Feel Free to Deviate

Episode 41 of Feel Free to Deviate is the follow up, or sequel to episode 40, which was a re-visitation of a month long blog I wrote during the final 26 days of my twenties, back in 2005. That’s why it’s called 26 Days. Clever, right? If you haven’t listened to episode 40 yet, you should do that first. If you don’t, this episode won’t make much sense. It’s all about context. Frequent Feel Free to Deviate collaborator Ed Mubarek joins me, and we discuss the blog posts and how points of view may or may not change over time. There are also a few deviations along the way. It was fun, and I hope you agree.

Topics include:

• The never ending quest for recognition
• Money concerns
• Personal development
• Bono and pomposity
• The most American pie: pumpkin vs. apple
• Starting over
• Artistic endeavors and motivations
• Dirty Three
• So much more!

Feel Free to Deviate is the podcast about people, their careers, and their relationships with success. My name is Jim Turbert, and I am the host. You can find me at https://feelfreetodeviate.com or on Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok, and Youtube @feelfreetodeviate 

Also check out https://buymeacoffee.com/feelfree if you’d like to buy me a coffee or slide a few units of fiat currency my way!
Thanks for listening.
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Today is my birthday, and I recently rediscovered a blog I wrote in December 2005 about the last days of my 20s. Episode 40 of Feel Free to Deviate is a recitation of that snippet of my life. It’s a fun (for me, at least…) look into the mindset of myself at 30. I think I’ll follow up with thoughts and feelings about this at a later date. I guess I’ll do a part 2 in a few weeks. Right now I’m going to bed. I hope you are still feeling merry. Have a great day.

The actual blog can be found here - https://twentysixdays.blogspot.com/

Topics include:

• Vacation frustration
• Parking related fear and loathing
• Job title frustration
• Feeling small
• So much more!

Feel Free to Deviate is the podcast about people, their careers, and their relationships with success. My name is Jim Turbert, and I am the host. You can find me at https://feelfreetodeviate.com or on Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok, and Youtube @feelfreetodeviate 

https://instagram.com/feelfreetodeviate

Also check out https://buymeacoffee.com/feelfree if you’d like to buy me a coffee or slide a few units of fiat currency my way!
Thanks for listening.
Feel free to send inquiries to [email protected]

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High school begins at 12 years old in the Netherlands, and the first year is what they call a bridge year. My daughter and her classmates are in the midst of choosing which high school they will attend next year. She and her classmates are rushing off to different schools for open days, information evenings, and trial classes hoping to figure out which Rotterdam school will cater to their needs after 8 formative years together. Most of these young minds will break away and go off to make new friends and forge new paths on their own, and there is a lot of stress and expectation that goes along with that. I’m not positive, but I think most of the stress is coming from the parents, but I didn’t talk to any of them. I did, however, talk to my own kid about how she feels about it, and that is what this episode is. We had a chat this afternoon before visiting a(nother!) school. I’m not sure if this is interesting or insightful for you, or if it’s just self-indulgent nonsense, but hey, isn’t that what podcasts are? It’s a quick one. Give it a shot

Topics include:

• Nice buildings
• High school
• Cupcakes
• Puppies
• Things kids like
• So much more!

Feel Free to Deviate is the podcast about people, their careers, and their relationships with success. My name is Jim Turbert, and I am the host. You can find me at https://feelfreetodeviate.com or on Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok, and Youtube @feelfreetodeviate 

https://instagram.com/feelfreetodeviate

Also check out https://buymeacoffee.com/feelfree if you’d like to buy me a coffee or slide a few units of fiat currency my way!

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The guest on episode 0038 of Feel Free to Deviate is techno artist/producer/musician/and DJ extraordinaire, Joris Voorn. He made a name for himself in the early 2000s, and he’s been going strong since. His job and lifestyle have always been interesting to me, partially because I once harbored a desire to be an indie-rockstar. Of course, I didn’t have the talent, drive, focus, or diligence to make that happen, but clearly Joris does. His story illustrates the difference between childish dreams and hobbies and an actual career in music. It’s a job, and he puts the work in. We talk about his musical roots and foundations and move through his education and the blossoming of his career. I’m not sure the key to DJ superstardom is revealed in this episode, but it’s a good place to start if that is something you are interested in learning about. 

Topics include:

• Classic rock
• Indie rock
• Techno and many of its genres
• Getting a gig in Rotterdam
• Architecture firms
• Getting into the scene via perseverance
• Imposter syndrome
• Work satisfaction
• The stew of success
• Photography 
• Focus
• Obsession
• So much more!

Joris’s website is https://JorisVoorn.com or you can search for him in most  music streaming apps. Google works too!

