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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