Curious Kit

BLTN! - Better Late Than Never!

Education EN ↓ 25 episodes

Better Late Than Never! with Curious KitA podcast for artists, creatives, dreamers, and seekers. It’s never too late to chase your passions, rewrite your story, or leap into something new. From art and creativity to philosophy and personal growth, from Japan’s dojos to global culture shifts, BLTN! shares reflections that bridge boundaries and spark fresh perspectives. Each episode is part storytelling, part exploration, always reminding you that… YES! It is Better Late Than Never to start. Let’s start today.

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Curious Kit

Episodes

Humans Are Creators, Not Just Workers in the Machine + AI Anxiety, Ancient Instincts, and Returning to Nature Before We Forget Ourselves 06.05.2026 24:49

S2 E2 Hey Awesome you! In this episode, I talk about creativity, AI anxiety, and why I believe we need to double down on being human right now. As technology moves faster and the world feels increasingly uncertain, it is easy to fall into fear, apathy, or the feeling that we are powerless. But underneath all the noise, we are still human beings. We still need nature, rest, food, movement, connecti...

Returning After Perfectionism Trap, Finding X Terra, and Choosing Courage Over Fear + Nature, Nomad Dreams, and Remembering What Makes Us Feel Alive 03.05.2026 25:13

Welcome back!! Season 2 is here... ! ——— Hey Awesome you! Kit here. Thank you for being here, I really appreciate your time. Time is priceless. ——— Season 2 begins with a return. After a few months away, I’m back with a simple update that turned into something much bigger: perfectionism, nomad dreams, getting a 2009 Nissan Xterra, and trying to remember what actually makes us feel alive. In this e...

What Living in Japan Teaches You About Toilet Paper, Matcha Lattes, and Subtle Nuance + Living Abroad, Cultural Assimilation, and Learning the Rules Between the Lines 25.12.2025 1:08:26

Ep. 23 🤩 We welcome Amber from Amber Japan Travels in our first-ever invitation episode!! Please go support her: IG @amberjapantravels Threads @amberjapantravels ——— Hey Awesome you! Kit here. Thank you for being here, I really appreciate your time. Time is priceless. ——— As mentioned above, this is BLTN!’s first-ever invitation episode... and we welcome Amber from Amber Japan Travels!! Please go...

A Guide to Finding Your True Self With Child-like Joy and Honesty + Helping Others, Peeling the Onion of Identity and Stepping Off the Consumerist Loop 16.12.2025 1:01:25

Ep. 22 This episode is Part 3 of a 3 episode series on: “How to get off the proverbial treadmill of life and find our true selves” Hey Awesome you! Kit here. Thank you for being here, I really appreciate your time. Time is priceless. I hang out on Threads a lot these days… hope to see you there! 👉Threads ⁠@curiouskit7⁠ 👉IG ⁠@curiouskit7⁠ Here are my links: 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/curiouskit...

Life Beyond the Carrot and the Clock, Inertia of Survival, and Reclaiming the Only Moment That Exists + Mental Time Travel and Seeing Through the Illusion of “Falling Behind” 10.12.2025 30:32

Ep. 21 This episode is Part 2 of a 3 episode series on: “How to get off the proverbial treadmill of life and find our true selves” Hey Awesome you! Kit here. Thank you for being here, I really appreciate your time. Time is priceless. I hang out on Threads a lot these days… hope to see you there! 👉Threads @curiouskit7 👉IG @curiouskit7 Ep. 21 - Awesome Artist Introduction 🔥Liam Mangino Liam is an...

Escaping Bezos Cave and Getting Blinded by the Google Sun + Walking off the Hedonic Treadmill, Finding Yourself Again, and Choosing a Life That Finally Feels Like Your Own 05.12.2025 42:00

Ep. 20 This episode is Part 1 of 3 episode series on: "How to get off the proverbial treadmill of life and find our true selves" Hey Awesome you! Kit here. Thank you for being here, I really appreciate your time. Time is priceless. I hang out on Threads a lot these days… hope to see you there! 👉Threads & IG & YT @curiouskit7 Ep. 20 - Awesome Artist Introduction: 🔥Liam Mangino L...

Ancient Brains, Japan and Sensitivity, Creativity is Humanity’s Oldest Tech + Ki - Force Field, Cave Art to the Cult of AI Accelerationism and Fight Club 01.12.2025 1:02:30

Ep. 19 Hey Awesome you! Kit here. Thank you for being here, I really appreciate your time. Time is priceless. I hang out on Threads a lot these days… hope to see you there! 👉Threads & IG & YT @curiouskit7 Ep. 19 - Awesome Artist Introduction 🔥Tim Skula: Great sonic artist..! He is the composer behind the intro & outro tracks for this podcast. (Scroll down for their links)👇👇 —— In t...

