless-America-Breakfast-Burritos/dp/B0BJYQ7S3D/
and Joshua can be found at https://www.joshuamichaelstewart.com/
Their reading (Tuesday, Feb 21, 2023) is listed here: https://www.facebook.com/events/867387794489389

We welcome the authors of our upcoming Meat For Tea Press book Midnight Glossolalia to this engaging episode. They read some of the works in this collaborative book, talk about creative process and a ton more. Do tuck in! Warning! There is some "language" in this episode. But we're all adults here, right? Right.

The third and last installment in our 2022 Pushcart Nominees' series, this one features a terrific conversation with Mary Buchinger and Mark Lew. Topic range from the english language and the importance of retaining words to writing processes, and beyond. They read their nominated pieces as well - a real treat. AND! We've got more 6 Word Stories culled from our Meat For Teacast Facebook page participants! If you've not heard the prior two installments of the Pushcart Nominees' series, we highly recommend going back to those - after you've finished this episode, of course!

https://lewwriter.com/?page_id=235
https://www.marybuchinger.com/

For this episode, it's all about music. The live music from the June 2022 Cirque, in fact. Two bands! First up, we have The Urojets, then Owen Manure. Please enjoy these great shows, recorded live at Abandoned Building Brewery at Les Cirques des Abeilles: Saturday, June 11, 2022.
For the full episode, please consider joining our Patreon at patreon.com/meatfortea - you'll get a bunch of cool stuff and the joy that comes with supporting an independent arts and literary journal and it's related podcast!

Welcome back for part two of our three-part series featuring our 2022 Pushcart Prize nominees. Carla Cooke and Robert Peate talks writing, some politics, media, and more with Elizabeth in this engrossing episode. Make yourself comfortable and tuck right in!

Carla's work in Meat For Tea can be found in the Russian Caravan issue, and Robert's in the Mugwort, Russian Caravan, Criadilla de Toro and Passionfruit issues. meatfortea.com/buy.htm

Welcome to part one of our three-part series featuring our 2022 Pushcart Prize nominees. Charles Coe and Tamara Fricke have an extensive conversation - not to mention highly entertaining! - with Elizabeth, discussing writing and the creative process, featuring them reading some of their works, including those nominated for the Pushcart, and much, much more. Grab a beverage, a snack, and tuck right in!

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Tamara-M-Fricke/author/B01D90OR1K

https://www.charlescoe.org/

(Opening song by Tom Kovar - thanks, Tom!)

We have a special preview of this episode from Paisley Productions' Learn German Through Music podcast, where Elizabeth was that episode's guest!

"A great way to learn German for music lovers!

Learn 30 new vocabulary words each lesson by listening to popular German language songs. Each lesson features a song in a different genre, from indie to rap, punk to reggae, pop to heavy metal, "Learn German though Music” will help you build vocabulary quickly, while improving listening and pronunciation skills. We hope you will enjoy this podcast, and benefit from music as a fun, and effective learning tool!"

Direct link to the episode featured here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2CuwKjZmfIfGnYSvSzFPSK?si=qdC5WkLNRhiwRhi0hSSPlw

Link to Learn German Through Music podcast:

https://open.spotify.com/show/3JpaBUaBBb9JWk2djk533g

Podcast socials:

https://twitter.com/GermanthruMusic

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077572148829

Elizabeth and Matthew McKee have a great conversation about his new book Keeping the Stars Awake from Atmosphere Press, how he landed in Japan, and a whole lot more! Let us mention, please, that his website is https://matthewjmckee.com - it might not have been clear in the episode itself!

Join Elizabeth and author/poet and RN Scott Ferry for a lively conversation about poetry and writing, some politics, his background, and much more! He reads some of his works as well - a big treat.

Find more about Scott and his books here: https://ferrypoetry.com/books/

We have a special preview of this episode from Derik Jones' Ratchet Book Club.

"In this episode, Elizabeth from the Meat for Tea podcast, Stew from the Stew World Order podcast, Paisley from the Learn German Through Music podcast and Amanda from the Momma Murdered a Podcast join together to create a story based on the following phrases: Nudist, Invitation from a stranger, and Box of hair. Enjoy."

