Failing Up
Life is improvisation! Observations from a regular guy on how with world around us impacts who we are and what we perceive. I explore how life is more about asking questions than accepting what is presented. In addition to my own reflections and experiences, I interview guests from the art, literary, music, cultural and political fields to gain insight as to how we all impact the world we share and our joint realities.
We are all failing up!
Episodes
272 episodes
Fake New Is Fake!
There is no such thing as "Fake News". There is accurate news, and inaccurate news. When a person/leader responds to a question with "fake new" is means they are not smart enough or quick enough on their feet to answer the question and ex...
Lake WTF!!
So, all the pouting has led to the attempt to change the name of the "Great Lake of Ontario" to the "Lake of America". Few observations: 1. Does this make it America's Lake even though it is the smallest of the great lakes 2. Seeing...
I Love Canada!
I just love Canada, and the Canadian people We could not ask for a better neighbor to our north!! I have had the opportunity to spend a great deal of time there. Toronto, Kingston, Montreal, Quebec City and Ottawa all beautiful.&nbs...
America Can't See Her Reflection
When America stares into the water of the reflecting pool, hoping to see her reflection of the history that has been her life for the past 250 years. A history made up of the bravery required to fight for freedom and maintain it.&nb...
Interview with My Dear Friend Paul Burke
In this episode Paul and I catch-up on college, broadcasting way back, and performing. He also shares his future creative plans. It was a great back to the future.
Our Better Angels
In his 1861 inaugural address, with a country divided Abraham Lincoln provided a famous closing quote that is as applicable now as it was then: ""We are not enemies, but friends...The mystic chords of memory...will yet swell the chorus of the U...
Coffee Talk With My Friend Jamie
In this episode my good friend Jamie and I sit down over a cup of coffee and share our thoughts and observations about the world we are navigating. Of course we have many recommendations, as we look back and ahead in one breath. &nb...
IMAGINE
In this episode I discuss the John Lennon song Imagine. A true masterpiece, and just as, even more so applicable to our world today as it was in 1971. "Imagine all the people livin for today, Imagine all the people livin life ...
An Interview with David Hongo Robertson
In this episode I have conversation with my dear friend, David, Hongo Robertson. Hongo is a musician, visual artist, wood crafts, and writer. He is a true renaissance man. Hongo and I talked about the artistic, process and not...
August, Summer's Sunday Afternoon
Ever since I was in elementary school and up to this day, Sunday afternoon caused a kind of melancholy fog over me as I thought about the week ahead. The month of August has the same affect on me. As far back as I can remember, ...
Missing The Human Touch
We humans just don't interact anymore. We walk down the street and stare at phone, we push the buttons on the ATM, the gas pump, self-checkout, people are having relationships with AI Chatbots, even going to them for mental health counsel...
Sweet Corn
In this part of the Unites States some seasons can be identified by weather, activities based on the weather and the food of the seasons. Autumn is apples, cider, changing leaves, and you know it is the middle of summer when you are lathe...
Earth Is Not Feeling Well
I think that our planet Earth is a living breathing entity, and we are like fleas on dog living on her. Just like bad habits effect our health they also impact Earth's. Smoking cigarettes is bad for our health, unregulated emissions...
I Hated Summer Camp!!
"Hello Muddah, hello Fadduh, take me home from camp Granada." This song released in 1963 and sung by Alan Sherman summed up how I felt about summer camp. To me summer meant freedom, no schedules, endless days and nights with friends...
"In The Year 2525"
July 10, 1969 the #1 song on the charts was 'In The Year 2525" by Zager & Evans a cautionary scene-fiction tale about humanity's over dependence of technology and progressive dehumanization. That descriptive comes from AI, how i...
4th of July 1976
The 1976 Bicentennial celebration of America's 200th birthday was designed as a unifying healing event. The nation was healing after, the Vietnam War, Watergate, and economic struggles. I was 17 years old in 1976 and about to enter ...
I Love to Vote
To begin with I must say, I do not believe the elections in the United States are rigged at all. How can a political party complain when they won the House, the Senate, the White House and Supreme Court, drop the mic. That is not what I a...
Bad "Pot Luck"
It's a given that I have many issues that can keep a therapist occupied for eternity, and one of them is my aversion to the dreaded Pot Luck dinner or event. To be clear this disinclination does not apply to events inv...
The Life of ART
Art began as an accidental theme in my life back in high school when chose it as a major. Little did I know the important role it would play in my life, through college and into my professional career. I was fortunate to have leadership r...
The Farmers Market
Almost every city or town, urban or rural has a Farmers Market. I have been to them from New York, all the way to Santa Monica California. I will include its cousin the Flea Market as well, which I have been to from the Big Apple to Santa...
Anybody Here Seen My Old Friend Bobby?
In June 5th 1968 Robert Francis Kennedy was shot in the kitchen at the Ambassadors Hotel in Los Angles after winning the California primary. He was my first hero who was not a relative, he was the torch JFK mentioned in his inauguration. ...
My Day At The Dump
I took a vacation recently to relax and regroup. My attempt to escape from the chaotic events of the world. What a great unexpected day! First I took bottles and cans to the recycle place and made some new friends as they sort...
I EAT HOTDOGS DAMMIT!
Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial kickoff to summer. That means hotdogs! I was recently a the cardiologist for testing, because that is what you do at this age. I told him that from Memorial Day until Labor Day I eat hotdogs! M...