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It's a Man! It's a Trope! It's Nathaniel Kressen! · That Old Trope with Nathaniel Kressen

• 0:41
  Jacksonville
• 0:41
  parallel.
• 1:00
  The
• 1:00
  day
• 1:02
  is
• 1:02
  blossoming
• 1:04
  here
• 1:04
  in
• 1:04
  Brooklyn.
• 1:09
  And
• 1:09
  I
• 1:10
  have
• 1:10
  sat
• 1:10
  quietly
• 1:11
  enough
• 1:13
  that
• 1:15
  I
• 1:16
  at
• 1:16
  least
• 1:16
  have
• 1:17
  a
• 1:17
  working
• 1:17
  direction
• 1:18
  of
• 1:18
  what
• 1:18
  it
• 1:18
  is
• 1:18
  I
• 1:19
  want
• 1:19
  to
• 1:19
  say
• 1:20
  now
• 1:20
  that
• 1:21
  I'm
• 1:21
  opening
• 1:21
  my
• 1:21
  mouth.
• 1:25
  I'm
• 1:25
  Nathaniel
• 1:26
  Kresson
• 1:28
  and
• 1:28
  you
• 1:28
  are
• 1:28
  entering
• 1:29
  two
• 1:29
  shows
• 1:29
  simultaneously.
• 1:30
  This
• 1:30
  is
• 1:30
  both
• 1:31
  pilot
• 1:32
  season,
• 1:33
  which
• 1:33
  I'll
• 1:33
  get
• 1:34
  to
• 1:34
  in
• 1:34
  a
• 1:34
  second,
• 1:36
  and
• 1:36
  that
• 1:37
  old
• 1:37
  trope,
• 1:41
  today's
• 1:41
  episode.
• 1:42
  I'm
• 1:42
  going
• 1:42
  to
• 1:42
  cover
• 1:42
  a
• 1:43
  few
• 1:43
  things.
• 1:43
  Here's
• 1:44
  the
• 1:44
  broad
• 1:44
  strokes.
• 1:45
  Who
• 1:45
  am
• 1:46
  I?
• 1:47
  What
• 1:47
  is
• 1:47
  the
• 1:48
  thing?
• 1:49
  How's
• 1:50
  it
• 1:50
  gonna
• 1:50
  look?
• 1:51
  Why
• 1:52
  should
• 1:52
  my
• 1:52
  thousand
• 1:52
  true
• 1:53
  fans
• 1:54
  care?
• 1:56
  And
• 1:56
  then
• 1:56
  today's
• 1:57
  topic,
• 1:58
  which
• 1:58
  I'm
• 1:58
  going
• 1:58
  to
• 1:58
  let
• 1:59
  you
• 1:59
  wait
• 2:00
  for.
• 2:04
  So
• 2:04
  who
• 2:04
  am
• 2:04
  I?
• 2:05
  Well,
• 2:06
  if
• 2:06
  this
• 2:06
  were
• 2:06
  one
• 2:07
  of
• 2:07
  my
• 2:07
  novels
• 2:08
  and
• 2:09
  you
• 2:09
  can
• 2:09
  find
• 2:09
  them
• 2:10
  somewhere,
• 2:10
  I'm
• 2:10
  sure,
• 2:10
  and
• 2:11
  if
• 2:11
  you
• 2:11
  can't
• 2:12
  drop
• 2:12
  me
• 2:12
  a
• 2:12
  line,
• 2:13
  I'll
• 2:13
  get
• 2:13
  you
• 2:13
  a
• 2:13
  copy,
• 2:14
  I
• 2:15
  would
• 2:15
  pull
• 2:15
  out
• 2:15
  details
• 2:17
  to
• 2:17
  show
• 2:19
  the
• 2:19
  character
• 2:20
  as
• 2:20
  opposed
• 2:20
  to
• 2:20
  tell.
• 2:21
  So
• 2:21
  let
• 2:21
  me
• 2:21
  give
• 2:21
  you
• 2:21
  some
• 2:22
  details.
• 2:24
  I
• 2:24
  am
• 2:24
  in
• 2:25
  the
• 2:25
  hub
• 2:27
  of
• 2:28
  liberal,
• 2:32
  shall
• 2:32
  we
• 2:32
  say,
• 2:33
  shape
• 2:33
  shifteriness,
• 2:35
  artsiness,
• 2:37
  commerce,
• 2:37
  capitalism.
• 2:39
  There
• 2:39
  are
• 2:39
  little
• 2:39
  pockets
• 2:40
  of
• 2:40
  small
• 2:41
  neighborhood
• 2:42
  feel,
• 2:42
  which
• 2:43
  I
• 2:43
  love.
• 2:45
  And
• 2:45
  then
• 2:45
  there's
• 2:46
  a
• 2:46
  whole
• 2:46
  lot
• 2:46
  of
• 2:48
  what
• 2:48
  I
• 2:49
  would
• 2:49
  call
• 2:51
  very
• 2:51
  hyper
• 2:51
  vigilant
• 2:52
  posturing
• 2:53
  around
• 2:54
  where
• 2:54
  I
• 2:54
  am.
• 2:55
  Still
• 2:55
  love
• 2:56
  it,
• 2:56
  still
• 2:57
  need
• 2:57
  a.
• 2:59
  Still
• 3:00
  need
• 3:00
  my
• 3:00
  home
• 3:00
  here
• 3:01
  in
• 3:02
  Bushwick,
• 3:02
  Brooklyn.
• 3:03
  But
• 3:04
  there's
• 3:04
  a
• 3:05
  lot
• 3:05
  of
• 3:05
  humanity
• 3:05
  that
• 3:05
  I
• 3:06
  have
• 3:06
  not
• 3:06
  talked
• 3:06
  to
• 3:06
  yet
• 3:08
  and
• 3:08
  that
• 3:09
  deeply
• 3:09
  compels
• 3:09
  me.
• 3:10
  So
• 3:10
  the
• 3:11
  location
• 3:11
  is
• 3:11
  Bushwick
• 3:13
  with
• 3:13
  the
• 3:13
  caveat
• 3:14
  that
• 3:14
  the
• 3:15
  central
• 3:15
  character
• 3:16
  longs
• 3:18
  to
• 3:19
  explore
• 3:19
  elsewhere.
• 3:22
  I
• 3:22
  am
• 3:22
  wearing
• 3:22
  a
• 3:22
  torn
• 3:23
  open
• 3:23
  shirt
• 3:24
  that
• 3:24
  was
• 3:24
  torn
• 3:25
  by
• 3:25
  a
• 3:25
  good
• 3:25
  friend
• 3:26
  when
• 3:26
  we
• 3:27
  went
• 3:27
  to
• 3:27
  a
• 3:27
  all
• 3:28
  night
• 3:28
  rave
• 3:29
  at
• 3:30
  House
• 3:30
  of
• 3:30
  Yes,
• 3:31
  which
• 3:31
  is
• 3:31
  close
• 3:32
  by
• 3:32
  here.
• 3:33
  Fun,
• 3:33
  fun
• 3:34
  time.
• 3:35
  The
• 3:35
  tearing
• 3:36
  of
• 3:36
  the
• 3:36
  shirt
• 3:36
  was
• 3:37
  pre
• 3:37
  planned
• 3:37
  for.
• 3:37
  It
• 3:38
  was
• 3:38
  bought
• 3:38
  from
• 3:38
  Michael's
• 3:39
  Arts
• 3:39
  Crafts
• 3:40
  and
• 3:40
  Supplies
• 3:41
  friend
• 3:41
  of
• 3:41
  the
• 3:42
  podcast
• 3:44
  and
• 3:44
  I
• 3:44
  had
• 3:44
  written
• 3:45
  on
• 3:45
  it
• 3:45
  pony
• 3:46
  rides
• 3:46
  $0.05
• 3:48
  for
• 3:48
  this
• 3:49
  rave
• 3:50
  and
• 3:50
  made
• 3:51
  a
• 3:51
  cowboy
• 3:51
  hat
• 3:52
  with
• 3:52
  flowers
• 3:52
  on
• 3:52
  it
• 3:54
  because
• 3:56
  I
• 3:56
  like
• 3:56
  such
• 3:57
  things.
• 4:00
  I
• 4:00
  am
• 4:00
  42
• 4:01
  years
• 4:01
  old
• 4:02
  and
• 4:02
  as
• 4:03
  it
• 4:03
  was
• 4:03
  echoed
• 4:03
  to
• 4:04
  me
• 4:04
  in
• 4:04
  the
• 4:04
  time
• 4:04
  of
• 4:04
  my
• 4:05
  birthday
• 4:05
  in
• 4:05
  December,
• 4:06
  42
• 4:07
  is
• 4:07
  the
• 4:07
  answer.
• 4:09
  Which
• 4:09
  is
• 4:10
  great
• 4:10
  because
• 4:11
  I've
• 4:12
  been
• 4:12
  hunting
• 4:12
  for
• 4:12
  that
• 4:12
  answer.
• 4:17
  I
• 4:17
  am
• 4:17
  a
• 4:17
  human,
• 4:17
  so
• 4:18
  from
• 4:18
  time
• 4:18
  to
• 4:18
  time
• 4:18
  you
• 4:18
  will
• 4:19
  hear
• 4:19
  me
• 4:19
  drink
• 4:19
  coffee
• 4:19
  on
• 4:20
  this
• 4:20
  pod.
• 4:21
  May
• 4:21
  we
• 4:21
  all
• 4:22
  agree
• 4:22
  to
• 4:22
  that.
• 4:24
  Raise
• 4:24
  up
• 4:24
  the
• 4:24
  nays
• 4:24
  now
• 4:25
  if
• 4:25
  you
• 4:25
  got
• 4:25
  them.
• 4:28
  Okay,
• 4:29
  here
• 4:30
  we
• 4:30
  go.
• 4:31
  So,
• 4:32
  Bushwick,
• 4:32
  Brooklyn,
• 4:32
  torn
• 4:33
  open
• 4:33
  shirt.
• 4:34
  I
• 4:34
  am
• 4:34
  sitting
• 4:35
  in
• 4:35
  my
• 4:35
  bedroom
• 4:36
  which
• 4:36
  has
• 4:37
  Christmas
• 4:37
  light
• 4:38
  strewn
• 4:38
  around
• 4:38
  it.
• 4:39
  Old
• 4:39
  ceramic
• 4:40
  ones,
• 4:40
  not
• 4:40
  the
• 4:41
  ones
• 4:41
  that
• 4:41
  hurt
• 4:41
  my
• 4:41
  eyes.
• 4:42
  I
• 4:42
  am
• 4:42
  quite
• 4:43
  sensitive
• 4:43
  to
• 4:44
  bright
• 4:44
  light.
• 4:45
  There's
• 4:46
  a
• 4:46
  giant
• 4:46
  painting
• 4:47
  by
• 4:47
  a
• 4:48
  artist
• 4:49
  I
• 4:50
  just
• 4:50
  long
• 4:50
  to
• 4:51
  hang
• 4:51
  out
• 4:51
  with.
• 4:51
  Cool
• 4:52
  Fucking
• 4:52
  guy
• 4:53
  named
• 4:53
  Juan
• 4:53
  Miguel
• 4:54
  Palacios.
• 4:55
  Giant
• 4:55
  piece
• 4:56
  that's
• 4:56
  abstracted.
• 4:57
  Could
• 4:57
  be
• 4:57
  mountains,
• 4:57
  could
• 4:58
  be
• 4:58
  waves.
• 4:59
  Fell
• 4:59
  in
• 5:00
  love
• 5:00
  with
• 5:00
  it
• 5:00
  a
• 5:00
  long
• 5:00
  time
• 5:01
  ago.
• 5:03
  I
• 5:04
  am
• 5:04
  sitting
• 5:04
  beside
• 5:05
  a
• 5:06
  giant
• 5:06
  peacock
• 5:07
  mural
• 5:08
  that
• 5:08
  I
• 5:08
  painted
• 5:09
  on
• 5:09
  my
• 5:09
  walls.
• 5:09
  Going
• 5:10
  across
• 5:10
  two
• 5:10
  walls,
• 5:10
  it's
• 5:11
  basically
• 5:11
  12ft
• 5:12
  by
• 5:12
  30ft
• 5:12
  in
• 5:13
  my
• 5:13
  bedroom,
• 5:14
  over,
• 5:14
  over
• 5:15
  my
• 5:15
  California
• 5:16
  king
• 5:16
  bed,
• 5:16
  which
• 5:16
  is
• 5:17
  lavender
• 5:18
  purple,
• 5:20
  as
• 5:20
  is
• 5:21
  the
• 5:21
  peacock.
