Best Jean Gray Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 22: 2024 Jean Luc Ponty Interview 36:13

10d ago36:13

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Jean-Luc Ponty is a pioneer and undisputed master of violin in the arena of jazz and rock. He is widely regarded as an innovator who has applied his unique visionary spin that has expanded the vocabulary of modern music. In 1969, Frank Zappa composed the music for Jean-Luc’s solo album King Kong (Blue Note). In 1972, Elton John invited Ponty to con…

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Episode 21: Jeff Kollman (Alan Parsons) Interview 24:09

10d ago24:09

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Guitarist Jeff Kollman has traveled the far reaches of the globe from the Kremlin Palace to Wembley Stadium, from Dubai to the Capetown Jazz Fests, from midwest metal with his original band Edwin Dare to the likes of Sebastian Bach (Skidrow), to gracing the stage of the legendary Budokan 15 times with Japanese legend Eikichi Yazawa. Jeff has played…

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Ep 305 // Alec Luu 56:47

1M ago56:47

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Alec Luu is a fine art photographer. I met Alec out front of Friend Editions in the Lower East Side and we had witty banter from the start. Alec talks about the subconscious mind and his relationship with the complexity of simplicity. I talk about that often on this show. Alec sees and problem-solves through this lens. Please welcome Alec Luu to We…

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Ep 304 // Anna Z Gray 57:35

2M ago57:35

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Anna Z Gray is an entrepreneur and a vintage connoisseur. Anna is the founder of Club Vintage, the department store of vintage sellers. Anna runs the cult newsletter 'Things I would Buy If I Didn't Have To Pay Rent' up on Substack. I met Anna at Nine Orchard during a party on the rooftop where she knew what my crushes were when I had to enter them …

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Episode 20: Jeff Aug Interview 25:21

30d ago25:21

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Jeff Aug has been touring as a solo guitarist for the last 25+ years in Europe and the United States, set two Guinness™ World Records, and landed a #1 album on the Apple iTunes Acoustic Music Charts in the United States. Originally from Washington, DC, Jeff has been living in the Alps' foothills in Southern Germany for 20+ years. He has toured with…

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Ep 303 // Laila Wayans 1:02:01

2M ago1:02:01

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Laila Wayans is a producer, drummer, and DJ. Laila is the drummer of NYC's Been Stellar. I met Laila at Victoria Bar for the debut of their new record "Scream From New York, NY." Off of Dirty Hit. Laila was super welcoming with great conversation, talking about her time living in LA but always in NY. When I left she was like who are you? And I can …

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Ep 302 // Hush Forte 1:04:29

2M ago1:04:29

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Hush Forte is a producer, composer, rapper, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. I met Hush with friend and guest of the show, Jonathan Richetts out in the Lower East Side then crossed paths with Hush at The Hoxton with friend Bobby Whigham. Lo and behold I ended up creating music with Jonathan at their studio and in the other room I could hear H…

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Ep 301 // Erik Carter 59:15

2M ago59:15

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Erik Carter is a graphic designer, art director, illustrator, animator and creative director. I've always been involved with design twitter but when it goes off, Erik is on the scene. Typography. Color. Capitalism. Chaos. images4cash. Design Harder. Erik Internet. Please welcome Erik Carter to Wear Many Hats. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/erikinternet ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

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Ep 300 // Avery Trufelman 1:07:37

2M ago1:07:37

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Avery Trufelman is a podcaster and radio producer. Avery is best known for her work on 99% Invisible and her podcast, Articles of Interest. Is this the collab show we've all been waiting for? Articles of Interest is a show about what we Wear Many Hats. Podcast and it's the same but there's three more episodes so it's not. Please welcome Avery Trufe…

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Ep 299 // David You - Balue 1:20:03

2M ago1:20:03

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David You is the founder of the coffee and tea room, Balue Stockholm. I first met David when he was in New York working with the Lichen family. You can feel the calmness in his captions with the beautiful photos he takes of Balue and its environment along with the wonderful offerings he presents. Pop up and tea experience. Showroom for catering and…

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Ep 298 // Thor Kimmell 1:13:54

2M ago1:13:54

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Thor Kimmell is a designer and illustrator. I first met Thor over at Round Two where we bonded over vintage, design, and history. Thor has done illustrations for friend and guest of the show Sudan Green from Spirits Up! Extra Butter, Timberland, and Round Two. Thor likes to ride bikes and make bootlegs. The perfect combination. Loser Vandross. Heav…

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Ep 297 // Daisy Alioto - Dirt 1:21:29

2M ago1:21:29

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Daisy Alioto is a writer and the CEO of Dirt Media. Daisy also co-founded the NFT funded newsletter, Dirt. Daisy's journalism has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Paris Review Daily, TIME, New York Magazine, GQ, among others. Daisy's tweets have appeared on my timeline every time I open up the app and it's so go…

