Musician and actor Mark Rabe chats with us about the symbiotic relationship between singer and accompanist, leads us through his colorful and tactile Style graph, and discusses the old adage: bad dress rehearsal = good opening night.

Field trip! We visited the Tacoma studio of letterpress and book artist Jessica Spring to chat about printmaking, the bizarre places ideas come from, and how Jessica would divide the labor if she had a team of clones.

We are joined by actor, director, and producer Frank Ferrante—described by The New York Times as "the greatest living interpreter of Groucho Marx's material," and known to Teatro Zinzanni audiences as the irrepressible force of nature Chef Ceasar.

Multi-media artist Chris Yates tells us about how his creative journey has taken him most recently to hand-making fiendishly beautiful jigsaw puzzles, the surprising ways his work is like jazz improvisation, and more.

Video game art director Curt Liddle joins us to discuss how he works to apply his motto to his life and his work, his career path from cowboy to digital artist to art director, and the surprising tale of why he knows so much about Superman.

Artist, writer, adventurer, and self-described "flight risk" Tessa Hulls talks about the joint appeal of solitude and community, the kinesthetic experience of creating, and about cows, dinosaurs, porta-potties, and her rapper name, "T-Wrecks".

Grant Knutson takes a break from helping independent performing artists with the business side of the arts, and chats with us about where the best fringe festivals are, his fascinating definition of luck, and the advantages of planning backwards.

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Children & young adult author Laurie Thompson talks about the new roles and tools for authors to market their work, her "just say yes" approach to marketing, and how her affinity for underdog characters has helped her find and tell compelling stories.

Just in time for Halloween and NaNoWriMo, we talk with bestselling supernatural, paranormal and crime thriller author Alexandra Sokoloff via etheric transmission from Scotland.