Arts writing and interviews

Fascism, queerness, & the making of modern sports: MICHAEL WATERS discusses his book THE OTHER OLYMPIANS

Author Michael Waters discusses his book The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports, a very detailed look at the long history of gender identity and testing in sports and many of the major athletes and officials involved in the controversies

JENNIFER ELSTER'S journeys with DAVID BOWIE

Multidisciplinary artist Jennifer Elster discusses her latest music releases and her NYC pop-up exhibition featuring work from her 1995 collaboration with David Bowie

Adele Bertei discusses TWIST: An American Girl, her wrenching & poignant new memoir

Singer, songwriter, writer, and director Adele Bertei talks about the decades-long journey of writing Twist, her new memoir covering her troubled childhood in 1960s and 1970s Cleveland, and her often risky but also sometimes jubilant process of self-discovery and survival

BETH B dives deep with LYDIA LUNCH

Filmmaker Beth B talks about her intense new feature-length documentary Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over, encompassing the career of the iconic and confrontational underground multimedia artist Lydia Lunch

Sundance Winner DANIA BDEIR'S cinema of dualities

An in-depth interview with Lebanese writer and director Dania Bdeir, whose 2022 film Warsha won the International Fiction Short Film Jury Award at Sundance

Julia Ducournau’s uncompromising Cannes Palme d'Or winner TITANE

A review of French director Julia Ducournau’s uncompromising Cannes Palme d'Or winner TITANE

JOHN LURIE PONDERS THE POINT OF PAINTING IN HBO’S “PAINTING WITH JOHN”

A review of the idiosyncratic musician, painter, and actor John Lurie’s offbeat HBO show Painting With John

JOSEPH KECKLER'S underworld voyages

Burgeoning underground legend Joseph Keckler talks about the weird and winding path he’s taken toward becoming one of the most uncategorizable artists working today

PHILIPPE LABAUNE'S narrative journeys

An in-depth interview with gallerist Philippe Labaune - he talks about his lifelong love of comic art and the unique Chelsea gallery he founded focusing on high-end narrative art and illustration

Anthony Wilson explores new sonic territories with COLLODION

Guitarist and composer Anthony Wilson talks about the free-form and collaborative process of making his new album Collodion, produced by LA’s innovative Colorfield Records

ALINA GRASMANN'S Grand Buffet

Painter Alina Grasmann discusses the works in her Fridman Gallery solo show The Grand Buffet, a series based on the Haus Schminke, an iconic example of organic architecture in Saxony, Germany

The melancholic & melodic beats of STEFFI

Dutch-born electronic music producer Steffi discusses her new album The Red Hunter, its striking cover art by Michiel de Vreede - based on a sculpture by Rein Vollenga, andher new hybrid label/studio/artist retreat Candy Mountain

Click here to browse episodes of the INTERLOCUTOR Interviews PODCAST, produced and hosted by Tyler Nesler