The Overlook with Matt Peiken

About The Overlook with Matt Peiken

Local newsmakers, civic leaders, journalists, artists and others in the know talk with host Matt Peiken about the growing, complicated city of Asheville, N.C.

Publisher

Matt Peiken

Category

arts · music · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Jan 2023

Latest episode

6 Apr 2025

Latest episodes

74 of 196 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Apr 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Asheville Improvises its Way to a New Festival

   Matt Peiken explores the growth of Asheville's improv theater scene with industry experts Gillian Bellinger, Laurie Jones, and Tim He

2. 

   24 Oct 2024TRANSCRIPT

   Parker Pfister | He Finds Art on Both Sides of His Lens

   Twenty years ago, when Parker Pfister moved to Asheville, he made his living shooting photographs at the weddings of celebrities. Over the ensuing years, Pfister has explored his own curiosities, both through his viewfinder and in the darkroom. His manipulated images resonate with dualities that convey multiple meanings and emotions. He’s a prolific photographer, and yet it’s surprising that only now is he seeing his first solo gallery exhibition, through Mars Landing Galleries in Mars Hill. ...

3. 

   10 Oct 2024TRANSCRIPT

   Amanda Edwards | Candidate to Chair the Buncombe County Commission

   While Hurricane Helene disrupted virtually every life and way of life in this region, at least one thing is happening as scheduled—the 2024 election. Today, I talk with Amanda Edwards, a member of the Buncombe County Commission who is running to succeed the departing Brownie Newman as chair.Here, in a conversation that took place weeks before Helene struck, Edwards talks about her motivations for entering electoral politics and the issues that motivate her today. Our conversation runs through...

Inside a recent episode

Asheville Improvises its Way to a New Festival

Published 6 Apr 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Not easy. It's also not easy to run a small business. One thing I will say about Asheville is that generally Asheville, I think, views itself and most of the folks who are improvisers lean towards a more progressive perspective about the world, right? There's an inherent ideology to yes and that wants to build connection with each other. The result of that is that I think people are more interested in community. And because of that, they're also willing to make space for each other. For example, when we go around and we do names at the beginning, we also do pronouns. It's not a thing. Everyone just knows that's going to happen. […]

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Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

36 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 71 / 100

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Quality

89

Social presence

91

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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