People Pleaser with Austin Archer

Depression and Anxiety are kind of the tentpoles of mental illness. The OG's. The standards. They seem to be almost universal conditions that everyone experiences to some degree or other. And lately, with global uncertainty and a pandemic that continues to wreak havoc on our species they seem to be on the rise. So is doing something as simple as talking about them going to have any significant effect on their presence in our lives? ... Couldn't hurt. Actor and podcaster Dan Beecher zoomed in to the blanket fort from Utah to talk about his experience with these two conditions and to hopefully share some light and hope along the way.

What is free will and do you have it? And would you even know if you didn't? And can we prove it one way or another? Probably not, but you should know by now that won't stop us from trying. All this and more on this all new episode featuring podcast favorite John Lane!!

The first (and possibly last) live recording of People Pleaser straight from the belly of the blanket fort in the middle of the apocalypse. Featuring the ever-elusive, the unbeatable, the indomitable Mary F*#king Neville talking all things quarantine! PLUS some special bonus content tacked onto the end of this audio version!

Friend and fellow songsmith Sam Burton stops by to talk about his personal journey with songwriting. Hopefully the exploration of a specific form of expression can serve as a view into larger, more expansive themes? I don't know. Maybe not. But he plays his latest single live and it's really good!

What's the best way to make sure a day job doesn't feel like a prison sentence keeping you from your true calling? Well Sarah Walker has some insights on that. Even though many people are out of work right now, we will surely be back to work in a matter of weeks, so what kind of mindset will we bring with us when we return to our day jobs? 

New friend and Neuroscientist Daniel Calderón Sanchez lets Austin in on the current state of brain science covering the things we know, and speculating about the things we hope to know in the future!

Austin invites singer-songwriter, guitarist extraordinaire, and experimental outsider artist Nick Neihart into the blanket fort to talk about art that falls left of center, the avant grade, the fringe, the experimental. Is it any good? Does it take talent to make it? What do YOU think of Outsider Art? Also, unrelated, but um... is it the end of the world?

Super duper best friends Chris (Chrissy Bear) Bjornn and Austin Archer set out to tackle the emo-artsy kid dream of starting their very own band and taking on the indie music scene ten years ago. They failed miserably to garner any kind of commercial success, but had a whole hell of a lot of fun writing a bunch of kick ass songs. Here's that story.

A little something new today. It's just me. Talking about a few things that are on my mind this week. PLUS a super secret bonus surprise at the end of the episode!!

Life seems to have a relentless need to drop in and interrupt our little routines, our plans, our innocent still moments. In this episode Lisandra Archer takes a break from her SoCal vacation to have a chat in the blanket fort about how to deal with life's many changes and ride the waves of even the most menacing of storms.