The Rudewoke Sessions

The Rudewoke Sessions

In The RudeWoke Sessions, join Karen Kohler in conversation with creatives of all kinds, getting inside the un-curated story of their lives to reveal the defining moment that changed everything and set them on their paths as passionate artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, activists, explorers and more.

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November 21, 2021 129 mins

My guest today is author and photographer, James Gavin.

James is the author of four acclaimed books and a much-published freelance journalist who has written for The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Time Out New York, the Daily Beast, and JazzTimes. His subjects have included Annie Lennox, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, John Legend, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Miriam Makeba, Marilyn Monroe, Mae West, Ned Rorem, Edith Piaf, Kar...

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My guest today is American singer, actress, dancer and songwriter, Luba Mason.

Luba has starred on Broadway in shows like How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Paul Simon’s Capeman, Jekyll and HydeChicago, and most recently as morphine-addicted Mrs. Burke in the critically-acclaimed Girl From the North Country featuring the music of Bob Dylan.

Born in New York City to first-generation immigrants from Slovakia, Luba is...

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In the RudeWoke Sessions, join Karen Kohler in conversation with creatives of all kinds, getting inside the un-curated story of their lives to reveal the defining moment that changed everything and set them on their paths as passionate artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, activists, explorers and more.


Today's guest, Dennis McKenna, is a founding member and director of ethnopharmacology at the Heffter Research Institute, a n...

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