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Steve Desroches (48) talks to Christopher Kenney about his life as a dancer and as Edie, a high-kicking drag queen.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Adam Shanahan (42) about his work as drag queen Raquel Blake in Dallas, Texas and Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Steve Desroches (47) and Michael Steers (45) talk about Steers' career as a drag queen performing as Anita Cocktail in Provincetown, Massachusetts and beyond.

Liz Huff (50) talks with her voice teacher, mentor, and friend, Gary Race (70), about teaching and directing opera. Recorded August 11, 2020.

Julia Bagladi Molnar tells her kids about her life in Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution, her family’s escape to the US after the Soviet crackdown, and living in Boston and California, while keeping Hungarian traditions alive.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Chuck Sweeney (61) about his time performing as a drag queen in Provincetown, Massachusetts in the 1980s and again over the past five years, in particular as his signature character Peggy Lee.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Daniel Frank Kelley (49) about his career in drag performance as the character Paige Turner.

Steve Desroches (47) talks to Russ King (60) about his career as a drag queen, performing the character Miss Richfield 1981.

Brian McCaffrey (64) and his teacher, Pablo Siqueiros (32), talk about the power of music, what inspired them to pursue music, and singing at the Minnesota Opera.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Joshua Giant (36) about his drag persona Jizzelle and working as a drag queen in Provincetown, Massachusetts and beyond.

Colleagues Patrick McCoy (41) and Kelvin Page (57) discuss the National Association of Negro Musicians' (NANM) Washington D.C. chapter started by Patrick, representation and diversity in classical music, and those who have influenced their connection to and experience with music.

Charles Lynch (71) talks to Christina Kellogg (72) about his remarkable life. Born into a big family in Alabama, he was picking cotton by twelve but dreaming of a very different life centered on opera and Jesus Christ.

Andre Garcia-Nuthmann (62) speaks with his best friend Victoria Evans (65) about how he became involved in music at an early age, how he continued his career by studying in Europe and later back in the US. He also talks...

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Ross Kizik (36) who performs in Provincetown, Massachusetts and beyond as drag queen Abby Cummings.

Angela Little was born in 1920 in San Francisco to Italian and German immigrants. She wanted to be a scientist since she was a little girl and was one of the first women in the field of biology and nutrition.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Jeffrey Roberson about his career as drag queen Varla Jean Merman, and in particular his time and work in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Steve Desroches (49) talks to Matty Laurenza (38) about his work as a drag performer named Liza Lott.

Steve Desroches (47) and Rod Vaughan (50) talk about Vaughan's background in opera performance and blue grass music, particularly as a banjo player, and how that morphed into the unusual band the Electric Milk Machine in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Spouses, Robin Reshard (56) and Lloyd Reshard (64), sit down for a conversation about how their early relationship unfolded, their similarities and differences, and what they have learned from one another.

Maureen Kwiat Meshenberg, poet and author, discusses writing poetry through the pandemic “Our Surrendering Pause; 30 Poems in 30 Days” published by Golden Dragonfly Press-proceeds go to COVID Relief. Also discusses involving underserved Chicago youth to express their deepest selves...

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Randy Roberts (59) about his career as a drag performer.

Steve Desroches (49) talks to Brian Peters (45) about his life and work as drag queen Mama Tits.

Susan Kelley (57) sits down with her mother, Grace Kelley (89), to talk about her experience immigrating to the United States from Palestine, to discuss her passions for nursing and music, and to remember members of their family who have...

Steve Desroches (47) talks to Kevin Levesque (41) about his career as a drag queen, performing as Miss Conception.

Lindsay Cuff is interviewed by her husband Yana Kehrlein about her inspirations as a writer/musician, her writing process, the influence of her grandfather, his death and her family.