BT and I chat about kitsch, Midnight Oil, a masculinity that draws us closer to humanity, Julia Roberts dancing to Brown Eyed Girl, using dark humor to cope with suffering, death, and Lester Bangs on Van Morrison's Astral Weeks.

This week, artist & professor Ann LePore and I talk online dating, synesthesia, sturgeon, college tuition rates, Jesus hands, what a truly pro-life world would look like and the 2006 dystopian film, Children of Men.

Writer, podcaster, and kid's craft maven Deb Gonzales & I discuss Vermont College, my social blunders, podcast production, the effects of Title IX, plus a deep dive into one of our faves--A League of Their Own--hope no one listening is on Team Kit.

Carpenter, cannabis farmer & podcast connoisseur Dennis Dougherty & I discuss the Philly, heating warehouse apartments, vegans & zoos, my job at the AK zoo, nude models, Jeff Lowenfels, plus a deep dive in Mentors by the hilarious & soulful Russell Brand.

Wes Sohn and I discuss the time in soccer I benched him for a half, why he fired me as his advisor, how music influenced his life path, the evolution of Korean cuisine on the world stage, plus a deep dive into the thought-provoking film, ex machina.

Ned Ide and I discuss boarding school life, the sage on the stage, cussing in job interviews, nontoxic masculinity, authenticity, institutional mortification, plus a deep dive into Ken Kesey's counterculture classic, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Gryffindor superstar, Kelly Spagnola, and I talk about the all-girls school, my ancestors, her procrastination, humor, the world of kids, the intimacy of music, vulnerability, nemeses, plus a deep dive into the controversy-causing Severus Snape.

Emma & I talk angling & adventuring, wheedling your way into a 5* resort, solo travel while female, rattlesnakes-bears-mountain lions, making art, toothbrush love + a deep dive into The Lobter: a tale of the absurdity of romance & mating.

Brent Hartinger and I talk VCFA, digital nomading, small town life, the internet (good? evil?), converting books to movies, writing against the rules, finding your tribe, work / life balance, + no deep dive into any particular book or movie cause why not?

BT and I talk Zuckerberg :: reptile, Notre Dame vs Tongass National Park, Tribe, old friends, Zuckerberg gullet deep in McConnell's guts like the fantastic Mr. Fox + Miranda July & Khaela Maricich on the Moon--it will fuck you up.