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Sagittarian MattersEpisode 294 QUEER ULTIMATUM & AND JUST LIKE THAT s3e7 with JOAN LUBINToday on Sagittarian Matters we are completing our Ultimatum Queer Love s2 coverage by talking with reality dating competition show enthusiast and expert, Joan Lubin. In the second part of the show, we recapped season 3 episode 7 of And Just Like That, the episode where everyone (except the known Broadway stars) sang karaoke, The Woman shared a drink with Duncan, and then got wildly hostile when Miranda acknowledged reality.
You can hear us recapping the entire season of AJLT Patreon.com/nicolejgeorges.
If you become an Honorary Sagittarian or above you’ll have...2025-07-161h 40Sagittarian MattersEpisode 293 QUEER ULTIMATUM Finale with Karen Tongson, Poulomi Saha & Greta LaFleurWe are over the moon to present you with the finale of our 3-part Queer Ultimatum crossover coverage with Nicole's other podcast, The Gaymazing Race.
In this episode, titled MAGAN MOANS SADLY, Nicole and Karen Tongson are joined by professors Poulomi Saha and Greta LaFleur to discuss the Ultimatum Queer Love REUNION and provide final thoughts and commentary on this season.
Please join us as we discuss the fate of Nicole's trial wife, what counts as queer sex anyway, and what part of the reunion felt like "a paid promotion by heterosexuality".
Stay tun...2025-07-141h 11Sagittarian MattersEpisode 292 QUEER ULTIMATUM s2 Overview with Karen Tongson, Dani Wassell, and Amanda Faye JiminezWe are over the moon to present our 2nd of 3 Queer Ultimatum crossover episodes with The Gaymazing Race.
Creator of the Ultimatum Fantasy League Dani Wassel, and raconteur, writer and performer Amanda-Faye Jimenez join Karen Tongson and Nicole to process everything from "The Choice" to "Ultimatum Day."
We discuss a range of topics from trial spouse criteria, to mommy issues, to sexual loopholes and "good old fashioned tribadism."
2025-07-091h 37Sagittarian MattersEpisode 291 QUEER ULTIMATUM s2 with Karen Tongson, Poulomi Saha, and Greta LaFleurWe are over the moon to present you with this crossover episode with Nicole's other podcast, The Gaymazing Race.
TGR returns with 3 special bonus episodes on season 2 of THE ULTIMATUM: QUEER LOVE. Karen and Nicole gather queer experts, friends of the pod and Ultimatum enthusiasts to join them in astute, if also sometimes raw and raunchy assessments of the couplings, uncouplings and potential throuplings of Netflix's messiest queer dating show. This week: Greta La Fleur and Poulomi Saha join us to introduce all the couples, haircuts, trial spouses and more leading up to "The Choice."
2025-07-011h 13Sagittarian MattersEpisode 289 TRAITORS finale & reunion recap with Beaux Lyles-LamotteWe are over the moon to welcome back birthday twin to the show BEAUX LYLES-LAMOTTE to discuss the finale, reunion, and episode 10 of TRAITORS.
Plus, Nicole's most recent and bizarre travel innovation.
Beaux Lyles-Lamotte is an honored sagittarius and the witch behind Magic Hour Candles. They love reality t.v. and have been offering their Housewife insights all season as we've recapped The Traitors US, Season 3.
You can find Beaux at magichourcandles.com
Listen to the end of the show for a special offer code for listeners to get 15% off t...2025-03-211h 09Sagittarian MattersEpisode 287- LOVE IS BLIND recap with Dr. Joan LubinWe are over the moon to welcome reality dating show enthusiast Dr. Joan Lubin to the Sagittarian Matters Social Distancing Studios to recap episodes 1-3 of Love Is Blind, season 8.
Join us, won't you, as we discuss attachment styles, straight men, and how Nicole would fare on this very show (spoiler: she'd do GREAT).
Find recaps of the rest of this season of Love Is Blind, plus bonus videos, Traitors, and early access episodes on Patreon! Patreon.com/nicolejgeorges
Thank you for your support.
Dr. Joan Lubin is a...2025-02-221h 45
Sagittarian MattersDEAN SPADE! Advice on Love, boundaries, liberation and MORE.We were over the moon to welcome Dean Spade to the Social Distancing Studios to give advice to listeners in honor of his book, Love In A Fucked Up World (available now).
Dean and I gave advice to listeners on love, despair, dating, distance, liberation, boundaries and MORE.
Dean Spade has been working to build queer and trans liberation based in racial and economic justice for the past two decades. He is a professor at the Seattle University School of Law, and the author of the books Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Cr...2025-01-161h 22
Sagittarian MattersEpisode 283- MICHELLE TEA & KATY DAVIDSON! Acaì bowls, advice on writing, boundaries, tattoos and MOREShow less
We are over the moon to have MICHELLE TEA back in the Sagittarian Matters Social Distancing Studio in honor of her new anthology, SLUTS- the inaugural book of Dopamine Press. Michelle Tea joined us to give listeners advice on writing, boundaries, people pleasing, tattoo remorse, and more!
But first, in an Unsolicited Vegan Food Review, Katy Davidson tries Acai for the first time and is very surprised.
Go learn more about Sluts and all upcoming books and events at dopaminepress.org.
Go listen & buy Katy's new album, Human...2024-07-0244 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode 281-Remembering TRINA ROBBINS. Plus Lee Marrs & Mary WingsToday on the podcast, we are remembering beloved friend to the show Trina Robbins, who passed away April 10th, 2024 at age 85.
We are rebroadcasting a solo interview from 2016 (before the rotting pumpkin took office), and a live interview Nicole did in 2017 with Trina, Lee Marrs and Mary Wings at Root Division in San Francisco.
Enjoy. 2024-04-231h 13
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #280-CHICKEN RESCUE! with Cathy de la Cruz. Plus Unsolicited Vegan Food Reviews, pod drama, NEW GLASSES and more.We are over the moon to have known Sagittarius Cathy de la Cruz join us to discuss a CHICKEN RESCUE on the streets of Brooklyn.
