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Joining me, is a brand new guest and an artist in New Jersey, Kristen Steindl! Kristen is also fellow member of the Creative Impact Academy, which is where we met. And on this episode, we talk about the Creative Impact Academy (CIA), her creative background, types of art shows we focus on, her inspirations and becoming a full-time artist again. —————————————————————— 00:01:38 DUNE Part 2 00:02:55...

Easily, one of my favorite guests, Nicole Acey, artist and educator, makes her fourth appearance on the pod! We talk about teaching art classes, staying inspired, legos, Nicole’s opinions on AI creations, global awareness, Neuralink, bettering our education system, and so much more! —————————————————————— 00:02:42 About Last Week . 00:18:56 NEW Gamer’s microphone . 00:25:07 The Lost Art Vendor . 0...

Anime’s greatest loss, inappropriate robots, the budget per NETFLIX Avatar episode, The Crow remake, X-MEN ’97, Shogun, overcoming creative anxiety; these are the topics I talk about on this episode. —————————————————————— 00:01:32 THANK YOU to new Youtube subscribers | 00:03:32 RIP to the Anime GOAT, Akira Toriyama | 00:10:03 A 'male' humanoid robot inappropriately touches a female reporter | 00:...

Here we are with the second half of the intelligent and insightful, Alistaire McKemy, discussing about what it takes to be a therapist, healing through psychedelics, how Alistaire and I met, what we like most about art, and much much more! —————————————————————— 00:02:54 Not feeling supported | 00:23:12 Being a therapist is being a good person | 00:27:17 Triangulation | 00:31:50 People wanting aco...

This episode, by far, is one of the most intellectual and insightful because joining me for the first time is therapist by day and artist by night, Alistaire McKemy. And we go pretty deep on mental health, therapy, and the importance of contextualization. —————————————————————— 00:01:34 Intro - Trying Something New, Again 00:02:50 Hosted a housewarming party 00:05:55 Tarot card reading 00:08:11 Av...

Rob Jessie aka Rawkward makes his second appearance discussing his new album, HA!SHEESH!, which is exactly the reaction you’ll have after listening to it! On this episode, we talk about his creative process, how rap and comedy are as one, getting into acting, and how thoughts on AI! —————————————————————— Always appreciative of having guests 2:20 . New Rawkward album - HA!SHEES! 3:18 . The writing...

How close to the movie setting of Ready Player One are we? And has humanity lost its integrity or will it get worse? All valid questions as time moves forward! —————————————————————— Still NO HEAT 1:56 Running in 35° weather WITHOUT headphones 4:34 DMV’s ain’t what I remember it to be 8:08 Inheriting Nicole’s doom-scrolling habits 11:36 Real close to Ready Player One era 13:28 Canadian art teacher...

Nick Mockoviak makes another return to the podcast talking about gratitude, racking up small wins, goop drawings, career goals, itching to do shows again, and so much more! —————————————————————— Welcome back Nick Mockoviak 2:42 Turning 40 9:16 . Showing gratitude 13:32 Small wins add up 18:49 Nuggets from Episode 174 24:18 What happened in January 29:50 Balancing parenthood and work 35:03 The wor...

It’s a NEW year and NEW month! Glad to have survive January and back on the mic! While shaking the cobwebs off, I talk about our new living situation, cats, 2024 goals, upcoming projects, future plans, and the rabbit hole of asian cinema. —————————————————————— Adjusting to a new house 6:10 . A loss in the family 10:04 . New addition to the family 13:27 . Surviving January 18:00 .Personal Goals fo...

Lina Sulga makes her second appearance! We had so much fun connecting the first time that I had to have her come back asap discussing more about the balance os facing adversity as well as taking things “softly”. We also talk about feminism, the state of western society, our online academy, remixing her IG reels, fitness, boredom, emotions, and so much more! —————————————————————— Botching Lina’s l...

Welcoming back Gerson Lemos, making his 5th appearance! This time, from Portugal! We caught up on how Portugal has been for Gerson, talk a little bit about live-action anime on NETFLIX, and then went all over the discussion about our current western societal climate during these times! —————————————————————— Living in Portugal 2:51 . Are artists good at math? 8:01 . Yu Yu Hakusho trailer 11:40 . W...

Joining me is none other, my own thoughts. Sharing some updates, announcements, and goals for an upcoming new chapter. I also recap the busy month of October, followed by some November plugs, and into the discussion of “lefties”. —————————————————————— We found a house 3:13 . Inviting guests in-studio 4:36 . Tech Utopia exhibit 11:43 . Busy October 18:28 . INKtober 25:18 . 20/30 content challenge...

Joining me, once again, is the infamous Nick Mockoviak! We had another podcast recorded that we felt was just a bit too spicy so here we are! On this episode we talked about why Facebook disabled my account, how things were accepted during the 90’s, the fear of failure, but always putting in the work, and so much more! —————————————————————— Facebook deactivation 2:10 . Crackdown on guidelines vs...

