Longtime listeners will know we love musicians on this podcast. We particularly love musicians whose music we love listening to. That’s why it’s such a thrill to welcome guitarist Scott Metzger to the show this week. Because he’s in four of our favorite bands. In addition to being a founding member of the Grateful Dead revivalist outfit Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Scott is part of the “Telecaster rock trio” WOLF! (along with Jon Shaw and Talor Floreth), and the trio LaMP (with Trey Anastasio band members Russ Lawton and Ray Paczkowski). He also recently released Too Close to Reason, the first solo album of his 20+-year career. The label? Our friends at Royal Potato Family, who also released the latest from WOLF!, an EP called Adult Entertainment. Check out any or all of these incarnations of Scott Metzger on Spotify. They will not disappoint.

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Jeremy Toback is one half of the hush indie-folk group Renee & Jeremy. These two have made a speciality — actually, an art form — of turning popular songs into delightful little lullabies. The latest is Madonna’s Lucky Star. But they also write great originals. One of them, Here and Now, sounds a lot like our theme song here at How to Tickle Yourself. One of us must have stolen the idea from the other. Or, more likely, we are singing from the same songbook about things like presence – the vital importance of focusing on what’s happening to you in this very moment. Renee & Jeremy have been releasing singles from their latest album, shout! (a cover of the Tears for Fears hit) in recent weeks. The entire thing is due out this summer. It’s a winner. Check it out Renee & Jeremy on Spotify. But first, have a listen as we talk to Jeremy about songwriting, the music business, spirituality, and how forgiveness might just be the answer to everything.

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Join us on this enlightening episode as we welcome the inspiring Sunny Singh, an articulate evangelist of the importance of nurturing the “whole” you. After a remarkable — and remarkably lucrative — career in healthcare technology, Sunny realized that it was time to pay attention to the parts of his life he’d been neglecting, and rededicated himself to his practices of yoga, meditation, nourishing nutrition, and establishing strong connections to nature and the human community. But Sunny’s mission extends well beyond his own personal journey. Indeed, the once hard-driving executive has shifted his focus to giving back to the world with an intention and scale that boggle the mind. For starters, he’s founded a company called Roundglass that supports people in their journey toward what he calls Wholistic Wellbeing. Roundglass is quite the effort, with resources centered around meditation and mindfulness, food & cooking, grieving and death, learning and wisdom, and music. In other words, everything that matters. He’s also spearheading an effort to plant a billion trees in the Indian state of Punjab. And that’s only the start of it. Sunny Singh’s actions serve as proof of the value of his own ideas. Listen in and discover the transformative potential of an integrative and wholistic approach to wellbeing.

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We have a repeat guest for you this week.  Her name is Tara Bach, and she is one of Rockledge’s favorite artists. Tara lives just down the road a bit, in Saugerties, and in the basement studio of the beautiful house she and her husband are building, she churns out one piece of delightful art after another.  Her attitude is light. Her art exudes light. Her Instagram account is like a sunbeam of inspiration.

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This week’s guest, Mark Hsu, wrote a book called Please Open in the Event of My Death: A Father’s Advice to His Daughters In Case Something Horrible Happens (Which Hopefully It Won’t, But Just in Case…) It’s a delightful book, full of the kind of advice we all wish we’d gotten when we really needed it. Mark is a rarity - he’s a funny lawyer — and we have a humorous time trying to get to the bottom of what it’s like to try and be a good parent in these unprecedented times.

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Today we’re talking to Margie Bissinger, a physical therapist, integrative health coach and “happiness trainer.” We like authors on this show, and Margie is the author of Osteoporosis: An Exercise Guide. She is also the host of the podcast Happy Bones, Happy Life. Who doesn’t want either of those?

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This week’s guest on How to Tickle Yourself is an old friend of Duff & Joey’s. Her name is Rachel Ghiazza, and she is the EVP of US Content at Audible, the audiobook arm of Amazon. Rachel, who studied computer science and business as an undergraduate, has what might just be the perfect combination of talent and assets for today’s fast-moving business landscape: She understands the programmers, she understands finance, she understands content, and, most of all, she understands people and what makes us tick. In fact, she’s playing a part in what’s making you tick. Whether you know it or not, she is helping shape the way you consume media every day. She knows what tickles you, and is holding a very big feather called Audible in her hand.

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Learn how to create a meaningful and self-sufficient life in nature as Arielle Crawford, a sustainable fashion designer turned back-to-the-land evangelist, joins us on today's episode. Arielle is the driving force behind a fascinating project called The Realness Preserve, an off-grid regenerative ranch and retreat, and watching her on Instagram is like watching someone stranded on a desert island figure out how to do everything we take for granted in modern life. A shining beacon of passion, drive, forthrightness, and creativity, Arielle will inspire you to be a better citizen of planet earth. 

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Each of us adds to the great play of the universe in our own unique way and with our own unique gift. Today’s guest is making lives better, one pantry at a time. Her name is Mira Dessy, and she is known as the Ingredient Guru. As a nutrition educator, Mira helps us understand how to make informed choices about what we eat by focusing on whole food nutrition. Join us as we explore topics like food labeling, common food additives, eliminating bad ingredients from your diet and how to build a healthy and sustainable pantry. With Mira's guidance, we are able to gain clarity and confidence in our food choices, leading to a happier and healthier life.

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The whole universe is music. And every now and then, individual human beings get in sync with that music and become a conduit for the rest of us to enjoy, a channel through which to hear the sounds of universal love.  Paul Reddick, the Poet Laureate of the Blues, is one of those people. He brings us the sound of everything. We ask about Paul the process of creation, songwriting, and the last book he borrowed from the library.

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