Today's episode is a response to and continuation of our recent cluster on the work of songwriter, musician, poet, and cartoonist David Berman, which you can read at post45.org/contemporaries now.

Contemporaries co-editor Michael Docherty was joined by cluster co-editors David Hering and Sarah Osment to discuss Berman's life and artistry with his longtime friend and collaborator Bob Nastanovich. What transpired was a really special conversation, and we're very grateful to Bob for the insights he was willing to share with us.

You can read David and Sarah's introduction to the cluster at https://post45.org/2023/01/introduction-6/.

You can read David's essay in the cluster, "Think of Me as a Place: David Berman's Rooms in Time," at https://post45.org/2023/01/think-of-me-as-a-place-david-bermans-rooms-in-time/.

You can read Bob's beautiful postscript to the cluster at https://post45.org/2023/01/postscript/.