Sagittarian Matters

Episode 286- TRAITORS recap with Beaux Lyles Lamotte

We are over the moon to welcome Honored Sagittarius Beaux Lyles Lamotte back to the show to give a full breakdown on the reality star-studded cast of Traitors UK, and to recap episode one.

I get a crash course in Scandoval, The Housewives, Gabby the gay Bachelorette, Carolyn from Survivor (Courtney Love as professional wrestler?) and all the contestants who entered Alan Cumming's castle this season.

We also discuss my DeeDee Ramone haircut of yore, seeing Jillian Michaels from the Biggest Loser on a dating app, breakups over Skype, AND MORE. 

 

You can find videos and more Traitors recaps at patreon.com/nicolejgeorges

 

You can find Beaux at magichourcandles.com

 

DEAN SPADE! Advice on Love, boundaries, liberation and MORE.

We were over the moon to welcome Dean Spade to the Social Distancing Studios to give advice to listeners in honor of his book, Love In A Fucked Up World (available now).

Dean and I gave advice to listeners on love, despair, dating, distance,  liberation, boundaries and MORE.

 

Dean Spade has been working to build queer and trans liberation based in racial and economic justice for the past two decades. He is a professor at the Seattle University School of Law, and the author of the books Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis and the Next, and Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law

 

You can get his new book, Love In A F*cked Up World NOW through Bluestockings, or your preferred independent bookstore. 

 

Sagittarian Matters is hosted & produced by Nicole J. Georges, with assistance from Ponyo Georges. Our Executive Producer is Chris Sutton, and our editor is Shanna Polley.

You an support the podcast by joining Patreon as an Honorary Sagittarius, Ponyo's Friend Club Member or above. Patreon.com/nicolejgeorges

Thank you for your support. 

 

 

Episode 284- SOLOMON J. BRAGER : Advice, ice cream, graphic history & memoir, academia, and MORE

Ep 284: Solomon J. Brager!  

We are over the moon to welcome graphic novelist Solomon Brager to the podcast to discuss their new book, Heavyweight, AND complain about ice cream, talk graphic memoir, history, confronting zi**ism, and give advice on friends, leaving academia, tortoise food and MORE.

 

Solomon J.  Brager is a writer, teacher, and artist. They are currently a Jerome Hill Artists Fellow, a member of the Pinko magazine editorial collective and the director of community engagement at Jewish Currents magazine.

Sol joined me from their home in New York to discuss their new book, Heavyweight- a family story of holocaust, empire, and memory.

 

Like the show? Become an Honorary Sagittarian at patreon.com/nicolejgeorges . 

Need advice? Call 971-361-9998 and leave a message! 

 

Time stamps:

Beginning: The bummers of avocado food politics

3:40 Talking Heavyweight: getting fired for being anti-zionist

7:10 Less-effective political strategies

9:35 "You need to train your body out of being afraid of people who disagree with you. That's not a feeling you can trust." 

9:50 The family history behind the book

13:05 Graphic Novel process: Hand-lettering, traditional vs. digital drawing & more

20 Choices between what parts of the story were visual vs text

28:24 The joy of filling in backgrounds with black paint

29- book cover talk

ADVICE:

34:16 - How do I talk to my zi**ist friends about what’s going on?

38:25- Should I leave academia? Is there life after academia? Is it even possible?

FOOD: 

43:35 Bemoaning the changes at Van Leeuwen ice cream

47:55 Advice: How do I differentiate the tortoise’s food from my own? 

Bonus cucumber recipe

 

 

Episode 283- MICHELLE TEA & KATY DAVIDSON! Acaì bowls, advice on writing, boundaries, tattoos and MORE

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We are over the moon to have MICHELLE TEA back in the Sagittarian Matters Social Distancing Studio in honor of her new anthology, SLUTS- the inaugural book of Dopamine Press. Michelle Tea joined us to give  listeners advice on writing, boundaries, people pleasing, tattoo remorse, and more! 

But first, in an Unsolicited Vegan Food Review, Katy Davidson tries Acai for the first time and is very surprised. 

 

Go learn more about Sluts and all upcoming books and events at dopaminepress.org. 

Go listen & buy Katy's new album, Human Futures, here. 

 

You can listen episodes early and support Sagittarian Matters by becoming an Honorary Sagittarius on Patreon. Patreon.com/nicolejgeorges

This week on Patreon, we have a bonus video episode with Michelle Tea, where Nicole recounts the Perfect Wife docu-series, we talk shrimping, prudishness, and more. 

 

Today's episode produced and hosted by Nicole J. Georges, with Executive Produced by Chris Sutton, with editor Shanna Polley, field producer Ponyo Georges, and intern Gigi Peloso. 

 

Episode 282- CHRIS VARGAS! Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects, Golden Girls Live, and snorkeling misadventures

 

We are over the moon to welcome Capricorn CHRIS VARGAS back to the show to discuss his new book, Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects.

But first! We do some live reporting from a Golden Girls show in Hollywood, where Chris & I were treated to room-temperature coke, hateful theater patrons and top notch impersonations.

 

Bonus: Chris discusses a Florida snorkel boat trip

 

Chris Vargas is also a Guggenheim-award winning artist, filmmaker, professor, and the founder of MOTHA, the Museum of Transgender Hirstory and Art.

