E353 Mark Lester’s life sounds like a movie; from being raised by communists, to aiding indigenous rebels, to making blockbuster movies (including; Commando with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Stephen King’s Firestarter with Drew Barrymore, and the cult classic Class of 1984). Continue reading →

E352 Malcolm Christie was raised by a loving single mom but still experienced family violence and emotional upheaval. He was determined to not let the negative define him. As he navigated school, he came up against bad teachers, sports injuries, Continue reading →

E351 Peter Mehlman is a producer, actor, author (“It Won’t Always Be This Great,” “#measwell, a Novel,” “Mandela Was Late”), and TV writer. He’s responsible for memorable Seinfeld utterances like, “shrinkage,” “double-dipping,” “yada yada yada” and “sponge-worthy,” to name a Continue reading →

E350 Andie Zink has spent more than a decade above the Arctic Circle living among indigenous Alaskans as a school counselor, coach, advocate and educator. She’s the 2019 ASCA School Counselor of the Year. We discuss the villages she has Continue reading →

E349 Alex Robkin is back on the show to talk about his sobriety from heroin (check out our conversation 2018, Episode #91), and his life as an expat in Japan. We chat past, future, daily routines, cultural differences, his newest Continue reading →

E348 Daniel Hawkins is an exceptional visual artist and musician. In 2017, he built a fully functioning 50-foot solar-powered lighthouse in the Mojave Desert after an extraordinary experience compelled him. I met him at a show in LA featuring his Continue reading →

E347 Jeremy Lang is a material scientist, environmental consultant and the founder and VP of Sustainability of Pela. After seeing plastic litter on a beach, Jeremy was inspired to create the world’s first compostable plant-based phone case. He founded Pela Continue reading →

E346 Father Sebastiaan is a vampyre, master fangsmith, author and impresario of the Endless Night Vampire Ball. His story is an adventure around the world. We talk Vampire/Vampyre culture, Anne Rice, the birth of the literary vampire, the importance of Continue reading →

E345 Sheldon Epps is a renowned television and theatre director, author (“My Own Directions: A Black Man’s Journey in the American Theatre”), and was the long-time Artistic Director of the famed Pasadena Playhouse in California. He’s currently the executive producer Continue reading →

E344 Dr. ALH (Nan) Robkin is an artist, illustrator, editor, poet, retired classics professor and museum archeologist. She’s also Susan’s mom. We discuss psychotic first husbands, WWII, family antics, missed and taken opportunities, life overseas, Susan’s lifelong appreciation of the Continue reading →