“Making this show has changed my life.” Pratfalls of Parenting podcast producer and host Levi Weinhagen flips the tables and is interviewed by special guest host Laura Zabel. Levi talks about how the show has evolved since he started it in 2012, what he’s learned as an artist and a parent and where the podcast […]

“Maybe there’s a way to do something that’s well established, but maybe I’m going to build my own path.” Aric McKeown is an improviser, a podcaster, and a serial creator of interesting internet projects like; Regret Labs, Mustache Rangers, Blank It, NoisePicnic, Better Strangers, Least Dangerous Game, Make Me Watch TV, Your Notness, and Feeding Objects. […]

“We’re looking at building a movement, not a program.” Andrew Simonet is a writer, artist, producer, documentary filmmaker, co-founder of Philadelphia’s Headlong Dance Theater, and founder and Director of Artists U. In this episode of the podcast, Andrew talks about the assumption people make about others and how those assumptions inform how we think about […]

“Grief is boring and isolating and exhausting.” Writer, community builder and internet lover Nora McInerny Purmort talks about constantly writing out stories when she was a child, often with story prompts from her father who was a copywriter who secretly wrote novels. She talks about writing a regular column for the Southwest Journal when she […]

“No one should hand you a bunch of cash after college and say give the world yourself.” Laura Zimmermann is a writer, a philanthropic leader and an all-around fantastic human being. Laura spent 18 years working for the McKnight Foundation, with a large portion of that time serving as the director of their artist fellowship program. […]

“I think we both knew that we liked each other, but I was a pretty damaged person.” Laura Holway is a choreographer, theater maker, writer, producer, and creative maker of unstuckness. Ben McGinley is a video maker, producer, podcaster, and teller of stories. In their personal partnership Laura and Ben have collaborated on many projects from […]

Arnie Niekamp is the director of the video game Drawful, writer and director for You Don’t Know Jack and Fibbage. He’s also the host of the podcast Hello from the Magic Tavern and a founding member of the improv group Whirled News Tonight in Chicago. In this episode of the podcast, Arnie talks about having a […]

“The timing was ridiculous.” Art Allen, through his company called Modern Antics, plans fun, experiential events like a pun slam competition called Pundamonium, a beard competition called Beard-Off, and a live interactive puzzle game called Riddle Room. He’s also in the 2nd year of putting on a fundraising concert called GOOFDA that features Minnesota musicians performing […]

“Your job is to constantly throw out ideas and 99% of them fail.” Brian Wecht is a musician, comedian, and theoretical physicist. He’s held research positions at Harvard University, the Center for Theoretical Physics at MIT, the Institute for Advanced Study and was a faculty member at Queen Mary, University of London. He’s also half […]

“I don’t think it was weird just for the sake of being weird.” Alexei Moon Casselle is a parent, an artist, and an educator. In this episode, he talks about starting to take music seriously at age 15 and how that led to bands, record deals and tours. He shares the story of going from […]

“You sing what you are made to sing; physiologically, physically, and temperamentally.” Adriana Zabala is a mezzo soprano opera singer but she’s also so much more. In this episode of the show, Adriana shares her very dramatic opera origin story. She also talks about her obsession with classical music as a young person and how […]

Dr. Robert Zeitlin is an author, speaker, psychologist, and perhaps most importantly a father. On this episode of the podcast, Dr. Zeitlin talks about his book, Laugh More, Yell Less. He also talks about his work with adolescents, balance a busy schedule as a psychologist with raising two children, and he shares stories of trying […]

“Once we start to share our stories, everybody feels less alone.” Episode 139 features writer and educator Kate Hopper. Kate talks about the shifting understandings of motherhood and moms that comes from parenthood and adulthood. Kate talks about getting burned out as a writer and how she’s trying to deal with that. Kate shares stories […]

“I have found ways to exploit all the things I am good at and the things I’m okay at.” Dan Kois is co-host of Slate’s Mom & Dad Are Fighting podcast and Slate’s culture editor. On this episode of the podcast Dan talks about the idea that parents and the adults in children’s lives tell us […]

Composer and educator Philip Sheppard has been making music for a very long time. In this episode of the podcast, Philip talks about growing up in a musical home, how he thinks about collaboration, and the difference between writing music and playing music. Philip also talks about raising creative children, how hard it can be […]

“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 […]

“When I’m afraid of something it means something big. It means I find something fascinating.” Kenny Blumenfeld’s bio starts “There once was a boy who was terrified of thunderstorms…” Kenny is a weather expert, a weather researcher, a science communicator, a documentarian, storyteller, and writer. Kenny talks about unschooling, parenting after divorce, and sharing his […]

