Episode 17 - Cristina Romagnoli
Finding My Quiet Place
After a 2-hour, 100-mile, early morning motorcycle ride, I sat with Cristina Romagnoli at a pavilion by Lake Apopka and talk with her about how she quiets her mind, and finds mental stillness.
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Episode 16 - Melissa Wiggins
Finding My Quiet Place
Melissa's son Cannon was 20 months old when he was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer, at the time she was 38 weeks pregnant with twin boys.
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Episode 15 - Cole NeSmith
Finding My Quiet Place
Actor, musician, public speaker and creator of Orlando's "Immerse" festival, Cole NeSmith brings his usual calming perspective to Finding My Quiet Place.
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Episode 14 - Christie Miga
Finding My Quiet Place
Christie Miga is a teacher and artist in Orlando. She is trained in experiential learning, and is happy to be instructing middle-school students.
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Episode 13 - Phil Hoffman
Finding My Quiet Place
Get to know Phil Hoffman and learn about how he settles himself down when he's 'agitated'.
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Episode 12 - Evan Miga
Finding My Quiet Place
Meet Evan Miga, lover of robots. A self-described tinkerer, Evan spends his spare time building things — mostly robots — in his garage workshop.
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Episode 11 - Brendan Byrne
Finding My Quiet Place
We sit down with Brendan L Byrne, reporter for 90.7 WMFE in Orlando, and talk about why his quiet place is in the back of his house, making craft beer.
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Episode 10 - Commissioner Patty Sheehan
Finding My Quiet Place
Patty Sheehan, the first openly-gay City Commissioner in Central Florida, takes time out of her busy re-election campaign to talk about the importance of quiet time.
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Episode 9 - Adam Scheinberg
Finding My Quiet Place
In this week's episode, we get to know self-described serial volunteer and self-taught musician Adam Scheinberg. He talks about how he quiets his mind, and the importance of arts and music education.
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Episode 8 - Kirt Earhart
Finding My Quiet Place
Co-owner of Maxine's On Shine, a popular restaurant in the Colonialtown South neighborhood of downtown Orlando, Kirt Earhart makes the job look easy.
info_outlineThis week's conversation is with Jamie Joyce, founder and CEO of the Society Library, and the Internet Government.
Here's how she describes her mission on www.InternetGovernment.org:
"The Internet Government is a platform created to represent ideas themselves. We’re looking to create a better process for policy-making, and by better we mean more objective, more transparent, & more inclusive. We mean a more rigorous process in the pursuit of truth, for everyone’s benefit. It’s politics without the politics - and without the politicians."
That's clearly a tall order, and she's decided that this will be her life's work. Benjamin Franklin is her idol / hero, and when I photographed her in her quiet place, she had a bust of him on her desk, which is what is in focus in the cover art for this podcast.
In this conversation, we talk about the power of making things — especially making things for others; and also, the importance of reading, and what an amazing object a book is, and how she's built this philosophy into her company culture.
She goes to Burning Man regularly, and makes art and other stuff using everything from 3D printers to particle accelerators (listen to the podcast for details).
Her recommendations for new and interesting content...
MeaningWave by Akira The Don:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsoiSpBvkr4Y-78Pj3recUw