Host Jill Melancon speaks with Craig and Amy Mycoskie, co-owners of Round Trip Brewing on the westside, about the fun of opening a new brewery during a pandemic.

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First Draft: Round Trip Brewing

Host Jill Melancon talks to artist Chris Hamer, better known as Urbnpop, about the trials and tribulations of putting out a comic book, and how art helps him stay balanced.

Culture Clash: Chris Hamer (Urbnpop)

Host Jill Melancon speaks with Scott Prince and Chris Lane of Line Creek Brewing in Peachtree City about their love of Easter eggs on their cans and their upcoming second location in Fayetteville.

First Draft: Line Creek Brewing

Host Jill Melancon speaks with Mary Fernandez of the Historic Oakland Cemetery about their upcoming arts programs and how they work hard to preserve the history of this magical place.

Culture Clash: Historic Oakland Cemetery

Host Jill Melancon speaks with artist Lacey Longino about the importance of community to her art and how friends helped her get through the pandemic.

Culture Clash: Lacey Longino

Host Jill Melancon talks to Atlanta Braves organist Matthew Kaminski about how he got such a cool job and how he chooses those great walk-up songs for the opposing teams.

Culture Clash: Matthew Kaminski

Host Jill Melancon speaks with artist Michael Jones (also known as Letter 75) about what inspires his work and his very cool upcoming project at the airport MARTA station.

Culture Clash: Michael Jones

Host Jill Melancon speaks with Scott Norwood, co-owner of Social Fox Brewing in Norcross, about how a mural inspired their name and what it's been like opening during a pandemic.

First Draft: Social Fox Brewing

Host Jill Melancon speaks with Rob Goldstein, one of the co-founders of Wild Leap Brew Company in LaGrange about making it through a pandemic and opening a huge new location in downtown Atlanta.

First Draft: Wild Leap Brew Company

Host Jill Melancon speaks with Dianna and Devon Peet of Kettlerock Brewing in Peachtree Corners about how the family that brews together, stays together.

First Draft: Kettlerock Brewing

Host Jill Melancon speaks with Fish Scales and Skinny Deville of Nappy Roots about opening their own brewery in Castleberry Hill and the importance of people of color seeing themselves in the brew business.

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First Draft: Atlantucky Brewing

Host Jill Melancon talks to Stephanie Stuckey, CEO of Stuckey's, about their comeback plan as well as the proper way to pronounce "pecan."

Culture Clash: Stephanie Stuckey

Brock Scott of Little Tybee and artist Ashley Anderson stopped by Creative Loafing's Short Notice Studio to talk about the grand opening of On the Grid Creative HQ at South River Art Studios. On Saturday, June 22, On the Grid hosts the unveiling of "Tybeetropolis," an Orwellian panoramic drawing that Anderson has  been working on for more than two years. 

Doors open at 7 p.m. There will be an artist talk with Anderson followed by performances by Little Tybee and Rotem Sivan.

Photo by Chad Radford.

A conversation with Brock Scott and Ashley Anderson

Host Chad Radford speaks with cellist and singer Saira Raza, aka Sister Sai, about her five-song album titled "Broad Street Sessions," which shows off a more structured side of her atmospheric and deeply mystical musical footprint.

Artist Spotlight:  Saira Raza

Clarice Jensen, the composer, cellist, and Artistic Director with the Brooklyn-based ACME — that’s the American Contemporary Music Ensemble — has a new cassette release out via Geographic North, titled Drone Studies.

The two pieces that make up this release, titled “The Organ that Made You Bleed” and “One Bee” show off an improvisational and naturally expressive tonal exploration that veers away from the compositional works she’s created with ACME, and via collaborations with artists such as Jóhann Jóhannsson, Max Richter, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Dustin O’halloran, Stars of the Lid, and more.

Host Chad Radford met up with Jensen and Jonathan Turner at Knoxville, Tennessee’s Big Ears festival in March of 2019, where they discussed these two side-long pieces and their relationship to her body of work.

Photo by Ryuhei Shindo.

Learn more about Clarice Jensen's "Drone Studies" tape at https://claricejensen.bandcamp.com/album/drone-studies

Artist Spotlight: Clarice Jensen on "Drone Studies"

Host Jill Melancon speaks with artist Peter Ferrari about how Covid-19 will affect the annual Forward Warrior festival this year in Cabbagetown, and how it has affected his work in general.

Culture Clash:  Peter Ferrari of Forward Warrior

Host Jill Melancon sits down with Julie Goeddeke and Heather Smith of the brand new salon Blondie ATL to find out what it's like operating a hair salon during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how to do it safely.