Chris and his collaborators  have just released a giant, beautiful book, Trans Hirstory in 99 objects. A compelling exploration of trans art, activism, and resistance.

 

In this episode we discuss Angela Douglas, Assunta Femia, Pippa Garner, Catholics regendering indigenous people of California, the Tootsie film genre, A Hormonal Fog AND MORE.

 

Get Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects by Chris Vargas, Christina Linden & David Evan Frantz now! Wherever you get your books.

 

Episode 281-Remembering TRINA ROBBINS. Plus Lee Marrs & Mary Wings

Today on the podcast, we are remembering beloved friend to the show Trina Robbins, who passed away April 10th, 2024 at age 85. 

 

We are rebroadcasting a solo interview from 2016 (before the rotting pumpkin took office), and a live interview Nicole did in 2017 with Trina, Lee Marrs and Mary Wings at Root Division in San Francisco.

 

Enjoy. 

Episode #280-CHICKEN RESCUE! with Cathy de la Cruz. Plus Unsolicited Vegan Food Reviews, pod drama, NEW GLASSES and more.

We are over the moon to have known Sagittarius Cathy de la Cruz join us to discuss a CHICKEN RESCUE on the streets of Brooklyn. 

PLUS! Dawn defends her honor, reviews something called Giggles, 

Morgan & Dawn review CAROB MOLASSES together, Nicole tries it, and talks about getting NEW GLASSES, and MORE. 

 

Tune in!

Episode #279-VEGAN FOOD REVIEWS & Celery Help with Morgan. Plus! Dawn Riddle

Today on Sagittarian matters! We’re over the moon to welcome Morgan back to the show to  talk about Cafix, CELERY, Trader Joes Vegan Fish, TJ's Bird Nest, signs of aging, the smell of trader joes, Alfred Coffee, Outstanding Cheeseballs, Lagusta's cheese powder, Lagusta's turtles, Molasses cookies, Moku mushroom jerky and SO MUCH MORE. 

 

PLUS! An unsolicited food review from Dawn Riddle, with special guest Megan DIneen. 

Episode #278-VEGAN FOOD REVIEWS, NEW BOOK, TORTOISE DRAMA and more. With DAWN RIDDLE, MORGAN, ALEC LONGSTRETH, TORRENCE & LUCA J. DAVIS!

We are on a summer break & will come back at some point in the fall with an actual season of the show!\

But in the meantime, 

We are over the moon today to bring you Tortoise Drama, Diary Comics, Unsolicited Vegan Vacation Food Reviews, Big news, where to find AJLT recaps and MORE. 

You can find Nicole's new book here: https://www.phasesevencomics.com/phase8/dogs-breakfast/

Get her 2024 calendar here: nicolejgeorges.com/shop

Find an unlocked And Just Like That finale recap bonus episode with Bran Taylor at patreon.com/nicolejgeorges

And find Nicole live in person at SPX Small Press Expo, Cartoon Crossroads in Columbus, and Short Run Comics Fest in Seattle. 

Featured on today's show, 

Roving reporters Dawn, Luca, Morgan & Torrence bring us unsolicited vegan food reviews from Spain, Tucson, & Denver. 

Dawn Riddle is a multidisciplinary artist from Portland, Oregon. She is a brilliant painter, weaver, photographer, musician, playwright, videographer and so much more. 

Luca J. Davis is a writer, web designer and long distance hiker. You will notice their review is in two parts, because it was  originally sent to me as a video text, which you can see on our instagram page, but  after hearing just the names of BEAUTIFUL tahini drink & breakfast items from Houlden’s Rise Above, I demanded more details. Which Luca sent. Via memo. 

Morgan is a baker and seed lover, and Torrence is a cat lover who was once my  very excellent roommate. 

Alec Longstreth is an award winning cartoonist. He also works as a freelance illustrator, animator, digital colorist, and comics educator.

He works at the Center for Cartoon Studies, just did all the images and some animations for Weezer’s summer tour, and is the author of Basewood 

And the all ages comic Isle of Elsi. He runs Phase 8 publishing, and you can get my NEW BOOK by going to his website. 

Phasesevencomics.com. You’ll see the phase 8 logo in the top right, click on it, and be taken to a print AND digital download link that directly benefits me!

Find Alec's comics at phasesevencomics.com.

The audio portion of this episode with Alec was originally recorded and edited by Alec for his Patreon page! Find him here: 

https://www.patreon.com/longstreth/posts

BETH PICKENS: Live Advice on Dating, Revenge, Asking, Volunteering, New project announcements and MORE.

BETH PICKENS: Live Advice on Dating, Revenge, Asking, Volunteering, New project announcements and MORE. 

 

We are over the moon to welcome noted Capricorn BETH PICKENS back to the show to give 

Advice on Revenge, Dating,  Asking for things,  Working for free, Having a life,  a new press, two new classes AND MORE. 

 

Beth Pickens is the author of the books Your Art Will Save Your Life and Make Your Art No Matter What.

 

Today's episode was guest edited & produced by our theme song composer, Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs. Thank you Carolyn! 

 

 

You can find Beth & join her homework club RIGHT NOW at bethpickens.com .

 

You can find Dopamine Press, Beth Pickens, and Nicole all on  on instagram RIGHT NOW! https://www.instagram.com/dopaminebooksla/