Across The Margin : The Podcast features an interview with internationally-acclaimed pianist and cultural visionary Lara Downes: acrossthemargin.com/across-the-m... @osirispod.bsky.social @mikeshza.bsky.social #LaraDownes #TheDeclarationProject #HoldTheseTruths

Happy Birthday to one of the best to ever do it, Ringo Starr. I’ve always loved this clip of some great drummers talking about Ringo’s brilliance. And yes, Ringo was brilliant and perfect in The Beatles. Case closed.

An honor to recently have documentary filmmaker Bill Morrison on our podcast, sharing stories about how he first met legendary guitarist & collaborator Bill Frissell & diving deep into his many captivating works. Wherever you get your pods! #TheGreatFlood acrossthemargin.com/across-the-m...

Get excited - it’s #TheBear Season Five Day! Get yourself ready with Welcome To The Party Pal’s breakdown of the latest surprise drop episode, Gary. Where you get your pods! acrossthemargin.com/welcome-to-t... @osirispod.bsky.social @mikeshza.bsky.social @ryanoconnell79.bsky.social #TheBear #WTTPP

An offering of flash fiction where a man seeks to find the person, and the artist, he once was. “Man with Guitar” by Foster Trecost: acrossthemargin.com/man-with-gui... #Fiction #Music

Across The Margin : The Podcast explores how plankton made life on Earth possible and why it’s the key to our future with author Vincent Doumeizel: acrossthemargin.com/across-the-m... @osirispod.bsky.social @mikeshza.bsky.social #ThePowerOfPlankton

If you didn't regularly stay up into the wee hours of the night reading under the covers with a flashlight when you were a child, then please don't tell me that you understand what it's like to resist authority.

For the past couple of years @mikeshza.bsky.social & I have done a Best TV of the year episode for his podcast, Welcome to the Party Pal & I’m currently thinking the 2026 NBA Finals will be on my list, probably around 6 or 7. As a TV show, it was incredible. Game 4, a legendary penultimate episode.

Across The Margin : The Podcast presents an interview with documentary filmmaker Bill Morrison, the poet laureate of lost films: acrossthemargin.com/across-the-m... @osirispod.bsky.social #BillFrissell #BillMorrison #TheGreatFlood

D'Angelo performing a cover of "Do That Stuff" by Parliament-Funkadelic -- as seen in the 2012 documentary, "Finding The Funk."

Stephen Colbert showing up on Michigan public access (with Jack White as DJ) after closing out The Late Show just shows what a national treasure he is and makes me even more excited for what the future has in store for him. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4

Reflections on aging in the “fourth quarter of existence,” a forthright assessment of what life holds if lucky enough to make it to overtime. “On Turning 83” by Matias Travieso-Diaz: acrossthemargin.com/on-turning-83/ #aging #life #reflections

These three poems by Malachy Moran take us on a journey through surreal landscapes, examining experiences of PTSD, confusion and lost innocence through strong senses of place: acrossthemargin.com/three-poems-... #poems #poetry

Their mission was to drive to Gary, our mission was to talk about it. I threw a curb ball at @mikeshza.bsky.social at the end- what’s another random, one off prequel you’d like to see? I had one with Robby & Abbot from “The Pitt” and Ted & Beard from “Ted Lasso.”

I’m optimistic about the next generation of kids liberated from motonormativity

The Welcome To The Party Pal team convenes for an “emergency episode” to break down the surprise drop of The Bear, Gary: acrossthemargin.com/welcome-to-t... @osirispod.bsky.social @ryanoconnell79.bsky.social @mikeshza.bsky.social #TheBear #Gary #WTTPP

You know who ghostwrote raps on Mr. T's Be Somebody or Be Somebody's Fool home video? www.bloomsbury.com/us/body-coun...

Across The Margin : The Podcast presents an interview with trailblazing saxophonist & composer Skerik, on the heels of the release of his latest album, SKERIK 061725: acrossthemargin.com/across-the-m... @mikeshza.bsky.social @osirispod.bsky.social #Skerik #LoosegrooveRecords

On May 4th I celebrate Star Wars by again sharing my idea for the next Star Wars show on Disney+. giddyupamerica.com/2026/05/04/s...

That’s quite a chart www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

These three poems by Lily Herman contend with the spiritual aftermath of loss, and the practices which sustain us: acrossthemargin.com/three-poems-... #poems #poetry

The story of how a producer and filmmaker earned a crude, but loving and highly appropriate, moniker from a bevy of the greats. “White Motherfucker” by Alan Swyer: acrossthemargin.com/white-mother... #RayCharles #IkeTurner #MemphisSlim

Motornormativity also messes with people's understanding of life before cars, causing them to believe that every household owned a horse and buggy before they switched to owning automobiles.

