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Studs explores and honors working. It also seeks to honor the life’s work of the oral historian and legendary Chicago radio host Studs Terkel. And, in my effort to close the social distance, Studs allows me to empathically engage with good, hardworking people.

Daniel Lazar

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    • Oct 3, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 113 EPISODES

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    Farewell Dear Listeners

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2023 5:25


    For a Living is taking an indefinite hiatus. I might post episodes sporadically. I might even roll out Season 11 in 2024. I'm grappling with all this as I type these very words. We'll see. For now, I just want to thank all of you who have been listening and supporting this project. This podcast and your support has made my world a better place. Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur. Listen to my my music over here and all my other projects are here. Get in touch on Insta, Facebook, or podcastforaliving [at] gmail. Never too late to hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people. Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    The Compassionate Inquiries of Stefania Arzamendia

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2023 87:37


    Stefania Arzamendia is an integrative humanistic psychotherapist and holistic health coach.  She grounds her work in Transactional Analysis, Gestalt therapy, and Compassionate Inquiry. She also prepares clients for ayahuasca experiences and guides them through the integration of psychedelic journeys. She also happens to be my therapist. Stefi encourages you to dive into the work of Dr. Gabor Mate and to explore the wildlife and the wildflowers For a Living is taking an indefinite hiatus. I might post episodes sporadically. I might even roll out Season 11 in 2024. I'm grappling with all this as I type these very words. We'll see. For now, I just want to thank all of you who have been listening and supporting this project. This podcast and your support has made my world a better place. Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon. Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur.  All my other projects are over here.  Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.Thanks to Liv Hunt for the logo design. Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Responsibly Provocative. That's The Gist of Mike Pesca!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2023 80:11


    Mike Pesca is an award winning journalist, NPR legend, book author, substacker, and host of The Gist. Listen to The Gist every weekday. Follow Mike on Substack. Read his rollicking book on sports what ifs.Mike and I discussed many things, including:  His his interviews with Virginia Sole Smith, Rainn Wilson, and Leon Neyfakh.  His appreciation for The Colin McEnroe Show, WTF with Marc Maron, Conversations With Coleman Hughes, Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air, Savage Lovecast, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and On the Media. For the record, if there were six faces on Mt. Rushmore, I might just enshrine Sean Evans and Neil Brennan, both of whom are pursuing innovative interview approaches.  Mike recommends you read American Pastimes: The Very Best of Red Smith. Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon. Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur.  All my other projects are over here.  Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.Thanks to Liv Hunt for the logo design. Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Films on Time and On Budget with Steve Berman

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2023 87:24


    Steve Berman is the Executive Vice President of Film Finances Inc. He guarantees that films are made on time and on budget. Steve endorses the HBO mini-series Band of Brothers, both because it may well be the finest piece of work ever made for television and because it is a profound meditation on leadership.  Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon. Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur.  All my other projects are over here.  Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.Thanks to Liv Hunt for the logo design. Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Hugh Williamson's Fight for Human Rights

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 96:41


    Hugh Williamson is the Director of the Europe and Central Asia Division of Human Rights Watch.  Check out...-Hugh's website and his writing for Human Rights Watch-A collection of Hugh's writing and speaking about worker priests -The 1982 film, The Missing. Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon. Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur.  All my other projects are over here.  Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.Thanks to Liv Hunt for the logo design. Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Black German History Matters! with Dr. Tiffany Florvil

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2023 89:55


    Dr. Tiffany Florvil is an historian focusing on histories of post-1945 Europe, the African diaspora, social movements, Black internationalism, gender and sexuality. It's intersectional, international, transnational work.  Check out Tiffany's website where you can check out her robust CV. perhaps follow her on Twitter @tnflorvil. We discussed Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement and Rethinking Black German Studies: Approaches, Interventions and Histories and alluded to various projects in process. Tiffany mentioned many important intellectuals, "quotidian" and otherwise, including: May Ayim, Claudia Jones, Audre Lorde, and Shirley Graham Dubois. We also discussed Die Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland Bund e.V (The Initiative Black People in Germany). Tiffany urges you to read Showing Our Colors: Afro-German Women Speak Out.  Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon. Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur.  All my other projects are over here.  Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.Thanks to Liv Hunt for the logo design. Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    A Fine Man, Jacob Viet Mueller Makes Fine Instruments