PLUS! Dawn defends her honor, reviews something called Giggles,
Morgan & Dawn review CAROB MOLASSES together, Nicole tries it, and talks about getting NEW GLASSES, and MORE.
Tune in!2024-03-0556 min
Shame Spiral"Accidentally Shaming Monica Lewinsky" w/ Nicole J. GeorgesThis week I spiraled out with writer, illustrator, podcaster & professor Nicole J. Georges! (Calling Dr. Laura) We talked shame and recovery from harmful family dynamics, making amends to yourself & others, the important of zines and yahoogroups for isolated young 90's queers, shoplifting, vegan betrayals, gossiping, gaslighting, writing memoir when you know your family won't be happy about it, and SO MUCH MORE. Plus, Nicole shared several incredible shame stories, including a true showstopper: a moment in which she may have accidentally shamed one of the best women of our time who we agreed deserves not a SINGLE iota o...2023-10-311h 06
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #278-VEGAN FOOD REVIEWS, NEW BOOK, TORTOISE DRAMA and more. With DAWN RIDDLE, MORGAN, ALEC LONGSTRETH, TORRENCE & LUCA J. DAVIS!We are on a summer break & will come back at some point in the fall with an actual season of the show!\
But in the meantime,
We are over the moon today to bring you Tortoise Drama, Diary Comics, Unsolicited Vegan Vacation Food Reviews, Big news, where to find AJLT recaps and MORE.
You can find Nicole's new book here: https://www.phasesevencomics.com/phase8/dogs-breakfast/
Get her 2024 calendar here: nicolejgeorges.com/shop
Find an unlocked And Just Like That finale recap bonus episode with Bran Taylor at patreon.com...2023-09-0259 minSagittarian MattersBETH PICKENS: Live Advice on Dating, Revenge, Asking, Volunteering, New project announcements and MORE.BETH PICKENS: Live Advice on Dating, Revenge, Asking, Volunteering, New project announcements and MORE.
We are over the moon to welcome noted Capricorn BETH PICKENS back to the show to give
Advice on Revenge, Dating, Asking for things, Working for free, Having a life, a new press, two new classes AND MORE.
Beth Pickens is the author of the books Your Art Will Save Your Life and Make Your Art No Matter What.
Today's episode was guest edited & produced by our theme song composer, Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs. Thank you Carolyn!
You can find Beth...2023-07-2046 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #276-LIL MISS HOT MESS & MICHELLE TEA talk DRAG STORY HOUR, queer joy, resistance, standing up to hatemongers and MORE. Plus tortoise drama. Tune in!We are over the moon to welcome Capricorn dream LIL MISS HOT MESS to the podcast to discuss her book If You’re a Drag Queen and You Know It, Drag Story Hour, queer drag pedagogy, standing up to fascists and MORE.
AND
Aquarius friend to the show MICHELLE TEA joins us to talk about the recent anti-queer violence at the Glendale School Board meeting, and how to show up, resist, and keep your queer joy.
Also- Nicole discusses the latest drama from her "friendly" tortoise Facebook group.
Lil Miss Hot Mess is t...2023-06-201h 14
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #275-KAREN TONGSON!!! ULTIMATUM QUEER LOVE Special Pride Crossover Episode.Today on a Super Special Pride Edition Crossover Episode, noted Virgo Karen Tongson of the Gaymazing Race & Waiting to X-hale joins me to talk about THE ULTIMATUM- QUEER LOVE. Stay tuned.
Karen Tongson is the author of Normporn: Television and the Spectacle of Normalcy (forthcoming 2023), Why Karen Carpenter Matters (2019), and Relocations: Queer Suburban Imaginaries (2011). Her current book-in-progress is titled, Empty Orchestra: Karaoke, Queer Performance, Queer Theory (Duke University Press). She received Lambda Literary’s Jeanne Córdova Award for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction for her body of writing in 2019. Tongson currently chairs the department of gender and sexuality studies...2023-06-111h 25
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #274- EILEEN MYLES-Home, meditation, money, tea bags, girlfriends & more. Plus: Hermes the tortoise!
We are over the moon to welcome EILEEN MYLES back to the program.
We talk about Meditation, the concept of home, Making money as an artist, films, tea bags, coparenting, girlfriends ex girlfriend, tolerating the intolerable, activist groups, self-care, ambition and creativity.
Plus, Nicole gives an Unsolicited Whole Foods music review, hardcore music revisit & introduces HERMES THE TORTOISE!
Eileen Myles is a Sagittarius, a poet, a novelist, a performer and an art journalist.
Their more than twenty books include Cool for You, I Must Be Living Twice, Chelsea...2023-04-241h 04
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #272-GRETA LAFLEUR! Discussing Feminism, TERFs, & Fascism. Plus a chipmunk.
Today on a very special episode of Sagittarian Matters,
We are talking about the connections between TERFs & fascism! Plus the word dyke. With Professor Greta La Fleur.
Greta LaFleur is an Associate Professor of American Studies at Yale University, and the author or editor of three books and three journal special issues., including the new issue of Transgender Studies Quarterly,
“Trans Exclusionary Feminisms and the Global New Right”, which was co-edited by with Serena Bassi.
You can get this special issue right now from dukeupress.edu.
2023-03-201h 00
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #270-JESSICA LANYADOO!!! Astrological advice on navigating pandemic life, JKR supporters, queer community, the Christ Year and MORE.We are over the moon to welcome back noted TRIPLE CAPRICORN Jessica Lanyadoo!
We talk about covid protocol & different information, and answer advice questions on friend's transphobic choices, joining a new community as a queer person, the Christ Year, and MORE.
Tune in.
Also! Nicole mentions the campaign to stop a development from paving over the Verdugo mountain lion's home. Sign the petition & find out more here: nocanyonhills.org @nocanyonhills on ig.
Jessica Lanyadoo is an internationally respected Astrologer and Psychic Medium who has been in...2023-02-2759 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #269-BETH PICKENS!!! Advice on jobs, estrangement, fear & MORE.We are over the moon to welcome esteemed Capricorn BETH PICKENS back to the show to answer your advice questions, AND to talk about the word Dyke and Nicole’s stories career as a sandwich artist.
