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Cary Baker
A music industry professional with over forty years of experience, author of 'Down On The Corner: Adventures in Busking & Street Music'.
Jawbone Press
Episode: Cary Baker, "Down On The Corner: Adventures in Busking & Street Music" (Jawbone Press, 2025)
Leon J. Hilton
Author of Counter-Cartographies: Neurodivergence and the Errancies of Performance, and teacher in the Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University
Brown University
Episode: Leon J. Hilton, "Counter-Cartographies: Neurodivergence and the Errancies of Performance" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)
Diana Souhami
A writer known for her work on women and lesbian figures in literature and culture.
Head of Zeus Books
Episode: Diana Souhami, "No Modernism Without Lesbians" (Head of Zeus Book, 2020)
Dr. Kathleen Wilson
Cultural historian of 18th century Britain and its empire.
Cambridge University Press
Episode: Kathleen Wilson, "Strolling Players of Empire: Theater and Performances of Power in the British Imperial Provinces, 1656–1833" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Nan Z. Da
A researcher of English at Johns Hopkins University and the author of 'Transitive Encounters, Sino-US Literatures and the Limits of Exchange'
Johns Hopkins University
Episode: Nan Z. Da, The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear (Princeton UP, 2025)
Christopher M. Reali
Assistant professor of music at Ramapo College of New Jersey and author
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Episode: Christopher M. Reali, "Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals" (U Illinois Press, 2022)
Inna Faliks
Ukrainian classical pianist and educator, author of 'Weight in the Fingertips'
UCLA, Herb Albert School of Music
Episode: Inna Faliks, "Weight in the Fingertips: A Musical Odyssey from Soviet Ukraine to the World Stage" (Backbeat Books, 2023)
Sarah E. K. Smith
Art historian and author of "Trading on Art"
UBC Press
Episode: Sarah E. K. Smith, "Trading on Art: Cultural Diplomacy and Free Trade in North America" (UBC Press, 2025)
Jess Reia
Assistant Professor of Data Science at University of Virginia and author of 'Urban Music Governance'
University of Virginia
Episode: Jess Reia, "Urban Music Governance: What Busking Can Teach Us about Data, Policy and Our Cities" (Intellect, 2025)

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Leon J. Hilton, "Counter-Cartographies: Neurodivergence and the Errancies of Performance" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)
Q: How did Fernand Deligny's experiences influence your work?
Hilton explains Deligny's concept of creating genuinely supportive environments outside traditional institutions for neurodivergent individuals.
Leon J. Hilton, "Counter-Cartographies: Neurodivergence and the Errancies of Performance" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)
Q: Can you share about how you're thinking about neurodivergence from a disability and mad studies perspective?
Hilton discusses the emergence of the neurodivergence discourse as a counter to pathologizing views of autism, advocating for a new vocabulary that respects neurological differences.
Christopher M. Reali, "Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals" (U Illinois Press, 2022)
Q: Within that journey, how did you actually start this project about Muscle Shoals?
It started when I was a kid playing in bands that recorded in Muscle Shoals and later while writing a research paper at UNC Chapel Hill after discovering a manuscript by Jerry Wexler.
Inna Faliks, "Weight in the Fingertips: A Musical Odyssey from Soviet Ukraine to the World Stage" (Backbeat Books, 2023)
Q: What do you think would have happened if you were actually writing after it?
The book would remain the same as it encapsulated her experiences leading up to the current events.
Inna Faliks, "Weight in the Fingertips: A Musical Odyssey from Soviet Ukraine to the World Stage" (Backbeat Books, 2023)
Q: What was gained and what was lost, if anything? So what did immigration and being Jewish taught you about music?
Being aware of the anti-Semitism faced and how it motivated the family's desire for a better life, along with the appreciation of their privileged existence in the U.S.

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