subvert with heather gold Most TV talk shows suck. TED is expensive, invite only and starring pretty much who you'd expect. But it's not you. I'm reinventing the talk show into something genuine, mixing inspiring innovators, artists and doers and you into the kind of honest conversation we're craving. I want to talk WITH with you. subvert.com Bay Area favorite performer and conversationalist Heather Gold brings her talk show back to the Bay under its new name subvert. (Past guests include: Merlin Mann, Prof. Larry Lessig Michelle Tea and twitter co-founder Ev Williams) Her first live show and soon-to-be-podcast will happen at The Garage on April 20th. This show is themed Left To Our Own Devices and features from-left-field, hilarious writer and musician Michelle Haynes and sculptor and installation artist Michael Brown (onsights.com) in conversation with you, the people formerly known as the audience. How do you get a worthwhile education? Michelle grew up in a very religious home and was home schooled and self-taught, reading everything she could get her hands on. Michael grew up making his own audio-animatronic figures. What lets someone understand they can give themselves a creative education? How do we unschool for this? "A set of wits equal to any major player on Comedy Central" - Austin Chronicle Innovative comedian and solo performer Heather Gold is best known for her geek roots, her ability scale useful conversations and help people get real in public. She's made over 50,000 cookies in her hit solo show "I Look Like An Egg, but I Identify As A Cookie," named Best of the Bay. Heather has appeared with Maria Bamford, Bill Irwin and Margaret Cho. She's headlined MacWorld, hosted Austin Gay Pride and performs at places like SXSW, SF Sketchfest and Dixon Place in NY. She's written for actor Alan Cumming and appeared in Wired, NPR, and CBC (Spark, Sounds Like Canada, DNTO).