On-Air with Sam Schorsch: The Writing Game

This episode of the podcast welcomes our friend and fellow Editor for Motley Sam Schorsch onto the scene! Our conversation today covers the pressing issues all young writers face in freelance work, not the least of which is how to balance creative needs with the expectations of the market. As another artist staking her art on her livelihood, and her livelihood on her art, Sam gives us a vivid look into the nuances of production as an up-and- coming writer in a world that largely does not recognize creative expression as valid human activity.

Special Announcement: Vision!

What we pay attention to matters. How we pay attention matters even more. The Motley shortcopy publication, Vision, is an interdisciplinary meditation on living in a society of spectacle. The 30 page booklet is a collection of new writing and art from local Chicago artists Austin Woodruff, Mac Yellek, Andy Warren Jepson, Derek Peters, Jenn Lawhead, and Brannan Morris. Copies are available via special request starting April 19th, 2018. Email austinshepardwoodruff@gmail.com for purchasing details!

On-Air with Kathryn with a K: To Live Your Words

This episode of Soundboard I welcome local Chicago poet Kathryn with a K onto the show. As an up and coming young poet Kathryn with a K offers us rich experience from which to draw keen insight into what is at stake for poets in their work. A longtime presence in the DIY community of Chicago's young artists, Kathryn with a K is a talented and wonderful poet, so be sure to catch her performances and publications, more coming soon!​

On-Air with D. Matthew Beyer: Theatre and the Mosaic of You

This episode of the podcast welcomes local playwright D. Matthew Beyer onto the scene! Framing our discussion around his new show "Down the Rocky Road and all the Way to Bedlam," which you can catch in April and May in Chicago, we work through the nuances of artistic priorities when it comes to engineering theatre productions. As an interdisciplinary art, theatre offers its own myriad set of challenges, and Drew offers us his thoughts on this work as a young artist himself. There is more on the way from both Beyer in his own work and from Soundboard, so stay tuned!