Carmen Mazzola got married exactly one day before Italy's severe lockdown. Thus far, Carmen and her husband Giuseppe have spent every day of their marriage inside their house. Only one at a time being allowed to leave for groceries with a signed permission slip.

With the relaxing of restrictions this week, all Italian citizens are anxiously awaiting the exhale. Especially, Carmen.

Carmen is owner and head chef of cooking school and restaurant La Cucina Del Gusto in Sorrento. She works with world-wide clientele seeking to learn authentic Neapolitan recipes for pizzas and pastas. Sorrento is a coastal town that is dependent on tourists for its survival. For Carmen, the question is when will people begin to travel again?

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Ben Dederich is a grocery clerk at a co-op in Madison, Wisconsin. Since becoming an overnight essential frontline worker, Ben has dealt with everything from panicked customers to his own anxieties about his daily multi-exposure to a potentially lethal contagion.

Music by Chris Zabriskie - album "I Made This While You Were Asleep" Track "I'm About To Do The Second Hardest Thing I've Ever Done"

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Courtney Seiberling, is a Yoga Instructor and Author. In this episode, Courtney and I talk about her book "Yoga's Yamas and Niyamas - 10 Principles for Peace & Purpose".

Courtney shares a bit about her background, how she got into yoga, and what is yoga. She explains the yamas (how to treat others) and the niyamas (how to care for yourself). Then we break down two chapters from her book. At the very end, Courtney shares two detailed personal accounts of how the practice of these principles have physically manifested in her life.

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This episode of Mostly Minutia was recorded and mixed at Fairfax-Village Studios by the talented Matt Sav. Book a recording session with Matt @fairfax-village.com

Music by Chris Zabriskie off the album "I Made This While You Were Asleep"

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Scott Marvel is the president of Daily Planet, a commercial production company based in Chicago with a focus on humanitarian projects. He is also the founder of Give A Shirt, a non-profit organization helping the homeless get back on their feet.

In this episode, Scott shares with us the story of his Grandpa Rudy's death and how this one event has shaped his life.

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Emily Lindl is part of the Steamfitter's union Local 601 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For almost a decade prior, Emily worked as a Flight Attendant for Midwest Airlines.

In this episode, Emily shares how at the age of 30 she began a whole new career in the male dominated field of steamfitting.

*Note: A steamfitter works on and installs heating, cooling, gas, and process piping. In layman's terms, a steamfitter's main goal is to make sure whatever's flowing through the pipes keeps on flowing. Emily works with pipe made of stainless steel, carbon steel, copper, brass, pvc, cpvc, and poly propylene to name a few. She knows how to cut and bond all these materials and her favorite material to work with is copper. Emily's favorite offset to design is a 45 degree offset which helps with what's known as the pressure drop.

Music by Chris Zabriskie Wonder Cycle off the album Divider

This episode was recorded at Epiphany Space. A coworking space in Hollywood equipped with quaint working nooks, creative souls, and plenty of espresso. epiphanyspace.com

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*For anyone who has ever felt swamped, imprisoned, paralyzed or had panic attacks over their student loan debt this story is for you.

In 2012, Hillary Carroll graduated with an MFA from UCLA. Between her loans, interest accrued, and capitalized interest she owed 130K. This story is about how she paid it off.

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Principal Balance x Interest Percentage Rate (8.25% = .0825) Divided by 365 = Daily Interest Accrual

Daily Interest Accrual x 30 = Monthly Interest Accrual

Music by Chris Zabriskie off the album Divider

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Cruz Flores and his wife Dawn were expecting the birth of their son Henry on Valentine's Day. So, it came as a surprise when they found out 2 1/2 mos prior to his due date that Henry needed to be born right away. This is his story told by his Father Cruz Flores.

Music by Home off the album Resting State

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Mario Pendilla is a Camera Operator on hit Fox show MasterChef. He also happens to look fresh fresh fresh in his Jordans. The third in this series on Sneakerheads, Mario Pendilla takes us on a trip through his closet. A self-proclaimed NON-Sneakerhead, Mario owns 35 plus pairs of Jordans. Each pair of shoes in their original box, some duplicates, but each boasting a photo on the exterior of the box of exact contents inside. I ask you, is this man not a Sneakerhead or is he just really really organized? You be the judge.

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If you love Airmax and cooking then you'll love Ben Kronick. Ben is the in-house Chef on hit Fox show MasterChef and Ben LOVES sneakers. Ben began collecting sneakers in college and boasts knowledge when it comes to boutique sneaker shops around the world. Winning the chase on highly sought after shoes is Ben's game. Especially, exotic pairs of Airmax like the duck hunter camos, the animal pack, and customs by dank&co featuring actual swatches from Kobe Bryant's jersey. This is an indulgy episode. Sort of like eating bone marrow. Bon appetit!

Dank&Co Custom Footwear Design @jwdanklefs

French Culinary Institute

Sneaker Freaker Magazine

Nike Doernbecher Hospital Freestyle Project

Boutique Stores

Kith LA+Brooklyn

Ubiq Philly

Size? UK

Concepts Boston, NY, UAE

Atmos NY

Rif LA

Undefeated US+Japan

Flight Club

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Music by Home off the album "Resting State"

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According to an article in Forbes "A Sneakerhead is a person who collects trades and/or admires sneakers as a form of hobby." and according to Urban Dictionary, "One who is in love with but not limited to Jordans, Forces, Dunks, Maxes, etc." And I would say Forrest Tagliamonte lives up to this expectation. Pushing upward of 200 shoes, mostly Jordans and Airmax Forrest enlightens the soul when talking about style. Especially when it comes to what you put on your feet.

*Note: During this interview, Forrest kept it real classy. Gold chain, black form fitted jeans, pair of Tiffany Dunks and a white T-shirt with The Notorious BIG quote "And if you don't know now you know".

Masters of Air Vol 1 Documentary by Nike

Fresh Dressed Documentary

Sneakernomics: Are Sneakerheads Important? Forbes Article

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