How This Works

Episode no. 10, How This Works with Nova Stanley

26 January 2021
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It's Tuesday and today we have Nova Stanley on the show. He's a 17 year old from Brooklyn studying and working to be an illustrator. Among other things, we talk about what remote school looks like at his fine arts high school and being trans masculine in today's world. And this week, we don't just have the official show art but Nova also drew something for his own channels. Such fun, thank you!

Listen here to the #podcast: https://www.howthisworks.show/10

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My Brother, My Brother and Me by The McElroy Brothers

25 January 2021
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One of the things that Nova Stanley recommends in our conversation tomorrow is the McElroy Family's My Brother, My Brother and Me. Listen to their newest episode of their advicecast, Blood is Thicker than the Bu‪n‬, it's hilarious with the three actual brothers (we think).

Jewish Helping Hands

22 January 2021
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Jewish Helping Hands is a non-profit started by Rabbi Joel E. Soffin, Stephanie Krivitzky’s childhood rabbi, who in her words “is not only the kindest man on the planet, but also a multi-tasking role model of mine. He has dedicated his ‘retired’ life to bringing high impact to communities around the world using small change.” She gave us the example that for only $400 we were able to get an entire Cambodian village connected to the Internet for a whole year.

Literal pocket change will make a big difference. https://jewishhelpinghands.org

If you haven't yet, you can listen to our conversation with Stephanie here: https://www.howthisworks.show/9

Nancy Duarte's analysis of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech

18 January 2021
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Ahead of tomorrow's episode with Stephanie Krivitzky and given that today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States, we want to highlight Nancy Duarte's analysis of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Found via Maria Popova's Brain Pickings, it's a great way to ground your day and think a little differently about a speech that you might think you know very well.

Here's the original article on Brain Pickings: https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/08/28/nancy-duarte-mlk-speech/

World Central Kitchen working to help restaurant industry, pandemic, and wildfire relief

15 January 2021
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One of the things that Nicolai Lipscomb talked about on this week’s episode was the impact that COVID-19 has had – and is having – on the restaurant industry. Luckily, organizations like José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen are meeting the challenge with a variety of efforts to empower communities and strengthen economies. Recently, Nicolai cooked for a group of firefighters at a celebration of life.

Learn more about Restaurants For the People and wildfire relief here: https://wck.org/

If you haven't yet, you can listen to our conversation with Nicolai here: https://www.howthisworks.show/8

Home Cooking with Samin Nosrat and Hrishikesh Hirway

11 January 2021
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Ahead of tomorrow's episode with Nicolai Lipscomb, we wanted to highlight one of our favorite podcasts in Home Cooking with Samin Nosrat (author of "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat") and Hrishikesh Hirway (Song Exploder) – a series focused on cooking at home. The episode with Rachel Khong gets into all sorts of topics, including how to use a plethora of jalapeños, quality olive oils, and how to cook rice without a rice cooker.

Find out more information here: https://homecooking.show/episodes/7

Selena wants y'all to wear a mask

8 January 2021
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On Fridays, we like to signal boost something from our week’s guest. And when we asked Selena Rosanbalm about what she’d like to share, she wanted to advise our listeners to wear a mask. This is especially salient as yesterday more than 4,100 deaths and more than 280,000 new coronavirus cases were reported, both records.

Please be safe everyone.

If you haven't yet, you can listen to our conversation with her here: https://www.howthisworks.show/7

Krista Tippett talks to Alison Gopnik on On Being

4 January 2021
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Happy Monday, tomorrow we're airing a conversation with Selena Rosanbalm about what it's like to be working as an independent musician having released an album in 2020. But today, we're listening to a conversation that Krista Tippett had with Alison Gopnik when her book, "The Gardener and the Carpenter", came out Jan last year.

You can listen to the interview here: https://onbeing.org/programs/alison-gopnik-the-evolutionary-power-of-children-and-teenagers/. We would highly recommend the unedited version, runs a bit longer but we find these editions to be more staisfying.

High on our Own Supply with Brad Bogus and Amber Senter

1 January 2021
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We hope it’s starting well, wishing you all health & safety. Today, we’re highlighting a podcast from Brad Bogus, this week’s guest, with Amber Senter, CEO of Breeze Distro, Chairwoman of the Board and Co-founder of Supernova Women, and vital player in helping launch Oakland's Social Equity initiatives for the cannabis industry. Consider this a deep dive into the backstage world of cannabis, a deeper cut if you will than our episode with Brad this week.

If you haven't listened, you can listen to our episode with Brad here: https://www.howthisworks.show/6

Brian Thompson's "Whatever Happened to Pizza at McDonald’s?"

28 December 2020
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Ahead of tomorrow’s episode with Brad Bogus, we’re listening to Brian Thompson's "Whatever Happened to Pizza at McDonald’s?" We can’t believe he’s gotten almost 200 episodes out of this non-question and we love it. As found in The NY Times.

Article from NYTimes is available here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/28/business/mcdonalds-pizza-podcast.html