Scott Shigeoka is a storyteller, designer, and artist. He traveled across the United States in his '06 Prius for a year to find out how to bridge the social and political divides in the country, uncovering ideas in the most unexepected of place

Ahmed Kabil — Long term thinking starts from the here and now

May 27th, 2020 45m 44s

Ahmed Kabil—writer, speaker, multimedia storyteller—joins us to have a discussion about both long-term thinking (he's a writer for The Long Now Foundation) while being in the moment. This conversation was recorded on April 4th. Ahmed's backgrou

Alice Barbe — We were not raised to change the world

May 8th, 2020 51m 37s

We are joined by Alice Barbe—social entrepreneur, mother, Obama Fellow, Forbes' 30 under 30, the list goes one. She is CEO and co-founder of SINGA, a global community of migrants, refugees and local people who are meeting and building the futur

Alex and Zak — How long have we been inside?

Apr 29th, 2020 1h 5m

Alex and Zak are alone this episode looking back on the pandemic—what they thought it would be, what it's been, and they try to make predictions about what it might be going forward. They discuss how they've coped—or not not—with their situatio

Euphemia — Sex and social distancing

Apr 16th, 2020 48m 9s

Bay Area-based pleasure educator Euphemia, founder of Iwishyouknew.com, joins Alex and Zak to discuss staying close to people we're isolated from, keeping in touch with people we're isolated with, and new ways to experience pleasure and what te

Jenni Marsh - Reporting Live from Pandemia

Apr 4th, 2020 39m 34s

Jenni Marsh, features editor for CNN in Hong Kong, joins Zak and Alex to discuss reporting in a pandemic and what it's like to be a new mom during a global crisis. Zak wonders if he's given himself Stockholm's syndrome and Alex contemplates mak

Genevieve and Paul — Love in a time of Coronavirus

Mar 28th, 2020 51m 52s

Genevieve and Paul call in from Berkeley, California and Cusco, Peru to talk about being separated by the Coronavirus. They are a couple living in the Bay Area, but Paul is stuck in Cusco, Peru where he was working when flights were cut off lea

Rachel Weinrib — None of this travel is gonna happen

Mar 21st, 2020 37m 35s

Epidemiologist Rachel Weinrib calls in to talk to Alex and Zak about how she's staying healthy and informed. Alex wants to go swimming; and Alex and Zak try to get back in touch with themselves through mindfulness meditation and getting stuff d

Nick O'Brien — You Gotta Put on Your Pants

Mar 18th, 2020 51m 32s

Alex and Zak are joined by Barcelona resident Nick O'Brien. Alex talks about the need to remain positive (by putting your pants on every day). Nick discusses building a local balcony community, and playing guitar with a saxophonist across the s

Tell me what "pandemic" means to you

Mar 15th, 2020 47m 59s

Alex and Zak discuss what it's like to expect an oncoming pandemic. We get the start date of the Barcelona "lock down" wrong, and try to work out what exactly a "pandemic" means to us. Music is Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerka