Skateboarding & punk music, everyone is creative, self-absorption is the new rule, saved by a cell phone, nepotism, impacts of early choices, safety in numbers, doing what you love, and much, much more…

Old stuff, the desert, California born, San Francisco speakeasies, acting out of anger, diseased thinking, need for animals, spiritual callings, happiness, work, stop buying stuff, and much, much more…

Come with me, as I reflect on a brief sampling of shame-inducing behaviors. It’ll be fun!

Toxic masculinity, vulnerability, empathy, commitment, the triangle, using privilege for good, new father of a son, last of the revolutions?, spreading love, global reckoning, parenting advice, Mr. Rogers, and much, much more…

Bonus material from episodes 13 & 14.

Growing up in Vegas, Dad’s in a band or two, The Rat Pack & Elvis, 15 year-old girl punk drummer, dust bowl grandpa, Trail of Tears great great grandma, lesbian cab drivers in Tucson, real Las Vegas, meth and the Mint 400, diversifying the next generation of programmers, manipulating consciousness, and much, much more…

Living in an airplane, the folly of war, rural friendliness, learning Japanese, the insight of children, tabula rasa, company vs. solitude, and much, much more…

Brains in your hands, the strong men of Venice Beach, climbing trees, a lifetime of animation, working with Zappa, the process, finding time, the Green River killer, switching mediums, obsessing, graphic novels, and much, much more…

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Bonus material from Ep. 10, 11 & 12.