• 5:23
  And
• 5:25
  this
• 5:25
  whole
• 5:26
  year,
• 5:26
  this
• 5:26
  whole
• 5:26
  past
• 5:27
  year,
• 5:28
  I've
• 5:28
  been
• 5:28
  referring
• 5:29
  to
• 5:29
  as
• 5:29
  Year
• 5:29
  of
• 5:29
  the
• 5:29
  Peacock
• 5:30
  for
• 5:30
  myself,
• 5:33
  because
• 5:37
  I
• 5:37
  have
• 5:37
  made
• 5:37
  it
• 5:37
  to
• 5:38
  42,
• 5:39
  having
• 5:41
  lived
• 5:41
  a
• 5:41
  life
• 5:44
  and
• 5:47
  kind
• 5:47
  of
• 5:47
  shied
• 5:47
  away
• 5:49
  from
• 5:50
  my
• 5:50
  inner
• 5:51
  peacockness,
• 5:52
  meaning
• 5:53
  spreading
• 5:54
  feathers,
• 5:55
  seeking
• 5:56
  out
• 5:56
  validation
• 5:56
  for
• 5:57
  how
• 5:57
  pretty
• 5:57
  my
• 5:57
  plumage
• 5:58
  is.
• 5:59
  Because
• 5:59
  I
• 5:59
  wanted
• 5:59
  to
• 6:00
  get
• 6:00
  along.
• 6:00
  I
• 6:00
  wanted
• 6:00
  to
• 6:01
  take
• 6:01
  care
• 6:01
  of
• 6:01
  the
• 6:01
  people
• 6:01
  in
• 6:01
  my
• 6:02
  life.
• 6:02
  I
• 6:02
  wanted
• 6:02
  to
• 6:04
  maintain
• 6:04
  status
• 6:05
  quo
• 6:05
  and
• 6:05
  make
• 6:05
  it
• 6:06
  good,
• 6:06
  make
• 6:07
  it
• 6:07
  great.
• 6:11
  And
• 6:11
  as
• 6:11
  I'm
• 6:11
  sitting
• 6:12
  here,
• 6:13
  the
• 6:13
  world
• 6:14
  is
• 6:14
  burning
• 6:15
  in
• 6:15
  a
• 6:15
  number
• 6:16
  of
• 6:16
  different
• 6:16
  ways.
• 6:18
  And
• 6:18
  so
• 6:20
  as
• 6:21
  my
• 6:22
  life
• 6:22
  upheaval
• 6:23
  prompted
• 6:24
  me
• 6:24
  on
• 6:24
  a
• 6:24
  new
• 6:24
  direction,
• 6:26
  I
• 6:27
  felt
• 6:27
  increasingly
• 6:28
  more
• 6:28
  and
• 6:28
  more
• 6:29
  that
• 6:29
  I
• 6:29
  wanted
• 6:30
  to
• 6:30
  do
• 6:30
  something
• 6:31
  to
• 6:31
  help
• 6:32
  the
• 6:32
  world,
• 6:33
  to
• 6:34
  endow
• 6:35
  the
• 6:35
  superpowers
• 6:36
  I
• 6:36
  can
• 6:36
  see
• 6:36
  in
• 6:37
  myself,
• 6:37
  one
• 6:37
  of
• 6:37
  which
• 6:37
  is
• 6:38
  empathy.
• 6:39
  Another
• 6:39
  is
• 6:39
  storytelling
• 6:40
  and
• 6:41
  nurturing
• 6:41
  creativity
• 6:42
  and
• 6:42
  others.
• 6:42
  Those
• 6:42
  are
• 6:42
  the
• 6:42
  three
• 6:43
  I
• 6:43
  point
• 6:43
  to.
• 6:48
  Which
• 6:48
  brings
• 6:48
  us
• 6:49
  to
• 6:50
  point
• 6:50
  number
• 6:51
  two.
• 6:52
  What
• 6:52
  is
• 6:53
  this
• 6:53
  thing?
• 6:54
  Well,
• 6:56
  this
• 6:56
  thing
• 6:57
  is
• 6:57
  a
• 6:57
  company
• 6:57
  called
• 6:58
  Jackanoid
• 6:59
  Paralope,
• 7:00
  which
• 7:00
  if
• 7:00
  you
• 7:01
  want
• 7:01
  to
• 7:01
  come
• 7:01
  up
• 7:01
  with
• 7:01
  names
• 7:02
  like
• 7:02
  that,
• 7:02
  I
• 7:02
  have
• 7:02
  a
• 7:03
  really
• 7:03
  simple
• 7:03
  formula.
• 7:04
  Go
• 7:05
  through
• 7:05
  trauma,
• 7:06
  sit
• 7:07
  in
• 7:07
  quiet,
• 7:08
  deal
• 7:08
  with
• 7:09
  all
• 7:09
  of
• 7:09
  your,
• 7:10
  talk
• 7:11
  to
• 7:11
  people
• 7:11
  as
• 7:11
  you
• 7:11
  need
• 7:12
  to,
• 7:13
  and
• 7:13
  endow
• 7:14
  whims
• 7:14
  and
• 7:15
  fancy.
• 7:16
  You
• 7:16
  too
• 7:17
  can
• 7:17
  come
• 7:17
  up
• 7:17
  with
• 7:18
  your
• 7:18
  Jackinoid
• 7:18
  Paralope.
• 7:22
  This
• 7:22
  company,
• 7:23
  and
• 7:23
  this
• 7:24
  is,
• 7:24
  I
• 7:24
  guess,
• 7:25
  even
• 7:25
  though
• 7:25
  I
• 7:25
  talky,
• 7:26
  talky
• 7:27
  talky
• 7:27
  person
• 7:27
  myself
• 7:28
  out
• 7:28
  in
• 7:28
  real
• 7:29
  life,
• 7:30
  this
• 7:31
  might
• 7:31
  be
• 7:31
  the
• 7:31
  first
• 7:31
  time
• 7:31
  that
• 7:32
  I'm
• 7:33
  articulating
• 7:33
  it
• 7:34
  to
• 7:34
  you
• 7:35
  fair
• 7:35
  listeners,
• 7:36
  my
• 7:36
  thousand
• 7:36
  true
• 7:36
  fans.
• 7:40
  This
• 7:41
  company
• 7:41
  focuses
• 7:42
  on
• 7:42
  creativity,
• 7:43
  community
• 7:43
  and
• 7:43
  social
• 7:44
  good.
• 7:45
  That
• 7:46
  intersection.
• 7:47
  Whatever
• 7:48
  shows
• 7:49
  we
• 7:50
  put
• 7:50
  out
• 7:51
  and
• 7:51
  these
• 7:52
  are
• 7:52
  going
• 7:52
  to
• 7:52
  live
• 7:53
  in
• 7:53
  the
• 7:53
  podcast
• 7:53
  sphere
• 7:53
  for
• 7:54
  a
• 7:54
  little
• 7:54
  while.
• 7:55
  But
• 7:56
  I
• 7:56
  have
• 7:56
  ambitions.
• 7:59
  These
• 8:00
  shows
• 8:00
  all
• 8:00
  map
• 8:00
  to
• 8:01
  creativity,
• 8:01
  community
• 8:02
  and
• 8:02
  social
• 8:02
  good
• 8:02
  in
• 8:03
  whatever
• 8:03
  way
• 8:03
  makes
• 8:04
  sense
• 8:04
  for
• 8:04
  that
• 8:05
  show.
• 8:06
  I
• 8:06
  have
• 8:06
  a
• 8:07
  few
• 8:07
  parameters
• 8:07
  that
• 8:08
  are
• 8:08
  important
• 8:08
  to
• 8:08
  me
• 8:09
  as
• 8:09
  I
• 8:09
  develop
• 8:09
  these
• 8:10
  shows,
• 8:10
  ones
• 8:11
  that
• 8:11
  I
• 8:11
  drive
• 8:11
  and
• 8:11
  ones
• 8:12
  that
• 8:12
  others
• 8:12
  drive,
• 8:12
  that
• 8:12
  I
• 8:12
  partner
• 8:13
  on
• 8:13
  and
• 8:13
  help
• 8:13
  develop.
• 8:15
  They
• 8:16
  need
• 8:16
  to
• 8:16
  be
• 8:17
  mapping
• 8:18
  to
• 8:18
  ideally
• 8:19
  two
• 8:19
  of
• 8:19
  those
• 8:19
  three
• 8:19
  pillars,
• 8:20
  creativity,
• 8:20
  community,
• 8:21
  social
• 8:21
  good.
• 8:23
  And
• 8:25
  they
• 8:25
  need
• 8:25
  to
• 8:25
  approach
• 8:26
  it
• 8:26
  from
• 8:26
  a
• 8:27
  truly
• 8:29
  open,
• 8:30
  curious
• 8:32
  perspective,
• 8:33
  non
• 8:33
  prescriptive.
• 8:35
  We
• 8:36
  want
• 8:36
  to
• 8:36
  go
• 8:36
  in
• 8:37
  as
• 8:37
  a
• 8:38
  company
• 8:39
  and
• 8:39
  open
• 8:39
  up
• 8:40
  conversations
• 8:40
  that
• 8:41
  are
• 8:41
  sorely
• 8:41
  needed
• 8:42
  to
• 8:42
  be
• 8:42
  had,
• 8:43
  explore
• 8:44
  topics
• 8:44
  that
• 8:44
  are
• 8:45
  just
• 8:45
  infinitely
• 8:45
  interesting
• 8:46
  and
• 8:46
  easy
• 8:46
  to
• 8:47
  get
• 8:47
  Obsessed
• 8:47
  about
• 8:50
  and
• 8:50
  maybe
• 8:50
  make
• 8:50
  the
• 8:50
  world
• 8:51
  a
• 8:51
  little
• 8:51
  bit
• 8:51
  better
• 8:51
  by
• 8:52
  reconnecting
• 8:53
  to
• 8:53
  core
• 8:54
  human
• 8:54
  truths
• 8:55
  that
• 8:55
  make
• 8:56
  us
• 8:56
  see
• 8:57
  ourselves
• 8:58
  and
• 8:58
  one
• 8:58
  another
• 9:00
  to
• 9:01
  that
• 9:01
  point.
• 9:02
  The
• 9:02
  media
• 9:02
  landscape
• 9:03
  right
• 9:03
  now
• 9:03
  is
• 9:04
  pretty
• 9:05
  polarized
• 9:07
  and
• 9:07
  very
• 9:07
  flashy
• 9:08
  and
• 9:09
  addictive
• 9:10
  and
• 9:10
  numbing
• 9:11
  and
• 9:11
  annoying
• 9:12
  as.
• 9:15
  And
• 9:16
  so
• 9:16
  because
• 9:16
  I
• 9:16
  am
• 9:16
  a
• 9:16
  rather
• 9:17
  analog
• 9:18
  fellow
• 9:19
  and
• 9:20
  I
• 9:20
  want
• 9:20
  to
• 9:20
  make
• 9:20
  something
• 9:21
  worth
• 9:21
  a
• 9:21
  damn,
• 9:23
  we're
• 9:23
  gonna
• 9:23
  slow
• 9:23
  everything
• 9:24
  down.
• 9:28
  We're
• 9:29
  gonna
• 9:29
  slow
• 9:29
  everything
• 9:29
  down
• 9:30
  and
• 9:30
  say
• 9:30
  things
• 9:33
  that
• 9:33
  capture
• 9:34
  perhaps
• 9:35
  as
• 9:35
  best
• 9:36
  we
• 9:36
  can
• 9:36
  as
• 9:36
  flawed
• 9:37
  humans,
• 9:38
  the
• 9:38
  exact
• 9:40
  core
• 9:40
  truth,
• 9:42
  the
• 9:42
  exact
• 9:43
  question
• 9:43
  that's
• 9:44
  nagging
• 9:44
  us,
• 9:44
  the
• 9:44
  exact
• 9:45
  curiosity
• 9:46
  we
• 9:46
  have
• 9:46
  not
• 9:48
  felt,
• 9:50
  the
• 9:50
  ability,
• 9:51
  the
• 9:51
  strength,
• 9:51
  the
• 9:51
  whatever
• 9:52
  to
• 9:53
  actually
• 9:53
  talk
• 9:53
  about.
• 9:55
  That's
• 9:55
  what
• 9:55
  I
• 9:55
  want
• 9:55
  these
• 9:55
  shows
• 9:56
  to
• 9:56
  do.
