Call to Adventure

Call to Adventure

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

  • Stan Gray 10.18.2015
    Fascinating conversation with Stan Gray, the founder of DIG SOUTH - a yearly interactive business festival in Charleston SC. Stan says "DIG SOUTH is the story of a tumor, two tots and the desire for a new adventure truer to myself. Oh, and I love smart stuff and cool inventions. It's also about helping entrepreneurs and startups succeed in the South by connecting them to the contacts, content and capital they need to launch, scale and thrive."
    1 hr 1 min
  • Jeremy Rutledge 9.20.2015
    A wonderful conversation with Reverend Jeremy Rutledge about bearing witness, racial equality, grieving via creative process, and keeping the joy in the weighty world of activism.
    1 hr
  • Kate Nevin 10.04.2015
    Kate Nevin brings her contagious enthusiasm to the Ohm Radio studio to discuss how her creative journey is a thread in Charleston's unique community that is shaping new paths for inspiration. We discuss her love of Sally Mann, growing up wild and free in Tennessee, leaving Manhattan after 9/11 to follow love to Charleston, and starting Enough Pie - a non-profit devoted to engaging the Upper Peninsula region of Charleston via small business and creative placemaking.
    1 hr
  • Jennet Robinson-Alterman 9.2.2015
    Fascinating conversation with Jennet Robinson-Alterman about a lifelong interest in and pursuit of women's rights. A cause she seemed destined to pursue from a very young age - taking a quarter from her mom to ride the bus to Hampton Park at age 6, running away from sleepover camp at 11, was one of the first women at Davidson College, then on to Afghanistan with the Peace Corps, and then at the helm of the Center for Women in Charleston for 12 years.
    1 hr
  • Hamilton Davis 8.23.2015
    A conversation with Hamilton Davis, the Energy and Climate Director for the Coastal Conservation League in Charleston SC. We discuss his adventures hiking the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail, his ongoing work for the Coastal Conservation League, his interest in Stoicism and love of the water...
    1 hr
  • Marcus Amaker 8.13.2015
    John & Alex sit down with Marcus Amaker for an inspiring conversation about music, poetry, the creative spark, Charleston post Emanuel 9 shooting, and letting your weird out for a walk in the woods... www.marcusamaker.com
    56 min
  • Buff Ross 8.3.15
    A great conversation with the one and only Buff Ross - wizard of www.alloneworddesign.com - jack of many trades and master of curiosity. A wide-ranging conversation with one of our close personal friends covering archeology digs cut short, a gay & lesbian museum show in San Francisco, John Calhoun giving Charleston the finger, social media grieving post AME shooting, to cleaning with Rod Stewart...
    54 min

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.