A conversation with Max Eisenberg of DJ Dog Dick about his journey into the world of noise, his time with Nautical Almanac, playing with Animal Collective, and the nature of time.

This is part two of a conversation with Dr. Sarah Dillon about how the palimpsest works as a metaphor for thinking about and understanding contemporary storage of data.  http://thepeoplescloud.org/ http://drsarahdillon.com/

This is part one of a conversation with Dr. Sarah Dillon about how the palimpsest works as a metaphor for thinking about and understanding contemporary storage of data.  http://thepeoplescloud.org/ http://drsarahdillon.com/

This is part of a conversation I had with artist Alice Channer about her working process and what it means to interact with the world. You can see examples of Alice’s work at both of her gallery websites: The Approach / London www.theapproach.co.uk/artists/channer/ Lisa Cooley / New York www.lisa-cooley.com/artists/alice-channer Music in this episode was sourced from the Free Music Archive, including Jari Pitkanen, Light Asylum, Miquel, junior85, and Spuntic.

A conversation with comedian/miner Mike Wood about vocational passion.

A conversation with designers Andrew Friend and Sitraka Rakotoniaina about their approach to design and the Prophesy Program. http://www.andrewfriend.co.uk/ https://sitraka.co.uk/

I sat down with my old friend Colin Carroll in the Great Smoky Mountains to hear about his journey from a philosophy student at Washington University in St. Louis to a trail maintenance leader for the National Parks Service. Music was sourced from the Free Music Archive and includes Met Met and Sputnik. freemusicarchive.org/

A conversation about notions of the self with Turner Prize nominee Mark Titchner. www.marktitchnerstudio.com/ Music in this episode is from Emuul's 'Plus One' from The Drawing of the Line. Find more here. emuul.bandcamp.com/

I sat down with artist Charles Avery to talk about his Islanders project, narrative, facts, discovery, and nonsense. Music in this episode is by Bill Frisell with Ron Carter and Paul Motian, Monster Rally, Mulatu Astatke and the Heliocentrics, and The Books.

In this episode, Michael speaks with dear friend Orstun Rumsie about finding love in the men's toilet. Music in the episode from Ford & Lopatin, James Ferraro and Autre Ne Veut.