For a Living

This less than masterful, whiskey-infused cover of the Dylan masterpiece is in dialogue with my conversation with conceptual artist and photographer, Sonya Naumann. Produced by Brian Trahan.

Sonya Naumann is a visual artist, photographer, professor, smartie pants and sweetie pie. The first time I met her she told me it's "Sonya, like lasagna". Still is.

Explore Sonya's work at her website and follow her on Instagram. She recommends Dylan's Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie and advises me to dive deep with her pal Laurel Snyder.

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As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering.

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. 

Brian Trahan is a music producer, audio engineer, and composer. He is also an accomplished pianist and singer. He is brings people together, obsesses with and for them, creates empathic spaces for deep listening, and spreads love.

Learn more about Brian here and follow him on Instagram. Dive into Brian's music on Spotify or wherever you get music. You can also explore his artist playlist. Get into more Daniel Cherote and Kelsey Brae. And check out Phoebe Bridgers' Halloween. 

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As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering.

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. 

Brian Trahan is a music producer, audio engineer, and composer. He is also an accomplished pianist and singer. He is brings people together, obsesses with and for them, creates empathic spaces for deep listening, and spreads love.

Learn more about Brian here and follow him on Instagram. Dive into Brian's music on Spotify or wherever you get music. You can also explore his artist playlist. Get into more Daniel Cherote and Kelsey Brae.

Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.
Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail [dot] com.
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As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering.

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. 

This song is a meditation a podcast conversation with the Berlin-based contemporary artist, Benjamin Rubloff. It features Marty Kondziolka on drums and is produced and mastered by Brian Trahan.

My favorite contemporary artist joins me in conversation to launch this season devoted to the working lives of artists. Enjoy our discussion and stick around for the song I wrote about it.

Learn more about Benjamin here and follow him on Instagram. Benjamin referenced: Tobias Wolff, Bill Evans, Richard Diebenkorn's Notes to Myself, Siri Hustvedt on Giorgio Morandi, Teju Cole on art and hope, WJT Mitchell (particularly his book What Do Pictures Want?), and that moment Miles Davis bends a note in It Never Entered My Mind. He also discussed Raymond Carver and read his poem This Morning.

Giorgio Morandi's Bottles features Marty Kondziolka on drums and was produced and mastered by Brian Trahan. That's me on keys. 

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Listen to the songs I composed and recorded about my guest on Season 7.
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Special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering.
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. 

Why the name change? What's on tap for Season 7? Will I sing a song about each episode?

Guidance Counselor Tamara Faber, Chef Cortney Burns, and Concierge Julien G. are the three most listened to episodes. The rest of the Top Ten are: nurses Mike Mrozinski and Kayla Ming, mailman Eric Spencer, stripper Dria Dore, firefighter Jason Danvir, bootstrapper Justin Jackson, and ayahuasca spirit healer Jocelyn Gonzalez. Companion to the Elderly Sam Tatel and AUSA Julie Fukes are meaningful conversations to which more people should listen. 

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As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering.

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. 

The tables turn as yours truly anxiously and awkwardly fields questions from Bob Fenster, host of Bob's Just Asking.

Bob is still asking. Dive into his discussions wherever you get podcasts.

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As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering.

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. 

3 Generations. 3 Countries. Podcast Patrons Susan Brown, Tony Demma, and Olivia Swarthout discuss the so-called work-life balance and how their cultures grapple with work. Don't miss this one!

Here is Olivia's community project in Glasgow. Two books came up in conversation: The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living and Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World. 

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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. 

Comedian Madeline Rose Lazar joins me to walk through some highlights from the back half of Season 6.

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• Want more Shanti Chu? Dive into her philosophy videos on her YouTube Channel. She also maintains an active vegan food blog over here...or follow her foodie goodness on Insta. Not enough Shanti? She and her partner make music as Evanti. Check them out on Soundcloud.
• Check out the upcoming events at the American Academy. If you are in Berlin, get out to Wannsee and revel in the extraordinary space that Berit Ebert and her colleagues nurture; if you are not in Berlin, there is a plenty available online to get you thinking about Transatlanticism  
• Keep up with Daniel Jocz on APUSH Explained. Learn from Daniel's YouTube Channel. Support him and his students here.
• Bruce Field discussed The Groundbreaking: The Tulsa Race Massacre and an American City's Search for Justice. He also is seeking Tara Westover, author of Educated, to pen the epilogue to his memoir.  

Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.
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As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering.

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.