Culture Clash: Blondie ATL Salon

Host Jill Melancon speaks with Akila McConnell, author of A CULINARY HISTORY OF ATLANTA, and the founder of Unexpected Atlanta Tours & Stories, currently offering virtual food tours of the ATL. Find out how you can learn more about Atlanta and its food through their unique tour offerings.

Culture Clash: Akila McConnell of Unexpected Atlanta Tours & Stories

Host Jill Melancon speaks with Trey Sinclair, president and co-founder of Dry County Brewing in Kennesaw about being the first GA company to produce beer, spirits and cider all under the same roof.

First Draft: Dry County Brewing

Can’t score a goal, can’t score a goal, Frank de Boer is mad, Adam Jahn is bad, can’t score a goal! Pretty much sums our MLS is Back showing, no?

ATLiens United S3, E15: Frank de Boer Out

Host Jill Melancon talks to artist Sanithna Phansavanh about life and death, both literal and artistic.

Culture Clash: Sanithna Phansavanh

Host Jill Melancon speaks to artist Fabian Williams--best known for his colorful murals of civil rights icons, his Colin Kaepernick murals during Super Bowl 53, and his Stacey Abrams “vote” mural on Edgewood--about how to handle a graffiti beef, and how his work will evolve.

Culture Clash: Fabian Williams

Host Jill Melancon speaks to artist Yoyo Ferro about his style and how it is changing...and how he and other street artists took on the City of Atlanta and won.

Culture Clash: Yoyo Ferro

Host Jill Melancon speaks with Elliott Hall, owner and co-founder of Fire Maker Brewing in West Midtown, about what it is like to open a brewery during a pandemic, and how they created the first Southeastern IPA.

First Draft: Fire Maker Brewing

Host Ben Eason speaks with Atlanta Park Pride's Ayanna Williams about their mission to protect parks in Atlanta.

News & Issues: Park Pride's Ayanna Williams

Host Jill Melancon speaks with Diane Capriola, owner of Little Shop of Stories in downtown Decatur, about how the pandemic has affected them, and how they can help you this holiday season.

Culture Clash: Diane Capriola of Little Shop of Stories

Host Jill Melancon speaks to Brian Purcell, owner and CEO of Three Taverns Brewing in Decatur, and now, in Reynoldstown, about how they are helping to revitalize Memorial Dr near the Beltline.

First Draft: Three Taverns Brewing

Host Jill Melancon speaks to Clay Gridley, owner of Six Bridges Brewing in Johns Creek, about the first father/son brewery in GA.

First Draft: Six Bridges Brewing

Host Jill Melancon speaks to Eric Levin, owner of Criminal Records in Little 5 Points, about the resurgence of vinyl, how the store almost shut down back in 2011, and how he helped start Record Store Day in 2006.

Culture Clash: Eric Levin of Criminal Records

Host Jill Melancon speaks to Matt Curling, co-owner and brewmaster of Variant Brewing in Roswell, about how their name perfectly represents their brewery and how they've been handling the pandemic.

First Draft: Variant Brewing

Host Jill Melancon speaks with Spencer Nix, CEO of Reformation Brewery in Woodstock, Canton, and Smyrna, about how they went from one of the smallest breweries in GA to one of the top five.

First Draft: Reformation Brewery

Host Jill Melancon speaks to F Sheffield Hale, CEO of the Atlanta History Center in Buckhead, about their latest offerings, and how the pandemic inspired a new way to reach their audience.

Culture Clash: Atlanta History Center

Host Jill Melancon talks to Wayne Baxter, co-owner and founder of Monkey Wrench Brewing in Suwanee, about how they spent years creating their brews and winning awards even before opening the taproom doors.

First Draft: Monkey Wrench Brewing

Host Jill Melancon speaks with Caroline King, host of the Bitch Beer Podcast, about supporting women in the beer industry, and why there aren't more of them.

First Draft: Bitch Beer Podcast

Host Jill Melancon chats with Alan Pugh, co-owner of High Card Brewing in Tucker, about how they are able to share a space with another brewery and still be friends.

First Draft: High Card Brewing

Host Jill Melancon speaks with Travis Irions of the Atlanta Beer Bus about how the pandemic affected their tours, and what they hope to do with the tour in the future.

First Draft: Atlanta Beer Bus

Host Jill Melancon gets a lesson in craft beer history from brewmaster Phil Farrell of Stillfire Brewing in Suwanee, and learns the origins of their award-winning Orange Diva Wit.

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