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 110:20


    Jacob Veit  Mueller makes violins, violas, and cellos in Berlin. Check out Jacob's website to learn more. Perhaps follow him on Insta. Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon. Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur.  All my other projects are over here.  Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.Thanks to Liv Hunt for the logo design. Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    The Compelling Questions of Rabbi Walter Rothschild

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2023 96:41


    Walter Rothschild is a rabbi, a storyteller, an author, and a railway enthusiast. I urge you to explore Walter's website. It is rich with his writing, song, and storytelling. Our man contains multitudes. Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon. Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur.  All my other projects are over here.  Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.Thanks to Liv Hunt for the logo design. Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Karen Waples Shares Stories of the World

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023 58:52


    Karen Waples is an educator, an AP Consultant, and a textbook author. We discuss her new textbook, Comparative Government and Politics: Stories of the World. Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon. Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur.  All my other projects are over here.  Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.Thanks to Liv Hunt for the logo design. Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Eric Pan Speaks in the Old Way

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 100:48


    Eric Pan is a composer, pianist, and storyteller.  Here is Eric's website. Follow his riveting Insta account @pandelic.  Explore his music on Spotify, Soundcloud, on YouTube,  or wherever you stream. We listened to Twilight Far and Oak Island. I dig Turtle on the Moon.  Take journeys with him on his Substack.  Eric urges you to read The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World and Effortless Mastery.  Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon. Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur.  All my other projects are over here.  Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. Thanks to Liv Hunt for the logo design. Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Each Petal a Portal (A Composition for Eric Pan)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 20:14


    Each Petal a Portal is a four-part composition arranged and performed by Daniel Lazar and Brian Trahan. The lyrics are selected from various poems by Joshua Weiner. I. Beneath the Dogwood's White ExplosionII. No Essential Mysteries III. The Hand Holds Tight the LineIV. No Hand, No HoldThe composition was recorded at Funkhaus studios in Berlin and produced by Bran Trahan. Brian and Joshua were both on Season 7 of For a Living. Here is my conversation with Brian and here with Joshua.   ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    The Life-Affirming Work of Funeral Director, David Jacobson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 79:52


    Committed to compassion and community, David Jacobson is the founder of Chicago Jewish Funerals. He cares for the deceased and comforts the mourners.  Learn more about David's work at Chicago Jewish Funerals and feel free to further explore Jewish funeral traditions, such as Shiva.  David briefly mentioned a charity he founded to bury indigent people.  David wisely urges us all have mentors and to be mentors. It's never too late!  Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon. Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur.  All my other projects are over here.  Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Mike Lewin & Co. Attack Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2023 101:23


    Mike Lewin is the owner and crew chief at Professional Awesome Racing. Check out the Professional Awesome team here. Need more Lewin? Listen to Hypercritical, the PA podcast. Here is their car screaming at Buttonwillow. Here is Mike demonstrating the splitter support rods he discussed in our podcast conversation. Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon. Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur.  All my other projects are over here.  Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Found in Translation with Patrick Baker

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023 123:41


    Dr. Patrick Baker is a translator, subtitler, and language consultant. Learn more about Patrick on his website. Perhaps peruse his robust academic CV. Per our conversation, Patrick invites you to explore: J.S. Bach's Art of the Fugue.  The compelling art of his brilliant wife, Katrin Grote-Baker.  The translation work of his distinguished neighbors, Heather Kimber and Nathan Fritz.  William Weaver, who is Patrick's North Star for translation. If you're reading Humberto Eco in English, you're also reading Weaver.  Hobbes' translation of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War.  Der Morgen der Welt: Geschichte der Renaissance by Bernd Roeck. Or, maybe better yet, wait for the forthcoming English translation! All for Nothing by Walter Kempowski, who died on the same day and at the same hospital where Patrick's daughter was born. One day Patrick might translate this.  Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon. Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur.  All my other projects are over here.  Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Always Time for Jonathan Trozzolo, Luxury Watch Salesman

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2023 90:27


    Jonathan Trozzolo sells Omega watches and supports clients at the KaDeWe Boutique on Berlin's KuDamm. In thinking of time, JT heartily encourages you to read history! In particular, he urges you towards Mary Beard's acclaimed history of Ancient Rome, SPQR. You can hear her discuss her work at the 92nd St. Y. Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon. Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur.  All my other projects are over here.  Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Baptist Pastor Steve Dye Gathers & Scatters

