Call to Adventure

Call to Adventure

By with hosts Alex Opoulos & John DuckworthSociety & Culture
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Call to Adventure episodes

  • Tim Hussey 3.6.2016
    Tim Hussey, artist, speaks about 'life as composition', and following the 'tracks in the sky'. Our conversation follows Tim from Charleston, to Rhode Island, New York, Paris, Tennessee, Santa Fe, Los Angeles, and back to Charleston as he develops an understanding of the tools of commercial communication and begins to apply them to his personal paintings, and then discard them. He discusses "copying ambition" as he headed off to college at RISD, how "New York is for amateurs", the demons of depression, the beauty of reinvention, and the lifeline of relationship. www.husseyart.com
    1 hr 15 min
  • Kurt Cavanaugh 2.21.2016
    A great conversation with Kurt Cavanaugh - the lead advocate at Charleston Moves (Executive Director)... we talk about finding Charleston by way of Michigan, North Carolina, Brooklyn and Manhattan. A lover of urban centers, bicycles, mobility innovation, simplicity, and mindful consumption. Kurt gave up his car over a decade ago and hasn't looked back. A true radical in a button up shirt, Clark Kent glasses, and blazer on a single-speed bike.
    1 hr
  • Vince Graham 02.07.2016
    Vince Graham, civic artist and now chair of the South Carolina State Transportation Infrastructure Bank, comes in to talk to us about being a maladjusted radical, and inquisitive contrarian. Vince steadily pushes the edges by taking the time to stop and notice, to really look at the reality of things, and ask questions before taking action. "look and listen mode" he says. (*image of Vince on the Ravenel Bridge graciously provided by The Post & Courier and staff photographer Wade Spees)
    58 min
  • Chris Hanson 1.24.2016
    Great conversation with filmmaker Chris Hanson about his voracious appetite for books, transcendent live music experiences, how working for NOLS help connect him with his own inner nature, and his recent spiritual awakening aided by yoga, meditation and clean living.
    1 hr 16 min
  • Alex Opolous 1-10-2016
    We turn the tables internally and John interviews Alex this time - providing listeners with some insight into one of our own, and his unique Calls to Adventure. Alex discusses the death of his father, and his evolving relationship with competition, vulnerability, and creative process.
    1 hr 1 min
  • Marjory Wentworth 12.15.2015
    We sit down with Marjory Wentworth, Poet Laureate of South Carolina, to discuss the value and role of poetry today. She writes, "In stillness we see the things that are not visible" - from her poem "Sand". This ability to notice, to see more than we first knew to be there, is a talent that poets deftly refine by cultivating stillness - something we would all be wise to emulate.
    1 hr
  • Robert Swan 2015-12-13
    Rob Swan - Arctic stories about adventure and discovery, and one man's steadfast dedication to the integrated health of the planet, calmly sounding the alarm, offering a unique perspective, and a helping hand.
    1 hr 1 min
  • Ben Towill 11.29.2015
    Alex and John sit down with Benji Towill, a fantastic gem of human being, to discuss passion and purpose, how setbacks often provide inspiration, how perseverance can be disguised as luck, and how energy is everything. Benji has that brilliant way of making each person he is speaking with feel important, and this quality has opened many doors for him and led to some fantastic adventures.
    1 hr
  • Karalee Nielsen-Fallert 11.15.2015
    A warm conversation with a wonderful person, Karalee Nielsen-Fallert - one of the most prolific and innovative restauranteurs in Charleston, and she is also a founding member of the Green Heart Project - creating urban gardens at schools connecting students to nature and healthy food. We discuss how new knowledge can "corner her" into action, being blessed with too much to do, and how picking cherry tomatoes at dawn one morning elicited a deep yearning to create a "soft landing" on Edisto Island.
    55 min
  • Kevin Harrison 11.01.2015
    A fun conversation with one of our favorite people in the world - Kevin Harrison - part Forest Gump, part wise happy Buddha, a creative force working in painting, photography, design, and filmmaking... and most importantly, creating his life as he goes.
    1 hr

About Call to Adventure

From the publisher's feed

"Call to Adventure" is a one-hour conversation hosted by Alex Opoulos and John Duckworth, interspersed with musical selections from each guest. The underlying ethos of the show is inspired by Joseph Campbell’s idea of the Monomyth or the Hero’s Journey. Each of us on our personal journey encounters moments where we are drawn into stepping out of our comfort zones to explore the unknown. If heeded, the moment of departure is prefaced by what Joseph Campbell refers to as the Call to Adventure - a moment that either illuminates a new path, forces a challenging decision, inspires courage over fear, or kindles fresh discipline - something that ultimately gives new purpose, meaning, and direction to our lives. From this vantage point Alex and John engage each guest in a conversation about those moments in their lives that in hindsight proved pivotal, providing growth and transformation along the journey.