The magic of nature, losing our sense of time, remembering to be grateful, getting into an exercise groove, and the joy of making pom poms!

In this episode, I talk to artist and textile designer Dana Haim, whose mission is to spark joy through the creation of ethical, hand-made goods. She achieves this and then some through her instructional workshops across the U.S. and strategic partnerships with local organizations in Mexico and Colombia (where her family is from), which allow her to weave social and environmental consciousness into her craft.

Dana received her BA in textile design from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and her MA in design for Textile Futures from Central Saint Martins in London.

Music

Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

Pom Pom Play Girl (Session Highlights) [Instrumental Mix With Backing Vocals] – The Beach Boys

Shake It Like a Pom Pom – Missy Elliot

Pom Pom – Mozart La Para

I Slept With Bonhomme At The CBC

Pom Pom - Matthew Dear

Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes

Reading List

The Celestine Prophecy, by James Redfield

The Wes Anderson Collection, by Matt Zoller Seitz

Watch List

Wes Anderson: The Criterion Collection (on DVD)

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Brain power, the science of character, what connects us as human beings, and the always important weekly date night.

In this episode, I talk to übermensch Tiffany Shlain, founder of The Webby Awards and creator of the AOL Originals series "The Future Starts Here." Her work adeptly explores the intersections of humanity, technology, science and culture.

Music

Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

Stream of Consciousness (Skratch Bastid Remix) - Afiara Quartet

Delirious – Prince

You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) [Original 7" Mix] – Dead or Alive

I've Seen All Good People: A. Your Move, B. All Good People – Yes

Daily News - Maps & Atlases

Where Is the Line? – Björk

Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes

Reading List

Expanded Cinema, by Gene Youngblood

Art & Physics, by Leonard Shlain

The Alphabet Versus the Goddess, by Leonard Shlain

Sex, Time & Power, by Leonard Shlain

Leonardo's Brain, by Leonard Shlain

Watch List

The Future Starts Here

The Making of a Mensch

The Adaptable Mind

The Science of Character

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Nancy Drew, John Waters, Queen Bey, Helvetica – the perfume, and their dream of one day opening a speakeasy-inspired design studio.

In this episode, I talk to Faun Chapin and Meg Paradise, the ginger-haired power duo behind Guts & Glory, a creative collective fueled by courage, vigor, character and oomph.

Music

Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

First True Love Affair – Jimmy Ross

No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys

Helvetica (The American Dollar remix) – Arms and Sleepers

Two Political Party – Terror Fabulous

Ain't Nobody - Chaka Khan

The Dress Looks Nice on You – Sufjan Stevens

Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes

Reading List

Nancy Drew

John Waters

Watch List

Meg & Faun on MSNBC talking about their project "They Don't Work For You"

Helvetica The Perfume: The Lovers

Helvetica The Perfume: The Haters

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Fitness, friendship, driving fast, wearing kaftans, and comedians in cars getting coffee.

In this episode, I talk to Victoria Smith, photographer, stylist, and editor of the internationally popular design blog sfgirlbybay, one of the west coast’s leading interior design blogs, with a faithful following that includes social media butterflies, top magazine editors, designophiles, and industry professionals.

Music

Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

Neighbor, Neighbor – ZZ Top

Get Out of My House - The Streets

Aperol Sunset - Pete Herbert & Dicky Trisco

Avalon – Roxy Music

Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes

Reading List

See San Francisco: Through the Lens of SFGirlbyBay, by Victoria Smith

A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving

The Razor’s Edge, by W. Somerset Maugham

Watch List

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Amélie

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Animated gifs, Arctic Monkeys, retreating to the sea, painting the moon, and eliminating nationalities in the name of living in harmony.

In this episode, I talk to Oded Ezer, graphic artist, typographer, and conceptual artist (known as "Cat Chap"). He founded the Hebrew Typography type foundry in 2004, but is best known for his typographic design fiction projects, which have been exhibited at the V&A in London and MoMA in New York.

