Adam Rose is a dancer based in Chicago, and the Founder and Artistic Director of Antibody Corporation. Topics include the mind-body problem, fragmented adolescent theories, and spirituality.   Music by SJ Roberts: Find more at sjroberts.bandcamp.com.

Corey Smith, an artist and friend, joins me for an informal chat about his recent show The New Prairie School, the Midwest, the Neo-Futurists, objects, capital-P capital-A Performance Art, art galleries, and ambient fish.   Music by SJ Roberts: Find more at sjroberts.bandcamp.com

Erica Mott tells me about overcoming deep fear through joy and surprise, making new objects out of trash, learning from every voice, and the magical elements of presence.   Music by SJ Roberts: Find more at sjroberts.bandcamp.com

Don Share is the editor of Poetry Magazine, the longest-running monthly English language periodical dedicated to poetry. We talk about the idealism of poetry, poetry's durability and portability, editing with a legacy, and the joy of literary magazines.   Music by SJ Roberts. Find more at sjroberts.bandcamp.com.

Cut from a recording that's being saved for a future project, here's a quick conversation between Christopher Knowlton and I about puppetry and object performance.   Music by SJ Roberts: Find more at sjroberts.bandcamp.com

Lee Mikeska Gardner is the Artistic Director of the Nora Theatre Company in Cambridge, MA. We talk about the differences in Boston and D.C.'s arts scenes, collaborating with scientists, honesty in practice, and how to put the work first.   Music by SJ Roberts: Find more at sjroberts.bandcamp.com.

This week, Meghan Beals, the Artistic Director of Chicago Dramatists, tells me about working with a legacy, being just a part of a process, building the new American canon, and that it's okay not to know.   Music by SJ Roberts: Find more at sjroberts.bandcamp.com

Some Small Magic is back for Season 3! For this season, we're focusing on the "Breadth of New Work," so we're kicking it off with Liz Anderson, a Chicago-based writer and comedian who creates one-of-a-kind theatrical events. Topics include how Liz makes the One Woman No Show, the showmanship of wrestling, and, of course, yelling at ghosts.   Music by SJ Roberts: Find more at sjroberts.bandcamp.com. 

Closing out the 2nd season of Some Small Magic, Walkabout Theater Company's Thom Pasculli and I talk about vitality, making a way to make theatre, learning to touch your toes, the obligation in ritual, and investing in our imaginations.   Music by SJ Roberts: Find more at sjroberts.bandcamp.com.   There won't be a bonus episode between Season 2 and Season 3, so the next episode will be out in 4 weeks instead of 2 on 10/11/17. Thanks for listening!

Vanessa Valliere - a Chicago-based performer with Manual Cinema and Mucca Pazza who toured with Tour de Fat, and now takes her puppet shows around the country - tells me about the pain of creating, swing dancing in Japan, finding one's place in the ensemble, and trying not to eat your puppets.   Music by S.J. Roberts: Find more at sjroberts.bandcamp.com