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

Watch List

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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