2020 Season

  • MAR – 2020 Season Prospective
    • For this 2020 Season Prospective, I reflect on the winter hibernation away from this podcast and from writing my weekly reflections.
    • I consider the coming season of this podcast: I preview and contextualize the interviews I’ve already recorded. And I wish you, the audience, well and hope you are taking care of yourself during this time of uncertainty.
  • APR – With Colin Kirts
    • Colin is a 33yo teacher, father, and co-creator of Koru Real Wellness in Doylestown, PA.
    • During this conversation, we discuss Colin’s Catholic upbringing and how a trip to Scandinavia opened his eyes to the wider world, how he spent the years during his hippie commune phase, and how a rabbi became his elder mentor.
  • MAY – With Morgan Allen
    • Morgan is a 30yo weightlifter, dog mom, and daughter.
    • During this conversation, we discuss her father’s death by suicide, the evolution of her family dynamics, and the hurdles to starting her own family. 
  • AUG – With Alana Karma Twice Again
    • Alana is a 24yo survivor, growing human, and not a phoenix.
    • Now, almost three years after the initial interview and two years after the accident, we discuss life on the other side of forgiveness for someone that hurt you, how the coronavirus pandemic felt like everyone joining Alana in the “weird”, and how these days she identifies with a caterpillar more than a phoenix.
  • SEP – With Alexander Minot
    • Alexander is a 30yo son, partner, and dog father.
    • During this conversation, we discuss his Jewish upbringing, the death of his father two years ago, and the challenges of bringing his family together in the wake of that death. 
  • OCT – With Matt Michaud
    • Matt is a 35yo firefighter, paramedic, CrossFit affiliate owner, father, and husband.
    • In this conversation, we discuss how he processed the recent news of his wife’s breast cancer diagnosis, the unexpected dangers associated with firefighting, and how his children help him leave those dangers at work. 
  • NOV – With Stephen Jenkinson
    • Stephen is a 66yo teacher, author, story-teller, and musician.
    • During this conversation, he appropriately eviscerates the premise of the four prompts, we discuss how right/wrong is meaningless in the context of fulfilling the wolf’s role, and how advanced directives are a final grasp at control and autonomy.
  • DEC – With Lobynn Cha
    • Lobynn is a 25yo daughter, entrepreneur, small business owner, and chef.
    • During this conversation, we discuss her vagabond upbringing by missionary parents, how Koreans and Italians have more in common than you’d think, and how she navigates running a small business with her family.
  • 2021JAN – With Bansi Savla Once Again
    • Bansi is a 26yo wife, radiation oncology resident, and mother of three ferrets.
    • In this conversation, we discuss how and why she changed in those four years, the story of her courtship and marriage, and how it is difficult to choose a death when you know how people die these days.