Episodes
2 days ago
2 days ago
NASA's Kat Kennedy returns to the show. She shares her experience working in Mission Control and upcoming Artemis program to return to the moon. How does someone at NASA partake in eclipse activities? What's the protocol for taking home old NASA pictures or memorabilia just lying around? What skills has she learned and have proved valuable? How can we all benefit from resilience and finding humor in life? Rich's cat interrupts the recording several times out of curiosity (or intention?). What can we notice from animal communication?
**Thoughts and opinions are Kat's and not NASA**
4 days ago
331. Software Engineers are Heroes
4 days ago
4 days ago
Over the past few years, I've been mildly obsessed and overly fascinated by the ease of transactions and payment processes through software and technology. From boarding airplanes to sports games to concerts my mind's been blown with how easy and quick people are moving. Software engineers have built the present and will build the future—a future we can all benefit from. I just want to express my gratitude.
5 days ago
330. Guided Reflection: Session 15
5 days ago
5 days ago
By taking deliberate time for our self and answering simple questions about life, it'll increase our clarity and awareness. It'll help us become more precise in our actions, which will save us time & energy and enhance our experience.
Questions from this weekly guided reflection session:
1. What're we grateful for?
2. What's a recent interaction with an animal we've had? What did we observe in its movement and communication?
3. What's something we don't enjoy but in a recent moment we felt relief completing or doing it?
4. Pause and listen. How many sounds do we hear? What are the sounds?
5. What do we want to give our attention to today?
6. When was the last time we felt relief during a day? What were we doing? Was weather a factor? What was the space like? What were we wearing?
7. What's a feeling we'd like to experience more? Who are some music artists or songs that align with that feeling?
8. What're we energized for today?
Wednesday May 08, 2024
329. Writing Tour Recap with Felipe Hernandez (Los Angeles, New York, & Miami)
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Rich recaps his writing tour with Felipe Hernandez. He's working on a book series called "Nuance & Notes," involving designs on building facades in different cities. Recorded in Rich's apartment, they play a slideshow of photos from Los Angeles, New York, & Miami) and discuss the cities, activities, highlights, & friends.
Monday May 06, 2024
328. Fashion Observations of Paris, New York, LA, Chicago, WI, & Miami
Monday May 06, 2024
Monday May 06, 2024
We're influenced by our environment. We take on the values, behaviors, actions and even fashion of the people around us! To demonstrate, let's share observations from our recent travels to London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Wisconsin, & Miami.
Sunday May 05, 2024
327. Guided Reflection: Session 14 at the Field Museum
Sunday May 05, 2024
Sunday May 05, 2024
By taking deliberate time for our self and answering simple questions about life, it'll increase our clarity and awareness. It'll help us become more precise in our actions, which will save us time & energy and enhance our experience.
Recorded at the Field Museum in Chicago
Questions from this session:
1. What's our favorite place that grounds and centers us?
2. What're we grateful for?
3. What's one thing that's gotten us more interested in science & technology?
4. What's a smell/scent that brings us instantly back to a particular memory in our life?
5. What's a recent moment that brought us pride and gratitude for the effort we put in?
6. Where we live, what impression do people on the outside have of it? What characteristics, icons, or big events have shaped culture?
7. Where do we grocery shop? Why do we prefer that place and what characteristics do we like about it?
8. What's one thing we can do to live healthier?
Wednesday May 01, 2024
326. Breaking Down "Donnie Darko" & Meaning with Gigi Flores
Wednesday May 01, 2024
Wednesday May 01, 2024
Gigi Flores returns for our third installment of breaking down iconic films and analyzing elements of writing and storytelling through visual art. Our previous film selections were older classics "Taxi Driver" and "The Shining." We went more recent with "Donnie Darko." Together we work through questions we had and dive into meaning of the action on film.
Monday Apr 29, 2024
325. "We're the Equal of Five" Concept
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Monday Apr 29, 2024
The concept that we're equal to the five people we interact with most came up in several recent conversations. Let's explore it more.
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
324. Guided Reflection: Session 13 at the Art Institute of Chicago
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
By taking deliberate time for our self and answering simple questions about life, it'll increase our clarity and awareness. It'll help us become more precise in our actions, which will save us time & energy and enhance our experience.
Recorded at the Art Institute of Chicago member lounge.
Questions from this session:
1. How have we been sleeping?
2. Under $200, what's the best investment we've made in the last year?
3. What're we grateful for?
4. What's the busiest time of year for us in our life or profession? Do we handle it well? How can we better prepare?
5. What's a collective activity we can do with other people without our phones?
6. What's something we're energized for this summer?
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
Marine biologist Bryce Gunning returns to the show. We talk animal communication and research, space exploration and the wonderful curiosity of where the human species can continue to grow, the progress of technology both big and small, and finding inspiration & beauty in the small and mundane. Rich recorded outside in Miami and his iPhone got too hot from the sun that it had to cool off for a bit. The recording kept going and he rejoined seamlessly. We dissected what happened and the technology.