People Pleaser with Austin Archer

Dave Mortensen has been leading a recent online campaign seeking accountability from a very successful community theatre in Sandy, Utah. A theatre who has a long history of under-paying staff and artists while making a killing at the top. We're going to closely examine the current concerns surrounding this company as a means to discuss the larger issue of artist exploitation, and why artists and dream chasers are particularly susceptible to mistreatment in the workplace. 

During this unprecedented pause in production for professional theatre houses across the country and across the world, the wider community of BIPOC theatre artists are asking for long over-due change when it comes to our practices around diversity and representation. Latoya Cameron zooms in to the blanker fort to discuss the ways in which we've been falling short, and the hope for ways we can improve moving forward.

A look at the fallacy of making decisions based on the fear of perceived slippery slopes. Also a preview of my new single Sweet Rejection! Available everywhere Friday 7/17!

Two friends having a long over-due conversation about their differing experiences growing up, and how this relates to the current conversation around race in America.

The guest this week is anonymous for reasons we can't specify. But she's a very special person and friend, and we'll be talking about alcoholism, sobriety, and the process of recovery!

Natural selection has all but seen to it that all surviving bloodlines would have the ability to adapt. So in a society where everyone is capable of adaptation, perhaps learning to adapt well and even enjoy the process is the way to stay competitive. Sammy Zahn is in the blanket fort this week via Zoom to chat about her design and organization company Simply Sam and all the ways that her adaptability has helped her thrive in business and in life!

Finding the ability to allow yourself to be uncomfortable is really hard. I should know. I suck at it. Being able to sit in the discomfort of uncertainty, of being wrong, of losing, of not knowing what to do next. These are all things I'm trying hard not to suck at. So here's a bit on that, with a sneaky surprise baked in at the end. Back next week with a brand new full episode with a great guest! Black Lives Matter! Stay safe out there! 

What does personal accountability look like? What's the difference between punishing yourself and truly holding yourself accountable from a place of love and resolving to try to do better?

Pat Williams is back in the fort! and this time we are unpacking all of our guilty pleasures just for your entertainment. Is this what you want? Is it? Is it?? 

Devin Rey Barney AKA "Sequoia" stops by the blanket fort to discuss the glamorous, decadent, dramatic, and extravagant world of drag. From the mainstream emergence of Rupaul's Drag race, to the avant garde club scenes, we spill as much T as we can fit into a single podcast episode!