Sagittarian Matters

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,  and a lifelong artist and writer. In both her scholarly writing and her visual art, Ajuan explores the complexities of race, gender, and identity, Ajuan’s illustrations and comics have appeared in several anthologies, including, Drawing Power, edited by Diane Noomin. 

Ajuan has TWO books out that I urge you to get right now! 1001 black men from stacked deck press, and Living While Black with Chronicle books. 

You can find Ajuan, her books and more at ajuanmance.com

Now please enjoy my talk with Ajuan Mance. 

We 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! 

MICHELLE TEA!!! Advice on publishing, exes, ethics, copycats & more. 

We are over the moon to welcome back very special guest MICHELLE TEA, to dole out advice on publishing, weathering copycats, bad exes, bad dreams, writing ethics, writing practices, and more. 

Go see me & Michelle LIVE, August 6th at Powells City of Books in Portland, Oregon, where we will be talking about her new book, Knocking Myself Up. 

Michelle Tea is the author of over a dozen books, including  Valencia, Against Memoir, and Black Wave. 

She is also the co-creator of Sister Spit and Drag Queen Story Hour. 

Michelle’s new book: Knocking Myself Up, is out now. 

DAWN RIDDLE is our roving unsolicited vegan food reviewer. She is also a wonderful artist! Today she brings us GF Snyders of Hanover pretzel rods. 

find her here: Dawnriddle.com 

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 Matter What.

Beth is an arts consultant, a CAPRICORN, and an esteemed friend to the show. 

You can join her homework club RIGHT NOW at bethpickens.com .

We are over the moon today to welcome friend to the show morgan back to the show, PLUS unsolicited vegan prune review from dawn riddle! 

We talk about 

Spanish prunes 

Trader Joe’s Cashew Ravioli 

Miyokos pourable pizza cheese 

Vegan smoked salmon 

Chickpea tofu 

Strawberry prices 

Snacklins

New Farm Cookbook 

Middle aged Hummingbird feeder tips and more 

We are over the moon to welcome artist Jessica Campbell to the show this week!

Jessica Campbell is an interdisciplinary artist originally from Nanaimo, British Columbia. She is the author of three graphic novels, including Rave, out now with  Drawn & Quarterly. Her work has been exhibited at museums and galleries throughout North America.

We are over the moon to have cartoonist Emily Carrington on the show today. Her debut graphic memoir, Our Little Secret, is out now with Drawn and Quarterly.  

Our Little Secret is a testament to survival and to the importance of telling your story your way

 Tune in to hear about comics, writing, healing, and how to support survivors of childhood abuse in your life. 

Content warning, we are going to discuss abuse and particularly childhood sexual abuse.

Now please enjoy my talk with graphic memoirist, Emily Carrington

We 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!

Today on Sagittarian Matters- we talk about Money. We’re healing your finances, leaving  shame and scarcity in the dust and answering your advice questions with Jessie Susannah Karnatz, in honor of her new book, MONEY MAGIC. Tune in. 

Jessie Susannah Karnatz (aka the Money Witch) is a financial coach and the founder of Money Witch, a company that uses practical financial tools and empowering rituals to help clients achieve their financial goals. She is based in San Francisco, California.

We are over the moon to welcome formerly Anonymous Butch Zari Esaian back to the show to answer your advice questions about boundaries, dating, moving, and more. 

We ALSO have the true pleasure of an Unsolicited Vegan Food Review from Dawn Riddle and honored Friend to the Show Morgan. PLUS! Kaia Wilson joins us for a review of a bad bad brunch place. 

Tune in. 

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. 

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! 

We are over the MOON today to have esteemed Capricorn BETH PICKENS join us for a very special Beth's Birthday edition of the show. 

She gave us advice about breakups, burnout, Changing your relationship with Money, artist statements, making friends and MORE.

Beth Pickens is the author of the books Your Art Will Save Your Life and Make Your Art No Matter What. Find Beth, her books & Homework club on instagram @bethpickensconsulting or at bethpickens.com.

Happy New Year! 

We are over the moon this week to welcome friend to show Amanda Verwey on to talk about the time she tried to pick up Paula Poundstone. 

We also have vegan food reviews of chips, poetry, beverages and MORE with DAWN RIDDLE, MARISSA PATERNOSTER, MEGHAN DINEEN and SARAH DAEGLING. 

Tune in. 

Amanda Verwey is an illustrator, writer and artist from Los Angeles California. Amanda is the mastermind behind the instagram account chihuahua digest (@chihuahua_digest) you can find her actual life's work online at amandaverwey.com.  

We are over the moon to welcome award-winning graphic novelist BISHAKH SOM to the podcast today! 

Bishakh is the author of Apsara Engine & Spellbound. She was an  architect , who changed her life completely and dedicated herself to comics in New York City in her 40s.  

Bishak’s short story collection, 

Apsara Engine, won the LA Times Book prize for graphic literature. 

Her work explores themes of gender, sexuality, memory and urbanism, among other things. 

Her website states: On a formal level, some of my pieces conflate the tools of architectural representation with those of sequential narrative in order to question these very methods and offer new means of representing space, time and the role of the body in both simultaneously.

