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The Moisture Festival Podcast – Matt Baker

On this episode of the Moisture Festival Podcast Louie interviews his co-host Matt Baker. They discuss a wide range of topics including Matt’s time living in Western Samoa as a teenager and how he became a vegetarian. We also learn how Matt got into performing at a young age through hackysack (footbag) and how that skill took him across Europe and all over the US doing school assemblies.

Matt discusses his time in the award winning juggling duo the Brothers from Different Mothers and the challenges that duo’s face. We learn all about the crazy places his solo show the Matt Baker Comedy + Stunt Show has taken him and where he will be going next. A fun interview with your second favorite Moisture Festival Podcast host. 

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The Moisture Festival Podcast – Sailor St. Claire

On this episode we welcome in Sailor St. Claire. We talk a lot about the world of Burlesque and how one comes to become a performer. The different paths they could have taken and how being an emcee is very similar to teaching college.

We also learn about the many different projects Sailor is involved in and they constantly challenge themselves to learn and grow. A great conversation with a prolific contributor to the arts community.

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The Moisture Festival Podcast – Mr Lo’s Paper Show

On this episode of the Moisture Festival Podcast we welcome in Mr. LO. We talk about a number of different things including his life as a ballet dancer and all that goes into maintaining your body to perform that every night.

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He tells us about the various career transformations he had to make including becoming a full time contortionist and how he found paper tearing to take over once he aged out of contortion. We learn about all the things that go into making such a unique act and the difficulties accompanied with performing an art form that no one performs anymore. A great conversation with a first time performer at the 2025 festival.  

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The Moisture Festival Podcast -Nick Harden

On this episode of the Moisture Festival Podcast we welcome in circus extraordinaire Nick Harden. We learn about where a kid from a small town in Illinois first discovered circus and how it became an obsession.

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We learn about how the connections that he has made through the circus have opened up opportunities all over the United States. He also tells us about the difficulties in performing in different spaces and how that forced him to come up with different variations of his act. A great conversation with a very talented circus performer. 

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The Moisture Festival Podcast – Live at the 2025 festival

This episode is LIVE at week one of the 2025 Moisture Festival!

In this episode Louie chats with acts appearing for the first time at the festival. This is a great episode to meet new additions to the Moisture Festival family!

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The Moisture Festival Podcast – Tony Steinbach

In this episode we welcome in juggler and funny man  Tony Steinbach. We learn about Tony’s first exposure to juggling and how his dad used juggling in his work training. Tony talks about his development as an artist and how his collaborations with other artists have helped pave the way to what he is doing now.

The Moisture Festival Podcast - Tony Steinbach

He tells about the Renaissance fair circuit and the adaptations he makes to his show to make it work in such a specific environment. A fun conversation with another 2025 moisture festival newcomer. 

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The Moisture Festival Podcast – Rosemary Le

On this episode we welcome Rosemary Le. Rosemary discusses her upbringing and how her need for movement led her to ariel. We discuss her Ph.d, her life in academia and learn about her work with some pretty cutting edge experiments.

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We throw some hard questions at her thoughts on learning and even throw some business proposals her way. She talks about her desire to take a break from the corporate world to explore the performing arts. A wonderful conversation with an extremely smart and talented person

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The Moisture Festival Podcast – Christine Gunn

On this episode we welcome in cellist Christine Gunn. She tells us about how she plays cello and how it differs from regular cellists.

How she founded one of the bands Matt used to be really into, we learn about the early days of busking at the Pike Place Market and how that led to some amazing collaborations with some Moisture Festival favorites.  A fun interview with a fantastic musician. 

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The Moisture Festival Podcast – Patrice O’Neill

On this episode we welcome in all around amazing person Patrice O’Neill. She talks about her wonderful career in music and how she got to sit with the Nobel Peace Prize recipient Desmond Tutu.



We talk about her process in writing songs and the various bands she has played in and continues to play with. We also learn how she met her husband and how they started a recording studio in their home. A really great conversation with a fantastic individual. 

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The Moisture Festival Podcast – Maque daVis

On this episode we welcome in Moisture Festival founder Maque daVis. Maque tells us about the roots of the festival, how it all was organized and some of the failures and successes of the early years.

The Moisture Festival Podcast - Maque DaVis

He discusses how the festival has evolved and what he thinks the future holds. We also get into his history being the head of fire safety at Burning Man. A fantastic interview with one of the people that made this all possible.

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