Tune in
2023-02-0844 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #265-AJUAN MANCE!!! Comics, making comics, Living While Black & MORE. Plus: loving allyship in the wake of the Club Q tragedy.We are over the moon to welcome back cartoonist, professor and Jeopardy champion AJUAN MANCE to the podcast.
Ajuan is here to celebrate the release of two books- 1001 Black Men (Stacked Deck Press) and Living While Black (Chronicle). Both of her books are out now!
Also on this episode: Nicole talks about the Club Q tragedy & how to support the LGBTQIA+ community when something like this happens.
Ajuan Mance is a Professor of English at Mills College in Oakland, California, a professor of comics at California college of the arts...2022-11-2337 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #263-UNSOLICITED VEGAN FOOD REVIEWS of New York, Matcha, Coalinga Coffee, Homemade Pasta, Astronaut Ice Cream and MORE. with DAWN RIDDLE, MORGAN, KAIA, MARISSA PATERNOSTER & MEGHAN DINEENWe 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!
2022-10-2038 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #262-UNSOLICITED VEGAN FOOD REVIEW EXTRAVAGANZA!!! with DAWN RIDDLE, MORGAN & KAIA WILSON. Plus Torrence!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! 2022-08-2936 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #260-BETH PICKENS- Advice on Art, Opportunities, Problematic Friends & MORE! Plus- vegan food reviews w DAWN RIDDLE, and Nicole mentions COVID.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...2022-06-2837 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #256-LAGUSTA YEARWOOD talks BAD VEGAN. PLUS! An Unsolicited vegan food review by DAWN RIDDLEWe 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!
2022-04-1247 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #253-ROMY!!! Vegan food talk, Chocolate, LA, Coyote Vests, Tujunga, and MORE.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.
2022-02-2837 min
Queer Death Stories PodcastNICOLE J GEORGES : QUEER ICONHello beautiful friends & fam!!!
In honor of LOVE WEEK I re-worked this little baby and here she is back in the MIX!
Y'all Nicole was my first guest, and she is AMAZING. Kind, Funny as Hell, and so crushable. (my wife agrees!)
She is someone who inspires me to tell my stories and to keep making art everyday. I even wear a SMOCK now because of her.
I LOVE this conversation with my cult hero Nicole J Georges so much that I went back to the beginning and tweaked the episode ad...2022-02-2139 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #252-PRUNE LATTE REVIEW with MORGAN!!! Plus Unsolicited Vegan Food Reviews & MORE.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!
2022-02-0727 minSagittarian MattersEpisode #247-KAIA WILSON & BRAN TAYLOR (MAGIC HOUR)- Dog Astrology, Advice, Magic, Separation Anxiety, & MORE!!!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.
2021-11-1550 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #246-BETH PICKENS talks Compare & Despair! Plus- BAD ART FRIEND, Vegan Food Reviews, MICHELLE TEA and More!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!
2021-10-2944 min
Living in this Queer BodyI Knew I Had to Say it Out Loud: Nicole J. GeorgesNicole J. Georges is a graphic novelist and podcaster from Portland, Oregon. Nicole's podcast, Relative Fiction, adapted from her award-winning graphic memoir, Calling Dr. Laura. She is also the author of the book Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home, and the queer arts & vegan food review podcast, Sagittarian Matters. In this episode, Nicole and I cover topics ranging from punk righteousness, drawing comics, family secrets, podcasting, twelve step programs, chosen queer family, encopresis and making space for gentleness. Nicole makes the astute observation that “to be an adult, maybe, is to be less fragmented.” I urge you to c...2021-10-1256 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #244-VEGAN DINNER with DAWN RIDDLE!!! Morgan & Nicole visit BAD BOYS DINER. Plus PB Cups, Tahini Shake, Microwaved Lettuce AND MORE.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 s...2021-09-1439 min
Basic Witches“Get a Psychic Outta This” with Nicole J. GeorgesWhat would you do if a fun trip to a palm reader turned into a life shattering event? Well today on the show, you’ll learn about just that. Graphic novelist and podcaster Nicole J. Georges shares her crazy experience when a psychic told her that her dad wasn’t actually dead...and turned out to be right. In a story that’s stranger than fiction, Nicole shares the tale and how it turned into both a graphic novel and podcast, and how it’s changed her life since. Plus, the ladies talk all about the validity of psychics, how they...2021-08-041h 01
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #241-VEGAN FOOD REVIEWS WITH MORGAN! Plus DAWN RIDDLE, ART ADVICE & OLDIES.We are over the moon to try new & unusual vegan foods in the forest with friends to the show MORGAN & DAWN RIDDLE today, plus choice commentary from Kaia Wilson & Torrence.
PLUS! Nicole rants about the Everly Brothers song Wake Up Little Susie, and gives advice about art, picking up new hobbies as you age, and MORE.
Stay tuned.
2021-08-0246 min
Serendipity SoupNicole ShamierIn this episode of Serendipity Soup – the antidote to celebrity success podcasts – I talk to Nicole Shamier, Chief Economist of the island of St. Helena; one of the most remote places on the planet. What would make you leave everyone you know to work on a tiny island a five-day boat journey from the nearest port? How difficult is it when what you want from your career doesn’t fit into a neat box? What it’s like when your boss can call the local hospital to find out why you didn’t co...2021-07-0151 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #239-JESSICA LANYADOO & BETH PICKENS give ADVICE on grants, hard women, bullies & more. Plus, and unsolicited food review from DAWN RIDDLE.We are over the moon to present an all advice episode with guest Capricorns JESSICA LANYADOO and BETH PICKENS. We answer questions about grants, bullies at work, being direct, giving unsolicited advice and MORE. PLUS! Nicole recommends reading the Sinead O'Connor biography, and lister/friend to the show DAWN RIDDLE calls in with some unsolicited vegan food reviews.
Tune in!
2021-06-2141 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #235-SOY CREAMER, NEAR-DEATH, VEGAN DESSERTS & MORE!We are over the moon this week to welcome....your host, Nicole, riffing and answering your advice & opinion questions on the show. We (I) talk about the fate of soy creamer, vegan desserts, pandemic oddities, near-death experiences, refrigerators, Ponyo, and MORE.