I could have talked about “The Pitt” for hours and if anything, it would have given me more time to workshop my impression of Sterling K. Brown’s character from “Paradise” if he was on “The Pitt.”

You know a television show is special when you are on pod discussing it -w/ @ryanoconnell79.bsky.social - urging people to check on their homies and exclaiming that “we are all more alike than we are different.” The Pitt really like that.

This is why we have the internet and well done Eric PH for the recording @dynamicalories.bsky.social

Across The Margin : The Podcast presents an interview with renowned pianist and composer Kimball Gallagher: acrossthemargin.com/across-the-m... @osirispod.bsky.social @mikeshza.bsky.social #88International

reminder: if you ever see somebody stealing food, no the fuck you didnt.

Welcome To The Party Pal celebrates the second season of Hulu’s hit series Paradise: acrossthemargin.com/welcome-to-t... #Paradise #WTTPP

Across The Margin : The Podcast presents an interview with singer-songwriter Pat Kelly on the heels of the release of his fifth album, Hook: acrossthemargin.com/across-the-m... @osirispod.bsky.social #PatKelly #Hook

In the midst of @billorcutt's terrific residency at Roulette NYC, we want to (re)share Bill's interview on Across The Margin : The Podcast examining the Orcutt Shelley Miller project (which performs this evening!): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a... @osirispod.bsky.social @billorcutt.bsky.social

You might hear people say that protesting doesn’t make a difference. Leah Greenberg of Indivisible shares why that’s not true.

A Moment With Meg - Cotter Ellis! Cotter was so generous and fun. We had a great conversation about his musical influences, his high school band, 2025 Goose, how they practice jamming and his incredible fashion sense! Check it out! youtu.be/GyjEzy2utj4

Across The Margin : The Podcast expounds upon tales of wonder in the Age of Extinction with the author of Nature’s Last Dance, Natalie Kyriacou: acrossthemargin.com/across-the-m... #NaturesLastDance #Wonder #Nature #EndangeredSpecies #ClimateChange

These three poems by Michael T. Young range from political satire to exploration of the self’s transcendent mutability, finding the miraculous in the everyday: acrossthemargin.com/three-poems-... #poems #poetry

Pretty difficult to refute a single thing in this perfect assessment of where the f**k we are, from @iandunt.bsky.social:

Defund the military.

Good times talking the practicality of wearing horns on a helmet, ideal armor choices for jousts, Tier 2 music festivals, and all things AKOT7K with @ryanoconnell79.bsky.social #WTTPP

We're living in the timeline when hundreds of millions of years of dead matter was compressed by vast amount of rocks which were pushed by tectonic plates to create this concentration of oil and gas in less than 5% of the global land mass which humans now may burn away in less than 500 years.

The majority of America’s teachers — a whopping 71% — have at least one side job because they’re so underpaid. Meanwhile, the country is about to be launched into a long, drawn-out war that has already cost an estimated $2 billion. Priorities.

Across The Margin : The Podcast meditates on the enduring scars of war and the resilience of refugees with filmmaker Naja Lockwood: acrossthemargin.com/across-the-m... @osirispod.bsky.social #OnHealingLandBirdsPerch

Always a pleasure to chat with @mikeshza.bsky.social even when it's about an emotional meat grinder like 'Hamnet.'

Welcome To The Party Pal celebrates Best Picture contender and one of the most heart-wrenching cinematic experiences about, Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet: acrossthemargin.com/welcome-to-t... @ryanoconnell79.bsky.social @osirispod.bsky.social #Hamnet #WTTPP

Every sentence sounds like it started as a Facebook meme and ended as federal policy.

I think about this tweet every time I feel something online start to curl its annoying little grip into my head

This is a proud day as we’ve released the 3rd & final volume of The Perilous Fight. Coincidentally, “Clockwatching” is now in 1,000 collections on Bandcamp. If you had asked me in 2022 whether this little guitar-centric project would lead to this, I would have laughed. Grateful for all the support!

here we go www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/n...

Across The Margin : The Podcast celebrates the life and music of Justin Townes Earle with the author of What Do You Do When Your Lonesome, Jonathan Bernstein: acrossthemargin.com/across-the-m... #JustinTownesEarle @osirispod.bsky.social @mikeshza.bsky.social

There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.