The Short Fuse Podcast

We have our first married couple on the show to talk video games, micro-transactions, and fear and loathing at PAX East. Local burgeoning writer, and newcomer to The Arts Fuse critics circle, Michael…

Don't forget to support The Arts Fuse during our winter appeal! Only a few more days left to donate and every dollar helps.

We've been ballin' on a budget for almost 12 years and don't want to stop n…

The boys are joined once again by Arts Fuse editor-in-chief Bill Marx, who opines on the continued demise of Boston fringe theater, most recently embodied by the loss of a home for the Gold Dust Orph…

The Arts Fuse welcomes a new character to their extended universe. Deanna Marie Costa, Arts Fuse critic and editor, joins Matt and Lucas to discuss a range of topics related to art, politics, and pro…

If you thought the work of a critic was glamorous, Matt and Lucas prove you wrong. On this episode the boys tackle some of the behind the scenes stuff of writing reviews, particularly book reviews. T…

Lucas is all alone at the start of this one. He messed up the audio for out latest episode and put this together so you wouldn't have to go without that sweet, sweet content.

He highlights a few piec…

We are overwhelmed with gratitude that we were able to spend this episode with Pulitzer prize winning critic, poet, and teacher Lloyd Schwartz. We talk about his life, his poetry, his teaching, and t…

On this episode Lucas and Matt once again bang their heads against the walls of some of art's big questions. First, Lucas schools Matt on Paul Verhoeven and why he's still important. Then the boys re…

After nearly twenty years on the fringe, Boston’s Zeitgeist Stage Company is shutting its doors with its production of Jacques Lamarre’s Trigger Warning at the Boston Center for the Arts, April 12 th…

A sickly Lucas Spiro is joined once more by Matt Hanson to give you a review of the year that was. And what a dumb year it's been. Not for The Fuse, though!

You'll have to forgive Lucas for, in addit…

Matt and Lucas talk with Arts Fuse critic Steve Provizer about one of our favorite subjects: just what is a critic for?

We base our discussion on the new Coen brothers film The Ballad of Buster Scrug…

Give thanks, the Fuse is back with another podcast!

In this episode, Lucas and Matt review some of the recent pieces that have gone up on the Arts Fuse about theater, music, and more. A review of the…

We get political AF on this one, folks. This is the AF podcast, after all. Bill Marx rejoins the crew for an in depth discussion of the Eleanor Burgess play "The Niceties" that just finished up its r…

We've made it to episode 2! And boy do we have a good one.

We are eternally grateful to Matt Christman (@cushbomb) from Chapo Trap House who humbled himself to talk with us about the new book The Cha…

Welcome to the first episode of the Arts Fuse Podcast. The Arts Fuse is Boston's premier arts and culture magazine. In this episode, your hosts Lucas and Matt learn how to talk, take a deep dive into…