On this episode I talk with Gena Gorlin. Gena is an assistant professor of psychology at Yeshiva University in the Bronx, but she came to my attention via an excellent blog post on meaning and self-actualization during coronavirus (link below).

Podcast - Episode 9: Devon Reehl on life choices, being a professional musician, Christian Science summer camp, and moving his family to Costa Rica

May 8th, 2020 1h 12m

On this episode I talk with Devon Reehl, and old friend from when we worked together at a Christian Science Summer camp in Maine. Devon and I talk a little about that shared, unique experience, but we also go deep on Devon’s fairly extraordinar

Podcast - Episode 8: Wake up calls

Mar 17th, 2020 8m 38s

Hi folks - This episode serves as a sort of companion piece to an episode I recorded in December, incidentally just before coronavirus burst into the public consciousness. It’s not absolutely necessary, but if you haven’t listened to that one (

Podcast - Episode 7: Lynne Bundesen on feminism, politics, and spirituality (with anecdotes from a storied life)

Jan 19th, 2020 1h 3m

On this episode I talk with Lynne Bundesen. She is the author of several books on women and spirituality, including the memoir So the Woman Went Her Way and most recently The Feminine Spirit at the Heart of the Bible. Across her storied, extrao

Podcast - Episode 6: Go North

Dec 16th, 2019 13m 17s

On this solo episode I talk about two great challenges facing society right now: the first is climate change, and the second is the disintegration of tight-knit communities and the support we’ve historically received from having close relations

Podcast - Episode 5: Paul Millerd on work, meaning, and navigating life without a map

Oct 17th, 2019 53m 6s

On this episode I talk with Paul Millerd. Paul went to grad school at MIT before embarking on a traditional high prestige, high earning career path. He worked for global management consulting firms like BCG and McKinsey - and then it all chang

Podcast - Episode 4: Nate Murphy

Sep 26th, 2019 41m 25s

On this episode I talk with the great Nate Murphy. Nate is a rock climber, adventurer, entrepreneur, and van life aficionado with nearly 160,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel. From the moment I started this podcast, I knew I wanted to get

Podcast - Episode 3: Frederique Irwin

Sep 14th, 2019 46m 7s

For this episode, I talked with Frederique Irwin about her family’s recent year of working and living in New Zealand. We talk about parenting, travel, the challenges and rewards of living abroad, the cultural differences between raising kids in

Podcast - Episode 2: Rob Raffety

Aug 28th, 2019 42m 50s

I had the distinct pleasure of recording a conversation with my friend and creative collaborator Rob Raffety. Almost for as long as I’ve been making movies, I’ve been running ideas by Rob, so I was excited to talk with him about why we do creat

Podcast - Episode 1: Kitesurfing, the DR, & Reassessing My Relationship to Place

Aug 18th, 2019 12m 17s

Hi all - In this episode of What Really Matters, I talk about my recent trip to Cabarete in the Dominican Republic, how it’s changed since the first time I went seven years ago, how I have changed, and how all of that led me to reassess my rela

The What Really Matters Podcast - Intro

Aug 18th, 2019 2m 54s

Hi everyone - Today, I’m introducing the podcast version of What Really Matters.Click above to listen to the introduction (it will launch Substack’s web-based podcast player). I’ve also recorded a first episode about my trip to Cabarete in the

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