• 9:56
  I
• 9:56
  want
• 9:57
  to
• 9:57
  come
• 9:57
  to
• 9:57
  them
• 9:59
  from
• 10:00
  a
• 10:00
  vulnerable,
• 10:01
  critical
• 10:01
  thinking,
• 10:01
  empathetic
• 10:02
  standpoint.
• 10:03
  I
• 10:03
  want
• 10:03
  them
• 10:03
  to
• 10:03
  not
• 10:04
  be
• 10:04
  polarized.
• 10:04
  I
• 10:05
  want
• 10:05
  to
• 10:05
  encourage
• 10:06
  human
• 10:06
  conversation.
• 10:10
  And
• 10:10
  insofar
• 10:10
  as
• 10:11
  we
• 10:11
  can
• 10:11
  save
• 10:12
  the
• 10:12
  world,
• 10:12
  let's
• 10:12
  save
• 10:13
  the
• 10:13
  world.
• 10:19
  This
• 10:19
  show
• 10:20
  is
• 10:20
  called
• 10:21
  pilot
• 10:21
  season,
• 10:23
  the
• 10:23
  umbrella
• 10:23
  show
• 10:24
  through
• 10:24
  which
• 10:24
  Jackknoid
• 10:25
  Paralope
• 10:26
  is
• 10:27
  going
• 10:27
  to
• 10:27
  develop
• 10:28
  other
• 10:28
  shows.
• 10:30
  Every
• 10:31
  episode
• 10:32
  is
• 10:32
  going
• 10:32
  to
• 10:32
  be
• 10:32
  the
• 10:33
  pilot
• 10:33
  first
• 10:34
  episode
• 10:35
  of
• 10:35
  a
• 10:35
  new
• 10:36
  show
• 10:36
  concept.
• 10:36
  And
• 10:37
  some
• 10:37
  of
• 10:37
  these
• 10:37
  shows
• 10:38
  may
• 10:38
  already
• 10:38
  be
• 10:39
  on
• 10:39
  their
• 10:39
  path
• 10:39
  to
• 10:40
  having
• 10:40
  more
• 10:40
  episodes
• 10:41
  made.
• 10:42
  Others
• 10:44
  may
• 10:44
  be
• 10:45
  rather
• 10:45
  ambitious
• 10:46
  and
• 10:46
  require
• 10:47
  funding
• 10:48
  and
• 10:48
  investors
• 10:49
  and
• 10:49
  advertisers
• 10:50
  and
• 10:51
  sponsors
• 10:51
  and
• 10:51
  all
• 10:52
  the
• 10:52
  lovely
• 10:52
  things
• 10:53
  that
• 10:53
  come
• 10:54
  with
• 10:55
  the
• 10:55
  reality
• 10:56
  of
• 10:56
  creating
• 10:57
  something
• 10:57
  new.
• 11:00
  But
• 11:02
  reality
• 11:03
  is
• 11:04
  reality,
• 11:04
  whether
• 11:04
  or
• 11:04
  not
• 11:04
  we
• 11:05
  want
• 11:05
  to
• 11:05
  open
• 11:06
  up
• 11:06
  to
• 11:06
  it
• 11:06
  or
• 11:06
  not.
• 11:08
  So
• 11:08
  I'm
• 11:08
  trying
• 11:08
  to
• 11:09
  make
• 11:09
  business
• 11:09
  models
• 11:09
  that.
• 11:11
  Well,
• 11:11
  I'm
• 11:12
  not
• 11:12
  trying
• 11:12
  to
• 11:12
  make
• 11:12
  them,
• 11:13
  I'm
• 11:14
  trying
• 11:14
  to
• 11:14
  articulate
• 11:15
  them.
• 11:16
  I'm
• 11:16
  trying
• 11:16
  to
• 11:16
  articulate
• 11:17
  business
• 11:18
  models
• 11:19
  that
• 11:19
  work
• 11:21
  so
• 11:21
  that
• 11:22
  myself
• 11:24
  and
• 11:24
  the
• 11:24
  people
• 11:25
  I
• 11:26
  see
• 11:27
  the
• 11:27
  heart
• 11:27
  of,
• 11:28
  feel
• 11:28
  the
• 11:28
  drive
• 11:29
  of,
• 11:30
  endow,
• 11:30
  the
• 11:30
  vision
• 11:31
  of
• 11:32
  so
• 11:32
  we
• 11:32
  can
• 11:32
  all
• 11:33
  make
• 11:34
  the
• 11:34
  exact
• 11:35
  truest
• 11:35
  art
• 11:36
  that
• 11:36
  we
• 11:36
  can
• 11:36
  make.
• 11:42
  Every
• 11:43
  time
• 11:43
  I
• 11:44
  sit
• 11:44
  back
• 11:44
  and
• 11:45
  I
• 11:45
  say,
• 11:45
  I'm
• 11:46
  so
• 11:46
  tired,
• 11:47
  I
• 11:47
  forced
• 11:47
  myself
• 11:48
  now
• 11:48
  to
• 11:48
  say,
• 11:48
  I
• 11:49
  am
• 11:49
  so
• 11:49
  strong.
• 11:51
  That's
• 11:52
  a
• 11:52
  product
• 11:52
  of
• 11:53
  sitting
• 11:53
  in
• 11:53
  quiet
• 11:53
  and
• 11:54
  doing
• 11:54
  the
• 11:54
  healing
• 11:56
  is
• 11:58
  I
• 11:58
  have
• 11:58
  stopped
• 12:00
  looking
• 12:01
  for
• 12:02
  that
• 12:02
  one
• 12:02
  big
• 12:03
  solution
• 12:05
  and
• 12:05
  pinning
• 12:06
  my
• 12:06
  hopes
• 12:06
  on
• 12:07
  doing
• 12:07
  it
• 12:07
  right,
• 12:07
  lest
• 12:08
  it
• 12:08
  fly
• 12:08
  away.
• 12:11
  Life
• 12:12
  is
• 12:12
  fucking
• 12:13
  hard.
• 12:15
  And
• 12:15
  even
• 12:16
  when
• 12:16
  you're
• 12:16
  privileged
• 12:16
  as
• 12:17
  fuck
• 12:17
  like
• 12:17
  I
• 12:17
  am,
• 12:19
  as
• 12:20
  other
• 12:20
  people
• 12:20
  are
• 12:21
  not
• 12:22
  so
• 12:22
  readily
• 12:22
  able
• 12:23
  to
• 12:23
  walk
• 12:23
  through
• 12:24
  the
• 12:24
  streets
• 12:25
  of
• 12:25
  our
• 12:25
  country
• 12:26
  anymore.
• 12:31
  I
• 12:32
  am
• 12:32
  able
• 12:32
  to
• 12:33
  say,
• 12:35
  I'm
• 12:35
  gonna
• 12:35
  do
• 12:35
  the
• 12:35
  best
• 12:36
  I
• 12:36
  can
• 12:36
  with
• 12:36
  what
• 12:36
  I
• 12:36
  got,
• 12:37
  with
• 12:37
  the
• 12:37
  information
• 12:37
  I
• 12:38
  have,
• 12:38
  I
• 12:39
  am
• 12:39
  willing
• 12:39
  to
• 12:39
  ask
• 12:40
  questions
• 12:40
  and
• 12:40
  be
• 12:41
  wrong
• 12:41
  and
• 12:41
  learn
• 12:42
  from
• 12:42
  it,
• 12:43
  adapt
• 12:43
  along
• 12:43
  the
• 12:43
  way,
• 12:44
  grow
• 12:44
  and
• 12:44
  grow
• 12:45
  and
• 12:45
  grow
• 12:45
  and
• 12:45
  grow
• 12:45
  personally,
• 12:46
  professionally,
• 12:48
  holistically,
• 12:49
  socially,
• 12:50
  altruistically,
• 12:51
  whatever
• 12:51
  the
• 12:51
  fuck
• 12:54
  I
• 12:54
  think
• 12:54
  that
• 12:54
  there's
• 12:54
  something
• 12:55
  to
• 12:56
  admitting
• 12:57
  that
• 12:57
  you
• 12:57
  have
• 12:58
  no
• 12:58
  fucking
• 12:58
  clue
• 12:59
  what
• 12:59
  you're
• 12:59
  doing,
• 12:59
  but
• 13:00
  you
• 13:00
  care
• 13:00
  deeply.
• 13:07
  How's
• 13:07
  it
• 13:08
  gonna
• 13:08
  look?
• 13:08
  Well,
• 13:09
  actually
• 13:11
  this
• 13:12
  second
• 13:12
  of
• 13:12
  the
• 13:12
  two
• 13:13
  shows
• 13:14
  is
• 13:15
  called
• 13:15
  that
• 13:15
  old
• 13:15
  trope.
• 13:18
  And
• 13:18
  what
• 13:19
  do
• 13:19
  I
• 13:19
  mean
• 13:19
  by
• 13:19
  that,
• 13:20
  that
• 13:20
  old
• 13:20
  trope.
• 13:21
  Well,
• 13:21
  this
• 13:21
  is
• 13:21
  the
• 13:21
  pilot
• 13:22
  episode
• 13:22
  of
• 13:22
  that
• 13:22
  old
• 13:23
  trope.
• 13:24
  I
• 13:25
  am
• 13:25
  that
• 13:26
  old
• 13:26
  trope.
• 13:27
  I
• 13:27
  am
• 13:27
  a
• 13:28
  middle
• 13:28
  aged
• 13:29
  white
• 13:29
  man
• 13:30
  starting
• 13:30
  a
• 13:30
  podcast
• 13:31
  company
• 13:31
  with
• 13:32
  aspirations
• 13:32
  to
• 13:32
  change
• 13:33
  the
• 13:33
  world.
• 13:33
  But
• 13:34
  here's
• 13:35
  the
• 13:35
  rub.
• 13:40
  This
• 13:40
  trope
• 13:41
  here
• 13:41
  actually
• 13:42
  cares
• 13:43
  quite
• 13:43
  deeply
• 13:44
  and
• 13:45
  genuinely
• 13:45
  does
• 13:46
  believe
• 13:47
  that
• 13:47
  though
• 13:48
  I
• 13:48
  have
• 13:48
  no
• 13:48
  control
• 13:48
  over
• 13:49
  outcome,
• 13:49
  I
• 13:50
  have
• 13:50
  no
• 13:50
  control
• 13:50
  over
• 13:51
  how
• 13:51
  this
• 13:51
  flies
• 13:52
  sideways,
• 13:52
  up
• 13:53
  ways,
• 13:53
  downwards
• 13:53
  whatsoever.
• 13:55
  I
• 13:55
  have
• 13:55
  my
• 13:55
  heart
• 13:55
  compass,
• 13:56
  I
• 13:56
  have
• 13:56
  my
• 13:56
  art
• 13:57
  compass.
• 13:59
  I
• 13:59
  have
• 13:59
  a
• 13:59
  growing
• 13:59
  community
• 14:00
  that
• 14:01
  is
• 14:01
  really
• 14:01
  talented
• 14:02
  and
• 14:02
  kind
• 14:02
  hearted
• 14:03
  and
• 14:03
  wonderful
• 14:04
  that
• 14:04
  I
• 14:04
  love
• 14:04
  engaging
• 14:05
  with
• 14:06
  on
• 14:06
  both
• 14:06
  minutia
• 14:07
  and
• 14:07
  pie
• 14:08
  in
• 14:08
  the
• 14:08
  sky
• 14:08
  concepts
• 14:10
  and
• 14:10
  just
• 14:10
  dwell
• 14:11
  in
• 14:11
  art
• 14:11
  and
• 14:12
  dwell
• 14:12
  in
• 14:12
  possibility
• 14:14
  and
• 14:14
  dwell
• 14:15
  on
• 14:15
  the
• 14:15
  bodies
• 14:15
  that
• 14:15
  we've
• 14:16
  been
• 14:16
  given,
• 14:16
  dwell
• 14:17
  in
• 14:17
  the
• 14:17
  world
• 14:17
  that
• 14:18
  we've
• 14:18
  been
• 14:18
  given
• 14:18
  and
• 14:18
  figure
• 14:19
  out
• 14:19
  how
• 14:19
  we
• 14:19
  fit
• 14:20
  in
• 14:20
  them
• 14:20
  both.
• 14:23
  There
• 14:23
  are
• 14:25
  going
• 14:26
  to
• 14:26
  be
• 14:26
  absurd
• 14:28
  number
• 14:28
  of
• 14:28
  times
• 14:29
  and
• 14:29
  ways
• 14:29
  I
• 14:29
  put
• 14:30
  my
• 14:30
  foot
• 14:30
  in
• 14:30
  my
• 14:30
  mouth
• 14:32
  and
• 14:32
  I'm
• 14:33
  willing
• 14:33
  to
• 14:33
  make
• 14:33
  repair
• 14:35
  when
• 14:35
  repair
• 14:35
  is
• 14:36
  needed.