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2023 109:24


    Steve Dye is the founding pastor at the CrossWay International Baptist Church in Berlin, Germany. Since you might not get to the shag bark hickory tree on the northeast corner of the family farm in Ohio, Steve would urge you to think about Psalm 1:3 specifically, and nurturing community more broadly.  Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project at Patreon. Check out my weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur.  All my other projects are over here.  Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Performing Artist Chasity Crisp Leans into Vulnerability

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2023 84:50


    Chasity Crisp is a singer and an actress, currently playing Angelica Schuyler in the German production of Hamilton. Learn more about Chasity on her website. Follow her on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. The German cast of Hamilton was featured in Vogue.  The translation of Hamilton from English to German was explored by Michael Paulson for The New York Times. Chasity urges you to read Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert.  Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project at Patreon. Check out my weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur.  All my other projects are over here.  Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Juliane Seumel Reframes Working Lives

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2023 87:29


    Learn more about Juliane on her website and follow her on Instagram. She would urge you to check out Wilhelmine's Komm wie du bist, Susan David on Emotional Agility, and perhaps theorist, Niklas Luhmann.  Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon. I invite you to check out all my projects over here. Maybe check out my weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur.  Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people. Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.  Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Season 9 Takes Flight with Air Traffic Controller, Zach Doubek!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2023 90:28


    After reminding us of the Golden Rule, Zach might uge you to check explore the work of Simon Sinek, especially his thinking about millenials.  Do you enjoy there explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon. Check out my weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur. I invite you to check out all my projects over here.  Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people. Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.  Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Finding Common Ground with Environmental Policy Advisor, Alexandra Skinner

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2022 64:23


    Having nothing to do with her beloved uncle, Principal Seymour Skinner, Alexandra urges you to take a breath, have a smile, and watch The Simpsons.  This episode is brought to you by our friends at Cookies and Carnitas.  Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon. Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people. Listen to the songs I composed and recorded about my conversations with artists on Season 7. Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.  Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    The Gospel of Studs; Hugh Williamson on Worker Priests

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2022 89:40


    Hugh Williamson is the Director of the Europe and Central Asia Division of Human Rights Watch.  Check out...-A collection of Hugh's writing and speaking about worker priests -My man Studs Terkel...and his book Working-The obituary for Hugh's father, Tony Williamson-The film, Sorry We MIssed You-The story of Uzbek journalist, Muhammed Bekjanov This episode is brought to you by our friends at Cookies and Carnitas.  Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon. Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people. Listen to the songs I composed and recorded about my conversations with artists on Season 7. Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.  Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    On the Road with Booking Agent, Maxx Vick

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2022 83:44


    Maxx works at AGI, representing clients like these. While he is an agent for hard rock and metal bands, he is deep into country these days, especially Zach Bryan.  This episode is brought to you by our friends at Cookies and Carnitas who urge you to check out Indie Cafe.  Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon. Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people. Listen to the songs I composed and recorded about my conversations with artists on Season 7. Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.  Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Democracy Dies in Darkness; Silvia Foster-Frau Shines a Light

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022 87:45


    Here is Silvia's work at the WaPo. We discussed her piece Somos Latinos, which she wrote with Rachel Hatzipanagos. Silvia endorses La Voz newspapers.  This episode is brought to you by our friends at Cookies and Carnitas who urge you to check out Brass Heart.  Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon. Listen to the songs I composed and recorded about my conversations with artists on Season 7. Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail. Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people. Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.  Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Dan Mason Still Throws the Best Parties

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2022 64:57


    Dan waxed nostalgic about Bandera and Elephant & Castle. He dove deeper into his current work at Pomeroy.  This episode is brought to you by our friends at Cookies and Carnitas who urge you to check out Fiesta Mexicana.  Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon. Listen to the songs I composed and recorded about my conversations with artists on Season 7. Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail. Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people. Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. We also played Matt's Blues.  Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Esports Caster DarfMike Strikes Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022 81:50


    Mike frequently Tweets here.  You can follow him on Instagram and see his very cute dog. Here's a cast he did a couple weeks ago and a video from one of his last studio events. For good measure, here are some of Sadokist's iconic lines .  This episode is brought to you by our friends at Cookies and Carnitas who urge you to check out Beard and Belly.  Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon. Listen to the songs I composed and recorded about my conversations with artists on Season 7. Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail. Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people. Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.  Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Pedro Ferrer Miranda, Selección de Familia

