Today's guest is James Palmer an old friend and mechanical engineer. He'll joined me to talk about mostly anything but then we ended up staying on the topic of education for quite some time. It will be fascinating to see how these systems develop going into the future as the freedom to information and education continues to grow.

Teacher, student, creator, are these the elements which make up a fully actualized human being? In this episode I do my best to argue for that fact. Recently I saw a quite touching clip on instagram taken from a Louis CK's show and it was talking about love. I offer a few thoughts on that. Then we move into a discussion of deep fake technology and Kendrick Lamar's new album, specifically for the reason that he so originally blends these two elements together. And if that wasn't enough for you we hit up talking about the new cinematic masterpiece which is the Northman. A wickedly directed film from the guy who directed The Witch as well as The Lighthouse.

Went all out on this episode and actually for once made a list of topics to work through. I like to dabble in books as a topic but it's often fun to make sure I try and get outside of that box. For that reason we go all over the place. Perhaps hitting the most meta discussion of all, what other podcasts have taught me. One Dr in particular is of great interest to me. His name is Dr Huberman and he works out of Stanford university. He has some really fascinating things to say on focus. Expect the podcast to move at a rapid pace in this episode. I was shocked to see how quickly the time past as I recorded it. Oh, and we talk about the unreal 5 engine and Elden Ring.

We return. We get back up. We are on the horse. In the return of the podcast now heading towards the coveted 100 episodes we've got a few interesting topics. I had somehow avoided reading and any of Haruki Murakami's books, that was, until now. I have completed "Hard Boiled Wonderland And the End Of the World" it was great and ever a testament to not judging something until you've completed it. Further beyond the topic of reading, I've done some amazing travel recently around the Kansai region of Japan which took me to the Onsen town of Kinosaki and Koyasan, the most beautiful place I've ever been in Japan.

Some years ago Caden reached out and offered to help me with my Youtube channel. He's since then done an immeasurable amount of helpful work for me and I'm forever in his debt for that. It was a pleasure to have him on the podcast to discuss a few things. Surprisingly social anxiety ended up being a large part of the conversation.

We've quite a range of topics to discuss in this video. More projects have come to Garden Lab recently which I'm excited to share. I went to a live orchestra for the first time in my life (to listen to Fantasia no less). I recently completed the series 'Arcane' on Netflix and it was amazing and worth discussing for its narrative strengths and finally I go into a bit of detail regarding upcoming gear changes for the channel and who will be coming on as guests in the near future.

Let's recap the year and talk about what's to come in 2022

Zane is a fashion designer, calligraphist, and all around artist. Currently working out of Osaka Kansai region, he sees the relationship between function and meaning as mutually contributing elements to a distinct style. We discuss his journey, his process, and a bit of what has formed his approach to life.

In this video we go into discuss in full detail the upcoming project for Garden Lab working in collaboration with Kobe University along side an organic farm and business to create a sustainable business of bamboo field reclamation.

We are back at it. The Podcast is once again live and will be 4 times monthly posted. In the first half I discuss the iconic book I've been reading, 'The Hero Of A Thousand Faces'. In the second half we talk about where I am now employed and the expat community in Kyoto.