Music

Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

Typography – Jim Dandy

Miles from Nowhere – Cat Stevens

The Smile On Your Face - Little Ann

Ludlow St. - Julian Casablancas

Left Hand Free – alt-J

Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes

Reading List

Oded Ezer: The Typographer s Guide to the Galaxy, by Oded Ezer

On Yona Wallach

The Medium is the Massage, by Marshall McLuhan

Cinema 1: The Movement-Image, by Gilles Deleuze

Watch List

5 Films About Christo and Jeanne-Claude

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Mogwai, chocolate, embroidered hankies, cheeky puns, and sparking conversations about social justice one stitch at a time.

In this episode, I talk to cross-stitcher and activist Sarah Corbett, who’s the founder of Craftivist Collective, a global social enterprise that uses craft as a tool for gentle actions aimed at influencing long-term change.

Music

Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - Carpenters

The Craft - Blackalicious

Going Down to Liverpool – The Bangles

Two Rights Make One Wrong – Mogwai

Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes

Reading List

Craftivism, by Betty Greer

Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell

Don't Think Of An Elephant!, by George Lakoff

Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story, by Frederik Peeters

Watch List

To Kill A Mockingbird

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Kanye West, Lena Dunham, Chris Rock, personal mentors as catalysts for discovering your life's work, and breaking out of boxes that limit you.

In this episode, I talk to designer, illustrator and art director Timothy Goodman, who recently exhibited artworks from "Memories of A Girl I Never Knew" at Colette in Paris, collaborated with Jessica Walsh on 40 Days of Dating, and wrote Sharpie Art Workshop: Techniques & Ideas for Transforming Your World.

Music

Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

Highly Suspicious – My Morning Jacket

Greenfield Morning/Seed of Joy/Life is a Struggle - RZA & Yoko Ono

Colette – Orchestra Baobob

Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac

On Sight – Kanye West

All My Love – Led Zeppelin

Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes

Reading List

Sharpie Art Workshop: Techniques and Ideas for Transforming Your World, by Timothy Goodman

40 Days of Dating: An Experiment, by Jessica Walsh and Timothy Goodman

The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand

The Autobiogrpahy of Malcolm X, by Malcolm X and Alex Haley

Significant Objects, by Jason Grote

Watch List

40 Days of Dating

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Vintage baseball gear, stackable monster toys, Scooby Doo, Foo Fighters, and blazing your own trail.

In this episode, I talk to designer and illustrator Don Clark, who founded Invisible Creature with his brother Ryan in 2006. It's a Grammy Award-nominated, multi-disciplinary creative studio housed in a dreamy refurbished barn just outside of Seattle.

Music

Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

Runners - Lecrae

Space - M.I.A.

Polyethylene, Pt. 1 & 2 - Radiohead

The Pretender - Foo Fighters

Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes

Reading List

Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling, by Andy Crouch

The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics, by C. S. Lewis

The Biggest Story: How the Snake Crusher Brings Us Back to the Garden, by Kevin DeYoung (author) and Don Clark (illustrator)

Watch List

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Mad Max (1979)

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Suburban fluxus, Wes Anderson films, carpet crop circles, and the complex (and often comedic) dynamics of family life within a consumer culture.

In this episode, I talk to Hillerbrand+Magsamen, a husband and wife collaborative artistic team – Stephan Hillerbrand and Mary Magsamen – who met at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and now live and practice their art in the suburbs of Houston, Texas with their two children and three dogs.

Music

Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

Once In a Lifetime - Talking Heads

We Are Family (Single Version) – Sister Sledge

Stranglehold – Ted Nugent

O Superman – Laurie Anderson

Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes

Watch List

Hillerbrand+Magsamen:

Whole

DIY Loveseat

Accumulation

Higher Ground

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Kid Cudi, The Alchemist, and the lost art of collecting wine and revisiting it over time.

In this episode I talk to scientist and entrepreneur Corey Miller, who’s an MD and PhD, as well as the Founder and CEO of Bare Bottle, a San Francisco-based start-up that seeks to strip away the exclusivity of the wine industry by pairing beautiful wines with exceptional designs, and telling the stories of the makers behind both.

Music

Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

Red Red Wine – UB40

Velvet (The Voice Performance) – Chris Jamison

French Kiss (Striptease Mix) – The Lovers

Soundtrack 2 My Life – Kid Cudi

Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes

Books

The Alchemist, by Paolo Coehlo

Watch List

French Kiss

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Meals, rituals, magic realism, and the rare privilege of showing shit at Milan Design Week.

