Explore every episode of the podcast ANGELIC TRANSMISSIONS

hosts Jarrett Earnest and Leigha Mason talk about the incredible Jack Whitten show at MoMA (Jack Whitten: The Messenger), the paintings of Nicole Wittenberg and visiting her show at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art in Maine. Also, dog training and abstraction! In the second half of the show, writer Lynne Tillman talks about her new collection of short stories, Thrilled to Death. We hear about her use of artworks as fuel for her writing, as well as some of the formal strategies she has employed towards fracturing the concept of selfhood!

Angelic Transmissions airs live on eastvillageradio.com every other Monday 12noon - 2pm, with new episodes on streaming every other Thursday.

This episode was broadcast on East Village Radio on May 19, 2025. The live show included music for context of our commentary, which has been removed for streaming purposes, as we never intend any copyright infringement. You can find the artists and song titles below if you'd like to listen along. Cher - All or Nothing S.E. Rogie - Please Go Easy With Me Cher - A Woman's Story Cher - Believe

Hosts Jarrett Earnest and Leigha Mason talk about pop performances, Forough Farrokhzad's film The House Is Black, Alice Coltrane's public access TV show from the 80s, medieval memoirs, and a lot more!  In the second hour, they are joined by painter Salman Toor to discuss his new show "Wish Maker" at Luhring Augustine (paintings in the Chelsea location, and works on paper in TriBeCa), up through June 21, 2025!

Angelic Transmissions airs live on eastvillageradio.com every other Monday 12noon - 2pm, with new episodes on streaming every other Thursday.

This episode was broadcast on East Village Radio on May 5, 2025. The live show included music for context of our commentary, which has been removed for streaming purposes, as we never intend any copyright infringement. You can find the artists and song titles below if you'd like to listen along.

Kiley Minogue - Tension

Rilo Kiley - Better Son/Daughter

Tina Turner - Hot For You Baby (Pet Shop Boys Remix)

Madonna - Deeper and Deeper

Ali Sethi & Noah Georgeson - Paniya

Hosts Jarrett Earnest and Leigha Mason talk with painter Sam McKinniss about his new eponymous monograph of paintings (with text contributions from both Jarrett and Natasha!) published by Rizzoli, as well as writer Natasha Stagg. Stagg is the author of Artless: Stories 2019-2023, Sleeveless: Fashion, Image, Media, New York 2011-2019, and Surveys: A Novel. Image culture, the self-mythologized lore of states, and James Bidgood's Pink Narcissus are discussed!

Angelic Transmissions airs live on eastvillageradio.com every other Monday 12noon - 2pm, with new episodes on streaming every other Thursday.

This episode was broadcast on East Village Radio on April 21, 2025. The live show included music for context of our commentary, which has been removed for streaming purposes, as we never intend any copyright infringement. You can find the artists and song titles below if you'd like to listen along.

Madonna - Human Nature

Sinead O’Connor - The Last Day of Our Acquaintance

Addison Rae - Headphones On

Chaka Khan - What Cha’ Gonna Do For Me

Lana Del Rey - Thunder

Host Jarrett Earnest talks with the founding members of fierce pussy! fierce pussy is a collective of queer women artists, formed in NYC in 1991 through their immersion in AIDS activism. Zoe Leonard, Carrie Yamaoka, and Joy Episalla talk with us about the politics of form, the connections between individual and collective art acts, the mutable and bodily conceptual approaches to making exhibitions, and so much more! We hope this conversation can serve as a celebration of the loving and queer nature of these kinds of close and long-term collaborations.

Angelic Transmissions airs live on eastvillageradio.com every other Monday 12noon - 2pm, with new episodes on streaming every Thursday.

This episode was broadcast on East Village Radio on April 7, 2025. The live show included music for context of our commentary, which has been removed for streaming purposes, as we never intend any copyright infringement. You can find the artists and song titles below if you'd like to listen along.

