The How This Works show

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

35 episodes of The How This Works show since the first episode, which aired on 17 November 2020.

  • Sally McRae

    30 March 2021  |  Season 1  |  50 mins 1 sec
    coach, nike, nordictrack, pro, professional, race, run, runner, running, soccer, ultrarunner, ultrarunning

    In this episode, Skipper chats with Sally McRae about being a runner and specifically an ultrarunner as well as a coach for others

  • Kat Hantas and Nicole Emanuel

    23 March 2021  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 7 mins
    #girlscalltheshots, 21seeds, infused tequila, kat hantas, nicole emanuel, sarika singh, spirits, tequila

    In this episode, Skipper chats with Kat Hantas and Nicole Emanuel about tequila, infusing tequila, and building a tequila empire in 21Seeds

  • Dr. Laura Sicola

    16 March 2021  |  Season 1  |  58 mins 58 secs
    authenticity, language, listen, listening, respond, speak, speaking, speaking to influence, vocal impact productions, voice

    In this episode, Skipper chats with Laura Sicola about how to use your voice to its best effect

  • Cassandra Carlopio

    9 March 2021  |  Season 1  |  56 mins 7 secs
    australia, go-in, los angeles, meditation, psychologist, relaxation, sleep, sleep medicine

    In this episode, Skipper chats with Cassandra Carlopio about meditation, sleep, and how to use these to great effect in the midst of everything that's going on in our world today

  • Ben Falk

    2 March 2021  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 2 mins
    ben falk, design, living systems, permaculture, resilient, vermont

    In this episode, Skipper chats with Ben Falk about permaculture and its impact on the larger environment, and how that impacts our personal lives

  • Kacie Lett Gordon

    23 February 2021  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 13 mins
    balance, fuck it all, gender equity, having it all, podcast, storytelling, success, woman

    In this episode, Skipper chats with Kacie Lett Gordon about what it means to have it all

  • Chris Landon

    16 February 2021  |  Season 1  |  48 mins 41 secs
    director, genre, horror movie, horror movies, screenwriter, writer

    In this episode, Skipper chats with Chris Landon about his lifelong love of horror movies and how that's played into his work as a screen writer and film director

  • Carl Welty

    9 February 2021  |  Season 1  |  58 mins 16 secs
    acjachemen, architect, architecture, banning ranch, passive solar, regenerative design, sustainable, sustainable design

    In this episode, Skipper chats with Carl Welty about being an architect and his work in sustainable design

  • Thejus Chakravarthy

    2 February 2021  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 12 mins
    brushfire, change, culture, instructional systems design, people, problem, technology, the flywheel and the lever, work, workplace

    In this episode, Skipper chats with Thejus Chakravarthy about how we can manifest change, both from a point-of-view of learning/work as well as in our personal lives

  • Nova Stanley

    26 January 2021  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 7 mins
    art school, artist, brooklyn, college, high school, illustrator, instagram, social media, trans male, transgender

    In this episode, Skipper talks to Nova Stanley, a high school student from Brooklyn who's studying illustration at one of the top fine arts schools (during the pandemic) and his experience as a transgender male

  • Stephanie Krivitzky

    19 January 2021  |  Season 1  |  59 mins 39 secs
    day, freelance, getting things done, life, logistics, people, project, put, spend, talking, understanding, work

    In this episode, Skipper chats with Stephanie Krivitzky about how she gets things done — in the context of being a creative director, designer, and a person in the world

  • Nicolai Lipscomb

    12 January 2021  |  Season 1  |  51 mins 35 secs
    boston, chef, cooking, learning, paella, people, sacramento, spain, waffles

    In this episode, Skipper talks to Nicolai about being a chef, what the future holds for the art and science of cooking, as well as what he's doing during the pandemic

  • Selena Rosanbalm

    5 January 2021  |  Season 1  |  52 mins 54 secs
    album release, musician, songwriter

    In this episode, Skipper chats with Selena Rosanbalm about making a solo album this year, releasing it, and promoting it without the typical methods to support it (read: touring)

  • Brad Bogus

    29 December 2020  |  Season 1  |  58 mins 4 secs
    cannabinoids, cannabis, cbd, effects, hemp, marijuana, thc

    In this episode, Skipper chats with Brad Bogus about the cannabis industry and the effects of cannabinoids on the human body

  • Jackie Velasquez-Ross

    22 December 2020  |  Season 1  |  50 mins 32 secs
    hiring, job search, recruiter, recruiting, remote work

    In this episode, Skipper chats with Jackie Velasquez-Ross about being a recruiter in creative/technology and what to do if you're looking for a new job — or an upgrade one you already have

  • Dr. Peter Chin-Hong

    15 December 2020  |  Season 1  |  32 mins 56 secs
    covid-19, holiday travel, novel coronavirus, stay-at-home orders, travel, ucsf, vaccine

    In this episode, Skipper chats with Dr. Peter Chin-Hong from UCSF about the novel coronavirus and COVID-19