TUNE IN.
2021-04-2027 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #234-RELATIVE FICTION!!! Family secrets, palmistry, royalty & MORE.Today we are over the moon to share with you Episode 1 of Nicole's new family secret podcast, RELATIVE FICTION. Relative Fiction is inspired by Nicole's graphic memoir, Calling Dr. Laura, but it goes further into uncovering what family, what secrets & what truths were revealed after that book's release.
Relative Fiction is produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting, co-written by Claudia Meza & edited by Sage Van Wing.
If you like this episode, please subscribe to Relative Fiction wherever you get your podcasts! And if you like it, please rate & review. It really helps.
We than...2021-04-0535 min
Mind Your PracticeYou Can't French Braid Your Own Hair: a very special crossover episode with Nicole J. Georges of Sagittarian MattersA *very special* crossover episode with Nicole J. Georges and her podcast Sagittarian Matters! Questions asked and answered! Foot Stuff! Beth makes a disturbing confession! And a reminder to pick up Beth's upcoming book, Make Your Art No Matter What (available April 6!). NICOLE LINKS:NicoleJGeorges.com instagram.com/nicolejgeorgesListen to her new podcast, RELATIVE FICTION: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/relative-fiction/id1557300926Sagittarian Matters: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sagittarian-matters/id1084188765---------Looking for strategies and support to build your proje...2021-03-301h 02Sagittarian MattersEpisode #232-MADDY COURT!!! Advice on Love, Money, Friends & more. Plus GAMES.We are over the moon to welcome esteemed advice columnist, zine maker and author MADDY COURT to the show! Maddy is the author of the zine & forthcoming book The Ex-Girlfriend of my Ex-Girlfriend is my Girlfriend (illustrated by Kelsey Wroten). She is also known online as Xena Worrier Princess, & produces brilliant memes.
Maddy joined us to give advice, talk about giving advice, discuss money in relationships, and ask Nicole WHAT she would buy on a budget at the farmer's market.
TUNE IN.
2021-03-2253 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #231-Magic Hour Astrology's BRANDIE TAYLOR!!! Drag Race, Advice for vaccine indiscretions & MORE!We are over the moon to have Magic Hour Astrology's BRANDIE TAYLOR back on the show to talk about the gay sport of this season: DRAG RACE. We take a deep dive into Drag Race U.K., fuckin H&M, Drag Race U.S., and Nicole's conspiracy theories about the show.
BUT FIRST: strong opinions on a listener question about how to proceed when your friends jump the vaccine line.
TUNE IN.
2021-03-151h 02
The Gaymazing RaceThe Gaymazing Race - PilotAuthors, professors, and professional queers, Nicole J. Georges and Karen Tongson introduce you to their new limited podcast series on The Amazing Race from an LGBTQ point-of-view. What makes the race so “gaymazing” beyond some of the storied LGBTQ teams who have competed, and in some instances even won, the race? How does TAR touch upon a queer aptitude for travel, adventure, cracking codes, and reading signs? How has the show grappled with the thorny issue of “diversity” in TV representation? Our hosts introduce you to some of the themes and recurring segments you’ll be hearing all series long while...2021-01-1455 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #218-MICHELLE TEA, ISA CHANDRA MOSKOWITZ & MORGAN: VEGAN FOOD REVIEWS!!!We are over the moon to bring you vegan food reviews from Friends to the Show MICHELLE TEA, ISA CHANDRA MOSKOWITZ & super-contributor MORGAN!!!!
We talk about brownie bites, vegan creamer, crunchy snacks, PLUS Nicole gives advice to listeners on sauces, comics, and snacks.
2020-11-1628 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #208-VEGAN TASTE TESTS! MORGAN tries TikTok Coffee, Tahini Butter Sweet Potatoes, Breakfast Hummus & MORE.Today on the show, Podcast MVP MORGAN joins us from a distance and through a glass door to try TIKTOK COFFEE (aka Dalgona Coffee aka Quarantine Coffee), BREAKFAST HUMMUS, Sweet Potatoes with Tahini Butter & Lime, Maple Pecan Malk & MORE.
Sweet Potatoes with Tahihi Butter & Lime:
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020274-sweet-potatoes-with-tahini-butter
TikTok Quarantine Dalgona Coffee Recipe:
https://www.cocoandash.com/tiktoks-whipped-coffee-recipe/
Milk Street Breakfast Hummus
https://www.177milkstreet.com/recipes/hummus
Malk
http://malkorganics.com/products/2020-08-2432 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #207-MEG BRADBURY!!! Elderqueer, orthorexia, ED Recovery, Aging & MORE.
We are over the moon to welcome Elderqueer & Lamplight Space founder MEG BRADBURY to the show today to talk about ED recovery, Aging as a Queer, Orthorexia, Punk & MORE.
Find Meg online @elder_queer @lamplight.space
Social and Racial Justice Centered Anti-Diet / Body Diversity Awareness Work Recommendations
The Body is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
Body Respect by Lindo Bacon & Lucy Aphramor
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
A Hunger So Wide & So Deep: A Multiracial View of Women’s Eating Problems by...2020-08-1758 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #206-KAIA WILSON!!! Advice on DOG life, DOG death, Teeccino & The Grape Lady!We are over the moon to welcome Capricorn grunge lover KAIA WILSON (Team Dresch) to the show for advice on DOGS (dog life, dog death, speaking dog) & a Teacinno redemption tour! She also provides a spot-on impression of The Grape Lady.
You can buy Kaia's solo music and your own DOGS tshirt at
https://kaia.bandcamp.com/
The grape lady:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THfiHQZVSw02020-08-0148 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #205-AMINATOU SOU, ANN FRIEDMAN & BETH PICKENS talk Big Friendship!!!We are over the moon to welcome Call Your Girlfriend's Aminatou Sou and Ann Friedman to the studio to talk about their new book, BIG FRIENDSHIP.
Resident Capricorn and highly favored contributor Beth Pickens joined NJG for this very special occasion.
Big Friendship is a book about friendship & feminism. It is a call to value your friendships in all of their complexity. Actively choose them. And, sometimes, fight for them.