Art of Not Belonging Anywhere But Self, Monthly Identity Crisis I Now Call Growth + Japan, US, Living with Multiple Cultural OS, and the Quiet Humor of Living Between Worlds 26.11.2025 50:18

Ep. 18 Hey Awesome you! Kit here. Thank you for being here, I really appreciate your time. Time is priceless. I hang out on Threads a lot these days… hope to see you there! 👉Threads & IG & YT @curiouskit7 Ep. 18 - Awesome Artist Introduction 🔥Tim Skula: Great sonic artist..! He is the composer behind the intro & outro tracks for this podcast. (Scroll down for their links)👇👇 —— In t...

Relentless Optimism, Xenophobia, and the Illusion of Division + Fear, Identity, and Seeing Humanity Beyond Imaginary Borders 22.11.2025 37:33

Ep. 17 Hey Awesome you! Kit here. Thank you for being here, I really appreciate your time. Time is priceless. I hang out on Threads a lot these days… hope to see you there! 👉Threads & IG & YT @curiouskit7 Ep. 17 - Awesome Artist Introduction 🔥Tim Skula: Great sonic artist..! He is the composer behind the intro & outro tracks for this podcast. (Scroll down for their links)👇👇 —— In t...

Musashi the Vagabond, Ukiyo, and the Calm at the Bottom of the Water + Rising Anxiety, History’s Echoes, and the Need To Zoom Out 21.11.2025 33:26

Ep. 16 Hey Awesome you! Kit here. Thank you for being here, I really appreciate your time. Time is priceless. I hang out on Threads a lot these days… hope to see you there! 👉Threads & IG & YT @curiouskit7 Ep. 15 - Awesome Artist Introductions 🔥Tim Skula: Great sonic artist..! He is the composer behind the intro & outro tracks for this podcast. (Scroll down for their links)👇👇 —— In...

The Power of Being Grateful and Hedonic Adaptation + and the Things We Think We Need, Loneliness in Tokyo, and Identity As Habits 20.11.2025 25:29

Ep. 15 Hey Awesome you! Kit here. Thank you for being here, I really appreciate your time. Time is priceless. I hang out on Threads a lot these days… hope to see you there! 👉Threads & IG & YT @curiouskit7 Ep. 15 - Awesome Artist Introductions 🔥Tim Skula: Great sonic artist..! He is the composer behind the intro & outro tracks for this podcast. (Scroll down for their links)👇👇 —— In...

Nomad Life, Nationality, and the Fragile Idea of Home + The Universal Language of Art, and the Courage To Begin Again 19.11.2025 20:37

Ep. 14 Hey Awesome you! Kit here. Thank you for being here, I really appreciate your time. Time is priceless. I hang out on Threads a lot these days… hope to see you there! 👉Threads & IG & YT @curiouskit7 Ep. 14 - Awesome Artist Introductions 🔥Tim Skula: Great sonic artist..! He is the composer behind the intro & outro tracks for this podcast. (Scroll down for their links)👇👇 —— Aft...

Paralysis by Analysis, Resistance, and The War of Art + Time as Spiral and Better Late Than Never as Philosophy in Daily Routine 27.09.2025 29:59

Ep. 13 Hey Awesome you! Kit here. Thank you for being here, I really appreciate your time. Time is priceless. I hang out on Threads a lot these days… hope to see you there! 👉Threads & IG & YT @curiouskit7 Ep. 13 - Awesome Artist Introductions 🔥Soulface: Soulface is a great visual artist based in NY. @love_soulface 🔥Tim Skula: Great sonic artist..! He is the composer behind the intro &am...

The Mystery of Intuition, Picasso's Daily Practice + Back Pain vs Honoring the Creative Calling 15.09.2025 12:01

Ep. 12 Hey Awesome you! Kit here. Thank you for being here, I really appreciate your time. Time is priceless. I hang out on Threads a lot these days… hope to see you there! 👉Threads & IG & YT @curiouskit7 Ep. 12 - Awesome Artist Introductions 🔥Soulface: Soulface is a great visual artist based in NY. @love_soulface 🔥Tim Skula: Great sonic artist..! He is the composer behind the intro &am...

Hunter, Gatherer, and Modern DNA in the Matrix of Comfort + The Monk’s Bell, Baraka, and the Nomad Within 07.09.2025 10:24

Ep. 11 Hey Awesome you! Kit here. Thank you for being here, I really appreciate your time. Time is priceless! I hang out on Threads a lot these days… hope to see you there! 👉Threads & IG & YT @curiouskit7 Ep. 11 - Awesome Artist Introductions 🔥Tim Skula: Great sonic artist..! He is the composer behind the intro & outro tracks for this podcast. 🔥Johnny D. Germano: He is a great visua...

Free Your Mind, Neo… Our Life as an Avatar in the Matrix + The Present Moment Is Eternal and Sandbox Fractals at 30,000 Feet 01.09.2025 48:52

Ep. 10 Hey, Awesome you! Kit here. Thank you for being here, I really appreciate your time. Time is priceless! I hang out on Threads a lot these days… hope to see you there! Threads & IG & YT👉 @curiouskit7 Ep. 10 - Artists Introductions 🔥Tim Skula: Great sonic artist..! He is the composer behind the intro & outro tracks for this podcast. 🔥Johnny D. Germano: He is a great visual arti...

