A space for slow listening, MELLOW DRAMA is an ever-unfolding radio conversation between writers across time and place. Like eating a pithy orange with a lover friend, we come together to pull language apart, get juice on our fingers, and feed each other. Hosted by shania-mark twain and DJ Oh Boy–just a couple of slow-mo homos who want to arrive with you.

Penny Vieregge: born December 8, 1928. Resident of Big Sur, CA. Widow. 3 biological children, 2 grandchildren, 2 great grandsons. She and her husband Paul raised 27 foster children. Lover of the spoken word – particularly poetry- both structured and free form. Currently a member of ‘Overlapping Halos’ a trio of voice, violin, alchemical crystal bowls devoted to sharing the poetry of the Persian poet Shams-ud-din Muhammad Hafiz as rendered by Daniel Ladinsky in his book The Gift. Former American Red Cross disaster worker, Red Cross volunteer EMT- Ambulance in Big Sur, Founder and Commander of the Big Sur Cliff Rescue Unit, sings baritone in Whole Hearted Chorus and Monterey County Gospel Choir, An educator in pre-school First Aid and Emergency Behavior plus Kindergarten Prep at Park School located at Esalen Institute. Also a practicing Catholic and practicing Taoist. Currently involved in embracing an aging, ailing body while living in a log cabin in a canyon.

DJ Espinoza (she/they) was raised in Riverside, California in a working class Mexican immigrant family as the youngest of ten siblings. Demi’s love of nature and desire to restore our relationship to land have led to work that centers public lands conservation, land stewardship and improved access to the outdoors for environmental justice communities. She draws inspiration from Queer, Indigenous authors and advocates that center social change within ecological justice movements, like Aurora Levins Morales, Berta Caceres and Winona LaDuke. In her spare time, Demi enjoys hiking with her dog Dolly Parton.