David Gullett and I discuss his practice of choosing a kind of mission statement for each year.

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"There's so much more in 2024!"

"Settling in to just me and she in 2023"

"Well this is new" in 2022

"Get 'er done in 2021!"

"Blessings a-plenty in 2020!"

"And... scene!" in 2019

"Kinda in between in 2018"

"Gotta get lean in 2017"

"Free from 'The Green' in 2016!"

"Looking to get serene in 2015"

"Like a well-oiled machine in 2014!"

"Nothing routine in 2013."

"Lookin' out for ourselve’ in 2012"

"Keepin' the engine revvin' in 2011"

"Back in the saddle again in 2010"

"Whatever you got goin on is fine in 2009"

Do you remember a particular book from childhood? What memories come to the surface when you think about books and reading when you were young? In this episode, Tom Nixon and I explore these and other questions about reading and how books played a part in our early lives.

Tom Nixon is the former Library Services Manager for Fresno Unified School District where he oversaw 110 library staff and 90 libraries. He now works as a freelance library and book access consultant.

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Actors must memorize a great deal of text in order to prepare for a role, but when that production is complete, where does all of that go? Having spent so much time working to memorize something, do actors find it easier to access those memories if they happen to reprise a particular role?

Jacqueline Antaramian, is a talented actress who has captivated audiences on both stage and screen. She has earned critical acclaim for her versatility and range as an actor, from her work in classical theater to her appearances in hit television shows such as "American Gods" and "Homeland".

Jacqueline and I discuss her experiences as she has been asked to reprise more than a few roles over the course of her career. How does returning to a role change the process of learning or in this case relearning something previously put into memory?

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* You can find Joshua Foer's book, Moonwalking with Einstein, for sale on Amazon - https://a.co/d/9EONkMm

** There are a few things mentioned in the interview that were edited due to time constraints, for example we talked a bit about muscle memory and playing the piano, but it didn't make it into the final edit.

A po' boy sandwich is a traditional sandwich from Louisiana, typically made with roast beef or fried seafood (such as shrimp, crawfish, oysters or catfish) served on a baguette-like roll. The sandwich is often dressed with lettuce, tomato, pickles and mayonnaise. It is a popular food item in New Orleans and can be found at many restaurants throughout the city.

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Don’t believe everything you think. Our brains can sometimes give us bad advice. What happens when we begin to question that inner voice that we associate with our primary concept of self? My guest is actor/ artist/storyteller Sean Matthew Howard of Saint Schizophrenia Studios. Sean shares how his experiences growing up that led him to question his inner voice and how that changed him over time. 

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How accurate are your autobiographical memories? In this episode, I take some time to check in on my own memories with my guest, Melissa Mann, currently director of donor communications for Reason Foundation, a national media organization and think tank that publishes Reason magazine, produces original videos, and uses in-depth public policy research to educate policymakers, journalists, and option leaders on the ideas of individual liberty, free markets, and the rule of law. (She writes a lot about a wide variety of political and cultural trends.) She started at Reason in 2001, took a detour in 2018 to let her hair go gray, and rejoined the organization in 2020.

Mann earned a bachelors' degree in diplomacy and world affairs at Occidental College in Los Angeles and attended graduate school at Kaiser-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany, where she also worked as a policy analyst in the German federal parliament. She has been, at various times, a drive-time terrestrial radio personality, a commercial voiceover actress, a journalist, a homeschooling parent, and a screwer-on of factory cogs. She is mom to Rook, who lives in the Seattle area, and the hu-mom to Charlie, a generally disinterested but sweet husky mix. She and her husband Michael Johnson, a retired movie propmaster, recently joined the California exodus and moved to a temperate rainforest in the Blue Ridge mountains of western North Carolina. 

Melissa and I discuss episodic memory, focusing primarily on our memories of the death of John Lennon.

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Are you inspired by the success of others? Do you embrace challenges? In this episode, I discuss the concept of mindset and the work of Carol Dwek with retired Disney imagineer Greg Wilzbach. 

If you would like to learn more about Mindset and the work of Carol Dwek, I highly recommend that you watch her TED Talk on growth mindset.

Does food taste better with a story? Actor/writer David Arnott and I discuss our visit to the Mitla Cafe in San Bernadino.

I highly recommend the book, Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, written by Gustavo Arellano.

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