Out of Curiosity with kt mather

Stefan & I talk elected office, chess & backgammon, internet dating, movies as wormholes to our pasts, plus a deep dive into hilarious, still relevant, cult classic, Kicking & Screaming (the 98% dialogue one, not the Will Farrell soccer romp).

BT and I chat about kitsch, Midnight Oil, a masculinity that draws us closer to humanity, Julia Roberts dancing to Brown Eyed Girl, using dark humor to cope with suffering, death, and Lester Bangs on Van Morrison's Astral Weeks.

This week, artist & professor Ann LePore and I talk online dating, synesthesia, sturgeon, college tuition rates, Jesus hands, what a truly pro-life world would look like and the 2006 dystopian film, Children of Men.

Writer, podcaster, and kid's craft maven Deb Gonzales & I discuss Vermont College, my social blunders, podcast production, the effects of Title IX, plus a deep dive into one of our faves--A League of Their Own--hope no one listening is on Team Kit.

Carpenter, cannabis farmer & podcast connoisseur Dennis Dougherty & I discuss the Philly, heating warehouse apartments, vegans & zoos, my job at the AK zoo, nude models, Jeff Lowenfels, plus a deep dive in Mentors by the hilarious & soulful Russell Brand.

Wes Sohn and I discuss the time in soccer I benched him for a half, why he fired me as his advisor, how music influenced his life path, the evolution of Korean cuisine on the world stage, plus a deep dive into the thought-provoking film, ex machina.

Ned Ide and I discuss boarding school life, the sage on the stage, cussing in job interviews, nontoxic masculinity, authenticity, institutional mortification, plus a deep dive into Ken Kesey's counterculture classic, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Gryffindor superstar, Kelly Spagnola, and I talk about the all-girls school, my ancestors, her procrastination, humor, the world of kids, the intimacy of music, vulnerability, nemeses, plus a deep dive into the controversy-causing Severus Snape.

Emma & I talk angling & adventuring, wheedling your way into a 5* resort, solo travel while female, rattlesnakes-bears-mountain lions, making art, toothbrush love + a deep dive into The Lobter: a tale of the absurdity of romance & mating.

Brent Hartinger and I talk VCFA, digital nomading, small town life, the internet (good? evil?), converting books to movies, writing against the rules, finding your tribe, work / life balance, + no deep dive into any particular book or movie cause why not?

BT and I talk Zuckerberg :: reptile, Notre Dame vs Tongass National Park, Tribe, old friends, Zuckerberg gullet deep in McConnell's guts like the fantastic Mr. Fox + Miranda July & Khaela Maricich on the Moon--it will fuck you up.

College pal, Carrie Sandvick and I discuss dorm life, scrabble & scattergories, kd lang, rugby, Seattle tech bros & their lap dances, career changes, nursing, my daughter's birth story + a deep dive into the thought provoking, hilarious, quote worthy movie 6 Degrees of Separation.

Mari Talkin and I first discuss Game of Thrones with spoilers, so if you want to skip that, go to 35 min. After that we chat about tough love teachers, boarding schools, preppers, the Mormon leader's LGBTQ fail, & Tara Westover's bananas memoir, Educated.

In episode 2 of Circle Back (the spin-off of Out of Curiosity with kt mather), Jenn Fiorini and I get back to chatting. We take a deep dive into the FANTASTIC tv show PEN15. Seriously, you gotta watch this show, I haven't laughed this hard in years!

Brooks Ryan (former JV midfielder & musical cowriter) and I chat about making and breaking rules, tech bros, youtube comments, my mistakes as a soccer coach, plus a deep dive into FOUR awesome climbing films: Free Solo, The Dawn Wall, Meru, and Lunag Ri.

Author and publisher, Jill Santopolo and I discuss work / work balance, emotional autobiography, discovering new authors, being an hotel heiress, plus a deep dive into the life & social contributions of the Notorious RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

My neighbor, Guthrie and I talk about the nearly incomprehensible movie Synecdoche, NY. It's an episode of questions--how do you make sense of a narrative, of this narrative, do you like any of these characters, does this movie make you think about death?

Kate Sjostrom and I discuss writing & teaching, Bard Institute for writing & thinking, a gay bar called The Glass Coffin, books as sacred objects, and we ask, Is f*ck a comma? Plus a deep dive into Rebecca Makkai's riveting novel, The Great Believers.

Nicole Valentine & I discuss her debut novel, A Time Traveler's Theory of Relativity, trees with doorknobs, grief, the wage gap, Sally Ride, writing when not writing, & Tom Skerrit's call sign in Top Gun. Plus a meandering dive into Contact and Arrival.

Roy Dean and I talk Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Andrew Yang & unemployed dudes, what's awesome & offensive about the creation myths in the Bible, and that time I have Roy his high school letters back. Plus a deep dive into Sex at Dawn & Tribe.

[FIXED] Rachel Grigorian & I talk permaculture, prairie chicken & raccoon, commodifying carbon sequestration, getting tricked by woodchucks & hosed by skunks, copper bullets, trade school v college, & a deep dive into Woodswoman, Wilding, & Twain's Feast.

Rachel Grigorian & I talk permaculture, prairie chicken & raccoon, commodifying carbon sequestration, getting outsmarted by woodchucks & hosed by skunks, copper bullets, trade school v college, and a deep dive into Woodswoman, Wilding, and Twain's Feast. 

Episode one of Circle Back, the spin-off from Out of Curiosity with kt mather—where we skip straight to talking about, in this case, a short story. Bill Tanner and I get back to chatting, this time about one of our faves How to Tell a True War Story.

Stefane Victor—friend and former student! We talk about our introductions to Beyonce, our mutual LOVE of The Color Purple, learning from your fears & regrets, and gymnastics. Then, a deep dive into Michelle Obama's wonderful and painful memoir, Becoming.

Brian Tijan and I discuss his many careers, lions, raccoons, loneliness, and my bathroom decor. We take a deep dive into the books Tribe and The Consuming Instinct. One of which makes a ton of sense and one of which reads like a domestic abuse handbook.