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Conversation For Adults

Culture-critic Jimi Izrael rediscovers America by talking to people you may or may not know, about everything. What comes up, comes out. Lots of fun. No filter.

Ranked #1

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6. Donna Nowak Is Hypnotic, Trust Me

6. Donna Nowak Is Hypnotic, Trust Me

Donna Nowak is mesmerizing - see what I did there? She is a consulting hypnotist, regression therapist, and ballroom dan... Read more

14 Aug 2017

1hr

Ranked #2

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10. Anna Krogern, ex-Jehovah's Witness, Makes Jesus Cry

10. Anna Krogern, ex-Jehovah's Witness, Makes Jesus Cry

Anna Krogern is an ex-Jehovah's Witness and complete stranger. She comes by the pad and we talk about the history of the... Read more

9 Oct 2017

1hr 14mins

Ranked #3

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20. DJ Lady Skill, the Voice of Cleveland Radio

20. DJ Lady Skill, the Voice of Cleveland Radio

Lady Skill was a DJ and definitely one of the original fly girls in Cleveland's hip-hop heyday. She came by and we talke... Read more

12 Mar 2018

1hr 18mins

Ranked #4

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7. Dr. Lester Spence Gets #Trumped On A Bet

7. Dr. Lester Spence Gets #Trumped On A Bet

Dr. Lester Spence is a public intellectual, author, and Associate Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies at... Read more

28 Aug 2017

1hr 17mins

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Ranked #5

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9. Kisha Foster Knows Lesbian Secrets

9. Kisha Foster Knows Lesbian Secrets

Kisha Foster is one of Cleveland's best-known, most well-traveled poets - she's not a stranger, but we've never talked f... Read more

25 Sep 2017

1hr 16mins

Ranked #6

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11. Sid Allen: O.G. Hip-Hop Writer

11. Sid Allen: O.G. Hip-Hop Writer

Clevelander Sid Allen is the writer and publisher of "It's A Rap," one of hip-hop culture's first magazines. Allen talks... Read more

23 Oct 2017

1hr 17mins

Ranked #7

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5. Dr. Lyz Bly, Feminist Thug, Knuckles-Up On Misogyny

5. Dr. Lyz Bly, Feminist Thug, Knuckles-Up On Misogyny

Dr. Lyz Bly's work and study is centered on gender, race, sexuality, and popular culture in post-World War II United Sta... Read more

31 Jul 2017

1hr 20mins

Ranked #8

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12. Butters + Charles Ramsey, American Hero

12. Butters + Charles Ramsey, American Hero

Chris Gresham starred alongside John Travolta's awful hairpiece in "Criminal Activities," but that's not how I know him.... Read more

6 Nov 2017

54mins

Ranked #9

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17. Johnny Coggins, Gay Play-Uncle and Drag Show Producer

17. Johnny Coggins, Gay Play-Uncle and Drag Show Producer

Johnny Coggins is not blood, but he is family to me: I can't remember a time he and his brother LeBron didn't live down ... Read more

22 Jan 2018

1hr 26mins

Ranked #10

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3. Gina P.: Holly Go-Lovely, Woman About Town

3. Gina P.: Holly Go-Lovely, Woman About Town

Gina P. is everywhere there is sun in Cleveland, which as it turns out is mostly at Cleveland Flea, better dinner partie... Read more

3 Jul 2017

1hr 8mins

Ranked #11

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18. Cody Boyce Talks Star Wars, Beer, and Life in Trump Country

18. Cody Boyce Talks Star Wars, Beer, and Life in Trump Country

Cody Boyce is a super-sweet kid from Trump Country, Ohio, and also the boss of Crate Media, the podcasting agency that c... Read more

8 Feb 2018

1hr 11mins

Ranked #12

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24. Steve Presser Sells Toys, Tells Funny Stories

24. Steve Presser Sells Toys, Tells Funny Stories

After Steve Presser announced he was closing Big Fun - his store full of classic toys, video games, antiques, nerdabilia... Read more

21 May 2018

1hr 36mins

Ranked #13

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25. Dr. Lyz Bly Split My Pants

25. Dr. Lyz Bly Split My Pants

Feminist thug and intellectual Dr. Lyz Bly returns and we talk about Oprah Winfrey's friend Gayle King's butt, black wom... Read more

8 Jun 2018

1hr 22mins

Ranked #14

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22. Rich Cihlar Literally Fought To Get His Wife Back

22. Rich Cihlar Literally Fought To Get His Wife Back

Rich is a good dude whom I've come to dig a lot - he's a teacher and artist. He qualifies as a "virtual stranger" becaus... Read more

23 Apr 2018

1hr 26mins

Ranked #15

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14. Alex Sukhoy: Mother, Author, and Friend

14. Alex Sukhoy: Mother, Author, and Friend

Alex Sukhoy of Creative Cadence and I have a great chat about the 90s, her return to Chicago, being a good parenting par... Read more

4 Dec 2017

1hr 44mins

Ranked #16

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15. Deena Nyer Mendlowitz Almost Killed Herself

15. Deena Nyer Mendlowitz Almost Killed Herself

Deena Nyer Mendlowitz is a fine writer and comedian living her best life with mental illness. Deena and I talk about Jew... Read more

19 Dec 2017

1hr 37mins

Ranked #17

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26. Mekkah pt. 1: Rebuking Your Lesbian Assumptions

26. Mekkah pt. 1: Rebuking Your Lesbian Assumptions

Mekkah is one of Cleveland's best-known voices from college radio and the poetry scene of the 90s. She fell off the rada... Read more

2 Jul 2018

56mins

Ranked #18

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13. Monique Judge: Her Gun, Her Men, and Her Poison Pen

13. Monique Judge: Her Gun, Her Men, and Her Poison Pen

Monique Judge - aka The Journalista and staff writer at The Root.Com - hails from California and is only the second non-... Read more

20 Nov 2017

1hr 18mins

Ranked #19

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23. Sandra Bishop Is Too Many Things, All Good

23. Sandra Bishop Is Too Many Things, All Good

Not sure what to say about Sandra. We met when I was on my book tour and somehow have managed to stay in touch ever sinc... Read more

7 May 2018

1hr 41mins

Ranked #20

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8. Cocoa Brown Talks Comedy, Tragedy, and Hollywood

8. Cocoa Brown Talks Comedy, Tragedy, and Hollywood

Actor and comedian Cocoa Brown takes some time to talk about her road from tragedy to comedy. We talk about me meeting h... Read more

11 Sep 2017

57mins

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