Ike Sturm is the co-founder of the band Endless Field, an atmospheric jazz and folk acoustic combo. He's also a composer, and convener of a new worshiping community that meets in all places to jam at a church in Times Square. He's recorded everywhere from Denali to Acadia and in between - as in, literally, the wilderness.

In part one of our conversation, we discuss - among other things - how friendships - human and otherwise - shape the course of our lives.

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