This week on Talking to Ghosts we welcome back our biggest supporters and friends, Alex Kennedy and Bruce Lord from I Die: You Die (and We Have A Technical podcast)! This is the final episode of the Talking to Ghosts podcast. Thank you so much

Emilly Prado

Nov 15th, 2021 1h 11m

This week on the podcast we talk to author, journalist, and DJ Emilly Prado. We chat about her new book, "Funeral For Flaca," which is out now from Future Tense Books. To find out more about Emilly's work, please visit her official website. Tal

Sloane Leong (again!)

Nov 1st, 2021 52m 17s

This week on the podcast we talk to author and illustrator Sloane Leong about her new graphic novel Graveneye. We talked about working with Anna Bowles on the art for Graveneye, the process of pitching comics, and how to abstract a story by cha

Lala Drona

Oct 18th, 2021 1h 27m

This week on the Talking to Ghosts podcast, we have Venezuelan-American artist Lala Drona. Through painting, video, and performance art, Lala's work addresses digital spaces and the female gaze. We talked about her video The Box, how women's b

Vile Creature

Oct 4th, 2021 1h 21m

This week on the Talking to Ghosts podcast we have doom metal duo (debateably a 9-piece, actually) Vile Creature! We were excited to talk to them after the recent release of their Kitty "Paperdoll" cover for The Flenser Nu Metal compilation, wh

Kate Bingaman-Burt

Sep 20th, 2021 1h 3m

This week on Talking to Ghosts podcast we have Kate Bingaman-Burt, who is an illustator, professor of graphic design, and zine library archivist here in Portland, Oregon. Kate founded and operates the print space Outlet, where she provides grea

Jaamil Olawale Kosoko

Sep 6th, 2021 1h 7m

This week on the show we have Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, who is a multi-spirited Nigerian-American poet, curator, and performance artist whose work is rooted in embodied ritual practice, poetics, Black critical studies, and queer theory. We spoke t

Review Roundup

Aug 23rd, 2021 1h 7m

This week on Talking to Ghosts we are knocking out a bunch of the reviews we wish we had time to write. 2021 has been a banger of a year for content so far, so we'd thought we'd spend some time going through some of our favorites. Wes reviewed:

Sigsaly

Aug 9th, 2021 1h 20m

This week on Talking to Ghosts we are re-running our 2019 interview with Vancouver techno-EBM friends Sigsaly! Since we spoke with them, they have released a single and new record both called Lasting Effects, which you can pick up on their band

Chat Pile

Jul 26th, 2021 1h 10m

This week on the Talking to Ghosts podcast we have the Oklahoma-based noise rock nu metal band Chat Pile! We talked about returning to the movie theaters, how they miss bad movie nights, and being the frat boys of The Flenser. Chat Pile have a

Erica Schreiner

Jul 12th, 2021 1h 20m

This week on the Talking to Ghosts podcast we talked with video artist, poet, and Marietta Magazine founder Erica Schreiner. From riot grrrl inspired introspection to the body depersonalization that comes from editing and modeling yourself for

Nadja

Jun 28th, 2021 1h 7m

This week on the Talking to Ghosts podcast we have an interview with Aidan Baker from the doom/experimental metal band Nadja. They have a huge catalog and a nearly constant state of production, so it was great to talk to Aidan about life in Ber

Bustié (re-run)

Jun 14th, 2021 40m 13s

This week on the Talking to Ghosts podcast we are finishing out our summer break re-run episodes with Bustié! This interview was originally recorded in a cafe outside of The Liquor Store in Portland, right before Bustié played on their Birds of

Divide and Dissolve (re-run)

May 31st, 2021 57m 25s

For our second Summer Break episode we are excited to re-run our interview with the doom / experimental metal project Divide and Dissolve from February of 2019. Divide and Dissolve are one of those bands who really challenged us on our views an

Muscle & Marrow (re-run)

May 17th, 2021 1h 42m

This week on the Talking to Ghosts podcast we are re-running our 2016 interview with the experimental metal band Muscle & Marrow (featuring a new intro and slightly improved audio)! Although this band is no longer active, the duo have a great n

Big Brave

May 3rd, 2021 1h 5m

This week on Talking to Ghosts we talked with Mathieu Ball from Big|Brave about their new album "VITAL," which is out now on Southern Lord. We talked about recording during the early phases of pandemic lockdown, minimalism in art and music, and

Xiu Xiu

Apr 19th, 2021 59m 6s

This week on the Talking to Ghosts podcast we talk to Jamie Steward from Xiu Xiu about their new record of duets called "OH NO," which is out now on Polyvinyl Records. We talked about pandemic life without near constant touring, the Xiu Xiu sub

Amulets (again!)

Apr 5th, 2021 1h 11m

This week on the Talking to Ghosts podcast Amulets returns to talk about his new album, Blooming, which is out now on The Flenser! We talked a lot about the new album, the pandemic (of course), and the new mini documentary about Amulets, Tape W

Jonathan Tuite (The Flenser)

Mar 22nd, 2021 1h

This week on the Talking to Ghosts podcast we talk to the founder of The Flenser, Jonathan Tuite, about the early days of the label, what he looks for in an artist, and the future of The Flenser. Some artists from The Flenser who we have inter

PIFF 44 Coverage

Mar 8th, 2021 1h 6m

This week on the Talking to Ghosts podcast we talk about the films we watched for the Portland International Film Festival (PIFF 44). A Rifle and A Bag and many short films are on the list for conversation, so join us as we go through some of o

Kajillionaire and Catching the Big Fish

Feb 22nd, 2021 57m 48s

This week on the Talking to Ghosts Podcast we talk about the new Miranda July film Kajillionaire and the 2006 book Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity by David Lynch. This is a spoiler-filled discussion of both top

Roya Amirsoleymani and Kristan Kennedy

Feb 8th, 2021 1h 14m

This week on the Talking to Ghosts Podcast we talk with Portland Institute for Contemporary Art curators Roya Amirsoleymani and Kristan Kennedy about challenging the exclusivity of art history to frame the artist’s now in their own words, the c

Jaleesa Johnston

Jan 25th, 2021 1h 15m

This week on the Talking to Ghosts podcast we talk with mixed media artist and educator Jaleesa Johnston. We saw Jaleesa's work as part of the 2020 Time Based Arts Festival and were very excited to talk to her about "rise x fall (work in progre

Maximiliano

Jan 11th, 2021 1h 35m

This week on Talking to Ghosts podcast we have performance and conceptual artist Maximiliano to talk about their collaborative work "rise x fall (work in progress ii)", which we saw as part of the TBA:20 festival. We talk about the veil as a fl

Rubén García Marrufo

Dec 28th, 2020 1h 12m

This week on the Talking to Ghosts podcast we have filmmaker and visual artist Rubén García Marrufo. We saw Rubén's collaborative piece "rise x fall (work in progress ii)" as part of the TBA:20 Festival this summer and were excited to talk to t