Check out the full episode here: https://www.goodpods.com/episodes/24460513

Also: "4 Minds. One Story. We have fused two age-old activities; Storytelling and the game Telephone into a thrilling new medium. Storytellers. We build delicious little narratives. Come try one. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tales-we-tell/support "

Jane Yolen and Peter Tacy! For the full episode, please consider joining our Patreon and help support what we do. We promise exclusive stuff over there!

This is a live recording from October 25, 2022 at the Emily Williston Library in Easthampton MA. Unedited, and cleaned up as best as could be (air handler in the same room as the reading!) they read from their Meat For Tea Press book The Black Dog Poems, as well as other "back and forth" poems, and have a lovely informal Q&A at the end.

https://www.patreon.com/meatfortea

What a great conversation we had with John Berglund of Tijon (Saint Martin, Charlottesville and New Orleans). He's an expert perfumer and author, and our chat ranges from perfuming, writing, life on the island of Saint Martin (and our meeting him on our visit there) and beyond.

https://www.tijon.com/

Authors Lesléa Newman and Tzivia Gover and Elizabeth discuss their writing, their latest book Sleep Tight Through The Night, and provide readings from their works. The discussion goes, as is par for the Meat For Teacast way, wide-ranging. Grab a cuppa and settle in!

https://tziviagover.com/
https://lesleanewman.com/

Here's a preview of the full episode available to our Patreon supporters. Please consider signing up and supporting what we do. For as little as $2/month, you get all the exclusive content uploaded to our Patreon. For $4/month, you also get a PDF of each new issue after it comes out! https://www.patreon.com/meatfortea

Here's what's in store:

At this year's North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival, there were the Spoken Word in the Woods events, hosted by Paul Richmond and Human Error Publishing. This exclusive recording of Meat For Tea's contribution to these events features an introduction and Reading by our own Elizabeth MacDuffie, with featured readers Joshua Michael Stewart, Jacob Chapman and Candace Curran!

Wowza, do Elizabeth and Christian Livermore ever go deep on this one. They discuss her upcoming book We Are Not Okay and dive deep into some of the politics, personal experiences and sociology involved. She also reads some really compelling sections of the book. And of course, as is the way of the Meat For Teacast, they go off on delightful tangents.

You can find out more about Christian's books at https://www.christianlivermore.com/books-1

Also mentioned in this episode are her current reads/listens/watches:
Heavy by Kiese Laymon is a current read.
Leadbelly, especially 'Where Did You Sleep Last night,' and the music of William Elliott Whitmore.
Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer is a recommended viewing.

As we reset our schedule to our regular release dates, here's an excerpt from Elizabeth's appearance on the Antler Queens podcast!
If you want to hear the entire episode, go here:
https://antlerqueenspodcast.podbean.com/e/yellowjackets-fan-panel-july-2022/

Welcome to the first episode of Season 4! Wow. Buckle up. Our conversation with authors, musicians, writers, Bram Stoker Award nominees - - -  goes left, right, up, down and all around. Please tuck in and enjoy with us, this chat, covering writing, the creative process, running weatherproof CAT-5 cable under a porch out to a garage in the rain - and, well - you'll have to listen to find out!

Places to find out more:

https://egolikeness.bandcamp.com/
https://stoneburnerofficial.bandcamp.com/
https://rawdogscreaming.com/authors/donna-lynch/
https://rawdogscreaming.com/authors/steven-archer/
https://egolikeness.bigcartel.com/

Plus facebook, instagram, tiktok, twitter, and all that good stuff. Easy peasy to search for them! So get on it.

Join host Matt Latham with our own Elizabeth MacDuffie discussing Yellowjackets - and in particular the character of Shauna - on the No Book Club podcast! For the full episode, please search your favorite podcast listening service for No Book Club episode 14 from July 25, 2022.

 https://wemadethisnetwork.com/category/podcasts/tv-podcasts/no-book-club/

From the episode description:
"Character Spotlight on... Shauna

Welcome back to NO BOOK CLUB: A YELLOWJACKETS PODCAST...

