We’re Not Finished

Key West talents: musician Jerome Miller and actor and model Sam Jindra

Key West-based musician Jerome Miller shares about his duo, Dogwater, his Billy the Squid days, working as a stuntman and the difference between South and North Dakota. He also agrees to let me shove him off something someday.
 
Sam Jindra is an actor, photographer, promoter, model and musician living in Key West. We talk about Vince Vaughn filming Bad Monkey in Key West, working behind the camera on movie sets, how she got into modeling and our mutual disappointment that we've been mispronouncing açaí all this time.
 
This podcast is presented in partnership with The Studios of Key West, a leading arts institute in South Florida. For a list of events and more programming like this, visit Tskw.org. 

Writer and slasher film expert Grady Hendrix and Key West actor Su Nubia

Writer Grady Hendirx, a horror and slasher film scholar, joined me to talk about the "final girl" trope, my allegiance to the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and the relevance of vampires. His latest novel is Final Girl Support Group, and others include Horrorstör, which is about a haunted furniture store, We Sold Our Souls, and Satan Loves You.
 
Key West actor Su Nubia shared about working with the Fringe Theater, having 24 hours to create a new play, voiceover work and how on Earth she and I hadn't met before now. It's a small island.
 
This podcast is presented in partnership with The Studios of Key West, a leading art institute in South Florida. For a list of events and more programming like this, visit. tskw.org. 
 
We're Not Finished is hosted by Key West-based journalist Gwen Filosa, who writes for the Miami Herald, and produced by writer and artist Kevin Assam. 
 
 
 
 
 

Authors R. Eric Thomas and Margaret Killjoy

R. Eric Thomas, an award-winning author, journalist and playwright, shared about growing up in Baltimore, writing for young adults and his latest book, "The Kings of B'More."
 
Margaret Killjoy and I talked anarchy, dealing with haters, great titles - A Country of Ghosts and The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion -  and she endures my inability to pronounce Appalachia, which she calls home. 
 
This podcast is presented in partnership with The Studios of Key West, a leading art institute in South Florida. For a list of events and more programming like this, visit Tskw.org
 

NYC-based Kristina Kelley and Key West artist Kristyn LaMoia

New York City-based comedian Kristina Kelley and I talked standup shop, her days as a public school teacher in the South Bronx and her recent visit to Key West.
Key West-based artist Kristyn LaMoia shared about how the island inspires her work and the challenges of preparing costumes for Fantasy Fest. 
 
This podcast is presented by The Studios of Key West. 

L.A.-based comedian Jackie Monahan and author Mark Kurlansky

Mark Kurlansky shared about this latest book, The Importance of Not Being Ernest: My Life With the Uninvited Hemingway. He also talked about being told he resembles the celebrated author, who left his mark on Key West, where he lived in the 1930s. Hemingway's former mansion is one of the island's most popular tourist attraction.
Los Angeles-based comedian Jackie Monahan joined me to talk shop about comedy Twitch show -- the Jackie Mo Show, which airs at 5 p.m. every Saturday. Her comedy special is These Lips, available on Amazon and Spotify. 

From Key West: cartoonist Theresa Chiechi and signer Belle Jampol

Theresa Chiechi, an illustrator and cartoonist whose "Drawn to Key West" book documents the lives of the street performers at Key West's famous Mallory Square, joined me. We talked about making art while paying the bills, why sticker art is awesome, the courage to ask strangers for interviews and a dog named Cooper.
 
Belle Jampol, is a singer born and raised in Key West. We talked about why the Fabulous Spectrelles are so fabulous, learning music before she was even born, growing up in a musical family and what's next. 

Dating consultant Chloe Gray and poet Mant Bares

Chloe Gray, a therapist turned dating consultant who created Advice By Chloe, shared an inspiring story about getting her start polishing up dating profiles. She gently suggested I not post gym photos on a profile. People might think I want to talk about arm day for an hour.
"I probably would," I said. (Taking the advice.)
 
Mant Bares, a poet and writer of fiction and non-fiction, talked about being inspired by the X Files, growing up in Louisiana's Cajun community, and about moving to Germany. She read her poem, "Monster of the Week." Her poetry, under the name Samantha Bares, has been published by OxMag and Guesthouse.
 
Gwen Filosa is a Key West-based journalist covering the Keys for the Miami Herald. She also does standup comedy at Comedy Key West. 
 
This podcast is presented in partnership with The Studios of Key West.
 
For a list of events and more programming like this, visit tskw.org.
 
We're Not Finished is produced by writer and artist Kevin Assam.

Author Hillary Jordan and playwright Catherine Weingarten.

Author and screenwriter Hillary Jordan and I talked about her two novels, When She Woke and Mudbound, and Anonymous Sex, the new anthology of erotica stories she co-edited with Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan.
Playwright Catherine Weingarten and I talked about her residency at The Studios of Key West and using humor to comment "upon societal pressures young women face to be impossibly good-looking as well as ridiculously humble."
 
For events and more programming at The Studios of Key West, visit Tskw.org. 

Comedian Ginny Hogan and Bahama Village Music Program director Kawana Staffney

Ginny Hogan, a writer and comedian published in the New Yorker and McSweeney's, and I talked standup shop and why she left a career as a data scientist in the tech industry for comedy. Her latest book is, I'm More Dateable Than a Plate of Refried Beans.
Kawana Staffney, the executive director of the Bahama Village Music Program, shared the history of the nonprofit that offers music lessons to local children at no cost.
 
Gwen Filosa is a Key West-based journalist covering the Keys for the Miami Herald. She's also a standup comic, appearing weekly at Comedy Key West. 
For a list of events at The Studios of Key West, and more programming like this, visit Tskw.org.

Writer Kristen Arnett and singer-songwriter Sharese

New York Times Bestselling author Kristen Arnett and Key West singer-songwriter Sharese joined me on this episode.
Kristen and I talked about her novels, With Teeth and Mostly Dead Things, and about whether Florida is the gayest state.
Sharese shared her new single, "Fixer Upper," and we talked about making a living playing music in Key West. 
Gwen Filosa is a Key West-based journalist covering the Keys for the Miami Herald. She also does standup, appearing weekly at Comedy Key West.