Lina Sulga, artist from Stockholm, Sweden, makes her first podcast debut on RATED G! She and I met through the Creative Impact Academy. And on this episode, we talk about finding our path, blessings in disguises, the online art community, Lina’s artistic style and medium preference, prioritizing self care and pursuing things that bring you joy. —————————————————————— How we met 3:16 , Lina’s story...

Friend, fellow local Filipina artist, Roxanna Atienza makes her podcast debut! She is also the cofounder of the Kasama Collective organization. On this episode we talked about our name being butchered, asian artists, Roxanne’s influences, and uplifting the AAPI community. This may be the most asian focused episode yet! —————————————————————— Name butchering 3:17 . The Y2K generation 9:47 Kasama Co...

Matt Schmidt, a caricature artists from Philly, now residing here in RVA, makes his first time ever podcast appearance! This is another brilliant episode where he and I discuss our creative backgrounds, having different skillsets, why he started working on caricatures, artistic influences, his creative process, and of course, AI! —————————————————————— People like raw sh!t 3:19 . AIPh vs UArts 4:3...

Abstract painter from Serbia, now residing in RVA, Ivan Pesic makes his first podcast appearance ever! After knowing each other for almost 3 years, Ivan and I sit down to get to know each other more! And on this episode we discuss his background in the arts, not being a complete artist, levels of artistry, Shotokan Karate, and so much more! —————————————————————— How We Met 3:13 . Arts in the Park...

Making his first time appearance, artist and co-founder of Frog and Mantis Fine Arts Printing, Kody Goudie is with us! And on this episode, we talked about how we met, Kody’s art journey, ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) Therapy, how Frag and Mantis came to be, his typical day at work, and MMA podcasts. —————————————————————— Intro 3:28 . How Kody got into art 4:09 . Kody describes his style of a...

It is I and only I on this week’s episode recapping the summer markets and sharing the deeper reasons as to why I create my artwork. —————————————————————— Intro 2:29 . PopUp at the Diamond 3:10 . Moon Market 7:44 . Xmas in July Kismet Market 15:04 . Kasama Collective 22:36 . First Friday Moon Market 31:52 . Til Death Do We Art, art show 32:54 . Kismet Print Fest 37:05 . Creative Impact Academy 46...

Who better to add more colorful energy to the podcast than color psychologist specialist and interior designer, Mehnaz Khan?! Making her second appearance, we discuss more about color psychology, her husband’s love for the paranormal, loving Mondays, blue food, trying ChatGPT for research, and so much more! —————————————————————— Everybody has the same home 4:46 Mehnaz’s husband LOVES PARANORMAL A...

The OG Sarah Hyland makes her return on the podcast! I’m happy to not only be a fan of hers but a friend and she, now, hosts her own podcast, Not Cool! And on this episode we talk about her knowing some of the legends in stand-up comedy and entertainment. We also go deep on many topics such as connecting with other artists, being driven in our creative paths, AI, aliens, poopin’ on poop, weed then...

Mike, the sound guy, returns to pod it up, shoot the poo, and catch up! And on this episode we go pretty deep on AI, UFO’s and movies! —————————————————————— Intro - NOT promoting breast cancer 3:56 Brueniverse podcast 5:56 Mike “the sound guy” shows his face 12:27 The state of with Mike and Rad podcast 17:12 Mike and G share movie ideas 20:27 G’s rant on UFO’s 34:21 Reminiscing on simpler times 4...

Artist in northern NJ, Cali Smith, makes her fifth appearance on the podcast! It has been awhile since her last visit so it was a fun time catching up on life! Cali Smith talks about edibles, vegan empanadas, scammers, and how the “Sasquatch is more believable than a ghost”! —————————————————————— Cali is a 5 Star guest! 2:41 Cali visits an apothecary 4:31 G goes into life-coach mode 8:59 Why Cali...

This episode is loaded with AI articles targeting all avenues of the creative arts and industries. —————————————————————— Intro 2:42 Productivity boost 4:53 The fear in AI 18:44 Surviving AI 38:34 Generative AI comes for marketing 45:34 Weaponized medical AI 53:33 AI cover art 1:01:44 Deeprapper 1:10:12 AI features on your sketches 1:23:29 Marvel Studios defends use of AI 1:26:59 OpenAI SUED 1:31:...

Back on the mic after a much needed break. On this episode, I recap the last couple of months and break down events that I had been working during that time. —————————————————————— Pod-rust 4:33 A little backstory for the new newcomers 7:52 Falling out with new friends 9:36 Content burnout caused hiatus from podcasting 21:58 Recapping Spring/Summer events 34:55 April was a rough start 35:14 May ha...