Bishakh joined me through the magic of the internet to talk about her books, food, trans cartography, world-building, comics tools, advice  and MORE. 

We are over the moon this week to unite seasoned guests to the show MORGAN & BRAN TAYLOR. Bran turns the tables & asks US vegan advice (reviews, protein, meal prep), plus they give some advice to a listener who just came out! 
We are also #blessed to have Portland Correspondent DAWN RIDDLE offer a review of Adult Parkour Lessons from the field. 

FOODS DISCUSSED: Vtopia Brie, Sproud Milk, Sunflower Drive-in, True Nutrition.com, Dandies marshmallows, Soy nog & the British Bake Off!!!! 

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. 

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!

We are over the moon this week to welcome Kaia Wilson & MORGAN to the show to give advice on travel routines and vegan health. We also get angry over ice cream, taste Kind brand ice cream, crack into a skull from Lagusta’s Luscious AND hear an unsolicited vegan food review for AvocaJOE from friend to the show Dawn Riddle. 

Tune in!

Today’s episode brought to you by Josephine McRobbie, Emily Helmus, Maria Turner-Carney , Laura Perry Shoshanna Ruth Wechter, and JOEY SOLOWAY!!!

It is also brought to you by 

Lagusta’s Luscious’ chocolates: organic, fair-trade, always vegan caramels, 

bonbons, bars, and more made for you in New Paltz, NY with passion and politics. 

Use the code “sagittarian” for 10% off your order at lagustasluscious.com 

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 summer, with Producer Ponyo, friend to the show Morgan, and Dawn Riddle.

We will talk about the sourest sourdough focaccia, hardcore music from my past that does not hold up, making the best out food fails, microwaved  a mild tahini milkshake recipe and MORE! 

If you would like to see some of Dawn’s culinary creations , go to @badboysdiner on instagram. 

Now, on with the show. 

Dine with us, won’t you? 

We are over the moon to welcome artist, cartoonist, and professor Ajuan Mance to the show this week. Ajuan, who was recently featured in the documentary No Straight Lines, joined me to talk about her comic in the Eisner winning anthology Menopause, A Comic Treatment, plus her years-long project 1001 Black Men, the time she was on Jeopardy, Nerdiness, Her new art show, Black Art From The Edge of the Universe, and MORE. 

You can find Ajuan’s art show: Black art from the edge of the universe” right now at the African American art and culture complex in San Francisco. Or find Ajuan, her comics, & the 1001 Black Men project, online at ajuanmance.com 

Ajuan Mance is a Professor of African American literature at Mills College in Oakland, California. A lifelong artist and writer, Ajuan has participated in solo and group exhibitions as well as comic and zine fests, from the Bay Area to Brooklyn. In her art, illustration, and comics, Ajuan uses humor and bright colors to explore race, gender, power, and the people and places in which they intersect. 

We are over the moon to welcome blessed & highly favored guest MORGAN back to the show today for a Sagittarian Matters Test Kitchen episode featuring BLANCHED TOFU. 

We also eulogize Wolf & Bears, discuss carob lava, vegan bacon, secret cafes, and the ONE VEGAN FOOD YOU SHOULD NEVER EAT COLD. 
Tune in. 

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. 

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!

We are over the moon to welcome back honored Capricorn, psychic astrologer & Medium JESSICA LANYADOO to the Sagittarian Matters Social Distancing Studios to give advice to listeners. We answered so many advice questions this week that we're cutting this episode into two parts, by theme. Today's theme is AGING. We talk about mid-life crises (aka Neptune square Neptune), THE AFTERLIFE, May-December romances and MORE. 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. 

Jessica is a triple Capricorn, she has a wonderful podcast called Ghost of a Podcast, and

Her wonderful book,  Astrology for Real Relationships, which is available RIGHT NOW!!!

Find it at lovelanyadoo.com, or anywhere books are sold. 

We are over the moon to welcome MORGAN back to the show for some mellow conversation about NEW VEGAN FOODS. Not Milk, Pumfu, Breakfast sausage, Dream Pops, Gracias Madre, Sung Soon Popup, AND the television show It's Me Or The Dog.  Bonus: DAWN RIDDLE jumps in with an alternate milk review.
STAY TUNED. 

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. 

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 thank you, and we will be back soon with another episode of Sagittarian Matters. 

We are over the moon to welcome highly honored BETH PICKENS for a very special CROSSOVER EPISODE of her podcast, Mind Your Practice, with our podcast, Sagittarian-nay-CAPRICORN Matters!
In honor of Beth's upcoming book, MAKE YOUR ART NO MATTER WHAT, we practice "the french braid effect" and answer each-other's questions about book publicity, sales, accomplishment vs. success AND MORE. Tune in! 
Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs has even created a new theme song!!!

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. 

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. 

Sharon joined me from New York to talk about her book, coming out, intersectionality and MORE. 

Note to listeners: we also talked about Drag Race UK, and MORE, but that will have to go on a special Drag Race UK edition of the podcast. 