In the first of a series of specials between Seasons 1 and 2, your host Matt Latham is joined by Meat for Tea publisher and podcaster Elizabeth Macduffie, for this character spotlight discussing Shauna in detail...

Host / Editor

Matt Latham

Guest

Elizabeth Macduffie"

Elizabeth was a guest on The Notes McGotes Podcast recently! The July 29, 2022 episode "Episode 179: Baby I'm-a Want You by Bread with Elizabeth MacDuffie" their description of her appearance is as follows:

"What a way to end hate month then with this WONDER of an album by a band who is more moldy than the protein you find on the crust. The conversation we had with Elizabeth was one of a kind, filled with puns and *NSYNC."

also: https://www.facebook.com/TheNotesMcGotesPodcast

Elizabeth has a marvelous conversation with author Patrick Scott, discussing his book Unburied as well as writing methods and ideas, and in a twist, he turns the tables and "interviews" Elizabeth for a bit as well. He reads excerpts from his book, as well as a past short story contribution to Meat For Tea.

Find out more at Twitter:  @patrickscottbo1 Instagram:  @patrickscottbooks and at https://atmospherepress.com/

Also, regarding the ways you can support womens' health - as we discuss in the intro - here are some links:

https://abortioncarenetwork.org

https://keepourclinics.org

https://nnaf.org/givetolocalfunds

We have a lengthy conversation with Maxim W. Furek, author of Somebody Else's Dream - Dakota, The Buoys & "Timothy". It's a far ranging discussion from the song and the band that made it (in)famous), to the paranormal, and much more! Find his book and more here: https://www.maximfurek.com

Elizabeth was Zach Brinkman's guest on his excellent podcast Better Left Unsaid. Enjoy this excerpt, then go check out the full episode as well as all the other BLU episodes wherever you get your podcasts!

"Zach is joined by Elizabeth Macduffie, Host of the Meat for Teacast and Co-founder and editor of Meat For Tea, The Valley Review. We dive into composition and make stops at sooooo many tangents along the way!   Listen to H Jon Benjamin's Jazz Album at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTQEVXLAfc4   Find Meat For Tea at https://meatfortea.com/ and submit your own stories at to be featured at http://meatfortea.com/submit.htm   Submit your embarrassing stories at blunsaid.podcast@gmail.com and follow us on our social media! Instagram: @bl_unsaid Twitter: @blunsaidpodcast"

In which Elizabeth has a lovely conversation with UK writer Nicola Thomis. Thomis was recently nominated for a Jasmine Award for her Nosings column in the most recent issue of Meat For Tea (V 15 I 4 - "Raw".) They talk about writing, perfume and perfume making, scent memory and a whole lot more. Seriously, tuck into this one!

Going back to 2012, when Meat For Tea had exclusive CDs included in each issue, this conversation was recorded via Google Voice with Scratch Acid and The Jesus Lizard's David Yow. Yow is also an actor and visual artist, and contributed the front cover for the Camomile issue at that point. There were only 50 CDs made at that time, so this is a rarity from the archives. Please note that internet voice recording isn't as good as it kind of is today.

Elizabeth and Mark have a terrific chat with Arad Evans and Jennifer Coates of the band Heroes of Toolik. They talk about making music and art during the pandemic, their history, their other career lives, and more..! Heroes of Toolik will be appearing at the March 12, 2022 Meat For Tea Cirque (and therefore might show up in a future Meat For Teacast episode!) along with the band Pineapples.

This episode features their songs Waiting, Cuincunx and Warm. The video mentioned for the song Waiting is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5iNQ5wuPYo

Find more about Heroes of Toolik:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtgrjcw8QOI4wYN_TXU3Stw

https://soundcloud.com/heroes-of-toolik

https://www.heroesoftoolik.com/

https://www.facebook.com/HeroesOfToolik/

Elizabeth and writer Tara Orzolek discuss the series Yellowjackets with a book-club-like perspective. The full episode can be heard by becoming a Patron over at www.patreon.com/meatfortea. By becoming a supporter, you'll get exclusive content like this, plus advance listens to other bonus Meat For Tea episodes, and will help support Meat For Tea: The Valley Review, the Meat For Teacast, and all we do, plus our eternal thanks!