“Ever since I was young I wanted to be a mom and I sort of knew whatever else I would do would probably come later.” Writer of the Sister Serendip blog and performer Gina Sampaio talks about being a stay-at-home mother of five. She talks about how she and her husband started out adopting one […]

“I would hate for people to think of it as a ‘mommy’ podcast.” The Longest, Shortest Time podcast creator and host Hillary Frank joins via the magic of Skype to chat about how she first recorded audio pieces into a cassette recorder with the help of Radio Shack and how that led to her producing work for […]

This is a special rerelease of the very first episode! Shanan Custer talks about being a comedy writer, actor, director and mom. Childhood adventures are revisited, confessions are made, and creative parenting secrets are revealed. Like the Pratfalls of Parenting on Facebook!   Special thanks to Anna Weggel for Pratfalls of Parenting theme music

“There is the parent that I want to be and there is the parent that I am.” Musician Elizabeth McQueen talks about taking new babies on the road as a touring musician and what it’s like to transition to staying in one place. She shares great stories about trying to entertain young children while traveling […]

“I don’t think parenting get’s in the way of being an artist at all. It’s the having to earn a living that becomes challenging.”  Musician Chris Lynch of the band the Shiny Lights talks about playing strange accordion gigs and how they can pay off in surprising ways. He shares why he always keeps a […]

“Having kids has really forced me to be thoughtful about what I want to do and where I want to go.” Writer and comedy maker Diana Saez talks about never really feeling like an official, professional grown up and the strange feeling of actually reaching grown-up status and finding it actually gratifying. She talks about […]

“I don’t turn down a gig unless I’m already booked on another show.” Matt Allex is a comedy writer and performer, a podcast co-host and producer, and a founding member of Fearless Comedy productions. In this episode Matt talks about figuring out that performing comedy was a thing that a person could do as a […]

“I don’t think either of us thought about what it meant to start an ice cream business in our mid-30s with kids.” Benny Solberg of FrozBroz craft ice cream sits down to chat about trying to decide whether or not to turn a fun project into a new, full-on career. He also talks about the […]

Comic and writer Jon Stark talks about not inviting co-workers to come watch his early years at stand-up comedy and about trying to separate his comedy life from his professional corporate life. He also talks about the open and supportiveness of the Twin Cities comedy community. Plus, Jon talks about his journey from playwright to […]

 “My work may be visually all over the place, but conceptually it all looks the same.” Public Art St Paul‘s City Artist in Residence Amanda Lovelee talks about allowing for social justice to inform her work without making that overtly what it’s about. She shares how she went from being a photographer to creating participatory, […]

“Knowing when to do a real deep dive is a skill. You can’t share an anecdote for every song you play.”  Mac Wilson talks about working a full time day job at Hamline University while maintaining a second job as an on-air host for MPR’s The Current. Mac talks about trying to get six hours […]

“What I really want to teach my kids is less focus on whether you’re best in the world at something and more on sticktoitiveness.”  American Public Media Managing Director of National Content, Arts & Ideas programming Peter Clowney talks about his struggle with perfectionism and how different his son’s temperament is from the way he […]

“Business owners, they’re kind of like kids.”  Attorney Davis Senseman talks about how her decision to study law was heavily influenced by how much shorter law school would be over pursuing a phD. She talks about how stage fright kept her from performing but how presenting in front of groups as an attorney has become […]

“You spend a lot of money on babysitters and go do shit that doesn’t pay you because you love it and it feeds your soul.”  Samantha Baker Harris is an actor, improviser, and academic advisor. On this episode of the show, she talks about creating and directing shows as early as 2nd grade. Samantha also […]

“They already have this weird perception of what an artist is that’s way different than I had when I was a kid.” Musician and photographer talks about being a working mother while chasing her own ambition. Sarah talks about performing on Broadway with Donny Osmond. She talks about moving to New York to grow her […]

“When you preserve something, it’s stuck.” Jason Noer aka B-Boy J-Sun talks about the history of Hip-Hop dance and why capturing and sharing that history is so important to him. He also talks about building community as an artist and as a parent. And Jason has a lot to say about the struggle to get […]

 “It’s true, I do love talking about puberty!” Sex communicator Lindsey Hoskins talks about teaching teens and parents about sex. She shares how motherhood has influenced her relationship to education and how it informs the way she connects with parents in her workshops. Lindsey talks about not wanting to be a performing but loving speaking […]