In this episode I talk to "eating designer" Marije Vogelzang who is the head of the new Design Academy Eindhoven Food Non Food department. She's also a consultant to the food industry and a creator of provocative food-based installations that engage people with stories, memories, cultural traditions, social taboos and, ultimately, each other.

Music

Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

Gotta Eat – Lupe Fiasco

Soul Food – Goodie Mob

Food – The Turtles

For - Nils Frahm

Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes

Reading List

Eat Love: Food Conepts by Eating-Designer Marije Vogelzang

Like Water For Chocolate, by Laura Esquivel

One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Marquez

Watch List

Eat Love Budapest

Marije at PopTech

Marije at AIGA

Like Water For Chocolate

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The Matrix, The Alchemist, KRS-One, and community-defined strategies for sustainable change.

In this episode I talk to social worker and "hip hop therapy" pioneer Tomás Alvarez III who is the Founder and CEO of Beats Rhymes and Life, an Oakland-based organization that uses the process of creating rap music as a tool for promoting mental health and healing among urban youth uninterested in traditional talk therapy.

Music

Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

They Don't Do It LiKE THiS - Soul Touch, Young Te', Stuny, Mastah Flex, Larrinator, ZENO & Rude Boi

I Luv Myself - Feat. DJ Mo Mo, Steph the Jet, Zeno, Lil Von, Frank Vencci

I Got The Power - Beats Rhymes and Life, Inc.

CROSS OVER - Jhon, Young Te', Damariae & Trevon

Public Service Announcement (P.S.A.) - Feat. Watzreal, Frank Vencci, Rotate, Soul Touch

Step Into a World (Rapture's Delight) - KRS-One

Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes

Reading List

Rap Therapy: A Practical Guide for Communicating With Youth and Young Adults Through Rap Music, by Don Elligan

The Alchemist, by Paolo Coehlo

Watch List

Hip Hop Therapy for At-Risk Youth | Ashoka Fellow Tomás Alvarez III

A Lovely Day Film

KRS One Beats Rhymes and Life Freestyle

Reimagine P.S.A. by Beats Rhymes and Life, Inc.

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Local solutions for local problems, youth-directed education, and young girls dominating the skateboarding culture in Afghanistan.

In this episode I talk to skateboarder and social entrepreneur Oliver Percovich who's the Founder and Executive Director of Skateistan, an award-winning international NGO that uses skateboarding as a “hook” for leadership development in Afghanistan, Cambodia and South Africa.

Music

Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

Burning Road – Fu Manchu

Herati (feat. Homayoun Sakhi) - Voices of Afghanistan

Rebel Without a Pause – Public Enemy

Kali-Fornia Über Alles 21st Century – Jello Biafra

Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes

Reading List

Skateistan: The Tale of Skateboarding in Afghanistan - Jim Fitzpatrick, Skateistan

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values – by Robert M. Pirsig

An Answer to the Question: ‘What is Enlightenment?’ – Immanuel Kant

Watch List

To Live and Skate Kabul

The State of Skate

Oliver at TEDx Sydney 2014

Skateistan

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Inventing challenges for yourself, listening to Bulgarian folk music, and getting good at something by doing it over and over and over and over.

In this episode I talk to fine artist and illustrator Lisa Congdon who's best known for her colorful abstract paintings, intricate line drawings, pattern design and hand lettering. She’s the author of five books (and counting!) and writes a popular daily blog at Today is Going to be Awesome.

Music

Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) – The Beatles

The Analog Kid – Rush

All Your Secrets – Yo La Tengo

Own It – Drake

Within Your Reach – The Replacements

Mur stho sme se razigrali (Hey Let's Dance) - Bulgarian State Television Female Choir

Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes

Reading List

Owning It: I Am An Artist - by Lisa Congdon

Art, Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist - by Lisa Congdon

Whatever You Are, Be a Good One: 100 Inspirational Quotations Hand-Lettered by Lisa Congdon

A Collection a Day - by Lisa Congdon

Watch List

Gerhard Richter Painting

Become a Working Artist

Basic Line Drawing

Sketchbook Explorations

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Living on the Mexican-American border, buying a church on a whim, and listening to daytime disco.