Today we are over the moon to serve you up a CLIPS SHOW. These are never-before-heard clips of some of our favorite regulars, rescued from the cutting room floor. 

MORGAN taste tests chocolate tahini spread & oatley yogurt, BETH PICKENS talks about the time we applied to the Amazing Race as queer femme friends, and KAIA WILSON gives advice on reactive dogs & new homes. 

You can find Beth Pickens and her new book, Make Your Art No Matter What at bethpickens.com, & 

Kaia Wilson (starting in March) will be offering remote puppy coaching at dogspeed.dog.

We are over the moon to welcome filmmakers  DYNASTY HANDBAG, aka Jibz Cameron & MARIAH GARNETT to help us explore the age-old question: “Which 80s movies can you watch without wanting to die?"

We will discuss Scrooged, Splash, Revenge of the Nerds, Mannequin, Overboard, Back to the Future 2, Never-ending Story & Labyrinth! 

CONTENT WARNING: Some/most/many of these films featured sexism/racism/sizism/homophobia and ableism. We will be discussing their content! 

Side note: My guests loved HEATHERS!!! 

Dynasty Handbag is the stage name of artist Jibz Cameron. 

Jibz is a performance and video artist living in Los Angeles california . Jibz was called outrageously smart, grotesque and innovative by the new yorker. Most Recently, Jibz’ film Weirdo Night debuted to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival! You can find Jibz at dynastyhandbag.com  

Mariah Garnett is a filmmaker who mixes documentary, narrative and experimental filmmaking practices to make work that accesses existing people and communities beyond her immediate experience. 

Mariah directed Weirdo Night, which just premiered at Sundance, and is also the creator of a film called Trouble, in which A queer American filmmaker connects with her estranged Northern Irish father, discovering new things about his political past by playing him as a young man in a series of verbatim re-enactments. Find Mariah at mariahgarnett.com 

We are over the MOON today to welcome new friend to the show ALEXIS NIKOLE NELSON to the Sagittarian Matters Social Distancing Studios to talk about all things foraging. 

Alexis was wearing a beautiful pink fringed jacket, and was accompanied by her dog Colonel Mustard. She talked with us about ethical consumption, foraging amidst a pandemic, a lifetime of learning about the environment, and the racist history of trespassing laws in the United States. 

You can find Alexis on tiktok and instagram as BlackForager. 

You can find her recipes & support her work at patreon.com/blackforager. 

THANK YOU ALEXIS!!!

We are over the moon to have resident vegan food taster and fan favorite MORGAN back on the show to try food sent to us by listeners!!!!

Buffalo Ranch freeze dried Cauliflower, Bada Bean Bada Boom snacks, Maine Needhams chocolate potato candy AND MORE. 

Plus, we talk about what we would make in a homespun Chopped challenge. 

TUNE IN!!!

We are over the moon to welcome back fan favorite Capricorn to the show BETH PICKENS!!! 

Beth tries a new flavor of teecinno & gives listeners advice on Fear, Difficult People, & strategies for selling your art and accepting money (and love) online and irl. 

Tune in!

Beth Pickens is the author of the book Your Art Will Save Your Life. Her forthcoming 

Book, Make Your Art No Matter What is available for preorder RIGHT NOW!!!

She has a podcast for artists called Mind Your Practice, and you can join her homework club RIGHT NOW at mindyourpractice.com 

We are over the moon to have author, podcaster, and Butch Hair Quarantine co-founder KAREN TONGSON on the show! 

Karen joins us to answer your advice questions, and to talk about Butch Hair Quarantine, karaoke, the Amazing Race, and our limited series podcast The GAYMAZING RACE. 

Karen Tongson is Professor of English, Gender & Sexuality Studies, and American Studies & Ethnicity at USC. 

You know her as the the Lambda award winning author of Why Karen Carpenter Matters, An originator of Butch Hair Quarantine, and as one half of the podcast waiting to exhale. 

You can tune into The Gaymazing Race later this month wherever you get your podcasts. 

Hello from the finish line of 2020!!! This week we are delighted to welcome TRANSANTA'S Kyle Lasky on the show to tell us about this new initiative to provide support to trans & non-binary youth. 
It's also TOPS & BOTTOMS OF 2020 Time, plus SEX & THE CITY Highlight Lowlights!!! 

TUNE IN. 

Find Transanta on instagram at @transanta 

We are over the moon to have KAIA WILSON back on the show to answer your questions about Dog training, barking, Positive reinforcement, post-pandemic life, eating poop and MORE. Tune in! 

Kaia Wilson is a musician, a 

positive reinforcement focused dog training consultant, and a Capricorn. 

You can buy Kaia’s music AND t-shirts that say DOGS! at kaia.bandbamp.com. Keep an eye on her Instagram page for news about remote puppy training and support! @kaia_wilson 

Beth Pickens is the author of the book Your Art Will Save Your Life. Her forthcoming survival book for artists will be out with Chronicle Books in Spring of 2021. 

Beth is an arts consultant, a CAPRICORN, and an esteemed friend to the show. 

