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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 – Cassandra Ruiz

On this episode we welcome in singer, magician and actor Cassandra Ruiz. We learn about her beginnings in singing and how her theatre background influences her show today . She tells us about her chance encounter with a famous magician that became her first exposure to magic.

We talk about her run performing as a ninja magician at a Ninja themed restaurant and how her and how she balances all the different types of performing she does. We also discuss how she creates routines and how her personal experiences inform those routines. A long overdue conversation with a wonderful person and performer.

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The Moisture Festival Podcast – Jessica Perry

On this episode we welcome aerialist Jessica Perry. Jessica tells us about her early life where she grew up on a sailboat sailing around the world. We learn what prompted her parents to do that and all how her parents used Ariel to keep her busy on long sea days.

We discuss how her mom introduced her to flying trapeze and how eventually she was able to convince her parents to let her go to a circus school. A lovely conversation with one of the best aerialists working today.

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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.

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 – Meadow Perry

On this episode of the Moisture Festival Podcast we welcome in bubble performer Meadow Perry. Meadow tells us about her beginnings performing as a princess and how that led her to deciding to create her own show.

We learn about the different types of bubbles, the difficulties performing with bubbles can create and all the people that populate the bubble world. She also talks about what it’s like sharing the stage with the godfather of bubbles Tom Noddy. A great interview with a first time performer at the 2025 Moisture Festival.

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The Moisture Festival Podcast – Live from the 2025 festival part 2

This episode is part 2 of the LIVE podcasts at week one of the 2025 Moisture Festival!

In this episode Louie chats with acts appearing 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 -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.

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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Reading Glasses

Last week when I was hosting a show at the Moisture Festival in Seattle it was the first time I’ve ever worn my reading glasses onstage! While notes in the picture in this post are a reasonable font size, some of the other notes I were given were written in a super tiny font that I wouldn’t be able to accurately read.

It was strange to wear them as they made everything else blurry that was what I would normally look at. I ended up turning it into a bit with my normal stage glasses which have no lenses and my reading glasses.

I can see good enough to do my show with my stage glasses. The reason they don’t have lenses is that I don’t want reflection on the lenses to block my eyes.

-Louie