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2022 80:03


    Check out the Ferrer Miranda Wineries. Pedro suggests you try one wine from each of his three family wineries: Orube Selección de Familia, Valdubón X, and Vionta Albariño. Oh, and he endorses the Spielberg film, Warhorse...as it relates to his work.  This episode is brought to you by our friends at Cookies and Carnitas who urge you to check out Sfera Sicilian Street Food.  Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon. Listen to the songs I composed and recorded about my conversations with artists on Season 7. Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail. Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people. Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.  Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Nickie Acero Steps Up!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2022 81:32


    Nickie alluded to and celebrates the works of: Patricia Hill Collins, Adrienne Marie Brown, and Gloria Anzaldua.  She urges you to check out Sonya Renee Taylor and The Ohm Center. Also Mona Chalabi,  Evergreen Data, University Innovation Alliance, and Harvard's Strategic Data Project.  Step Up on the web. On Insta: @stepupwomensnetwork. On TikTok: @stepupwomensnetwork Nickie's Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/nickie-acero-1427768 This episode is brought to you by our friends at Cookies and Carnitas who urge you to check out Mango Pickle. Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.Listen to the songs I composed and recorded about my conversations with artists on Season 7.Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail. Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Until We Meet Again...

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2022 6:03


    Here are the episodes I adore but did not get the listens they deserve: Justin Jackson (SaaS bootstrapper), Sam Tatel (companion to the elderly), Julie Stewart (ASUA), Dria Dore (dancer), Jason Danvir (firefighter), Hayden Holbert (sustainable farmer). Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.Listen to the songs I composed and recorded about my guest on Season 7.Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Marty Kondziolka for music production and engineering. Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Working Roundtable: The Paloma with Reposado Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 50:56


    Bruce mentioned American Made by Farah Stockman and Rough Draft by Katy Tur. Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.Listen to the songs I composed and recorded about my guest on Season 7.Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Marty Kondziolka for music production and engineering. Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Keep the Pencil Moving (Song for Hannah Dougherty)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2022 3:34


    This is a song about a podcast conversation I recorded with Hannah Dougherty, a Berlin-based visual artist.Lyrics - Daniel Lazar (and Dr. Seuss)Lead Vocal - Daniel LazarBacking Vocals - Megan Fleming and Scott RobbinGuitar - Scott RobbinBass - Marty KondziolkaDrums - Marty KondziolkaProduced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Marty Kondziolka. Thanks Marty!! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Inspiration is a Luxury! Hannah Dougherty Keeps the Pencil Moving

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2022 104:02


    Learn more about Hannah on her website, follow her on Instagram, and check out Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures.  Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.Listen to the songs I composed and recorded about my guest on Season 7. Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Marty Kondziolka for music production and engineering. Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Such Sweet Compulsion. Pianist Ben Kim!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2022 132:10


    You can follow Ben on Instagram and YouTube, keep up with him here, and enjoy more of his work here. Ben would have you explore the work of Fou T'Song, perhaps this piece. He also would urge you to listen Leon Fleisher's Brahms Piano Concertos. Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering. Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Bodies Keep the Score (Song for Elina Akhmetova)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2022 4:22


    This track features Kevin Fleming on guitar bass, and backing vocal, Megan Fleming on vocal, and Marty Kondziolka on drums. It also features the John F. Kennedy High School Berlin Choir under the direction of Dr. Joseph Curtis.Produced by Brian Trahan. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    The Kinesthetic Empathy of Elina Akhmetova

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2022 84:16


    You can follow Lina on Instagram and see a clip of her at work here. She would have you explore... Pina Bausch's Cafe Müller - The part between 11:11-16:20 changed the course of her life The Body Keeps the Score Ways of Being Together  Ghost and John! Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering. Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    The Back Side of an Embroidered Pony (Sad Eagle Mix)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2022 52:48


    Keep up with Scott's work on Mixcloud. I know he digs this set and this one. This one here is mighty groovy too. Scott would have you watch the 2001 documentary Scratch for free on YouTube. He would also urge you to listen closely to Critical Beatdown by the Ultramagnetic Emcees.If you're in Berlin, hit up Scotts fave record shops: Dodo Beach, Space Hall, and Lefte Records. If you're not in Berlin, Scott still thinks you should stopping thinking about it and just get a record player.Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering. Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Diggin' Deep with Scott Williams, aka Sad Eagle