She has a podcast for artists called Mind Your Practice, and you can join her homework club RIGHT NOW at mindyourpractice.com 

We are over the moon to invite scientist, writer and podcaster Joe Osmundson to the podcast today! 

Dr. Joe talked to us about Quaran-Pod planning, Covid activism, quarantine as community care, and MORE.

Dr. Joseph Osmundson is a scientist and writer living in New York. 

Joe is 1/4 of the podcast Food 4 Thot, and the author of the memoir Inside/Out. You can find his Quaranpod Checklist, plust  writing on class, race, sex, and science at josephosmundson.com. 

We are over the moon today to welcome back friend to the show ROCCO KAYIATOS to answer advice questions and talk with us about mindful masculinity, bodies, healing, quarantine, savory oatmeal and MORE. 

You can get his Mindful Masculinity workbook, sign up for workshops, and more at  https://www.theintentionalmanproject.com

Rocco Kayiatos is the cofounder of Original Plumbing Magazine and Camp Lost Boys, a summer camp created by and for men of trans experience. Rocco currently hosts a podcast and conducts workshops through the Intentional Man Project, a space dedicated to  Building healthier masculinity through intention, awareness and integrity. 

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. 

We were over the moon this week to have MORGAN join the Splendid Sagittarian Table to taste some foods on election eve. 

In two cars parked nose to nose, the Splendid Sagittarian Tasting studio reviewed vegan brownie mix, Teecinno, mushroom chips, ginger seltzer, and gave advice on vegan Cheesecake, carob powder, oatmeal AND MORE. Tune in. 

We are over the moon today to welcome BACK to the show, queen of veganism Isa Chandra Moskowitz. 

Isa is a vegan chef, a restauranteur and author of the books Veganomicon, Vegan with a Vengeance,  Isa Does it and so many more. She runs two restaurants called Modern Love in Brooklyn New York and Omaha, we once hosted Vegan Iron Chef together, and she loves cats. 

Isa joined me to answer your advice questions about food trends, restaurant survival amidst covid, rotten tofu, savory soups, soy nostalgia, troubleshooting seitan AND MORE. 

“When you grow up, stop with the peanut butter, start with the tahini.”

Today on Sagittarian Matters, honored Capricorn BETH PICKENS Beth joins Producer Ponyo and I to read listener mail, discuss why she likes watching straight men play gay, answer your advice questions about self esteem and neurotic coworkers. 

Beth Pickens is the author of the book Your Art Will Save Your Life. Her forthcoming survival book for artists will be out with Chronicle Books in Spring of 2021. 

Beth is an arts consultant, a CAPRICORN, and an esteemed friend to the show. 

We are over the moon to welcome friend-to-the-show (and formerly Anonymous Butch) AMANDA back to help us be strategic when using our energy this month leading up to the election. 

Amanda is a labor organizer and a lifelong activist living in Washington, D.C. 

She talks with us about voting, what we can do, how to talk to people about voting, despair as a diabolical design, and MORE. 

Tune in. 

We are over the moon to have honored Libra guest KATY DAVIDSON (Dear Nora) join us this week on the occasion of 

the reissue of their rarities compilation (called Three States). It will be released  as a triple vinyl box set on September 18 on Orindal Records. 

Katy joined me from Joshua tree via zoom

To give advice about aging gracefully, heartbreak, making boundaries, our biggest quarantine food fails and MORE. 

Plus! We acknowledge that the West Coast is on fire. 

This week, we were delighted to be joined by Highly Favored Frequent Contributor MORGAN to answer your questions about recipes, tofu, beans & greens and more. We also taste tested a Honey Mama's Tahini Tangerine Cacao Nectar bar,  and a very special travel cake from the New Farm Cookbook. 

In this episode, we ALSO give verbal recipes for sesame tempeh, ye olden tofu scramble, preserved lemons, salad dressing for bitter greens & MORE. 

We are over the moon to welcome back Honored Capricorn and MVP BETH PICKENS!!! 

Beth Pickens is the author of the book Your Art Will Save Your Life. Her forthcoming survival book for artists will be out with Chronicle Books in Spring of 2021. 

Beth is an arts consultant, a CAPRICORN, and an esteemed friend to the show. 

Beth joined Producer Ponyo and I via zoom to  answer YOUR advice questions on judgment, corona-kosher, writing & racism, other people’s vibes, plastic surgery, money and MORE. 

Sagittarian Matters FINANCIAL CHALLENGE:

Identify ONE financial goal you would like to achieve between now and the end of the calendar year. 

Ex: Paying off something, saving a certain amount. 

Pick one goal and make a plan of how you’re going to get to it. 

Make it manageable, small & possible. 

Share it with us on Social Media! 

When you achieve your goal, send us a photo of you with your homemade sign!

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. 

“Here, friendship gets the emotional and intellectual respect it deserves; and like any truly great love story, Ann’s and Aminatou’s is a page turner. I love this book. “

—Rebecca Traister, New York Times bestselling author of Good and Mad

Aminatou Sow is a writer, interviewer, and cultural commentator. She is a frequent public speaker whose talks and interviews lead to candid conversations about ambition, money, and power. Aminatou lives in Brooklyn.

