For a Living

Mike Winnick, aka DarfMike, is a host and commentator for the esports juggernaut, Counter Strike Global Offensive. Mike frequently Tweets here .  You can follow him on Instagram and see his very cute dog. Here's a cast he did a couple weeks ago and a video from one of his last studio events . For good measure, here are some of Sadokist's iconic lines .  This episode is brought to you by our friend...

Pedro Ferrer Miranda is the GM of Ferrer Miranda Wineries: Solar de Viejo, Valdubón, and Bodegas Vionta. Check out the Ferrer Miranda Wineries . Pedro suggests you try one wine from each of his three family wineries: Orube Selección de Familia , Valdubón X , and Vionta Albariño . Oh, and he endorses the Spielberg film, Warhorse ...as it relates to his work.  This episode is brought to you by our f...

Nickie Acero is the Director of Strategy and Impact at the Step Up Women's Network.  Nickie referred to and celebrates the works of: Patricia Hill Collins, Adrienne Marie Brown, and Gloria Anzaldua.  She urges you to check out Sonya Renee Taylor and The Ohm Center . Also Mona Chalabi ,  Evergreen Data , University Innovation Alliance , and Harvard's Strategic Data Project .  Step Up on the web. On...

I wouldn't want to take a sabbatical without telling y'all first. Here are the episodes I adore but did not get the listens they deserve: Justin Jackson (SaaS bootstrapper), Sam Tatel (companion to the elderly), Julie Stewart (ASUA), Dria Dore (dancer), Jason Danvir (firefighter), Hayden Holbert (sustainable farmer). Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon . List...

Drove Season 7 into the station in conversation with 3 For a Living Patrons: Bruce Field, Joe Ravesloot, and Jeff Stein. Bruce mentioned American Made  by Farah Stockman and Rough Draft by Katy Tur . Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon . Listen to the songs I composed and recorded about my guest on Season 7. Get in touch on Insta , Twitter , Facebook , or at...

This is a song about a podcast conversation I recorded with Berlin-based visual artist, Hannah Dougherty.  Lyrics - Daniel Lazar (and Dr. Seuss) Lead Vocal - Daniel Lazar Backing Vocals - Megan Fleming and Scott Robbin Guitar - Scott Robbin Bass - Marty Kondziolka Drums - Marty Kondziolka Produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Marty Kondziolka. Thanks Marty!! ★ Support this podcast on Patreo...

Hannah Dougherty is a Berlin-based visual artist with whom it is always a bona fide joy to be in conversation. Today is her birthday! Learn more about Hannah on her website , follow her on Instagram , and check out Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures .  Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon . Listen to the songs I...

Ben Kim is a kind soul, an internationally celebrated classical pianist, and a dear old friend.  You can follow Ben on Instagram and YouTube , keep up with him here , and enjoy more of his work here . Ben would have you explore the work of Fou T'Song , perhaps this piece . He also would urge you to listen Leon Fleisher's Brahms Piano Concertos .  Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show...

This track features Kevin Fleming on guitars, and backing vocal, Megan Fleming on vocal, and Marty Kondziolka on drums. It also features the John F. Kennedy High School Berlin Choir under the direction of Dr. Joseph Curtis. Produced by Brian Trahan. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Elina Akhmetova is a London-based dancer, choreographer, and teacher. She fosters a longform community practice that tends towards collective ecstasy. You can follow Lina on Instagram and see a clip of her at work here . She would have you explore... Pina Bausch’s Cafe Müller - The part between 11:11-16:20 changed the course of her life The Body Keeps the Score Ways of Being Together   Ghost and J...

Raised in Cornwall, residing in my building in Berlin, Scott Williams  DJ who takes listeners on phantasmagoric sonic adventures. Keep up with Scott's work on Mixcloud . I know he digs this set and this one . This one here is mighty groovy too.  Scott would have you watch the 2001 documentary Scratch for free on YouTube . He would also urge you to listen closely to Critical Beatdown by the Ultrama...

