Podcast appearances and mentions of adam karch

- Interview w/ Teresa James - Live Interview w/ Adam Karch

Tara McGuire is a mother, a steep advocate for change in the fight against overdoses, a former broadcaster, and a powerfully potent writer. Her book “Holden After and Before," gives us an honest insight into her grief, carried from the loss of her son, Holden to the opioid crisis, which Tara points out is better viewed as what it truly is: an overdose crisis. "He died because he made a mistake that day,” she says with heavy compassion for her own loss, and her son's loss, too, "He wasn't trying to die." Holden's overdose at 21 is not an isolated event.  Over 35,000 families know their version of her pain from the last five years alone. That's 21 deaths a day. And while the "cause of death," might be marked on paper with the same words, the Cause of Life and the person behind it only exists once. We're all one of one. That's the love part of the loss. That's the crisis of One in many. Tara has turned that love for her son into proactive activism. She is now invited to speak to judges with power to change the course of treatment made available to people struggling. In this episode, we talk about the solutions—the life-saving solutions our youth deserve.  And Tara drops bars in one of the most special elements of this episode. Through her prose and poetics Tara's gives voice to hope. At the top of Segment 2, we hear her read an excerpt and go into her world as she breathes in the life of her son .  All of this takes us to the key emotion driving impactful change: compassion. "We need to find out why people are numbing themselves with these substances at all. Who we're losing through this overdoes crisis are our most sensitive people." Tara says, "We need to be in the prevention business... we need to provide care instead of punishment." That part. WORKS:- Author of "Holden After and Before: Love Letter for a Son Lost to Overdose"- Notably recognized essay: “I Can Feel Him Breathing”- Tara's poems and essays have been recognized by Room Magazine, the Writer's Union of Canada, the TNQ Edna Staebler personal essay contest, as well as broadcast on The Sunday Edition and The Vinyl Cafe on CBC Radio   TOOLS:- Wisdom that guides us to our calling- How to speak to your children about drug use with compassion - Language to help us demystify the stigma of substance abuse- Permission to take your time with grief and guidance for how to express grief - How to transfer energy when someone we love dies - Reminders that bad advice exists everywhere and to feel your feelings- The importance of ritual - Pharmaceutical information that helps us question why our doctors are prescribing these highly addictive meds to begin with when there are alternatives  MEMORIAL FUNDAfter his passing, the Holden Courage Memorial Fund for Artists was created to support street artists. Link to donate here Addictions Treatment Helplines in Canada Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (U.S.) LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
BETTER is recorded on the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and has been stewarded by them since time immemorial.  BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

Rick Doblin is a a psychedelic-assisted psychotherapist and the visionary behind MAPS—the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), a non-profit dedicated to “delivering global healing through psychedelic research.”  His research proves how psychedelics heal trauma.  Rick started studying the power of psychedelics as medicine just one year before the US government scheduled an emergency ban on psychedelics—and he has continued to work on the frontlines of advocacy for the return of this medicine ever since.  In this episode, you'll hear us talk about the need for deep healing in a society that's running on fumes. His words on PTSD and what's possible for even the most complicated of cases brings a depth of hope that anyone with trauma (big t or little) can drop shoulders after listening.  The long term effects measured by his clinical trials are there. The safety is there. The need is there. The only thing missing is the regulatory approval and the adaptation for certain psychedelics to move from Schedule I (the highest of offense) to Schedule II, which allows medical use.  We also cover the extremes, like balancing a sober life with the use of this medicine— because that's all it is, medicine—and combining it with therapy.   And we catch beautiful quotes like this one: “A lot of the people who are involved in substance abuse problems feel isolated and alone. Part of the antidote to that is to feel that you are connected to this magnificent adventure of billions of years that's produced life on earth, and to feel that there's this web of love that's underneath everything.” TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses suicide and suicidal ideation, and some people might find it disturbing. If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, please, contact your physician, go to your local ER, or call the suicide prevention hotline in your country. For the United States, the numbers are as follows:Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255), or message the Crisis Text Line at 741741. Both programs provide free, confidential support 24/7.For Cananda, the numbers are as follows:Call the Canada Suicie Prevention Service 1.833.456.4566, available 24/7/365 or Text the Crisis Text Line at 45645, available 4pm - midnight   WORKS: - founder and executive director of MAPs—the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, which has “dedicated the last 36 years to changing the way people think of, talk about, and consume psychedelics through research, education, and advocacy.” - TED: The Future of Psychedelic-Assisted Research TOOLS: - Research that sheds light on the true safety psychedelics can provide in healing trauma - Profound insights and data that open us up to what's happening when our minds are on psychedelics  - Reminders of the power therapy has and why I always always recommend it - Insight into the studies MAPS is conducting to better understand the profound effects this medicine creates - Discussions around the equity and accessibility of these tools and what changes have to happen   LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
BETTER is recorded on the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and has been stewarded by them since time immemorial.  BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

Rachel Sumekh was in college when she noticed the problem: her peers are hungry. Then she spotted the solution and moved instantly into action. No flinching here. (You can see why we're friends.)  It didn't take long for the administration to see her impact before they tried to shut it down. While they moved to block progress, the Obama White House named her organization a “Champion for Change.” What one authority called rebellion, another named Revolution.  Same coin, different sides. One truth. In this conversation, Rachel speaks openly about the influence her Iranian-Jewish background has on her experience as a human in service to other humans. You'll hear us talk about our duty, as people, to help end each other's suffering. Let's let that one hang. That's OUR duty: end each other's suffering.  We also explore the chapter-close of her decade-long role as the Founder of Swipe Out Hunger—a national nonprofit committed to ending college student hunger, which is something that went largely overlooked before her eyes and heart took notice—proving once again that it just takes One of us (to start). To date, the team at Swipe Out has proudly served over 4.8 million nourishing meals across more than 450 campuses.  “This is a baton pass,” Rachel says mid-interview about leaving Swipe Out in the hands of new leadership. “These problems are so big. I'd need to be the whitest of white men to believe that I need to stay there and solve this problem.” And with THAT truth, the episode is yours. Let's go.  WORKS:- Founder of Swipe Out Hunger—a national nonprofit committed to ending college student hunger. From its beginnings as a grassroots movement at UCLA in 2010, Swipe Out Hunger has since served 4.8 million nourishing meals across more than 450 campuses in all 50 states and Canada.- Board member for her LA based Jewish community, IKAR- Owner, TypicalPersianGirl.com   RESOURCES:If you or someone you know is experiencing hunger on a college campus, visit swipehunger.org to learn about resources TOOLS:- How to align your skill set with an issue you care about- Tools to recover from lone-wolf syndrome- Reminders that help us conceptualize away time from working- Incredible awarenesses around the true path to creating change- How to face the challenges of being idealistic as an adult- Reminders to find safe people who you can open up to- Stories that remind us HOW normal and common food insecurity really is  LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
BETTER is recorded on the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and has been stewarded by them since time immemorial.  BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

Eamonn Store is IN boardrooms changing the hearts, minds, and actions of some of the world's biggest companies. He's the former CEO of The Guardian and current Founder & CEO of FairShare—an impact consultancy driven by the belief that “making a contribution to the World is no longer just a 'nice to have.'” I call him a board whisper because he has the critical ability to get people in powerful seats to see past greed's inherent blindness and come to truth. We talk about capitalism's many side effects—one being what Eamonn calls “addiction to winning,” and then move into how our current climate crisis, among other crises, can all see themselves in the face of this phenomenon.  Thankfully, it's hard-TRUTH-facing conversations like this, with people like Eammon who put action behind their beliefs, that brings us to see what's most important and most possible: we have to show up for each other. We have to. We have no other choice. Trust, when I say, this conversation brings layers of wisdom about the machine, about community, about change, and our ability to make it—with a lens on what it looks like to live life with a compass of contribution at North.    WORKS:- Former CEO of The Guardian, North America- Founder & CEO of FairShare, an Impact Consultancy that helps companies advance a Purpose beyond their product's benefit and practices Conscious Commercialism, which “leverages the soul of your brand to the benefit of all while creating more long-lasting business value."    TOOLS:- Tools to help us give ourselves permission not to push for perfection when the world just needs us to show up- Reflections that help us see our addiction to winning- The importance of developing a worldview - Reminders to give yourself permission to reflect on the last 5 years of your life with a compassion-centered lens - Reminders to value stakeholders in business, rather than centering shareholders alone- Questions to help you identify your true purpose - Reflections that validate the difficulty of disappointment that comes with hoping corporates aligns with true purpose and impact   RESOURCE:- You'll hear us also talk about YOUTH v GOV, a must-watch documentary    LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
BETTER is recorded on the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and has been stewarded by them since time immemorial.  BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media with special support and assistance for today's episode from Sarah Burke.

