The Bon Bon's Nook Podcast

Monday Morning is a dancer, circus arts producer and performer, inventor of Galaxia Chess, creator of The Glad Wagon, Sushi Star Brigade and an amazing human being who is also running for Mayor. In this freewheeling conversation we talk about his recent road trip, ecstatic dance, chess, his campaign platform, and much more. … Find Monday’s projects via the links below: . Galaxia Chess (2-3 player...

Returning to the podcast, David O’Donnell shares his personal journey with making music, starting a podcast, finding transformation through Wim Hof breathwork and much more. David’s excellent podcast “You are the One you seek” is available on Spotify and YouTube Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6mbngAr8MA6vCRiZ8MiCbE?si=7248161f025d4642 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfBba3l387c&li...

Paolo returns to the podcast after his trip to Italy, sharing some of his insights and realizations after traveling. We dive deep into discussing the value of differing perspectives, talking about beliefs and various ways of seeing the world -- and why it's important to be having conversations that challenge your own viewpoints. We also talk a bit about psychedelics, the deep roots of the counterc...

Radio show host and music lover Andy Goldfinger talks about his trajectory in the music industry which began with an early music education as a child riding around hearing the plethora of great radio stations in LA at the time. We talk about some of his favorite interviews with folks like Graham Nash and Donna Jean Godchaux, and we dive deep into the magical (and hard to describe) yearly event kno...

Donte' Lamar (aka Air Guitar) returns to the podcast and we continue our conversation about what he's up to now, the recent Eugene ice storm, standup comedy & improv, what happened after his epic ride on the Merry Prankster's 2014 Furthur bus tour, past travels to different parts of the world, and much more. Magically, and by no conscious effort, this episode ended up being exactly the same length...

A few days after the 2024 ice storm in Eugene I sat down with a dear friend and musician who goes by the name Apple Core. We talked about a wide range of topics including philosophy, The Grapes of Wrath, his music journey, Victor Wooten, trees landing on rooftops ever so gently and more. We finish out the podcast with an improvised jam session with Apple Core on guitar and myself on harmonica (dis...

International recording artist Halie Loren joins me for a lively conversation about her rich and fascinating music career that began at age 10. We get into the mystery of creative inspiration, what it was like to grow up on a small island in Alaska, her time in Nashville diving deep with songwriting, touring in Japan, the joys of gardening, and what she has cooking for 2024. Her website can be fou...

In this episode #3 of The Bon Bon’s Nook Podcast, I visit with David - an incredible soul and dear friend who currently lives in Savannah, Georgia and hopes to one day return to the west coast. We talk about his journey waking up from a rigid religious upbringing, near death experiences, reincarnation, Wim Hof breathing, soul contracts, mysticism and lots more.

In this episode #2, Donte' and I talked about his incredible 2014 trip on the Furthur bus as an honorary Merry Prankster, the 1960's counterculture, Rainbow Gatherings, landing in Eugene, the music and intrigue of The Grateful Dead, Woodstock, Alex & Allyson Grey’s CoSM, his work as a coach and college advisor, the magic of improv, the beauty of the Arthur theme song and much more. Donte's website...

In this episode #1 of The Bon Bon's Nook Podcast, I sat down with Paolo at his house on Thanksgiving 2023. We covered a lot of fascinating ground, talking about his experience with public speaking at a young age, observing the use and misuse of plant medicine, stepping into leadership roles, and the power of intentional communities.

On this episode zero, it's just me (Sean) on the mic, describing how I came up with my cassava tortilla mix. Future episodes will of course include many amazing guests. This one is just to get the tortilla rolling, so to speak.