• 14:38
  I'm
• 14:38
  also
• 14:39
  willing
• 14:39
  to
• 14:39
  be
• 14:39
  flawed.
• 14:41
  We're
• 14:42
  all
• 14:42
  flawed.
• 14:42
  I've
• 14:43
  spent
• 14:43
  too
• 14:43
  much
• 14:43
  time
• 14:45
  so
• 14:45
  scared
• 14:47
  to
• 14:47
  have
• 14:48
  flaws
• 14:48
  discovered
• 14:49
  lest
• 14:50
  somebody
• 14:50
  I
• 14:50
  care
• 14:51
  about
• 14:51
  run
• 14:51
  away.
• 14:56
  Doesn't
• 14:57
  serve
• 14:57
  me.
• 14:59
  I
• 14:59
  would
• 15:00
  rather
• 15:00
  be
• 15:00
  flawed
• 15:01
  and
• 15:01
  true
• 15:02
  and
• 15:02
  find
• 15:04
  the
• 15:04
  people
• 15:04
  who
• 15:04
  get
• 15:05
  me
• 15:07
  and
• 15:07
  want
• 15:07
  to
• 15:07
  build
• 15:08
  something
• 15:09
  that
• 15:10
  not.
• 15:11
  It's
• 15:11
  that
• 15:12
  simple.
• 15:13
  So
• 15:13
  that
• 15:13
  old
• 15:13
  trope
• 15:14
  as
• 15:15
  a
• 15:15
  show,
• 15:17
  well,
• 15:17
  here's
• 15:18
  what
• 15:18
  it's
• 15:18
  going
• 15:18
  to
• 15:18
  be.
• 15:19
  It's
• 15:19
  going
• 15:19
  to
• 15:19
  be
• 15:19
  my
• 15:20
  sandbox.
• 15:21
  It's
• 15:22
  going
• 15:22
  to
• 15:22
  be
• 15:22
  where
• 15:22
  I
• 15:22
  talk
• 15:23
  to
• 15:23
  you
• 15:23
  fair
• 15:23
  listeners,
• 15:24
  my
• 15:24
  thousand
• 15:25
  true
• 15:25
  fans
• 15:27
  about
• 15:27
  what
• 15:27
  it
• 15:27
  is
• 15:27
  I
• 15:28
  want
• 15:28
  to
• 15:28
  build
• 15:29
  what
• 15:30
  I'm
• 15:30
  obsessed
• 15:30
  with
• 15:31
  on
• 15:31
  a
• 15:31
  week
• 15:31
  to
• 15:31
  week
• 15:32
  basis.
• 15:34
  Big
• 15:34
  thematic
• 15:35
  things
• 15:35
  that
• 15:36
  are
• 15:36
  big
• 15:36
  bites
• 15:36
  of
• 15:37
  the
• 15:37
  cookie.
• 15:38
  Small
• 15:38
  tiny
• 15:39
  things
• 15:40
  that
• 15:40
  I
• 15:40
  just
• 15:40
  can't
• 15:41
  get
• 15:41
  out
• 15:41
  of
• 15:41
  my
• 15:41
  head.
• 15:43
  I
• 15:43
  might
• 15:44
  read
• 15:44
  public
• 15:44
  domain
• 15:45
  works
• 15:46
  just
• 15:47
  because
• 15:47
  I
• 15:47
  love
• 15:47
  language
• 15:48
  and
• 15:48
  performance.
• 15:51
  It
• 15:51
  can
• 15:51
  be
• 15:52
  any
• 15:52
  number
• 15:52
  of
• 15:52
  things.
• 15:54
  It
• 15:54
  can
• 15:54
  be
• 15:54
  nebulous,
• 15:56
  but
• 15:56
  it's
• 15:56
  going
• 15:56
  to
• 15:56
  be
• 15:56
  as
• 15:57
  true
• 15:57
  to
• 15:57
  me
• 15:57
  as
• 15:58
  I
• 15:58
  can
• 15:58
  make
• 15:58
  it.
• 15:59
  And
• 16:00
  that's
• 16:00
  what
• 16:00
  I'm
• 16:00
  offering
• 16:01
  in
• 16:01
  this
• 16:01
  show.
• 16:02
  That
• 16:02
  old
• 16:02
  trope
• 16:04
  is
• 16:04
  flawed
• 16:05
  truth.
• 16:08
  If
• 16:08
  you
• 16:08
  can
• 16:08
  laugh
• 16:09
  at
• 16:09
  me,
• 16:10
  I
• 16:11
  am
• 16:12
  happy
• 16:12
  for
• 16:12
  it
• 16:13
  because
• 16:14
  that's
• 16:14
  one
• 16:14
  more
• 16:15
  bit
• 16:15
  of
• 16:15
  laughter
• 16:16
  in
• 16:16
  the
• 16:16
  world.
• 16:17
  And
• 16:17
  we
• 16:17
  really
• 16:17
  need
• 16:18
  laughter
• 16:18
  in
• 16:18
  the
• 16:18
  world.
• 16:23
  How's
• 16:23
  it
• 16:24
  gonna
• 16:24
  look?
• 16:25
  That
• 16:25
  kind
• 16:26
  of
• 16:26
  covers
• 16:26
  that,
• 16:26
  doesn't
• 16:27
  it?
• 16:29
  Tune
• 16:29
  into
• 16:30
  the
• 16:30
  true,
• 16:30
  grow
• 16:31
  it
• 16:31
  on
• 16:31
  whatever
• 16:32
  level
• 16:32
  it
• 16:32
  can.
• 16:34
  Sure,
• 16:34
  we'll
• 16:34
  Call
• 16:35
  it
• 16:35
  that.
• 16:36
  So
• 16:37
  I've
• 16:37
  said
• 16:37
  a
• 16:37
  few
• 16:37
  times
• 16:38
  this
• 16:38
  phrase,
• 16:39
  thousand
• 16:40
  true
• 16:40
  fans.
• 16:41
  We've
• 16:41
  come
• 16:41
  to
• 16:41
  why
• 16:42
  should
• 16:42
  my
• 16:42
  thousand
• 16:42
  true
• 16:42
  fans
• 16:43
  care?
• 16:44
  Let's
• 16:44
  give
• 16:44
  a
• 16:44
  little
• 16:44
  background
• 16:45
  here
• 16:46
  and
• 16:46
  this
• 16:46
  is
• 16:46
  gonna
• 16:46
  be
• 16:46
  a
• 16:47
  flawed
• 16:47
  background.
• 16:50
  A
• 16:50
  friend
• 16:51
  of
• 16:51
  mine
• 16:51
  through
• 16:51
  Theater
• 16:52
  collective,
• 16:52
  I'm
• 16:52
  involved
• 16:53
  with
• 16:54
  Shout
• 16:54
  out
• 16:54
  to
• 16:55
  Naked
• 16:55
  Angels
• 16:56
  in
• 16:56
  New
• 16:56
  York,
• 16:56
  which
• 16:57
  also
• 16:57
  has
• 16:57
  outposts
• 16:58
  in
• 16:58
  Chicago
• 16:59
  and
• 16:59
  LA
• 17:00
  and
• 17:01
  is
• 17:01
  a
• 17:01
  great
• 17:01
  incubator
• 17:02
  for
• 17:02
  talent
• 17:03
  and
• 17:03
  possibility.
• 17:06
  A
• 17:06
  friend
• 17:06
  from
• 17:07
  there
• 17:07
  talked
• 17:08
  to
• 17:08
  me
• 17:09
  about
• 17:09
  what
• 17:10
  it
• 17:10
  is
• 17:10
  I
• 17:10
  want
• 17:10
  to
• 17:10
  build
• 17:11
  here.
• 17:11
  He
• 17:12
  runs
• 17:12
  his
• 17:12
  own
• 17:12
  production
• 17:13
  company
• 17:16
  and
• 17:16
  he
• 17:16
  turned
• 17:16
  me
• 17:16
  onto
• 17:16
  this
• 17:18
  idea
• 17:18
  of
• 17:18
  thousand
• 17:19
  true
• 17:19
  fans
• 17:21
  and
• 17:21
  I
• 17:21
  brought
• 17:21
  it
• 17:21
  up
• 17:22
  to
• 17:22
  a
• 17:22
  couple
• 17:23
  other
• 17:23
  folks
• 17:24
  since
• 17:25
  and
• 17:25
  it
• 17:25
  seemed
• 17:25
  to
• 17:26
  be
• 17:27
  fresh
• 17:28
  information
• 17:28
  to
• 17:28
  them.
• 17:29
  So
• 17:29
  I'm
• 17:29
  going
• 17:29
  to
• 17:29
  convey
• 17:29
  it
• 17:29
  here
• 17:30
  too.
• 17:31
  Type
• 17:32
  in
• 17:32
  a
• 17:32
  Thousand
• 17:32
  true
• 17:32
  Fans
• 17:33
  to
• 17:33
  Google
• 17:33
  and
• 17:33
  you
• 17:33
  will
• 17:34
  find
• 17:34
  the
• 17:34
  accurate
• 17:34
  information
• 17:35
  in
• 17:35
  terms
• 17:35
  of
• 17:35
  the
• 17:35
  author,
• 17:36
  the
• 17:36
  original
• 17:36
  publication
• 17:37
  date.
• 17:37
  Like
• 17:37
  all
• 17:38
  these
• 17:38
  things,
• 17:38
  I'm
• 17:38
  going
• 17:38
  to
• 17:39
  really
• 17:39
  hit
• 17:39
  the
• 17:39
  broadcast
• 17:40
  step.
• 17:41
  The
• 17:41
  broad
• 17:41
  strokes
• 17:42
  here.
• 17:47
  Has
• 17:48
  to
• 17:48
  do
• 17:48
  with
• 17:49
  that
• 17:49
  old
• 17:50
  thing
• 17:51
  every
• 17:51
  artist
• 17:53
  bucks
• 17:54
  at,
• 17:55
  including
• 17:55
  me
• 17:57
  for
• 17:57
  so
• 17:57
  long,
• 17:57
  which
• 17:58
  is,
• 17:59
  who
• 17:59
  is
• 17:59
  your
• 18:00
  audience?
• 18:02
  For
• 18:03
  a
• 18:03
  long
• 18:03
  time
• 18:05
  I
• 18:06
  bucked
• 18:07
  at
• 18:07
  that
• 18:07
  question
• 18:07
  because
• 18:07
  I
• 18:08
  wanted
• 18:08
  my
• 18:08
  art
• 18:08
  to
• 18:08
  be
• 18:08
  as,
• 18:09
  you
• 18:10
  know,
• 18:11
  broken
• 18:11
  record
• 18:11
  that
• 18:12
  I
• 18:12
  am
• 18:12
  true
• 18:12
  as
• 18:12
  possible.
• 18:13
  True
• 18:13
  to
• 18:13
  me
• 18:13
  as
• 18:13
  possible,
• 18:14
  as
• 18:14
  evocative
• 18:14
  of
• 18:15
  the
• 18:15
  things
• 18:15
  happening
• 18:15
  inside
• 18:16
  me.
• 18:18
  Put
• 18:18
  him
• 18:19
  onto
• 18:19
  the
• 18:19
  page.
• 18:21
  Act
• 18:21
  them
• 18:22
  out
• 18:22
  on
• 18:22
  stage,
• 18:24
  make
• 18:24
  music
• 18:24
  with
• 18:25
  him.
• 18:25
  I
• 18:25
  make
• 18:25
  music
• 18:26
  under
• 18:26
  the
• 18:26
  name
• 18:26
  Growl,
• 18:27
  honey.
• 18:27
  Go
• 18:27
  on
• 18:28
  ahead
• 18:28
  and
• 18:28
  get
• 18:28
  us
• 18:28
  to
• 18:28
  double
• 18:29
  digit
• 18:29
  listeners
• 18:29
  every
• 18:30
  month.
• 18:30
  That'd
• 18:30
  be
• 18:31
  kind
• 18:31
  of
• 18:31
  cool.
• 18:40
  I
• 18:41
  didn't
• 18:41
  think
• 18:41
  about
• 18:41
  audience.
• 18:43
  I
• 18:43
  didn't
• 18:43
  think
• 18:43
  about
• 18:44
  audience.