Elizabeth has a great conversation with long-time Meat For Tea contributor, author Michael Washburn, covering philosophies on writing, exacting use of language, and much more!
Check out Michael's books The Uprooted and Other Stories, When We're Grownups and Stranger, Stranger.

https://www.amazon.com/Uprooted-Other-Stories-Michael-Washburn/dp/1949180131/
https://www.amazon.com/When-Were-Grownups-Michael-Washburn/dp/1951214536/
https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Short-Stories-Michael-Washburn/dp/1951896378/

After years of collaboration on the Meat For Tea Cirques and other events like 100 Thousand Poets For Change, and Poems, Prose and Pints with Matt and his excellent brewery, Abandoned Building Brewery (aaaand! Let's dedicate this episode also to the superior staff at the brewery as well - you'll be hard pressed to find a better bunch of folks!) we thought it overdue to chat with him about his roots, how the brewery came to be, and more! Grab your favorite beverage (may I recommend their Cool Beans coffee stout, if that's your kind of thing - Mark) and tuck right in!

Visit www.abandonedbuildingbrewery.com for more details!

To revisit some episodes regarding Black History Month and Black Lives Matter discussions - and beyond - please check out S2 E12 with Kimaya Diggs, S1 E17 with Nicole Young and Kaliis Smith (with music from Pamela Means as well) S1 E16 with Khalif Neville, for starters!

We get together with these two superb writers to talk, well, writing! And hear some of their works - including a piece from each that the other admires. Gerald Yelle and Richard Horton are two of Meat For Tea's most loyal contributors - and participants in the live release parties (the Cirques) and are featured in several of our episodes going back to Cirques past, so do seek those out as well! And stay tuned to the end for some new 6 word stories from the folks over on the Meat For Teacast Facebook page. Special co-host again, Sebastian!

We go back to the December 2019 Meat For Tea release show Le Cirque de Noël, with featured readers David P. Miller, Dina Friedman, Peter Urkowitz, Jacob Chapman, Gerald Yelle and Richard Wayne Horton. But wait! Stick around for music from the bands that evening, December Boy and The Feldons. (For more of the December Boy set, please also check out S1 E11!)  

December Boy: https://mattsilberstein.bandcamp.com/
The Feldons: https://thefeldonsus.wordpress.com/

Another visit to the Meat For Tea release party archives! This takes us back to 2019, September, and the Les Cirque des Fantômes Étranges party! Spoken word galore from Nina Rossi, Kim Keough, Richard Wayne Horton, Gerald Yelle, Jacob Chapman, Carolyn Cushing, Seth Cable and Ernest Brute! And musical selections from that night from Strange Hours and Walking Ghosts. Special guest on this episode, Sebastian Miller, helping us host. #irrationallyexuberant

Another trip back to one of the Meat For Tea release parties - the Cirques - but not too far back...

From September 2021, we bring you all the live recordings from that evening - the spoken word with Michael Favala Goldman, Gerald Yelle, Jacob Chapman and Richard Wayne Horton, and live music from Angry Baby and Editrix!

And a bonus - the introduction segment was recorded live on location over Thanksgiving, so we have special guests!

Welcome back! Or thanks for joining us if you're new here! This episode, Elizabeth has an extensive conversation with authors, editors, publishers (and so much more!) Susan O'Neill and Mark Budman, who are, among other things, were co-publishers of Vestal Review. Their current work is the upcoming Short, Vigorous Roots anthology ( markbudman.com/short-vigorous-roots-anthology or go to Ooligan Press at ooliganpress.com ) of flash fiction from immigrant and migrant writers. But the talk goes far and wide! For more information, please go to markbudman.com and http://susanoneill.us 

Episode 51! Happy 51! Elizabeth has a great conversation with Sarah McCartney, perfumer, writer, yoga instructor, youtube creator, musician... well, we could go on and on. A great chat with a wide range from the olfactory to the political, and well beyond.

Find out more about Sarah at http://facebook.com/sarah.mccartney1, @scenthusiasm_ltd on Instagram, http://https://www.4160tuesdays.com/ and look for her book The Perfume Companion, written with Samantha Scriven; we suggest https://bookshop.org/books/the-perfume-companion-the-definitive-guide-to-choosing-your-next-scent/9780711242180 or ordering it through your local independent bookstore. 

Also check out https://nanowrimo.org/ and http://centerfornewamericans.weebly.com/30-poems-in-november.html !

Buckle up! We have a super chat with writer, professor, all-around-terrific-person Jessamyn Smyth, discussing her new book, philosophies on writing and reading and much, much more. She reads from her new book, Gilgamesh Wilderness as well - you get to hear it here first!

You can find out more about Jessamyn at http://jessamynsmyth.net

Look for her new book, out soon on Saddle Road Press, wherever fine books can be found (hint: ask your local bookstore to order it for you if they don't carry it!)

Go to http://saddleroadpress.com for more information as well.

Welcome to the season three premiere episode! It's a doozy of a conversation that Elizabeth had with her former professor and his excellent wife, both excellent writers and contributors to Meat For Tea, as well as publishers and published authors in their own right. Lots of excellent reading of theirs and others' works, as well as a wide ranging conversation of many things political, philosophical, geographical and much much more! David was the North Dakota Statehood Centennial Poet and is an Emeritus Associate Poet Laureate of North Dakota, and an Emeritus Professor at Dickinson State University in North Dakota. Barbara is also an Emeritus Professor of English at DSU.

Grab a snack and settle in!

Be sure to visit www.buffalocommonspress.com

The season two finale - and what a finale it is! We had a terrific chat with poets, writers - and musicians! - Jane Yolen and Peter Tacy. They read several new poems, some to be in the upcoming issue of Meat For Tea, a couple in previous issues, and more! Tuck in and enjoy our conversation with these two brilliant folks. Find out more at: www.janeyolen.com 

We have a great chat with writers, artists and musicians Candace Curran and Nina Rossi. They regale us with some live spoken word performances as well. Also featuring music from She Said!

This was another internet conversation, so there are some glitches, so you know. The first 10 minutes or so of our audio was somehow also strangely corrupted, so during that time, both sides of the conversation were VOIP audio only. Technology!

We have a great chat with writer and musician Joshua Michael Stewart. He reads several of his poems, discusses some of the methods he's used, and a lot more.

Also, we feature four pieces of his music! In Joshua's words:
""Jig for Jim" is an original composition from my first album, "Ghost in the Room." "Brother..." & "Nobody's Business" are old traditional songs (public domain) that will be on my upcoming album "Bitches Banjo" released July 20, 2021 and "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" is also a traditional song on the upcoming album, but this version is an alternate take that won't be on the album." Learn more about Joshua at www.joshuamichaelstewart.com

In this special episode, we're honored to be able to "re-broadcast" (is that "re-podcast"?!) Elizabeth's outing on the Pick A Disc podcast with Matt Latham. They discuss A Tribe Called Quest's "Low End Theory" album and more..! Please do check out Matt's podcast and also everything else on the We Made This podcast network. Cool folks over there!

In this episode, Elizabeth has a great talk with writer John Yamrus. Lots discussed! Listen to find out...

Here's the link to Brüush, our sponsor for this episode. You can find the discount code in the break.
https://bit.ly/3xe5g7S

In this episode we feature a conversation with Ernest Brute and Object Echo, and feature some of their audio works of music, spoken word and sound collage. Find their releases at ernestbruteandobjectecho.bandcamp.com and more information at facebook.com/ernestbruteandobjectecho and facebook.com/Snffbx-321190761694323

This time we revisit the Cirque du Fou release event for the Tête de Veau issue from December 5, 2015. Recorded live at Sonelab, we have readings from contributors Stephanie Baird, Ernest Brute, Jefferson Navicki, Michael Goldman, Eleanor Lane, Gerald Yelle and Richard Wayne Horton. Plus our lovely musical guests The Fawns and Easthampton Savings Band, who ROCKED that night. Check out Stephanie's works at sephanienbairdlmhc.wordpress.com, too.

