It‘s Too Early with Gwen Filosa

Laura Ornella

Laura Ornella is a comedian and actor who has appeared on Comedy Central and founded the comedy platform, Humor Darling. She joined me on Jan. 3, 2022. 

Liz Young, of the Florida Keys Council of the Arts

Liz Young, executive director of the Florida Keys Council of the Arts, joined me on Jan. 10, 2022. 

Artist Kristen Norman

Florida Keys-based artist Kristen Norman joined me Dec. 1, 2021, to talk about her upcoming gallery show at Effusion in Key West. 

Comedian Paula Skaggs

Paula Skaggs, a comedian and podcaster who is devoted to posting reviews of Lean Cuisine meals, joined me on Dec. 31, 2021. 

Keah Brown

Keah Brown is a disability rights activist, author, journalist and writer. She is also known as the creator of the hashtag #DisabledAndCute, which first went viral in February 2017 and caught the attention of such celebrities as Sophia Bush and Brie Larson.

She joined me on Dec. 22, 2021. 

Photographer Evan Sung

Evan Sung, a prominent food, lifestyle and travel photographer based in Brookly, N.Y. joined me on Dec. 24, 2021. 

Sloan Steel

Sloan Steel, a writer who co-hosts the movie and pop culture podcast Mummy Dearest, joined me on Dec. 15, 2021. We talked about my upcoming 50th birthday and why I might have to go live in the woods. 

Allegra Hyde

Allegra Hyde, the author of Eleutheria, and the short story collection, Of This New World, which won the John Simmons Short Fiction Award through the Iowa Short Fiction Award Series, joined me on Dec. 17, 2021. 

A recipient of three Pushcart Prizes, Hyde's writing has also been anthologized in Best American Travel Writing, Best Women’s Travel Writing, Best of the Net, and Best Small Fictions. Her stories and essays have appeared in Tin House, American Short Fiction, Kenyon Review, New England Review, The Threepenny Review, and many other venues.

 

WLRN reporter Nancy Klingener

WLRN reporter Nancy Klingener joined me on Dec. 23, 2021, to talk about her recent stories, including one about the Key West community building a home for a 77-year-old woman who lost everything in a fire.

Comedian and actor Jenny Gorelick on celebrating birthdays and New Year‘s Eve

Jenny Gorelick, a comedian and actor based in New York, joined me on Dec. 21, 2021. We talked about how to celebrate birthdays, New Year's Eve and her dating advice podcast, Receipts, the Dating Podcast with Evidence.

The recording starts late but we're talking about birthdays. 

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