Author Aaron Simmons shares the process of writing a book with his late wife, Polly. It is at once an homage, an artistic work, and an examination of the relationship with grief.

Links mentioned in the episode:

widow— widower— widowest— a grief mosaic Book Website

Goodreads page

Links to websites, podcasts, books, and studies mentioned in the podcast:

ClassWaves

The Signal and the Learning Substack from Mandy McLean

The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma by Mustafa Suleyman and Michael Bhaskar

Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick

The Ezra Klein Show: “We Have to Really Rethink the Purpose of Education” with Rebecca Winthrop

Hard Fork Live, Part 1: Sam Altman and Brad Lightcap of OpenAI

Anyon, J. (1980). Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work. Journal of Education, 162(1), 67-92. https://doi.org/10.1177/002205748016200106

Dr. Sarah Huff talks about her experience straddling positions in academia and industry, the opportunity for increased partnerships between the two, and how to think about incentive structures and what they create.

Links mentioned in the podcast: 

www.faithwilliamsart.com

Instagram @faithwilliamsart  

Creature Conserve 

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory  

Edge Gallery 

Cool Boulder, Little Creatures Exhibition  

Wynne Reynolds 

Carrie Hastings 

Paul CaraDonna

Link to Download Coloring Page 

Links mentioned in the podcast:

Silk Moth Stage

Take 5 Framework & Workshops

The Association of Mental Health Coordinators

Cutting Plays for Performance: A Practical and Accessible Guide by Toby Malone, Aili Huber

On Repentance and Repair by Danya Ruttenberg

Links mentioned in the podcast: 

CrowdSolve

Drylands Agroecology Research 

Land Life Company

Optera

Sea Change

True Search

Potter and Friendly City Clay & Art Center founder Ros O'Brien talks about the transformative power of folk schools, intuition and teaching, the creative vision path from art to shared space, and what “embracing the seam” reveals about why a piece was created.

Links mentioned in the podcast:

https://www.friendlycityclay.com/

https://www.folkschool.org/

https://michellesmosaic.com/2024/05/07/celebrate-the-seam/

Entrepreneur, business owner, and founder of Moxie AI Brands and Crownhunt Stephanie LaFlora talks about the power of storytelling, transparency as the key to successful entrepreneurship, authentic networking, and elevating natural skills versus the compulsion to achieve.

Links to Stephanie’s businesses and opportunities:

https://www.crownhunt.io/

https://www.moxieaibrands.com/

https://traction-camp.webflow.io/

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