If you’re within range of (or can stream) one of these stations tonight (Saturday, August 3rd) we hope you’ll join Mike as he hosts another edition of Tent Show Radio from Big Top Chautauqua. This week’s show features musical guest Dead Horses with special guest Lucy Wainwright Roch. In between all the music, Mike tells the story about the Sunday…View post

Chunky. Instructive.

Every week the Wisconsin State Journal runs “Roughneck Grace,” a weekly column written by Mike (many of the columns will be adapted from Mike’s Tent Show Radio monologues). This week’s column, titled “Art of hanging in there” can be seen online here.

The episode is a retrospective featuring the late Roy Clark.  During the monologue, Mike tells a story about taking a trip to a memorial service–and through life–with his friend Billy. Download the podcast here.  Of course, you can also listen on the beautiful radio (or stream) in real time. List of stations and times right here. Join the Tent…View post

We hope you’ll join Mike at the beautiful Big Top Chautauqua Saturday, July 27th for his newest humorous monologue “Half A Star.”  He will draw on the worst reviews of his career to take the audience on a hilarious, heartfelt, and unvarnished journey through life in the arts as seen mostly from behind the windshield of a…View post