Lauren Napolitano | Handmade Stories ( Painting, Murals, Heritage, Tattoo, Nepal, Peyote )
Release Date: 10/06/2020
Yvette Young | Everything At Once
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The amazing multi talented multidisciplinary artist/musician Yvette Young joins me for a long conversation about life & creativity. I feel so lucky to make friends like her through this podcast. You will love this one, strap in!
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Daniel Shankin | What's So Hard About Psychedelic Integration?
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Daniel Shankin of Tam Integration stops by the Nod and we have a blast!
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Ashe | Being Joy In Times Of Sorrow
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Ashe & I discuss the bizarre experience of her musical career exploding in the middle of a global pandemic, her love of songwriting, staying mentally healthy as a public figure, the mind fuck of hit singles & so much more.
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Stephanie Lepp | Deep Fakes & High Hopes
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In late September Stephanie Lepp and I had a great conversation about her Deep Reckonings project, the concept of making room for people to change, the value of accountability & apologies in our polarized society and how art has the power to create the world we want to see.
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Izzy Fontaine | Music, Memes & Meaning
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Musician, producer & instagram meme lord; Izzy Fontaine and I talk about shifting from a life on the road to being more studio bound, focusing on technology and how to interact with it creatively, memes and humor as a means of connection, healing trauma through therapy and self reflection, psychedelic experiences and more.
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Jimi Forever | Grief Is A Mirror Of Love
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This soloish episode is a tribute to my best buddy Jimi who we unfortunately had to say goodbye to on 11/6.
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Greg & Dana Newkirk ( Of Hellier ) | Going Weird Full-Time
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Greg and Dana Newkirk (Hellier, Planet Weird, The Traveling Museum of the Paranormal & Occult) come get strange with me on the Nod. (Recorded In Jan )
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Ramin & Colin Vs The Nazis Of Zoom (Patreon Preview)
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Artist, Comedian, Podcaster Ramin Nazer and I attempted to do a live call in show. Instead we got Zoom-Bombed by Nazis. We then moved the party over to instagram live for an epic 3.5 hour chat about everything and nothing. There was game of thrones scotch, bong hits, conspiracy theory, trivia and lots of laughs.
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Rania Woodard (of LANNDS) | Inward and Upwards
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Rania Woodard is the singer/founder of the amazing Jacksonville based psych pop duo LANNDS.
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Esao Andrews | Haunted Universe
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Esao Andrews is a great friend of mine ,one of my all time favorite artists & responsible for every Circa Survive album cover to date. Beyond his massive fine art career as an oil painter he has painted murals all over the world, done 30+ covers for the Vertigo Comic Book series "House Of Mystery", as well as dozens of designs for skateboard companies Deathwish & Baker.
info_outlineOne of my favorite artists, Lauren Napolitano joins the Nod this week! Lauren works in a multitude of mediums on a multitude of surfaces. Whether it's a drawing on paper or object, a mural on a wall or a tattoo on someone's skin ; everything Lauren makes is beautiful, unique & full of its' own inborn magic.
This conversation took place back in November of 2019. While this seems like a lifetime ago in current events, this episode is deeply relevant especially those who find themselves called to the artist's path.
We touch on everything from the challenges of nomadic muralist life, cultivation of style, working with at risk youth, creating the mural festival POW WOW Nepal, leveraging one's art to make a positive impact on communities, the benefit of therapy, Lauren's experiences with Peyote and other psychedelic medicines and a lot more.
Lauren's Bio fro her website :
"My work is about celebrating the handmade and the imperfections that come along with it. I am incredibly influenced by my mother's Mexican heritage and I lean heavily on these ancestors as I create and gather inspiration. Much of what I create falls between the themes of being surrounded/supported or the symbiotic energy/movement between every living organism. Earth and sky, life and death, love and sorrow, I explore these connections through invented pattern and symbology in order to find balance, growth and healing."
Lauren has a beautiful brand new print available now in her shop!
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