Born in California to Nicaraguan parents, Edwin Romero AKA DJ Nica grew up in Florida with his family before settling in Arkansas, where he got his first shows not knowing where they were gonna take him.

Enjoy this episode where we talk about growing up catholic, Nicaraguan food, building community through music, being a single father and how his art became his addiction.

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Born in Minnesota, Steve Farrell never thought he’d end up in Texas having to write, perform and direct his own plays, but that’s exactly how he likes it.

Enjoy this conversation about growing up with his parents Bob and Betty, falling in love on a showboat on the Mississippi river, The Comedy Workshop years in Houston, his friend Ken Polk and the start of the Radio Music Theater, Little Rock and the Joint and of course the origin story of Doc Moore.

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After years of ministry work, Kime Eubanks decided he was done with it and needed a different path; in that path he found Stand Up comedy and a new family.

Enjoy this episode about growing up in a house with teachers, becoming an ordained minister, being a family man, the loss of his wife, personal search in Stand Up Comedy, the infamous Ashley Madison list and finding love again in Spain.

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Born in Oklahoma City and raised in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Burlesque artist Pepper Darling always knew that she wanted to be a performer but didn’t know life comes with other plans and a couple of bad breakups too.

Enjoy this conversation about growing up in a small town in Arkansas, becoming homecoming Queen despite being “the weird kid”, marriage and bad decisions, restraining orders and the Art of Burlesque.

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Stand-Up comedian De Sofunny handles his career like a business; producing shows and bringing them to other cities has become the norm for him in these past years. But he wasn’t always the guy you came to for laughs.

Enjoy this conversation where we talked about growing up in St. Louis, MO, working at a shoeshine parlor as a kid, being raised by grandparents, life during the crack epidemic of the 80’s and 90’s, meeting his real mother, moving to Arkansas, his years in prison, becoming a father and how did the name De Sofunny originated.

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Born and raised in Louisiana, Hannah Lemke aka MILKDADD used to wait until her whole family was asleep to work on her paintings as a kid, a process that hasn’t changed much; only this time it’s her kids she’s waiting on.

Enjoy this interview where we talked about growing up in the country in LA, being homeschooled, leaving her family for art school, marriage and divorce, becoming a mother, the Arkansas Times cover and the M2 Gallery.

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Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, painter Sergio Valdivia always had an eye for spotting raw talent but it took him a while to discover his. Sergio’s skills have only improved since he started but his roots are still there.

Enjoy this episode where we talked about growing up in a Matriarchal system, producing talent shows in school, college life in Mexico, moving to the U.S., finding love and becoming a father, heartbreak and jealousy and of course: painting.

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Stand-Up comedian Will Loden had no idea what was going to happen when he stumbled upon an open mic in his home state of Mississippi; a new road opened and he didn’t look back.

Enjoy this conversation where we talked about growing up in northern Mississippi, helping your uncle run for office, early comedy years in Memphis, remembering Judaea Driscoll, moving to Texas (his birth state) and getting passed at the Comedy Mothership.

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