Ann Friedman is a journalist, essayist, and media entrepreneur. She is a contributing editor to The Gentlewoman. Every Friday, she sends a popular email newsletter.

Together, Aminatou and Ann host the long-running podcast  Call Your Girlfriend.

Beth Pickens is the author of the book Your Art Will Save Your Life. She is an arts consultant, a CAPRICORN, and an esteemed friend to the show.

More praise for Big Friendship: 

"A wonderful and intimate portrayal. A story as universal as it is revolutionary."

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

“In this openhearted book, Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman show us how a friendship can be as rewarding and enduring as a marriage, and they urge us to value it accordingly—as they clearly do. An inspiration."

—Ariel Levy, New York Times bestselling author of The Rules Do Not Apply

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.

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, Astrology for Real Relationships, which is available RIGHT NOW!!!

Find it at lovelanyadoo.com, or anywhere books are sold. 

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 car. Zari joined us from New York to give advice about long distance relationships, breakups, activism as an adult 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 called Record Lections with hell books. You can listen Tuesdays from 10-11 p.m. or anytime at: https://xray.fm/shows/record-lections

You can find Chris on instagram at hellbookss

Also mentioned in this episode: Vanport comic by Nicole J. Georges, Sarah Mirk and Ed Washington:

https://www.patreon.com/nicolejgeorges

and https://www.blmla.org/

https://thelovelandfoundation.org/loveland-therapy-fund/

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. 

Today we are thrilled to welcome back Highly Favored Frequent Contributor BETH PICKENS to the show for a special CAPRICORN MATTERS edition. 

Today 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

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!

Today we joined some Sagittarian Matters MVPs together for a LIVE episode on Zoom!
Michelle Tea & Beth Pickens answer your advice questions about cohabitating under quarantine, flirting, dating, avoiding burnout, how to handle your family and MORE. Producer Chris is here to say hi and tell us how life is doing under Covid, and Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs joins us with a very special live variation on our THEME SONG!!!
Tune in.

On today’s episode not only do we have Fan Favorite & Resident Capricorn BETH PICKENS, but we also have the tale of the ORPHAN SQUIRREL. Beth Pickens talks to us about strategies for surviving quarantine, being of service, and staying mentally well during these tough times. You can get her wonderful book, “Your Art Will Save Your Life” NOW through Feminist Press.

Cameron Esposito is a Los Angeles-based comic, actor, and writer. Her new book Save Yourself is available for pre-order NOW and if you get the audiobook through Libro.fm you can choose your local bookstore to benefit from the sale. 

Cameron joined me via zoom to answer your advice questions, tell us about her childhood eyepatch, comedy, her book AND MORE. 

Today we have very special guest, author  & frequent contributor MICHELLE TEA in the studio to give some ADVICE on when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, polyamory, attachment styles, limerance, intrigues, girl scout cookies and MORE. 

You can find Michelle on instagram at @michelleteaz & @thisisyourmagic. 

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.

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.

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.

Today we have vegan food gifts, recipes, holiday favorites, a top ten, and we answer YOUR listener questions about protein, restaurant foods, oat milk, lentils AND MORE
with Splendid Sagittarian Table Fan Favorite, MORGAN.

Tune in.

Live from the Last Bookstore in LA, it's artist, illustrator and author LISA CONGDON!!!
We interviewed Lisa about her new book, Finding Your Artistic Voice , and talked about time management, creativity, making a living as an artist, AND MORE.
You can find Lisa's books, her store, and more at LisaCongdon.com.

Produced live on the scene by Ponzini Linguini.
Production assistance & heavy lifting by Chris Sutton.

Today we are delighted to welcome back esteemed guest, astrologer, and psychic medium JESSICA LANYADOO to the show! Jessica joins us to advise listeners about red flags, communication, sex, dating and MORE.

You can pre-order her new book, Astrology For Real Relationships, RIGHT NOW.

Today on the show, musician and actress BETH DITTO joins us with two of her most hair-raising stories! We talk ghosts, aliens, conspiracy theories and MORE. Plus! Producer CHRIS SUTTON joins us with a little commentary about his own Olympia alien scares.
Tune in!

Today on the show, writer Michelle Tea calls in with a ghost story, and friend to the show Morgan joins me for Top Ten Hijinx, including vegan thin mints, soup talk, Couples Therapy, remembering Kim Shattuck & more.

Tune in.

Today we are graced with sexpert Dr. Katie Spencer to answer your questions about sex after top surgery, long distance dating, sex with a disability, communication and more. PLUS water sports vs your mattress, with drop-in Sagittarius, Becky.

AND Friend To The Show Morgan joins us to answer a listener question about making boundaries with challenging family members.

All while your faithful host attempts to record an introduction from a haunted hotel having a noisy open mic night!

Stay tuned.

Today we discuss COWS vs. HORSES, shave ice, antiquated food manners, up-to-date dog manners, and the trouble with crystals mining. With my guests Michelle Tea, Dawn Riddle, and Isaac Soloway Strozier.
Tune in!

