In 1980, Jim Henson walked into 20th Century Fox with an idea for a film where audiences choose their own ending — 72 possible variations of the same movie. They told him it couldn't be done. His daughter Lisa later said: "Really where it all ended up was in video games. We just didn't know that at the time."
That's the kind of story Munir and Rob bring back from a week that started at the Museum of Graffiti in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood — where legendary graffiti artist Ket gave them a personal tour through the origins of an art form — and ended with a room full of sharp, leaning-in University of Miami students who made them believe the next generation is going to be just fine.
Along the way: the quietly extraordinary story of how NBA star Rony Seikaly became one of the few people willing to practice with Magic Johnson after his HIV diagnosis, why Kermit the Frog existed for a decade before Sesame Street, and what Julia Cameron's "artist's playdates" have to do with avoiding the trap of over-optimizing your life.
Plus the mixtape: Tony! Toni! Toné!, Sade, Billy Joel in Miami traffic, and Pitbull — obviously.
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