In Ep. 22 Soup Fit For A Queen, we chatted with Laura Stanfill, whose publishing company, Forest Avenue Press, champions underrepresented voices. Here's a continuation of our conversation, specifically focusing on neurodivergent minds.

&

Ottavia Fasce, w/ Franco Gianolla on piano -- sings "Santa Lucia," which David Ciminello references throughout his phenomenal debut novel, The Queen of Steeplechase Park.

Andiamo & Mangiamo!

Brian & Ottavia

Because of Covid-19, Mardi Gras — for the most part— was cancelled for 2021.

Luckily, we have previously unreleased recordings from Mardis Gras’ past captured right here in Portland, Oregon… featuring live music, parades & even a Ball!

We invite Bayou born Randy Jackson to our porch for a “substantial“ Gumbo cookout & for a sweet treat Baker Dan chimes in on King Cake.

Join us around the table, all y’all, for this episode we call – Jumbo Gumbo Ya Ya!

Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler!

Brian & Tavé

We’ve arrived at the third and final episode of our P-Town Trilogy — where the soup talk continues both in and out of the kitchen, accompanied by some deep cuts from Zoe Lewis’s vast catalogue of music.

In this culminating episode Tave & her Rhode Island resident friend, April Brown, go on a soup making adventure. They share stories while cooking her grandmother’s traditional recipe for Narragansett chowder.

We talk with Mark Bjorstrom, Vice Chair & Treasurer of SKIP – The Soup Kitchen in Provincetown, who gives us a behind the scene tour of the network involved in nourishing the Outer Cape community.

We also visit with Dougie Freeman, the owner of the West End Salon & Spa, and get the scoop from a few friendly dog lovers.

Set your stovetops to simmer, sit back and enjoy our finale:

P-Town Soup, Part III: Clams Ends

We miss you Provincetown!

Brian & Tavé

In Part II, we’ll be shining a light on a few of Provincetown’s proud women proprietors and their benevolence towards the community,

We talk with:

Debbie Nadolney  the owner of AMP: Art Market Provincetown Gallery 

Frieda the manager at  Marine Specialties Store

Scarbie a tour de force Drag Queen with a heart of gold & nasty scar

Please check out PeaceLoveandSoup.com for all of our past episodes, subscription links, photos, recipes & much, much more!

This season we’re devoting its’ entirety to Provincetown, Massachusetts – a quaint seaside town situated at the outermost tip of good ole’ Cape Cod.

In this of episode we’ll be chatting with:

Jay Critchley, a resident artist,  activist & creator of the community nurturing organization The Compact.

The Mama Tits, a visiting drag queen performer.

Blair Fell, a writer & long time P-Town summer guest.

And a few Michaels; writer Michael Cunningham, publisher & web creator Michael Goff & lawyer Micheal Gottlieb. We bumped into them at the opening of local painter, John Dowd’s latest work, presented by the William Scott Gallery on Commercial Street.

And because we are a soup podcast we will be digging deeper into the exotic world of chowder! We found that there are as many type of chowder as there are varieties of people who frequent this magical & historical piece of land.

Thank you to everyone who lent their voices and shared their soup stories with us. Special thanks go out to P-Town’s own world traveling musician, Zoe Lewis, who so generously provided the music that you’ll be hearing throughout this trilogy. You can find out more about her and her music by going to ZoeLewis.com

Well, without further ado we give you P-Town Soup, Part I: Entering Provincetown

Enjoy,

Brian & Tavé

Fall/Winter 2018 – Welcome Home!  We’re excited to invite you in for a glimpse of our Burning Man experience.

We’ll be celebrating creativity in all it’s forms from art to architecture, transportation to transformation, and unique ways of building community through gifting and radical self-expression.

There are many aspects of the Burning Man experience —  being a temporary city of 70,000 inhabitants gathering each year in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert — it would be impossible to explain it all. But with the help of our friend, campmate, and professional tour guide in the default world, Rah-Rah, we’ll be guiding you on a journey guaranteed to be both educational and entertaining.

You’ll hear from a variety of Burners, from around the globe, sharing their personal connections of what the Playa provided them.

As always there will be an enlightening DID YOU KNOW segment, and generously gifted music, this episode by POLKA MADRE

Pack all things!

Get on that dusty road of life,
share bonfires at night
with old friends and new,
and a saxophone kazoo

Now serving… Playa Soup!

Have a great burn!

Brian (Cherry Poppins) Delaney

&

Tavé (Top Hat) Fasce Drake

Summer 2018  – and we spent it getting to know Generation Z —
with all that brightness and energy, we focus on the youth of today in all their glorious complexity.

