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Be More Ridiculous (or Why a Squirrel Census is a Guide for Life) with Rob Walker Nov 27, 2024

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After a quick update about the future of TBAS with Zak, he welcomes back Rob Walker, who shares intriguing advice on embracing ridiculousness in minute ways. The conversation explores how such absurd activities can bring joy and creativity to daily life.

Rob Walker is a journalist covering design, technology, business, the arts, and other subjects. He was last on TBAS walking and talking about Looking Up. He writes the BRANDED column for Fast Company and has contributed to The New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Atlantic, NewYorker.Com, Design Observer, The Organist, and many others. His latest book is The Art of Noticing (Knopf). He is on the faculty of the Products of Design MFA program at the School of Visual Arts.

Read Rob's piece about the Squirrel Census on his Substack. - https://robwalker.substack.com/

The Vox piece which inspired Rob, The unexpected joy of the Squirrel Census.

https://www.thesquirrelcensus.com/

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Finding Grace Inside Political Chaos with Sarah-Marie Hopf Nov 21, 2024

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Sarah-Marie Hopf shares advice on how we can cultivate a mindset of goodness, even in the face of overwhelming political frustration. After the recent election, a lot us feel cynical and angry, but Sarah-Marie shares powerful insights on how to shift our perspective. She suggests how we might find goodness in ourselves and others, even when confronted by figures or actions we deeply disagree with. Sarah-Marie reflects on her own evolution, from judgment and anger to embracing nuance, compassion, and the possibility of positive change. This episode is a must-listen for anyone seeking to respond with more grace and clarity in today’s polarized world.

Sarah-Marie is a developmental coach, facilitator, and mindfulness teacher working to help unlock our full humanity in how we live, lead, and relate in service to a more beautiful and just future. She’s German/American and currently lives in Asheville, NC. You can learn more about her work @ https://www.sarahmariehopf.com/

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Turn An Annoying Experience Into One That Can Bring You a Little Bit of Joy with Matteo Treviño Nov 13, 2024

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Matteo Trevino is a relatively slow and not so great driver from San Antonio, Texas.

Here's a Honk if You're a Silly Goose bumpersticker from Etsy.

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The Vote is Precious with John Lewis, Susan B. Anthony, Barack Obama, Alan Moore and My Daughter Nov 05, 2024

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An election-themed rerun from November, 2020.

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Why Asking For Advice Can Be a Gift To Remember with Shreya Sharma Oct 30, 2024

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Shreya Sharma (she/her) is a writer and does marketing, PR, and outreach for Tink Media. Read and listen to her piece, 30 Sounds of my 30th Birthday at her Substack. - https://shreyasaudioaffairs.substack.com/p/30-sounds-of-my-30th-birthday

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Flipped Out with Murf Meyer, Chris Gethard and Matt Mayer Oct 23, 2024

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This story originally aired on the Snap Judgment radio show and podcast. This is “Flipped Out!

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The original score for this story was by Renzo Gorrio. It was produced by Zak Rosen with help from John Fecile. You can find all of Snap Judgment’s many years of excellent episodes and stories at SnapJudgement.org. You can also listen to Snap Judgment on any podcast platform!

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You can listen to Murf Meyer's show, Self Medicated: Weekly Dose and Chris Gethard’s Beautiful/Anonymous and New Jersey Is the World wherever you get your podcasts.

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Opposite Costanza Marketing with Steve Pratt (and George Costanza) Oct 16, 2024

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Steve Pratt is the author of Earn It: Unconventional Strategies for Brave Marketers and the founder of The Creativity Business, which offers consulting, workshops, and keynotes to help companies develop differentiated content, marketing, and messaging that earns attention.

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Counterintuitive Advice for Seeking and Offering Apologies with Susan Shapiro Oct 09, 2024

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Susan Shapiro is the author of The Forgiveness Tour: How To Find the Perfect Apology. She's an award-winning writer and professor, freelances for the NY Times, Washington Post, WSJ, LA Times, NY Magazine, Salon, Elle, Oprah, Wired & New Yorker online. She's the bestselling author/coauthor of 18 books her family hates like Five Men Who Broke My Heart, Lighting Up, Unhooked, The Bosnia List and her recent memoir The Forgiveness Tour. She lives with her scriptwriter husband in Manhattan and uses her writing/publishing guides The Book Bible and Byline Bible to teach her wildly popular "instant gratification takes too long" courses at The New School, NYU, Columbia University and in private classes & seminars - now online.

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The Perfect Road Trip Game for Music Nerds with Bonny Doon Sep 30, 2024

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Detroit's Bonny Doon is Bill Lennox, Bobby Colombo, Colson Miller and Jake Kmiecik. They play a lot of Radio Baseball when they're on tour in a city near you.

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How to Be Alone with Kristen Meinzer and Jolenta Greenberg Aug 20, 2024

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How to Be Fine is half advice show, half cultural critique, and one wild ride through the world of wellness. Join podcast besties Kristen Meinzer and Jolenta Greenberg as they dissect the inner workings of the betterment industry - and offer up some advice along the way. Their goal? To help get you a little closer to fine.

In a prior episode of HTBF, Jolenta and Kristen talked with Dr. Jeremy Nobel, author of Project Unlonely, about how to enjoy time alone. In this episode, they try some of Dr. Nobel's tips on for size, while recording themselves.

Subscribe to How to Be Fine wherever you listen to TBAS!

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