We talked about Shine Theory, couples counseling, Metallica navigating interracial friendships, the queerness of chosen family and MORE. ...2020-07-2132 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #204-BETH PICKENS!!! Advice on advice, activism, the pandemic, advanced degrees and MORE. Plus! CARRIE BRADSHAW'S WORST BOYFRIENDS- RANKED!Today we welcome back VERY special guest and resident Esteemed Capricorn BETH PICKENS (Your Art Will Save Your Life) to answer your advice questions about coffee, advanced degrees, the pandemic, unsolicited advice, activism, Today's Special & MORE. Also! Nicole starts the show by telling you about Carrie Bradshaw's worst boyfriends!
Tune in.
2020-07-1040 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #203-JESSICA LANYADOO!!! Advice on ROMANCE, ANXIETY, CODEPENDENCY & MORE!We are over the moon to welcome back Frequent Contributor and Capricorn Friend to the Show JESSICA LANYADOO to answer YOUR advice questions on Work Anxiety, Coming out, Codependence, Finding Love, Manifestation AND More.
PLUS! Nicole tells you about getting Covid tested in Los Angeles and peeing on the side of the road.
Tune In.
Jessica Lanyadoo is an internationally respected Astrologer and Psychic Medium who has been in private practice with clients all over the world since 1995. She is a triple capricorn, she has a wonderful podcast called Ghost of a Podcast, and
Her NEW book, Astrol...2020-06-2647 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #202-ZARI ESAIAN Advice on Activism, Allyship, Breakups, Bedbugs, Long Distance Relationships AND MORE!We are over to moon to have formerly ANONYMOUS BUTCH Zari Esaian back on the show to talk about
Long Distance Relationships, Breakups, Bedbug Machines, Activism, Allyship, AND MORE. With my guest, Zari Esaian. Stay tuned.
Zari is the founder of a feline appreciation society called Cat Klub. She loves a good fight, lives in New York, and you may recognize her from episodes 136 and as the voice of ANONYMOUS BUTCH, and episode 166 in which she saved a kitten off a busy freeway and then got it lost in her ca...2020-06-1941 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #201-PRODUCER CHRIS SUTTON!!! Plus VANPORT, Black Lives Matter, JK Rowling & MORE!Today our PRODUCER CHRIS SUTTON steps up to the podcasting mic to celebrate our 201st Episode!!! We have been doing the podcast together for over 5 years. We talk about the podcast, and about how much the world has changed.
Also: Vanport, Black Lives Matter, JK Rowling, Portland, Eyebrows, and MORE.
Chris Sutton is the producer of this podcast, Sagittarian Matters.
He has played in the bands Gossip, Dub Narcotic Sound System The Dirt Bombs, Chain and the gang, hornet leg, Spider and the Webs, the Hooded Hags, COCO.
He currently has a radio show on Xray FM...2020-06-121h 02
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #200-BRANDIE TAYLOR!!! Advice on BREAKUPS, Romance, Astrology, Tenderness and MORE!Today we are over the moon to welcome Magic Hour Astrology's BRANDIE TAYLOR to the show to talk about Breakups, Rituals, Pisces, Mask Etiquette, Moving on in Relationships AND MORE.
Brandie Taylor is a Sagittarius witch. She makes candles & does intuitive readings through magichourastrology.com
2020-05-2947 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #199- MORGAN! The Splendid Sagittarian Quarantine Table!Today on Sagittarian Matters, we are joined by 29-time special guest MORGAN to talk about human dog food, funky yogurt, give EXPLICIT instructions for soy curl preparation, apologize to sourdough photos, make pate, do life-like milk steaming wand impressions and MORE.
2020-05-2249 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #198-Capricorn Matters with Beth Pickens!!Today we are thrilled to welcome back Highly Favored Frequent Contributor BETH PICKENS to the show for a special CAPRICORN MATTERS edition.
Beth & I answered your ADVICE questions & talked about making art during quarantine, the ancient sadness of the Capricorn, money management, getting mad at inanimate objects, vegan food fails and MORE.
p.s. THANK YOU to Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs2020-05-1556 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #197-JIBZ CAMERON goes full DYNASTY HANDBAG on a nasty JOGGER! Plus: TOO HOT TO HANDLE, FANTASTIC FUNGHI & More!On today's episode, we are pleased to welcome JIBZ CAMERON (aka DYNASTY HANDBAG) to the show to talk about her story of almost getting into a fight with a nasty jogger. THEN Jibz enlightens us on all the trash t.v. we've been missing this quarantine (in particular Too Hot To Handle), PLUS a short review of the film FANTASTIC FUNGHI. Tune in!
You can find Jibz on patreon: patreon.com/dynastyhandbag
OR
Buy one of her limited edition postcard sets to support National Bailout and the #FreeBlackMamas campaign. Details on ordering at instagram.com/dynastyhandbag
Support NATIONAL BAILOUT and #FreeB...2020-05-0839 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #196-SQUIRREL TALK!!! with TEDDY FLORY & CRAIG WILLSEToday on Sagittarian Matters, we talk about WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND A BABY SQUIRREL
with wildlife rehabber Teddy Flory
and reveal what happened to the baby squirrel your host Nicole found once he drove away
with Craig Willse.
Plus! Big emotions! Mentions of kidnapping! Squirrel-feeding controversy and MORE. Stay Tuned.
You can find Teddy Flory on instagram @teddyflory.
Craig Willse is on twitter at @cwillse
2020-05-0149 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #195-YELLING AT UNMASKED MEN & VEGAN QUARANTINE EXTRAVAGANZA!!! with Michelle Tea & MORGANOn today's show, Michelle Tea joins Nicole to hear her story about an incident with some unmasked men that went viral.
THEN, friend to the show MORGAN joins us to answer your VEGAN FOOD QUARANTINE questions.
We give audible recipes for fruit crumble, vegan gravy, curry, vegetable broth, corona beans, homemade chili oil, treating a baked potato as a sandwich, and MORE.
TUNE IN2020-04-251h 11
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #194-EILEEN MYLES!!! New POEMS, Advice, Book Recommendations & MORE.We are over the moon to be joined by esteemed Sagittarian EILEEN MYLES today from their sometimes-home in Marfa Texas.