Laura Nyro & LaBelle - It’s Gonna Take a Miracle

Sister Sledge - We Are Family

Justin Vivian Bond - 22nd Century

Chappel Roan - Pink Pony Club

Laura Nyro - The Bells

hosts Jarrett Earnest and Leigha Mason speak with painter Cynthia Daignault about her work both in painting and writing, her deep childhood relationship to Twin Peaks, love of grunge, melodramatic film, and more. 

Her work is included in two museum surveys proposing new frameworks for thinking about recent painting history - "The Living End" at MCA Chicago and "Ordinary People" at MOCA. Additionally, Jarrett wrote about one of Cindy's pieces in the "Painting and Photography" issue of Aperture (an essay called "Here's Looking at You Kid" about a spate of recent painting shows that deal with film stills and the internet).

Angelic Transmissions airs live on eastvillageradio.com every other Monday 12noon - 2pm, with new episodes on streaming every Thursday.

This episode was broadcast on East Village Radio on March 10, 2025. The live show included music for context of our commentary, which has been removed for streaming purposes, as we never intend any copyright infringement. You can find the artists and song titles below if you'd like to listen along.

Heart - Dreamboat Annie Angelo Badalamenti - The Pink Room Nacio Herb Brown - Temptation Henry Mancini - Experiment in Terror

hosts Jarrett Earnest and Leigha Mason talk with filmmaker Charles Atlas, on the occasion of the major survey of his work, "About Time" at ICA Boston. Charlie shares insights into his working process with video and dance, art as a memorial medium, and his wide array of collaborations with everyone from Merce Cunningham to Michael Clark to Leigh Bowery to Lady Bunny! 

A special thank you to Luhring Augustine Gallery for your help in setting up this special episode.

Angelic Transmissions airs live on eastvillageradio.com every other Monday 12noon - 2pm, with new episodes on streaming every Thursday.

This episode was broadcast on East Village Radio Feb 24, 2025. The live show included music for context of our commentary, which has been removed for streaming purposes, as we never intend any copyright infringement. You can find the artists and song titles below if you'd like to listen along.

Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballe - Barcelona Aretha Franklin - Take a Look Billie Eilish - Bad Guy Ahnoni - I Fell In Love With a Dead Boy Ahnon - Change Lady Bunny - Take Me Up High Minty - Useless Man

hosts Jarrett Earnest and Leigha Mason talk with inimitable NYC icon Joey Arias! On the occasion of Joey's new album, PAST PRESENT FUTURE, we discuss Joey's artistic practice and creation of Self within singing, drag, performance, fashion, and more. Joey shares stories across a wide variety of collaborative friendships with The Groundlings (cameos in Elvira and Pee Wee movies), Sylvester, Klaus Nomi, David Bowie (SNL performance), and a lot more. 

Angelic Transmissions airs live on eastvillageradio.com every other Monday 12noon - 2pm, with new episodes on streaming every Thursday.

This episode was broadcast on East Village Radio Jan 27th, 2025. The live show included music for context of our commentary, which has been removed for streaming purposes, as we never intend any copyright infringement. You can find the artists and song titles below if you'd like to listen along.

Joey Arias - Holiday (1987)

Joey Arias - Better Half

Klaus Nomi - Nomi Song

Sylvester - You Make Me Feel

Joey Arias - Ooh, What a Feeling

host Jarrett Earnest speaks with painter Chris Martin about painting's ability to cast spells, hold secrets, and expand the lived experience. Also, glitter and Temporary Autonomous Zones. For the second hour, we are joined by art critic and musician Johanna Fateman to discuss her new project 'The Critic's Table' at Cultured magazine!

In between, the Essential Cinema segment has us talking about Errol Morris' first film Gates of Heaven (1978)! Death is for the living.

Angelic Transmissions airs live on eastvillageradio.com every other Monday 12noon - 2pm, with new episodes on streaming every Thursday.