This week we talk about the soy creamer drought, AND we try fishless fish sticks, french onion dip, Pu-erh root beverage, peanut butter on garlic bagels, Vegan Cookies, accidental DOG FOOD, and MORE.

Today on Sagittarian Matters, friend to the show Beth Pickens and I discuss our queerest obsession, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, in a very special Pride Month edition.
PLUS! Fan Favorite Morgan joins me to answer listener advice questions on gender Etiquette, Making Friends as an Adult, Partnership,Finding a job & MORE.

Tune in.

Today on the show we are delighted to have Professor Karen Tongson with us to discuss karaoke, queerness, representation, and her new book, “Why Karen Carpenter Matters”.

PLUS, in a bonus clip, we talk about our mutual obsession with the Amazing Race.
Tune in.

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. 

Inspired by frustration and rage after the 2016 election, Koreangry is the comic of artist and animator Eunsoo Jeong. 

In this photographic comic of hand-built dioramas  with a unibrowed rage-a-colic doll in the center, Jeong tackles sexism, racism, immigration, work, depression, families and MORE. 

Eunsoo joined us in the Sagittarian Matters studios to talk about her comic, her process, her rage and everything in between. 

If you aren't following her yet on instagram, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR:

@koreangry 

Join us for a very special episode of Sagittarian Matters where we talk about punk, dancing, homorobics, physical exercise, learning to accept and inhabit our bodies, start our own punk movement practices, cheerleading and MORE with very special guests, Emilia and CJ from PONYSWEAT!!! 

We are over the moon to welcome Cuban-American artist, writer, and musician Cristy C. Road to the show today!

Cristy joined us to talk about her Next World Tarot deck, growing up punk and queer in Miami, her love of Child's Play and SO. MUCH. MORE. 

Tune in. 

Today on the show we bring you our FAVORITE VEGAN RESTAURANTS & FOODS in Portland & Los Angeles with Friend-to-the-show Morgan. Plus! Dried Fruit Power Rankings, non-dairy milk, food poisoning, make-ahead meals, gummy vitamins, soups, the hard garlic questions and MORE.

Tune in.

Today on Sagittarian Matters, we talk about art, making art during depression, pets, saying goodbye, supporting friends through grief and MORE with frequent contributor BETH PICKENS. Plus! In a Sagittarian Matters first, both host and guest openly cry at the same time.

Don't skip it!

Today on Sagittarian Matters, we welcome writer and regular Michelle Tea to the show to answer your questions about weddings, white supremacy, current events, breakups and MORE. Also please enjoy a squirrel update and the sound of producer Ponyo gently snoring.

We are delighted to welcome back Tier 1 Friend-to-the-Show BETH PICKENS, author of "Your Art Will Save Your Life", to answer listener questions on what to do if you are disgruntled with your MFA Program, how to make art during grief, how to support grieving friends, applying for grants and MORE. Bonus: Beth lets us in on her controversial system of putting her friends into tiers, including the dreaded "Acquaintance Radius". You will not want to miss this!!

Today on the podcast, we welcome Alison Bechdel back to the show!

Alison is the author of Fun Home, Are You My Mother? and Dykes to Watch Out For. 

She joined NJG to discuss family, memoir, grief, social media, and MORE. 

You can find an illustrated excerpt of this interview in the Nib's Family Issue. 

https://membership.thenib.com/

Today on the Splendid Sagittarian Table, we welcome LAGUSTA “Umami” YEARWOOD back to the show in honor of NJG’s 22nd vegan anniversary to talk about…. VEGAN FOOD. 

We give recipes, talk vegan travel, etiquette around shade and unsolicited advice, our favorite restaurants in NY, Portland, LA, advice about knives, miso, fermented foods AND MORE. 

Enjoy.

You can find lagusta at lagustasluscious.com, 

and use the code SAGITTARIAN for 10% off!!! 

p.s. 

Go to vegetariancalculator.com or vegancalculator.com to calculate how many animal you have not eaten! 

Today we welcome comedian, actor & writer LIZZY COOPERMAN to the studio to chat about a humid Christmas, crying emojis, comedy, Lyme Disease, misadventures in modeling and MORE.

Find her debut comedy album, Organism, on iTunes or via LizzyCooperman.com right NOW.

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.

Today’s episode brought to you by Urban Cheesecraft (urbancheesecraft.com), Wanpaku Natto (wanpakunatto.com), and 

LAGUSTA'S LUSCIOUS vegan, fair-trade vegan caramels, chocolates, bon bons & more. 

Use the code “sagittarian” for 10% off your order at lagustasluscious.com

Follow them on Instagram at @lagustasluscious for secret sales and behind-the-scenes candy making. 

ANONYMOUS BUTCH & Little Shop of Horrors!

Today on the show, NJG addresses y'all about the term y'all, gives a topical rant about Little Shop of Horrors, and then speaks to our 2nd Anonymous Butch about class, butchness, dating, misogyny and MORE.
Tune in!

Today’s episode brought to you by Lagusta’s Luscious’ chocolates: organic, fair-trade, always vegan caramels, 

bonbons, bars, and more made for you in New Paltz, NY with passion and politics. 