Feel Free to Deviate is the podcast about people, their careers, and their relationships with success. My name is Jim Turbert, and I am the host. You can find me at https://feelfreetodeviate.com or on Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok, and Youtube @feelfreetodeviate 

https://instagram.com/feelfreetodeviate

Also check out https://buymeacoffee.com/feelfree if you’d like to buy me a coffee or slide a few units of fiat currency my way!
Thanks for listening.
Feel free to send inquiries to [email protected]

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The Guest on episode 37 of Feel Free to Deviate is Holly Adams. She’s a performer, voice actor, educator, and several adjacent things. She’s even a clown, but she doesn’t clown around. She is completely embedded and focused on being a legit working actor, and she’s been doing that for her entire adult life. It’s remarkable, and she’ll tell you all about it. Fun fact: I was in a play called Godspell my sophomore year of high school. I played Judas, and she was the director! How crazy is that? I decided to look her up, and this is the result. Doing Godspell was a good experience, as was our chat, and I hope that you agree. 

• Topics include:
• Godspell
• Theater
• Voice over
• Audio books
• Red Nose! Clown stuff.
• Being a lifelong working actor
• Creating jobs for yourself and having a diversified base
• So much more!

You can find Holly on the internet. Her website is https://shearwaterproductions.com
You can also go to Audible and search “Holly Adams” to find examples of her work. I just did it, and there are TONS of titles. Here’s a link - https://tinyurl.com/yeym7exj
You can also check her out on Instagram @hol.adams

Feel Free to Deviate is the podcast about people, their careers, and their relationships with success. My name is Jim Turbert, and I am the host. You can find me at https://feelfreetodeviate.com or on Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok, and Youtube @feelfreetodeviate 
https://instagram.com/feelfreetodeviate
Also check out https://buymeacoffee.com/feelfree if you’d like to buy me a coffee or slide a few units of fiat currency my way!
Thanks for listening. 
Feel free to send inquiries to [email protected]

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***Apologies - If you were among the first downloaders you will notice a technical problem around 25 minutes in. I have fixed it. Please download the file again. You're gonna love it. 

The guest on episode 36 of Feel Free to Deviate is photographer, educator, and photography book author Sarah Malakoff. She is a professor at University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth and also a bonafide fine art photographer. What does that mean? Why don't you take a few moments to familiarize yourself with her work before listening. Her website is https://sarahmalakoff.com, but make sure you come back! 

Are you back?  Pretty good stuff, right? If you have ever wondered about the experiences of university level art teachers, this is your chance to hear all about it. Even if you never wondered about that particular segment, it’s a great episode. I think both of us had a good time, and I hope some of that rubs off on you, dear listener. 

Topics include:

• Hard pants
• Fine art photography
• Higher education
• Camera dorkery
• Photography books
• The mental state of students during covid
• The adjunct professor farm system
• Using spite as a tool to achieve your goals
• Master of Fine Arts degrees
• So much more!

As I mentioned before, you can check out  Sarah’s work on her website https://sarahmalakoff.com. There’s a page on the site that showcases her book “Second Nature.” https://sarahmalakoff.com/books

Also, she’s represented by the Howard Yezerski gallery in Boston. Drop in there and buy a photograph, or go to the site and look around. The link for that is https://www.howardyezerski.com/sarah-malakoff

Feel Free to Deviate is the podcast about people, their careers, and their relationships with success. My name is Jim Turbert, and I am the host. You can find me at https://feelfreetodeviate.com or on Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok, and Youtube @feelfreetodeviate 
https://instagram.com/feelfreetodeviate

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQLJzv4nxrpfn7FNedgwI2A

https://www.tiktok.com/@feelfreetodeviate

Also check out https://buymeacoffee.com/feelfree if you’d like to buy me a coffee or slide a few units of fiat currency my way!
Thanks for listening. 
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Episode 35 of Feel Free to Deviate is an outtake episode that has almost nothing to do with careers. Is that weird? Now that I’m writing this, I think it is. Anyway, first up is an extension of episode 34, featuring Justin Baum. We talked a bit about music and bikes and audio equipment. After the Justin segment is a clip from my conversation with esteemed educator, film lover, and comic book guy, Michael Switek from episode 21. We talk about our feelings for Marvel films, and it's fun! If you’ve ever used physical media, it’s sort of like bonus material on a DVD or BluRay. You’re gonna love it.

• Topics include:
• VW GTI
• Bicylces
• Experimental techno
• Music and stereo equipment
• Spotify playlists
• Marvel movies
• The kitchen sink
• That pretty much sums it up…

Check out "Feel Free to Listen," an ever-growing playlist of all the music mentioned on Feel Free to Deviate. You'll probably hate some of it, so put it on shuffle and skip the ones you don't like! 