They’re poets and musicians, activists and free thinkers, fun loving and kind, and frankly … full of zeal!

Join us for a lively round table discussion with four recently graduated high school students — Mila, Oggie, Sebastian  and Avery.

Special thanks to Avery and his band ATLESS  for providing the music for this show.  Be sure and check him out at  https://atlessband.bandcamp.com

The adventure continues as we document Verslandia  – Portland’s annual grand slam poetry event in which slam poet winners from a variety of high schools go head to head in a night of poetic glory.

We have an exclusive interview with one of the poets Tave’s very own daughter Lucinda Drake.

Our DYK segment features the benefits of probiotic drinks, which in-turn inspired us to assemble an original chilled health concoction consisting of homemade pickled vegetables, apple cider vinegars and a sparkling rejuvelac broth.

Surprises await!

Ready to feel rejuvenated, inspired and entertained !

We give you “Generation Z for Zeal Soup”

Send it!

Brian & Tavé

Sent!

Spring 2018 – We’re trying something new for Season 2!

3 shows,  (Spring, Summer, Fall/Winter)… also new for 2018 @PEACELOVEANDSOUP on Instagram.

On this episode we’re focusing on Storytellers!

We talk with New York Times best selling author, educator and activist, Renee Watson.

www.reneewatson.net
and
http://www.itooarts.com/

Native to Portland, but now living in NY, she writes “realistic fiction” and poetry centered around the lived experiences of black girls and women, exploring themes of home, identity, and the intersections of race, class, and gender.

Also on today’s show we spent an afternoon with ceramicist, storyteller, herbalist and humanitarian, Baba Wague Diakite.

BABA WAGUE @: babawague.wordpress.com and www.kofalen.org

He talks about the importance of storytelling, and it’s uses to educate as well as entertain, and how this age old tradition was handed down for generations in Africa.

Originally from Mali, Wague has been living in Portland, Oregon for many years with his wife and daughters.
His eldest, Penda Diakite, is also an author and artist, as well as a clothing designer.  She reads us her original story “ I Lost My Tooth in Africa” written when she was just 12 years old.

PendaDiakite.com
and
pendawear.com

Baba Wague also teaches us how to make Tiga Dege Na or West African Peanut Soup.

Our “Did You Know” segment will be all about peanuts! We share some truly fascinating information about yet another humble everyday food staple taken for granted.
Such as:

PEANUTS SAVE LIVES!

All the music featured on this episode is by Portland musician, Jonny Cool.  You can find him here: www.jonnycool86.com
And
https://m.soundcloud.com/jonny-cool

We’ve titled this episode Scrabble Soup! Like the popular game, but instead of connecting letters to form words we edit individual stories to make our podcasts.

Wherever you may be, join us at our communal table and enjoy this bowl of Scrabble Soup !

Peace, Love and (of course) Soup!

Brian & Tavé

Dec 2017 – This special holiday episode of Peace, Love and Soup is our gift to you!

Sit back, relax and join us as we ladle up some wassail (our soup for this month) and joyfully reminisce about the first year of our podcast!

We’ll be replaying past inspirational moments, sharing out-takes edited for time and even playing a blooper or two … or more?

We’ll have a “Holidays Around the Globe” edition of our popular “Did You Know” segment.

and the festive music provided this month is by Eric Stern  — Thank you Eric, we really love your imaginative and catchy songs. You can find more information about eric here: http://ericsternevents.com

We promise this episode will be a great big bowl of wassail fun for the entire family! Get ready to laugh and cry and even sing-a-long with us if you want!

May your New Year be filled with joyous song and light!

Thank you for listening!

We…

PEACE,
LOVE
and
SOUP…

you!

Brian & Tavé

Nov. 2017 — It’s that time of year when the weather gets brisk, the leaves change color and Portlanders have one thing on their mind…

Wild Mushrooms!

On this month’s episode:

Cook / Renaissance man Saint James https://kboo.fm/media/61098-saint-james-show invites us to feast on his TOP SECRET recipe: Mushroom Sage Bisque… our very first bisque!

Tave joins Matt Taylor, the executive director at Westwind  https://westwind.org and Sunnyside Environmental School families, traipsing around the northwest forest foraging for mushrooms.

We welcome back Coco – The Correspondent, with her double helping of mushroom focused Vox Pops, asking the people  –  “What’s your favorite mushroom?” & “What is Umami?”

and for music this month we feature the work of Japanese composer, guitarist and singer songwriter Hiroya Tsukamoto  http://www.hiroyatsukamoto.com  His sound is simply gorgeous!

Without further delay we give you Episode 11: Wild Mushroom Bisque!

