The Origin Story Podcast

The Origin Story Podcast host Michael Henry Harris attempts to change his own story. Come for the journey, stay for the mishaps.

Featured book this month is Mathew Walker's WHY WE SLEEP .  . .

In June, Michael will be reading and applying Twyla Tharp's THE CREATIVE HABIT.

Join in by emailing Michael at [email protected]

Follow this journey with Michael on Instagram at michaelhenryharris

Part two of my wide-ranging conversation with actor and writer Steve Coulter. If you missed the first one, you can either go back and listen to it (it'll make more sense that way) or go forward. Either way should be fine.

Enjoy!

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Find Steve on Twitter.

STEVE COULTER grew up in South America and Cleveland and graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts. As an actor, his film and television appearances include the recent HBO film, Paterno, directed by Barry Levinson and also Levinson’s The Wizard of Lies, recurring roles in House of Cards, Brockmire, and as Reg Monroe on The Walking Dead. He appeared opposite Al Pacino this past year in Hangman, and later this year appears in the Kevin Costner series, Yellowstone, and with Ryan Gosling in First Man, directed by La La Land’s director, Damien Chazelle.

He was the head writer and executive story editor for both of Tyler Perry’s television series, House of Payne and Meet the Browns, where he supervised over 100 episodes and won two consecutive NAACP IMAGE Awards for Best Comedy Series. He wrote and directed the award-winning short film, The Etiquette Man, selected by the Sundance Channel and the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. His screenplay, Keesha’s House, won the $100,000 Southeastern Media Award.

 

SHOW NOTES

 

Harry and Meghan, A Royal Romance

Westworld Locations

Prince Charles

The Lottery

North Carolina School of the Arts

Folk City

Suzanne Vega

The Guthrie

The great William Goldman

Alliance Theatre

Stanislavski

Cathy Reinking

Reuben Cannon

Tyler Perry

Join Pinecone Turkey's Head Turkey, Michael Henry Harris, as he attempts to re-write his own Origin Story!

LAURA MADRID

 

Resort to Laura Madrid  |  Laura Madrid Travel

 

Laura Madrid has always had an intense passion for travel, people, food, and experiences. Her mother instilled in her a love of travel at a young age when she piloted a five-seater single-engine airplane to Costa Rica to start a new life with Laura, Laura’s two brothers, and their Labrador Retriever.

Since then, Laura has lived in Italy, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Additionally, she's traveled to and experienced over 70 countries and their unique cultures.

Given her adventurous childhood, escorting her own children around the globe, and with nearly 20 years working in the luxury hotel industry for Four Seasons, Ritz-Carlton and St. Regis hotels, Laura knows how to plan just the trip! Since starting her own travel consulting business in January 2011, Laura has worked tirelessly to surprise and delight her discerning clients and stays busy on her “ free time” studying wine and food and actively pursuing the great outdoors!

 

Show Links

Ritz-Carlton Cancun

St. Regis

Four Seasons

Packing Cubes

Tumi

Eater.com

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants

The Wine Bible

Sour Grapes

http://www.drinkmemag.com/top-10-rieslings-you-can-buy-now-for-under-20/

Vivino

Laura’s Blog - https://lauramadridtravel.com/

Central - http://centralrestaurante.com.pe/en/

Ethiopian Food in D.C.

Triangle Lounger

Karen is an Atlanta, Ga based actor, writer, and producer. She's known primarily for recurring roles on The Walking Dead and Stranger Things. She's appeared in over nineteen movies and television episodes and numerous commercials and industrials.

SHOW NOTES

Karen on IMDB    Karen's Fan Page

Amoroso Roll

Spelman

HBCU

Saul Williams

Lorraine Hansberry

Adrienne Kennedy

Pat Brown

Tommy Futch

Laughing Matters

Whole World Theatre

Stranger Things

The Walking Dead

SNL Skit on Stranger Things and Where are the Black Kid’s Parents?

Melissa McBride

Chad Parker graduated from Mississippi State University in 1995, receiving a B.B.A. degree in Marketing/Professional Golf Management.He started his career in the golf business as an Assistant Golf Professional at NorthRiver Yacht Club in Tuscaloosa, AL before moving to East Lake Golf Club in 1996.In 1997 he was promoted to Head Golf Professional and then to General Manager/COO & Director of Golf in 2014.In 2013, he successfully completed the requirements for PGA Certification in General Management and is currently working on achieving Master Professional status.

Justin Hall

The Atlanta Dog Wizard

Justin’s admiration of and fascination with all things canine has led him to work with dogs nearly his entire life. He worked his way through Georgia State University by managing a local dog daycare and training facility. Through 4 years of managing the facility, Justin’s interest in caring for dogs grew as he observed them interact in a large group setting daily. There are no better teachers of dog communication than the dogs themselves. As Justin’s knowledge and ability to communicate with dogs grew, family and friends (and friends of friends) began asking for advice about their dogs. After Justin graduated, he continued helping people with their dogs as a hobby while he worked his 9 to 5 job in downtown Atlanta. Something was missing, though, and Justin made a very tough decision to quit his stable (yet unfulfilling) job and pursue a full-time career in dog training. Soon afterward, he attended the Dog Wizard Academy, where his knowledge and experience with dogs grew exponentially. The state-of-the-art training methods he has learned have led him to train and help hundreds of dogs and their families. Justin’s passion for improving the relationships between dogs and their owners drives and rewards him every day. Justin’s specialties include separation anxiety, aggression, nervous/shy dogs and high-energy breeds. Justin is accompanied 24/7 by a highly motivated shepherd/terrier mix, Randy, that he adopted from the Atlanta Humane Society.

Show Links

Boykin Spaniel

Whole World Theatre

Village Theater

Dad's Garage Theatre

Relapse Theatre

The 40 Watt

Justin's Instagram

How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend

The Monks of New Skete

Let Dogs Be Dogs

Marc Goldberg

The Art of Raising a Puppy

Parvo Virus

Planet Paws and Rodney Habib

Dr. Karen Becker

Newspaper Article Roaming Dog Attack

The hilarious Inside Amy Schumer Doggy Day Care Sketch

Titan Games and Comics

Mario Oddyssee and Nintendo Switch

The Snoball Fight art Justin made for his wife.

Raising Arizona

Atlanta Dog Wizard Instagram

Justin's personal Instagram

See Sarah's work on her website here.

Sarah Hobbs is an Atlanta based visual artist specializing in photographic and in situ installations.

In the last year alone she has been named an Idea Capital Grant Awardee, a Hudgens Prize Finalist, and a Walker Evans Focus Fellow.

Her work has been shown at the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, The Pinnacle Gallery of Savannah, Columbus State University, Washington and Lee University, Solomon Projects, Yosi Milo Gallery NYC, and more.

Her book, Small Problems in Living was published by Charta and is available from Amazon and Sarah's website HERE.

What a joy to speak with Sarah. She is immensely talented and hard-working, and her insight into her process and candor about the core values of her work are something we can all learn from.

I hope you enjoy our chat.

Michael Henry Harris

Show Notes:

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Pinhole Camera

Mary Ruth Moore

Sidney Sherman

Laurie Simmons

Four by five camera

Nancy Solomon

The Whitney Biennial

The Jello Molds Piece - Untitled (Spare Room)

Hannah Isreal and Sarah Hobbs Collaboration - YouTube

Lightbox Photo

God's Eyes

Serenbe Artist in Residency Program

Whitespace Gallery

T.S. Eliot

Ceramics

Wunderkammer

Carson McCullers

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

East of Eden

Andrea Zittel

Sara Z

William Eggleston

Joshua Dudley Greer

Paul Stephen Benjamin

Thank you for listening.

This is the introductory episode of The Origin Story Podcast by Pinecone Turkey.

It’s my favorite part of every superhero movie, it’s the origin story. And everybody has one. Welcome to Pinecone Turkey’s The Origin Story Podcast, I’m your host, Michael Henry Harris, and it’s my privilege to interview superheroes of all walks of life, to find out how they got from A to B, to see where they might be going next, and how we all can learn from their journey.