Use the code “sagittarian” for 10% off your order at lagustasluscious.com 

Today’s episode brought to you by Lagusta’s Luscious’ chocolates: organic, fair-trade, always vegan caramels, 

bonbons, bars, and more made for you in New Paltz, NY with passion and politics. 

Use the code “sagittarian” for 10% off your order at lagustasluscious.com 

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

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.

It's a big episode today.
NJG rants about ageism and R. Crumb in comics, we talk to an Anonymous Butch about how Queer Abby's advice worked for her, and Brandie Taylor of Magic Hour Astrology joins us to talk about online dating! Bonus: Boundaries and a case for taking it slow.

Today we have a very lesbian episode of Sagittarian Matters, with friend to the show Katy Davidson (Dear Nora) returning to taste test hummus varieties, vegan goat-cheese cassava chips, and prunes dipped in tahini! #prunes4bones

Tune In.

Today's show features author Eileen Myles talking teeth, dykes, advice, teaching, and more. PLUS, Eileen reads 2 poems from their new book, Evolution. Tune In.

Today's talk with NJG & Alec Longstreth originally appeared on the Isle of Elsi Patreon Podcast. We talk about children's books, gender, making comics and MORE. Plus! A bonus vacation intro straight from Shark-Town, with Friend To The Show, Isaac Soloway Strozier. 

Plus PRUNE CHAT, what tools NJG uses for comics and MORE. 

Today we are joined by Pashmina author Nidhi Chanani to talk about launching a career as a professional illustrator, cartooning while parenting, difficult women & MORE. 

You can find Nidhi, her books, & her illustration series Everyday Love at everydayloveart.com. 

Today we answer your questions on haunted houses, cats, astrology, time management, with psychic superstar JESSICA LANYADOO!  

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, and you can find her horoscopes and more at lovelanyadoo.com.

Today on the show, podcast regular Beth Pickens gives us an instructional book report on "How to Break Up With Your Phone" by Catherine Price.  

Today we welcome podcast regular & writer MICHELLE TEA to answer advice about coming out as pansexual, and an oral history of the legendary dyke gang, THE HAGS. Enjoy! 

Join us for intersex activism, and advice about infidelity, toothbrushing, birthdays and zines in this power-packed episode featuring friends to the show Isaac Soloway Strozier and Pidgeon Pagonis. 

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. 

Today we have advice on sex, death, and boundaries with "Your Art Will Save Your Life" author Beth Pickens, and an interview about Grab Back Comics with Erma Blood. Stay tuned. 

Frogs! Serial Killers! Nicole's favorite right wing conservative talk show host! Comics Selling Tips from Liz Prince, Kelly Froh, Eroyn Franklin AND MORE. 

On today's episode, NJG gives advice on criticism, honesty, & being late. 

THEN we are joined by Ali Liebegott (Transparent, The IHOP Papers), and podcast regular Isaac Soloway Strozier to review Paddington 2, a cinematic triumph. 

Bonus toothpaste and lotion reviews. 

Today we advise on exes, being a cartoonist, becoming less timid in bed, workaholism and MORE with Brandie Taylor of Magic Hour Astrology. 

Carrie Brownstein (Sleater Kinney, Portlandia) joins us this week to answer some advice questions about love and 3 ways from the patio of a restaurant surrounded by screaming children. ENJOY!

Today we taste a raw vegan reuben, complain about chik'n, talk about vegan sauce mastery, share recipes, and run down the definitive best and worst vegan cheeses of the day with friend to the show Morgan. Tune in! 

Today we have fine artist, illustrator and author Lisa Congdon on the podcast to answer your advice questions about professional practices, making a living as an artist, coming out and MORE!!!!

PLUS! Fan favorite Rocco Kayiatos joins us to talk vegan taco trucks. 

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!

Michelle Tea joins us to give advice on love, publishing, boundaries and more in our 100th episode!!!

In honor of our 99th episode, we welcome back musician Beth Ditto to offer up life advice, love advice, squirrel stories, and more. Beth appeared on our very 1st episode, and we love her. 

Today we answer your listener questions on distance, boundaries, consent and love with psychic superstar JESSICA LANYADOO!  

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, and you can find her horoscopes and more at lovelanyadoo.com. 

Pumpkin pie flavored potato chips! Meyer Lemon secrets! Sexy dry foods and MORE with fan favorite, Morgan. 

Your regularly scheduled programming is on hold this week due to illness. We will reappear next week. Have a great New Years!

Patty Schemel, best known as the drummer of Hole, joins us to give grief, romance & music advice, PLUS talk about her new book, "Hits So Hard". Tune in.  

Friend to the show Rocco Kayiatos (Original Plumbing Magazine) joins us this week to dish out advice on holiday guilt, joy, dogs, and sex for a special HOLIDAY EDITION of Sagittarian Matters. Enjoy. 

This week, we welcome Ponyo's great friend Gemma Correll to the podcast. Gemma is an illustrator, cartoonist, writer, and lover of pugs. In our first on-air lesson, Gemma taught NJG how to draw a pug (she's the originator of PUGS NOT DRUGS), try Hi-Chew candy, and more! 