Happy Thanksgiving … May kindness surround you!

B & T

Oct. 2017 – Bienvenidos… A Paz, Amor Y Sopa!!!

We will be celebrating Dia de Los Muertos a little early, with heartfelt personal stories about departed loved ones written and read by these devoted listeners:

You Liked My Dead Dog (It Helped)   by  BLAIR FELL
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/7199302

New Normal   by  CINDY SPADE
Air   by  DANIEL ELDER
A Eulogy for Shirley B    by  DAVID CIMINELLO

Ellie   by  ILSE STACKLIE-VOGT
This Scourge   by  LARRY DEAL
https://anervouscomplaint.com

Love, Light & Bubbles   by  MICHELE BRIEN
Bringing Dad Home   by  NANCY KISSAM
What I Remember About Mom   by  PATSY KULLBERG
and
Herbie’s Hunger Strike for Peace   by  RACHEL SIEGEL

We are in the kitchen twice this month!
First, for the soup, we will be visting Serranos Taqueria in SE Portland to eat Caldo De Res and habla con Co-Owner & Chef: DORIS SERRANO
Serranos Taqueria on Facebook

And then again, for the return of …. Baker Dan!  Where he’ll be making:
Pan de Muerto — Bread of the Dead!

Las Musica this episode is provided by the talented local trio of SAVILA.
SAVILA on Bandcamp

Build your alter!   Grab your hankies!   Pre-heat your oven!

Vamos!

B & T

Sept. 2017  – International Peace Day falls on September 21st, therefore this month we will be emphasizing the Peace – in Peace, Love & Soup.
We’re going to talk to Wintry Whit Smith who is spreading peace education worldwide with her Peace Village Global curriculum!

She has some simple and helpful superpowers to promote peace for all of us:
Stop…..Take a breath….. Be calm…..Be kind!

On the soup menu we just couldn’t resist and decided to make a Pea soup — a one pot Minty Garden Pea And Coconut Milk Soup to be exact. It’s a versatile soup you can serve cold, tepid or hot, because who knows what the weather will be on any given day in September!

And adding to the audio nourishment this month, will be the musical stylings of THOSE WILLOWS a talented band from right here in Portland, Oregon.
Also the song “Powerful Enough”, written by Rand Bishop, performed by Rand Bishop and the kids from the Lincoln City Peace Village.
(And be sure to listen for our surprise singing debuts, as Tave puts her own spin on the British classic we now refer to as “Peas for Two” and Brian… Well, let’s just say he’s been holding back his talents.)

Let’s get this Peace Show or shoud we say – this episode we call Pea(ce) Soup… on the road.

KINDNESS GO!

Brian & Tavé

August 2017 – Since National Watermelon Day falls in August, we have prepared for you an episode that is nothing less than refreshing, just like the delicious fruit itself, the wonderful watermelon! And because the solar eclipse aligns with the new moon, which is also our release date, we are calling this episode…
Watermelon Soup for the Solar Eclipse!

 **New 2021 edit + BONUS interview with Jim Todd the Director of Space Science Education @ OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science & Industry) https://omsi.edu/planetarium 

**Featuring additional music by Eric Kallio  – https://music.apple.com/us/artist/eric-kallio/1112534702

We will also be introducing you to the world of Ayurveda — The Healing Science of the Sun –with the guidance of the ever kind & knowing Elyssia Schaeffer.
https://www.facebook.com/elyssia.schtaklef
Her workshop: Ayurvedic Nutrition & Self Care for Autumnal Equinox, is September 6th at the Souwester Lodge in  Seaview, WA   www.souwesterlodge.com  or call 360-642-2542  to register

This episode’s music is inspired by a flash back to when artist Rachel Sigel http://rachelsiegel.net and Tave made a short film aply titled,  It’s A Watermelon!   Get ready for some fun little diddies you can’t help but hum to including:
Tom Rosenthal, Watermelon   http://tomrosenthal.co.uk
The Maybellines, Watermelon   http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-maybellines-mn0000889683/songs

Nancy Tucker,  Watermelon    http://www.nancytucker.info
Desert Storm, New Trition   https://www.facebook.com/desertstormuk/
Raffi, Down Where The Watermelons Grow   http://www.raffinews.com

New to our Peace, Love and Soup family, Coco the Correspondent, from the KBOO youth collective, bringing us a special “On the Street,” segment:
How do Portlanders Pick the Perfect Watermelon?!

We have many juicy tidbits of information we can hardly wait to share with you, for this momentous event: The Great American Eclipse of August 21, 2017.

Stay Calm & Watermelon!

