My conversation with healer Orlene Carlos sparked an idea to create a real tarot deck out of potato chip bags--but... more

While negotiators meet today in Turkey to discuss a potential end to the Russian invasion of Ukraine,  the world hopes... more

This episode's guest was supposed to have been Anastasia Polubotko from Ukraine--talking about mushroom-hunting in Sweden and Swedish and Polish... more

This episode's two flavors:  Gourmet Red Pepper and Feta and Lay's Burger King Flame-Broiled Hamburger have nothing in common except... more

Valentine's Day special (WTF?!)   Although this is the first time we decided to 'celebrate' Valentine's Day, we get really... more

My co-host this episode is Nia Pushkarova from Sofia, Bulgaria.  Nia and I met at the same artist initiatives meeting... more

Where do I start?  How about with this episode's bags, which were collected by me in China in 2014:*Lay's Sichuan... more

On December 30, 2011 my husband Árni Guðmundsson and I were married in Round Hill, Virginia.  On the occasion of... more

Julie Upmeyer and I are artistic collaborators who ran an art space together in Istanbul, Turkey (Caravansarai).  We also both... more

Danish "hygge" (coziness) is sooo pre-pandemic!  A new cozy marketing trend making is its way to the U.S.  from Sweden... more