We also have advice on defriending this week, with friend to the show, Rocco Kayiator (Original Plumbing). 

Autobio cartoonist Leslie Stein joins us in Brooklyn, NY to discuss her new book "Present", dayjobs, bringing joy to your work, freedom and pushing the form of comics. TUNE IN. 

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. 

Today we break form to give you the long scoop on getting to meet every shark from the ABC show, Shark Tank, and the big surprise at which one I liked the most. Featuring guests Jill Soloway & Isaac Soloway-Strozier.

Illustration, Professional Practices, the Hazards of Perfectionism and MORE with “Skim” & “This One Summer" co-author Jillian Tamaki.

Check out her new book “Boundless” with Drawn & Quarterly.

BONUS: series regular Morgan brings us some new & interesting foods to try. 

Arts consultant Beth Pickens joins NJG for advice about activism, social media, art, support, and life during fascism. (@bethpickensconsulting)
Then series regular Morgan returns with vegan food bars for a taste test extravaganza!!' Tune in.

Emil Ferris (author of My Favorite Thing Is Monsters) joins me in front of a live CCA audience for an educational talk about writing, witchcraft, and the magnet that lives inside of you. Tune In. 

Today we answer your listener questions about LOVE. 

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, and you can find her horoscopes and more at lovelanyadoo.com. 

Today on the podcast, we are graced by the presence of fat activist, author, and lecturer VIRGIE TOVAR. We talk about fat positivity, changing culture, femininity, class issues, breaking up with diet culture, and MORE. Plus advice!
Do not miss this. 

Find her at VirgieTovar.com

A smorgasbord episode! How to be a cool feminist guy, Shark Tank, misogyny, food reviews, punk week, Lisa Vanderpump, Dog stories and MORE. 

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.

Cartoonist Gabrielle Bell joins the podcast today to answer questions about autobio, her new book, and what it's like to date a cartoonist. Tune in!

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 written Wonderwoman comics, a zillion books, and is a female cartoonist herstorian!!! I'm thrilled to rebroadcast our interview from 2016, recorded before the sentient cheetoh took office. 

Today we are joined by guest taster Morgan for Banza, Miracle Noodles, Face masks, bubbly water controversy & vegan ally-ship. THEN! Guest Brandie Taylor advises someone in a long term intrigue affair.

Teeccino, Sprouted Nut Butter, Yin Yang Carrots and more with very special guest, 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.

This week we talk to cartoonists Mary Wings & Roberta Gregory about art, aging, love, publishing in the 1970s and MORE.  We also get hot tips on comics from Sophie Yanow, AK Summers, Khale McHurst, & Leanne Fransen. 

Today we are joined by author Michelle Tea for high quality advice about dating, age, reading, the news, chronic pain and MORE!

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!

Comedian Sabrina Jalees visits the Sagittarian Studio to eat no-bake cookies, talk about race, comedy, coming out, having an orgasm on Transparent, and MORE! 

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!!!

It's prune time! This week we try many beverages, talk LA vegan restaurants, give advice on life & send back food with Rocco Kayiatos, Beth Pickens, and Katy Davidson.

Amos Mac is a photographer, producer, writer and co-founder of trans male print magazine, Original Plumbing. You can see him on The Trans List, streaming on HBO on-demand now!

Today we celebrate the rerelease of Mountain Rock by Dear Nora by chatting w musicians Katy Davidson & Owen Ashworth about touring, gross food, feminism and MORE!

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.

Ask-a-mortician creator Caitlin Doughty joins (Capricorn) guest-host Beth Pickens and I to discuss death, feminism, grief, alternative funeral planning and more! It's a must-listen.

Comics, parenting, hard work and the book MARCH! with Nate Powell.

Today we are joined by Brandie Taylor of Magic Hour Astrology to answer questions about being newly queer, the truth about penises, the ART of cunnilingus, and more!

This week we have food poisoning, & thus, an abbreviated podcast. 

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!

Today I'm joined by author Michelle Tea to answer questions about being tokenized, being sad, being sober, & what to do if your husband is getting HJs on the DL. Tune in!

Arts consultant Beth Pickens joins me to discuss practical tips & survival techniques for artists during these harsh political times. Bonus: she weighs in on cartoonists, negotiating your worth and MORE.

Today we share a blast from the past with punk feminist Beth Ditto. She jumps in and gives advice on grace, accepting praise, self esteem, self hatred, polyamory, and MORE. 

Enjoy some post-election despair and comics talk with "Fun Home" and "Dykes to Watch Out For" creator Alison Bechdel!!!

Jibz Cameron (DYNASTY HANDBAG) & resident witch Brandie Taylor here for healing & revolution today on the podcast!

This week, esteemed Sagittarius, 1992 presidential candidate, and world-renowned poet Eileen Myles jumps on the line to answer advice questions about poetry, snowflake vaginas, and how to get your husband off your back so you can attend a workshop. We also mention dogs, what it's like to be a Sagittarius, her Thanksgiving Manifesto, and MORE.

Special guest Morgan  joins me to review stale popcorn balls.