This special edition of the podcast is our final episode of 2022. 

Today we are revisiting our conversations with thirteen of our guests from this year as they illustrate what happens when you lead with love. Our guests not only talk about romantic love but also highlight what it means to be madly in love with your work, what it can teach us about ourselves, and how important it is to fall head over heels for the process. We will close today’s episode with the kind of love they imagine for the future. 

We begin with dedications from Grammy-award-winning singer + songwriter Estelle, Chef + Activist Zoe Adjonyoh, Preacher + Scholar Eboni Marshall Turman, Choreographer and Dancer Bill T. Jones, and finally, Culinary Entrepreneur Jon Gray of Ghetto Gastro. They remind us of their “why” as we open the floodgates to allow love to flow freely through the conversation. 

Episodes to listen to

Dedication:

E41. Estelle: Becoming the Love of Your Life.

E42. Zoe Adjonyoh: Exploring Identity Through Cuisine.

E44. Rev.Eboni Marshall Turman: Redefining God's Body

E49. Bill T. Jones: The Artist is Present.

E52. Ghetto Gastro (Jon Gray): 15 Seconds to Decide.

Love:

E37. Bisa Butler: The Realization of Memory

E49. Bill T. Jones: The Artist is Present.

E40. Jericho Brown: Shaping Reality with Words.

E47.David Zilber: A Fermenter's Guide to the Universe.

E56. Rita Dove: The Pleasure of Text.

Imagine for the future:

E36. Dario Calmese: Designing Consciousness with IBI Founder.

E41. Estelle: Becoming the Love of Your Life.

E50. June Ambrose: The Style Architect.

E46. Stephen Satterfield: The Origins of Food.

E39. Timnit Gebru: Asylum From A.I.

What to read

All about Love: New Visions by bell hooks

Playlist for the Apocalypse: Poems by Rita Dove 

Story/Time: The Life of an Idea by Bill T. Jones

The Seven Levels of Intimacy: The art of loving and being loved by Matthew Kelly

What to listen to

Feeling Good - Nina Simone

Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald

September by Earth, Wind & Fire

You Bring Me Joy-Anita Baker 

Better-Estelle

These conversations were recorded for our 2022 season. 

Host Dario Calmese 

Producer: Coniqua Johnson 

Producer for episodes in the first half of 2022: Carmen D. Harris

Visual Art Direction and Designs: 

River Wildmen, Adam Selah, Will Domingue

Director of Digital Content: Vicky Garcia

Bookings: K.T. Thompson

Original Music composed by Adam Radice

Audio Edited by Adam Radice

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