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Remi Dion is a friend and fellow engineer who studied at McGill University. He is currently doing a masters in artificial intelligence, and was on a semester abroad at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in the South province of Tamil Nadu when all of the Covid-19 stuff began. His story is pretty insane and he is at present still trapped in South India with no visible way to return to his home country of Canada. Canada seems to have neglected its citizens stranded around the world, so please consider signing this petition to bring attention to Canada's inadequate efforts to retrieve its citizens.  Remi has been all over Quebec media, include this TV interview (It's in French). 

We talk about the situation in India, the scary realities of Remi's quarantine, the silver linings in all of this, the learnings of travel, quarantine routine, strategies for goal setting, a much more. It's a really interesting conversation in the midst of all this craziness. 

Follow Remi on Facebook for updates on his situation and also check him out on Twitter and Instagram. 

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Pair with the podcast episode Josh Goldstein - The Man Who Moved to Alaska and the blog post "Calluses".

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Books

48 Laws of Power

Men of Steel

The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes 

Tools Mentioned

https://workflowy.com/

Extremely motivating discussion with adventure filmmaker and photographer, Basti Hansen. Basti is one of the hardest working guys I know, editing into the wee hours of the morning and always in another part of the world shooting. Originally from Germany, he's a Tel Aviv-based filmmaker who's worked with Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, IQOS, Universal Music, and more. And he only started working with a camera 6 years ago!

We talk how to take yourself seriously, create a body of work, partnerships in the midst of demanding work schedules and open relationships, and how to zoom out and look at your life and its trajectory in the context of daily tasks. 

Find him on Instagram, Facebook, Youtube and check out his work, lightroom presets, and a useful set of FAQs on bastihansen.com

Pair with this post on Taking the Stairs, and this podcast with Mia Schon - Calling Myself an Artist.

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Videos

"Micro Documentary" with a musician who lost his home and everything to a wildfire except a 12-string guitar, with which he just recorded an album - Facing Flames

Andalusia Spain camper video

Merceds Benz commercial in the American West

Music video with Noa Kirel and Stephane Legar

Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade 2017

Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade 2018

His first video that he shot while in India - Sand to Stone

Books

Skin in the Game 

Inspiring interview with Mia Schon, better known as Mosaic with Mia. She's a public artist specializing in mosaics with works all around Tel Aviv. She's extremely talented and we talk about how hard it is to finally have the courage to start calling yourself an artist, working through the non-glamorous aspects of being a professional artist, how to put yourself out there and deal with rejection, and how an annoying, vandalized wall across from her apartment set her off on the journey she's on today. 

Mia Schon is an American-Israeli mosaic mural artist and instructor who works out of her studio in Tel Aviv, Israel. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Fine Art and Design in 2009. After settling in Boston, In 2014, Mia made the decision to visit Tel Aviv for three months but quickly fell in love with the city for its vibrant art scene, heart, and soul — and has split her time between both cities ever since.

With a strong affinity for public art, Mia has made it her mission to spread large colorful mosaics throughout Israel and internationally incorporating local tiles and recycled materials into her work. She enjoys collaborating and then creating commissioned pieces and often you can find her out on the street with a hammer in hand working on her latest street art mural. In addition to her public art, Mia teaches small mosaic workshops out of her studio twice a month and upon request.

Visit her website www.mosaicwithmia.com and follow her on Instagram at @mosaicwithmia and Facebook at @mosaicwithmia

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Books Mentioned

Dare to Lead

Big Magic

Links

Kuchinate - African Refugee Women's Collective

Our Generation Speaks - Israeli and Palestinian entrepreneurship program 

Scintillating conversation with fiction author Effie Rinsky, a man who has read Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace, twice. Just to say, Bill Gates, an avid reader, is afraid of even starting this 1000 page tome. Effie and I talk morning habits, exercise, drinking and drugs, procrastinating, how in writing you can only learn by doing and being terrible for a while, and if you're going to do something hard it has to be the thing you want to do the most. 

E.Z. Rinsky has worked as a bagel maker, statistics professor and–for one misguided year–a street musician. He's released two novels with Harper Collins (as E.Z. Rinsky). The first, Palindrome, was short-listed for the International Thriller Writers award for best debut novel, and has been translated and published in the Czech Republic. He's currently working on a new novel and a TV pilot. He lives in Tel Aviv. 

You can find Effie on his website www.ezrinsky.com 

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Show Notes

Books

Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer

Jorge Borges - Labyrinths

Infinite Jest

Brothers Karamazov

Odyssey

Links

Bill Gates Booknotes

David Foster Wallace - This is Water

James Altucher - The Ultimate Guide for Becoming an Idea Machine

Mark Twain Quote - The correct quote isn't about cold showers but is about eating a live frog - “Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”

Absolutely phenomenal new episode of the Living30 podcast with the animated, insightful and hilarious Liz Plank. We talk procrastination, therapy, finding purpose and fulfillment, self-esteem, coming out, and boundaries. Enjoy!

Liz is an author and award-winning journalist as well as host of several critically acclaimed digital series at Vox Media. She's been listed as one of Forbes' ‘30 Under 30,’ Mediaite’s ‘Most Influential in News Media,’ Marie Claire’s ‘List of Most Powerful Women,’ and was recently ranked as one of the world’s most influential people in gender policy. Her first book, For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity, was published on September 10, 2019. She regularly appears on MSNBC offering her perspective on national politics, disability and women’s issues. She's built a loyal following on numerous social media platforms, but her proudest accomplishment by far remains being blocked by the 45th President of the United States.

She's on Twitter as @feministabulous, and same on Instagram and Facebook and selected work of hers can be found on her website at http://www.elizabethplank.com/ 

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Show Notes

The Untethered Soul 

Oprah's Super Soul Sunday Sunday Podcast 

The Seat of the Soul 

The Artist Way 

Will Smith - Self Esteem Video

Brene Brown - Vulnerability TED Talk 

Fascinating new episode of Living30 podcast with Dr. Sarah Taber. The first half is very agriculture heavy, where we talk about breaking the good ol' boys club of farming, social media, and millennials' connection with their food. The second half is more focused on Dr. Taber realizing around age 30 that she wanted to leave the Mormon church, why 30 is the age that people gain independence, and how it all connects to her mission in the world of agriculture.

Click here for the episode or check it out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you like to listen.

Dr. Sarah Taber is a crop and food safety scientist with a PhD in plant medicine from the University of Florida. She's worked on farms and labs, is the founder of a caviar company Persephone, and she podcasts on Farm to Taber. Her favorite challenges are designing robust human systems; training financial backers in physical and human capital; and reminding the industry that blockchain can’t stop food fraud, because both parties in fraudulent food transactions are usually in on it anyway.

She's on Twitter @SarahTaber_bww.

Show Notes

Adam Ruins Everything Nutrition Episode

Braiding Sweetgrass

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Ed Latimore is a professional heavyweight boxer, a veteran of the Army National Guard, a chess player with a degree in physics, an author and prominent self-help blogger. He writes about what it was like growing up in the hood, his reflections on his six years of sobriety including his book "Sober Letters to my Drunken Self", and how to quit porn. Find Ed on his inspiring Twitter feed and his blog www.edlatimore.com 

We talk about the moment when he realized he needed a change, his approach to relationships, thoughts on addiction and sobriety, and how it's never too late to start getting after it. Ed is an inspiring guy and it was truly great to get a chance to speak with him. Enjoy! 

Books mentioned: 

Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin 

A Course in Miracles 

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Nate Hersh is a 2nd year medical student at Jefferson University hospital who decided 'late' in life to become a doctor. Before that he was the managing director for Partners for Progressive Israel, a non-profit dedicated to advocating for an Israeli-Palestinian peace process. He has written articles in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Haaretz. including a recent op-ed in the New York Times on Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu's call to boycott the phenomenal HBO series 'Our Boys', with Nate calling it an "attempt to silence self-reflection". Nate also spent two years as a staff sergeant in the Israeli Defense Forces. 

We talk about sobriety, getting serious with your life, finding meaningful work, being of service, tricks to overcome vices and much more. Enjoy! 

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Alison is an award winning film director and journalist. Her new short movie Flower Punk about Japanese artist Azuma Makoto, who has sent his floral sculptures into space and sunk them to the bottom of the ocean, premieres in New York City on November 7th. Her latest feature, The Brink, where she followed Steve Bannon around for over a year up to and through the 2018 midterm elections, is available on Hulu. 

We talk about workaholics, inspiration, starting projects and finishing them, relationships as part of a busy and successful life, getting out of your comfort zone, impostor syndrome and much more. 

Read more about Ali on her website, and follow her on twitter @aliklay. 

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Alison Klayman was the youngest director named by the New York Times chief film critics A.O. Scott and Manohla Dargis on their international list of 20 Directors to Watch. Alison’s documentary work has been recognized with awards and box office success, and she also directs nonfiction series and commercials. Her debut feature AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY, about the Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival where it was awarded a US Documentary Special Jury Prize for Spirit of Defiance. It had its international premiere at Berlinale and went on to be shortlisted for an Academy Award, nominated for two Emmys, and earn Alison a DGA Award nomination and an appearance on The Colbert Report among other honors. NEVER SORRY has now been translated into over 26 languages and had major theatrical releases around the world, including on over 200 screens with IFC Films in the United States. It was also one of the highest grossing films of 2012 directed by a woman.

Her newest documentary THE BRINK was theatrically released in 2019 by Magnolia Pictures. In it she takes on former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, following him for over a year as he tries to promote his brand of extreme nationalism and unite the far-right anti-immigrant parties of Europe. After its Sundance premiere, Variety called the film "impeccably crafted...an engaging and enraging, disturbing and highly revealing movie." In his Critic's Pick review, A.O Scott wrote "it's a fast-moving, tightly packed, at times unnervingly entertaining documentary.”

Alison’s other films include the Netflix Original feature documentary TAKE YOUR PILLS about the role of prescription stimulants in a hyper-competitive, overly medicated America. The Emmy and BAFTA-nominated film was executive produced by Maria Shriver and had its world premiere at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival. She is also the director of THE 100 YEARS SHOW about 103-year-old Cuban-American painter Carmen Herrera, who worked in obscurity for decades until finally receiving recognition late in life. The film was a festival favorite and five-time winner of “Best Documentary Short.” It had a theatrical run at New York’s Film Forum, and screened at the Whitney and other museums before being released worldwide on Netflix. 

Daniel is a brilliant blockchain developer and student of philosophy. We talk moving to new places, relationships, responsibility, masculine and feminine energies, being intentional about our choices, and working to not only consume but to create. 

You can read some of Daniel's personal and more philosophical writing at kronosapiens.com, his professional writing at kronosapiens.github.io, and follow him on twitter at @kronosapiens. 

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Show Notes

Paul Graham's essay on cities 

Gary Chapman -- the Five Love Languages

Joseph Campbell -- Hero with a Thousand Faces

Jocko Willink -- Extreme Ownership

Richard Feynman -- Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman

Ira Glass -- The Creative Process

Thomas Kuhn -- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

David Foster Wallace -- Infinite Jest