Brian & Tavé

We’re dedicating the entire episode to Tom Hood (Tommy Hollywood), Chief Engineer at KBOO radio. A man of many talents — Chili Champ, Composer, Producer, Humorist & all around nice guy— deserves this honor. Check out his self described “serious nonsense” @ TravelingRadio.com

** NEW 2021 EDIT + Bonus interview & music with Jai Hurdle. Find him @ “A Man Called JAI” on Soundcloud)

Peace, Love and Soup, along with Tommy, are guests on the Portland radio program, “The Monday Sampler”.  We have a big ole hoedown with their fine crew: Fortunado, Just Jess & PBK  http://kboo.fm/program/monday-sampler

Our “In The Kitchen” segment is on location this month, as we challenge Tommy to a sidewalk chili-cook off in front of the station:

Tave’s 6 Bean Vegan White Chili  vs  Tommy’s Texas Bowl O’Red

All music and sound effect were created and by Tom Hood & Spook The Cat!

Thanks again, Tommy!

It’s a beautiful summer day, go float on the river, enjoy some chili and chill.

Peace, Love and (of course)…. Soup!

Brian & Tavé

Tomatoes, like people come in a variety of sizes and colors, with unique characteristics and since June is gay pride month we’d like to celebrate the variety of human diversity specifically the LGBTQIA community.

We therefore are calling this months episode…Gay-zpacho!

** NEW 2021 EDIT  + Bonus interview with Zarah Bone of NW Queer Chorus & their music!

We’re making the Spanish soup Gazpacho after a quick cultural lesson from Spainard & hairdresser extraordinaire…  Antonio Diaz!   http://www.bryanbantry.com/antonio-diaz/

We’ll discuss the multitude of varieties and tips on how to care for your own tomato plants with Lori Vollmer, co-owner of Garden Fever, a fabulous NE Portland gardening store.   http://www.gardenfever.com

Music this month is a selection of songs from Pedro Almodovar’s movies and we close the show with an orginal piece by our own “Little Bear” – Jai Hurdle titled… “Cherry Tomato”! www://soundcloud.com/jai-hurdle
Go plant your tomato plant with Pride! (a little late in the season but not out of the question)

The heat is here – time to make a nice big bowl of Gay-zpacho!

Peace, Love and (of course) Soup!

Ole!

Brian & Tavé

May 2017 – On this super moon we are serving up a souper extended episode, featuring the stories of super mothers of all kinds, including:

Alex Behr, a Portland mother & writer who adopted her son, Eli, from China.

http://alexbehr.com and @Alex_Behr on twitter

Robyn Twomey, a Brooklyn mother & photographer that recently gave birth to her 2nd child. http://www.robyntwomey.com

Dolores Delaney, a Boston mother and grandmother, reflects on her life having survived bringing up 4 boys!  (including our very own co-host Brian)

Huggy aka Janice Evalin Johnson, a West Coast single grandmother and mom (to our other co-host Tave) shares what it was like bucking the system as a young creative woman in the 60s and 70s.

Tave gets a peace, love and PLUS travel talk in with her brother, Niko Bono (afterthought… he was adopted) @travelsofbeauty on Instagram

We’ve sprinkled in some music to dish, dine and (if you’re feeling it) dance to, too! Featuring:

“Mars” by The Double U, “Seven Nation Army” by The Mt Tabor Middle School Band, “I Wanna Be Your Lover” by Fenech Soler, “Take Your Momma Out Tonight” by Scissor Sisters, “Does Your Mother Know” by ABBA and “Chicken Noddle Soup” by DJ Webstar performed by Young B & The Voice of Harlem

and in the kitchen this month we’ll be making the “Mother of All Soups”…

CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP!

A Toast To All Mothers Everywhere!

Peace, Love and (of course) Soup,

Brian & Tavé

April 2017 — This month it’s all about sustainability!

On April 22nd, the world celebrated Earth Day. People everywhere were reminded to do their small part to defend the planet from climate change. Henceforth this episode is titled… Earth Soup!

We converse with Molly Deis, co-creator of Portland’s  TRACKERS EARTH

http://trackersearth.com/blog/categories/outdoor-education/

http://trackersearth.com/blog/kids-wont-eat-veggies-forage-wild-plants/

&

Josh Anderson (traditonal name Sik Sik) of The SQUAMISH LIL’WAT TRIBE Cultural Center in Whistler, BC  https://slcc.ca

Peace, Love and Soup Theater returns with a perfomance of “The Field Trip”- Issue 1 page 9  an original comic created by TRACKERS EARTH,  http://trackersearth.com/comic/trackers-kids/1/9

Starring: Annie Deis, Eliseo Soto-Madrid & Sean Steward

We feature natural musical soundscapes and a composition by German artist Bartholomaus Traubeck,

in which he converts the rings of a tree’s trunks into piano music.