• 18:47
  Reason
• 18:48
  I
• 18:48
  didn't
• 18:48
  think
• 18:48
  about
• 18:48
  audience
• 18:50
  is
• 18:50
  it
• 18:51
  felt
• 18:51
  like
• 18:51
  not
• 18:52
  the
• 18:52
  thing.
• 18:54
  It
• 18:54
  felt
• 18:54
  like
• 18:55
  if
• 18:55
  the
• 18:56
  art
• 18:56
  was
• 18:56
  good,
• 18:56
  the
• 18:57
  audience
• 18:57
  will
• 18:57
  follow.
• 19:01
  You
• 19:01
  know,
• 19:02
  we
• 19:02
  are
• 19:03
  being
• 19:03
  marketed
• 19:03
  to
• 19:05
  every
• 19:05
  hour,
• 19:07
  every
• 19:08
  second
• 19:08
  of
• 19:09
  every
• 19:09
  day.
• 19:10
  I
• 19:10
  take
• 19:10
  the
• 19:10
  subway
• 19:11
  and
• 19:11
  it's
• 19:12
  electronic
• 19:12
  ads
• 19:13
  all
• 19:13
  over
• 19:13
  the
• 19:13
  place.
• 19:14
  I
• 19:15
  go
• 19:15
  to
• 19:15
  any
• 19:15
  number
• 19:15
  of
• 19:16
  suburbs,
• 19:16
  rural
• 19:17
  communities,
• 19:17
  whatever
• 19:17
  the
• 19:18
  billboards
• 19:18
  are
• 19:18
  advertising
• 19:19
  to
• 19:19
  us.
• 19:19
  Turn
• 19:20
  on
• 19:20
  the
• 19:20
  tv.
• 19:21
  I
• 19:21
  was
• 19:21
  unfortunate
• 19:21
  enough
• 19:22
  to
• 19:22
  have
• 19:22
  to
• 19:22
  spend
• 19:22
  extended
• 19:23
  time
• 19:23
  in
• 19:23
  the
• 19:23
  hospital
• 19:23
  with
• 19:24
  a
• 19:24
  family
• 19:24
  member
• 19:24
  recently.
• 19:25
  I
• 19:26
  don't
• 19:26
  have
• 19:26
  a
• 19:26
  TV
• 19:26
  at
• 19:26
  home
• 19:27
  and
• 19:27
  just
• 19:27
  to
• 19:27
  watch
• 19:28
  the
• 19:28
  channels,
• 19:31
  to
• 19:31
  watch
• 19:31
  the
• 19:32
  channels,
• 19:33
  every
• 19:34
  channel
• 19:36
  was
• 19:37
  so
• 19:37
  horrifying
• 19:39
  because
• 19:39
  I
• 19:39
  am
• 19:40
  the
• 19:40
  outlier.
• 19:43
  Anybody
• 19:43
  I'm
• 19:43
  listening
• 19:43
  to,
• 19:44
  anybody
• 19:45
  that
• 19:45
  is
• 19:46
  listening
• 19:47
  this
• 19:47
  right
• 19:47
  now
• 19:47
  probably
• 19:47
  has
• 19:48
  a
• 19:48
  much
• 19:48
  greater
• 19:48
  understanding
• 19:49
  as
• 19:49
  to
• 19:49
  what
• 19:49
  TV
• 19:50
  is,
• 19:50
  what
• 19:50
  advertising
• 19:50
  is,
• 19:51
  than
• 19:51
  anything
• 19:51
  I
• 19:51
  would
• 19:51
  wax
• 19:52
  poetic
• 19:52
  about.
• 19:53
  But
• 19:53
  what
• 19:53
  I
• 19:53
  see
• 19:53
  as
• 19:53
  an
• 19:54
  outlier
• 19:54
  is
• 19:54
  this.
• 19:56
  We
• 19:56
  are
• 19:57
  not
• 19:59
  really
• 19:59
  able
• 19:59
  to
• 20:00
  think.
• 20:02
  We
• 20:02
  are
• 20:02
  not
• 20:02
  really
• 20:02
  able
• 20:03
  to
• 20:03
  take
• 20:03
  time
• 20:04
  to
• 20:04
  think,
• 20:06
  to
• 20:06
  form
• 20:06
  opinions
• 20:07
  about
• 20:07
  things,
• 20:07
  to
• 20:08
  question
• 20:08
  things.
• 20:10
  We
• 20:10
  are
• 20:10
  made
• 20:11
  to
• 20:11
  fear.
• 20:12
  We
• 20:12
  are
• 20:12
  made
• 20:12
  to
• 20:12
  want.
• 20:14
  We
• 20:14
  are
• 20:15
  made
• 20:15
  to
• 20:15
  move
• 20:16
  all
• 20:16
  the
• 20:16
  time,
• 20:17
  lest
• 20:17
  we
• 20:18
  feel
• 20:18
  left
• 20:18
  behind
• 20:23
  to
• 20:23
  be
• 20:24
  surrounded
• 20:25
  by.
• 20:30
  People
• 20:32
  that
• 20:32
  are
• 20:33
  really,
• 20:33
  really
• 20:34
  good
• 20:36
  at
• 20:36
  attracting
• 20:37
  audience.
• 20:40
  And
• 20:40
  as
• 20:40
  an
• 20:41
  artist
• 20:42
  who
• 20:43
  let's
• 20:44
  for
• 20:44
  the
• 20:44
  sake
• 20:44
  of
• 20:44
  just
• 20:45
  this
• 20:45
  argument,
• 20:45
  say
• 20:46
  I
• 20:46
  got
• 20:46
  something
• 20:46
  worth
• 20:46
  saying.
• 20:48
  As
• 20:48
  an
• 20:49
  artist
• 20:50
  who
• 20:50
  has
• 20:50
  something
• 20:51
  worth
• 20:51
  saying,
• 20:54
  to
• 20:54
  foolishly
• 20:55
  say
• 20:55
  I'm
• 20:56
  not
• 20:56
  going
• 20:56
  to
• 20:56
  think
• 20:56
  about
• 20:57
  audience
• 20:59
  means
• 21:00
  exactly
• 21:00
  what
• 21:00
  I
• 21:00
  just
• 21:01
  brought
• 21:01
  up.
• 21:01
  Something
• 21:02
  like
• 21:02
  my
• 21:02
  music
• 21:02
  under
• 21:02
  the
• 21:02
  name
• 21:03
  growlhoney
• 21:03
  is
• 21:03
  going
• 21:04
  to
• 21:04
  get
• 21:04
  five
• 21:04
  monthly
• 21:04
  listeners.
• 21:05
  Even
• 21:06
  though
• 21:06
  I
• 21:06
  spent
• 21:07
  a
• 21:07
  year
• 21:07
  and
• 21:08
  a
• 21:08
  half
• 21:08
  making
• 21:08
  an
• 21:08
  album
• 21:09
  I'm
• 21:09
  pretty
• 21:09
  proud
• 21:10
  of.
• 21:14
  That's
• 21:15
  the
• 21:16
  path
• 21:18
  for
• 21:18
  every
• 21:19
  true
• 21:19
  artist
• 21:20
  who
• 21:21
  can't
• 21:21
  be
• 21:21
  bothered
• 21:22
  to
• 21:22
  spend
• 21:22
  time
• 21:23
  thinking
• 21:23
  about
• 21:23
  how
• 21:23
  his
• 21:24
  art
• 21:24
  will
• 21:24
  reach
• 21:24
  the
• 21:24
  people
• 21:25
  who
• 21:25
  would
• 21:25
  love
• 21:25
  it.
• 21:28
  And
• 21:28
  I
• 21:28
  am
• 21:28
  still
• 21:28
  in
• 21:29
  the
• 21:29
  midst
• 21:29
  of
• 21:29
  figuring
• 21:29
  out
• 21:31
  this
• 21:31
  whole
• 21:31
  thing.
• 21:32
  Part
• 21:32
  of
• 21:32
  what
• 21:32
  that
• 21:33
  old
• 21:33
  trope
• 21:33
  is
• 21:33
  going
• 21:34
  to
• 21:34
  be
• 21:34
  about
• 21:34
  is
• 21:34
  me
• 21:34
  figuring
• 21:35
  out
• 21:35
  shit,
• 21:36
  talking
• 21:37
  about
• 21:37
  what
• 21:37
  I
• 21:37
  want
• 21:37
  to
• 21:38
  build
• 21:38
  and
• 21:39
  the
• 21:39
  lessons
• 21:39
  I
• 21:39
  learn
• 21:40
  along
• 21:40
  the
• 21:40
  way.
• 21:41
  One
• 21:41
  show
• 21:41
  that's
• 21:41
  going
• 21:42
  to
• 21:42
  be
• 21:42
  under
• 21:42
  pilot
• 21:42
  season.
• 21:43
  I
• 21:44
  don't
• 21:44
  have
• 21:44
  the
• 21:44
  final
• 21:45
  title
• 21:45
  yet.
• 21:45
  Right
• 21:45
  now
• 21:45
  it's
• 21:46
  Local
• 21:46
  Fire
• 21:47
  Small
• 21:47
  Business.
• 21:49
  It
• 21:49
  focuses
• 21:50
  on
• 21:50
  small
• 21:50
  businesses
• 21:51
  and
• 21:51
  entrepreneurs
• 21:52
  right
• 21:52
  around
• 21:52
  where
• 21:52
  I
• 21:53
  am
• 21:53
  and
• 21:53
  wherever
• 21:53
  else
• 21:54
  I
• 21:54
  choose
• 21:54
  to
• 21:54
  go
• 21:54
  to
• 21:54
  interview
• 21:55
  people
• 21:56
  about
• 21:56
  their
• 21:56
  personal
• 21:57
  journeys,
• 21:58
  businesses
• 21:58
  they're
• 21:59
  running,
• 21:59
  things
• 22:00
  they
• 22:00
  learned
• 22:00
  along
• 22:00
  the
• 22:01
  way.
• 22:01
  What
• 22:01
  it's
• 22:02
  like
• 22:02
  shifting
• 22:02
  from
• 22:02
  role
• 22:03
  to
• 22:03
  role,
• 22:04
  issuing
• 22:04
  a
• 22:05
  quote
• 22:05
  unquote
• 22:05
  normal
• 22:06
  life
• 22:07
  of
• 22:07
  a
• 22:07
  9
• 22:07
  to
• 22:07
  5
• 22:08
  to
• 22:08
  do
• 22:08
  your
• 22:08
  own
• 22:08
  thing
• 22:09
  that
• 22:09
  you're
• 22:09
  passionate
• 22:10
  about
• 22:10
  once,
• 22:10
  like
• 22:11
  pushing
• 22:11
  through
• 22:11
  the
• 22:11
  moments
• 22:12
  where
• 22:12
  you
• 22:12
  really
• 22:12
  have
• 22:13
  no
• 22:13
  strength
• 22:13
  left
• 22:14
  and
• 22:15
  wonder
• 22:15
  what
• 22:15
  it
• 22:15
  is
• 22:15
  you
• 22:16
  did
• 22:19
  that
• 22:19
  helps
• 22:20
  me
• 22:20
  selfishly
• 22:21
  understand
• 22:22
  better
• 22:23
  how
• 22:23
  to
• 22:24
  build
• 22:25
  this
• 22:25
  thing
• 22:25
  that
• 22:25
  I
• 22:25
  care
• 22:26
  about.
• 22:27
  So
• 22:27
  back
• 22:27
  to
• 22:27
  a
• 22:27
  Thousand
• 22:28
  True
• 22:28
  Fans.
• 22:29
  This
• 22:30
  piece
• 22:30
  was
• 22:30
  an
• 22:30
  essay
• 22:31
  that
• 22:31
  I
• 22:31
  believe
• 22:31
  was
• 22:31
  Originally
• 22:32
  published
• 22:33
  in
• 22:33
  2008
• 22:35
  and
• 22:35
  it
• 22:35
  talks
• 22:35
  about
• 22:36
  how
• 22:36
  you.
• 22:38
  Well,
• 22:38
  let's
• 22:38
  say,
• 22:39
  not
• 22:39
  you
• 22:40
  as
• 22:40
  a
• 22:41
  content
• 22:41
  maker.
• 22:44
  There
• 22:45
  has
• 22:45
  never
• 22:45
  been
• 22:47
  a
• 22:47
  more
• 22:47
  easy
• 22:48
  time
• 22:48
  of
• 22:48
  it
• 22:48
  to
• 22:49
  reach
• 22:49
  anybody
• 22:50
  anywhere
• 22:51
  in
• 22:51
  the
• 22:51
  world.
