In this episode of The Learning Vibes Podcast, you will hear from past and future guests as they discuss their childhood.  It’s a common question that Da asks his guests:  “Growing up was there a strong culture and support of artisanship and learning in your family of origin?”  Hear answers from author and actress, Lindy Hudis; musician, Chuck Fields; and music composer, Michael Krueger.  Then, in the second half of this episode, we’ll finish our conversation with writer and dancer, Jennifer Passios.  Jennifer also will share her memories of parental support as she took her own path toward artisanship.

Jennifer Passios is a graduate student, dancer, writer, editor, and content creator for a variety of dance companies.  In this episode of The Learning Vibes Podcast, Jennifer discusses the broader skills learned through dance.  She also discusses her teaching as a graduate teaching assistant at Sam Houston State University.  Hear her ideas on an arts education, the communicative nature of dance, artistic collaboration, and teaching in a college setting.

In this episode of The Learning Vibes Podcast, hear more from Chrissie Chapman and Jane Palmer, two photographers who came to art later in life.  In this episode, they discuss friendship, lifelong learning, formal education, and other topics that will be of interest to all artists, teachers, and lifelong learners.  Hear their wisdom, and get your cup filled.

Christina Chapman and Jane Palmer are brilliant photographers.  Jane is a quilter, too.  Chrissie is a painter.  They both came to art later in their lives.  In this episode of The Learning Vibes Podcast, Christina and Jane discuss the reasons they came to art after motherhood, career, and other elements of early life.  They share the pathway to art and the power that art has in their lives.  They also address their process as artists and the benefit of process in art.

In this episode of The Learning Vibes Podcast, host and producer, Da Knowlton, talks about critical thinking and aiming to understand the truth.  Hear strategies for thinking carefully and sorting what is true from that which may be widely-repeated but is verifiably false.  Expertise matters.  Finding trustworthy sources matter.  Critical thinking matters.   Guests Hosts are Emma and Sarah Knowlton.

If you wish to watch an unedited video of Da’s talk, then visit this link:  https://youtu.be/Na7gKHv0GCs 

Manage your brain health during the holiday season.  In this episode of The Learning Vibes Podcast, we allow you to vibe once again on our episode from February 2020.  In this episode, you’ll hear a conversation with brain-health expert, Mary Beth Cunningham.  

In this episode of The Learning Vibes Podcast, Lindy Hudis discusses some of the movie directors that she admires, and she shares how those directors influence her work.  Also, Da Knowlton and David Sharp discuss a few movies that profoundly impact each of them.  

Within this episode, you’ll hear two short excerpts from YouTube clips.  The excerpts came from here:

• The Nutty Professor (Universal Pictures):  https://youtu.be/UpsRucjmTw4?feature=shared
• Pulp Fiction (Miramax):  https://youtu.be/6Pkq_eBHXJ4?feature=shared 

Hear from author, actress, screenplay writer, and producer, Lindy Hudis.  In this episode, Lindy and Da discuss the writing process, and Lindy shares a little bit about her background.  Lindy also shares the process of bringing to life her film, The Lesson.    

In this episode of The Learning Vibes Podcast, we continue our conversation with Dr. Candace Hall, a creative academic and filmmaker.  Hear about Dr. Hall’s creative process in bringing her documentary—Clusterluck—to fruition.  This episode can give you insights into the creative process, and those insights can help you in all of your artistic and lifelong-learning endeavors.  Hear lessons of perseverance, collaboration, creative decision making, and seemingly unending revisions that accompany meaningful design and production processes.  

As we start the sixth year of production of The Learning Vibes Podcast, Da revisits the podcast mission, and you get a listen to the introduction to episode #1 from August of 2019.  The introduction includes an appearance by Dr. Anni Reinking. 

In most of the episode, you will hear from three film makers.  Dr. Todd Long is  producer and director of Trusting Chloe, which can be found on Vimeo (https://vimeo.com/ondemand/trustingchloe).  Lindy Hudis is writer and producer of The Lesson, which can be found on YouTube (https://youtu.be/-ftEZv3kOMU?si=2hqS9GjUoz1FBWFm).  Dr. Candace Hall is producer of the documentary, Clusterluck, which has been screened nationally.

All three of these film makers discuss the early inklings as their film came into being.  Hear about the impetus and inklings for creative ideas and their manifestation in movies.