Eileen read new poems for us, told us what they're working on, answered advice about career and boundaries, and described social distancing and this time in our lives in a way that felt like a song.
You can find Eileen at EileenMyles.com or on instagram!
2020-04-1734 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #193-MARISSA PATERNOSTER!!!! Coming out, Napping, Punishment Foods & MORE.We are thrilled to welcome MARISSA PATERNOSTER of the band Screaming Females to the show today. Marissa joined us post-tour and current-quarantine to discuss a real smorgasbord of things. Napping, Subway, Tiger King, Spitting, Coming out and MORE.
You can find Marissa & support her band at ScreamingFemales.com.
In this episode we mention our friend Dawn Riddle. Find Dawn on instagram @dawnriddle or online at http://www.dawnriddle.com/2020-04-1046 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #189-MUFFY J. DAVIS!!! Chickapea pasta, Trail food, Punishment snacks & MORE!!Today writer & long distance hiker Muffy J. Davis joins us to try Chickapea brand pasta! Packed with protein, Nicole was stoked. We also talk about punishment food, trail food, vegan cheese sauce, social distancing and MORE.
for more information:
chickapea.com
muffyjdavis.com
2020-03-1434 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #185-BETH DITTO!!!! Prunes, veganism, donuts & more in Hawaii. With special guests Teddy Kwo & Matt Buscher!!On today's show, we are in Kauai, Hawaii with guests BETH DITTO (Gossip), TEDDY KWO (Gossip) and MATT BUSCHER (amateur hype-man),
reviewing local vegan donuts, testing Nicole's veganism, writing songs about prunes and MORE.
2020-02-0840 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #184-VEGAN YACK ATTACK!!! with JACKIE SOBON!Vegan blogger & cookbook author JACKIE SOBON joins us to talk about her new book, Vegan Yack Attack's Plant-Based Meal Prep, & to answer listener questions about food! Bonus: Nicole grosses Jackie out by revealing a particular snack preference.
Find Jackie at: veganyackattack.com 2020-01-3132 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #183-ROCCO KAYIATOS: Gross Vegan Food Reviews, Good Donuts, Punk Damage, Quitting Your Job, Camp Lost Boys & MORE!Today on the show, Nicole braves bad brownies, fake chicken, an egg-speriment and more with friend to the show Rocco Kayiatos.
They also tackle a listener question from last week: What to do if you are in your 30s and want to quit your job to be an artist?
Tune in for talking about punk damage, Camp Lost Boys, a rant about VooDoo Donuts & MORE.
We talk about: Sweet Earth fake meat, JustEgg, Chao Cheese, Donut Friend, By Chloe, Hail Merry, 365 Whole Foods & MORE.
2020-01-2440 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #182-BETH PICKENS!!! How to Quit Your Job, Get Grants & Agents, Survive This Political Time & More. Plus: Vegan Food Reviews!!Today we are BACK with Capricorn friend to show and frequent contributor BETH PICKENS, who joined us on her BIRTHDAY to give advice to listeners, talk about a celebrity sighting and review By Chloe's new "Chicky" with Nicole!
We answer questions about how to survive during this hard political time, Quitting your job in favor of art, getting an agent, troubleshooting grants, sliding into irrelevancy and MORE.
PLUS, Nicole talks about a high school crush, a chat-n-cut, and how you can help Australia.
2020-01-1744 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #171-Nicole & Ponyo's Kidnapping Close Calls!Today on the show, in honor of the impending HALLOWEEN season, we bring you two stories of close calls. Stories about your loyal host and producer Ponyo almost getting kidnapped!!!
If YOU have a scary story for the podcast, please call it in!
971-361-9998. Keep it short short short, leave a message, and we'll post the spookiest ones!
2019-09-2720 min
Something (rather than nothing)Episode 3 - Nicole J. GeorgesI have been lucky to have so many wonderful artists join me in these early episodes, including Nicole J. Georges - a deeply funny and wise soul. Here is more about Nicole - Nicole J. Georges is a writer, illustrator, podcaster & professor from Portland, OR.Her Lambda Award winning graphic memoir, Calling Dr. Laura, was called “engrossing, lovable, smart and ultimately poignant” by Rachel Maddow, and “disarming and haunting, hip and sweet, all at once” by Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home. 'Allô, dr Laura?' was an Official Selection at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.Nicole’s latest book, Fetch: H...2019-08-0127 min
Something (rather than nothing)Nicole J. GeorgesI have been lucky to have so many wonderful artists join me in these early episodes, including Nicole J. Georges - a deeply funny and wise soul. Here is more about Nicole - Nicole J. Georges is a writer, illustrator, podcaster & professor from Portland, OR.Her Lambda Award winning graphic memoir, Calling Dr. Laura, was called “engrossing, lovable, smart and ultimately poignant” by Rachel Maddow, and “disarming and haunting, hip and sweet, all at once” by Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home. 'Allô, dr Laura?' was an Official Selection at the Angoulême Internati...2019-08-0127 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #156-VEGAN RANTING, CHOCOLATE NACHOS, ADVICE ON FAMILY, COMING OUT & MORE!!
Today on Sagittarian Matters, we bring you a recipe for vegan cheese sauce, Chocolate Nachos, how to cook Soy Curls, coconut yogurt, vegan ranting & raving, advice on coming out, family and MORE with your host, Nicole J. Georges. Stay tuned.
2019-05-0332 min
Riot WomanRiot Woman with Nicole J. GeorgesIn this episode I catch up with Nicole J. Georges, a writer, illustrator, podcaster, and professor, among many other things. She is the author of the award winning graphic novels Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home and Calling Dr. Laura. She also is a professor at California College for the Arts and is the host of the podcast Sagittarian Matters.Nicole and I first met in the early 2000s when we both lived in Portland, Oregon, where we helped organize the Portland Zine Symposium. For our conversation we are joined by producer and Instagram influencer...2019-03-1953 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #138-THE GLASSES FIASCO with Ariel Schrag, Isaac Soloway Strozier, & Valerie S.!!!Today, on a very special episode of Sagittarian Matters, we dive into the world of lies, theft, class issues & demagnification as we get to the bottom of host Nicole's glasses woes with the help of Ariel Schrag, Isaac Soloway Strozier, and Valerie S. TUNE IN.