Here we are with a great and diverse chat with Lesa Bezo and Henning Ohlenbusch. Extraordinary musicians and lovely people! Featuring music from some of the bands they're in: The Fawns, Gentle Hen, School For the Dead and some solo Henning material. Do stick around! We talk about TV shows, too...

Our guest is the talented and lovely Kimaya Diggs. Musician, artist, writer, teacher and so much more. Listen and learn how we all got to know each other and a lot more. Including several songs from her solo album Breastfed! kimayadiggs.bandcamp.com www.kimayadiggs.com

In which we have a great conversation with translator, poet, author and musician Michael Goldman and illustrator, designer and musician James Steinberg. And we are treated to three great pieces from the jazz sextet Now's The Time, of which they are both members. Now's the time to listen to this latest and fresh episode.

A trip back to 12/13/2014 and the Cirque du Gougéres. Featuring readings from Gerald Yelle, Elizabeth MacDuffe and Kurt Zellen. Great live performances by Lord Russ and Wishbone Zoe! You'll want to stay to the end.

In which we have a lively conversation with Russell (Lord Russ) Brooks and Perry Carter. We chat about music, art, life, and a lot of other things along the way. And crack ourselves up quite mightily. Also featured are four tracks from several of Lord Russ' musical projects. https://lordruss.bandcamp.com/ http://perrycarter.com/

For this episode, we go back to the 9th Anniversary Cirque of March, 2015, "Le Anniverserie Nueviéme Cirque." Featuring readings by Ernest Brute, Dan Hales and David P. Miller and our very own Elizabeth MacDuffie. Musical guests Trinary System round out this excellent show. (Fans of Roger Clark Miller take note!)

In this bite-size episode, we talk about the upcoming magazine release and it's corresponding (virtual) release party, and share a couple ways you can support what we do! We'll be back to our regular format on the next episode. In the meantime, find us on Facebook, where you can get a link to the December 12 release show Le cirque de la tour de Croquembouche ( https://www.facebook.com/events/174641867711350 ) and the Meat For Tea and Meat For Teacast pages. ( https://www.facebook.com/meatfortea , https://www.facebook.com/meatforteacast ) Also, links mentioned in the episode to support us are https://anchor.fm/meatforteacast (click the Support button)  http://meatfortea.com/donate.htm and if you like the theme and background music of the show, check out https://outout.bandcamp.com . Cheers!

Roger Clark Miller joins Elizabeth and Mark in conversation. Roger is known for his work in the bands Mission of Burma, Alloy Orchestra, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, and Trinary System, as well as for his visual art and the surrealist games events he hosts. Join us for an diverse and lively conversation about all of that and more - including some music by Trinary System and his own one-man guitar ensemble.

In this episode, Elizabeth has a great conversation about the arts, including independent publishing and having events in the time of Covid-19. Her guest is 2019-2020 National Beat Poet Laureate Paul Richmond, of Human Error Publishing and the band Do It Now, among many of his excellent credentials. Listen to their chat and check out some of Do It Now's work as well. And afterward, check out https://humanerrorpublishing.com and https://doitnow.bandcamp.com.

We're back with another visit to the Cirques, with the music and spoken word from Le Cirque des Feuilles Sales, September 10, 2016. Recorded live at Sonelab, it features readings from Candace Curran, Richard Horton, Tom Crean, Lea Banks, Kathryn Higgins, Jim Whitten and Adam Grabowski. And a firey set of tunes from Hot Dirt and The Leafies You Gave Me.

In episode three of our second season, we have a great conversation with musician and writer Jeremy Macomber-Dubs, and are also joined by his wife and bandmate Rebecca in the band Bunnies. And perhaps a bonus surprise as well. You'll have to stay tuned to find out..!

The second episode of season two of The Meat For Teacast! We are happy to have Dan Whitley. A rock star from a rock star family, and also family to us. Check out some of his thoughts and recollections, and also his excellent music. To follow the latter, go to http://www.danwhitley.com/ and https://danwhitley.bandcamp.com/ and check out his work. The savvy of you will also find his experimental record, mentioned in this episode. We know we will!

