Joan Risch was a wife and mother of two children living in the historic Boston suburb of Lincoln, Massachusetts when she mysteriously disappeared late on the afternoon of October 24, 1961. Some friends and I discuss the case and our thoughts on what may have happened to Joan.

Yuri Cataldo is an entrepreneur and author, who combines the mindsets of an artist and a technologist. Hi latest book is Be Left Behind, Discover bitcoin and cryptocurrency before it’s too late. We spoke about all kinds of things including - how to get things done and figuring out what needs to get done. This guy was so interesting and fun to speak with.

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Kay Martinovich is a director in the theatre - which is by its very nature, a collaborative art. Even a one-man show on stage requires all sorts of creative connections, coordinations, and interactions to be successful.

My mind was opened by today's conversation and I hope yours will be too.

Ricky discusses his upcoming show at the Center on Halstead, MOMENT and the companion art book. He is joined by fellow artist Frederick Nitsch.

This episode’s guest makes his artistic living using a tool we all have and use every day. He uses his speaking voice. I am very pleased to present my conversation with voiceover artist Joe Bianco.

Karen Perl and William Dolan are both Chicago artists with much in common. We speak about the wonderful city we live in, it’s architecture and ghosts from the past. Karen and Bill are having a two-person art exhibit at Hofheimer Gallery in March.

The Lucky Trikes is a Chicago based chamber band that performs story-times with live improvised and classical music and original songs for young children.

The Lucky Bikes is a modern chamber ensemble featuring songs and compositions dirty enough for the bars yet classy enough for the concert halls.

Today’s guest is involved in both of these bands as well as lots of other unique and interesting musical things. His name is Kyle Gregory Price and I really enjoyed getting to know him, exploring his work and his mind a bit.

Jason bender is a martial arts guy and fitness trainer at my gym. I would see him all the time - working out with clients in the martial art studio and on social media. I always liked what saw; his energy and his spirit. Even though we had never met, I asked him to be a guest on Eager to Know.

I am glad we hung out and talked. I think Jason is awesome I am happy to share my conversation with him.

I was super excited to meet with this episode’s guest as he has intimate involvement with a subject I don’t know much about, music. Paul Hamilton is a musician, composer, and teacher. I thought we were going to discuss the creative process of putting musical notes on paper and all about this foreign language of musical composition. As these things happen, our conversation did not go as planned and instead I got to know a lot about Paul and his relationship with sound. Sound is an interface for many connections in his world; I am excited to share my conversation artist Paul Hamilton as we discuss, the spirit of sound.

Fresh Lens Chicago is a non-profit that teaches digital photography skills to Chicago youth. I spoke with its leaders, Shirley and Denise. While concepts like aperture, shutter speed and ISO are certainly covered in the program, I learned that other skills are really being taught. Skills such as teamwork, and persistence.

Shirley and Denise have unique backgrounds that lead them right into this experience of running Fresh Lens Chicago.

One year ago, Marc Benja ditched the corporate world after 25 years. He is now experiencing a new world as an artist. I enjoyed getting to know him and appreciate both his honesty and positive outlook.

I recorded my conversations with artist Michael Noland at his spacious and bright studio in Woodstock IL. He is also an avid art collector and I was able to tour his home which full of what he considers excellence in art. Much of this collected art could be seen as folk art, outsider art, unstrained art of self-taught. It was a varied and interesting collection.

As these things happen, I didn’t know Michael when I started our talk so I didn’t know what to expect. I quickly realized I just needed to get out of the way and let his spirit just come through.

Oscar Joya is a Chicago-based artist. Born in Lilongwe Malawi, he was exposed to drawing a very, very early age. An eventual move to the United States stimulated and fueled his artistic activity. He went to an arts magnet high school, and studied art in college, focusing on the human form. For certain, he has learned to rules of painting and drawing.

Oscar’s story and his work are wonderful example of learning the tools and using these to move things forward. His paintings are anchored in the foundations of portraiture, but he has extended this in a style that is unique and reflects his past, his experiences, and his values.

He has learned the rules and then made it his own.

Chavonne Hodges has identified just a few top priorities, a few things she values above other things. She has gathered a lot of experience through the challenges life serves us all and has decided, moving forward, what gets the most time and attention, and what falls away. The results are inspiring and impressive.

Life is a continual series of choices. Every day we are presented with options of what to do with our bodies, our voices and most importantly our thoughts and beliefs. These daily choices all add up and create the results in our lives: the projects we work on, the goals we achieve and the people we connect with. I always find it inspiring when someone’s choices, transform a no so great life experience, into something positive and helpful to our world.

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Lori Felker is a filmmaker, teacher, and artist. I don’t know much about the film making process and I am very curious about it. I love movies and documentaries but It always seems very like it would be very complicated to create something in this media. Film uses so many different forms of art together: sound, imagery, composition, voice… Lori was nice enough to come on Eager To Know and talk with me. I am very glad she did.

Mark Toland is an international award-winning mind reader. We spoke about how he got into such a unique and interesting career. I personally am fascinated with magic, mind reading and all that stuff, so I was thrilled to be able to hang out with him and get to know him better.

I met Pete Barker at the record store right around the corner from my home where he works. He shared with me the music that he writes and we spoke about his relationship to this music. He mentioned his experience with mental illness and how that related to creativity. I thought a discussion about this could be very helpful to people and he agreed to be a guest on Eager To Know.

Pete’s experience with depression, anxiety and OCD has had an impact on living his life and his creative journey. He shared that he found that music was a way to refocus all of the hard work his mind was actively doing. I was curious about his story and I am very grateful that he sat down with me to talk about it.

Many of the guests I have had on Eager to Know are people well established in their creative careers. Often times we talk about what it was like when they started out , the challenges, and how they got things moving. I decided to speak with people who are currently in the early stages of a creative journey. I wanted to speak to them about what they currently experiencing today. My guest on this this episode are an Actor and a painter, who are starting out.

For this episode I brought back two of the very first guests I had on my then yet to be launched podcast. Alex Wolking and Paul Shultz join me to talk about many of the concepts that have kept showing up on the past 25 episodes of Eager to Know.