In this episode I talk to designer Buck Johnston and artist Camp Bosworth, the delightful duo behind the Wrong Store in Marfa, Texas – a gallery, a boutique of curiosities, and their home sweet home. Be sure to check out Camp’s impressive wood sculptures, inspired by drug lords and larger than life narco-politics.

Music

Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

No Church in the Wild (feat. Frank Ocean) – Kanye West & JAY Z

Don’t Get Me Wrong – Pretenders

White Lightning – George Jones

Big River - Johnny Cash

La Suburban Dorada - La Mafia del Norte

Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes

Reading List

Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place – by Terry Tempest Williams

Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields – by Charles Bowden

Down by the River: Drugs, Money, Murder, and Family – by Charles Bowden

Watch List

Lessons of Darkness – Werner Herzog

Scenes from a Marriage – Ingmar Bergman

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The positivity of saying no, the problem with the adage "the customer is always right," and the importance of a power stance. Especially while wearing a bikini.

In this episode I talk to fashion designer Malia Mills who's the Hawaii-born, New York-based pioneer of body-conscious swimwear. She makes flattering cuts in luxurious fabrics that inspire customers to "Love thy differences." #hellyes

Music

Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

Tres Bien – Le Tigre

Pour Some Sugar On Me – Def Leppard

More Than A Feeling – Boston

Hell Yes – Beck

Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes

Reading List

Playboy Fiftieth Anniversary Issue - by Hugh Hefner

Watch List

Amy Cuddy's TED Talk on Body Language

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Sharing pints with Brian Eno, riding a horse through the streets of London, and the digestive tract as a new space for design.

In this episode I talk to designer and artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg who uses experimental design approaches to explore the social, political and ecological implications of emerging technologies, primarily those related to synthetic biology. She's currently pursuing her PhD at the Royal College of Art in London.

Music

Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

Very, Very Hungry – Brian Eno/David Byrne

Nattura – Björk

Artichokes – Maps & Atlases

Homecomputer – Señor Coconut

Walk On the Wild Side – Lou Reed

Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes

Reading List

Codex Seraphinianus – by Luigi Serafini

Synthetic Aesthetics: Investigating Synthetic Biology’s Designs on Nature

Watch List

Daisy at What Design Can Do

Daisy at PopTech!

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The importance of taking risks, the serious business of making a funny list, and giving yourself permission to trip.

In this episode I talk to designer and professor Zahra Ebrahim, the Founder and Principal of the design think tank and creative consultancy archiTEXT. Her work brings together diverse groups to tackle the intersections of architecture, design and creativity with social change, systems change, public engagement and problem solving.

Music

Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

Bassment Party – The Cool Kids

Anything Could Happen – Ellie Goulding

Get Down On It – Kool & the Gang

Everytime Tha Beat Drop – Monica (feat. Dem Franhize Boyz)

A Paw In My Face – The Field

Changes – 2pac

Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes

Reading List

Massive Change - by Jennifer Leonard and Bruce Mau | The IwB

Yes Please - by Amy Poehler

Watch List

The Experience Trap: Zahra Ebrahim at TEDxOCADU

Jenny Slate’s F-bomb on SNL

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

When Harry Met Sally

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Jazz pedagogy, hangin’ out with the chickens, and the hilarity of working with children.

In this episode I talk to educator and artistic director Diane Downs, the founder of The Louisville Leopard Percussionists and a big believer in the power of music and kids’ potential to tap into it as a form of self-expression.

Music

Show Opening Mix: Brand New – Salt-n-Pepa, Brand New – Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Brand New Key – Melanie. Brand New – Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

CLOUDS - Prince

YYZ - Rush cover by The Louisville Leopard Percussionists

It's Not Impossible - Ben Sollee

Show Closing Mix: Brand New Funk – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Brand New You’re Retro – Tricky, Brand New Me – Dusty Springfield, Brand New Me – Isaac Hayes

Watch List

Louisville Leopard Percussionists – Zeppelin!

Louisville Leopard Percussionists – Crazy Train

Louisville Leopards perform - Seven Nation Army

Louisville Leopard Percussionists (Beginners) - So Danco Samba

Louisville Leopard Percussionists (Steel Drums) – Katy Perry’s Firework

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Fellini, our need for beauty, and the connections between neuroscience and the inner experience.