Feel Free to Deviate is the podcast about people, their careers, and their relationships with success. My name is Jim Turbert, and I am the host. You can find me at https://feelfreetodeviate.com or on Instagram @feelfreetodeviate 

Also check out https://buymeacoffee.com/feelfree if you’d like to buy me a coffee or slide a few units of fiat currency my way!
Thanks for listening. 
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The guest on episode 34 of Feel Free to Deviate is Justin Baum. He is the VP of Product at a software company called LeaseUp. He’s also a designer and a user experience guru. He probably won’t like that I called him a guru, but that’s too bad… 
He’s a very knowledgeable guy who digs deep into the philosophy surrounding the tech industry. I have always admired his technical skills, but also his uncanny ability to find an actual career path at an early age. He’s a sort of a wunderkind, who rocketed to early success, experienced some bumps along the way, and then reinvented himself on a different coast. We talk about the tech industry, image generation, and a bunch of other stuff. I’m hoping he’ll come back sometime so we can follow up on some of the many topics we started talking about. 

• Topics include:
• The pleasures and pains of a rapid rise in the tech industry
• the tech industry in general
• Startup culture
• Web 2.0!
• Flat brim New Era
• The perils of constant growth/the effects of constant growth on innovation
• Toxic work environments
• Sociopathic tech bros
• What is “Product”
• AI generated art
• SO MUCH MORE!

Check out Justin’s company, LeaseUp if you have commercial real estate needs, or if you are curious - https://www.leaseup.co/

• Some other related things you might want to check out:
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_Diffusion
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DALL-E
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan
• C-level - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_title#List_of_chief_officer_(CO)_titles
• https://hbr.org/2019/01/the-era-of-move-fast-and-break-things-is-over
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_startup

That should keep you busy for a little while...

Feel Free to Deviate is the podcast about people, their careers, and their relationships with success. My name is Jim Turbert, and I am the host. You can find me at https://feelfreetodeviate.com or on Instagram @feelfreetodeviate 
https://instagram.com/feelfreetodeviateAlso check out https://buymeacoffee.com/feelfree if you’d like to buy me a coffee or slide a few units of fiat currency my way!
Thanks for listening. 
Feel free to send inquiries to [email protected]

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Normally I say that Feel Free to Deviate is the podcast about people, their careers, and their relationships with success, but Episode 33 of Feel Free to Deviate is a sort of rambling and lightly focused discussion of a film that many people consider inspirational for career, success, life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness…
In this episode I speak with my friend Florian Schroiff about the 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness - that’s happyness misspelled with a Y. The film stars Will and Jaden Smith and is directed by Gabriele Muccino.

This isn’t a full scale film review or an in depth discussion of the pros and cons of late-stage capitalism. I’m not equipped for that discussion. It’s more like a conversation starter. I think…
After a few searches I found scores of lists of inspirational success movies online, and The Pursuit of Happyness is on most of those lists, and it is #1 on many of them. Florian and I talk about the movie and its message, and how it could be viewed as a dystopian nightmare instead of a motivational masterwork.  

Topics include:

• The Pursuit of Happyness
• You can do anything if you try.
• Unrealistic goals
• Filmmaking
• Bone densitometers
• Time machines
• Knock knock jokes
• Stock brokers
• Will Smith
• Charisma
• So much more!

If you want to know more about Florian’s thoughts and feelings about the films he watches, he’s Flo, that’s F-L-O on Letterboxd.
https://letterboxd.com/flo/

Feel Free to Deviate is the podcast about people, their careers, and their relationships with success. My name is Jim Turbert, and I am the host. You can find me at https://feelfreetodeviate.com or on Instagram @feelfreetodeviate 

https://instagram.com/feelfreetodeviate

Also check out https://buymeacoffee.com/feelfree if you’d like to buy me a coffee or slide a few units of fiat currency my way!
Thanks for listening.
Feel free to send inquiries to [email protected]

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Episode 32 of Feel Free to Deviate features musician and sonic consultant Adam Brilla. Adam and his wife Jennifer run a company called Stompbox Sonic. What’s a sonic consultant? You should listen and find out. Spoiler alert: It’s super cool. He also works in the IT department of a Boston area college, and has had a string of jobby jobs along the way. This is a low-key episode sprinkled with bits of wisdom and whimsy. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 

Topics include:

• Being a musician with a jobby job
• Guitar effects
• Public perceptions of artists and creative people
• Positive artistic role models
• Staying in touch with your passions
• The arts and adaptability in the workplace
• UVM and missed connections
• The vibe mic
• Meeting one’s sonic idols
• Meeting one’s childhood goals
• Exceeding one’s childhood goals
• Reassessing one’s childhood goals
• Ice cream! FFtD loves ice cream and cookies.
• Doing stuff that your young self would think is cool
• So much more!

You should totally go to https://stompboxsonic.com to check out Adam’s wares. 

Feel Free to Deviate is the podcast about people, their careers, and their relationships with success. My name is Jim Turbert, and I am the host. You can find me at https://feelfreetodeviate.com or on Instagram @feelfreetodeviate 

https://instagram.com/feelfreetodeviate
Feel free to send inquiries to [email protected]

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