Join me as I welcome Kim L. Hunt, Executive Director, Affinity Community Services, to this week’s podcast. Located in Chicago, Affinity is a social justice organization working with and on behalf of Black LGBTQ communities, queer youth, and allies to id

Join us for the first Side Dish of 2015. Co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose take a look at the incoming GOP Congress, Rick's take on 'The Interview,' the death of Mario Coumo and the progressive dream, turning 50 with Patti LaBelle, and our don't-call-t

What better way to start the New Year off than a chat with Jeffrey Marsh? Jeffrey exploded on Vine with his short, intensely inspirational videos about being yourself and celebrating who you are, and his #DontSayThatsSoGay campaign. Seen as both an examp

Welcome back to our weekly Side Dish with co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose. On this week’s podcast we take a look back at some of the very biggest stories of 2014: Obama hits his stride after Dem defeat, Obamacare takes root, Cuba libre!, the Pope is

Join me as I welcome author, activist, wordsmith and rebel Sue Katz back to the podcast. Her new short story collection, Lillian's Last Affair, is available now and it's one of the things we talk about. We also chat about her recent essay here, From Baby

2015 is rushing at us! Some of us may be retiring in the new year, or considering it. Join me on this podcast from September as I have a conversation with Dave Hughes, founder and publisher of RetireFabulously.com  Dave's columns from his site have been

It's the holidays. What better time to talk a bit about alcohol, alcohol consumption and its effects on the body and mind. In this Health Listen from our Aged to Perfection podcast archive, I spoke with herbalist Cathy McNease about this ancient elixir t

Co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose (together again!) welcome filmmaker Katherine Brooks to this week’s podcast. Katherine is from New Orleans and has enjoyed a successful career behind the camera. A member of the Director’s Guild of America, Katherin

Welcome to Side Dish #40. This is our weekly podcast with co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose where we take a look at recent headlines, cultural topics, and offer our perspectives on an occasionally mad, mad world. On today’s menu: protests spread afte

Consider these first few as trial runs until I'm confident in what I'm doing.  Welcome to the very first Friday Morning with Mark. These will be weekly podcasts where I take a look at some of the recent headlines and events from the never-ending news cy