“I don’t have anyone in my peer group that’s a single mother, that has 60 exhibitions and supports a household.” Visual Artist Beth Loraine Bowman hangs out to talk about making large scale work at a relatively slow pace. She shares how formal art school created a foundation for her work even if it didn’t […]

“Who knows when I really got interested in music, it was always there.” Musician Anthony Newes talks about working on his collaboration with BK One under the name Bones and Beeker. He talks about how collaboration with other musicians is about building a relationship. He also talks about being the father of a one year […]

“I feel about working motherhood the way Churchill talked about Democracy; it’s the worst possible system, except for all the others.” Writer Christin Croll Carlson talks about writing a book while maintaining a full-time travel-heavy job as a medical sales representative and still being a present parent. Christin talks about the relationships with other working […]

“What ever we do, I’ll find a way to be happy with it.” Improviser Rita Boersma talks about getting back on stage to perform only a short time after giving birth and how her brain may not have been ready. Rita talks about her educational outreach work of teaching young people how to communicate and […]

“For some artists, their primary mode of expression is their art practice and I fall just outside of that more traditional definition.”  Documentary film director and producer and ArtHome Dot Org founder Esther Robinson calls in from New York to be the special guest on episode 100! Esther talks about building a career that doesn’t […]

“I’m convinced that your life is molded in Middle school.” Performer and entrepreneur Mark Lazarchic talks about building things from the ground up. He shares how and why he takes risks with new business ideas and as a performer. Mark also talks about having open and frank conversations with his four children about the value […]

“It’s becoming much more difficult to shoot physical film but I much prefer that.”  Photographer, event producer, and co-founder of Cake in 15 dot com, Stacy Schwartz sits down with Levi to talk about planning for new motherhood and feeling tired all the time. She also talks about wanting to expose her baby son to […]

“How do I gracefully guide you without forcing you to do it?”  Author of 10,000 Lakes and writer for WCCO dot com’s Wander Minnesota blog Amy Rea joins Levi to chat about going from being a travel agent to a professional writer. She shares stories of what it’s like to have a song graduating high […]

“Being gone for 4 1/2 hours while you’re still breastfeeding is a challenge.” Actor, writer, improviser, musician, and awesome person Jen Scott returns to talk about becoming a mother, moving to France, and not being afraid of change. Jen talks about how significantly her time has changed in motherhood but also about what has stayed […]

“The world has an expectation that your story will make logical sense.” This episode features Clockwork media CEO, co-founder of Geek Girls Guide, and author Nancy Lyons. Nancy talks about the collaborative nature of her design and technology solutions work. She talks about starting Geek Girls Guide to demystify technology and how technology folks talk […]

  “There’s no perfect balance.” Writer and technology consultant Patrick Rhone talks about his path from helping people building websites to helping people incorporate technology into all parts of their lives. He talks about traveling as a parent and he shares how much he’s thinking about the world on a grand scale in the context […]

“When I got out of the service industry I ran as hard and fast as I could.”  Actors Lacey and John talk about first meeting because John was Lacey’s dance captain for a show. John talks about transitioning from a focus on music to a focus on dance and how that all led to him […]

“I’m not that committed to that world of music.” Writer and filmmaker Mark Ehling talks about transitioning to being primarily a stay-at-home dad. He talks about needing to think about and have an audience in order to be productive as a creative person. And he goes deep on the subject of whether or not most […]

“I think everybody IS the same.” Artistic Director of Star Studios at Children’s Hospital Eriq Nelson talks about being an actor, improviser, instructor and using the performing arts to make real human connections. He talks about his work at the Brave New Workshop as well as at Interact Center for the visual and performing arts and […]

“I often times was the only father at the playground.” Books and Bars creator and host Jeff Kamin talks about going from performing improv comedy and working in Los Angeles to being a work at home dad and creating his own live shows in Minnesota. He also talks about his work producing performance programs at […]

“If I’m fooling anybody, it’s myself.” Fred Beukema is an improviser, musician, and engineer. In this episode, Fred chats with Levi about overcoming stage fright and becoming an improviser. Fred shares a bit about how physics, math and music overlap. And he talks about how his performing experience informs his work as an engineer as […]

“Oh God, I’m an artist, I never feel good about my work.” Lemmo Pew is a phenomenal web comic artist behind the excellent Blank It as well as Kaleiope. In this episode he sits down with Levi to chat about making art specific for the web. He also talks about what it’s like to collaborate […]