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Ep 296 // Jean Pierre Consuegra 1:12:10

2M ago1:12:10

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Jean Pierre Consuegra is a designer and record label owner. Jean runs Working Title Studios which focuses on design for the NY underground music scene. Jean runs Somersault Records which hosts friend and guest of the show Jialing and other amazing musicians. Jean was formerly at Vinyl Me Please but is crushing it at Jupiter Disco as head of design.…

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Owen Husney (Prince Manager) 51:35

2M ago51:35

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As a musician in high school, Owen Husney formed a band and by the following summer had a top 10 charted record in 19 US cities. As adman, Husney wrote commercials for Randy Newman and Little Feat and traveled on the road with Richard Harris, Sonny and Cher, The Rolling Stones, and Alice Cooper. During his stint as concert producer/promoter he work…

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Ep 295 // Julia Shiplett 1:03:20

2M ago1:03:20

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Julia Shiplett is a writer, performer, and comedian.Julia was named a Comedy Central Up Next Comedian, a TBS Comic To Watch and a Vulture Comedian You Should Know. Julia has a newsletter something shiny* where you can read her love for Marketplace, her reasons on running, and self promotion for where she's doing stand up next. Julia is also a Freel…

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Architecture Beyond Creation, Pier Vittorio Aureli 14:58

2M ago14:58

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OASE 106

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Architecture and Counterrevolution, Pier Vittorio Aureli 16:52

2M ago16:52

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OMA and the Politics of the Grands Projets. OASE 94

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Ep 294 // Ares Maia 1:02:35

2M ago1:02:35

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Ares Maia is the founder of Bloom Playground and a Multidisciplinary Designer and Visual Artist. Ares infuses her work with vibrant colors and symbols influenced by her cultural heritage and immigrant experience. I first heard of Ares by inviting her to be a part of the first ever Commercial Type and Dahsar Zine Fest that Wear Many Hats put on. Are…

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Ep 293 // Drew Kaufmann - Million Goods 56:38

3M ago56:38

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Drew Kaufmann is the founder of Million Goods. Million Goods is a space fusing menswear and music subcultures to form a broader sense of community. I first learned of Million Goods through pop ups and remember Drew handing me a flyer way back when and seeing them all throughout Brooklyn. We love fliers over at Wear Many Hats. Have you not seen our …

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Ep 292 // Greg Jackson - Greg Laboratory 1:04:30

3M ago1:04:30

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Greg Jackson is a New York based freelance apparel design director specializing in, but not limited to, technical sportswear and performance clothing. Greg has worked in apparel for NikeLab, Yeezy, Saturdays NYC and Gap along with working with collaborations that Wear Many Hats is inspired by. New Balance, Aimé Leon Dore, but let's not forget that …

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From Eclecticism to Doubt, Eileen Gray and Jean Badovici 19:42

3M ago19:42

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from L'Architecture Vivante, 1929. Read by Kate Finning

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Ep 291 // Marleigh Culver 1:09:41

3M ago1:09:41

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Marleigh Culver is an artist and independent designer. Marleigh's has a few different dream projects that Wear Many Hats align with such as anything with music, residential murals, restaurants, wine labels and brands, and the list goes on and on. Marleigh has an impressive playlist curation called Marleigh Radio where you can find over 300 playlist…

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Episode 19: Geoff Gray (Far & Away Studios) 38:01

2M ago38:01

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One of my mentors in studio recording was a wonderful guy named Geoff Gray who owned Far & Away Studios in New York. I remember graduating from the Center for the Media Arts and finding work as an assistant engineer at his studio back in 1980's. I learned quite a bit about studio recording and producing musicians during my tenure with Geoff. Since …

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Sigurd Lewerentz and the Dilemma of the Classical, Colin St John Wilson 35:24

3M ago35:24

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1988. Read by Stephen Thick

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Ep 290 // Isaiah Carter 1:06:24

3M ago1:06:24

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Isaiah Carter is a multi hyphenate creative and the founder of Natal Space. Natal Space works in film and television productions, as well as digital shorts. Isaiah oversees the visual and conceptual of all Natal Spaces projects from early development through execution and release. His production credits include short films "Kinfolk" and "Borrowed T…

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Episode 18: Foghat (Bryan Bassett) Interview 30:59

2M ago30:59

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Bryan Bassett has over 40 years experience as a professional musician and recording artist and 30 years experience as a recording engineer and producer. Guitarist for "Foghat". Bryan is a songwriter/guitarist/engineer and producer who has worked on Foghat's "Return of the Boogie Men", "Road Cases", "Family Joules", "Live II", "The Official Bootleg …

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Episode 17: Stuart Epps (Producer/Engineer) Interview 43:04