• 22:52
  But
• 22:53
  too
• 22:53
  Too
• 22:54
  Much
• 22:54
  Light
• 22:54
  Makes
• 22:54
  the
• 22:55
  Baby
• 22:55
  Go
• 22:55
  Blind,
• 22:56
  as
• 22:56
  an
• 22:56
  old
• 22:57
  play
• 22:57
  was
• 22:57
  titled,
• 23:01
  and
• 23:01
  with
• 23:02
  infinite
• 23:02
  people,
• 23:04
  it
• 23:04
  becomes
• 23:04
  difficult
• 23:05
  to
• 23:05
  narrow
• 23:06
  focus
• 23:07
  and
• 23:08
  align
• 23:08
  understanding,
• 23:09
  prioritize,
• 23:13
  prioritize
• 23:14
  how
• 23:15
  to
• 23:16
  find
• 23:16
  the
• 23:16
  right
• 23:16
  people.
• 23:20
  This
• 23:20
  essay
• 23:21
  posits
• 23:23
  that
• 23:24
  you
• 23:24
  don't
• 23:24
  need
• 23:24
  millions
• 23:25
  of
• 23:25
  fans
• 23:26
  to
• 23:26
  make
• 23:26
  a
• 23:26
  living
• 23:26
  as
• 23:27
  an
• 23:27
  artist.
• 23:29
  You
• 23:29
  need
• 23:30
  1000
• 23:31
  true
• 23:31
  fans
• 23:33
  who
• 23:33
  are
• 23:33
  so
• 23:34
  invested
• 23:35
  in
• 23:36
  the
• 23:36
  care
• 23:37
  and
• 23:37
  expertise
• 23:39
  and
• 23:39
  vision
• 23:40
  and
• 23:40
  quality
• 23:41
  of
• 23:41
  what
• 23:42
  you
• 23:42
  put
• 23:42
  out.
• 23:44
  They
• 23:44
  will
• 23:44
  buy
• 23:45
  anything
• 23:45
  you
• 23:45
  create,
• 23:47
  they
• 23:47
  will
• 23:48
  subscribe,
• 23:49
  they
• 23:49
  will
• 23:50
  follow,
• 23:51
  they
• 23:51
  will
• 23:51
  they'll
• 23:52
  look
• 23:52
  forward,
• 23:52
  they'll
• 23:52
  engage,
• 23:54
  they'll
• 23:54
  be
• 23:54
  your
• 23:55
  community,
• 23:55
  your
• 23:55
  go
• 23:55
  to
• 23:56
  your
• 23:56
  diehards
• 23:58
  and
• 23:59
  a
• 23:59
  thousand
• 23:59
  people
• 23:59
  ain't
• 24:00
  that
• 24:00
  much.
• 24:02
  One
• 24:02
  of
• 24:02
  the
• 24:02
  things
• 24:05
  I
• 24:05
  have
• 24:05
  very
• 24:05
  limited
• 24:06
  budget
• 24:06
  to
• 24:06
  do
• 24:06
  this
• 24:07
  company
• 24:08
  at
• 24:09
  the
• 24:09
  outset.
• 24:10
  One
• 24:10
  thing
• 24:11
  that
• 24:11
  I
• 24:12
  am
• 24:13
  rolling
• 24:13
  on
• 24:13
  on
• 24:14
  the
• 24:14
  generic
• 24:15
  front
• 24:15
  I
• 24:15
  guess
• 24:18
  is
• 24:21
  analytics,
• 24:23
  which
• 24:23
  once
• 24:24
  again
• 24:24
  is
• 24:24
  a
• 24:24
  dirty
• 24:25
  word
• 24:25
  for
• 24:26
  many
• 24:26
  artists
• 24:26
  including
• 24:27
  myself.
• 24:27
  Analytics,
• 24:32
  analytics
• 24:33
  for
• 24:33
  those
• 24:34
  who
• 24:35
  blessedly
• 24:36
  are
• 24:36
  more
• 24:36
  analog
• 24:36
  than
• 24:37
  I
• 24:38
  are
• 24:38
  the
• 24:39
  key
• 24:39
  performance
• 24:40
  indicators,
• 24:41
  the
• 24:41
  KPIs
• 24:43
  by
• 24:43
  which
• 24:43
  you
• 24:44
  define
• 24:44
  and
• 24:44
  measure
• 24:45
  success.
• 24:48
  A
• 24:48
  lot
• 24:48
  of
• 24:48
  people
• 24:50
  I
• 24:50
  think
• 24:51
  would
• 24:52
  run
• 24:52
  to
• 24:52
  see
• 24:53
  how
• 24:53
  many
• 24:53
  listens
• 24:54
  something
• 24:54
  gets
• 24:57
  the
• 24:57
  first
• 24:57
  show
• 24:57
  we've
• 24:58
  released
• 24:58
  under
• 24:58
  Jackinoid
• 24:59
  Pearlope
• 24:59
  is
• 25:00
  the
• 25:00
  Beta
• 25:00
  Boy
• 25:00
  Breakdown
• 25:01
  with
• 25:01
  Michael
• 25:01
  and
• 25:01
  Nathaniel
• 25:02
  which
• 25:02
  focuses
• 25:02
  on
• 25:03
  mapping
• 25:04
  out
• 25:04
  the
• 25:04
  red
• 25:05
  pilled
• 25:05
  manosphere
• 25:06
  which
• 25:06
  if
• 25:07
  you
• 25:07
  are
• 25:07
  uninitiated
• 25:09
  know
• 25:09
  nothing
• 25:09
  about
• 25:10
  it
• 25:10
  is
• 25:11
  an
• 25:11
  ecosystem
• 25:11
  of
• 25:12
  largely
• 25:13
  men,
• 25:13
  but
• 25:13
  not
• 25:13
  only
• 25:14
  men
• 25:14
  online
• 25:15
  elsewhere
• 25:18
  that
• 25:18
  believe
• 25:19
  feminism
• 25:20
  is
• 25:20
  to
• 25:20
  blame
• 25:21
  for
• 25:21
  all
• 25:22
  of
• 25:22
  society's
• 25:22
  ills
• 25:24
  and
• 25:24
  the
• 25:25
  world
• 25:25
  would
• 25:25
  be
• 25:25
  fixed
• 25:26
  if
• 25:26
  men
• 25:26
  adopt
• 25:27
  a
• 25:27
  more
• 25:28
  dominant
• 25:29
  position
• 25:30
  in
• 25:31
  romance
• 25:31
  and
• 25:31
  politics
• 25:32
  and
• 25:32
  business
• 25:33
  and
• 25:33
  across
• 25:33
  all
• 25:34
  things.
• 25:37
  Now
• 25:40
  this
• 25:40
  ecosystem
• 25:42
  is
• 25:43
  being
• 25:43
  echoed
• 25:44
  from
• 25:44
  the
• 25:44
  highest
• 25:44
  levels
• 25:44
  of
• 25:45
  the
• 25:45
  US
• 25:45
  government
• 25:45
  right
• 25:46
  now.
• 25:46
  Same
• 25:46
  language.
• 25:49
  Some
• 25:50
  people
• 25:50
  came
• 25:51
  right
• 25:51
  from
• 25:51
  there
• 25:53
  and
• 25:56
  my
• 25:56
  friend
• 25:56
  of
• 25:57
  20
• 25:57
  years
• 25:57
  and
• 25:57
  I
• 25:59
  just
• 25:59
  wanted
• 26:00
  to
• 26:00
  do
• 26:00
  a
• 26:00
  creative
• 26:00
  project
• 26:01
  together,
• 26:02
  but
• 26:02
  by
• 26:03
  landing
• 26:03
  on
• 26:03
  this
• 26:04
  because
• 26:04
  he's
• 26:04
  a
• 26:04
  red
• 26:04
  state
• 26:05
  Democrat
• 26:05
  in
• 26:05
  East
• 26:06
  Tennessee,
• 26:07
  through
• 26:07
  wanting
• 26:08
  to
• 26:08
  understand
• 26:08
  why
• 26:09
  so
• 26:10
  many
• 26:10
  people
• 26:11
  around
• 26:11
  him
• 26:11
  went
• 26:12
  this
• 26:12
  direction
• 26:12
  and
• 26:13
  he
• 26:13
  didn't,
• 26:14
  he
• 26:14
  understands
• 26:15
  and
• 26:15
  empathizes
• 26:16
  with
• 26:17
  these
• 26:17
  people
• 26:18
  while
• 26:19
  feeling
• 26:19
  like
• 26:19
  empathy
• 26:20
  is
• 26:20
  kind
• 26:20
  of
• 26:20
  a
• 26:20
  dirty
• 26:21
  word.
• 26:23
  We
• 26:23
  landed
• 26:24
  on
• 26:24
  this
• 26:24
  project
• 26:24
  because
• 26:25
  there
• 26:25
  were
• 26:25
  some
• 26:25
  haunting
• 26:25
  questions
• 26:26
  for
• 26:26
  us,
• 26:27
  not
• 26:27
  only
• 26:27
  about
• 26:27
  what
• 26:28
  is
• 26:28
  happening
• 26:28
  in
• 26:28
  society,
• 26:29
  what
• 26:30
  is
• 26:30
  driving
• 26:30
  this
• 26:30
  behavior,
• 26:31
  how
• 26:32
  and
• 26:32
  where
• 26:32
  are
• 26:33
  we
• 26:33
  going
• 26:33
  as
• 26:33
  a
• 26:34
  country,
• 26:34
  but
• 26:34
  also
• 26:35
  about
• 26:35
  internally.
• 26:36
  What
• 26:36
  does
• 26:36
  it
• 26:37
  mean
• 26:37
  to
• 26:37
  be
• 26:37
  a
• 26:37
  man
• 26:37
  today?
• 26:39
  What's
• 26:40
  positive
• 26:40
  masculinity
• 26:41
  look
• 26:41
  like?
• 26:41
  What's
• 26:41
  even
• 26:41
  masculinity
• 26:42
  mean?
• 26:43
  How
• 26:44
  is
• 26:44
  empathy
• 26:44
  showing
• 26:44
  up
• 26:45
  in
• 26:45
  our
• 26:45
  lives?
• 26:47
  You
• 26:47
  can
• 26:47
  hear
• 26:48
  the
• 26:48
  church
• 26:48
  bells
• 26:48
  in
• 26:48
  the
• 26:48
  background.
• 26:49
  That's
• 26:49
  a
• 26:49
  lovely
• 26:50
  thing
• 26:50
  about
• 26:50
  being
• 26:50
  here
• 26:50
  in
• 26:51
  Brooklyn
• 26:52
  is
• 26:52
  I
• 26:53
  have
• 26:53
  beautiful
• 26:53
  bells
• 26:53
  multiple
• 26:54
  times
• 26:54
  a
• 26:54
  day
• 26:57
  in
• 26:57
  Brooklyn,
• 26:58
  in
• 26:58
  case
• 26:58
  you
• 26:58
  didn't
• 26:58
  know,
• 26:58
  used
• 26:59
  to
• 26:59
  be
• 26:59
  called
• 26:59
  City
• 26:59
  of
• 26:59
  Churches.
• 27:05
  You
• 27:06
  also
• 27:06
  got
• 27:06
  the
• 27:06
  flight
• 27:06
  path,
• 27:07
  overhead
• 27:11
  mobility,
• 27:11
  mobility,
• 27:12
  mobility,
• 27:13
  look
• 27:13
  inward.
• 27:18
  So
• 27:21
  the
• 27:21
  analytic
• 27:23
  singular
• 27:24
  that
• 27:25
  I
• 27:25
  looked
• 27:25
  at
• 27:26
  that
• 27:26
  I
• 27:26
  was
• 27:26
  most
• 27:27
  excited
• 27:27
  about
• 27:28
  when
• 27:29
  we
• 27:29
  launched
• 27:29
  this
• 27:29
  show
• 27:30
  with
• 27:30
  no
• 27:30
  marketing
• 27:31
  budget
• 27:33
  was
• 27:33
  not
• 27:33
  number
• 27:34
  of
• 27:35
  listeners
• 27:36
  or
• 27:36
  listens
• 27:37
  or
• 27:38
  whatever.
• 27:41
  I
• 27:42
  looked
• 27:42
  at
• 27:42
  unique
• 27:43
  listeners.
• 27:45
  I
• 27:46
  looked
• 27:46
  at
• 27:46
  unique
• 27:46
  listeners
• 27:47
  because
• 27:47
  that
• 27:47
  tells
• 27:47
  me
• 27:48
  something.