Welcome to Season 2! We're starting right off with selections from Meat for Tea presents á la Mémoire de Philip: Un Cirque Virtuel. Our twenty-first episode features readings from Gerald Yelle, Richard Wayne Horton, Jan Maher, and David P. Miller. Musical readings from Seth Cable and Ernest Brute and Object Echo, and music from Bigger Stars, Beach Honey and Original Cowards.  Once you've enjoyed this, when you're ready to sit down with some charcuterie and a nice beverage, you can dive deeper by viewing the whole Cirque at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIRUtugqIZg 

The nineteenth episode of the Meat For Teacast. Elizabeth has an in-depth conversation with Jamie Berger, host of 15 Minutes: A Podcast About Fame. He also reads his piece Itch Itch Itch, which was published in a recent issue of Meat For Tea: The Valley Review.
(For the attentive listener, yes, Elizabeth's microphone track has some occasional glitches, which we did our best to mitigate.)

The eighteenth episode of the Meat For Teacast. We again return to recordings from the Meat For Tea Cirques. This episode features recordings from Le Cirque de la Bete de Givre on Saturday, June 2, 2018, an event celebrating the release of the “Lotus Blossom” issue of Meat for Tea.  Recorded live at Sonelab in Easthampton, MA. We have spoken word by Elizabeth MacDuffie (reading a work by Eliza Strauss Jenkins), Michael Goldman, Gerald Yelle, Theo Greenblatt, Richard Horton and Peter Urkowitz, with great music from Frost Heaves and Hales and Beasthampton.

The seventeenth episode of the Meat For Teacast. Nicole Young and Kaliis Smith join Elizabeth in an excellent conversation about many things, mostly focusing on black voices and black lives in the world and our culture, ranging from the political to the artistic. Featured throughout is the excellent music of Pamela Means. You can learn more about them at the following links:

https://pamelameans.com
https://pamelameans.bandcamp.com

https://www.nicolemyoung.com

and by googling Kaliis Smith and her bands Ex-Temper, The Brass and Soul Magnets.

As has been the case with recent episodes, portions are recorded via the internet, so sound quality varies from time to time.

The sixteenth episode of the Meat For Teacast. Elizabeth has a conversation with Khalif Neville, son of Charles Neville of the Neville brothers. He tells a couple of his dad's stories from his life, and has a lengthy and thoughtful discussion of racism in culture and music. This episode features music from his last full-length recording which features his father on saxophone on several tracks, as well as some music from former Meat For Tea intern and all-around amazing talent Kimaya Diggs. Please follow the links below to find out more about Khalif and Kimaya and their music!
https://www.facebook.com/pg/khalifnevillejazz/
http://www.kimayadiggs.com/

(All music on this podcast used with explicit permission of the artists.)

The fifteenth episode of the Meat For Teacast. Another return to recordings from the Meat For Tea Cirques. This episode features recordings from Cirque du Fleurs on Saturday, June 6, 2015. Recorded live at Sonelab in Easthampton, MA. We have spoken word by Elizabeth MacDuffie (reading a work by Michael Meyerhofer), Richard Wayne Horton, Michael Goldman, Jonathan Caws-Elwitt, Lea Banks, and Connolly Ryan, and some songs from Mystics Anonymous and The Claudia Malibu. ((Note, I mention The Black Voices Collective in the podcast - it is actually the Black Visions Collective. Sincere apologies. -Mark))

The fourteenth episode of the Meat For Teacast. Elizabeth MacDuffie has a conversation with author and poet Gayle Brandeis, discussing her most recent collection Many Restless Concerns, among other topics related to her work and writing. And the Meat For Teacast co-host features two selections from his band Out Out's most recent EP "White Lily".  See gaylebrandeis.com and outout.bandcamp.com for more information.

The thirteenth episode of the Meat For Teacast. Returning to our explorations of recordings from the Meat For Tea Cirques. This episode features recordings from Le Cirque de Millefeuilles on Saturday, March 10, 2018. We have spoken word by Andrew Varnon, Richard Wayne Horton, Michael Washburn, Peter Urkowitz and Jim Infantino, and some musical selections from Gentle Hen and Beach Honey.

