Struggle to Connect

Struggle to Connect

By Amy VanderbeckSociety & Culture
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Struggle to Connect episodes

  • Primer
    Amy explains why she is adding even more content to a content filled world.
    10 min
  • Primer
    Amy explains why she is adding even more content to a content filled world.
    10 min
  • Brian McDonald
    Amy visits her longtime friend Brian McDonald for a chat in his office on a hot day in Seattle. They discuss dyslexia, story structure, gentrification, colonization, race, homophobia, sexism, and pretty much everything else. That may sound depressing but they also laughed a lot. Do yourself a favor and check out Brian's books - http://www.amazon.com/Brian-McDonald/e/B0040ZENUO
    1 hr 49 min
  • Brian McDonald
    Amy visits her longtime friend Brian McDonald for a chat in his office on a hot day in Seattle. They discuss dyslexia, story structure, gentrification, colonization, race, homophobia, sexism, and pretty much everything else. That may sound depressing but they also laughed a lot. Do yourself a favor and check out Brian's books - http://www.amazon.com/Brian-McDonald/e/B0040ZENUO
    1 hr 49 min
  • Jodi Jaecks
    Amy and Jodi Jaecks ride their bikes to Gasworks Park to discuss breast cancer and how Jodi became spokesperson for the trans community despite not being trans herself. Oh, how complicated! Here is the Stranger article we reference: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/cover-up/Content?oid=13970858
    31 min
  • Jodi Jaecks
    Amy and Jodi Jaecks ride their bikes to Gasworks Park to discuss breast cancer and how Jodi became spokesperson for the trans community despite not being trans herself. Oh, how complicated! Here is the Stranger article we reference: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/cover-up/Content?oid=13970858
    31 min
  • Kris Kristensen
    Director Kris Kristensen visits Amy in her tiny, cramped, semi-filthy apartment and they discuss their choice to drop out and be broke in order to be mentally healthy and make art. They take a break to spoon. Check out Kris's stuff at http://scotopiapictures.com/
    1 hr
  • Kris Kristensen
    Director Kris Kristensen visits Amy in her tiny, cramped, semi-filthy apartment and they discuss their choice to drop out and be broke in order to be mentally healthy and make art. They take a break to spoon. Check out Kris's stuff at http://scotopiapictures.com/
    1 hr
  • Dick Grabbers
    Amy asks the age-old question: Why do men stand with their hands down their pants in public? Amy's friends provide their insights. We hear wisdom from Bella Biaggio, Lisa Vanderbeck Weir, Lisa Parsons, and sister Katy. Peri, Larissa, and Betsy also pipe in from the street.
    1 hr 1 min
  • Dick Grabbers
    Amy asks the age-old question: Why do men stand with their hands down their pants in public? Amy's friends provide their insights. We hear wisdom from Bella Biaggio, Lisa Vanderbeck Weir, Lisa Parsons, and sister Katy. Peri, Larissa, and Betsy also pipe in from the street.
    1 hr 1 min

About Struggle to Connect

From the publisher's feed

Spurred by her therapist to leave the house a minimum of 2 hours a day, Amy Vanderbeck wandered around Seattle visiting her friends and sticking microphones in their faces.