Scott Williams made this mix, a trip around the world, exclusively for this podcast. Wicked cool. Enjoy!   ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This song is a meditation on a podcast conversation with poet and professor, Joshua Weiner . The lyrics are a version of a Osip Mandelstam poem, translated by Weiner. It features Marty Kondziolka on drums, Mark Kondziolka on sax, and is produced by Brian Trahan . ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Poet and professor Joshua Weiner and I explore poetry and music, inspiration and translation, adventure and catharsis. Keep up with Josh on his website , on Twitter , and on Instagram . Pick up his new book Flight and Metamorphosis , a collection by the poet, dramatist, and Nobel laureate Nelly Sachs. The New York Times recommends it and so do I! Josh is on tour. Go see him live. Diver deeper into...

Poet and professor Joshua Weiner and I explore poetry and music, inspiration and translation, adventure and catharsis. Keep up with Josh on his website , on Twitter , and on Instagram . Pick up his new book Flight and Metamorphosis , a collection by the poet, dramatist, and Nobel laureate Nelly Sachs. The New York Times recommends it and so do I! Josh is on tour. Go see him live. Diver deeper into...

This less than masterful, whiskey-infused cover of the Dylan masterpiece is in dialogue with my conversation with conceptual artist and photographer, Sonya Naumann . Produced by Brian Trahan . ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sonya Naumann is a visual artist, photographer, professor, smartie pants and sweetie pie. The first time I met her she told me it's "Sonya, like lasagna". Still is. Explore Sonya's work at her website and follow her on Instagram . She recommends Dylan's Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie and advises me to dive deep with her pal Laurel Snyder . Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your su...

Brian Trahan is a music producer, audio engineer, and composer. He is also an accomplished pianist and singer. He is brings people together, obsesses with and for them, creates empathic spaces for deep listening, and spreads love. Learn more about Brian here and follow him on Instagram . Dive into Brian's music on Spotify or wherever you get music. You can also explore his artist playlist . Get in...

Brian Trahan is a music producer, audio engineer, and composer. He is also an accomplished pianist and singer. He is brings people together, obsesses with and for them, creates empathic spaces for deep listening, and spreads love. Learn more about Brian here and follow him on Instagram . Dive into Brian's music on Spotify or wherever you get music. You can also explore his artist playlist . Get in...

This song is a meditation a podcast conversation with the Berlin-based contemporary artist, Benjamin Rubloff . It features Marty Kondziolka on drums and is produced and mastered by Brian Trahan. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

My favorite contemporary artist joins me in conversation to launch this season devoted to the working lives of artists. Enjoy our discussion and stick around for the song I wrote about it. Learn more about Benjamin here and follow him on Instagram . Benjamin referenced: Tobias Wolff , Bill Evans , Richard Diebenkorn's Notes to Myself , Siri Hustvedt on Giorgio Morandi , Teju Cole on art and hope,...

Why the name change? What's on tap for Season 7? Will I sing a song about each episode? Guidance Counselor Tamara Faber, Chef Cortney Burns, and Concierge Julien G. are the three most listened to episodes. The rest of the Top Ten are: nurses Mike Mrozinski and Kayla Ming, mailman Eric Spencer, stripper Dria Dore, firefighter Jason Danvir, bootstrapper Justin Jackson, and ayahuasca spirit healer Jo...

The tables turn as yours truly anxiously and awkwardly fields questions from Bob Fenster, host of Bob's Just Asking. Bob is still asking. Dive into his discussions wherever you get podcasts . Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon . Get in touch on Insta , Twitter , Facebook , or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail [dot] com. Please hit that follow button and share...

3 Generations. 3 Countries. Podcast Patrons Susan Brown, Tony Demma, and Olivia Swarthout discuss the so-called work-life balance and how their cultures grapple with work. Don't miss this one! Here is Olivia's community project in Glasgow. Two books came up in conversation: The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living and Give People Money: How a Universal Basic I...

Comedian Madeline Rose Lazar joins me to walk through some highlights from the back half of Season 6. Dig our explorations of working lives? Please check out my Patreon and show your support. Hit that follow button and please share Studs with your people. Get in touch on Insta , Twitter , Facebook , or at StudsPod [at] gmail [dot] com. Want more Shanti Chu ? Dive into her philosophy videos on her...