He's a mastering engineer, he's in the sludgy punk band Bronson Arm, he makes boutique effects pedals...Blake Bickel is pretty much always doing something musical. In this episode, Seth and Blake get super nerdy and talk about all those things, blowing out your ears playing shows (or not), why Seth's mixes always sound like crap in the car, and doing things just because you love doing it. Find Blake online: Emerald Circuits pedals: https://emeraldcircuits.bigcartel.com/ Mastering: https://dynamicsoundservice.com/ Bronson Arm: https://bronsonarm.bandcamp.com/album/tosser Instagram: @bronson_arm_noise @dynamicsoundservice_mastering @emeraldcircuits

Seth talks with Peter Quakenbush of the West Michigan Burial Forest and Preserve about the proposed green cemetery. They discuss the site itself (which will also be a nature preserve), forest baths, and what is green burial anyway? Find out more about the West Michigan Burial Forest and Preserve at https://www.miburial.com/

Seth talks with Dr. Brandon Yuenger, certified physical therapist, about integrating physical and metaphysical modalities to help people find relief from problems that have been difficult to solve and to help them understand why and how they can feel better. They discuss how physical pain is often the surface symptom of mental or spiritual issues that need addressing, and Seth talks for a minute about his experience with microdosing psylocybin Find Dr. Yuenger at https://www.stepforwardwellness.org/

Seth welcomes David Fink, former owner of the Acorn Theatre in Three Oaks, MI. They talk about creating a vibrant theatre in an old factory in a small rural town, being a gay man who lived through the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, having a partner who is battling substance abuse, and the many things (there are a lot) that David is doing currently. Things like facilitating the Story Archive, "a digital quilt of community memories and experiences" for the AIDS Garden in downtown Chicago, being the talent scout and producer for OUTspoken, a LGBTQ+ storytelling series, playing an instrumental role is Season Of Concern, an emergency fund for the Chicago theatre community, and touring the world with Surabhi Ensemble, whose mission is to demonstrate the connections between cultures and to teach a positive message of togetherness in creating, performing, and demonstrating new works of music and dance. And David wasn't sure he was "cool" enough to be on the show. https://www.aidsgardenchicago.org/quilt https://seasonofconcern.org/ https://www.surabhiensemble.org/ https://www.sidetrackchicago.com/outspokenchicago/

Andy Havemeier has been on a hero's journey. Addiction caused him to lose everything - marriage, housing, family...but he went into the abyss and emerged transformed and triumphant. Hired by Wealthy Street Bakery in Grand Rapids, Michigan when he was homeless, he now owns the company which includes the Hall Street Bakery as well. And in the four and half years of that transformation, also got married to a kind, vibrant woman, had a baby boy and is now expecting another baby! You can do it! Andy is proof! Andy's bakeries:https://www.wealthystreetbakery.com/

Dancer/therapist Hannah Sullivan and her partner Music Teacher/Music Therapist/Guitar Virtuoso Jeremy Verwys join Seth in their living room to talk about movement, music, mental health, and the Venn Diagram of the overlap between those three. Hannah gives her opinion on the enneagram, Jeremy is willing to say on camera how much he loves Bruce Hornsby, and Seth tells how AC/DC's Back In Black makes him have a particular taste in his mouth. Seth asks them how they balance their relationship and home life with both of them being creatives that requires a lot of time away from each other, but it turns out they have one of those boring, healthy relationships so he failed in starting a fight.

Seth interviews Joe Sulak (Buddha Fire) in the blazing mid-afternoon sun, sitting around a campfire. They talk about Joe's firewalks he leads, which is literally walking through fire, and immediately get into the metaphorical walks through fire like non-attachment, letting go, trusting your intuition, depression and self-medication, emerging on the other side, and living an openhearted life

Sarah Jean Anderson's alter ego Rita Schuvitinitscz crashed our scheduled interview but had plenty of dubious quality to say, including some poetry she sells at the local gas station

Sarah Jean Anderson sat down at got right to talking about real shit. We weren't even rolling yet! But what she had to say was so good, Seth just let her go and didn't bother with stopping and starting over with an introduction. Everything from self-image, body image, choosing the artist life, family support, and what she is like as a performer

Seth Thompson sits with Keemo to discuss art-making, life, how the two intersect and are basically indistinguishable. Intro musical theme by Seth Thompson Title graphics by Lydia VanHoven-Cook End credits musical theme by Lily Thompson