Artists w/ EM
A podcast to get down to basics with every type of Artist.
Definition of "artist" for this show is anyone who creates or shares an experience or creative product. We discuss intersectionality, queer topics, mental health, and the process of creating. Guests range from clowns, filmmakers, musicians, writers, etc.
Hosted by Em Persico who is a clown, singer-songwriter, and filmmaker. They use (they/them) pronouns, they are non-binary, and identify under the queer unbrella. Please enjoy!
Mental Health
Arts
Hobbies
Health & Fitness
Self-Improvement
Success
Crafts
Performing Arts
Education
Community
Learning
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 72 minutes
- Episodes
- 68
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Tad Yagi
Our guest from the beginning of 2022, Tad Yagi (he/him) is an actor, sketch artist, clown, musician, songwriter, and drawing enthusiast. We discuss multicultural identity and how people of color are …
01:21:46 |
Tue 10 Jun 2025
Christopher Pedraza
Our guest from the beginning of 2022, Christopher Pedraza (he/him) is a musician, drummer, actor, and analog photographer. We discuss social anxiety, growing up with music, and the creative process o…
01:05:50 |
Sat 13 Jul 2024
Ai Yoshihara
Our guest from the beggining of 2022, Ai Yoshihara (she/her) is a standup comedian and actor. We discuss what it's like to be an asian immigrant in America and a female comedian in a white male domin…
00:56:45 |
Fri 12 Jul 2024
Karin Nord
Our guest from the begining of 2022, Karin Nord (she/they) is a stand-up comedian, clown, and all around performer. We discuss being vulnerable on stage, career life balance, and the othering of medi…
00:53:50 |
Thu 11 Jul 2024
Jen Buhrow
Our guest from the end of 2021, Jen Buhrow (she/her) is an actor, singer, corporate presenter, and mime enthusiast. We discuss the process if taking countless zoom classes in clown, mime, circus skil…
00:52:56 |
Mon 07 Aug 2023
Erik Engman
Our guest from the end of 2021, Erik Engman (he/him) is an improviser, theater writer director, magic enthusiast, and clown. We discuss his journey with the arts, raising children, and finding his wa…
00:54:16 |
Sat 15 Jul 2023
Lizzy McGroder
Our guest from the end of 2021, Lizzy McGroder (she/her) is a comedian, improviser, model, and clown. We discuss what it's like to be a comedian with pretty privilege, being sexualized in the industr…
01:14:47 |
Wed 12 Jul 2023
Anthony Hand
Today our guest is Anthony Hand(he/him). A Michigan Native, software designer, creator, producer, comic book and drag enthusiast. We discuss the need for more positive queer media content, LGBTQ+ iss…
01:01:59 |
Fri 03 Jun 2022
Halei Parker
Today our guest is Halei Parker (she/her). A Houston Texas native, University of North Texas & University of California, San Diego alumna, clown, chalk artist, teacher, visual storyteller, and costum…
01:05:51 |
Wed 11 May 2022
Eleanor Abelson
Today our guest is Eleanor Abelson (she/her/they). A Tennessee Native, Rhode Island School of Design Alumna, artist, model, and actor. We discuss queer representation in the media, the importance of …
01:16:26 |
Fri 29 Apr 2022
Mi Kwan Lock
Today our guest is Mi Kwan Lock (she/her). Born in East France, raised in Madagascar, a write, director, acting coach, and actor. We discuss casting in the United States verses France for a person of…
00:46:18 |
Thu 28 Apr 2022
Dal Walton
Today our guest is Dal Walton (he/him). A Florida native, Rollins College Alumnus, narrative improvisor, writer, live performer, and clown. We discuss performance anxiety, representation, and using h…
01:17:12 |
Tue 26 Apr 2022
Julie Perkins
Today our guest is Julie Perkins (she/her). A Massachusetts Native, Salem State University Alumna, actor, standup comedian, and clown. We discuss representation in the media, finding clown later in l…
01:00:16 |
Mon 25 Apr 2022
Nicholas Polk
Today our guest is Nicholas Polk, a Northeastern University Alumnus, a comedic performer, a sketch comic, standup comedian, mime, writer, and clown. We discuss LGBTQ+ and POC representation in the me…
01:05:16 |
Sat 02 Apr 2022
Eric "GONCH" Goncharenko
Today our guest is Eric Goncharenko. A Montebello California Native, UCLA Alumnus, Business Affairs at 20th Century Studios/Disney, comedic performer, dancer, Improviser, standup comic, and craftsman…
01:02:42 |
Mon 14 Mar 2022
Season 2 Roundtable
Today we have guests from Season 1 and 2 and we are celebrating finishing Season 1 and kickstarting Season 2! We chat about our existence as artists. Here are the questions that we discuss: What does…
01:35:05 |
Mon 31 Jan 2022
Lucy LaForge
This is the last episode of Season 1! Today our guest is Lucy LaForge. A Riverside Native, writer, musician, singer-songwriter, bi icon, and performer. We discuss queer issues, cyber bullying, perfor…
00:56:35 |
Tue 28 Dec 2021
Deenah Vollmer
Today our guest is Deenah Vollmer. An LA Native, NYU and Columbia alumna, comedic performer, writer, poet, and clown. We discuss how she started a poetry club at UC Santa Cruz, her experience in the …
00:34:09 |
Mon 27 Dec 2021
MANUS
Today our guest is Manus Dunbar. A Vermont Native, musician, vintage enthusiast, singer, Spiderman fan, and rapper. We discuss representation in the media, the treatment of multiracial people, and wo…
01:00:41 |
Tue 14 Dec 2021
Marilyn Mineo
Today our guest is Marilyn Mineo. A Queens New York Native, theater actor, comedic performer, Improvisor, storyteller, character actor, and clown. We discuss character development, body image, and re…
01:09:45 |
Tue 07 Dec 2021
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