Episode 21: Michael Marks; From Woodstock To Haines
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A kid in Queens watches planes at LaGuardia, runs a small-time “slug” hustle on coin machines, and then gets stopped cold by a store owner and a furious mom. Years later, that same kid hitchhikes across America at 16, goes to Woodstock, and somehow ends up getting paid to draw Bert and Ernie for Sesame Street. Michael Marks’ story is one of those rare life arcs that connects real cultural history to the day-to-day work of building community, and it all lands in an unexpected place: Haines, Alaska.
We talk through Michael’s path from art school and CalArts to commercial…
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