Art vs Commerce, Creative Freedom & Integrity, and the Amphitheater Before Spotify + Staying Present at 40mph and Doing Shadow Work in Art 29.08.2025 41:08

Ep. 9 Hey, Awesome you! Kit here. Thank you for being here, I really appreciate your time. Time is priceless! I hang out on Threads a lot these days… hope to see you there! Threads & IG & YT @curiouskit7 Ep. 9 - Artist Introduction: Johnny D. Germano: He is a great visual artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Also an awesome surfer/snowboarder!! Tim Skula: Great sonic artist..! He is the composer...

The Power of Now, Collapsing Timelines, and Letting Go of Regret + Impressionists Were Kinda Punk Rock and How Art Can Rot Inside Artists 25.08.2025 35:15

Ep. 8 Hey Awesome you! Kit here. Thank you for being here, I really appreciate your time. Time is Priceless! I hang out on Threads a lot these days... hope to see you there! Threads & IG & YT @curiouskit7 Ep. 8 - Artist Introduction: Johnny D. Germano: He is a great Visual Artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Also an awesome surfer/snowboarder!! (Scroll down for his link)👇👇 ------------- In thi...

Invisible Borders, Original VR, and Anthony Bourdain + Playing Baseball on a Football Field as Rubber Bands Snap Back 21.08.2025 34:14

Ep. 7 - BLTN! Shorts 1 - I dedicate this episode to Anthony Bourdain - Also Aleks D, who encouraged me to release this episode. (yes, perfectionism and self doubt if you know lol) Hey Awesome you! Kit here. Thank you for being here, I really appreciate your time. Time is priceless. (Intro & outro by Tim Skula - amazing sonic artist & cool dude… scroll down for his links) In this episode of...

Art as a Mirror, Perfectionism vs. Flow, and Gen X on a Knife’s Edge + Japan’s Practical Dreamers, H. Miyazaki’s Quiet Warnings, and Who Saved Who on Planet Earth 19.08.2025 1:07:51

Episode 6 Hey awesome you! Kit here. Thank you for stopping by... it means the world to me. I appreciate your time, as time is priceless! Here are my links.. I hang out on Threads a lot these days... hope to see you there! CURIOUS KIT: https://linktr.ee/curiouskit7 Threads & IG & YT @curiouskit7 Ep. 6 Artist Introduction: Tim Skula (Intro & outro by Tim - amazing sonic artist & coo...

Philosopher King, Virtual Civilization, and How to Live As Artists in the Age of AI + the Dalai Lama, Voltaire's El Dorado, and Let Your Art Travel 14.08.2025 1:07:54

Ep. 5 Artist Introduction: Tim Skula (Intro & outro by Tim - amazing sonic artist & cool dude: scroll down for link) Hey, awesome you! Kit here. Thank you for stopping by... it means the world to me. Appreciate your time, as time is priceless! In this Episode of BLTN!, I dive into the timelessness of art = creativity and the fundamental blind spots of our civilization. And yes, the hot and...

Creativity, Gratitude, and What Intelligence Really Means + Honesty, Plato, and the Secrets of the Universe 09.08.2025 54:42

Ep. 4 Hey awesome you! Thank you for stopping by.. it means the world to me! In this episode of Better Late Than Never! I explore why creativity is the most overlooked yet vital human faculty and how it is the foundation of our civilization. I also share about how gratitude - paired with radical honesty - can help us transform our lives. We wander through Plato’s realm of forms and theory of ideas...

Mental Judo, Identity Crisis, and the Comeback Artist + Pls Talk to your APES 05.08.2025 1:01:11

Ep. 3 In this 3rd episode, I open up about what it really means to return to creativity at 46, after a decade-long hiatus. From my childhood art classes in Yokohama to American subcultures of the 90s, from skater culture, hiphop, hc/punk/metal shows, also my own band, coffee house gigs playing acoustic guitar + harmonica, and economic studies to battling perfectionism, procrastination, and identit...

“This One Lie Almost Took Me Out....The Truth We Forget, and Why TODAY is a GIFT!" 01.08.2025 42:46

Ep. 2 “ This One Lie Almost Took Me Out....The Truth We Forget, and Why TODAY is a GIFT! ” Welcome to my Podcast... it's unedited, just me talking about life and our relationship with it. I didn’t plan to get this deep, but here we are... Got a bit emotional, too...for a good reason. If you are having a rough day... feeling lost or stuck in life, or looking to start over...this episode is for...

THE BEGINNING! 31.07.2025 29:12

Ep. 1 Hey everyone! Thank you for stopping by! Welcome to my little corner of the internet, where we dive in on how to live a fulfilling life! On this introductory episode, I rumble about Philosophy, Quantum Physics, Procrastination, Perfectionism, Art, Japan, and a burger joint in Tokyo...! Wherever you are, and whoever you are.. Remember.. IT'S BETTER LATE THAN NEVER! Join me, as I explore t...