Episode 90: Meg Kumin
It's the Ryan O'Reilly episode, y'all...#90!
Okay. Silliness? Check. Now let's get the gaffe outta the way. In a nutshell, I was so excited to have this week's guest in the chair that I literally forgot to hit "record" on her camera. So...no video, which is a shame as Meg Kumin's face is far too adorable to waste on the incompetencies of a cotton-headed ninnymuggins such as myself.
I did, however, take the liberty of plastering the video file with some of my favorite pieces of her photography, which you can view/purchase at megkumin.com, so there is that aspect, which makes this episode even uniquer than it already was.
And speaking of Meg, she's a daughter and a sister and a wife and a mom. She's also part of the communications team for the University of Kansas, and a staff photographer as well. She teaches and is enrolled in the PhD program, she's a for-hire photographer for maybe six or seven more years. She's traveled to some pretty rad places, done some pretty cool things, and -- in addition to numerous other admirable qualities -- she's a terrific storyteller.
So, Meg and I talked a little bit about her background and some of her adventures. We touched on a couple of hardships she's been through, and how she has managed to continuously mold herself into an amazing person while facing adversity. And, of course, we talked about a few of her favorite records along the way. Those were these:
Paul Simon's Graceland (1986)
Doolittle (1989), Pixies
De La Soul's Stakes Is High (1996)
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998), Lauryn Hill
Catching up with Meg tickled my fancy, as did having her on the show, so I'm gracious and grateful for both the time and the opportunity. I hope you enjoy listening to our conversation as much as I enjoyed being a part of it.
Cheers.
copyright disclaimer: I do not own the rights to either the promo or the intro/outro audio samples. They are clips from a cut called, "Christmas Down Under" by Phosphorescent off of his 2018 album, C'est La Vie, c/o of Dead Oceans.