This is the second episode of Let Me Ascertain You is drawnfrom “Flops, Failures and Fiascos,” an original cabaret that explored andcelebrated disasters of allshades as told by those who have survived the shame, horror and glory offailing

Flops, Failures, And Fiascos, Part I

Jul 29th, 2016

This episode of Let Me Ascertain You is drawn from Flops,Failures and Fiascos, an original cabaret that explored and celebrated disasters of allshades as told by those who have survived the shame, horror and glory offailing big. Flops, Fail

Live at the Met Museum: The Way They Live, Part III

Mar 7th, 2016

This episode of Let Me Ascertain you is the third and finalinstallation of “The Way They Live,” the final performance of the Civilians’season-long residency at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. “The Way They Live”was written by Micharne Cloug

Live at the Met Museum: The Way They Live, Part II

Feb 1st, 2016

This episode of Let Me Ascertain you is the second of three culled from “The Way They Live,” the final performance of the Civilians’ season-long residency at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. “The Way They Live” was written by Micharne Cloughley,

Live at the Met Museum: The Way They Live, Part I

Nov 23rd, 2015

This episode of Let Me Ascertain you is the first of three culled from “The Way They Live,” the final performance of the Civilians’ season-long residency at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. “The Way They Live” was written by Micharne Cloughley,

Live at The Met Museum: Beauty, Love, Body

Mar 25th, 2015

For this episode of Let Me Ascertain You, we bring you back to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, where The Civilians are artists in residence. As part of our research, we were wandering through some of the museum's halls like the Petrie Co

Live at The Met Museum: Curators and the Objects They Love

Mar 5th, 2015

On this special podcast, we're back inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, investigating within the halls and installations of this iconic museum.Focusing on beauty, sex, love, and the body for this Let Me Ascertain You episode, we

Live at The Met Museum: The Civilians Tackle The Other Hollywood

Jan 31st, 2015

What you’re about to hear has been workshopped and presented at The Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of The Civilians' artist residency. The performances come from interviews we did during our investigation for our upcoming musical, “Pretty F

F*ing & Dying: Love/Sex/Reproduction

Aug 6th, 2014

Welcome to the final episode of our Let Me Ascertain You series on sex and death. According to Freud, the death drive is the drive towards self-destruction and the return to the "inorganic." Eros on the other hand is the drive to create and be

F*ing & Dying: The Brink

Jul 23rd, 2014

Let Me Ascertain You is back with the third episode in our series about all things sex and death related. In this episode we are leaning towards the sex side of the sex and death equation, looking at those elements of life that in one context m

F*cking & Dying: The White Light

Jul 9th, 2014

We are in the thick of exploring our competing sex and death drives, and that interesting space where the two overlap and even coalesce. In this episode, we are searching for the "white light," that surreal experience that can really open hap

F*cking & Dying: Turned On

Jun 26th, 2014

Let Me Ascertain You is back with a new series examining two of The Civilians’ favorite fixations: sex and death. This first podcast in the series focuses on death as the ultimate turn-on. To start us off, we have Stephen Plunkett performing a

Sex Variants, Part IV

Apr 16th, 2014

This is our fourth and final episode of our Let Me Ascertain You: Sex Variants 1941, taking inspiration from a study conducted in the 1930’s by Dr. George Henry in which he interviewed a couple hundred individuals and cataloged data such as a

Sex Variants, Part III

Apr 2nd, 2014

Welcome to episode three in our series Let Me Ascertain You: Sex Variants 1941. Recorded live at Joe’s Pub in New York City, this show takes its inspiration from the medical book Sex Variants: A study of Homosexual Patterns by Dr. George W. He

Sex Variants, Part II

Mar 12th, 2014

Hi! We’re back with the second episode of Let Me Ascertain You: Sex Variants 1941 recorded live here in NYC at Joe’s Pub. This series takes its inspiration from a 1941 medical book by Dr. George W. Henry. Subtitled "A Study of Homosexual Patt

Sex Variants, Part I

Feb 26th, 2014

We’re kicking off a new series here at Let Me Ascertain You. These podcasts are taken from our live shows performed at Joe's Pub here in New York City, and our most recent show was called Sex Variants 1941. As you may know, our shows are typic

Holy Matrimony! Part IV

Feb 5th, 2014

This is our fourth and final episode of “Let Me Ascertain You: Holy Matrimony” from our investigations into American Weddings. In celebration of the defeat of DOMA in the Supreme Court this past summer we decided to poke around in the grand ol

Holy Matrimony! Part III

Jan 22nd, 2014

We’re here with episode three of four podcasts of our Let Me Ascertain You: Holy Matrimony! series looking at all things about weddings. Our crew of artists talked to real-life couples as well as the people in the amazing and strange world of

Holy Matrimony! Part II

Jan 9th, 2014

We’re back with the second episode of Let Me Ascertain You: Holy Matrimony! For this series we did a deep dive into the wonderful world of weddings in America. Or maybe more like a face plant into a three tiered wedding cake. So with icing on

Holy Matrimony! Part I

Dec 11th, 2013

We’re starting up a new series here at Let Me Ascertain You called “Holy Matrimony!" With DOMA getting taken down by the Supreme Court this past summer and with marriage equality spreading state by state, we thought it was a good time to look

Be The Death of Me, Part IV

Nov 27th, 2013

This is our fourth and final episode of our Let Me Ascertain You: Be The Death of Me Series. These interviews are part of an ongoing investigation about death, dying and whatever comes after that. We talked to more than a hundred people so far

Be The Death of Me, Part III

Nov 14th, 2013

Here’s episode three in our new podcast series Let Me Ascertain You: Be The Death of Me. What you’ll hear are excerpts from a larger ongoing project about life, death, and whatever happens after that. As part of this investigation, our team sp

Be The Death of Me, Part II

Oct 30th, 2013

We’re back with the second episode of Let Me Ascertain You: Be The Death of Me. For this Civilians' project we took a prismatic look into the end of life and talked with a cross-section of New Yorkers - ER nurses, priests, funeral directors, v

Be The Death of Me, Part I

Oct 16th, 2013

We’re starting up a new series here at Let Me Ascertain You taken from a couple of live events we did recently about death. The show called “Be The Death of Me” is about facing that final curtain and maybe what lies on the other side. A small

LGBTQ All Out! Part IV

Sep 25th, 2013

Check out our fourth and final episode of our "Let Me Ascertain You: LGBTQ All Out!" podcast series. This was recorded live at the Barrow Street Theater in NY where actors performed various real people we interviewed about their experiences rel