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Tired of interviews with celebrities answering all the same questions that have already been asked a thousand times? Good. So are we. Instead, we focus on how our guests force themselves to think outside-the-box; or on that moment that served as inspir

Anson Mount & Branan Edgens

Brooklyn, New York


    • Apr 18, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 37m AVG DURATION
    • 115 EPISODES

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    The Well podcast is a beautifully crafted and thoughtful show that explores the world of creativity and inspiration. Hosted by Anson Mount and Branan Edgens, the podcast features in-depth interviews with a variety of creative individuals, including actors, musicians, writers, and more. The conversations are always thought-provoking and engaging, providing a unique insight into the creative process.

    One of the best aspects of The Well podcast is its ability to go beyond surface-level discussions. Unlike other interview shows hosted by actors or celebrities, this podcast delves deep into the minds of its guests, exploring their experiences and perspectives in a meaningful way. The interviews often take unexpected turns, which adds an element of surprise and keeps listeners hooked. The hosts themselves bring a genuine love for creativity to the show, creating an atmosphere that is free from self-indulgent waffle or smug in-jokes.

    Another great aspect of this podcast is its ability to inspire listeners to explore their own creative endeavors. The conversations are filled with insights about the creative process and the struggles that artists face along the way. This honesty and vulnerability from both hosts and guests serve as motivation for listeners to continue honing their own craft.

    While there aren't many negative aspects to The Well podcast, some listeners may find that certain episodes or topics don't resonate with them personally. This is simply due to personal preferences and interests, rather than any fault on the part of the podcast itself. However, given the wide range of guests and topics covered on the show, there is likely something for everyone to enjoy.

    In conclusion, The Well podcast is a gem for anyone interested in creativity and inspiration. It offers insightful conversations with a diverse range of guests and provides a space for exploration into the world of artistry. Whether you're a writer, actor, musician, or simply someone who appreciates creativity in all its forms, this podcast is sure to captivate you with its thoughtful discussions and genuine passion for the arts.



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    Latest episodes from The Well

    Danny Trejo – “A Book of Miracles” – TWP071 (UPDATED)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 40:39


    One day in 1968, Danny Trejo had hit rock bottom: solitary confinement at the Correction Training Facility, otherwise known as Soledad Prison. From that moment, he decided to change his life completely. During a live interview at DragonCon 2024, Danny tells Anson about the redemptive power in helping others. Music in this episode was provided by John Bartmann under a Creative Commons 1.0 Universal License. Link to John Bartmann's Patron: https://www.patreon.com/johnbartmann Link to CC License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ https://youtu.be/2DUEVQs-RMs

    Adam Savage – Part 3 – “Art and Science” – TWP070

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 29:33


    How does Adam see himself, his life and his role as an inventor, artist and educator? Adam reflects on his unique career path, work/life balance, what to do when feeling overwhelmed, investing in your own world-building, how meditating on the origins of things connects him to creators of the past, the miracle of sentience and zombie Richard Feynman. https://youtu.be/wg5laIYBkcA

    Adam Savage – Part 2 – “Creativity as performance” – TWP069

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 41:38


    Adam gets a touch philosophical on the subject of creativity, discusses some memorable builds and Anson breaks out his Guillermo del Toro impression. https://youtu.be/MmMMV3TnPmg

    Adam Savage – Part 1 – “Hands-on Thinking” – TWP068

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 38:15


    We covered Isaac Newton's monstrous nature, the inevitability of calculus, pottery, Clive Owen's need for a foil, aesthetics as a point of view, lessons from Steven Soderbergh, following the story's lead, relinquishing control, Sir Anthony Hopkins' need for George C. Scott's tension, and how audience feedback improves creators. https://youtu.be/bsi0RcKLmS4

    The Drop – Part 25: In Memoriam, David Lynch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 51:26


    We're tremendously saddened by the loss of a great artist, humanitarian and beautiful human being. David Lynch meant a lot to many people and we were lucky to have shared time and space with him. Branan and Anson shares recollections and Branan breaks out his Lynch impression and a remastered fan film.Mentioned in this episode: Room to Dream is a wonderful biography / autobiography hybrid by Kristine McKenna and David Lynch. We recommend the audiobook version so you can Lynch tell his story in his inimitable "Great Plaines Honk" *according to Kyle MacLachlan* Lumière and Company(1995) which is not streaming anywhere but there is a playlist on YouTube that anthologizes all the entries. David Lynch's entry Premonitions Following an Evil Deed by David Lynch is there. Branan's David Lynch fan film David Lynch: Signature Coffee has been remastered and uploaded to YouTube https://youtu.be/gl2LX3XifLw

    The Drop – Part 24 “Everything is Rhythm”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025 56:33


    After a very busy fall season of Anson moving to a new town and Branan moving everywhere they finally find time to make contact. This episode feature a bit of Branan's travelogues. Recommendations include 'The Penguin', Werner Herzog's 'Every Man for Himself and God Against All', 'Wild Robot', 'Anora' by Sean Baker, The Apprentice, 'The Name of the Wind' by Patrick Rothfuss, and a new book called Don Quixote.Full performance by Sean Ryan, proprietor and wizard of Leap Castle, Ireland. https://youtu.be/kaQqFRxtqPo

    Roope Rainisto, Part 2 – “Creativity into Code” – TWP067

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 50:31


    Part 2 of our conversation with AI Filmmaker Roope Rainisto gets into the philosophical, ethical and legal aspects of generative art. Is the genie out of the bottle? How do we respond and what choices do we have? https://youtu.be/ja4S2d8fSB8

    Roope Rainisto, Part 1 – “Enslaving AI” – TWP066

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 45:54 Transcription Available


    AI filmmaker Roope Rainisto joins us for from Finland for part 1 of our discussion about generative tools and working within AI's current possibilities and limitations. https://youtu.be/nR__J4L3KY4

    The Drop – Part 22

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 36:50


    Branan and Anson broadcast from a rooftop in Toronto accompanied by the soothing sounds of a nearby house renovation. In this Drop: Star Trek set tour, Moondog, Hermanos Gutiérrez, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, MANIAC by Benjamin Labatut,  THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds, Emergence Magazine's “Winds of Awe and Fear” by Nick Hunt and Ethernal Damnation's INDXcoin.  https://youtu.be/H7Lonjt2CrM And here, as read by Branan, the original apology video posted by Eli Regalado regarding his crypto currency investigation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsgCU-OxORo

    Rod Lurie – “My Blood & Bones” – TWP065

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 31:11


    Film Director Rod Lurie was in Bulgaria, deep into pre-production for his film "The Outpost" when he got the call that his son Hunter had suffered a sudden cardiac event. What you are about to hear is a story of loss, but also one of victory through the very decision to keep going. Special thanks to Rod Lurie for sharing his story with us. Happy Father's Day. Extra music provided by Poddington Bear under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 International license.

    THE DROP – “AT THE MOVIES” with Bilge Ebiri

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2024 58:08


    In this episode: Bilge Ebiri, esteemed film critic (New York, Vulture) and friend of the show drops by to discuss where FURIOSA fits in George Miller's MAD MAX saga, Netflix, ATHENA, IN A VIOLENT NATURE, and the how going out to the movies is more fun and may just make you a better dresser.  https://youtu.be/y4kKxIX707w

    The Drop – Part 21

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 60:52


    In this episode: Back surgery, heart ablation, genetic memory, the eternal jellyfish, Jules Verne, big leather books, The Heart Goes Last, The Curse, Uncut Gems, Safdie's music choices, squid games game show, Alice in Borderland, Connections, James burke, Incan potatoes, hulked out grasses, The Holdovers featuring the mysterious Andrew Garmen, and Anson and Branan get Verklempt reading a listener review. https://youtu.be/oUCwSOfVpac

    TWP064 – Andrew Cumming -“Out of Darkness”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024 43:47


    Anson and Branan are still banging on about OUT OF DARKNESS and we are thrilled to have the film's director Andrew Cumming join us for a chat from the far-flung Shetland islands. Mentioned in this episode: Learning to be a caveman, William Golding's “The Inheritors”, “Quest for Fire”. “Clan of Cave Bear”, “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari and shooting in remote locations during COVID in the harsh Scottish winter. WARNING: Spoilers within! If you have not seen the film we suggest seeing it now that it is streaming. #OutOfDarkness @SignatureEntUK https://youtu.be/U5xMX1OZr24

    Kenneth Mitchell – In Memoriam (repost) – TWP063

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 42:57


    When actor Kenneth Mitchell was given a life altering medical diagnosis, it forced him to change his relationship to the concept of time itself. Join us for our first LIVE episode recording from April, 2022 reposted in remembrance. https://youtu.be/VKD-FniubEs?si=u-9KfvIDpaXm8dIO

    The Drop – Part 20 – “Out of Darkness”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 56:45


    In this episode: OUT OF DARKNESS, amateur speculation regarding the provenance of our species, recent vacations where Anson and Branan both experience passport issues, volcanoes in Iceland and an actual dick measuring contest (not ours). https://youtu.be/tzSijwuEjs4

    The Drop – part 19

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2024 28:19


    In this episode: Learning Sequences, Mosquitoes on Rainy Lake and other mosquito nightmares, BEEF,  painted nails, pizza tours, THE HARVEST, attending the world premiere of OPPENHEIMER, SAG Strike, the heaviest film ever made and what we all suspected about men and sports cars in now scientific fact.  https://youtu.be/ByLSaZN7x9I

    TWP062 – “Gravity Savvy” with Daniel Reardon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2024 53:15


    Anson and Branan take on the weighty subject of gravity and gravity waves with our guest Daniel Reardon doing most of the heavy lifting. Please enjoy this fun and fact-filled historical romp though time and space. https://youtu.be/5FqEVMsL_Jk?si=PuCjGKPXwCL2KTDL

    The Drop – Part 18

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2023 18:20


    In this short Drop Anson and Branan discus STILL, the documentary about Michael J. Fox, BARRY, Beavis and Butthead, Something in the Dirt and new music from Little Moon.

    “The Harvest” with Doua Moua and Perry Yung – TWP062

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2023 52:17


    Doua Moua's tireless pursuit of his dream to produce his screenplay, "The Harvest," finally paid off. We are joined by Doua and his co-star, Perry Yung, who dedicated himself to understanding Hmong culture to portray the father in this deeply personal story.

    D&D Reunion with Nathan Stewart_TWP061

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2023 79:06


    Did you know Anson used to be a Dungeon Master? In this episode Branan lures Anson into a surprise reunion with his old campaign players under the pretext of interviewing Nathan Stewart of Wizards of the Coast about his role as advisor on the movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Nathan does eventually join the conversation, it's like two episodes in one!

    The Drop – Part 17

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2023 38:20


    In this episode: Branan discusses his oceanic adventure turning 50, Anson recommends Dan Simmon's 'Hyperion', and they both catch-up on 'Succession', 'Beau Is Afraid', The Dungeons & Dragons movie, meeting John Cleese, some new music and the unforgivable desecration of Jimi Hendrix's guitar at the hands of he-who-shall-not-be named.

    Eric Zala – “Raiders of the Lost Youth” – TWP060

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2023 45:17


    Eric and his buddies decided they would make a shot-for-shot remake of "Raiders of the Lost Ark".  The only problem?  They were just kids.  But they had a secret weapon at their disposal: they were just kids. Interested listeners may watch the fan film itself, and see those moments as described, at threaderskids.com Special thanks to John Hudgens.  Additional music for this episode provided by Audiorezout under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial International license.

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    The Drop – Part 16-Athena Part 2 with Bilge Ebiri

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2023 37:32


    We are not finished talking about ATHENA by Romain Gavras. This time we let film critic Bilgi Ebiri do all the talking. We also get into marketing versus promotion and how even a film like ATHENA can get lost in all the noise.

    The Drop – Part 16-Athena Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2023 38:42


    In this installment of The Drop Branan and Anson discuss and highly recommend the astonishing film ATHENA by Romain Gavras and film critic Bilgi Ebiri stops by to help us articulate what makes this such an amazing film. Also, Branan and Anson perform an original play written by artificial intelligence.

    Jello Biafra – “How to make Jello” – TWP059

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022 50:37


    One of our cultural heroes, Jello Biafra is a legendary figure in the punk rock scene and a spoken word artist and politician. He joins us to discus how he found his unique voice and how to weather the slings and arrows of our chaotic political reality. His solution? Wicked humor.

    Howard Berger & Marshall Julius – “Masters of Makeup” – TWP058

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2022 57:00


    Just in time for Halloween Branan sits down with author Marshall Julius and legendary makeup FX maestro Howard Berger to discuss their new book, and Branan gets nostalgic and wistful thinking back upon his own almost makeup career.

    The Drop – Part 15

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2022 37:33


    We were so taken with S.S. Rajamouli's landmark film, RRR, we deciated a whole Drop to it! Also, odd news stories and a subtle plea for a new watch.

    WHATRYADOIN' – Jack Hitt, Part 3 “Crystal Ballz”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 57:27


    Back in April of 2020 author and journalist Jack Hitt sat down with us to discuss the beginings of the pandemic and make a few predictions. Over two years later we emerge from our basements and closets to check the accuracy of those predictions and we are once again visted by the ghost of Ignaz Semmelweis. What did we get right and what did we get wrong? Have any lessons been learned?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 15:01


    Imagine getting an anonymous phone call.  The person on the other end tells you that, not only has your work been recognized by group of world recognized artists and innovators, but they are also going to inject your bank account with enough money to change your work and, yes, your life.  That's what happened to Vijay Gupta.  Here's our episode about Vijay's induction into the MacArthur Foundation's Fellows program and the strange history of the so-called "Genius Grant." Vijay's album "When the Violin..." can be found here.

    Vijay Gupta, Part 1 – “Saying Yes” – TWP056

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2022 37:23


    When a virtuoso violinist realizes he has yet to develop his own artistic voice, nor any idea of how to accomplish that task, he is face with a choice: continue a lonely descent into angst, or learn to say "yes". Here's the story of how he chose the latter and developed a powerful friendship in the process. You can find Vijay's album "When the Violin" here. You can find out more about "Street Symphony" here. You can find Steve Lopez's book "The Soloist" here.

    The Drop – Part 14

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2022 42:00


    In this episode Branan and Anson discuss: An evil & drugged cat, The STAR TREK: SNW premiere, SEVERANCE, TOP GUN 2, PAM & TOMMY, Robert Egger's THE NORTHMAN, Cixin Liu's The Poetry Cloud (can be read here) And Euphemisms That Get on My You-Know-Whats by Adam Sharp. Cat illustration by Louis Wain

    Kenneth Mitchell – “Time.” – TWP055

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2022 41:32


    When actor Kenneth Mitchell was given a life altering medical diagnosis, it forced him to change his relationship to the concept of time itself.  Join us for our first LIVE episode recording. Additional music provided by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution license.

    Tom McElroy, Part 2 – “How Far is Too Far?” – TWP054

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2022 49:26


    Tom McElroy has found the road less traveled to be full of unexpected turns, from the absurdities of reality TV to the perils of traveling in remote wildernesses. Along this sometimes tangled path one thing remains clear, we were not meant to go it alone.  And if you haven't checked it out yet, our Island Survival Exit Interview is now on YouTube where Anson Mount interviews Branan Edgens about his time in St. Croix learning primitive survival skills from Tom McElory of wildsurvivalskills.com. https://youtu.be/mtC1HfCxTtA

    Tom McElroy, Part 1 – “Chasing the Dream” – TWP053

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 42:39


    Who amongst us has not dreamed of a simpler life more connected to nature, of escaping the rat race and living a singular existence full of adventure? It's easier dreamed than done but primitive survival expert Tom McElroy of wildsurvivalskills.com sat down with us to tell us how he did it and share the unexpected twists and turns of his adventure thus far. 

    The Drop – Part 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2022 36:21


    This episode finds Branan tired and new father Anson unexpectedly well-rested. Discussed in this episode: SEVERANCE, GIRLS Vs. GANGSTERS AND MIKE TYSON (!), Joel Coen's THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH as reviewed by Ethan Coen,  Octavia Butler's  WILD SEED, THE SPARROW by Mary Doria Russell, A delinquent dancing cactus, wisdom from Sterling Hayden, Anson's worst moment as an actor, and a giant and expensive rebar chicken, and more!

    The Drop – Part 12

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2022 60:35


    In this episode we discuss impending Fatherhood! Plus Bo Burnham's INSIDE, Burt Reynolds' HEAT, Branan's experience Cabin living, camping with the gang, John Fahey , Mr. Rogers discusses silence, Never Ending Story, Fellini's Toby Dammit excerpt from SPIRITS OF THE DEAD, Vivaldi's Stabat Mater in F minor, RV 621: VI Eja Mater, fons amoris and how is it compares to BB King and Shakespeare, MIDNIGHT MASS (Netflix), Mark Twain, I am One of You Forever by Fred chapel, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, SUCCESSION (HBO), THE DEATH OF STALIN, Our Mathematical Universe by Max Tegmark, Fabric or Reality by David Deutsch, Simulation theory, plus readings from Harper's Magazine “Writing Wrongs” and “Clause and Effect”and we read listener reviews. Artwork "Fatherhood" by Mahfuzur Rahman

    The Drop – Part 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 49:46


    Another installment of the segment in which we share all the things we've been watching, reading and hearing. AND... The amazing story of how Uncle Philip became a guitar!!!  You won't wanna miss this one. This episode is dedicated in loving memory to Kao Ly Ilene Her.

    WHATRYADOIN – Daniel Reardon

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2021 29:05


    Early in the pandemic, the medical community struggled with ways to help people avoid getting sick through physical contact, particularly when it came to our strange habit of constantly touching our faces.  That's when Astrophysicist Daniel Reardon got an idea.  What follows is the strange and funny tale of a highly intelligent man falling down the rabbit hole of stupidity and then using his story to make people smile during a very dark time. Extra music for this episode provided by Krestovsky under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercia-Share Alike 3.0 license.

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    WHATRYADOIN’ – Tzi Ma

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2021 46:57


    Anson and Branan chat with Tzi about his time on "Hell on Wheels", his incredible career trajectory, his ongoing fight against anti-AAPI hate, and that time he was busted for selling powdered sugar at Andy Warhol's house. For more information about the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund you can visit their website here. Additional music provided by Bored With Four under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives, 3.0 International license.  Their track "Kung Fu" can be found here.

    THE DROP – Part 10

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2021 53:46


    Anson and Branan decide to turn the microphone over to friends and family who have been affected by the rise of anti AAPI violence and hatred in the country.

    THE DROP – Part 9

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2021 57:24


    Anson & Branan take time between seasons to discuss all the things they've been reading, hearing and seeing. In Episode number 9 of THE DROP we discuss: QUEEN'S GAMBIT and Anya Taylor-Joy's eyeballs , Bryan Fogel's THE DISSIDENT, Netflix' series of lockdown shorts, HOMEMADE, Darius Marder's  SOUND OF METAL, HBO's The Lady and the Dale, The educational streaming platform Curiosity Stream , The Afrofuturism collection on the Criterion channel featuring John's Coney's whacked-out Space is the Place  YouTube Link) starring Sun Ra and  John Akomfrah's inventive documentary The Last Angel of History  (YouTube Link), Ramin Bahrani's THE WHITE TIGER, The German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk and their surprising relationship to Afrofuturism  Letters to a young poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, A reading from HARPER's in which a college professor does a very bad job at apologizing for offensive remarks, Jonathan Meiburg's book A MOST REMARKABLE CREATURE  the fun of one-star google reviews, and we read listeners feedback!

    THE DROP – Part 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 47:08


    Discussed in this Drop:  PEN15 (hulu), THE SOCIAL DELIMA (Netflix), the looming danger of deep fakes, HUMAN NATURE (Netflix), LOVE ON THE SPECTRUM (Netflix), THE DEMON IN THE MACHINE (book), TO HOLD UP THE SKY (book), HARPER'S magazine essay “MAKING MEANING”, BECOMING YOU (Apple TV), WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS (Netflix), The spiritual rootedness of LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO (music) versus the spiritual distance of GEORGIAN FUNERAL CHANTS (music), NORMAL PEOPLE (Hulu), THE SECRET MUSEUM OF MANKIND series (music anthology), and the greatest film of all time BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC (Netflix)

    WHATRYADOIN’ – Leon Ingulsrud, Part 2 – “Don’t Just Do Something! Stand There!”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 43:02


    Join us for part 2 of our conversation with the Martini Samurai Leon Ingulsrud. Topics include: consciousness, learning to "be" through art, how unmarked time slips away into the future, and the eternal question of "Where's Waldo?"

    WHATRYADOIN’ – Leon Ingulsrud, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 46:17


    Back in March, when Anson & Branan founds themselves sheltering with their wives, friends, 6 chickens and 3 dogs, they decided they were missing a very important thing: a new drink recipe. So they phoned up the Martini Samurai himself Leon Ingulsrud of "Hell on Wheels" to help them out with their predicament.

    WHATRYADOIN’ – Kadiatou Diallo

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2020 50:24


    When she found out that her twenty-three year old son Amadou had been shot to death by four plain-clothes NYPD officers (in what they claimed was a case of mistaken identity), Kadiatou immediately boarded a flight for New York City. When she arrived, she suddenly found herself the centerpiece of a political and cultural maelstrom which she had not asked for. Further incensed that the media had dismissed her son as "an unarmed, West African street vendor", Kadiatou decided to write the memoir "My Heart Will Cross This Ocean" and reclaim her son's identity. Join us as Kadiatou shares with us the stories of her son's life, her fight for police accountability, and previously unreported facts surrounding the circumstances of Amadou's death. You can order "My Heart Will Cross This Ocean: My Story, My Son, Amadou" by Kadiatou Diallo and Craig Wolff here. You can find out more about the Amadou Diallo Foundation by visiting their website here. Extra music for this episode was provided by Daniel Birch via a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial International 4.0 license. You can find the track "Brushed Bells Leaving Home" here. The photo accompanying this episode was taken by Mary F. Calvert for The New York Times.

    THE DROP – Part 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 49:19


    Branan & Anson bring you more fun stuff to discover and experience during the lockdown... Can we even call it a "lockdown" anymore? Whatever. You're bored and we know it. You can find the trailer for TENET here. You can find the trailer for "Mind Game" here. You can find the trailer fro "The Vow" here. You can find "The Monster of Florence" by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi here. You can find the trailer for "My Octopus Teacher" here. You can find the trailer for PEN15 here. You can find the trailer for "Raised by Wolves' here. You can find The Pod Directive here. You can find the Bunga Bunga podcast website here.

    WHATRYADOIN’ – Major David Hughes

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2020 48:45


    Major David Hughes serves as Chief of Professional Standards at the Newport News Sheriff's Office in Virginia. After nearly falling victim to his own local police culture, and then spending years considering its systemic issues, Major Hughes simply was not willing to keep silent after the killing of George Floyd. He sat down and penned a stunning op-ed for the New York Times entitled, "I'm a Black Police Officer. Here's How to Change the System." After we read it, we knew we had to speak to him. You can find Major Hughes' op-ed here. Reverend Freakchild's cover of Blind Lemon Jefferson's "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" is provided courtesy of KBOO Community Radio in Portland, Oregon via a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives International 4.0 licence. For more information about KBOO you can visit their website here.

    WHATRYADOIN’ – LeVar Burton

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2020 52:27


    LeVar Burton is an actor, producer, director, writer, podcaster, and education advocate. In this segment of WHATRYADOIN', LeVar shares with us his thoughts on representation in fiction, his memories of his friend and fellow advocate Fred Rogers, and why the Holodeck will one day be realized. For more information about LeVar and everything he's doing, check out his website here. Links to all the authors LeVar mentions in this segment: Octavia Butler Samuel R. Delaney Nnedi Okorafor - Her Binti Series can be found here. Ken Liu Lesley Nneka Arimah Cat Rambo Amal El-Mohtar Isaac Asimov - you can find his Foundation Trilogy here. Extra music for this episode was provided by The Twin Atlas under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-a-Like 3.0 United States License. You can find out more about them and their music at their official website.

    THE DROP – Part 6 – “We Can Do Better”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 59:40


    In the wake of murder of George Floyd, and the national outcry that has followed, Branan and Anson discuss the importance of listening and taking accountability. Yes, this is two white guys trying, very clumsily, to talk about racial justice in our nation. We ask for your patience because this is, embarrassingly, a little new for us. The documentary about James Baldwin entitled "I Am Not Your Negro" is currently streaming on Netflix and Youtube. Here is the official trailer. You can stream the documentary series "Eyes On the Prize" for free on the Facing History & Ourselves website. It is also available on Youtube, with the first episode here. Nikole Hannah-Jones' amazing "1619" podcast is available on Apple Podcasts and on Stitcher, as well as the WNYC website. The Pulitzer Prize winning "Uncivil" podcast featuring Wellpod guest Jack Hitt and Chenjerai Kumanyika can be found on all podcast platforms as well as the Gimlet Media website.

    WHATRYADOIN’ – Jack Hitt, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2020 43:19


    American author and journalist Jack Hitt returns for part 2 to speculate upon a post-corona world. Topics include how what we hoard says about us, how nature is enjoying a quiet respite from us noisy humans, what is an essential worker, the end of cruising and the return of outdoor theater. 

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    WHATRYADOIN’ – Jack Hitt, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 39:58


    Jack Hitt is an American author. He is a contributing editor to Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, and This American Life. In this episode Jack sits down with Anson and Branan to look into their crystal balls and speculate upon what a post-corona world may look like, Jack suggests a John Prine song as our new national anthem and Branan is attacked by an animal on air! Mentioned in this episode:- A tale of a theatrical production gone horribly wrong, FIASCO!:https://www.thisamericanlife.org/510/fiasco-2013- The story of the  remote island of Nauru's involvement in the bankrupting of the Russian economy, global terrorism, and the late 1980s theatrical flop of a London musical based on the life of Leonardo da Vinci called Leonardo, A Portrait of Love. (30 minutes): No Island is an Islandhttps://www.thisamericanlife.org/253/the-middle-of-nowhere/act-one-0- Jack's Peabody award-winning podcast, Uncivil:  the time our divisions turned into a war, and bring you stories left out of the official history.https://gimletmedia.com/shows/uncivil

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