“Having other people coming and going feeds and inspires my art practice.” Kate Kunkel Bailey is a photographer, a writer, a performance artist and owner of the Fox Egg Gallery. In this episode of the podcast she talks about how she found her self as the owner of a workspace/art gallery in an old storefront. […]

Head over to the “Funporium!” Kickstarter campaign right now to support Elly’s and a bunch of other talented people’s work! “I’m Canadian so I kind of like the small town feel of Minnesota life.” Writer and producer Elly Grzesiak talks about going from studying and working in the field of Astrophysics to writing theater and […]

  “I really wanted to see my own creations.” Proprietor and creative force behind Geekiana, Leann Olsen talks about how her dad’s print making business led her into the art and craft of shirt and apparel making. She talks about finding ways to execute other people’s designs rather than her own and how that drove […]

“I realized then that there’s a process that my brain just latched on to.” Executive Chef and co-owner of the Corner Table, Thomas Boemer talks about the multi-faceted nature of his job. He shares how important it is to him to be a part of a teaching kitchen as well as the close relationship between […]

“It’s really important and very valuable to be able to meet the artists who make the work.” Andy Krueger is the founder of the St. Paul Craftstravaganza, an urban arts and crafts show held annually at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. Andy talks about having his primary creative work be something that is largely in the […]

“I sound about 10 percent to 100 percent smarter than I am.”  Comic Matt Fugate talks about his so far 25 year long stand up comedy career. He shares his journey from comedy dabbler to obsessed comedy writer. And he talks about trying to figure out how to sell himself when he really just wants […]

“I’m trying to figure out how I can stay a teacher but get out of it in the traditional sense.” This episode features Molly Keenan and Aaron Lichtov of RetroFutures Designs. Molly talks about transitioning from talking about herself as a classroom teacher to talking about herself as a practicing artist. Aaron talks about pushing […]

  “One of coolest thing about writing for middle-grade audiences is that you’re writing several books at once.” Author Kelly Barnhill talks about writing books for young people. She also talks about how being a teaching artists informs her writing and how her writing informs her teaching. And Kelly talks about the many levels her […]

  “By paying a babysitter I’m losing money every single day I drive to teach.” Musician and host of the Resonant Radio podcast Jeff Greene talks about working as a musician as well as a music teacher. Jeff talks about how he progressed through different instruments as much by happenstance as by desire. And he […]

“I kind of thought that composition was going to be something I could easily do from home.” Composer Jocelyn Hagen talks about stepping back from performing as she entered motherhood and now returning to the live performance part of her work. She shares how being raised by a piano teacher informed her becoming a composer. […]

“Stop asking if we want to be connected, the answer is that we do.” Leadership and Engagement Director for the Bush Foundation and Twin Cities Twitter user extraordinaire Lars Leafblad talks about coming into a well-established organization and trying to build upon its strengths while incorporating new ideas. He talks about building relationships in person […]

  “I knew I wasn’t going to be able to make any money with a music degree.” Musician, Professor, and Improviser Bernie Armada talks about how he ended up teaching rhetoric. He also talks about how heavily influential mentors can be. And he shares how teaching helped him overcome his public performance anxiety. “Relics from […]

“I wanted to quit playing music because it grates on me, in a way.” Musician and front man from the band Van Stee, Charlie Van Stee, talks about trying to keep collaboration equal when the band is named after him. Charlie talks about working with musicians and a producer who push him beyond his creative […]

“You can never be good at parenting all the time.”  Broadcast journalist Mary Lahammer talks about journalism as a family business. She shares some of the personal relationships that inform how and why she reports on various issues. And Mary talks about the lack of separation between life and work. “People joke that I took […]

“When the Forbes list of the 100 richest people comes out there aren’t journalists on there.” Journalist Rick Ellis talks about his checkered career path that has included stand-up comedy, journalism, radio, television, and running his own entertainment journalism website. He talks about how much he has always enjoyed writing and how his obstinance is what […]

“I hate to be categorized as a thing.” Artist Peter Haakon Thompson talks about not wanting to bedefined by any one element of his work or life. He talks about going from a focus on photography to wanting to broaden out what he calls his art practice. And he shares how his interests always find […]

“I’m amazed at how neurotic and superficial I am about my kid.” New mother to an 18 week old daughter Jacquie Fuller talks about how having worked in radio for several years prepared her for the lack of sleep that comes with new parenthood. She talks about the tension a newborn can put between new […]

“You slap a wig on me, I’ll talk to you all day!” Actors Emily and Josh Jabas talk about how theater is what brought them to one another and the challenges parenthood has presented in trying to continue making theater. Josh and Emily talk about how sharing a circle of friends made their relationship easier […]