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2022 85:11


    Keep up with Scott's work on Mixcloud. I know he digs this set and this one. This one here is mighty groovy too.  Scott would have you watch the 2001 documentary Scratch for free on YouTube. He would also urge you to listen closely to Critical Beatdown by the Ultramagnetic Emcees. If you're in Berlin, hit up Scotts fave record shops: Dodo Beach, Space Hall, and Lefte Records. If you're not in Berlin, Scott still thinks you should stopping thinking about it and just get a record player. Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering. Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Mandelstam: Voronezh, 1935 (Song for Joshua Weiner)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2022 3:47


    This song is a meditation on a podcast conversation with poet and professor, Joshua Weiner. The lyrics are a version of a Osip Mandelstam poem, translated by Weiner. It features Marty Kondziolka on drums, Mark Kondziolka on sax, and is produced by Brian Trahan. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Joshua Weiner Goes the Way His Blood Beats (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2022 75:53


    Keep up with Josh on his website, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Pick up his new book Flight and Metamorphosis, a collection by the poet, dramatist, and Nobel laureate Nelly Sachs. The New York Times recommends it and so do I! Josh is on tour. Go see him live.Diver deeper into  some of the poems we explore on the podcast: Casting Back, Paul van Ostaijen: Village, 1928 a version, Art Pepper, Mandelstam: Voronezh, 1935. Josh might have you read the 1984 Village Voice interview with James Baldwin and urges you to watch the Apu Trilogy.Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering. Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Joshua Weiner Goes the Way His Blood Beats

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2022 59:43


    Keep up with Josh on his website, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Pick up his new book Flight and Metamorphosis, a collection by the poet, dramatist, and Nobel laureate Nelly Sachs. The New York Times recommends it and so do I! Josh is on tour. Go see him live. Diver deeper into  some of the poems we explore on the podcast: Casting Back, Paul van Ostaijen: Village, 1928 a version, Art Pepper, Mandelstam: Voronezh, 1935.  Josh might have you read the 1984 Village Voice interview with James Baldwin and urges you to watch the Apu Trilogy. Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering. Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    When I Paint My Masterpiece (Song for Sonya Naumann)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022 6:16


    This drunk cover of a Dylan masterpiece is in dialogue with my conversation with visual artist and photographer, Sonya Naumann. Produced by Brian Trahan. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    The Gentle Curiosity of Sonya Naumann, Conceptual Artist & Photographer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022 85:24


    Explore Sonya's work at her website and follow her on Instagram. She recommends Dylan's Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie and advises me to dive deep with her pal Laurel Snyder. Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail [dot] com.Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering.Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Music Midwifery with Producer Brian Trahan (part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2022 42:30


    Learn more about Brian here and follow him on Instagram. Dive into Brian's music on Spotify or wherever you get music. You can also explore his artist playlist. Get into more Daniel Cherote and Kelsey Brae. And check out Phoebe Bridgers' Halloween.  Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail [dot] com.Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering.Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Music Midwifery with Producer Brian Trahan

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 69:06


    Learn more about Brian here and follow him on Instagram. Dive into Brian's music on Spotify or wherever you get music. You can also explore his artist playlist. Get into more Daniel Cherote and Kelsey Brae. Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail [dot] com.Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering.Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Giorgio Morandi's Bottles (Song for Benjamin Rubloff)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 4:05


    This song is a meditation a podcast conversation with the Berlin-based contemporary artist, Benjamin Rubloff. It features Marty Kondziolka on drums and is produced and mastered by Brian Trahan. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Big News! Don't Skip This Short Season 7 Trailer!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 7:24


    Guidance Counselor Tamara Faber, Chef Cortney Burns, and Concierge Julien G. are the three most listened to episodes. The rest of the Top Ten are: nurses Mike Mrozinski and Kayla Ming, mailman Eric Spencer, stripper Dria Dore, firefighter Jason Danvir, bootstrapper Justin Jackson, and ayahuasca spirit healer Jocelyn Gonzalez. Companion to the Elderly Sam Tatel and AUSA Julie Fukes are meaningful conversations to which more people should listen. Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail [dot] com.Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.Special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License. Be kind and stay healthy. Thanks for listening to Studs. Love y'all.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Documenting Fragments with Contemporary Artist Benjamin Rubloff

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 100:44


    Learn more about Benjamin here and follow him on Instagram. Benjamin referenced: Tobias Wolff, Bill Evans, Richard Diebenkorn's Notes to Myself, Siri Hustvedt on Giorgio Morandi, Teju Cole on art and hope, WJT Mitchell (particularly his book What Do Pictures Want?), and that moment Miles Davis bends a note in It Never Entered My Mind. He also discussed Raymond Carver and read his poem This Morning. Giorgio Morandi's Bottles features Marty Kondziolka on drums and was produced and mastered by Brian Trahan. That's me on keys Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail [dot] com.Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.Special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering. Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License. Be kind and stay healthy. Thanks for listening to Studs. Love y'all.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Per Your Request, Host Becomes Guest. Lazar Gets Naked...

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 73:19


    Bob is still asking. Dive into his discussions wherever you get podcasts. Dig our explorations of working lives? Please check out my Patreon and show your support.Hit that follow button and please share Studs with your people.Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at StudsPod [at] gmail [dot] com.Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License. Special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design and Rotem Fisher for audio mastering. Be kind and stay healthy. Thanks for listening to Studs. Love y'all.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    Three Generations of Listeners Explore Working Lives

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 52:08


    Here is Olivia's community project in Glasgow. Two books came up in conversation: The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living and Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World.  Dig our explorations of working lives? Please check out my Patreon and show your support.Hit that follow button and please share Studs with your people.Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at StudsPod [at] gmail [dot] com.Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License. Special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design and Rotem Fisher for audio mastering. Be kind and stay healthy. Thanks for listening to Studs. Love y'all.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    (StudEd) Season 6 Highlights, Part 2: The Pick One! Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2022 58:54


    Dig our explorations of working lives? Please check out my Patreon and show your support.Hit that follow button and please share Studs with your people.Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at StudsPod [at] gmail [dot] com. Want more Shanti Chu? Dive into her philosophy videos on her YouTube Channel. She also maintains an active vegan food blog over here...or follow her foodie goodness on Insta. Not enough Shanti? She and her partner make music as Evanti. Check them out on Soundcloud. Check out the upcoming events at the American Academy. If you are in Berlin, get out to Wannsee and revel in the extraordinary space that Berit Ebert and her colleagues nurture; if you are not in Berlin, there is a plenty available online to get you thinking about Transatlanticism   Keep up with Daniel Jocz on APUSH Explained. Learn from Daniel's YouTube Channel. Support him and his students here. Bruce Field discussed The Groundbreaking: The Tulsa Race Massacre and an American City's Search for Justice. He also is seeking Tara Westover, author of Educated, to pen the epilogue to his memoir.   Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License. Special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design and Rotem Fisher for audio mastering. Be kind and stay healthy. Thanks for listening to Studs. Love y'all.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    (StudEd) Season 6 Highlights, Part 1: The JFK Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2022 72:39


    Dig our explorations of working lives? Please check out my Patreon and show your support.Hit that follow button and please share Studs with your people.Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at StudsPod [at] gmail [dot] com.Tamara recommended: Growth Mindset, The Little Book of Thunks, and Including Samuel. Dr. Curtis recommended:  Dies Irae and La Crimosa from Mozart's Requiem, Freude, Grosse Freude by Hammerschmidt, and Little Birds by Whitacre.Send Nate Calhoun gratitude and good luck at nate.calhoun [at] jfksberlin [dot] orgOur theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License. Special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design and Rotem Fisher for audio mastering. Be kind and stay healthy. Thanks for listening to Studs. Love y'all.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    (StudEd) Rachel Dickstein's Classroom is a Nazi Concentration Camp and a Stasi Prison (Rebroadcast)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2021 61:52


    Visit my Patreon to keep Studs going strong. If you can't spare a few, subscribe and leave a review. Either way, please share Studs with your people. Love y'all. Be kind and stay healthy.Learn more about Histories2gther. Also Histories2gether on Insta and Facebook. Our theme song is "Nile's Blues" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License. Special thanks to Rotem Steinberg for audio mastering and Liv Hunt for logo design. Thanks for listening to Studs.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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