The twelfth episode of the Meat For Teacast. We have a conversation with Tommy Twilite, a writer, songwriter and member of Florence Poets Society, and Kaliis Smith, DJ and musician with Ex-Temper, Soul Magnets and The Brass, among other bands, Talking about culture, creativity and business during Covid-19. This conversation is the third part in our series regarding arts, culture and commerce during the pandemic, and related to  the Purple Flame project. Additionally, we have Tommy Twilight reading some of his work and performing two songs, and Ex-Temper (Kaliis, Lynn Simonds, Kate Dowd and Dana Wilde) with two songs recorded at Le Cirque du Duc Blanc Mince, March, 2016. Our conversation was recorded remotely, so audio quality may suffer - so you know.

The eleventh episode of the Meat For Teacast. We have a conversation with Jean-Pierre Pasche of Big Red Frame and Elusie Gallery and Vincent Corsello of Corsello Butcheria, discussing culture and business during Covid-19. This conversation is a continuation as well of Episode 10 and the Purple Flame project. Additionally, we have December Boy from the December 2019 Les Cirque de Noël, four songs recorded live!
Please visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/thepurpleflameeasthampton for more information as well.

Note: as the conversation was recorded remotely, sound quality reflects that!

The tenth episode of the Meat For Teacast. We have a conversation with Josh Suchoza of Black Labyrinth Tattoo and Jason Montgomery of Attack Bear Press discussing their project The Purple Flame - in support of local Easthampton, MA businesses and culture during the Covid-19 crisis. And Jason reads some works from his upcoming and previous chapbooks. Please visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/thepurpleflameeasthampton for more information as well.

Note: as the conversation was recorded remotely, sound quality reflects that!

The ninth episode of the Meat For Teacast. Featuring recordings from the March 7, 2020 Les Cirque des Tartes, recorded live at Sonelab. Featuring comedy from Ezra Prior and spoken word from Neysa Tapanes, Gerald Yelle, Richard Wayne Horton, Peter Urkowitz and Bill O'Connell. There is "adult content and language" in this episode. So you know.

The eighth episode of the Meat For Teacast. Featuring recordings from the June 3, 2017 Cirque des Orignaux de la Lune, recorded live at Sonelab. Featuring spoken word from Jane Yolen, Jacob Chapman and Richard Wayne Horton, and live music from Moon Power.

The sixth episode of the Meat For Teacast. This is the third and last of this series, recorded live at Poetry, Prose and Pints, an Easthampton Bookfest event co-hosted with Sonelab Studio in Easthampton, MA, April 13, 2019. Jane Yolen was our featured reader, and we're proud to have her here.

The fifth episode of the Meat For Teacast. Featuring a conversation with Andrew Varnon, and a live reading of Varnon's "The Other Side of the Net" at the Emily Williston Library, October 30, 2019.

The fourth episode of the Meat For Teacast. This is the second of a series, recorded live at Poetry, Prose and Pints, an Easthampton Bookfest event co-hosted with Sonelab Studio in Easthampton, MA, April 13, 2019. Featuring performances by Seth Cable, Carolyn Zaikowski and Jason Montgomery of the No No Project.

The third episode of the Meat For Teacast. This is the first of a series, recorded live at Poems, Prose and Pints, an Easthampton Bookfest event co-hosted with Sonelab Studio in Easthampton, MA, April 13, 2019. Featuring performances by Beth Filson, Ernest Brute and Khalif Neville.

The second episode of the Meat For Teacast. This is the second of two parts, recorded live at Cold Cuts and Cool Cats, an Easthampton Art Walk event co-hosted with Corsello Butcheria in Easthampton, MA, July 13, 2019. Featuring performances by Alison Murchie, Michael Alves and Britt Brideau.

Get ready, arts, music and literary fans - Meat For Tea: The Valley Review is going all podcast on your art. Listen to this here preview so we can tell you some of what we've got in store!