In 2012, in the flower of my 30s, I started a talk radio show on Kchung Radio, a pirate radio station based in Chinatown, Los Angeles. Like all the other shows, mine was almost always recorded live. It was before slickly produced podcasts became our cultural norm, which means there were no edits, frequent technical gaffes, and questionable sound values.* The New York Times’ Jory Finkel wrote a piece about Kchung and covered my show!
It was is a nifty document of the art / creative world in LA (and my social life) in the 2010s. If the names of the guests are not luminous to you, their personalities and conversations will be, I promise. I was and am very proud of this show, so please give it a listen.
Past guests include:
Marwa Abdul-Rahman (artist)
Danielle Adair (artist and writer)
Jason Bailer Losh (artist)
Neal Bashor (artist and poet) w/ Sarah Conaway
Kate Berlant (comedian and actor)
Olivia Booth (artist)
Brian Bress (artist)
The Crazy Muchachos (musicians)
Sara Clendening (artist)
Sarah Conaway (artist) (other appearance)
Holly Coulis (artist)
Nikki Darling (writer)
Parker Davis (artist)
Sam Davis (artist)
Michael Decker (artist)
Michael Dopp (artist)
THE EUROPEAN (musician)
Cathy Fairbanks (artist)
Brendan Fowler (now known as B. Fowler) (artist)
Ernest Gibson (musician)
Piero Golia (artist)
Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer (writer and curator)
Jake Longstreth (artist)
Zach Harris (artist)
James Hayward (artist)
Roger Herman (artist)
Brennan Hill (artist and writer)
Whitney Hubbs (artist)
Malisa Humphrey (artist)
Charles Irvin (artist)
Patrick Jackson (artist)
Jamillah James (curator)
Paul Jasmin (artist)
Johnnie Jungleguts (artist)
Raffi Kalendrian (artist)
Magdalena Kita (artist)
Joel Kyack (artist)
Jake Longstreth (artist)
Nick Lowe (artist)
Lia Lowenthal (artist and designer)
Erica Magrey (artist)
Monica Majoli (artist)
Calvin Marcus (artist)
Alex Maslansky (book seller)
Josh Mannis (artist) (2013 appearance)
John McAllister (artist)
Allison Miller (artist)
Nicole Miller (artist and filmmaker)
Jessica Minckley (artist)
Dianna Molzan (artist)
Lesley Moon (artist)
Nikhil Murthy (artist)
Net Shaker (Erik Frydenborg and Ernest Gibson) (musicians)
Joshua Nathanson (artist)
Fredrik Nilsen (artist and musician)
Laurie Nye (artist)
Adrian Paules (artist)
Fay Ray (artist)
Amanda Ross-Ho (artist)
Nora Shields (artist)
Corrie Siegel (artist and museum director)
Tif Sigfrids (with Sammy Loren) (art dealer)
Bennett Simpson (curator)
Jim Skuldt (artist)
Joe Sola (artist)
David Snyder (artist)
Jennifer Sullivan (artist)
Catherine Taft (writer and curator)
Kenneth Tam (artist)
Mateo Tannatt (artist)
Claire Titelman (comedian)
Justin Veach (La Public Library rep.)
Tyler Vlahovich (artist)
Christine Wang (artist)
Sarah Wang (artist)
Christine Boepple & Kerry McLaughlin of Weird Dude Energy (bloggers)
Mary Weatherford (artist)
Chris Wiley (writer, curator, and artist)
John Williams (artist)
Lisa Williamson (artist) w/ Sarah Conaway
Imaad Wasif (musician)
Kate Wolf (writer)
Mary Woronov (actor and artist)
Amanda Yates Garcia (Oracle of Los Angeles) (writer, witch)
Jason Yates (artist) / Jason Yates
David Louis Zuckerman (musician and filmmaker)
*Max just plays music, 2016
*Max just plays music and sound clips, 2015
*Max just plays music, 2014
What an archive. Wow.