People Pleaser with Austin Archer

Another solo jam from Austin. This time he's talking about the proliferation of propaganda. Particularly a deep dive on David Ayer's film End of Watch, and why movies like this can be detrimental to the conversations around real life incidents of police violence like the recent shooting of Jacob Blake.

It's the most popular social app in the world, home to dance trends, and all things gen z, and it's also the fastest growing platform for indie artists and content creators to become discovered. But it also might be American public enemy number one according to the Trump administration. Popular TikTokker London Laz is driving his #tiktokfamous Tesla into the blanket fort to talk TikTok, and to mak...

Independent business owner, yoga and meditation instructor, filmmaker, and former professional dancer Mel Mah stops by the actual blanket fort (no Zoom this week) to have a socially distanced chat about living a life full of abundance. How learning to recognize the abundance that already exists in one's life, can lead to increased abundance and over-all satisfaction with what is. We are getting sp...

As COVID-19 infection rates continue to surge across America, a justifiably alarmed workforce of teachers and school workers are doing all they can to ensure the safety of their students, their families, and themselves. 

Dave Mortensen has been leading a recent online campaign seeking accountability from a very successful community theatre in Sandy, Utah. A theatre who has a long history of under-paying staff and artists while making a killing at the top. We're going to closely examine the current concerns surrounding this company as a means to discuss the larger issue of artist exploitation, and why artists and d...

During this unprecedented pause in production for professional theatre houses across the country and across the world, the wider community of BIPOC theatre artists are asking for long over-due change when it comes to our practices around diversity and representation. Latoya Cameron zooms in to the blanker fort to discuss the ways in which we've been falling short, and the hope for ways we can impr...

A look at the fallacy of making decisions based on the fear of perceived slippery slopes. Also a preview of my new single Sweet Rejection! Available everywhere Friday 7/17!

Two friends having a long over-due conversation about their differing experiences growing up, and how this relates to the current conversation around race in America.

The guest this week is anonymous for reasons we can't specify. But she's a very special person and friend, and we'll be talking about alcoholism, sobriety, and the process of recovery!

Natural selection has all but seen to it that all surviving bloodlines would have the ability to adapt. So in a society where everyone is capable of adaptation, perhaps learning to adapt well and even enjoy the process is the way to stay competitive. Sammy Zahn is in the blanket fort this week via Zoom to chat about her design and organization company Simply Sam and all the ways that her adaptabil...

Finding the ability to allow yourself to be uncomfortable is really hard. I should know. I suck at it. Being able to sit in the discomfort of uncertainty, of being wrong, of losing, of not knowing what to do next. These are all things I'm trying hard not to suck at. So here's a bit on that, with a sneaky surprise baked in at the end. Back next week with a brand new full episode with a great guest!...

What does personal accountability look like? What's the difference between punishing yourself and truly holding yourself accountable from a place of love and resolving to try to do better?

Pat Williams is back in the fort! and this time we are unpacking all of our guilty pleasures just for your entertainment. Is this what you want? Is it? Is it?? 

Devin Rey Barney AKA "Sequoia" stops by the blanket fort to discuss the glamorous, decadent, dramatic, and extravagant world of drag. From the mainstream emergence of Rupaul's Drag race, to the avant garde club scenes, we spill as much T as we can fit into a single podcast episode!

Depression and Anxiety are kind of the tentpoles of mental illness. The OG's. The standards. They seem to be almost universal conditions that everyone experiences to some degree or other. And lately, with global uncertainty and a pandemic that continues to wreak havoc on our species they seem to be on the rise. So is doing something as simple as talking about them going to have any significant eff...

What is free will and do you have it? And would you even know if you didn't? And can we prove it one way or another? Probably not, but you should know by now that won't stop us from trying. All this and more on this all new episode featuring podcast favorite John Lane!!

The first (and possibly last) live recording of People Pleaser straight from the belly of the blanket fort in the middle of the apocalypse. Featuring the ever-elusive, the unbeatable, the indomitable Mary F*#king Neville talking all things quarantine! PLUS some special bonus content tacked onto the end of this audio version!

Friend and fellow songsmith Sam Burton stops by to talk about his personal journey with songwriting. Hopefully the exploration of a specific form of expression can serve as a view into larger, more expansive themes? I don't know. Maybe not. But he plays his latest single live and it's really good!

What's the best way to make sure a day job doesn't feel like a prison sentence keeping you from your true calling? Well Sarah Walker has some insights on that. Even though many people are out of work right now, we will surely be back to work in a matter of weeks, so what kind of mindset will we bring with us when we return to our day jobs? 

New friend and Neuroscientist Daniel Calderón Sanchez lets Austin in on the current state of brain science covering the things we know, and speculating about the things we hope to know in the future!

Austin invites singer-songwriter, guitarist extraordinaire, and experimental outsider artist Nick Neihart into the blanket fort to talk about art that falls left of center, the avant grade, the fringe, the experimental. Is it any good? Does it take talent to make it? What do YOU think of Outsider Art? Also, unrelated, but um... is it the end of the world?

Super duper best friends Chris (Chrissy Bear) Bjornn and Austin Archer set out to tackle the emo-artsy kid dream of starting their very own band and taking on the indie music scene ten years ago. They failed miserably to garner any kind of commercial success, but had a whole hell of a lot of fun writing a bunch of kick ass songs. Here's that story.

A little something new today. It's just me. Talking about a few things that are on my mind this week. PLUS a super secret bonus surprise at the end of the episode!!

Life seems to have a relentless need to drop in and interrupt our little routines, our plans, our innocent still moments. In this episode Lisandra Archer takes a break from her SoCal vacation to have a chat in the blanket fort about how to deal with life's many changes and ride the waves of even the most menacing of storms. 

The thrilling conclusion of this very special two-part brotherly episode!