Sagittarian Matters

We are over the moon today to talk to you about Nicole's favorite New York foods, turning to decaf, getting a really gross matcha, Dawn inviting us over for dinner and having a calamity, Astronaut Ice Cream, Coalinga Coffee, Unwelcoming while still being a good neighbor, and MORE. Tune in! 

We are over the moon today to bring you UNSOLICITED VEGAN FOOD REVIEWS of ants, wind, a blueberry woman's personality, Nicole's farmer's market outfit, blueberries, Beyond Jerkey, Sesame Milk, Not-Burgers, Tofurkey Sandwiches, Cauliflower Tahini Prune ICE CREAM and more.  Tune in! 

MICHELLE TEA!!! Advice on publishing, exes, ethics, copycats & more.      We are over the moon to welcome back very special guest MICHELLE TEA, to dole out advice on publishing, weathering copycats, bad exes, bad dreams, writing ethics, writing practices, and more.    Go see me & Michelle LIVE, August 6th at Powells City of Books in Portland, Oregon, where we will be talking about her new book, Knocking Myself Up.        Michelle Tea is the author of over a dozen books, including  Valencia, Against Memoir, and Black Wave.  She is also the co-creator of Sister Spit and Drag Queen Story Hour.    Michelle’s new book: Knocking Myself Up, is out now.    DAWN RIDDLE is our roving unsolicited vegan food reviewer. She is also a wonderful artist! Today she brings us GF Snyders of Hanover pretzel rods.  find her here: Dawnriddle.com   

We are over the moon today to have honored Capricorn BETH PICKENS on the show to dole out advice on accepting opportunities and making time for your art practice. PLUS we answer a couple vintage advice questions about problematic friends and how to accept your character assets that have gone out of wack.    PLUS beverage reviews from DAWN RIDDLE & friends, and Nicole tells you how she got the novel CORONAVIRUS 19.  TUNE IN!   Beth Pickens is the author of the books Your Art Will Save Your Life and Make Your Art No Matter What. Beth is an arts consultant, a CAPRICORN, and an esteemed friend to the show.  You can join her homework club RIGHT NOW at bethpickens.com .

We are over the moon today to welcome friend to the show morgan back to the show, PLUS unsolicited vegan prune review from dawn riddle!    We talk about  Spanish prunes  Trader Joe’s Cashew Ravioli  Miyokos pourable pizza cheese  Vegan smoked salmon  Chickpea tofu  Strawberry prices  Snacklins New Farm Cookbook  Middle aged Hummingbird feeder tips and more 

Dramatic Facebook comment-reading, the plague of the scrub jay, and Christian damage!    We are over the moon to welcome artist Jessica Campbell to the show this week!   Jessica Campbell is an interdisciplinary artist originally from Nanaimo, British Columbia. She is the author of three graphic novels, including Rave, out now with  Drawn & Quarterly. Her work has been exhibited at museums and galleries throughout North America.

We are over the moon to have cartoonist Emily Carrington on the show today. Her debut graphic memoir, Our Little Secret, is out now with Drawn and Quarterly.     Our Little Secret is a testament to survival and to the importance of telling your story your way    Tune in to hear about comics, writing, healing, and how to support survivors of childhood abuse in your life.    Content warning, we are going to discuss abuse and particularly childhood sexual abuse.   Now please enjoy my talk with graphic memoirist, Emily Carrington

We are over the moon to have Lagusta Yearwood back on the podcast! We talk about the latest Netflix swindler show, the raw movement of the early 2000s, RAW by Juliano, and more! PLUS! An Unsolicited vegan food review by DAWN RIDDLE, Nicole steps into her country hearth destiny, and MORE. Tune in!

Today on Sagittarian Matters- we talk about Money. We’re healing your finances, leaving  shame and scarcity in the dust and answering your advice questions with Jessie Susannah Karnatz, in honor of her new book, MONEY MAGIC. Tune in.    Jessie Susannah Karnatz (aka the Money Witch) is a financial coach and the founder of Money Witch, a company that uses practical financial tools and empowering rituals to help clients achieve their financial goals. She is based in San Francisco, California.  

We are over the moon to welcome formerly Anonymous Butch Zari Esaian back to the show to answer your advice questions about boundaries, dating, moving, and more.    We ALSO have the true pleasure of an Unsolicited Vegan Food Review from Dawn Riddle and honored Friend to the Show Morgan. PLUS! Kaia Wilson joins us for a review of a bad bad brunch place.    Tune in. 

We are over the moon this week to welcome musician and vegan connoisseur ROMY to talk with us about all her favorite vegan foods at home and abroad.  We talk about Dr. Bronners Chocolate, Bonsoi Soy Milk, Bé Ù, salt & pepper tofu, and MORE. PLUS! Excerpts of new music by Romy & her band, Agender.    Plus! Nicole opens up the show talking about moving to Tujunga, and Ponyo’s new life as a punk in a coyote vest.    Tune In. 

We are over the moon to welcome back friend to the show, MORGAN to taste test PRUNE LATTES today, as suggested by listener Paula Simon on instagram. But first! Nicole gives a round up on where she's been, we hear some coyotes freaking out, and we get some more UNSOLICITED VEGAN FOOD REVIEWS. Plus! Oh Happy Days Cafe in Altadena California. A restaurant/store harkening back to vegan days of yore.  TUNE IN! 

We are over the MOON today to have esteemed Capricorn BETH PICKENS join us for a very special Beth's Birthday edition of the show.    She gave us advice about breakups, burnout, Changing your relationship with Money, artist statements, making friends and MORE.     Beth Pickens is the author of the books Your Art Will Save Your Life and Make Your Art No Matter What. Find Beth, her books & Homework club on instagram @bethpickensconsulting or at bethpickens.com.

Happy New Year!  We are over the moon this week to welcome friend to show Amanda Verwey on to talk about the time she tried to pick up Paula Poundstone.  We also have vegan food reviews of chips, poetry, beverages and MORE with DAWN RIDDLE, MARISSA PATERNOSTER, MEGHAN DINEEN and SARAH DAEGLING.    Tune in.    Amanda Verwey is an illustrator, writer and artist from Los Angeles California. Amanda is the mastermind behind the instagram account chihuahua digest (@chihuahua_digest) you can find her actual life's work online at amandaverwey.com.  

We are over the moon to welcome award-winning graphic novelist BISHAKH SOM to the podcast today!    Bishakh is the author of Apsara Engine & Spellbound. She was an  architect , who changed her life completely and dedicated herself to comics in New York City in her 40s.   Bishak’s short story collection,  Apsara Engine, won the LA Times Book prize for graphic literature.    Her work explores themes of gender, sexuality, memory and urbanism, among other things.    Her website states: On a formal level, some of my pieces conflate the tools of architectural representation with those of sequential narrative in order to question these very methods and offer new means of representing space, time and the role of the body in both simultaneously.   Bishakh joined me through the magic of the internet to talk about her books, food, trans cartography, world-building, comics tools, advice  and MORE. 

We are over the moon this week to unite seasoned guests to the show MORGAN & BRAN TAYLOR. Bran turns the tables & asks US vegan advice (reviews, protein, meal prep), plus they give some advice to a listener who just came out!  We are also #blessed to have Portland Correspondent DAWN RIDDLE offer a review of Adult Parkour Lessons from the field.  FOODS DISCUSSED: Vtopia Brie, Sproud Milk, Sunflower Drive-in, True Nutrition.com, Dandies marshmallows, Soy nog & the British Bake Off!!!! 

We are over the moon to welcome back Kaia Wilson (Dogspeed Training) and Bran Taylor (Magic Hour) for a special all-advice episode of the podcast.  This episode originally aired on Xray FM as a special pledge-drive edition!   You can listen to Producer Chris Sutton's show Record Lections as DJ Hell Books every Tuesday night from 10-11 p.m.    Find Kaia at dogspeed.dog Find Bran at magichourastrology.com and find all things Nicole & Sagittarian Matters at  @nicolejgeorges on instagram, & @sagittarianmatters.   

Today on sagittarian matters, Nicole talks reports back after reading the entirety of the internet, re: Bad Art Friend. THEN! BETH PICKENS joins us to answer your advice questions about comparing, despairing and the intersection of jealous and class rage/institutional oppression. THEN! Unsolicited Vegan Food reviews with Will Betke Brunswick, Eduardo, and Michelle Tea. TUNE IN!

We are over the moon this week to welcome Kaia Wilson & MORGAN to the show to give advice on travel routines and vegan health. We also get angry over ice cream, taste Kind brand ice cream, crack into a skull from Lagusta’s Luscious AND hear an unsolicited vegan food review for AvocaJOE from friend to the show Dawn Riddle.  Tune in!     Today’s episode brought to you by Josephine McRobbie, Emily Helmus, Maria Turner-Carney , Laura Perry Shoshanna Ruth Wechter, and JOEY SOLOWAY!!!     It is also brought to you by  Lagusta’s Luscious’ chocolates: organic, fair-trade, always vegan caramels,  bonbons, bars, and more made for you in New Paltz, NY with passion and politics.    Use the code “sagittarian” for 10% off your order at lagustasluscious.com   

Listeners, today is a very special vegan food episode.    A show time ago, frequent contributor to the show Morgan and I were invited over to Bad Boy’s Diner for a 5 course meal made up of entirely original recipes.    Bad Boys’ Diner is a free dining experience created by Portland artist, musician and playwright Dawn Riddle.    If listening to a podcast is like hanging out with the host, then this episode will be like a dinner party with friends.  I invite you to a backyard  at the end of the summer, with Producer Ponyo, friend to the show Morgan, and Dawn Riddle.   We will talk about the sourest sourdough focaccia, hardcore music from my past that does not hold up, making the best out food fails, microwaved  a mild tahini milkshake recipe and MORE!    If you would like to see some of Dawn’s culinary creations , go to @badboysdiner on instagram.    Now, on with the show.  Dine with us, won’t you?