The Daily Note with James A. Brown

James Brown and first time author Mackenzie Reed discuss how she fell in love with writing and got published by Harper Collins before her 26th birthday.

Young adult literature and debut author Mackenzie Reed. (0:00)

Creative writing journey and career path change. (5:03)

Creative writing, rejection, and perseverance. (11:08)

Writing, publishing, and career aspirations in college. (16:24)

Traditional publishing process and agent querying. (22:03)

Traditional and non-traditional publishing routes. (27:32)

Writing, publishing, and the pandemic's impact on creativity. (31:58)

Mackenzie's website: https://www.mackenziemreed.com/

Paid subscribers get episodes a week early. Everyone else gets them in a week.

Reach me at [email protected] or [email protected]. Or leave me a message at 1-585-484-0339

This is part three in a series called Connecting the Circle conversations on death and dying the people who see it every day. My guest is Genevieve Keeney Vasquez, President and CEO of the National Museum of Funeral History. In this episode we'll discuss Keeney Vasquez's career as a palliative nurse, a funeral director and army medical officer.

Death and dying with a funeral director and former Army Medical Officer. (0:00)

Her work and its influence on her Christian beliefs. (4:13)

Death and dying with a hospice worker. (10:32)

Death care profession and empathy. (22:56)

Part One: She Wanted To See A Dead Body

Part Two: How I became a funeral director

Part Three: Where people are dying and no one admits it

Paid subscribers got this episode a week early. Everyone else gets them in a week.

Reach me at [email protected] or [email protected]. Or leave me a message at 1-585-484-0339

This is part two of a series called Completing the circle. Its about death and dying and the people who embrace it everyday like today’s guest Genevieve Keeney Vasquez.

She’s spent her whole life wanting to work in these fields centered on death and dying and those they leave behind and she has. She's worked a funeral director, an army medical officer, a palliative nurse, and most currently President and CEO of the National Museum Funeral History 

She was fascinating and revealing and eloquent: everything you can ask in a guest.

Part One: She Wanted To See A Dead Body

Part Two: How I became a funeral director

Part Three: Where people are dying and no one admits it

Find me on any platform at JamesBrownTV and tell me what you think. You Can also email me at [email protected]

Paid subscribers got this episode a week early. Everyone else gets them in a week.

Catch episode one here: https://jamesbrowntv.substack.com/p/she-wanted-to-see-a-dead-body

Hello and welcome to All of The Above. I'm James Brown. Thanks for joining me. You can check out my work at jamesbrowntv.substack.com.

It's there I make podcasts about the things that unite us and the people obsessed with them. Its in that spirit that I present to you a series called completing the circle. 

Its about death and dying and the people who embrace it everyday like today’s guest Genevieve Keeney Vasquez.

She’s spent her whole life wanting to work in these fields centered on death and dying and those they leave behind and she has. She's worked a funeral director, an army medical officer, a palliative nurse, and most currently President and CEO of the National Museum Funeral History 

She was fascinating and revealing and eloquent: everything you can ask in a guest.

decisions.

Embracing death and understanding its impact on life. (0:00)

The realities of death after natural disasters. (3:15)

A 7-year-old's curiosity about death. (7:48)

Death and the human body. (15:01)

Death, cremation, and curiosity. (20:16)

Part One: She Wanted To See A Dead Body

Part Two: How I became a funeral director

Part Three: Where people are dying and no one admits it

Find me on any platform at JamesBrownTV and tell me what you think. You Can also email me at [email protected]

Part Two is available for paid subscribers now. It will be available to the public in seven days.

Cut paper artist Laura Homsey and James Brown discuss how a non profit worker followed her passion head on during the pandemic to create a thriving boutique business.

Intro (0:00)

Fear that comes with growing up and failing. (6:52)

Working with people with disabilities. (11:24)

Finding the right medium for your work. (22:17)

How did you get started in social media? (27:12)

How social media changed her life an artist and a worker. (34:21)

Working for yourself vs working for others. (40:00)

Difficulties of saying no. (45:09)

Paid subscribers get access to this and every episode a week early plus a bonus show and other perks. Laura’s upcoming member’s only episode is at jamesbrowntv.substack.com beginning 9/19/2023.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit jamesbrowntv.substack.com

James Brown and TheRighting.com’s Howard Polskin discuss Polskin’s ongoing daily deep dive into right wing media, left wing media, his motivations, and his impressions of different media outlets.

Paid subscribers get access to this episode a week early plus a bonus show. Howard’s upcoming member’s only episode at jamesbrowntv.substack.com

.From TheRightin…

James Brown in conversation with Adam Frank an astrophysicist from the University of Rochester. Frank is a leading expert on how stars form and die, as well as civilizations before humans

.

Frank has appeared in media for decades, writing for Scientific American, NPR, the New York Times and recently the Atlantic.  He's the author of several books including the forthcoming The Little Book of Aliens

Scientists Found Ripples in Space and Time. And You Have to Buy Groceries.I’m a Physicist Who Searches for Aliens. U.F.O.s Don’t Impress Me.

Adam’s website

James Brown and Jenny White of LovePilled.com discuss her path to becoming a dating guru. Why Gen-Z is turning to Gen-X for dating advice. The trouble with modern men and modern women. She also shares strong opinions about sex, ghosting, dusting, gender roles, and family.

Paid subscribers get access to this episode a week early plus a bonus show. Jenny’s upcoming member’s only episode at jamesbrowntv.substack.com.

Timecodes:

Jenny’s background. (0:10)

How to have a great date with women? (9:55)

How do screens have impacted us (16:36)

Don’t jump into bed with a woman for sex. (28:31)

How to avoid getting ghosted. (32:18)

The importance of family and life. (39:51)

The importance of finding love every day. (45:23)

What does your family think about your online persona? (51:37)

James Brown and holistic funeral director Lauren Carroll discuss the human tendency to avoid talking about death, grief, why we should plan our funeral, different types of burials, her approach versus conventional funeral homes and introduced me to the idea of a death doula.

Check out episode one here. Lauren participated in our Members only show which you can hear here.

Carroll is a co-founder of Deathwives: a female-founded collective working to widen the narrative around death and dying. You can learn more about it here: https://deathwives.org.

Paid subscribers get access to this episode a week early plus a bonus show. Lauren’s member’s only episode is at jamesbrowntv.substack.com.

.

Reach me at [email protected] or [email protected]. Or leave me a message at 1-585-484-0339

James Brown and holistic funeral director Lauren Carroll discuss her career in traditional funeral homes, why that experience led her to try to change the industry, and the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on funerals.

Part one is available here. Part two is available here.

Lauren Carroll is a co-founder of Deathwives: a female-founded collective working to widen the narrative around death and dying. You can learn more about it here: https://deathwives.org.

Paid subscribers get access to this episode a week early plus a bonus show. Lauren’s Member’s only segment is at jamesbrowntv.substack.com.

Reach me at [email protected] or [email protected]. Or leave me a message at 1-585-484-0339