Being in Space Podcast

Most of us are dying a little, all the time. We just don't talk about it.

Not literally. Metaphorically. A project that's quietly over. A role you've outgrown. A relationship that's already changed but hasn't been named. A version of yourself that's still hanging around, taking up space. A belief you stopped believing months ago but haven't gotten around to burying.

Endings are everywhere. We're just avoiding meeting them. We treat them as failures instead of thresholds. We rush past them, or pretend they aren't happening, or quietly grieve them alone in the middle of a Tuesday. We almost never give them the attention they're actually asking for.

That cost is an opportunity. Unfinished endings have a way of crowding out whatever wants to come next. You can't make room for a new thing while you're still secretly hosting the old one.

That’s the premise of A Little Death, a new elective at Critical Business School, hosted by Danya Shults The voice notes above are from an exchange Danya and I had while building this.

Over four Thursdays in May, we'll move through pleasure, avoidance, ritual, and action. We'll tell stories. We'll make things. We'll sit with what's unfinished.

What if an ending were a climax rather than a collapse?

Why don't we prepare for the end — personally, institutionally, at all?

What's dying in or around you right now, and what might that be making room for?

Some of it will be uncomfortable. A lot of it will feel surprisingly alive. You won't be doing it alone, which turns out to matter more than you'd think.

Electives seek movement. You won't leave fixed. You'll leave a little more open — and a little more ready for whatever's been waiting on the other side of the thing you haven't let go of yet.

Four sessions. May 1, 8, 15, 22. 1 pm ET. 60 minutes. On Zoom. $200 for the whole arc.

If something in you just nodded, that's the part to listen to.

Sign up: https://luma.com/a-little-death

You can listen to Danya and Alma in conversation on episode 7 of the podcast.

In this episode, we talk about extended present, time as a place, and artists without art.

You can learn more about Linda’s work here and Kidlit. Leslie’s website is lesliebradshaw.com, and watch out for Leslie’s elective on Critical Business School later this year.

Stefani Bardin and Jonathon Keats in conversation about trees, time, and how nature collaborates with herself.

You can learn more about Stefani and her work. Jonathon’s Wikipedia page has an introduction to his work, and with more detail: longnow.org/centuries, alaskarivertime.org, The Photosynthetic Restaurant, and You Belong to the Universe

In this episode, we discuss ideas of success, creative embodiment, proclamations, and conviction.

You can learn more about Stephanie's work via her website and LinkedIn, and Lisa’s homepage, studio, LinkedIn, and IG.

Show notes:Money with Katie episode with Tressie McMillan Cottom

In this very rich episode, Danya and Alma talk about success, myth, and being misunderstood.

Alma’s practice is called subtlepractice.com. You can find Danya’s work at her website, IG, and VITAL here on Substack.

In this bonus episode, I talk to Elissa Ecker about creativity, design, and authorship of aesthetics.

In this episode, Neil and Lily talk about embodiment, creativity, and the sound of one’s own voice.

Lily’s website is lilybaldwin.com and writing on Substack.

Follow her work on @lilybaldwinseesstuff and YouTube.

Neil’s website is neiltheiseofficial.com and here are some recent conversations on Armchair Expert, The Bialik Breakdown and interstitium.

In this episode, Todd and Michael talk about reputation —inner and outer —branding, and the balance between art and design.

You can find Todd’s work on bergerfohr.com and Michael’s via Cina Associates (graphic design/branding studio) Cina Art (painting, etc), Pubic Type (retail and custom typefaces), and words here on Substack. Michael’s new project is https://tell-world.com

The third episode of the Being in Space podcast.

In this conversation, Joseph and Roland discuss presence, measurement, and the process of learning what we already know.

You can learn more about Roland’s work at climatetechsupercluster.com, Liminal, and Hafnia. Jospeh’s different channels of work are linked on josephfridman.com

Welcome to the second episode of Being in Space.

I am thrilled to have Alexa and Adriana in a conversation about the self, alter egos, creativity, education, and the fallacy of mass-produced connection.

You can read more about Adriana Valdez Young’s work, graduate program, and Substack; Alexa’s Wikipedia page has a good overview of her writing and work, including her work with the RSA.