This episode was broadcast on East Village Radio January 13th, 2025. The live show included music for context of our commentary, which has been removed for streaming purposes, as we never intend any copyright infringement. You can find the artists and song titles below if you'd like to listen along.

Sinead O’Connor - I Want Your (Hands On Me) Amy Winehouse - Back To Black Fatoumata Diwara - Kanou Frida -  I Know There’s Something Going On Brijean - Workin On It Sinead O’Connor - Fire On Babylon

Hosts Jarrett Earnest and Leigha Mason catch up on their holiday topics; dance coach intimacy, The Aluminum Christmas Tree Museum, and Julia Fox’s memoir Down The Drain. They are joined by photographer Matthew Leifheit to talk about his project, The Gay Chorus Endless Recital, in which he has been traveling around the country to various queer archives and unearthing recordings from different gay men’s choruses throughout the AIDS crisis. Essential Cinema this week is one of our all-time favs: The Eyes of Laura Mars. In the second hour, we are joined by iconic painter Peter McGough to discuss his new show “Alphabet” at Karma Gallery.

Angelic Transmissions airs live on eastvillageradio.com every other Monday 12noon - 2pm, with new episodes on streaming every other Thursday.

This episode was broadcast on East Village Radio on December 2, 2024. The live show included music for context of our commentary, which has been removed for streaming purposes, as we never intend any copyright infringement. You can find the artists and song titles below if you'd like to listen along.

Frances Faye - Drunk With Love Say She She - Purple Snowflakes Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus (1985) - Carol of the Bells Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus (1985) - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas The Gay Men’s Chorus of San Francisco (1995) with The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (1995) - All There Is Is Love The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC (1985) - Its Raining Men Tiny Tim - Tiptoe Through The Tulips Wayne Newton - Shangri La Frances Faye - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate Bob Hope - Thanks For the Memories (ft Shirley Ross)

Host Jarrett Earnest speaks with the great artist Glenn Ligon about his new book Distinguishing Piss from Rain: Writings, Interviews (2024) out now from Hauser & Wirth Books. Then we are joined by Whitney Mallett to discuss her eponymous new outlet for criticism, The Whitney Review!

In between, the Essential Cinema segment has Leigha Mason attempting to describe one of the best films of all time, Maya Deren's Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), which you can catch as part of the programming at Anthology Film Archives on 2nd & 2nd in NYC

Angelic Transmissions airs live on eastvillageradio.com every other Monday 12noon - 2pm, with new episodes on streaming every Thursday.

This episode was broadcast on East Village Radio Nov 4, 2024. The live show included music for context of our commentary, which has been removed for streaming purposes, as we never intend any copyright infringement. You can find the artists and song titles below if you'd like to listen along.

Donna summer - working the midnight shift

Jesse Norman - Strauss’ Four Last Songs

David Bowie - heroes

The Smiths -  Bigmouth Strikes Again

Spookytooth - Pyramids

The Diplomats - Bigger Picture

Donna Summer - Grand Illusion

 Host Jarrett Earnest speaks with Simon Wu about his new book Dancing On My Own. Also, NYC icon Tabboo! enlightens us with, among other things, a personal history of the Pyramid Club! 

  In between, Leigha Mason talks Robert Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar during AT's midshow 'Essential Cinema' segment.

 This episode was broadcast live on East Village Radio July 29, 2024. The live show included music for context of our commentary, which has been removed for streaming purposes, as we never intend any copyright infringement. You can find the artists and song titles below if you'd like to listen along.

 Angelic Transmissions airs live on eastvillageradio.com every other Monday 12noon - 2pm, with new episodes on streaming every Thursday. 

 Amanda Lear - Never Trust a Pretty Face  Lorde - 400 Lux  Glass Vegas - Geraldine  Zedd feat. Foxes - Clarity  Robyn - Honey  It's Natural - Tabboo!  Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl  Stevie Wonder - Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer  Elton John & Paul Buckmaster - Friends  Beyonce - COZY  Fast Eddie - Let's Go  Amanda Lear - Black Holes