Ariel Schrag's new book Part Of It, it out NOW with Mariner Books.
2018-11-3042 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #134-ALI LIEBEGOTT Pet Seance SPECIAL!!!We spoil Dancer in the Dark, ask dogs about current events, reveal Nicole's dark secret as a pet sitter, and MORE.
Ali Liebegott is the author of books The IHOP Papers, The Beautifully Worthless, & the upcoming Summer of Dead Birds. She wrote for Transparent & paints in Los Angeles.
Today's episode sponsored by Lagusta's Luscious! Use offercode Sagittarian at checkout for 10% off at LagustasLuscious.com
2018-10-2945 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #131-Fighting Hopelessness with BETH PICKENS! SABRINA JALEES! and MORGAN'S MERMAID ICE CREAM!!On today's show, regular guest Beth Pickens joins us for some advice on self promotion and hopelessness for artists. Comedian Sabrina Jalees answers advice questions on dogs & bisexuality, and friend to the show Morgan guides Nicole in trying her favorite ice cream flavor: Mermaid.
Fact: We talk about 4 different vegan ice cream flavors and places in this episode.
2018-10-0536 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #130-DONUT PRUNE SALAD!!! Plus Black Sesame Butter, Beth Pickens, Morgan & MORE!!Today on the show, Morgan joins us to try a nightmare recipe from the 1950s called Donut Prune Salad. PLUS, Beth Pickens (Your Art Will Save Your Life) introduces us to black sesame butter & Nicole makes a fatal mistake & tries to redeem herself all in one episode! TUNE IN.
2018-09-2843 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #119-JILL SOLOWAY, ROCCO KAYIATOS, MICHELLE LAWLER talk about DR. LAURA!!On today's episode, queer radical feminists Jill Soloway, Rocco Kayiatos, and Michelle Lawler join NJG to talk about why they love/hate listening to conservative right wing talk show therapist DR. LAURA SCHLESSINGER.
Tune In.
Bonus: Nicole reveals what she sleeps in, is ridiculed, stands by her decision. 2018-07-071h 00
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #112-BETH DITTO turns the tables & interviews Nicole J. Georges!!Musician Beth Ditto interviews Nicole J. Georges about being a Miser, a punk femme, a daughter, a student, an artist and MORE!
PLUS advice on lyrics & a double dong story. TUNE IN!
Today's episode brought to you by Urban Cheesecraft.
2018-05-1150 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #109=LIZ PRINCE CALLS A TALK SHOW: The Trailer Blaze Comics Retreat Episode!!!Frogs! Serial Killers! Nicole's favorite right wing conservative talk show host! Comics Selling Tips from Liz Prince, Kelly Froh, Eroyn Franklin AND MORE.
2018-04-2055 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #101-NICOLE & Producer CHRIS SUTTON!!!NJG, Producer Ponyo & Producer Chris reveal the secrets of the podcast in this celebratory 101st episode. Featuring advice, our favorite unsung moments, and Ponyo unleashing herself on children. Tune in!
2018-02-231h 12
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #97-LAGUSTA YEARWOOD & BETH PICKENS!!! Part 2 of 2
Today we talk money, feminist mentors, anarchist business practices and MORE with arts consultant Beth Pickens and vegan chocolatier Lagusta Yearwood. PLUS! Nicole's top lesbian foods of 2018. Tune in.
2018-01-2654 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #84-ANDERS NILSEN! & Baby Snack Taste Test w Morgan!!Friend to the show Morgan brings some vegan baby snacks to our test kitchen, to mixed reviews.
THEN,
Ignatz-winning artist/author Anders Nilsen joins Nicole & Ponyo to talk about Money, Dating, Monkeys, Healthcare, Representation and MORE. He is the author of 8 books, including Big Questions, Don’t Go Where I can’t Follow, and the recent comic, Tongues.
2017-10-1348 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #73-TRINA ROBBINS, LEE MARRS, MARY WINGS, FEMINIST COMICS & DOG STORIES WITH BRANDIE TAYLOR!Today we go to San Francisco for a live panel I did with mothers of underground feminist comics, Trina Robbins, Lee Marrs, and Mary Wings. We talk about feminism, comics history, Wonder Woman, resistance in the T***p era, and intersectionality. This was recorded at Root Division.
I also continue my conversations about Beija Georges in a chat about her voice with Magic Hour Astrology's Brandie Taylor. 2017-06-3052 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #72-Rocco Kayiatos, advice, Dawn Riddle, & Dog Talk!I'm joined by Original Plumbing Magazine co-founder Rocco Kayiatos for rapid fire advice on love, health and social media. PLUS: Beija Stories! Dawn Riddle reminisces about my largely unfriendly dog, the star of Fetch, Beija Georges.
2017-06-2336 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #66-Jill Soloway!!Jill Soloway joins Nicole to talk femininity, I Love Dick, Hollywood advice, and MORE!
2017-05-1248 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #64-Julia Wertz & Roommate Advice with Morgan!!!Julia Wertz of Fart Party & the New Yorker joins Nicole for a talk about abandoned buildings, art & autobio ethics. But first! Series regular Morgan is back to give advice on handling a hard roommate situation.
2017-04-2847 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #61-Self Care, Dried Plums, & Brandie Taylor!!Nicole's self care advice, a top ten, and "Who Had the Worse Dog" with guest Brandie Taylor. This is a short episode as we take a breather after 60 in a row!
2017-04-0711 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #59-ELERI HARRIS talks journalism, comics advice, & bad roommates.Comics journalist and Nib editor Eleri Harris joins me today to talk journalism, where to get the best news, the time we were roommates, and professional advice for cartoonists. PLUS Nicole's snack corner, a rant about tabbouleh & MORE.
2017-03-2443 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #57-Dog advice, a recipe, Punk women, & Staying present with Brandie Taylor & Caroline Paquita!!!Today we answer some advice about choosing a dog based on breed & age, Nicole tells you about a pizza-like dinner item, and Caroline Paquita of Womanimal & Pegacorn Press comes to the studio to talk punk medical myths, zines & more!!!