Brian & Tave head out to forage around the city of Portland for the ingredients

to make this month’s vegan bowl of Earth Soup…

STINGING NETTLE & DANDELION SOUP

Yum!

Please be sure to check out our recipe and behind-the-scene photos,

by liking us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peaceloveandsoup/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

and visiting our blog: http://kboo.fm/topics/peace-love-and-soup

Peace, Love and (of course) Soup!
Brian & Tavé

March 2017 – Peace, Love and Soup is going Irish in a big and Magically Delicious way… NO BLARNEY!

In this, our 3rd episode, we make Dublin Coddle stew and as a special treat, Irish Soda Bread with guest baker, Dan Fagan, who also teachers us:

“Good doesn’t need to be hard!”

Jackie Boy Delaney shares his story about growing up in a working class Boston Irish family. He even sings us a tune & in perfect pitch too!

Cheers … to Your Ears!

We visit Kell’s Pub in NW Portland on St. Patrick’s Day to hear bagpipers and Irish clogging and to ask fellow celebrants, including the Wanderlust Nurtionists,  the important question:

“What’s the difference between soup and stew?”  What do you think?

We play some snippets from Dion, The Dorsey Brothers & Frankie Baby, but it is the Irish music that is the star this month including:

The Killavil Jig, “Have A Drink With Me” & “The Shelf”

Iarla O Lionaird, “Casadh an Tsugain”

Blaggards, “Drunken Sailor”

The Chieftains, “Tie The Ribbon – “The Bag of Potatoes”

Please be sure to check out our recipes and behind-the-scene photos, by liking us

on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peaceloveandsoup/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

and visiting our blog  http://kboo.fm/topics/peace-love-and-soup

Peace, Love and (of course…) Soup!

Brian (Joseph Patrick) Delaney & Tavé Fascé Drake

Feb. 2017 – Welcome back for a 2nd serving of Peace, Love and Soup!

Episode 2 – Birthday Soup,  is going to be a hot one! So, be sure to blow on the soup and make a wish before sitting down to devour!

This month we’re celebrating Tave’s 50th, with the classic children’s story dear to her heart; Else Holmelund Minarik’s, “Little Bear’s Birthday Soup.” We assembled a small cast of KBOO volunteers to create our first, “Radio Soup Theater,” with banjo music by Joe Clement, AKA BandJoe.

Jai Hurdle – AKA Little Bear – shares his memories of growing up in Queens and having soup with his grandma.

Birthdays???  Are they for you or your kids?  Find out in this month’s interview segment.

We discuss “Soup Hacks” (taking that which is fine… and making it fabulous!) and go back to Tave’s kitchen –with a visiting cameraman– to prepare “Korean Birthday Soup” — Miyeok Guk

We hear when and why Birthday Soup is made in Korea, from the first hand perspective of expat Martin Cavanaugh and his wife Ji.

Musical thanks to J Noodles for his song: “All I Need” & to Wizard Phenix for providing, “Baybe Voices & Beats for Dummies 101”  https://soundcloud.com/mohawk-ris

other music in our podcast includes:

P’ansori: Korea’s Epic Vocal Art & Instrumental —  “Kayageum Sanjo” by Kim So-Hee

Holding Up Half the Sky: Voices of Asian Women — “Broken Zither” by Liu Sola

And finally, we’ll check in with the chefs of tomorrow; Henry, Ellie, Ben, Pear, Ivy, Meira & Cameron as they come up with some very inventive birthday soups!

Please be sure to check out our recipes and behind-the-scene photos, by liking us

on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peaceloveandsoup/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

and visiting our blog  http://kboo.fm/topics/peace-love-and-soup

Peace, Love and (of course…) Soup!

Brian & Tavé

Jan. 2017 – A new podcast for the New Year, the new moon & the Chinese New Year, bringing you Peace, Love & Soup!

by Brian Delaney & Tavé Fascé Drake

In this premier episode we make Black Eyed Pea and Collard Greens Soup for prosperity and luck in the New Year.

We introduce ourselves to you and:

–talk to artist Julia Anne Goodman

–feature music by Oumou Sangare, the Black Eyed Peas and Lucinda Drake.

–discuss Tave’s stint with the Peace Corps, the Dogon Villages of Mali &  Fulani herders

–make & share a start to finish soup (served in a handmade bowl by ceramicist Craig Martell)

–and much, much more!

Peace, Love & (of course…Soup)

Brian & Tavé