Pratfalls of Parenting

“Storytelling is a pretty good way to tell art history, science, you name it.” Tim Gihring is the Brand Narrator at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and a former editor of Minnesota Monthly magazine. His reporting and essays have appeared in Best Food Writing, Fodor’s, Salon, and newspapers around the world. In this episode, Tim […]

“Not everybody’s a parent and not everybody wants to be around kids.” Meghan Wilker is Chief Operating Officer at Clockwork. She’s also the Author of Interactive Project Management: People, Pixels, and Process, Founder of Geek Girls Guide and Twin Cities Interactive Project Management Meetup and a Board Member, Bollywood Dance Scene. In the show, Meghan talks about being a mother to […]

“It’s impossible to be 100 percent in the moment with your children all the time.” Visual artist and educator Elissa Cedarleaf Dahl is the latest guest. She talks about reclaiming her family name, creating potluck meals and making art in a shared space, and raising a 4 and 1 year old and how that results […]

“One informed guest or one informed caller can just but us on a different rail.” Producer and broadcast director for MPR News Sam Choo talks about working with on air personalities Kerri Miller and Tom Weber on weekday talk and call-in shows. Sam shares what it’s like to work in the high intensity space of […]

“My blog distracted me so much from getting my novel out, that I didn’t actually get my novel published.” Producer of the Anxious Machine podcast Rob McGinley Myers talks about discovering an early interest in writing and ultimately going to graduate school for fiction. Rob talks about what it was like to work for Garrison […]

“I don’t think any of us thought we were going to do kids music. It was one of those rare opportunities.” Dave Olson talks about writing and producing a rap song to help a young girl with autism and how that led spending a year in Madison writing a rap record for kids. He shares […]

“I didn’t want to have children. I fought like hell against it.” Trent Gilliss, Chief Content Officer and Executive Editor of On Being, talks about transitioning the show from an American Public Media produced radio program to an independent radio show, podcast, and Webby Award-winning website. Trent also shares stories of times his scientist wife […]

“I feel cracked open and vulnerable in a way that I’m not comfortable with and did not know actually existed.” Guthrie actor and Torch Theater Artistic Director Stacia Rice shares stories of growing up the youngest of 7 kids. Stacia talks about aspiring to be the kind of mother to her kids that he mother was […]

“Whoever is dealing with stress, that has to be their stress. You can’t take it with you.” Courtney Gerber is a museum professional, doula, and human connection maker. In this episode, Courtney talks about working with organizations to develop ideas and connect with people to help make them stronger. She talks about her nearly 13 […]

“You wouldn’t have a plumber come to your house and tell them you only want to pay them half.” Camille Scheel talks about coming home as a young person to discover her mother had purchased a Harp and how that led to a college Harp scholarship. She talks about selling ads for commercial and non-profit […]

“I have wanted to be a parent since I knew that was a thing you could be.” Dawn Mikkelson is an independent filmmaker, a television producer, an educator, and a mother to two young girls. In this episode of the podcast, Dawn talks about the art of interviewing people for both clients and for her […]

“It is nice to write a story and actually write something that’s more than seven words.” Novelist, comic, and head monologue writer for the late night show Conan, Brian Kiley tells us how a joke writer ended up writing a novel. Brian talks about his path from writing jokes as a teenager to becoming a […]

“I’m not very commercially motivated.” Photographer, musician and all around creative person Hannah Lynch chats with Levi about where she first developed her interest in taking photos. Hannah also talks about songwriting and her love of performing music but also very physical stage fright. Hannah talks abouut her struggles with addiction and how that informs […]

“Anytime you can have someone that’s in front of you making fun of themselves, it takes the attention off the person getting their pictures taken.” Photographer Dennis Zerwas joins us to talk about his start at a young age taking family portraits for a very high volume studio. He talks about working in photo development […]

“Right now it’s a struggle to make art and parent.” Potter and visual artist Wade Scheel talks about making work for himself and making work for others. Wade talks about running his own art gallery with his wife, Camille, and having to recover after losing the gallery. He also talks very openly about being a […]