In this episode, I talk to psychotherapist and philosopher Piero Ferrucci, the nephew of Aldous Huxley and a student and collaborator of Italian psychiatrist Roberto Assagioli, the founder of psychosynthesis.

Music

Show Opening Mix: Brand New – Salt-n-Pepa Brand New – Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Brand New Key – Melanie, Brand New – Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421 (Haydn Quartet No. 2): III. Menuetto and Trio: Allegretto - Salzburg Mozarteum Quartet

La strada: La strada - Studio Orchestra + Studio Conductor

Show Closing Mix: Brand New Funk – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Brand New You’re Retro – Tricky, Brand New Me – Dusty Springfield, Brand New Me – Isaac Hayes

Reading List

What We May Be: The Vision and Techniques of Psychosynthesis, by Piero Ferrucci

Inevitable Grace, by Piero Ferrucci

The Power of Kindness, by Piero Ferrucci

Beauty and the Soul, by Piero Ferrucci

Your Inner Will, by Piero Ferrucci

Complete Poems and Selected Letters of John Keats

The Bhagavad Gita

Watch List

La Strada, by Federico Fellini

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The era of humor books, vintage restaurant ware and characters you shouldn’t root for but you find yourself rooting for anyway.

In this episode, I talk to comic book illustrator Mimi Pond, author of the fictionalized memoir Over Easy, a New York Times best-selling graphic novel about diners, drugs, and California in the 1970s.

Music

Show Opening Mix: Brand New – Salt-n-Pepa, Brand New – Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Brand New Key – Melanie, Brand New – Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

Valley Girl - Frank Zappa

Senior Service - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Show Closing Mix: Brand New Funk – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Brand New You’re Retro – Tricky, Brand New Me – Dusty Springfield, Brand New Me – Isaac Hayes

Reading List

Over Easy– by Mimi Pond

The Valley Girls' Guide to Life – by Mimi Pond

The Official Preppy Handbook – by Lisa Birnbach

Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America - by John Waters

The Custom Of The Country - by Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton: A Biography - by R. W. B. Lewis

One Lifetime Is Not Enough - by Zsa Zsa Gabor and Wendy Leigh

Watch List

Beauty Is Embarrassing

The Third Man

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Guatemalan b-boys, American sleepers, and the lengths one goes to go get a good story.

In this episode, I talk to filmmaker Coury Deeb, the thrill-seeking founder of Louisville-based Nadus Films, a non-profit creative agency whose vision is to “make films that make a difference.”

Music

Show Opening Mix: Brand New – Salt-n-Pepa, Brand New – Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Brand New Key – Melanie, Brand New – Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

Village Ghetto Land - Stevie Wonder

In The Ghetto – Elvis Presley

Ghetto Gospel – 2Pac

Fight The Good Fight - Triumph

Show Closing Mix: Brand New Funk – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Brand New You’re Retro – Tricky, Brand New Me – Dusty Springfield, Brand New Me – Isaac Hayes

Reading List

The Hero with a Thousand Faces – by Joseph Campbell

Watch List

B-Boy For Life (Nadus Films)

Idiot Abroad

The Game

Couples Therapy with Dr. Jenn, VH1

Food, Inc.

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Susan Sontag, The Rolling Stones, and “rock, paper, scissors” as a conflict resolution strategy.

In this episode I talk to Jill Vialet, CEO and Founder of Playworks, a national non-profit that believes in the power of play to bring out the best in every kid. They strive to create safe, inclusive school environments that allow kids to thrive and discover their own superpowers.

Music

Show Opening Mix:

Brand New – Salt-n-Pepa

Brand New – Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake)

Brand New Key – Melanie

Brand New – Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

Show Closing Mix:

Brand New Funk – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

Brand New You’re Retro – Tricky

Brand New Me – Dusty Springfield

Brand New Me – Isaac Hayes

Reading List

The Ambiguity of Play - by Brian Sutton-Smith 

Lateral Thinking: An Introduction - by Edward de Bono

Experience And Education - by John Dewey

The Volcano Lover: A Romance – by Susan Sontag

Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less - by Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao

Recess Rules - by Jill Vialet

Watch List

Jill’s TEDMED talk: Why play matters

Headspace meditation site and app

John Oliver on the Supreme Court

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Rejuvenating hot tubs, the possibility of humans living for 1,000 years, and a global crusade to defeat aging.