• 27:50
  Michael
• 27:50
  has
• 27:51
  his
• 27:51
  network
• 27:52
  down
• 27:52
  in
• 27:52
  Tennessee.
• 27:54
  I
• 27:54
  have
• 27:55
  my
• 27:55
  community
• 27:56
  which
• 27:56
  is
• 27:56
  growing
• 27:57
  here
• 27:57
  in
• 27:57
  New
• 27:57
  York.
• 27:59
  I
• 27:59
  got
• 27:59
  birds
• 27:59
  flying
• 28:00
  outside
• 28:00
  my
• 28:00
  window.
• 28:01
  I
• 28:01
  got
• 28:01
  so
• 28:01
  much
• 28:03
  look
• 28:03
  at
• 28:04
  all
• 28:04
  this
• 28:04
  abundance.
• 28:07
  The
• 28:07
  number
• 28:07
  of
• 28:07
  people
• 28:08
  I
• 28:08
  told
• 28:08
  about
• 28:08
  the
• 28:09
  show
• 28:09
  is
• 28:09
  less
• 28:10
  than
• 28:10
  the
• 28:10
  unique
• 28:11
  listeners.
• 28:14
  The
• 28:14
  number
• 28:14
  of
• 28:15
  people
• 28:16
  combined
• 28:18
  that
• 28:18
  Michael
• 28:19
  and
• 28:19
  I
• 28:19
  told
• 28:19
  about
• 28:19
  the
• 28:20
  show
• 28:21
  was
• 28:22
  less
• 28:23
  than
• 28:23
  the
• 28:23
  unique
• 28:23
  listeners.
• 28:26
  That
• 28:26
  means
• 28:26
  that
• 28:27
  people
• 28:27
  are
• 28:27
  listening
• 28:28
  and
• 28:28
  digging
• 28:29
  enough
• 28:29
  to
• 28:29
  pass
• 28:29
  it
• 28:29
  on
• 28:30
  to
• 28:30
  somebody
• 28:30
  else.
• 28:33
  That
• 28:34
  to
• 28:34
  me
• 28:35
  is
• 28:35
  the
• 28:36
  analytic
• 28:38
  that
• 28:38
  tunes
• 28:39
  into
• 28:39
  the
• 28:39
  kind
• 28:39
  of
• 28:39
  success
• 28:40
  that
• 28:40
  before
• 28:40
  you
• 28:40
  get
• 28:41
  into
• 28:41
  monetization,
• 28:42
  before
• 28:42
  you
• 28:42
  get
• 28:43
  into
• 28:43
  anything,
• 28:45
  just
• 28:45
  lets
• 28:45
  you
• 28:45
  know
• 28:45
  that
• 28:46
  you're
• 28:47
  on
• 28:47
  to
• 28:47
  something
• 28:48
  that
• 28:48
  motivates
• 28:49
  engagement
• 28:50
  and
• 28:50
  behavior
• 28:51
  from
• 28:51
  your
• 28:52
  listener.
• 28:54
  So
• 28:55
  tie
• 28:55
  it
• 28:55
  back
• 28:56
  to
• 28:56
  A
• 28:56
  thousand
• 28:57
  true
• 28:57
  fans.
• 28:58
  I
• 28:59
  have
• 28:59
  been
• 28:59
  thinking
• 28:59
  since
• 28:59
  this
• 29:00
  conversation
• 29:00
  with
• 29:00
  my
• 29:01
  friend,
• 29:04
  which
• 29:04
  why
• 29:04
  not
• 29:04
  give
• 29:05
  him
• 29:05
  a
• 29:05
  shout
• 29:05
  out
• 29:05
  right
• 29:05
  here?
• 29:06
  He
• 29:06
  helped
• 29:06
  me
• 29:07
  out.
• 29:07
  Strategy
• 29:07
  for
• 29:07
  free.
• 29:08
  Xander
• 29:08
  Black.
• 29:09
  If
• 29:09
  you
• 29:09
  want
• 29:09
  to
• 29:09
  hire
• 29:10
  somebody
• 29:11
  for
• 29:11
  video
• 29:11
  production
• 29:12
  services,
• 29:12
  for
• 29:12
  even
• 29:13
  real
• 29:13
  estate
• 29:13
  photography,
• 29:14
  this
• 29:14
  is
• 29:14
  a
• 29:15
  unsolicited
• 29:16
  ad.
• 29:16
  Go
• 29:17
  ahead
• 29:17
  and
• 29:17
  hire.
• 29:17
  Hire
• 29:18
  Xander.
• 29:19
  Good
• 29:19
  dude
• 29:20
  looks
• 29:21
  to
• 29:21
  know
• 29:21
  his.
• 29:28
  A
• 29:28
  thousand
• 29:29
  true
• 29:29
  fans
• 29:29
  for
• 29:29
  me,
• 29:30
  for
• 29:30
  this
• 29:30
  company,
• 29:30
  I
• 29:31
  think
• 29:32
  has
• 29:32
  to
• 29:32
  do
• 29:33
  with
• 29:34
  creatives
• 29:37
  who
• 29:38
  don't
• 29:38
  know
• 29:42
  how
• 29:43
  to
• 29:43
  wield
• 29:44
  their
• 29:44
  internal
• 29:45
  weapons
• 29:47
  to
• 29:48
  make
• 29:48
  a
• 29:48
  difference
• 29:48
  in
• 29:49
  a
• 29:49
  world
• 29:50
  that
• 29:51
  desperately
• 29:53
  needs
• 29:53
  to
• 29:53
  be
• 29:53
  inspired
• 29:54
  and
• 29:54
  healed.
• 29:56
  One
• 29:56
  of
• 29:56
  the
• 29:56
  tenets
• 29:57
  of
• 29:57
  this
• 29:57
  company
• 29:58
  is
• 29:58
  creativity
• 29:58
  and
• 29:59
  art
• 29:59
  have
• 29:59
  healing
• 29:59
  powers.
• 30:00
  Society
• 30:00
  needs
• 30:01
  to
• 30:01
  be
• 30:01
  healed
• 30:01
  and
• 30:02
  so
• 30:02
  I
• 30:02
  want
• 30:02
  to
• 30:02
  uplift
• 30:03
  as
• 30:03
  many
• 30:03
  creative
• 30:03
  voices
• 30:04
  as
• 30:04
  possible.
• 30:08
  One
• 30:08
  of
• 30:08
  the
• 30:08
  shows
• 30:09
  that
• 30:09
  you'll
• 30:09
  first
• 30:09
  see
• 30:10
  in
• 30:10
  pilot
• 30:10
  season
• 30:10
  and
• 30:11
  then
• 30:11
  further
• 30:12
  out
• 30:12
  is
• 30:12
  called
• 30:12
  Making
• 30:12
  Strange,
• 30:13
  which
• 30:13
  basically
• 30:14
  is
• 30:14
  exactly
• 30:14
  that.
• 30:18
  It's
• 30:18
  about
• 30:19
  artists
• 30:19
  acting
• 30:19
  as
• 30:20
  social
• 30:20
  entrepreneurs,
• 30:22
  rethinking
• 30:23
  systems,
• 30:24
  reimagining
• 30:25
  how
• 30:26
  these
• 30:26
  agreements
• 30:27
  we've
• 30:27
  fallen
• 30:27
  into
• 30:27
  as
• 30:28
  a
• 30:28
  society
• 30:28
  for
• 30:29
  how
• 30:30
  and
• 30:30
  why
• 30:30
  things
• 30:30
  work
• 30:31
  the
• 30:31
  way
• 30:31
  they
• 30:31
  do.
• 30:33
  Maybe
• 30:33
  those
• 30:33
  can
• 30:33
  be
• 30:33
  looked
• 30:34
  at
• 30:34
  and
• 30:34
  improved
• 30:35
  upon.
• 30:36
  Maybe
• 30:36
  artists
• 30:37
  as
• 30:38
  outside
• 30:38
  the
• 30:38
  box
• 30:39
  thinkers
• 30:39
  can
• 30:39
  distill
• 30:40
  something
• 30:40
  or
• 30:41
  see
• 30:41
  something
• 30:43
  that
• 30:43
  allows
• 30:45
  the
• 30:45
  people
• 30:48
  who
• 30:48
  are
• 30:49
  in
• 30:49
  the
• 30:49
  systems
• 30:50
  to
• 30:51
  actually.
• 30:53
  Well,
• 30:53
  no,
• 30:54
  let
• 30:54
  me
• 30:54
  walk
• 30:54
  that
• 30:55
  back.
• 30:55
  It's
• 30:55
  not
• 30:55
  about
• 30:55
  providing
• 30:56
  solutions,
• 30:57
  it's
• 30:58
  about
• 30:58
  rethinking
• 30:59
  things.
• 31:01
  It's
• 31:02
  about
• 31:02
  just
• 31:02
  introducing
• 31:04
  awareness
• 31:05
  and
• 31:06
  possibility
• 31:07
  and
• 31:09
  ingenuity,
• 31:09
  innovation,
• 31:10
  whatever.
• 31:11
  Artists,
• 31:11
  myself
• 31:12
  included,
• 31:13
  love
• 31:14
  the
• 31:14
  fucking
• 31:15
  woo
• 31:15
  woo
• 31:15
  territory
• 31:16
  where
• 31:17
  it's
• 31:17
  like,
• 31:17
  what
• 31:17
  if,
• 31:17
  what
• 31:18
  if
• 31:18
  the
• 31:18
  world
• 31:18
  looked
• 31:18
  like
• 31:18
  this?
• 31:19
  What
• 31:19
  if
• 31:19
  the
• 31:19
  world
• 31:19
  looked
• 31:20
  like
• 31:20
  this?
• 31:20
  What
• 31:20
  if
• 31:20
  the
• 31:21
  world
• 31:21
  looked
• 31:21
  like
• 31:21
  this?
• 31:23
  What
• 31:23
  the
• 31:23
  folks
• 31:24
  in
• 31:24
  Making
• 31:25
  Strange
• 31:25
  talk
• 31:25
  about
• 31:26
  is,
• 31:27
  yeah,
• 31:28
  how
• 31:28
  do
• 31:28
  we
• 31:28
  get
• 31:28
  there?
• 31:31
  Rethinking
• 31:31
  how
• 31:32
  something
• 31:33
  as,
• 31:35
  shall
• 31:35
  we
• 31:35
  say,
• 31:37
  commonplace,
• 31:39
  essential,
• 31:40
  required
• 31:41
  as
• 31:42
  capitalist
• 31:43
  systems,
• 31:47
  if
• 31:47
  we
• 31:47
  got
• 31:47
  to
• 31:47
  live
• 31:48
  in
• 31:48
  a
• 31:48
  capitalist
• 31:48
  world,
• 31:49
  how
• 31:49
  do
• 31:49
  we
• 31:49
  make
• 31:50
  capitalism
• 31:50
  make
• 31:50
  the
• 31:51
  world
• 31:51
  better?
• 31:53
  That's
• 31:53
  really
• 31:53
  it.
• 31:54
  How
• 31:55
  do
• 31:55
  we
• 31:55
  make
• 31:55
  capitalism
• 31:56
  help
• 31:56
  people?
• 31:57
  There's
• 31:58
  still
• 31:58
  money
• 31:58
  to
• 31:58
  be
• 31:58
  made,
• 31:59
  any
• 31:59
  number
• 31:59
  of
• 31:59
  ways.
• 32:01
  Maybe
• 32:02
  not
• 32:02
  as
• 32:02
  much
• 32:03
  as
• 32:03
  extraction,
• 32:05
  maybe
• 32:05
  not
• 32:05
  as
• 32:05
  much
• 32:05
  as
• 32:06
  rugged
• 32:06
  individualism,
• 32:09
  but
• 32:10
  how
• 32:10
  much
• 32:10
  money
• 32:12
  do
• 32:12
  the
• 32:12
  people
• 32:13
  who
• 32:13
  are
• 32:13
  marketing
• 32:13
  to
• 32:14
  us
• 32:14
  need?
• 32:15
  How
• 32:15
  much
• 32:16
  do
• 32:16
  they
• 32:16
  really
• 32:16
  need
• 32:19
  and
• 32:19
  how
• 32:19
  much
• 32:20
  scarcity
• 32:21
  and
• 32:22
  lack
• 32:22
  and
• 32:23
  wanting
• 32:24
  and
• 32:24
  disenfranchisement
• 32:25
  and
• 32:26
  loneliness
• 32:26
  and
• 32:27
  abandonment
• 32:27
  and
• 32:28
  hurt
• 32:30
  can
• 32:31
  we
• 32:31
  stomach
• 32:32
  anymore
• 32:33
  as
• 32:34
  a
• 32:34
  society?