2017-03-1056 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #52-Sarah Glidden!!Sarah Glidden talks refugees, journalism & internet Shabbat!
Comics journalist Sarah Glidden (author of Rolling Blackouts) joins Nicole on the heels of the refugee ban to talk about comics, reporting, refugees, taking a break from the Internet and MORE.
2017-02-0358 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #48-Food Reviews & Comics Advice!!!Series regular Morgan returns to try some oddball vegan foods like butter-flavored oil and potato fruit leather. Nicole jumps on the horn to tell you how to live your lives in a special end-of-year comics advice special!
2016-12-3034 min
Sagittarian MattersBest Of Episode!! plus Bea Neal!
Today we present a Best Of Episode of Sagittarian Matters,
with clips from Dame Darcy, Eileen Myles, and Ian Mackaye.
But first! Nicole talks with her senior citizen friend Bea Neal and gets called stupid. Enjoy! 2016-09-2331 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #30-Advice special with Michelle Tea!!!Today Nicole is joined for advice on Punk fashion, kissing, cunnilingus, class issues and more by author Michelle Tea!!!
2016-08-2658 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #29-Excellent Advice with Special Guest Lorelei Lee!Lorelei Lee is an actor, screenwriter, activist and adult film star. She
writes an advice column called “Ask Lorelei: Advice from a Feminist
Porn Star” , and joined Nicole to talk about writing, negotiating,
lubricant, dealing with trolls, dealing with jerks, No on 60, and
MORE!!! I promise you will get some excellent advice from this episode. 2016-08-1957 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #24-Eleanor Davis & Superfruits!
Nicole interviews
Eisner-winning cartoonist Eleanor Davis, author of "How to Be Happy",
about BDSM, Beards, Bicycling & more. But first! A review of
superfruits with resident food friend, Morgan Grundstein Helvey. Tune
in. 2016-07-151h 08
Sagittarian MattersPodcast State of the Union & interview with Nicole by Chris Sutton!!This week, producer Chris Sutton turns the microphone tables on Nicole
and we talk about the podcast, dating cartoonists, animals, work, and
the time Chris got called a hippie. Tune in! 2016-07-0854 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #17-Ellen Forney & responding to rumors with Michelle Tea!!Michelle
Tea & Nicole discuss what to do if someone starts a rumor about
you. Then we are treated to a long-form discussion on creating graphic
memoir and coming out as crazy with comic artist ELLEN FORNEY, author
of the NY Times Bestselling book, "Marbles".
2016-05-271h 05
Sagittarian MattersBusiness Women Part 1!!
Powerful Business Women, Part 1!
Advice on fundraising from Michelle Tea,
Advice
on what to do when someone else bites your idea from Nicole G, and then
the piece de resistance:
An interview with Sarah Gertrude Shapiro!!!!
Sarah
Gertrude Shapiro is the co-creator of the television show "UnReal" on
Lifetime, a dark, scripted drama set behind the scenes of a romantic
reality show. We discuss & excerpt Sarah's TED talk on borrowing
male privilege in Hollywood, get real about the sacrifices one makes to
be a working artist and MORE. 2016-04-2953 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #11-Special Mancast!! w/ Alec Longstreth, Noah Van Sciver & Stephen Collins
This week on Sagittarian Matters, a special Mancast! Nicole travels
to New York & France to talk with 3 of her favorite male
cartoonists.
Alec Longstreth discusses cartooning as a new
parent, Noah Van Sciver tells me why he won't draw sex, and illustrator
Stephen Collins reveals why he was advised to "kill himself" upon
entering the United States. 2016-04-1536 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #9-Trina Robbins, Michelle Tea, and Nicole's Butch Baby Ranch!!Series regular Michelle Tea joins us for some advice today, Nicole
discusses her big Shark Tank idea, and then we welcome living legend
TRINA ROBBINS to the podcast!
Trina Robbins is a pioneers of women's comics. She drew
the first out lesbian comic in the U.S., she put out the first
all-female comics anthology (now collected in "The Complete Wimmen's
Comix" by Fantagraphics), she has drawn Wonderwoman, written a zillion
books, and is a female cartoonist herstorian!!! I'm stoked to have her
here.
2016-04-0153 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode 7: Justin Hall & Morgan!!!
This week on Sagittarian Matters, JUSTIN HALL is here!!! Justin is the editor of "No Straight Lines, Four Decades of Queer Comics", "Hard to Swallow" and "True Travel Tales". He is also a professor at CCA MFA in Comics Program. http://www.justinhallcomics.com/
We talk about queer comics, erotica, and Nicole's sexy pen name.
Special guest Morgan joins me to review stale popcorn balls.
2016-03-2245 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #4-Liz Prince!!
Liz Prince is the comics mastermind behind the books "Tomboy" and "Will You Still Love Me If I Wet the Bed?". (lizprincepower.com)
This week is ALL LIZ, All the time!
Plus
Nicole. We talk about comics, specifically how it feels to be a woman
in comics, and answer many many advice questions, including "How can I
kick people out of my house after sex without seeming like a monster?".
TUNE IN. 2016-02-2635 min
Sagittarian MattersOur first LA edition!!Our first LA edition!!!
1. How to quit your job (and a
time Nicole got fired) with artist consultant Beth Pickens, queer
filmmakers Chris Vargas (also of the Museum of Trangender Hirstory &
Art) and Greg Youmans,
2. Quitting jobs & living as a musician with Tara Jane O'neil.
3.
Founding editor of Original Plumbing (OP) Magazine Rocco Kayiatos
retells one of my FAVORITE tour stories about getting beat up in
Montana. 2016-02-1928 min
Sagittarian MattersEpisode #1-Michelle Tea and Beth DittoWELCOME TO SAGITTARIAN MATTERS!!!! In this episode, Nicole details trying to save a llamas life, Michelle Tea throws down wisdom on writing, Buddhism & parenthood, and then Beth Ditto of the band Gossip tells us the grossest places she's ever woken up on tour.
2016-02-1237 min