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A Line Around Your Thoughts
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A podcast that centers on conversations with artists, writers, musicians and creatives from around the Inland Northwest.
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Whether he's behind the turntables, the mic or the camera, Darrien Mack seems to be everywhere — Terrain, Pivot, the MAC, Gonzaga, Indaba, Emma Rue's, you name it.

#Spokane #podcast #vodcast #music #hiphop #DJ #film
Darrien Mack, DJ, hip-hop artist, graphic designer, writer & videographer
Darrien Mack—who DJs as Rosethrow, performs with Truehoods and is a ubiquitous cameraman—is our guest this episode.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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What are the three things that can make or break a career in the creative field? Dean Davis shares that advice as he looks back on his own 30-year career (and counting) in commercial and fine-art photography.

#Spokane #photography #exhibition #podcast #vodcast #arts
Dean Davis, photographer
This week our guest is the Spokane photographer ⁠Dean Davis⁠, whose work is the subject of a new retrospective exhibition at ⁠Spokane Falls Community College⁠.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Traveling can be a self-edifying and life-altering experience that connects us with humankind.

Susie Leonard Weller talks about her own travels and her book "52 Global Reflections: A Pilgrim's Travel Memoir" on this week's ALAYT.

#writing #travel #podcast #Spokane #vodcast #LibertyLake
Susie Leonard Weller, writer
The writer Susie Leonard Weller is our guest this week. Her new book "52 Global Reflections: A Pilgrim’s Travel Memoir" is part memoir, part travel diary, part discussion starter.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Making a Halloween costume? Then you might get some inspiration during this week's episode, which features the founder, owner and executive director of Art Salvage, Katie Patterson Larson.

#Spokane #arts #podcast #vodcast #circulareconomy #Halloween
Katie Patterson Larson of Art Salvage
This week's episode features the founder, owner and executive director of Art Salvage, Katie Patterson Larson.
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October 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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My net is wide but there are holes. Are there any creatives based or working in the INW who you'd like to see featured on a future episode of ALAYT?
October 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Music as a shared experience, storytelling and the wine-dark sea are under discussion in this week's episode of ALAYT, which features the singer, songwriter and musician Olivia Brownlee.

#Spokane #music #performingarts #podcast #vodcast
Olivia Brownlee, singer, songwriter, musician
The Spokane-based singer, songwriter and musician Olivia Brownlee is our guest this week.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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The new short film "Love, Eleanor" is getting a preview screening on Oct. 18 — which also coincides with the debut of the Luminia string ensemble. Coincidence or mutual inspiration? Find out from Gonzaga profs Charlie Pepiton and Michael Kropf on this week's episode.

#Spokane #film #music
Charlie Pepiton of Square Top Theatre & Michael Kropf of Luminia
We're talking music and film with this week's guests Charlie Pepiton and Michael Kropf, two Gonzaga professors with a new short film and a new string ensemble.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Terrain is here! The annual arts extravaganza has its ticketed preview night tonight (Oct. 2) & the free, all-ages showcase is tomorrow in downtown #Spokane. Guests Ginger Ewing & Jackie Caro share an overview and ghost stories. #weallbuildthis #visualart #arts #music
Ginger Ewing & Jackie Caro of Terrain
This week, Terrain co-founder/ executive director Ginger Ewing and operations director Jackie Caro preview the art extravaganza's 16th annual event.
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October 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Got some thoughts on AI in literature? So do this week's guests, Aimee Brooks & Morganne Elkins of Banana Slug Books. They're on ALAYT talking about the press' new lit anthology titled "Spokane Campfire Stories."

#Spokane #books #podcast #vodcast #theslugstolemyheart
Aimee Brooks & Morganne Elkins of Banana Slug Books
This week we're chatting with Aimee Brooks and Morganne Elkins of Banana Slug Books, the outfit behind the new literary anthology "Spokane Campfire Stories."
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September 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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This week's episode with glass artist Preston Singletary and independent curator Miranda Belarde-Lewis was recorded at Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture.

Preston's nationally touring exhibition "Raven & The Box of Daylight" is showing at the MAC until Jan 4.

#Spokane #podcast #visualart
Preston Singletary, glass artist & Miranda Belarde-Lewis, independent curator
We went on location for this week's episode to sit down with glass artist Preston Singletary and independent curator Miranda Belarde-Lewis.
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September 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Along with a fresh episode comes the news that ALAYT is now on Patreon!

We hope you'll join as a supporter and keep these conversations going.

#Spokane #INW #CoeurdAlene #Sandpoint #podcast #vodcast #arts

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September 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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What makes a book a book? This week's guest on ALAYT is the book artist Mel Antuna Hewitt, who talks about her work that celebrates and transforms the printed word.

Her upcoming exhibition "Communications" opens Oct. 3 at the Terrain Gallery.

#Spokane #bookarts #visualart #podcast #vodcast #arts
Mel Antuna Hewitt, book artist
This week's episode features a conversation with the bookbinder and book artist Mel Antuna Hewitt, who goes by Mel the Maker.
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September 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Joining ALAYT this week are Jeni Riplinger and Jaiden Haley of the arts incubator Emerge Coeur d'Alene.

Emerge's much-anticipated INK! Print Rally is coming up on Sept. 13. We talk about that and all the other events and resources Emerge offers.

