Suburbural Tongue

Alex Ragsdale is a New Jersey turned Johnstown, Pennsylvania based poet, musician, and event organizer.
I met Alex earlier this year when he was setting up the Bardstock festival to commemorate Gazebo Park in Johnstown before its reconstruction by spotlighting poets, musicians, and artists from all around the country.
This will be the first of many of his appearances on the podcast!

Robbie Ward is an artist, animator, musician, and the sole mind behind the stop motion short, "Animal Math".
Robbie was awesome to talk to, and I'm really excited for you all to get to listen to this conversation!

Matthew Orr is the creative director at Wet Ink Games, the creators of games such as "Into The Cess & Citadel", "heckin' good doggos", "Garbage and Glory", and more!
Check out Matt and team's work at their website:
https://www.wetinkgames.com/

Josh Putnam is the author of Heavy Metal History and is ex-Army, where he served from 2011 to 2020.
I had a great time recording this episode with Josh, his passion for the history that inspired heavy metal is really inspiring. Check out his book!
https://www.amazon.com/Heavy-Metal-History-Lesson-ebook/dp/B0DQLP97L5
Josh's Substack:
https://substack.com/@joshputnam
 
 

Sam is a freelance and commission artist. His art has appeared in Wet Ink Games' new release "Garbage and Glory", Ohio-based brewery Gemüt Biergarten's products, various writing and grammar textbooks, his original prints, and more!
Check out his work at:
https://www.brieckdraw.com/
or his Instragram
@brieckdraw

Ryan is a spiritual thinker and teacher who posts vlog-style videos on YouTube going over these concepts.
This was an incredible interview! We had our share of scheduling and technical problems, but, out of all of that we got a really deep, insightful conversation out of it. Enjoy!
Check out Ryan's talks on his Youtube channel, ryan robinson.

Ryan is a reference librarian at the Cambria County Library. He also is a street photographer, writer, filmmaker, AND musician!
We didn't get to touch on all of those sides of his life in this episode, but luckily, we will have him back on in the future for more conversations! I met Ryan through his work at the library, and we are teaching a podcasting class together starting in August 2025!

Wow! This episode was an absolute joy to make! Adventure Time has been in my life ever since I was a kid, and Jesse's involvement in that show as well as his other projects have influenced me an indescribable amount throughout my creative journey. I hope you enjoy this episode, and thank you again to Jesse for making time to have a TWO HOUR conversation with me ranging from art to music to creative drive to his interest in the Tarot. Enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode! Today I sat down with Stephanie, a photographer and business-owner based in Johnstown. We met officially whenever she took the photos for my piece in the Johnstown Magazine about my book "To House A Mouse", but we had actually known each other beforehand and I had just not realized! This was a great episode, I hope you enjoy it!

This was such a great episode to get to record! I loved getting to sit down and talk with Vic Mietus, a Canadian artist, about her creative process. Enjoy!