  “I consider myself the uber-listener.” Minnesota Public Radio Program Director Steve Nelson talks about the changing world of public radio and the job of being an “Uber-Producer.” He talks about launching MPR’s music station, The Current, eight years ago and how that opportunity helped bring him to Minnesota. And Steve shares how writing for […]

  “No matter how fast you’re moving, you’re always two hours behind.” Video and Film-maker Justin Staggs talks about how many years of long hours spent shooting and editing videos prepared him for the long-term sleep deprivation of parenthood. He talks about using the family camcorder as a child and remaking his own versions of […]

“I feel like I’m raising dangerous boys.” Metal worker Marlaine Cox talks about how she got into working with metal and sculpture. She talks about being the odd maker and builder of the family and how that showed itself early on. And Marlaine talks about creating how own private world within the bunk beds she […]

“I never really had any other career path.” Writer and editor Ira Brooker talks about the difference between working as a corporate copy writer and writing about entertainment. He talks about trying to make freelance writing his full time job. And Ira talks about the value he got from studying writing at University. “Getting how […]

“He just learned this year that not every dad goes away 30 weeks a year for work.” Chef, writer, TV maker Andrew Zimmern talks about how traveling for work 30 weeks a year puts pressure on his family. He talks about how his being away a lot is normal for his son but still has […]

“I decided at a very early age that I wanted to learn everything.” Kate-Madonna Hindes talks about her desire to learn literally everything in the world. She talks about not needing to the work that’s driven by passion be the work that generates the most income. And she talks about being a poor single-mother and […]

“Boring a child is one of the kindest things you can do to a child.” Teacher and poet Heid Erdrich talks about the solitary work of writing poetry. She talks about becoming a curator of work by visual artist due to her desire to collaborate with more artists. Heid talks about how curating can be […]

“Oh my god, all you do is walk really slow all the time or just stand and wait.” Visual artist Karen Kasel talks about her Low Tech/High Joy collaboration as well as the work of a full time mom. “I couldn’t think about the world. I had dirty diapers everywhere.” Karen talks about her kids […]

“At least you got a laugh.” Laura Zabel is the executive director of Springboard for the Arts. She is also married to the host of this podcast “My job fulfills a lot of the same things that acting did for me.” Laura talks about how she thinks about the work Springboard does and how it’s […]

“What it really comes down to is no one’s ever happy.” Writer, performer, producer Joshua Will talks about comedy, writing, performing, and how his kids reminded him how to “just be a pirate.” Joshua talks about getting into Monty Python in 6th grade even though he didn’t really get most of the jokes. He talks […]

“I parent the same way I write a story” Writer Todd Smith talks about the work ethic it really takes to be a writer “If you want to be a writer you should have better reasons than being rich” Todd shares the baggage that comes with the name Todd Smith. And he shares his goal […]

“When I started writing this I was a lot closer to these girls than to being the mother of a girl” Writer Stephanie Watson talks about writing for young audiences and being a single parent. “I’m hoping to teach her about following her own passions by example” Stephanie talks about getting into theater as a […]

“Amy and I share a language, a passion” Kurt Schweickhardt is an actor, theater teacher, and director and his daughter Amy Schweickhardt is an actor. “I try to direct the way I would like to be directed as an actor” Kurt talks about being an acting coach more than a director because his focus tends […]

“I feel like its kind of my job to not chicken out of what my dreams are.” Improviser, writer, and movie maker Eric Knobel talks about his almost two decades of experience as a performer and becoming a father to twins. “I have no constructive criticisms other than “Hey, don’t do that.” Eric talks about […]

“Kids, it just kind of makes what’s fractured more fractured and what’s solid more solid.” Graphic designer Kelly Munson and musician and music producer Scott LeGere talk about parenthood changing their work, their goals, and their relationship with one another. “If you’re not as talented as Prince, how do you find a side job.” Scott […]

“In some ways I’m doing what I wanted to do as a preadolescent” Songwriter, Musician, Teacher and Honeydogs frontman Adam Levy talks about teaching songwriting and how to approach a career as a musician.  He talks about the work required of a bandleader, particularly when performing for an audience full of children who will not […]

“I always wanted to impress girls but I had no talent” Director of Career & Alumni Services at McNally Smith David Lewis talks about becoming a concert promoter at age 15 mostly in an attempt to meet girls.  He talks about being driven by punk ideals in the creation and promotion of art. David talks […]