In this episode, I talk to scientist Aubrey de Grey, biomedical gerontologist who serves as the Chief Science Officer and Co-founder of the SENS Research Foundation, which is working to change the way the world researches and treats age-related disease.

Music

Show Opening Mix: Brand New – Salt-n-Pepa / Brand New – Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake) / Brand New Key – Melanie / Brand New – Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

On Aging – Maya Angelou

When I’m Sixty-Four – The Flaming Lips (feat. Def Rain & Pitchwafuzz)

Show Closing Mix: Brand New Funk – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince / Brand New You’re Retro – Tricky / Brand New Me – Dusty Springfield / Brand New Me – Isaac Hayes

Reading List

Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime - by Aubrey de Grey

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The Immortalists

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Encounter groups, success teams, the futility of positive thinking, and how to get what you really, really want.

In this episode, I talk to author and life coach Barbara Sher, a global authority on identifying goals, finding drive and motivation, and avoiding resistance the natural way. She has five best-selling books in more than a dozen languages and is in the thick of another one right now, which she's writing with her son from their home in Marseille, France.

Music

Show Opening Mix: Brand New – Salt-n-Pepa, Brand New – Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Brand New Key – Melanie, Brand New – Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

Daily Affirmations - Stuart Smalley

Interlude (From "the Seven Samurai") - Fumio Hayasaka

Show Closing Mix: Brand New Funk – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. Brand New You’re Retro – Tricky, Brand New Me – Dusty Springfield, Brand New Me – Isaac Hayes

Reading List

Wishcraft: How To Get What You Really Want - Barbara Sher

I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was - Barbara Sher

Refuse to Choose - Barbara Sher

Your Inner Child of the Past - W. Hugh Missildine

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Slapshot

Animal House

The Seven Samurai

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The Beatles, Franz Kafka, law enforcement through cultural means, and surprising commonalities with Flava Flav of Public Enemy.

In this episode I talk to mathematician and philosopher Antanas Mockus, a former mayor of Bogotá, Colombia. During his eventful two terms, he collaborated with citizens on may surprising and often hilarious initiatives that were highly effective.

Today, he dreams up revolutionary concepts and devises creative ways to change social norms through his organization Corpo Visionarios.

Music

Show Opening Mix: Brand New – Salt-n-Pepa, Brand New – Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Brand New Key – Melanie, Brand New – Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

Llorar, llorar, llorar - Yolanda del Rio

Shut Em Down - Public Enemy

Strawberry Fields - The Beatles

Show Closing Mix: Brand New Funk – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Brand New You’re Retro – Tricky, Brand New Me – Dusty Springfield, Brand New Me – Isaac Hayes

Reading List

Kafka

Échec et maths - Stella Baruk

Labor and Monopoly Capital - Harry Braverman

The Future of Intellectuals and the Rise of the New Class - Alvin Ward Gouldner

Explaining Social Behavior - Jon Elster

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Mary Poppins, Bob Dylan, Harriet the Spy, and whether or not art can have a sense of humor.

In this episode, I talk to artist Wayne White, a Pop Art renaissance man from rural Tennessee. For the past 30 years he's been incredibly prolific, having worked as an illustrator, painter, cartoonist and puppeteer. He's the genius - and Emmy Award-winner - behind the set design of iconic 80s TV show Pee Wee's Playhouse - and more recently has produced public sculptures, word paintings, and a one-man show in which he plays the banjo.

Music

Show Opening Mix: Brand New – Salt-n-Pepa, Brand New – Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Brand New Key – Melanie, Brand New – Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest)

The Crow - Steve Martin

Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again - Bob Dylan

Your Fucking Sunny Day - Lambchop

Show Closing Mix: Brand New Funk – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Brand New You’re Retro – Tricky, Brand New Me – Dusty Springfield, Brand New Me – Isaac Hayes

Reading List

Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, Tinctures, Tonics, and Essences; With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory - Ray Blount

Harriet The Spy - Louise Fitzhugh

Watch List

Mary Poppins

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