Brother Ernie Paniccioli is a legendary hip hop & culture historian, humanitarian, and self-taught photographer who has been ‘documenting the culture since the start.'  My first meeting with Brother Ernie was in Vancouver where he said the feeling of being seen—truly seen and known—was more alive because Indigenous people are "everywhere." Unlike in Brooklyn where he grew up eight blocks away from Biggie Smalls. In this conversation, we track the history of hip hop as a global voice—a global power—and how it can teach us to inhabit a consciousness that promotes our collective wellbeing over a collective violence that he says, knowingly, only leads to the perpetuation of more violence.  Here's a quote to kick us off, "If you're gonna love Tupac, if you're gonna love Biggie, then you have to look at it through a different lens—and that lens is how do we not hurt each other? How do we not expand on that violence? How do we not relive it? They say, History's best qualified to teach you, whether it's Germany and the Holocaust or the American Native situation. Unless you know your history, you're condemned to repeat it. So, my thing is very simple: let Tupac and Biggie rest in peace, but more importantly, learn from that and learn that violence creates more violence. What you eat, what you see, and what you absorb is what you become," he says before leading us into a list of recommendations to enlighten the mind and lighten the heart. Also, special side note, if you're catching this at the time of air, Brother Ernie's work is currently being displayed at the GRAMMY Museum Experience, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The feature exhibit is called, “A Hip-Hop Life: Five Decades of Hip-Hop Music, Art and Culture" and displays early & exclusive, behind-the-scenes photos of Hip-Hop legends: Tupac, Biggie Smalls, Naughty By Nature, Lauryn Hill, the Fugees, Ice T, Chuck D, Queen Latifah, and many many more. WORKS:- Dig into the history (see Ernie's prints for sale here)- Hip Hop Hall of Fame in 2014 - Served as the chief photographer for the hip hop magazine, “Word Up!” for over 20 years- Spokesman at The United Nations for The Temple of Hip Hop during the Hip Hop Peace Conference- Published several books, including “Who Shot Ya”- Featured as the subject of the award-winning documentary, “The Other Side of Hip-Hop" TOOLS:- Stories that help guide us into a deeper knowing of ourselves- Wisdom that appeals to the importance of history, knowing it, and using it to shape the future- Spiritual truths that guide us out of violence and into regular, good fun- Legendary tales that remind us to celebrate the ones who gave us what we have today LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
BETTER is recorded on the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and has been stewarded by them since time immemorial.  BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

Zach Sciacca, aka DJ Z-Trip is a conduit for the power of music AND the love of music. He has a history of working alongside the world's greatest artists including Chuck D & Public Enemy, LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes, Biz Markie and the list of legends goes on (check the list of WORKS below*) His work showcases the connectivity that music brings us across lifetimes, friendships, memories…  Music is one of—if not THE most—transformational tool we have.  But when a song gets mashed with another, it transcends everything and becomes something entirely new.  THAT power is something Z-Trip has mastered and even pioneered, in the truest sense of the word. Without Z-Trip, the modern-day mash-up doesn't exist in music. His genius shows up in his ability to simultaneously create containers of celebration & containers of healing—both needed. It IS evolutions in music like this that have helped make me who I am today.  What DJ Z-Trip DOES (for a living and for life) honors the past, present, and future all at once.  Time is transcended. Feelings are processed. Memories are made and people are remembered.  I bring him on today as my dear friend and someone I've been a fan of since before our friendship (shoutout Ant Demby for bringing us together at the Playlist retreat)—and let this stand as a reminder that bigging up your friends is always, always the move.      WORKS: - Listen to DJ Z-Trip and support his crazy talent on Twitch, Bandcamp, Spotify, YouTube- 2009 recipient of the "America's Best DJ Award" (he remains on the top 10 lists year after year)- Respectively, Z Trip is the “Godfather of the mashup movement” - Topped the charts for “Best Album of Year” lists including Rolling Stone Magazine, Spin, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, among many others with his 2001 album, "Uneasy Listening, Vol. 1" - He has a history of working alongside the world's greatest artists including Chuck D & Public Enemy, LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes, Biz Markie and the list of legends goes on- Opened for The Rolling Stones- Headlined at major shows like Coachella and Rock The Bells- Produced music for EA Games and Tony Hawk- First and only DJ to have a remix approved by Nirvana and Kurt Cobain's estate   TOOLS:- What it means to be an entertainer, to transcend space and create containers of healing- Reminders to let you know the importance of slowing down and reflecting on the impact of your work and life- The value of having perspective of where you've been to see where you're going- The beauty of people whose life purpose is to give people a break from the hard stuff- Reminders of how music gets us through the day and through life- Advice that guides craters to be conduits who connect creation to audience not audience to your ego- Metaphors that reflect the balance we need for trust & safety AND playfulness & challenge- The importance of reconnecting with the core of your being- Stories that give the gift of gratitude for the music collectors in your life- Reminders to be a fan of your friends and how they show up in life- Truths that show us that time and time again, only you can do things your way- Permission to adapt daily for the sake of creativity - Inspiration to be your own student- Resonance that reflect the truth of how powerful music is as a healer - Wisdom that reflects the importance of respecting the culture and the history of your craft- Inspiration to take what you've learned in life and open someone else's world with it LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
BETTER is recorded on the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and has been stewarded by them since time immemorial.  BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

Jennifer Crawford is a gender creative queer who I could happily gush about for the entirety of this episode.  We first met cooking for an organization called Sistering in Toronto, which does critical work with women and trans people who are predominantly street entrenched and fleeing violence. You'll hear that story upfront. (I promise, it's a warm one.) Jennifer is also the first queer winner of MasterChef Canada, and—wait for it—a professional wrestler who goes under the moniker of Moon Miss. BOTH of which make it super easy for us to talk about the inherent multi-dimensionality that comes with being a person (period), and that leads us right into talking about the trauma that first causes any of us to mask, and the secondary trauma that comes from the pain of masking. It's a lot of uncovering. "There's a lot of peace in learning how your mind works and giving yourself that permission slip to treat the stakes as high as they are. When I think about authenticity, it's not something I think about a lot in terms of like, ‘Oh, am I being authentic?' I think about the stakes being so high—and they are for so many. It's not just a thing we do for clout online. It is a thing we do to survive, and connect with other people, so that we can thrive together.” - Jennifer Crawford Take that in. And get ready to feel a whole lot of permission. (*Check the list of tools below for the full scope.) WORKS- Winner of MasterChef Canada (Check their recipes at jenniferecrawford.com)- Professional wrestler, under the name Moon Miss- Columnist and author of the platform, “My Queer Kitchen" on Daily Xtra- Columnist for SaltWire Tools You'll Get from This Episode:- Reminders that free you from having to mask who you are- Truths that come from permission-granting lived-experience stories - How sobriety can help us discover more nuance about ourselves- Insight into the beauty and gift that comes with noticing yourself - Reflections that help us depart from codependent patterns- Lived lessons on finding the balance between humility and self-abandonment- Truths that show you're always worthy of nurturing- Wisdom that creates doorways into small degrees of change (rather than the pressure to 180)- Connection and truths revealed about lone-wolfing life and how to break away from the damage of this trauma response- Ideas that free you from the trappings of niching down your life LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
BETTER is recorded on the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and has been stewarded by them since time immemorial.  BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

Yarrow Kraner is the founder of HATCH—a global network of innovators and co-conspirators actively doing the work to create a more beautiful, sustainable, and just world (people who Yarrow refers to as “real-life superheroes”). HATCH'S mission is to accelerate solutions to global challenges. The how: by fueling extraordinary humans. The why: to HATCH a better world.  Yarrow is a creative alchemist whose heart has the distinct ability to draw people out of a state of self-uncertainy and into a state of self-empowerment—one that has the literal power to change the world.  I say that with no fluff.  He is, with all sincerity a creative alchemist, builder of community, facilitator of hope, and someone who shows me the truest side of friendship.  We have traveled the world together, backpacks on tight, creating safe spaces for people (like you, yes You) to see and discover their ability to make REAL change in this world. Today, you'll hear him wax poetic like, “There's a race between consciousness and catastrophe.” And speak truth that brings you deeper into the hope we need. This one IS that: “You are either tapped into what you're meant to do in the world, or you have the potential to.” This one goes out to all of us. WORKS:- Founder of HATCH—a global network of innovators who are actively pursuing a more beautiful, sustainable, and just world.- Founder of H360, a machine learning platform that brings silos of organizations together to activate collaborations and create a  "Network of Networks" for collaborations with the power to improve the world.  - Tate and Olivia's stepdad- Named 2015 top 100 creatives in the U.S. by Origin- Founder, Superdudes—the original online community (pre-MySpace) connecting and empowering real life superheroes while gamifing community volunteerism- Director, Virgin Produced, which is the entertainment arm of Richard Branson's Virgin group- Filmmaker, photographer, and director, leading projects with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Richard Branson, Sean Combs (aka P. Diddy), as well as, international brands- Aspen Institute Fellow Tools You'll Get From this Episode :Reflections that help us remember the endless value of true friendshipInsights to guide you towards your own backyard and the changes in your handsHope—THAT'S the toolTruths that help us restore balance in ourselves and inner-knowing LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
BETTER is recorded on the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and has been stewarded by them since time immemorial.  BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

Loren Cardeli is a food sovereignty activist confronting the unjust power in our global food systems—systems that are crippling the well-being of people who grow our food. He asks us to look at the frameworks of our minds and says "To learn, we must unlearn." He is the Founder and President of A Growing Culture—an activist collective and nonprofit you must catch on IG (Run. Don't walk) I'll wait… @agrowingculture's posts center farmer justice. The humanity of this issue is important for too many reasons, but one stat makes it really easy to get: “Right now, we have a food system [where] 1.2 billion people go to bed hungry,” Loren says. “70% of them are farmers. 70% of the hungry are the ones growing our food.” Drink that in.  These hard truths have the power to wake us up and garner global solidarity for folks who need support. “We have no solution,” Loren says, “but I can point to 10,000 people that do, and none of them look like me. We champion those folks.” Then he says, “There are no voiceless people. People say [to me], ‘Oh, you give voice to the voiceless.' No. There's no voiceless. There's only silenced.” This episode is in honor of the silenced and dedicated to the actions we are capable of together. WORKS:- Founder and President of A Growing Culture—an activist collective and 501c(3) nonprofit working towards a future of food sovereignty- Keynote speaker, addressing agricultural issues through the lens of economics, political science, and life sciences while promoting farmer-led research and innovation for the purpose of helping farmers throughout the world create sustainable, self-driving futures.- AGC PROJECT: “SEED IS POWER” - Seed is Power is a fund to ensure that seeds stay in the hands of the people. These funds support seed savers on their own terms. It's designed to disrupt the status quo of philanthropy that often inadvertently harms communities. Instead, it creates a reciprocal system that redistributes power, building equity and community among seed savers.- AGC PROJECT: “HUNGER FOR JUSTICE” - Hunger for Justice is a storytelling series designed to center justice in food system dialogues. The series is an opportunity to shift our focus away from symptoms, like hunger, and towards the injustices at the root of our failing food system. AGC provides an emergent and interactive global platform for movements on the frontlines of the struggle for food sovereignty to connect with broader audiences and with each other. Until every last million of us hungers no more, we must hunger for justice.- AGC PROJECT: PEASANT AND INDIGENOUS PRESS - a bi-monthly forum, media workshops, a monthly dispatch, and a journalist fellowship program, Peasant and Indigenous Press centers and connects Indigenous and peasant communities with media and cultivates a more holistic and nuanced storytelling ecosystem.- AGC PROJECT: BIPOC FARMER LEGAL FUND - The BIPOC Farmer Legal Fund provides pro-bono legal services to majority BIPOC-owned agricultural entities to create pathways for agricultural futures.   Tools You'll Get From This Episode:- Access to the most empowering definition of activism you've ever heard- Reframes for how to lift up voices that aren't yours- Reminders of our true humanity and connectivity - Stories that emphazie why we say “If the community is unwell, we're all unwell.”- Root definitions of words that will teach you how language distorts reality - Questions to ask yourself about belief versus fact and what narratives are running the behind the scenes of your daily life- Reframes for how to think about power and where it belongs  LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
BETTER is recorded on the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and has been stewarded by them since time immemorial.  BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

Samantha Ramirez-Herrera is a radical creator and a trailblazer in every sense of the word. Born in Mexico with a legacy lived, made, and growing in the US, she has become “her ancestor's wildest dreams”—something I heard her describe from stage in the mountains of Montana.
 Sam is who I go to—as my North Star—to track the narratives being created in media that support the movements that support the people. Her work is provocative in that it represents resistance and progress all in the same sweep.  Her mantra is “F-ck fear.” And, to top it all off (not even kinda), Sam is an Emmy Award-Winning filmmaker, a self-made entrepreneur, and the founder & CEO of OffThaRecord—a creative studio with the mantra, “We are creatives who give a damn.” She is a DREAMer who grew up in the United States undocumented, but what we learn without hesitation from her is that there is not a single DREAMER who's out here wasting their opportunity. She says, “I am labeled as a DREAMer, but I am way more than that. I am a DOer. And I am a chain breaker for my family.” I'll take a DEEP breath to that one.  It's that quote, and all the stories she's lived to date, that brought us the name for this episode: “BEYOND DREAMER.” This conversation is a repeat listen for those moments when we need to remember that we can make new rules for ourselves, our communities, our society, our future.  It's not possible to leave this listen without a hunger for equity, a determination to “fuck fear,” (visualize those words in Old English, please) and a drive to love yourself radically. 
Get pen and paper. Your hands are about to be busy grabbing lines like this: “Being an immigrant in this country is difficult. Because every day you're attacked with words… and if you don't love yourself radically, if you don't love yourself in a revolutionary way, they can break you. But I choose to be unbreakable. And I choose to love myself.” - Samantha Ramirez-Herrera   WORKS:- CEO & Founder, OffThaRecord—a creative studio with the mantra “We are creatives who give a damn.”- CIVICS FOR THE CULTURE—a campaign launched by Fair Fight Action (founded in 2018 by Stacey Abrams) to mobilize young people of color 18-35 to vote and be civically engaged.- SEEDS OF RESILIENCE—Sam and her team at Off Tha Record worked with Food Well Alliance to uplift the stories of Black growers around Atlanta through a 4 part series titled “Seed of Resilience”. They discussed land access, growing food in the city, and the significance of supporting Black-led agriculture -- particularly in the South. - WE ARE HOME—a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-generational coalition calling on the Biden administration and Congress to take immediate action to protect millions of immigrants who call this country home and end the cruelty of our interior detention and deportation system.- UNDERDOG DREAMS—OffThaRecord executed storytelling and video productions for Underdog Dreams, a non-profit organization working on revolutionizing the flawed child welfare system.- Keynote Speaker, where she describes herself as "just a Brown immigrant pursuing all of my wildest dreams and hoping to inspire others to do the same."   
Tools You'll Get From this Episode:- How to transcend the lies of stigma- How to make new rules for yourself- What it really looks like to create the path to equity- Tools to redefine yourself in alignment with your true identity and ACTIONS- Contemplations to witness and honor the hardships and privilege people individually carry and inspiration to help guide you to work through yours- Stories that motivate you to embrace your actual potential - Permission to love yourself radically- Reminders that strengthen courage in the face of fear- Everyday practices we can do knowing traumatic events are happening DAILY without time to process- Reminders to see the way social media manipulates the mind. Sam talks about “appreciating the moments between the posts.”- Reminders to protect our mental space and our energy- Compassion around how addictive social media is- We hear revealing stories that remind us to protect our mental health - Strong awarenesses around what happens when we normalize trauma rather than carrying for our mental health proactively - Absolute unending permission to curse. Sam and I joke about how we have to keep it quiet the first four segments because it's made for radio LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
BETTER is recorded on the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and has been stewarded by them since time immemorial.  BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media 

Rhett Butler is an award-winning journalist whose reporting is actively saving rainforests. I met him at a climate conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, and immediately felt pulled to the sense of hope and action that exists in his work as the founder and CEO of Mongabay—a non-profit Conservation & Environmental Science news platform that has been raising human awareness of both wild lands and wildlife for 20+ years.  “I didn't have a big vision,” he said. “I just achieved little things along the way. Then you wake up 20 years later and…”  I jumped in to finish his sentence because Rhett is humble, but his work is not. The power of the information he's gathered has impacted the livelihood of our planet in profound ways.  His platform, Mongabay, is special for so many reasons, but one, in particular, is that it allows other outlets to use its information, its storytelling, research, data, science, all for free—and, in that act, Mongabay has successfully aided in the preservation of precious ecosystems and changed the very fate of our planet more than once.  This episode is a double-triple listen in that it gives us tangible mental health tools that can actively turn our climate despair into the hope we need to create planet-saving action.  It's also a visual listen. We get to see inside the very real threat environmental defenders, like Rhett and his team, experience globally. You'll hear stories that will make the hair on your forearms spiderweb all the way up, with visuals that take you into the environments he protects and then back with information to armor you for the fight of preserving our existence here on Earth.  We get real on the issues and talk misinformation (the WHY and the WHO) and then dig into what each of us can do to level up our information intake in a way that protects us all from mistruths.  We get all of this alongside the very real hope that rises up when we dedicate ourselves to local acts of change. And if you know me, if you know this show, you know one thing: solutions are my love language.  Let's go. WORKS:- founder and CEO of Mongabay—a non-profit Conservation & Environmental Science news platform… with over 20 years dedicated to raising awareness and appreciation for wild lands and wildlife- Editor-in-chief and CEO of Mongabay- founder, WildMadagascar.org, a site that highlights the spectacular cultural and biological richness of Madagascar and reports on environmental news for the Indian Ocean island nation- co-founder of Tropical Conservation Science (acquired by SAGE Publications in August 2016), an open-access academic journal that aims to provide opportunities for scientists in developing countries to publish their research- co-founder, Tropical Forest Network, a social network in the San Francisco Bay Area broadly interested in tropical forest conservation and ecology-  information source for The Economist, BBC, CNN, CBS, NBC, Fox News, National Geographic, the Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, Business Week, Bloomberg, the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Reuters, Voice of America, the Associated Press, the San Francisco Chronicle, the L.A. Times, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Forbes, among many other media outlets Tools You'll Get from This Episode:- Tips to support your mental health in the face of climate despair - Critical thinking tools that help us understand how we've been misinformed and why- Insight into how corporations purposefully intend to mislead us for their capital gain- Awareness of the very real threats that journalists and advocates defending nature experience- Insights into what drives global change (and what local action to take)- Stories to inspire sustained action    LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
BETTER is recorded on the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and has been stewarded by them since time immemorial.  BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

Chef Joshna Maharaj is​​ a chef and activist using social gastronomy to rebuild our food system. She fights for our right to healthy, scratch-made, delicious food anywhere institutional food is provided. This includes community food centers, hospitals, schools, prisons, etc. Her work has proven what's possible when we commit to revolutionizing our institutionalized food systems. In this conversation, you hear us belly laugh all the way through about the gross corruption she used to see and has helped influence to change, but we also get very serious in discussing the long road of change ahead. The energy switches to praise when we talk Earth and connectivity. Joshna says, "Resisting a true connection with good food is similar to resisting a true connection with your own humanity."  Facts.  We also dig into her first experience learning to cook in an ashram in India and how this showed her the ultimate truth: we eat the energy of the food, we consume the energy of the folks who made the food, grew the food, and served the food… and all of us are connected. Her book, “Take Back the Tray: Revolutionizing Food in Hospitals, Schools, and Other Institutions,” walks us through the revolutionary changes we need in our broken, institutionalized food systems so that we can begin to heal in holistic, well-rounded, people-first ways.  WORKS:- Author, “Take Back the Tray: Revolutionizing Food in Hospitals, Schools, and Other Institutions”- Finalist, Basque Culinary World Prize, which highlights “chefs who show how gastronomy can be a motor for change”- Former Chef at The Stop Community Food Centre in Toronto. About The Stop: “For over 35 years, we've connected low-income Torontonians experiencing poverty to good food in spaces that are warm, dignified, and respectful.” Tools You'll Get from This Episode:- Reminders of where energy comes from and reminders of how to cultivate energy in a way that supports your being and the well-being of those around you- Massive encouragement to go off the “regular path” in life - Insights that will elevate your understanding of basic human rights and the food system- How waste is directly related to disrespect - Reminds of what IS and ISN'T food to support your connection to food as our essential lifeforce LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
BETTER is recorded on the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and has been stewarded by them since time immemorial.  BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

Nirvan Mullick is a filmmaker, storyteller, and the big-hearted founder of Imagination Foundation, a nonprofit born out of the success of one of Nirvan's viral films, “Caine's Arcade.” (If you haven't seen it, it's the first link in the bio.) He also founded Interconnected—an LA-based creative agency that tells stories for impact. The Venn diagram for his trajectory in life is “I see you. I want you to see you. I want everybody to see you.”  That part is simple. That part is soul. The hard part—the part that makes someone transcend creativity and embrace ACTION is the next part: execution. In this episode, he walks us through his personal philosophy for how to see ideas come to life, how to see them nurtured, and how to see them embraced.  What makes this POV special is that it isn't a business trick. This isn't the entrepreneur's guide to wealth. This is CREATION and success uniting in its own way. Nirvan takes us way past any “how to,” that stalks us from the click-bait corners of the internet. This isn't that. This is anything but. This is the science of nurturing your ideas, carefully, considerately, honestly. And coming to a creative conclusion that births something beyond your imagination. Now, you might be asking, “How is that possible?” because we've been taught to think ideas are only as good as the person thinking them, but that's not the case. An idea is as good as your ability to let go. Nirvan says, “Ideas envision their own existence. Ideas have this inherent idea of what they want to become, and if you can tune in to them, they will tell you how to do [the idea].” Think about that. IDEAS have IDEAS about their own existence.  That's the secret. (Not anymore, if you already pressed play, which you definitely should.) After the film made an impact, Nirvan doubled down. He built a movement (#CardboardChallenge), which then led to the nonprofit.  That's how we got Imagitionation.org, which merged with TwoBitCircus.org and supports over 180 Chapters in 30 countries. The organization has received support and recognition from Lego, Ashoka, VANS (to name a few) for its work fostering the creative expression of kids worldwide. But, you know what's funny? When I ask Nirvan how he introduces himself, he says, “I am just a *guy trying to make things I care about for people I care about. And I care about everybody.” And if you're here, if you're listening to this show, isn't that you, too?  *gender not restricted—you know. It's US. WORKS:- Creator, filmmaker, director of Caine's Arcade, a short film that became a viral phenomenon in 2012, receiving millions of views and changing the life of a creative 9-year-old kid- Founder, Interconnected—an LA based creative agency that helps tell stories for impact- Founder, Imagination.org- Filmmaker with works screened in festivals worldwide, from Cannes to Annecy- Director of the viral #EarthToParis climate campaign for the UN Foundation and GOOD, generating over 1.4 billion impressions leading up to the historic Paris Climate Agreement - Board Member of TwoBitCircus.org, which Imagination.org merged with in 2018- Recipient of the Dan Eldon Award for Creative Activism and the Big Ideas in Action award   Tools You'll Get from This Episode:- Inspiration on where to find ideas and how to treat them- Tips to inspire your curiosity- Reminders of how impactful and necessary play is- Stories that awaken your imagination- Tools to seek out opportunities that support other people's dreams - Mental health support for the very common and very real social anxiety that plagues so many of us (myself included)- Confirmation that you're special, unique, and that there really is only one You, and there's a power to that LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
BETTER is recorded on the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and has been stewarded by them since time immemorial. BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

Chef Charles Michel is a gastronomer, profound educator, and innovator whose work has the power to change our understanding of food systems—globally and at home. His activism offers us the opportunity to create a very powerful, and very needed, revolution spanning food education, community activism, connection to planet, and much much more. He says, "Food is nature. Food is us. Food is the future." He also says, “What we eat is the most intimate connection we establish with Earth and the people around us.” Charles is a dear friend, for so many reasons, but the one I'll pin at the top is this: he knows how to bring me into my heart center on two issues I get extremely passionate about: activism for our stomachs and activism for our planet.  In this conversation, you'll hear Charles share history that enlightens us on why our food customs come with a fork and knife, how the monarchy still influences cultures today, what we can do to reclaim our relationship and experience to food, and that's just the start.  You'll also hear powerful stories from Charles' personal experiences ceremoniously sacrificing live rooster once yearly, and how this action connects your nervous system to our greater system, naturally. Trust, that part of the conversation pulls you in and takes you away from the present moment (in the best way). And then we go deeper into activism with what can we DO to address global food systems and waste food.  This conversation will, undoubtedly, make your life BETTER by bringing you even closer to the one subject we can all agree we love to embrace: food.  Dig in. No knives. Hands only (or, in this case, ears). Let's go. WORKS: - Classically trained Chef in Michelin-star restaurants - Chef-in-residence at the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford - Community Builder and Educator of his digital classroom, which you can find on Patreon - In-person educator of masterclasses like “A Course in Regenerative Living,” which you will find  on his website charlesxmichel.com - Competitor on The Final Table (Netflix) with the intention of activating on behalf of BETTER global food systems - TED speaker, "Delicious Evolution - Food and Human Civilization" - Former Consultant for the World Food Programme in Colombia Tools You'll Get From This Episode: - Wisdom that will empower you to envision new food paradigms in your own home and beyond 
- Historic knowledge and philosophy to make your relationship with food new again 
- Tools that encourage us to think critically about the cost of our current habits 
- Inspiration to reignite curiosity in ingredients - 
Insight to empower you to be a catalyst for inner, social, and environmental change 
- Reminders for supporting your own emotional regulation through food 
- Guidance for cultivating awareness of which foods make you feel your best - Resources to find community in this food revolution LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: BETTER is recorded on the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and has been stewarded by them since time immemorial. BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

Sarah Eagle Heart is an Emmy-Award Winning Social Justice Storyteller and—in all seriousness—a true Social Justice Warrior. She's the co-CEO of Return to the Heart Foundation, which, if we pause right there to experience the name alone, we feel the power, the empowerment, the justice, the heart, the truth.As the co-CEO of Return to the Heart Foundation, Sarah works tirelessly to enable and empower the very necessary visibility of Indigenous womxn. I've looked up to Sarah Eagle Heart and her work for many years now, making it a deep honor to have her here with us today.In our conversation, you'll hear her begin with a greeting that reverberates past your ears, beyond your mind, and into your body's knowing of where we come from as people—historically, ancestrally, culturally, environmentally, spiritually. Sarah's traditions carry a reverence for truth that, when heard with the ear of your nervous system, injects itself into the very bones of our being— easily and quickly. Making it so much more simple for us to disperse truth from lie—be it lies of capitalism, lies of racism, lies of a lack, and the list goes on as long as the trail of tears.  Longer, even. Returning to truth is sacred work. Amplifying that truth, those stories, those peoples, so that we can return to a real care for our planet, our community, ourselves….. THAT is the sacred work we'll hear about today from Sarah Eagle Heart. This is a very special episode. And it's an honor to have you listening with us today. WORKS: - Emmy-Award Winning producer of Crow: the Legend, inspired by the Native American legend - co-CEO of Return to the Heart Foundation - Co-author of “Warrior Princesses Strike Back: How Lakota Twins Fight Oppression and Heal through Connectedness,” written with her identical twin sister and psychotherapist, Emma Eagle Heart–White  - Co-producer, “Lakota Nation vs. the United States,” a feature-length documentary chronicling the Lakota People's present-day quest to reclaim the sacred land called Black Hills - former, CEO of Native Americans in Philanthropy, a national nonprofit that focuses on investment in Native American communities - Board Member, Women's March - Board Member, National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition - Board Member, We Stand United Tools You'll Get from This Episode: - Tools to address the root causes of racism - The importance of acknowledging Indigenous history and how honoring this history leads to the changes we need - Wisdom behind the importance of acknowledging the land you live on - How to transfer TALK into ACTION - Steps to decolonize your life and decolonize your work - Understandings that enable us to lean into conflicting history, become comfortable sitting in discomfort, fear, and truth to enable safety for people who have had to live without safety for centuries LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT: BETTER is recorded on the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and has been stewarded by them since time immemorial. BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

Today, I have the distinct pleasure and honor of hosting GRAMMY award-winning artist, Julian Alexander whose work has been a cornerstone of hip hop and rap for three decades. He's the creator behind iconic logos & album artwork that you undoubtedly recognize (artists including Jennifer Lopez, 50 Cent, Eminem, Destiny's Child, the iconic Mile Davis, and more). He's the founder of Slang Inc., a Brooklyn-based studio whose clients include the world's top agencies & brands. And also serves on the board of my charity, A Better Life Foundation. We go way beyond resumé in this conversation and dig deep into the intricately thoughtful layers of his art.  I ask him about the work he creates to survive—not for money, for meaning. You'll hear him share about the Supremacy Project, a profound art instillation brought to life during 2020's historical Black Lives Matter protests. Julian collaborated with our friend Steven Irby (aka Steve Sweatpants) and the powerful Khadijat Oseni. “I had so much to say and so few options,” he says when speaking to the anger of the moment. “I had to do this for my sanity and survival.” Join us as we talk about art as a force for political change, dialogue, and expression on all sides. And how expression yields empowerment, especially in critical times, like the ones we're in today.   WORKS: - Supremacy Project, description: “Addressing the systematic oppression and violence our communities are fighting to end through art. #whoprotectsmefromyou”  - Fit The Description—”a series of conversations between Black male officers and civillians.”  - founder, Slang Inc. -  GRAMMY® Award for The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions by Miles Davis for Best Boxed or Special Edition Package - previously, Design Director for Sony Music - previously, Executive Creative Director of Guild, where Julian led creative teams on experiential projects for Nike, Target, and Stella Artois - TEDx Talk “Good Design Makes People Feel Heard, a Part of Something”   Tools You'll Get from this Episode: - Inspiration to expose injustice through art - A thoughtful viewpoint on what art's purpose is in the world -  Permission to practice  creative expression as activism - Confirmation & affirmation when it comes to allowing yourself to transmute anger into art - Wisdom and advice on how to keep some of life private - Reflections on the difference between solitude & loneliness   - Tools to witness your own good fortune - Stories that showcase how to create work that matters to a mission - A sense of humility with a dose of permission to allow your art to be its own entity in the world - Insight into how to enable meaningful dialogue through your creations   BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

Almost every man I know has benefited from a woman's right to choose. And in this time, we need them to be louder than ever. Control is not an option. Which is why I'm bringing Kathryn “Kitty” Kolbert on to talk about the data, action and tools that we need to equip ourselves with to support women's reproductive rights. What makes Kathryn's voice so powerful is manyfold, but one in particular is her legacy as the attorney who co-founded the Center for Reproductive Rights and argued Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the historic 1992 Supreme Court case that saved Roe v. Wade. She's also the co-author of “Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom,” which I binged the day before our interview and is mandatory regardless of your pronouns. In this episode, you'll gain access to critical information on Roe v. Wade, abortion rights, what we can do collectively, and what's next, from the wisdom of someone who has literally been at the tip of the spear for 30 years and is recognized as one of the "100 Most Influential Lawyers in America”    WORKS: - Co-founder of the Center for Reproductive Rights - Co-author of “Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom” - Founder of the Athena Center for Leadership at Barnard College, which is dedicated to the advancement of women's leadership - Co-Founder of The Athena Film Festival, which celebrates extraordinary films from across the globe that tell the stories of fierce and fearless women leaders. - Creator and executive producer of NPR's “Justice Talking,” an award-winning radio program Tools You'll Get from This Episode: - Directions on how to properly support women's rights with action - Data that helps us better understand why the system is the way it is and who's most harmed along the way - Historic accounts that help equip you with the education necessary to create progress  - Big questions to ask loved ones and strangers alike in exploring your individual role in empowering leaders who support human rights BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

Tim Daly is an award-winning actor best known for his roles in MADAM SECRETARY, WINGS, PRIVATE PRACTICE, and THE SOPRANOS. He's also the voice of Superman for the animated series. But, beyond a 40-year acting career, Tim is a dear friend and advocate in some of the most critical spaces. He's president of The Creative Coalition, a nonprofit advocacy group that focuses on funding for the arts and shaping policy in a way that supports our creativity as humans. He's also on the board of Inside Out Writers, a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing juvenile recidivism. In this important conversation about art and politics, he shares with us how creativity can be used as a catalyst for personal transformation, so much so, that it actually saves people from re-entering the prison system by finding their own voice, power, and inner-artist. We also talk about unlocking memories that leads to creating more space for presence and learning how to properly honor the part of you that is creative. One of the many great lessons here is that even if you think you're not, you are. We are. And your individual creativity can unlock opportunities for a BETTER world.   WORKS: - Madam Secretary  - Wings - Private Practice  - The Sopranos  - Superman, The Animated Series   - The Creative Coalition, (President) - Inside Out Writers, (Board Member) - Recipient of Theater World, Golden Satellite, GLAAD, Gracie, and Peabody Awards, and also has been nominated for Emmy and SAG awards   Tools You'll Get from This Episode: - Insightful reflections on discovering your inner artist - Guidance on how to take the first step toward a cause you care about - Advice and wisdom on sobriety  - Uplifting messages of the heart to inspire your greatest abilities in life   BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

Sara Roversi is transforming the future of food and doing it in the most powerful spaces on the planet. She is my dear friend and a powerhouse accomplice in developing global food systems. Her focus directly addresses climate change, planetary health, and global poverty, but amongst the heaviness, she brings so much light, wisdom and joy. Among her many influential roles, she is the founder and President of the Future Food Institute, an organization dedicated to facing the urgent challenge of protecting our planet while feeding humans in a way that is sustainable, equitable, and nourishing. In this episode, she brings her love of Earth, people and food to brighten our vision of what's truly possible for our planet's health and shows us how certain mindset changes can empower Us to create a sustainable world together. The beauty of this episode is indescribable, but I'll give you one off the top: you'll see and FEEL that you're never “just one person,” you are much more than that—connected, capable and creative. And together, we can do big things.  WORKS: - Future Food Institute, Founder & President - Singularity University, Faculty Member - B20, Member of the Action Council - Food for Climate League, Partner & Board Member - You Can Group, Founder - Food Innovation Program, Executive Director - CAAB - The Agri Food Center of Bologna, Board Member - Bibimbap, Co-Founder - Well Done Burger, Co-Founder Tools You'll Get from This Episode - Powerful mindset changes that will help you be a BETTER ally for the planet - Empowering ideas to help inspire actionable change within your local community - Information about our planet that will help us unify in saving her BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media  

Mark Groves is a massively insightful human dedicated to helping us understand human connection. He shows up in the world as a teacher and translator of some of our most challenging and beautiful experiences in life so we can better understand the pathways to true love within ourselves and within relationship. In this conversation, we talk about discovering and creating liberating love, and also offer some powerfully conscious tools to help you create the love you wish to experience most deeply in life.  WORKS: - Mark Groves Podcast - @createthelove on Instagram  - Create The Love Cards Tools You'll Get From This Episode: - Frameworks and questions to ask yourself when considering how to consciously be in love and truth - Permission to explore your relationships, what they need, and what you need with absolute honesty & integrity  - Insight on how to hold joy and grief at the same time alongside tools to honor “the beauty of the departure” - Liberating ways to let divorce be a sign of self-love   - Reminders of your humanness and how worthy of love you naturally are  BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

Jodi-Ann Burey works at the intersections of race, culture, and health equity. She co-authored Harvard Business review's top 100 most-read articles in history: “Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome,” and her TED talk, “The Myth of Bringing Your Full Authentic Self to Work” embodies her disruption of traditional narratives about racism at work. Jodi-Ann holds a Masters in Public Health from the University of Michigan. She prides herself on being a cool auntie, a twist-out queen, health advocate, adventurer and reluctant dog owner. In this conversation, you'll gain tools to lessen imposter syndrome, sympathize with your own mental health, as well as gain toos to increase workforce accountability, while also laughing with us along theway. TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses discusses suicide and suicidal ideation, and some people might find it disturbing. If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, please, contact your physician, go to your local ER, or call the suicide prevention hotline in your country. For the United States, the numbers are as follows: Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255), or message the Crisis Text Line at 741741. Both programs provide free, confidential support 24/7. For Cananda, the numbers are as follows: Call the Canada Suicie Prevention Service 1.833.456.4566, available 24/7/365 or Text the Crisis Text Line at 45645, available 4pm - midnight WORKS: - Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome - TED talk “The Myth of Bringing Your Full Authentic Self to Work” - Black Cancer Tools You'll Get From this Episode: - Inspiration from the beloved Bell Hooks (Rest in Power) - Insights that will open you up to the biases existing throughout our work-lives and practical tools to help you shift the burden off folks in need of rest and ON to powers upholding injustices - Reminders of how to integrate play into your life for a fuller expression of your truth - Helpful tips that can relieve the guilt that often comes with depression BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

The world knows today's guest from smash songs like “I Would Die For You” and “Insensitive.” She's a multi-platinum, award-winning singer-songwriter, an actor starring in CTV'S hit show, “JANN,” an author, dedicated animal rights activist, and beloved soul of Canada. Beyond growing up with her music, I also know today's guest from her sincere support of my work with A Better Life Foundation, where we feed over 1,200 people a day in need of nutrition and the simple love and care that comes from a scratch-made meal. Today, Jann Arden helps us see how she built a BETTER life for herself and so many others. We get to go into her safe space, a place she created growing up in a chaotic childhood home with alcoholism, and a desire to heal through music. You'll also hear stories about coping with the loss of our pets, learning to ask for help when we need it, and so much more. WORKS: - Time for Mercy (1993) - Living Under June (1994) - Happy? (1997) - Blood Red Cherry (2000) - Love Is the Only Soldier (2003) - Jann Arden (2005) - Uncover Me (2007) - Free (2009) - Uncover Me 2 (2011) - Everything Almost (2014) - A Jann Arden Christmas (2015) - These Are the Days (2018) - Descendant (2022) Tools You'll Get from This Episode - Learning to ask for help - Accepting your true feelings, and honoring them as they are uniquely yours - Tools for dealing with loneliness - Insight on the gift of getting older Resources: https://www.jannarden.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jannarden/ https://twitter.com/jannarden BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

Dr. Gabor Maté is an internationally renowned speaker known for his expertise on addiction, trauma, and the connection between mind and body. His wisdom comes from decades of lived experience working with homeless patients struggling with drug addiction and severe mental health. With bestsellers like “In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts” and “When The Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection," his work is revolutionizing our understanding of self, healing, and, simultaneously, transforming Our human capacity for compassion.  WORKS: - "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction”  - “When The Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection" - "The Wisdom of Trauma" Tools You'll Get from This Episode: - Compassion inquiry  - Empathy & understandings for deeper human connection - Indigenous wisdom from the Lakota people to help you honour your pain & and each other's pain - Insight into how to turn your passion into support for a cause you care about Resources: https://drgabormate.com/ https://compassionateinquiry.com/ Dr. Gabor Maté TED talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66cYcSak6nE BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media

Long Island based folk-rock harmony trio Gathering Time join us on Episode 536 of Folk Roots Radio to chat their wonderful new album "Old Friends", which features re-imagined and re-harmonized classics from the 60s and early 70s, from the likes of The Byrds, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Gordon Lightfoot and more. The album also includes some timely socially conscious songs that have gained renewed relevance as the United States, riven by street protests against police brutality and racial injustice - and contentious and divisive politics, moves towards what may be the most important presidential election of modern times. As always, we also check out more of the latest new releases and this time around we hear from S.K. Wellington, Norma MacDonald, Annette Wasilik, Hauler, JR Moore, Jeremy Drury and Adam Karch. Check out the full playlist on the website: https://folkrootsradio.com/folk-roots-radio-episode-536-feat-gathering-time-old-friends-more-new-releases/

Steve Earle joins us on Episode 514 of Folk Roots Radio to chat about his critically-acclaimed 20th studio album, “Ghosts of West Virginia” which tells the story of the Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion in West Virginia, in 2010, which killed 29 out of 31 miners - making it one of the worst mining disasters in American history. It's a great interview. We hope you'll stick around to check it out. We also include more of the new music we've received, and this time around we hear from Evangeline Gentle, Norma MacDonald, Kieran Begbie, Adam Karch, Mike Scott, Julian Taylor, Scott Cook and David Clayton-Thomas. Check out the full playlist on the website.

SHOW #518 VICTOR WAINWRIGHT – COUCH KID NEWS On April 13th I had the honor of sitting with Victor and talking about the new album, Memphis Loud. It had been delayed due to the pandemic, but Victor spent time discussing much of the album.  Since then? Well another Blues Music Award and a Grammy Nomination… If Victor is available we will chat for a few … if not, a song from the album. THE NIGHTHAWKS – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Mark Wenner returns to The Couch to talk about the new album, Tryin’ To Get To You, two new members, the upcoming 50th anniversary and the new world in which we are all living. ADAM KARCH - COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Adam returns to The Couch to talk about Everything Can Change.  Released in February, we’ll play some of the tunes, talk about the recording and discuss Adam’s current situation and how he see the rest of 2020 playing out. FEDERICO LUIU We will meet this accomplished guitarist and hear of his journey from Sardinia, Italy to Canada and discuss the music on his latest release, Walkin’ The Blues. PAUL URBAN Paul Urban & Friends is a Tidewater Roots and Blues Band which includes rock and funk influences in it's music. They recently released a new CD entitled Tidewater Blues. A mix of blues, rock and jazz, I’ll chat with Paul and we’ll find out his story.  

Mark Twain once said...Well, Mark Twain said a lot of things but in this particular context, his "it's difficult to make predictions, particularly about the future" is as apropos as it is yogi Berra-ish. But these days, futurism is not only harder than it's probably ever been, but also not for the faint of heart. Everything from AI to quantum computing to epigenetic and nanotechnology have some people excited (and many people terrified) about just what exactly does the future hold. 10 years from now feels like an eternity, let alone 50!!! Award winning and best selling author of smash hits like "The Rise of Superman", "Stealing Fire" and co-author of a new book "The Future is Faster Than You Think" along X-Prize Founder Peter Diamonds, Steven Kotler would be in the "excited" category when it comes to what the future holds 50 years from now. But he also very much sees the challenges ahead as well. Join Teddy and Richard and Steven Kotler for a jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring conversation around the question, "What If you lived 50 years into the future?". Show notes: https://whatifshow.com/podcast Join hosts Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson with some of the world’s top thinkers in science, astronomy, technology, academia and futurism to ponder some of your most popular What If videos.   Subscribe to this podcast and please rate & review us. Thanks for being part of the What If community as we embark on an epic exploration of possibilities.   Join us online: Website https://whatifshow.com/podcast YouTube https://www.youtube.com/WhatIfScienceShow Facebook https://www.facebook.com/What.If.science Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatif.show If you’d like to sponsor this podcast, please get in contact with our partners at Notorious - Sales@Notorious.llc Hosts: Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson Voice of What If: Peter Schmiedchen Executive producer: Steve Hulford Supervising producer: Richard Garner Producers: Ira Haberman and Stephen Henrik Technical producers: Adam Karch and Antosia Fiedur Channel supervisor: Raphael Faeh  Social media: Saida Mirzalimova Research: Jay Moon Trailer: Evan Yue Artwork: Alex Griffith Production: Underknown Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/whatifshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's perhaps no bigger "What If" that will ever be asked. As long as we have been able to look up at the stars and understand the vastness of space, humans have pondered whether we are indeed alone in the universe. But perhaps no one has "been on the case" in a more serious way and for as long as the former Director of SETI - Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence - Dr. Jill Tarter. Dr. Tarter was also the inspiration for the character of "Ellie Arroway" played by Jodie Foster in the award winning blockbuster "Contact". But unlike in the movie, Dr. Tarter and SETI are still yet to make contact with intelligent alien life...but they feel they're closer than ever. Join Teddy, Richard and Dr. Tarter as they discuss exoplanets, extremophiles and when she thinks we will finally make first contact. Show notes: https://whatifshow.com/podcast Join hosts Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson with some of the world’s top thinkers in science, astronomy, technology, academia and futurism to ponder some of your most popular What If videos.   Subscribe to this podcast and please rate & review us. Thanks for being part of the What If community as we embark on an epic exploration of possibilities.   Join us online: Website https://whatifshow.com/podcast YouTube https://www.youtube.com/WhatIfScienceShow Facebook https://www.facebook.com/What.If.science Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatif.show If you’d like to sponsor this podcast, please get in contact with our partners at Notorious - Sales@Notorious.llc Hosts: Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson Voice of What If: Peter Schmiedchen Executive producer: Steve Hulford Supervising producer: Richard Garner Producers: Ira Haberman and Stephen Henrik Technical producers: Adam Karch and Antosia Fiedur Channel supervisor: Raphael Faeh  Social media: Saida Mirzalimova Research: Jay Moon Trailer: Evan Yue Artwork: Alex Griffith Production: Underknown Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/whatifshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What has long been explored in science-fiction as well as prophesied as the next step in the evolution of human beings by "Singularity" proponents like Ray Kurzweil is now not only predicted as an eventuality...it's already happening!!! In fact you could argue with things like pacemakers and prosthetics, we have been meeting the technical definition of "cyborg" for years which essentially just means the enhancement of human capabilities but the integration of mechanical elements built into our biology. But We are joined by someone who has taken things a step further - Neil Harbission is the President of the "Cyborg Foundation" which exists to help people become cyborgs...and one of the world's first officially recognized "cyborgs." We talk AS (artificial senses) vs. AI (artificial intelligence) and why he believes he and others like him are "collaborating with God." Show notes: https://whatifshow.com/podcast Join hosts Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson with some of the world’s top thinkers in science, astronomy, technology, academia and futurism to ponder some of your most popular What If videos.   Subscribe to this podcast and please rate & review us. Thanks for being part of the What If community as we embark on an epic exploration of possibilities.   Join us online: Website https://whatifshow.com/podcast YouTube https://www.youtube.com/WhatIfScienceShow Facebook https://www.facebook.com/What.If.science Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatif.show If you’d like to sponsor this podcast, please get in contact with our partners at Notorious - Sales@Notorious.llc Hosts: Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson Voice of What If: Peter Schmiedchen Executive producer: Steve Hulford Supervising producer: Richard Garner Producers: Ira Haberman and Stephen Henrik Technical producers: Adam Karch and Antosia Fiedur Channel supervisor: Raphael Faeh  Social media: Saida Mirzalimova Research: Jay Moon Trailer: Evan Yue Artwork: Alex Griffith Production: Underknown Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/whatifshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you consider yourself a pioneer? An explorer perhaps? Would you "go boldly where no one has gone before" - well, almost no one. And would you stay? With everything from the financial incentives of mining to contingency planning for problems here on Earth to creating a jumping off point to get to Mars, settling on the moon seems to be no longer a matter of "What IF", but rather "When will we?" As "Space Race 2.0" heats up not between governments as much as billionaires like Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, the expectation of many is that we will not only return to the moon in the not too distant future, but we will stay there. Alexandra Hall, the former Senior Director of Google's Lunar X-Prize blasts off with Teddy and Richard and shares everything she's learned about the possibilities, the challenges and the timelines for returning to the moon...and lets us know whether she'd take a one way ticket to settle on the moon. Show notes: https://whatifshow.com/podcast Join hosts Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson with some of the world’s top thinkers in science, astronomy, technology, academia and futurism to ponder some of your most popular What If videos.   Subscribe to this podcast and please rate & review us. Thanks for being part of the What If community as we embark on an epic exploration of possibilities.   Join us online: Website https://whatifshow.com/podcast YouTube https://www.youtube.com/WhatIfScienceShow Facebook https://www.facebook.com/What.If.science Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatif.show If you’d like to sponsor this podcast, please get in contact with our partners at Notorious - Sales@Notorious.llc Hosts: Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson Voice of What If: Peter Schmiedchen Executive producer: Steve Hulford Supervising producer: Richard Garner Producers: Ira Haberman and Stephen Henrik Technical producers: Adam Karch and Antosia Fiedur Channel supervisor: Raphael Faeh  Social media: Saida Mirzalimova Research: Jay Moon Trailer: Evan Yue Artwork: Alex Griffith Production: Underknown Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/whatifshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"What Is Real?" Many remember the now famous quote from Lawrence Fishburne's character "Morpheus" in the smash hit phenomenon "The Matrix" to the Keanu Reeves' character NEO when pondering whether they might be living in a computer simulation. But "simulation theory" is no longer just the stuff of science fiction. It has become all the rage of the world's top technology minds across Silicon Valley, including most famously Elon Musk who has proposed this as a very real...and likely possibility. But when Musk talks about this subject, he cites Swedish Philosopher, Oxford professor and the world's leading expert on simulation theory, Nick Bostrom. Nick joins "What IF Discussed" today as we all take the red pill and go for a mind blowing journey of pondering "what If we are living in a simulation." Join hosts Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson with some of the world’s top thinkers in science, astronomy, technology, academia and futurism to ponder some of your most popular What If videos.   Subscribe to this podcast and please rate & review us. Thanks for being part of the What If community as we embark on an epic exploration of possibilities.   Join us online: Web site https://whatifshow.com/podcast YouTube https://www.youtube.com/WhatIfScienceShow Facebook https://www.facebook.com/What.If.science Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatif.show If you’d like to sponsor this podcast, please get in contact with our partners at Notorious - Sales@Notorious.llc Hosts: Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson Voice of What If: Peter Schmiedchen Executive producer: Steve Hulford Supervising producer: Richard Garner Producers: Ira Haberman and Stephen Henrik Technical producers: Adam Karch and Antosia Fiedur Channel supervisor: Raphael Faeh  Social media: Saida Mirzalimova Research: Jay Moon Trailer: Evan Yue Artwork: Alex Griffith Production: Underknown Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/whatifshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What has most recently became known in some circles as "Thanos Theory", many people have wondered, especially in times of serious concerns about climate change and the scarcity of resources just how long this planet can support us...especially as the world's population is about to eclipse 8 billion people!!! Is this too many? What about estimates of 10 billion by the year 2050?!?! Is wiping out half the population at the snap of a finger the only way to save everyone else? Some people believe Thanos might have been onto something. There's got to be another way, no? We are joined by the man who literally started the conversation on overpopulation with his seminal book "The Population Bomb" in 1968!!! Dr. Paul Ehrlich helps us break down "how many is too many" and whether the problem might not be "how many" at all, but instead "how we live". Show notes: https://whatifshow.com/podcast Join hosts Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson with some of the world’s top thinkers in science, astronomy, technology, academia and futurism to ponder some of your most popular What If videos.   Subscribe to this podcast and please rate & review us. Thanks for being part of the What If community as we embark on an epic exploration of possibilities.   Join us online: Website https://whatifshow.com/podcast YouTube https://www.youtube.com/WhatIfScienceShow Facebook https://www.facebook.com/What.If.science Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatif.show If you’d like to sponsor this podcast, please get in contact with our partners at Notorious - Sales@Notorious.llc Hosts: Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson Voice of What If: Peter Schmiedchen Executive producer: Steve Hulford Supervising producer: Richard Garner Producers: Ira Haberman and Stephen Henrik Technical producers: Adam Karch and Antosia Fiedur Channel supervisor: Raphael Faeh  Social media: Saida Mirzalimova Research: Jay Moon Trailer: Evan Yue Artwork: Alex Griffith Production: Underknown Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/whatifshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the most popular "What If" videos with over 75 million views, "What If you fell into a pool of liquid nitrogen takes us through the fascinating and quirky world of of one the world's most known but least understood substances: liquid nitrogen. With the help of Bob McDonald, one of the world's best science communicators and someone that's had more than his fair share of liquid nitrogen related experiences, Teddy and Richard "dive into" and try to answer the question, "What If you fell into a pool of liquid nitrogen." Spoiler Alert...they survive! Join hosts Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson with some of the world’s top thinkers in science, astronomy, technology, academia and futurism to ponder some of your most popular What If videos.   Subscribe to this podcast and please rate & review us. Thanks for being part of the What If community as we embark on an epic exploration of possibilities.   Join us online: Web site https://whatifshow.com/podcast YouTube https://www.youtube.com/WhatIfScienceShow Facebook https://www.facebook.com/What.If.science Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatif.show If you’d like to sponsor this podcast, please get in contact with our partners at Notorious - Sales@Notorious.llc Hosts: Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson Voice of What If: Peter Schmiedchen Executive producer: Steve Hulford Supervising producer: Richard Garner Producers: Ira Haberman and Stephen Henrik Technical producers: Adam Karch and Antosia Fiedur Channel supervisor: Raphael Faeh  Social media: Saida Mirzalimova Research: Jay Moon Trailer: Evan Yue Artwork: Alex Griffith Production: Underknown Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/whatifshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Each week on “What If Discussed”, we explore the big hypotheticals and ponder the possibilities. This week is different. With “What If we had a worldwide pandemic?“, we are not only dealing with something that IS happening, but with real world consequences. But this is not the first time we’ve been here as a global society and won’t, unfortunately in all probability, be the last time. How concerned should we be? Is the media and social media helping us manage the situation or fanning the flames of fear? What role does a more connected world play in the spread of contagions? And, perhaps most importantly, what can we do now and in the future to prevent or at least mitigate viral pandemics? These are just some of the questions we address with award-winning author of “Pandemic: Tracking Contagions from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond” and science journalist Sonia Shah. Join hosts Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson with some of the world’s top thinkers in science, astronomy, technology, academia and futurism to ponder some of your most popular What If videos.   Subscribe to this podcast and please rate & review us. Thanks for being part of the What If community as we embark on an epic exploration of possibilities.   Join us online: Web site https://whatifshow.com/podcast YouTube https://www.youtube.com/WhatIfScienceShow Facebook https://www.facebook.com/What.If.science Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatif.show If you’d like to sponsor this podcast, please get in contact with our partners at Notorious - Sales@Notorious.llc Hosts: Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson Voice of What If: Peter Schmiedchen Executive producer: Steve Hulford Supervising producer: Richard Garner Producers: Ira Haberman and Stephen Henrik Technical producers: Adam Karch and Antosia Fiedur Channel supervisor: Raphael Faeh  Social media: Saida Mirzalimova Research: Jay Moon Trailer: Evan Yue Artwork: Alex Griffith Production: Underknown Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/whatifshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you ever feel like you're being watched... by aliens? The "Zoo Hypothesis" as it is known in science circles speculates that some form of advanced, alien beings are watching us but deliberately not contacting us so as to not interfere with our evolution. Sort of like "Star Trek's" Prime Directive. But what if we reached out to them first and let them know we'd like to meet? Is that even a good idea or could it lead to unintentionally attracting the attention of a malevolent species who might want to attack us? Teddy and Richard are joined by world-renowned astrobiologist and President of METI (Messaging Extra-Terrestrial Life) Douglas Vakoch to seriously ponder, "what If we lived in a galactic zoo?" Join hosts Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson with some of the world’s top thinkers in science, astronomy, technology, academia and futurism to ponder some of your most popular What If videos.   Subscribe to this podcast and please rate & review us. Thanks for being part of the What If community as we embark on an epic exploration of possibilities.   Join us online: Web site https://whatifshow.com/podcast YouTube https://www.youtube.com/WhatIfScienceShow Facebook https://www.facebook.com/What.If.science Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatif.show If you’d like to sponsor this podcast, please get in contact with our partners at Notorious - Sales@Notorious.llc Hosts: Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson Voice of What If: Peter Schmiedchen Executive producer: Steve Hulford Supervising producer: Richard Garner Producers: Ira Haberman and Stephen Henrik Technical producers: Adam Karch and Antosia Fiedur Channel supervisor: Raphael Faeh  Social media: Saida Mirzalimova Research: Jay Moon Trailer: Evan Yue Production: Underknown Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/whatifshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We ask some of the world’s top thinkers in science, astronomy, technology, academia and futurism to ponder some of our most popular What If videos. What If half the Earth’s population was wiped out? What If you fell into a pool of liquid nitrogen? What If we lived in a Galactic Zoo? What If we are living in a simulation? What if we Settled on the Moon? What if we became Cyborgs? What If we discovered Alien Life? What If you lived 50 years into the future? Join hosts Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson of Mighty Trains with some of the world’s top thinkers in science, astronomy, technology, academia and futurism to ponder some of the most popular What If videos.   Subscribe to this podcast and please rate & review us. Thanks for being part of the What If community as we embark on an epic exploration of possibilities.   Join us online: Website  YouTube Facebook Instagram  If you’d like to sponsor this podcast, please get in contact with our partners at Notorious - Sales@Notorious.llc Hosts: Richard Garner and Teddy Wilson Voice of What If: Peter Schmiedchen Executive producer: Steve Hulford Supervising producer: Richard Garner Producers: Ira Haberman and Stephen Henrik Technical producers: Adam Karch and Antosia Fiedur Channel supervisor: Raphael Faeh  Social media: Saida Mirzalimova Artwork: Alex Griffith Research: Jay Moon Trailer: Evan Yue Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/whatifshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After talking to Grahame and Elliott of Midnight North about that record, I decided to check out where they were playing after Peach Festival. Turned out that they would be only 4 hours away in Canandaigua, New York, so technical producer Adam Karch and I hopped in a car and drove out to one of my favorite venues in North America. We indeed booked an opportunity to talk with members of Midnight North, and to our great amazement members of Twiddle. So picture it, me, Adam, and a roundtable that included Grahame, Ellliott of Midnight North, and Mihali, Gubb and Ryan of Twiddle. A few others interjected, but you get the basic idea. Our conversation started when I asked Mihali about hooking up with Midnight North a few years ago. For more midnight north info and dates visit midnightnorth.com, and for more Twiddle info visit twiddlemusic.com Show Notes: **First Song:** 00:45 – Lost in the Cold **Interview Begins:** 08:08 **Extro Song:** 27:39 – Eyes of the World See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In episode #32 of Technician.Academy’s podcast, guests Jon Ross, Adam Karch, and David Charney provide insight into the automotive programs at Parkland College and the Hot Rodders of Tomorrow teams associated with the institution. The three are instructors at Parkland and discuss the two different paths that an automotive student can take once enrolled at the college. Karch and Charney are also coaches for the two Hot Rodders of Tomorrow competition teams that are sponsored by Parkland College, which are comprised of high school students enrolled in Parkland’s duel credit curriculum. On top of discussions about Parkland College initiatives, they chat about the benefits of introducing sabbaticals and what value trained technicians bring to an industry that increasingly needs more talent. Tune in today. The post Jon Ross, Adam Karch, and David Charney – Parkland College Initiatives appeared first on Technician.Academy.