• 32:37
  I
• 32:37
  mentioned
• 32:38
  before
• 32:38
  the
• 32:38
  three
• 32:39
  superpowers,
• 32:40
  one
• 32:40
  of
• 32:40
  which
• 32:40
  was
• 32:40
  empathy.
• 32:42
  I
• 32:42
  had
• 32:42
  a
• 32:42
  conversation
• 32:43
  last
• 32:43
  night
• 32:43
  at
• 32:43
  that
• 32:44
  theater
• 32:44
  company
• 32:44
  with
• 32:44
  another
• 32:45
  friend.
• 32:46
  Then
• 32:46
  basically
• 32:48
  she,
• 32:49
  to
• 32:49
  her
• 32:49
  credit,
• 32:50
  she
• 32:50
  was
• 32:50
  just
• 32:50
  telling
• 32:50
  a
• 32:51
  little
• 32:51
  story
• 32:51
  about
• 32:51
  something.
• 32:52
  And
• 32:53
  I
• 32:53
  immediately
• 32:53
  went
• 32:53
  to
• 32:54
  the
• 32:54
  empathetic
• 32:54
  perspective
• 32:55
  for
• 32:55
  the
• 32:55
  other
• 32:55
  party
• 32:55
  in
• 32:55
  the
• 32:55
  story.
• 32:56
  And
• 32:56
  I
• 32:56
  was
• 32:56
  like,
• 32:56
  well,
• 32:56
  what
• 32:56
  about
• 32:56
  this?
• 32:57
  Have
• 32:57
  you
• 32:57
  thought
• 32:57
  about
• 32:57
  this?
• 32:58
  And
• 32:58
  I'm
• 32:58
  like,
• 32:58
  no,
• 32:59
  I
• 32:59
  just
• 32:59
  can't
• 32:59
  turn
• 32:59
  off
• 32:59
  this
• 33:00
  muscle
• 33:00
  anymore.
• 33:02
  Because
• 33:03
  the
• 33:03
  more
• 33:03
  in
• 33:03
  my
• 33:04
  life
• 33:05
  I
• 33:05
  find
• 33:05
  myself
• 33:06
  really
• 33:06
  perturbed
• 33:07
  by
• 33:07
  some
• 33:08
  interaction,
• 33:08
  I
• 33:09
  realize
• 33:09
  it's
• 33:09
  tuning
• 33:10
  into
• 33:10
  something
• 33:10
  with
• 33:10
  me.
• 33:11
  And
• 33:11
  this
• 33:12
  person
• 33:12
  has
• 33:12
  a
• 33:12
  whole
• 33:12
  life
• 33:13
  that
• 33:13
  has
• 33:13
  nothing
• 33:13
  to
• 33:13
  do
• 33:13
  with
• 33:14
  me.
• 33:15
  And
• 33:15
  the
• 33:15
  things
• 33:15
  that
• 33:16
  are
• 33:16
  tripping
• 33:17
  my
• 33:17
  wires,
• 33:19
  either
• 33:20
  one,
• 33:22
  they
• 33:22
  are
• 33:22
  something
• 33:23
  that
• 33:23
  matters
• 33:24
  and
• 33:25
  should
• 33:25
  be
• 33:25
  communicated
• 33:25
  about
• 33:26
  in
• 33:26
  hopes
• 33:26
  of
• 33:26
  finding
• 33:27
  alignment
• 33:27
  and
• 33:28
  understanding,
• 33:29
  greater
• 33:30
  clarity
• 33:30
  on
• 33:30
  what's
• 33:31
  going
• 33:31
  on
• 33:31
  the
• 33:31
  other
• 33:31
  side.
• 33:33
  Or
• 33:35
  maybe
• 33:35
  they
• 33:35
  don't
• 33:35
  matter
• 33:36
  that
• 33:36
  much.
• 33:37
  Maybe
• 33:37
  I
• 33:37
  can
• 33:37
  just
• 33:37
  chalk
• 33:37
  it
• 33:37
  up
• 33:37
  to
• 33:38
  the
• 33:38
  fact
• 33:38
  that
• 33:38
  we're
• 33:38
  all
• 33:38
  human
• 33:39
  and
• 33:39
  imperfect.
• 33:40
  And
• 33:40
  if
• 33:40
  I
• 33:40
  am
• 33:40
  asking
• 33:42
  people
• 33:43
  and
• 33:43
  the
• 33:43
  universe
• 33:44
  to
• 33:45
  give
• 33:45
  me
• 33:45
  space
• 33:46
  and
• 33:46
  patience,
• 33:47
  I
• 33:47
  should
• 33:47
  be
• 33:48
  able
• 33:48
  to
• 33:48
  do
• 33:48
  the
• 33:48
  same
• 33:48
  for
• 33:49
  other
• 33:49
  people
• 33:49
  too.
• 33:54
  So.
• 33:59
  Since
• 33:59
  I'm
• 34:02
  running
• 34:02
  low,
• 34:06
  today's
• 34:06
  topic,
• 34:09
  purpose.
• 34:15
  My
• 34:15
  purpose
• 34:18
  that
• 34:18
  I've
• 34:20
  distilled
• 34:21
  for
• 34:21
  myself
• 34:24
  is
• 34:24
  really
• 34:25
  not
• 34:26
  tied
• 34:27
  to
• 34:28
  outcomes
• 34:28
  so
• 34:29
  far
• 34:29
  as
• 34:29
  I
• 34:29
  can
• 34:29
  help
• 34:29
  it.
• 34:31
  I
• 34:32
  continue
• 34:32
  to
• 34:32
  be
• 34:32
  a
• 34:32
  dreamer.
• 34:34
  I
• 34:34
  continue
• 34:35
  to
• 34:36
  care
• 34:36
  deeply
• 34:36
  and
• 34:37
  want
• 34:37
  to,
• 34:39
  yeah,
• 34:41
  save
• 34:41
  the
• 34:41
  world
• 34:41
  in
• 34:41
  some
• 34:42
  respects.
• 34:43
  I'm
• 34:43
  not
• 34:43
  the
• 34:44
  only
• 34:44
  one.
• 34:47
  I
• 34:47
  got
• 34:47
  plenty
• 34:48
  John
• 34:48
  Levin
• 34:48
  representation
• 34:49
  over
• 34:49
  here
• 34:49
  on
• 34:50
  my
• 34:50
  big
• 34:50
  old
• 34:51
  bookshelf.
• 34:57
  Yeah,
• 34:57
  I
• 34:57
  do
• 34:57
  want
• 34:57
  to
• 34:57
  make
• 34:58
  an
• 34:58
  impact
• 34:58
  that
• 34:58
  helps
• 34:59
  people.
• 34:59
  I
• 34:59
  do
• 34:59
  want
• 35:00
  to
• 35:00
  make
• 35:00
  this
• 35:00
  company
• 35:01
  as
• 35:01
  fucking
• 35:02
  successful
• 35:03
  in
• 35:04
  an
• 35:04
  absurdly
• 35:06
  unforeseen
• 35:07
  innovative
• 35:08
  way.
• 35:08
  You
• 35:08
  want
• 35:08
  to
• 35:09
  make
• 35:09
  art
• 35:10
  profitable?
• 35:11
  You
• 35:11
  want
• 35:11
  to
• 35:11
  make
• 35:11
  art
• 35:12
  that
• 35:13
  fixes
• 35:13
  the
• 35:14
  world
• 35:14
  or
• 35:14
  seeks
• 35:15
  to
• 35:15
  fix
• 35:15
  the
• 35:15
  world
• 35:16
  possible?
• 35:17
  You
• 35:17
  want
• 35:18
  to
• 35:18
  do
• 35:18
  what?
• 35:18
  Now?
• 35:18
  You
• 35:19
  don't
• 35:19
  want
• 35:19
  to
• 35:21
  play
• 35:22
  the
• 35:22
  game
• 35:23
  of
• 35:23
  capitalism,
• 35:25
  but
• 35:25
  you
• 35:25
  do,
• 35:27
  but
• 35:27
  with
• 35:27
  heart
• 35:28
  and
• 35:29
  you
• 35:29
  think
• 35:29
  you
• 35:29
  can
• 35:30
  make
• 35:30
  your
• 35:31
  living
• 35:31
  at
• 35:31
  this.
• 35:34
  So
• 35:35
  sure,
• 35:35
  yeah,
• 35:35
  I
• 35:36
  got
• 35:36
  things
• 35:36
  I'm
• 35:37
  driving
• 35:37
  toward,
• 35:37
  but
• 35:37
  that's
• 35:38
  not
• 35:38
  what
• 35:38
  purpose
• 35:38
  is.
• 35:40
  I
• 35:40
  think
• 35:40
  my
• 35:41
  purpose
• 35:43
  is
• 35:44
  to,
• 35:46
  as
• 35:47
  best
• 35:47
  I
• 35:47
  can
• 35:48
  with
• 35:48
  what
• 35:49
  I
• 35:49
  got,
• 35:50
  take
• 35:51
  things
• 35:51
  one
• 35:51
  minute
• 35:51
  at
• 35:52
  a
• 35:52
  time
• 35:53
  and
• 35:53
  bring
• 35:54
  to
• 35:54
  bear
• 35:56
  all
• 35:56
  parts
• 35:56
  of
• 35:57
  me
• 35:57
  to
• 35:57
  make
• 35:57
  the
• 35:57
  best
• 35:58
  possible
• 35:58
  moves
• 36:01
  in
• 36:01
  a
• 36:02
  kind
• 36:02
  hearted,
• 36:03
  values
• 36:04
  oriented
• 36:04
  way
• 36:06
  that
• 36:07
  in
• 36:07
  whatever
• 36:08
  capacity
• 36:08
  is
• 36:08
  available
• 36:09
  to
• 36:09
  me
• 36:10
  does
• 36:12
  create
• 36:12
  positive
• 36:13
  impact
• 36:15
  and
• 36:15
  artistic
• 36:16
  fun.
• 36:18
  Joy
• 36:18
  should
• 36:19
  be
• 36:19
  the
• 36:19
  purpose.
• 36:20
  Joy
• 36:21
  is
• 36:21
  the
• 36:21
  purpose.
• 36:25
  There's
• 36:25
  a
• 36:25
  lot
• 36:26
  of
• 36:26
  people
• 36:26
  who
• 36:26
  don't
• 36:26
  have
• 36:27
  that
• 36:27
  privilege
• 36:27
  right
• 36:28
  now.
• 36:29
  There's
• 36:30
  a
• 36:30
  lot
• 36:30
  of
• 36:30
  things
• 36:30
  happening
• 36:31
  in
• 36:31
  this
• 36:31
  country
• 36:31
  that
• 36:32
  make
• 36:32
  Joy
• 36:32
  feel
• 36:32
  like
• 36:33
  a
• 36:33
  foreign
• 36:33
  concept,
• 36:37
  and
• 36:37
  I
• 36:37
  don't
• 36:37
  have
• 36:37
  the
• 36:37
  power
• 36:38
  to
• 36:38
  change
• 36:38
  that.
• 36:41
  Maybe
• 36:42
  one
• 36:42
  of
• 36:42
  my
• 36:42
  thousand
• 36:43
  true
• 36:43
  fans
• 36:45
  does.
• 36:52
  The
• 36:52
  thing
• 36:53
  with
• 36:53
  Myths
• 36:53
  being
• 36:53
  the
• 36:54
  sandbox
• 36:54
  of
• 36:56
  the
• 36:56
  person
• 36:57
  who
• 36:57
  runs
• 36:57
  the
• 36:57
  company
• 36:57
  is
• 36:59
  it
• 36:59
  can
• 36:59
  be
• 37:00
  whatever
• 37:00
  the
• 37:00
  fuck
• 37:00
  it
• 37:00
  wants.
• 37:01
  So
• 37:02
  tune
• 37:03
  back
• 37:03
  into
• 37:03
  that
• 37:04
  old
• 37:04
  trope,
• 37:05
  and
• 37:05
  we'll
• 37:05
  see
• 37:06
  how
• 37:06
  this
• 37:06
  purpose
• 37:06
  of
• 37:06
  Joy
• 37:07
  works
• 37:07
  out.
• 37:09
  Until
• 37:09
  then,
• 37:11
  my
• 37:11
  lovelies,
• 37:13
  I'm
• 37:14
  sending
• 37:14
  you
• 37:14
  all
• 37:14
  the
• 37:14
  light.