#CoeurdAlene #Spokane #Idaho #arts #printmaking
Jeni Riplinger & Jaiden Haley of Emerge Coeur d’Alene
On this week's episode, our guests are Jeni Riplinger and Jaiden Haley of the arts incubator Emerge Coeur d'Alene.
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September 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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This week's ALAYT features Joe and Sienna Henson, co-founders of Spokane-based Hitchhiker's Theatre. This is their media debut!

The nomadic troupe's 2nd season opens with a two-evening (Sept. 5 & 6) run of "5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche" at The Guardian.

#Spokane #theater #podcast #vodcast
Sienna & Joe Henson of Hitchhiker’s Theatre
We have two guests on this week's episode: Joe and Sienna Henson, co-founders of Hitchhiker's Theatre.
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August 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Jim Mohr, executive director of the ⁠Blue Door Theatre⁠, is on this week's episode to talk about all things improv and the universality of the phrase "Yes, and...".

#Spokane #theater #podcast #vodcast #improv
Jim Mohr of the Blue Door Theatre
Jim Mohr, executive director of the ⁠Blue Door Theatre⁠, joins us this week to talk about all things improv and the universality of "Yes, and...".
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August 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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On this week's episode, we're in conversation with Jon Kuritz, a video director who co-founded the nonprofit production house Live from Somewhere.

Hear about their upcoming episode premieres at the Garland Theater plus the Curators of Sound concert at the MAC on Aug. 20.

#Spokane #podcast #music
Jon Kuritz of Live from Somewhere
On this week's episode, we're in conversation with Jon Kuritz, a video director who co-founded the nonprofit production house Live from Somewhere.
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August 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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ICYMI: Rachel Bade-McMurphy—jazz musician, composer and advocate—is in on this week's episode talking about her new project, the Glass Bead Orchestra.

If you missed Sunday's concert, don't worry. The GBO's about to record a full-length.

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#Spokane #jazz #music #podcast
Rachel Bade-McMurphy of Imagine Jazz
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August 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Rachel Bade-McMurphy—jazz musician, composer & music advocate—is in the studio this week to talk about, among other things, her new project, the Glass Bead Orchestra.

The GBO is a 10-piece ensemble & performs at the Hamilton Studio Listening Room on Aug. 10.

#Spokane #jazz #music #podcast #vodcast
Rachel Bade-McMurphy of Imagine Jazz
For this week's episode, Rachel Bade-McMurphy—jazz musician, composer and music advocate—is in the Rogue Heart Media studio to talk about, among other things, her new project, the Glass Bead Orchestra.
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August 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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ICYMI: The current episode of ALAYT spotlights Danny Anderson, a longtime actor who's now leading ⁠My Turn Theater⁠, a Spokane-based organization that provides performing arts opportunities to adults with disabilities.

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#Spokane #theater #performingarts #podcast
Danny Anderson of My Turn Theater
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August 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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This week we're in conversation with Danny Anderson, a longtime actor who's now leading ⁠My Turn Theater⁠, a Spokane-based organization that provides performing arts opportunities to adults with disabilities.

#Spokane #theater #performingarts #podcast
Danny Anderson of My Turn Theater
This week we're talking with Danny Anderson, a longtime actor who's now leading ⁠My Turn Theater⁠, a Spokane-based organization that provides performing arts opportunities to adults with disabilities.
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July 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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This week on a A Line Around Your Thoughts we sit down with visual artist Gwyn Pevonka.

Gwyn is also the driving force behind the 33 Artists Market that's taking place this weekend (July 26).

#Spokane #visualart #makers #creativeeconomy #market #podcast
Gwyn Pevonka, visual artist & founder of 33 Artists Market
We sit down this week with visual artist Gwyn Pevonka, who also happens to be the driving force behind the 33 Artists Market.
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July 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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ICYMI: This week's episode of ALAYT features Zuill Bailey of Northwest BachFest — and a superstar cellist in his own right.

Listen/watch ahead of tonight's (& tomorrow's) Music in Manito or Thursday's Afterglow concert.

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#Spokane #classical #music #podcast #vodcast
Zuill Bailey of Northwest BachFest
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July 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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On this week's episode of ALAYT we catch up with Zuill Bailey, who's not only an internationally touring cellist but also artistic director of the ⁠Northwest BachFest⁠.

BachFest's Music in Manito is on July 22 & 23, followed by Afterglow on July 24.

#Spokane #music #classical #concert #podcast
Zuill Bailey of Northwest BachFest
On this week's episode we catch up with Zuill Bailey, who's not only an internationally touring cellist but also artistic director of the ⁠Northwest BachFest⁠.
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July 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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ICYMI: The current ALAYT features Dominique Betts & Celeste Bidwell-Williams of Bright Comet Theatre talking (mostly) about their new production of "Carrie: The Musical." The show opens Fri at @stagelefttheater.org

#Spokane #podcast #theater #performingarts #musical

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Dominique Betts & Celeste Bidwell-Williams of Bright Comet Theatre
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July 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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This week's we're talking with Dominique Betts and Celeste Bidwell-Williams of Bright Comet Theatre about their new production of "Carrie: The Musical." The show opens on July 18 at Stage Left.

Will there be blood? Yes indeed.

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Dominique Betts & Celeste Bidwell-Williams of Bright Comet Theatre
This week's we're talking with Dominique Betts and Celeste Bidwell-Williams of Bright Comet Theatre about "Carrie: The Musical."
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July 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM