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Oct 5, 2026

Today we sit down with master woodcarver and former Disney Imagineering artist Ray Kinman, whose nearly 50-year career started when he bluffed his way into carving a restaurant sign with borrowed money, no tools, and zero experience. Kinman describes feeling “untalented,” getting sparked by one supportive...


Sep 21, 2026

Welcome folks as we sit down to chat with illustrator-author Luke Flowers, who’s illustrated more than 60 children’s books, including the million-selling Moby Shinobi series, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers, and storybook adaptations of The Muppet Christmas Carol and Jim...


Sep 7, 2026

We welcome the legendary lettering and graphic design artist Michael Doret, whose 5-decade

career includes work for Kiss, the New York Knicks, Disney/Pixar, and Time Magazine covers now

in the National Portrait Gallery. He talks about why he wrote Growing Up in Alphabet City,

published in late 2024, and his wanting to...


Aug 24, 2026

Welcome folks as we interview letterpress designer, printer, and educator Daniel Swartz, who returned to rural northern Indiana after a 2020 life upheaval, building a new practice in his late grandfather’s garage studio. Swartz describes growing up around creativity, studying art at Indiana Wesleyan, shifting...


Aug 14, 2026

Host Mike Rosado welcomes illustrator/designer/comic artist Nathaniel Long, a South Carolina-based creator from the Winston-Salem area whose early Spider-Man obsession and grandfather’s drawings sparked a lifelong pull toward hand-drawn craft. Long talks about choosing traditional tools for their tactile reality,...