Make a Mixtape with Zac Little

Today's ep is a direct sequel to the last one, "Systemic Understanding." We talk to Sarah Wrightsman, the Executive Director of the Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast. We also talk to Steven Hedlund and Becky Holt of the Global Aquaculture Alliance, and check back in with Elena Piekut, assistant city planner in NH's only city doing anything right, Dover NH. 

We cover a lot of ground in this one, but really, it's about one question: how do you know that what you're doing is working?

Shoutout to my pal Fred Balas, who tipped me off to Sarah's many acronyms. 

 

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Communities & Consequences (I) - a film by Jay Childs https://vimeo.com/39533873

Music in this ep by Mackenzie Keefe (interlude), Morgan Little (organ), and Zac Little (variations on 'werewolves of london')

https://soundcloud.com/mackenziekeefe

Many thanks to Lori-Waltz Gagnon & Leadership Seacoast, Peter Francese, & Elena Piekut

 

 

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Today's episode is about endings, but also about beginnings, and holidays, and social media, and the Old Internet, and the Chef's Table, and Arlo's musical preferences, and La Blogotheque, and creative crises/depressive episodes (I have a hard time telling the difference).

Thanks for listening. The plan is to have a new episode ready every two weeks for a couple of months. 

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Morgan's playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/themildrevolution/playlist/1xcmemS3qoq6wte1P2ZU25?si=dwc09l05R-WhrHjYmJwcKQ

Zac's playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/zaclittle/playlist/005FcMqJfYHdaHLlTAyD2H?si=cDiZ5rGvT6KK4Ea60Zvgeg

 

In today's episode, Morgan and Zac talk about OH HOLY FOOLS and ONE JUG OF WINE, TWO VESSELS -- probably the two albums they eached looked most forward to discussing, respectively, when this podcast started. They also decide, with 90% certainty, who is singing in "We Are Free Men," and then start a new religion based on the teachings of David Bowie.

 

Other topic include:

-Michael Pollan's show "Cooked"

-Black Mirror's "Bandersnatch"

-Paul Rust's bass guitar skillz

-Mac Miller (again)

-Cover songs they like

-Why it's OK to not know a song is cover

-Oboards, the Conor Oberst Reddit Board

-James Gunn

-What makes a song good for jamming

-Why "City Morgan" no longer wishes to "f**k" people

-Why Louis CK doesn't deserve another shot

-The Other Morgan Little

-How much it still sucks that Elliott Smith is dead

-A lot of stuff about drums and drummers

-Pedro The Lion's famous bassist

 

Thanks for listening!

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BOCC on Colbert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DSO-w_AxgQ

boygenius at Brooklyn Steel: https://youtu.be/96wDhimQ6nw 

BOCC on NME: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1qBHkHKrH4

 

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Morgan and I discussed Mac Miller in this episode, but felt like we didn't do a good job, so we returned to the subject later in the episode, and still left feeling like we didn't do a good job. It's a difficult subject, and there are no right answers, and at the time we didn't even know that Mac Miller has, for instance, covered a Bright Eyes song! So we'll probably talk about it again on the next episode. I just wanted to say that in case you felt like we were being flip about his death. (I will say that compared to the way Ariana Grande fans talk on instagram, Morgan and I sound like f*****g Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Ban Ki Moon or some s**t.)

https://open.spotify.com/user/themildrevolution/playlist/4NPY3dFSyVIke0FvPrkHl4?si=FbkN-PQkS4yzWUlX40vTFQ

https://open.spotify.com/user/zaclittle/playlist/6ERfvkZgc0fdWjW0EEyfDv?si=-LmgApQfTmOlUYqjEJBD6Q

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A story about Rick Velardo. 

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In today's episode, we talk about power lifting, the bizarre contradictions of self-knowledge, and most importantly, how Aaron Sorkin deserves more credit. 

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An experiment in the spirit of democracy. 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajvQ9xY3_CM - Phoebe Bridgers, Noah Gunderson "Killer + The Sound."

We're back to finish up our discussion of the GOAT album, Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground. Today, we are joined by our friend, the filmmaker and artist Paige Mazurek! 

This ep's Spotify Playlists:

Zac: https://open.spotify.com/user/zaclittle/playlist/66DRGBEv4gmnwsJPQnZ0Zx?si=NQlLU9UUQnOBFOmXy7OTpQ

Morgan: https://open.spotify.com/user/themildrevolution/playlist/2FfEOLCvJS6i4az23QyMCE?si=s2Kohq5oRmWnQOleKEOUyw

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