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Podcast: Play in new window | Download “I wanted to quit playing music because it grates on me, in a way.” Musician and front man from the band Van Stee, Charlie Van Stee, talks about trying to keep collaboration equal when the band is named after him. Charlie talks about working with musicians and a […]
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download “You can never be good at parenting all the time.” Broadcast journalist Mary Lahammer talks about journalism as a family business. She shares some of the personal relationships that inform how and why she reports on various issues. And Mary talks about the lack of separation between life […]
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download “When the Forbes list of the 100 richest people comes out there aren’t journalists on there.” Journalist Rick Ellis talks about his checkered career path that has included stand-up comedy, journalism, radio, television, and running his own entertainment journalism website. He talks about how much he has always enjoyed […]
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download “I hate to be categorized as a thing.” Artist Peter Haakon Thompson talks about not wanting to bedefined by any one element of his work or life. He talks about going from a focus on photography to wanting to broaden out what he calls his art practice. And […]
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download “I’m amazed at how neurotic and superficial I am about my kid.” New mother to an 18 week old daughter Jacquie Fuller talks about how having worked in radio for several years prepared her for the lack of sleep that comes with new parenthood. She talks about the […]
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download “You slap a wig on me, I’ll talk to you all day!” Actors Emily and Josh Jabas talk about how theater is what brought them to one another and the challenges parenthood has presented in trying to continue making theater. Josh and Emily talk about how sharing a […]
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download “I consider myself the uber-listener.” Minnesota Public Radio Program Director Steve Nelson talks about the changing world of public radio and the job of being an “Uber-Producer.” He talks about launching MPR’s music station, The Current, eight years ago and how that opportunity helped bring him to […]
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download “No matter how fast you’re moving, you’re always two hours behind.” Video and Film-maker Justin Staggs talks about how many years of long hours spent shooting and editing videos prepared him for the long-term sleep deprivation of parenthood. He talks about using the family camcorder as a […]
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download “I feel like I’m raising dangerous boys.” Metal worker Marlaine Cox talks about how she got into working with metal and sculpture. She talks about being the odd maker and builder of the family and how that showed itself early on. And Marlaine talks about creating how own […]
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download “I never really had any other career path.” Writer and editor Ira Brooker talks about the difference between working as a corporate copy writer and writing about entertainment. He talks about trying to make freelance writing his full time job. And Ira talks about the value he got […]
