For a Living

Eric Pan is a composer, pianist, and storyteller. 

• Here is Eric's website. Follow his riveting Insta account @pandelic. 
• Explore his music on Spotify, Soundcloud, on YouTube,  or wherever you stream. We listened to Twilight Far and Oak Island. I dig Turtle on the Moon. 
• Take journeys with him on his Substack. 
• Eric urges you to read The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World and Effortless Mastery. 

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Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.
Thanks to Liv Hunt for the logo design. 

Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening!

Each Petal a Portal is a four-part composition arranged and performed by Daniel Lazar and Brian Trahan. The lyrics are selected from various poems by Joshua Weiner.

I. Beneath the Dogwood’s White Explosion
II. No Essential Mysteries
III. The Hand Holds Tight the Line
IV. No Hand, No Hold

The composition was recorded at Funkhaus studios in Berlin and produced by Bran Trahan.

Brian and Joshua were both on Season 7 of For a Living. Here is my conversation with Brian and here with Joshua.  

Committed to compassion and community, David Jacobson is the founder of Chicago Jewish Funerals. He cares for the deceased and comforts the mourners. 

• Learn more about David's work at Chicago Jewish Funerals and feel free to further explore Jewish funeral traditions, such as Shiva. 
• David briefly mentioned a charity he founded to bury indigent people. 
• David wisely urges us all have mentors and to be mentors. It's never too late! 

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Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening!

Mike Lewin is the owner and crew chief at Professional Awesome Racing.

Check out the Professional Awesome team here. Need more Lewin? Listen to Hypercritical, the PA podcast. Here is their car screaming at Buttonwillow. Here is Mike demonstrating the splitter support rods he discussed in our podcast conversation. 

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Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening!

Dr. Patrick Baker is a translator, subtitler, and language consultant.

Learn more about Patrick on his website. Perhaps peruse his robust academic CV. 

Per our conversation, Patrick invites you to explore:

• J.S. Bach's Art of the Fugue. 
• The compelling art of his brilliant wife, Katrin Grote-Baker. 
• The translation work of his distinguished neighbors, Heather Kimber and Nathan Fritz. 
• William Weaver, who is Patrick's North Star for translation. If you're reading Humberto Eco in English, you're also reading Weaver. 
• Hobbes' translation of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War. 
• Der Morgen der Welt: Geschichte der Renaissance by Bernd Roeck. Or, maybe better yet, wait for the forthcoming English translation!
• All for Nothing by Walter Kempowski, who died on the same day and at the same hospital where Patrick's daughter was born. One day Patrick might translate this. 

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Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

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Jonathan Trozzolo sells Omega watches and supports clients at the KaDeWe Boutique on Berlin's KuDamm.

In thinking of time, JT heartily encourages you to read history! In particular, he urges you towards Mary Beard's acclaimed history of Ancient Rome, SPQR. You can hear her discuss her work at the 92nd St. Y.

Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon.

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Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

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Steve Dye is the founding pastor at the CrossWay International Baptist Church in Berlin, Germany.

Since you might not get to the shag bark hickory tree on the northeast corner of the family farm in Ohio, Steve would urge you to think about Psalm 1:3 specifically, and nurturing community more broadly. 

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Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening. 

Chasity Crisp is a singer and an actress, currently playing Angelica Schuyler in the German production of Hamilton.

Learn more about Chasity on her website. Follow her on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. The German cast of Hamilton was featured in Vogue.  The translation of Hamilton from English to German was explored by Michael Paulson for The New York Times. Chasity urges you to read Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. 

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Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

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Juliane Seumel is a coach for individuals and teams, companies and NGOs. She meets people where they're at, fosters growth mindset, and creates space for change.

Learn more about Juliane on her website and follow her on Instagram. She would urge you to check out Wilhelmine's Komm wie du bist, Susan David on Emotional Agility, and perhaps theorist, Niklas Luhmann. 

• Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project at Patreon.
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Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening. 

Zach Doubek is an air traffic controller at O'Hare International Airport.

After reminding us of the Golden Rule, Zach might urge you to check explore the work of Simon Sinek, especially his thinking about millennials. 

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• Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening.