Podcast appearances and mentions of Michael Leviton

We are told from a very young age that being honest is a good thing. But most of us don't really believe that honesty is always the best policy. Most of us allow for exceptions, omissions, and the occasional white lie, if it means sparing someone hurt feelings or avoiding an awkward conversation. Michael Leviton, author of "To Be Honest", spent most of his life not making such exceptions, and being honest to a fault, completely devoted to the truth. He joins the podcast to share the beauties and perils of such honesty.Michael's Websitehttp://michaelleviton.com

We are told from a very young age that being honest is a good thing. But most of us don't really believe that honesty is always the best policy. Most of us allow for exceptions, omissions, and the occasional white lie, if it means sparing someone hurt feelings or avoiding an awkward conversation. Michael Leviton, author of "To Be Honest", spent most of his life not making such exceptions, and being honest to a fault, completely devoted to the truth. He joins the podcast to share the beauties and perils of such honesty. Michael's Websitehttp://michaelleviton.com

We talk to an Anglican priest and a man who grew up with a radical sense of honesty about the responsibilities we have when we speak. Malcolm Guite talks about the consequences of lying, while Michael Leviton recalls the costs of telling the truth.

"Writing a book could potentially be very tedious, but I'm writing to make myself laugh or cry. If I'm not crying or laughing, I'm like, so bored," says Michael Leviton (@michaelleviton). He's the author of the memoir To Be Honest. It is published by Abrams Press. Keep the conversation going on social media @CNFPod and consider being a member of the Patreon community, patreon.com/cnfpod.

Its summer in the city and here comes Sid Griffin with a brand new episode of his podcast, the perfect soundtrack to the season.

Peter Smith and Michael Leviton tell stories followed by a live performance by Kelly Zutrau of Wet. This episode's version of The Tell theme song "Written By A Fool" is performed live at The Tell by Joanna Sternberg. This was all produced with Gabriel Galvin at Four Foot Studios in Brooklyn. Cover photo of Jasmine Rutledge by Michael Leviton with design/logo by Chloe Maes.

Journalist Mitch Moxley and comedian/satirist Bassem Youssef tell stories followed by a live performance from Moonheart of "Blow". This episode's version of The Tell theme song "Written By A Fool" is sung by Dina Rudeen with Chris Egan on drums, Matt Bauder on horns, Ian Underwood on bass, and Michael Leviton on electric guitar. This was all produced with Gabriel Galvin at Four Foot Studios in Brooklyn. Cover photo of Paul Korzan by Michael Leviton with design/logo by Chloe Maes.

Comedian Josh Johnson and Molly-Margaret Johnson (of sex/dating/health Instagram http://Instagram.com/whatswrongwithmyvagina) tell stories followed by a live performance from Bot of his song "Morning Dance". This episode's version of The Tell theme song "Written By A Fool" was produced and performed by Alex Toth. Cover photo of Michael Leviton by Annabel Graham with design/logo by Chloe Maes. The Tell podcast is produced with Gabriel Galvin at Four Foot Studios in Brooklyn.

Comedian and storyteller Gastor Almonte and musician/writer Emma-Lee Moss (Emmy The Great)tell stories followed by a live performance from Lily Konigsberg of "Good Time". This episode's version of The Tell theme song "Written By A Fool" was sung by Michael Leviton with Dida Pelled on guitar. Cover photo of Jourdana Phillips by Michael Leviton and design/logo by Chloe Maes. The Tell podcast is produced with Gabriel Galvin at Four Foot Studios in Brooklyn.

On episode 48 we welcome celebrated chef, advocate and food system reformer - Michael Leviton.  As past chef-owner of Boston area favorites Lumière and Area Four, Michael has recently spawned "Region Foodworks" - an initiative providing regionally sourced and produced bulk products for the institutional food service market. After working alongside some of the world’s best chefs at Square One, Le Cirque, and La Bernadin - Michael Leviton returned to his hometown of Newton, Massachusetts in 1999 to open Lumière.  In Lumière’s first two years in business, the restaurant was recognized as one of the Best New Restaurants in America by Bon Appétit, and Michael was named a Best New Chef by Food & Wine.  In 2011, Leviton opened Area Four, a wood-burning oven/bar and attached coffeehouse/bakery. Modern and minimalistic in both menu and design, each property earned local and national recognition for serving highest quality product, sourced locally and all scratch made, at a price point and in a setting that is accessible to all. Tune-In to our conversation to hear how Michael's experience San Francisco, New York and in Paris influenced this launch of these world-renowned restaurants in the suburbs of Boston.  Sourcing local food from regional farms using elevated production standards in the Northeast is surely how Leviton cast his name. But, his influence has since created a movement - and not just here, in the Northeast.  Leviton's time as chair of the organization 'The Chef's Collaborative' from 2010-2014 influenced a generation of top chefs.  He's established a tree of disciples and understudies who share similar interest for values in the food and neighborhoods they serve.   In fact, he's cultivated a formula that when put in the proper hands can be overlaid in many metropolitan burbs throughout the US.   Now, Michael works to maximize throughput of local and regional production by focusing his business on "offering producers a fair price for the work they do."  Through Regional FoodWorks it's Leviton's objective to rejigger supply chains by offering consistent demand for regional food - with -  business commitments for local producers - offering new growth and capacity-building opportunities for the regions he serves. Joining the chat as co-host is Scott Soares - former commissioner of Massachusetts Agriculture, and served as the Director of USDA Rural Development for Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island for the Obama administration.  Scott has 15 years of fishery and aquaculture experience prior to that - including early in his career serving as the 1st Massachusetts coordinator of aquaculture for nearly a decade. The scale that Leviton works in has changed, but he's maintained a commitment to food's value throughout each market he enters.  As he explains - he didn't start a chefs movement towards more local food on the East Coast, but he's surely instigated i!  And now, as a rock start of local and sustainable food - Michael Leviton is leveraging his voice to make more great things happen.    

Playwright and screenwriter Jeremy O. Harris (Slave Play, Zola) and memoirist Tyler Wetherall (No Way Home)tell stories followed by a live performance from Dida Pelled of "Trouble". This episode's version of The Tell theme song "Written By A Fool" was sung by Zanna with Matt Bauder on sax, Ian Underwood on bass, Chris Egan on Drums, Jon Cowherd on keyboard, and Michael Leviton on guitar. Cover photo of Jeremiah Hunt by Michael Leviton and design/logo by Chloe Maes

Novelist Julian Tepper (Balls, Ark) and filmmaker Caveh Zahedi (The Show About The Show) tell stories followed by a live performance from Arum Rae of "If I Didn't Know Better". This episode's version of The Tell theme song "Written By A Fool" was performed by Alex Toth (Toth, Rubblebucket). Cover photo of Joanna Sternberg by Michael Leviton and design/logo by Chloe Maes

Biz and Theresa explore how we feel when our kids get hurt. From the guilt we feel to the temptation to judge others, there is nothing like a boo boo to make you feel bad bad. Plus Biz is getting Katy Belle’s message loud and clear, Theresa is maxed out, and we kick off a month of Halloween fun with Michael Leviton, co-author of My First Ghost. You can find more from Michael Leviton on Twitter @Michael_Leviton or on his website at Michaelleviton.com. His book My First Ghost is out now. Check out our book! You're Doing A Great Job!: 100 Ways You're Winning at Parenting! Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of MaximumFun.org. Our sponsors this week are Mozaics Chips and Care.com. Use code MOTHER to save 20% off your first order at Deliciousness.com. To save 30% off a Care.com Premium membership, visit Care.com/mother when you subscribe. Share your genius and fail moments! Call 206-350-9485 Be sure to tell us at the top of your message whether you're leaving a genius moment, a fail, or a rant! Thanks!! Share a personal or commercial message on the show! Details at MaximumFun.org/Jumbotron. Subscribe to One Bad Mother in iTunes Join our mailing list Join the amazing community that is our private One Bad Mother Facebook group Follow One Bad Mother on Twitter Follow Biz on Twitter Follow Theresa on Twitter Like us on Facebook! Get a OBM tee, tank, baby shirt, or mug from the MaxFunStore You can suggest a topic or a guest for an upcoming show by sending an email to onebadmother@maximumfun.org. Show Music Opening theme: Summon the Rawk, Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Ones and Zeros, Awesome, Beehive Sessions (http://awesomeinquotes.com, also avail on iTunes) Mom Song, Adira Amram, Hot Jams For Teens (http://adiraamram.com, avail on iTunes) Telephone, Awesome, Beehive Sessions (http://awesomeinquotes.com, also avail on iTunes) Closing music: Mama Blues, Cornbread Ted and the Butterbeans

Comedian Kenice Mobley and writer Joyce Maynard (At Home In The World, The Best Of Us) tell stories followed by a live performance from Aaron Maine (Porches) of "Goodbye". This episode's version of The Tell theme song "Written By A Fool" was performed live at The Tell in NY by Michael Leviton with Pascuale Grasso on guitar. There are also some guitar versions throughout the episode with guitar by Dida Pelled. Cover photo of Dida Pelled by Michael Leviton and design/logo by Chloe Maes

Dean Dempsey and Tone Tank tell stories followed by a live performance from Sami and Sarah and a version of The Tell theme song "Written By A Fool" sung by Shilpa Ray with Chris Egan on drums. Cover photo of Paul Korzan and Tone Tank by Michael Leviton and design/logo by Chloe Maes

Roberta Colindrez (Fun Home, I Love Dick) and Edgar Oliver (The Moth, Axis Theater) tell stories followed by a live performance from Rodrigo Amarante and a version of "Written By A Fool" sung by Devon Church with Jon Cowherd on organ. Cover photo of Tatyana Cooper by Michael Leviton and design/logo by Chloe Maes

Raviv Ullman (Phil Of The Future) and Nemo Librizzi ("book") tell stories followed by a live performance from Nellie McKay and a version of "Written By A Fool" sung by Dina Rudeen with Matt Bauder on sax, Ian Underwood on bass, Chris Egan on Drums, Jon Cowherd on keyboard, and Michael Leviton on guitar. Cover photo of Michael's hands by Marina Tychinina and design/logo by Chloe Maes.

This week on a spooky Halloween One Bad Mother, Biz and Theresa discover that when our kids are out in public…being kids….everyone is watching! AHHHHH! Are our fears of being judged or that everyone is “over us already” real, or is the Jekyll to our Hyde trying to bust free and ruin everything? Plus Biz beats Halloween, Theresa is visited by a parenting ghost and we speak with Liz Sower of Ghosts in The Burbs. Ghosts In The Burbs: https://ghostsintheburbs.wordpress.com/2016/02/ Liz on Twitter: @ghostintheburbs Liz's Spooky Picks: Come Closer by Sara Gran Will Storr vs. The Supernatural: One Man's Search for the Truth About Ghosts by Will Storr My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix Theresa's Spooky Pick: My First Ghost by Maggie Miller, Michael Leviton and Illustrated by Stephanie Buscema Check out our book! You're Doing A Great Job!: 100 Ways You're Winning at Parenting! Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of MaximumFun.org. Our sponsor this week is Care.com. To save 30% off a Care.com Premium membership, visit care.com/badmother when you subscribe! Share your genius and fail moments! Call 206-350-9485 Be sure to tell us at the top of your message whether you're leaving a genius moment, a fail, or a rant! Thanks!! Share a personal or commercial message on the show! Details at MaximumFun.org/Jumbotron. Subscribe to One Bad Mother in iTunes Join our mailing list Join the amazing community that is our private One Bad Mother Facebook group Follow One Bad Mother on Twitter Follow Biz on Twitter Follow Theresa on Twitter Like us on Facebook! Get a OBM tee, tank, baby shirt, or mug from the MaxFunStore You can suggest a topic or a guest for an upcoming show by sending an email to onebadmother@maximumfun.org. Show Music Opening theme: Summon the Rawk, Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Ones and Zeros, Awesome, Beehive Sessions (http://awesomeinquotes.com, also avail on iTunes) Mom Song, Adira Amram, Hot Jams For Teens (http://adiraamram.com, avail on iTunes) Telephone, Awesome, Beehive Sessions (http://awesomeinquotes.com, also avail on iTunes) Closing music: Mama Blues, Cornbread Ted and the Butterbeans

The anonymous Mr. X and filmmaker Alan Del Rio Ortiz tell stories and Adam Green performs "Never Lift A Finger". This episode's version of THE TELL theme song "Written By A Fool" features Shilpa Ray singing, Chris Egan on drums, Matt Bauder on horns, Ian Underwood on bass, and Michael Leviton on electric guitar.

Karley Sciortino (Slutever.com, Vogue.com) and Jeffrey Lewis tell stories with a live musical performance of "I Is What I Is" by Shilpa Ray. This episode's version of THE TELL theme song "Written By A Fool" features Chris Egan on drums, Ian Underwood on bass, and Michael Leviton on electric guitar and vocals.

John Romano (American Pastoral, The Lincoln Lawyer, Intolerable Cruelty)and Michael Leviton tell stories with a live performance of "Durer" by Okay Kaya

Tune in to this week’s episode of What Doesn’t Kill You for an in-depth conversation on labor issues in the restaurant industry. How do tipped wages affect workers? Why is there a labor shortage in the industry? Find out as Katy Keiffer chats with Michael Leviton, the former Chairman of the board for Chefs Collaborative; and Chef/Owner, Lumiere and Chef/Partner, Area Four Boston, Massachusetts. He is a seven-time James Beard Foundation Award nominee and recipient of national awards from Food & Wine, Bon Appétit, Gourmet and Saveur. This program was brought to you by Consider Bardwell. “I don’t know what needs to be done, but there’s definitely a labor shortage in this industry.” [11:45] “The only way to gain mastery is by doing it over and over again.” [34:30] –Michael Leviton on What Doesn’t Kill You

Tune in to this week’s episode of What Doesn’t Kill You for an in-depth conversation on labor issues in the restaurant industry. How do tipped wages affect workers? Why is there a labor shortage in the industry? Find out as Katy Keiffer chats with Michael Leviton, the former Chairman of the board for Chefs Collaborative; and Chef/Owner, Lumiere and Chef/Partner, Area Four Boston, Massachusetts. He is a seven-time James Beard Foundation Award nominee and recipient of national awards from Food & Wine, Bon Appétit, Gourmet and Saveur. This program was brought to you by Consider Bardwell. “I don’t know what needs to be done, but there’s definitely a labor shortage in this industry.” [11:45] “The only way to gain mastery is by doing it over and over again.” [34:30] –Michael Leviton on What Doesn’t Kill You

On today’s episode of Eating Matters, host Kim Kessler interviews Chef Evan Hanczor and Chef Michael Leviton to discuss the roll of chefs in food policy; a roll that is becoming more and more relevant in the recent years. Kim first allows the chefs to explain how they got into food and how they grew in the industry. They then move onto discussions regarding the need for food sustainability and the various methods of encouraging this. Evan moved to New York City in 2009, working at Locanda Verde before nabbing a spot at Brooklyn’s Egg, where he mastered the many expressions of Southern cooking. In 2012, Brooklyn’s Egg owner George Weld and Hanczor opened Parrish Hall, whose Northeastern culinary expressions and sustainable infrastructure earned Hanczor a 2013 StarChefs.com Rising Star Sustainability Award. Michael Leviton has worked with some of the world’s top chefs and finest restaurants including: Joyce Goldstein at Square One, Alain Rondelli at Ernie’s, Gilbert Le Coze, Francois Payard and Eric Ripert at Le Bernadin, Elka Gilmore at Liberté and Elka, and Daniel Boulud at Le Cirque. In 1996, Leviton moved back to Boston to serve as Executive Chef at UpStairs at the Pudding. In February 1999, he opened Lumiere in his hometown of Newton, MA. In just a short period of time, Lumiere has become one of the best restaurants in the Boston area. This show was brought to you by Tabard Inn.     “When I learned to cook, there was no such thing as sustainability as it applied to food. It’s just that if you wanted to be the best chef, you needed the best ingredients” [6:30] —Michael Leviton on Eating Matters “Bootcamp was a really interesting program for me….Chef’s interested in sustainability, there’s an easy path in making an impact through your customers, through your supply train, through where you choose to buy, how you choose to serve etc. ” [14:30] —Evan Hanczor on Eating Matters

Preview the upcoming Chefs Collaborative’s Sustainable Food Summit on a brand new episode of What Doesn’t Kill You. Chefs Collaborative’s Sustainable Food Summit brings hundreds of chefs and food professionals together from across the country to share ideas and get inspired. It is a powerful opportunity to connect in-person with community members that share a commitment to help fix America’s broken food system. Host Katy Keiffer is joined by Michael Leviton is Chairman of the board for Chefs Collaborative; and Chef/Owner, Lumiere and Chef/Partner, Area Four Boston, Massachusetts and Alisha Fowler, Program Director for Chefs Collaborative. They discuss issues of sustainability as they relate to seafood, restaurants and more. This program was brought to you by White Oak Pastures “We keep coming back to the idea of thinking big, acting big and having a really big impact.” [06:00] “The first rule of running a sustainable restaurant is to keep your doors open.” [08:00] –Michael Leviton on What Doesn’t Kill You

Preview the upcoming Chefs Collaborative’s Sustainable Food Summit on a brand new episode of What Doesn’t Kill You. Chefs Collaborative’s Sustainable Food Summit brings hundreds of chefs and food professionals together from across the country to share ideas and get inspired. It is a powerful opportunity to connect in-person with community members that share a commitment to help fix America’s broken food system. Host Katy Keiffer is joined by Michael Leviton is Chairman of the board for Chefs Collaborative; and Chef/Owner, Lumiere and Chef/Partner, Area Four Boston, Massachusetts and Alisha Fowler, Program Director for Chefs Collaborative. They discuss issues of sustainability as they relate to seafood, restaurants and more. This program was brought to you by White Oak Pastures “We keep coming back to the idea of thinking big, acting big and having a really big impact.” [06:00] “The first rule of running a sustainable restaurant is to keep your doors open.” [08:00] –Michael Leviton on What Doesn’t Kill You

Ever feel like you are completely missing dating signs and signals that everyone else seems to know and understand?  Myisha's guest, Michael Leviton helps demystify some common dating habits and explains how to make your approach to dating work for you.

This week, we found a few more precious gems in the mine that is Boston music. Featuring Scuba, Hammarsing, Chris Brokaw, Audrey Ryan, Smyer, Ponies in the Surf, Scary Mansion, Michael Leviton, Baker, The Teenage Prayers, Girls Guns and Glory, and Young Galaxy.