Show #364 Brody Buster stops by to talk about his IBC experience. Adam Karch received a Maple Blues Award nomination for Acoustic Act in 2014 after the release of Blueprints.  He has released Moving Forward and Adam and I will explore his journey while we listen to tunes. Joanna Connor has been thrilling audiences with her guitar prowess, vocal stylings and song writing skills.  Her latest album is entitled Six String Stories and Joanna will join me to discuss her career and the new music. Eight O’Five Jive finally take their seat on the Monday Couch. They just competed their second IBC for the Nashville Blues Society, and received a Blues Blast Award nomination last year. They’ve just released their sophomore effort, Swing Set, and we’ll talk with the band about the music and where they are heading. Cee Cee James returns to The Couch to talk about her newest release Stripped Down & Surrendered, which brings Cee Cee’s rawness to the surface once again.  She and Rob “Slideboy” Andrews continue to evolve and create some sensational Tuneage. We’ll talk about it all and where they are heading next.  

The music of Alberto Lombardi, Adam Karch

Out of Houston, TX, Trudy Lynn was still a teen when she sang onstage with Albert Collins and had the chance to open for Ike & Tina Turner. Trudy has just released her 12th solo album and third on the Conner Ray Music Label and she and I will explore her wonderful musical journey as we listen to songs from I’ll Sing The Blues For You. Paul Hornsby is an acclaimed producer and musician.  The artists he has worked with in the studio and on stage is staggering. From his time as part of the Hour Glass to producing gold and platinum records for artists including the Charlie Daniels Band, Marshall Tucker and Wet Willie. Paul has a new solo album out entitled Red Hot.  We’ll talk about his history and listen to the tunes Adam Karch has been rescheduled until February 20, 2017 due to a conflict in his schedule Malaya Blue returns for Couch Kid New Music with her latest release, Heartsick.  Malaya first sat on The Couch back in April of 2014 and called in back in June of 2015 to share one of the new songs from this album.  We’ll explore in more detail what Malaya has been doing since we last spoke.    

-Interviews w/ Lilly Martin & Johnny Burgin. Canadian Blues Spotlight shines on Adam Karch