2M ago43:04

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Stuart Epps’s ‘official’ career in music began in 1967 at Dick James Music (The Beatle’s first publisher) on New Oxford Street in London. Aged only 15, he’d been persuaded by his friend Clive Franks, who was the record cutter at DJM at the time, to leave school and apply to be a ‘runner’. Getting a job as an office boy, he found himself right in th…

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Ep 289 // Haruko Hayakawa 1:03:43

3M ago1:03:43

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Haruko Hayakawa is a CG artist and creative director. Haruko considers herself an artist who loves to explore the intersection between commercial creativity and pop art. She has a deep passion for the world of consumer products and how brands shape our culture, leaving a lasting imprint in our memory. I found Haruko through friend and guest of the …

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507: Unlocking Business Succession: The Power of ESOPs with Keith Butcher 24:48

3M ago24:48

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In an interview with Jason Hartman, Keith Butcher, founder of Butcher Joseph, discusses business succession and Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs). With many business owners approaching retirement, ESOPs offer a tax-efficient way to transition ownership to employees. This model enhances employee retention and loyalty, providing long-term retire…

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Ep 288 // Rachel Krupa 1:00:56

3M ago1:00:56

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Rachel Krupa is the founder of Krupa Consulting and the owner of The Goods Mart. Rachel has been in the best of both worlds elevating emerging brands through press and retail. We love a local community that's better-for-you, a place that provides better-for-the-planet products, showcasing and launching emerging, primarily female-, BIPOC-, and LGBTQ…

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Ep 287 // Anna Sing 57:45

3M ago57:45

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Anna Sing is a multidisciplinary designer in Brooklyn. We love the way she uses type on her projects and with clients. Greenhouse type is one of my favorite typefaces of all time. It suits us very well over at Wear Many Hats. ‘It’s Nice That’ featured her when she created a “bouquet” of typefaces inspired by houseplant history. Plants, flowers, col…

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Urban Artifacts and a Theory of the City, Aldo Rossi 25:00

3M ago25:00

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From The Architecture of the City 1966. Read by Kate Finning

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Ep 286 // Dan Esberg 1:01:13

3M ago1:01:13

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Dan Esberg is a Creative Director, Copywriter, and content creator. Dan has a show on YouTube called Dansplaining where we bonded over coffee when crossing paths at Colbo. Dansplaining is where he creates explainer videos that give substance to nostalgia. Some of his videos include “Why “Bad Graphics” Make You Feel Good…” & “Explaining and Assembli…

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Ep 285 // Lee Eisenberg 45:53

4M ago45:53

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Lee Eisenberg is a writer and producer in Hollywood, writer on The Office, the creator of Jury Duty as well as the founder of Nuvet. Lee hails from Boston, comes from a family of ideas and lives with his family in LA. We chat about hotels, duvets, starting companies, and intertwining it with his writing. Lee’s wife jokes that he comes from a place …

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Ep 284 // Dương Gia Hiếu - Ném 43:56

4M ago43:56

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Dương Gia Hiếu is a founder, designer, and maker at Ném. Photographer and multidisciplinary artist Dương Gia Hiếu is based out of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) and originally from Gia Lai in Vietnam. Don’t worry I found out where he originally was online but I did meet Hiếu at Ném while in Vietnam for the Wear Many Hats World Tour. Ném is a space fille…

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Episode 16: Rich Williams (Kansas) Interview 41:47

3M ago41:47

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With a legendary career spanning five decades, KANSAS has firmly established itself as one of America’s iconic classic rock bands. This "garage band" from Topeka released their debut album in 1974 after being discovered by Wally Gold, who worked for Don Kirshner, and have gone on to sell more than 30 million albums worldwide. Rich Williams is one o…

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Ep 283 // Fumee Lee 1:01:07

4M ago1:01:07

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Fumee Lee is a creative director, matcha connoisseur, and musician. Fumee is the vocalist for Fifth Flow, what he calls a matcha fairy but the owner of Maison Hime and the director of the social media agency, Neko Natch based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Fumee works with many brands and restaurants in KL that does design works • social media • brandi…

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Steve Vai Interview 53:18

4M ago53:18

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Steve Vai needs introduction! A virtuoso guitarist, visionary composer, and consummate producer who sculpts musical sound with infinite creativity and technical mastery, Steve Vai has awed fans of all genres with his exceptional guitar skills and musicianship for decades. At age 12, he started taking guitar lessons from Joe Satriani. At 18, he bega…

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Ep 282 // Lee Zhan Tzeh 1:00:12

4M ago1:00:12

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Lee Zhan Tzeh is an entrepreneur. Lee runs the bakery, Flaaah, and the natural wine bar, Small Shifting Space, both based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I met Lee at the Petaling Street/Chinatown area of where Small Shifting Space lives and we had a good time going down the menu and trying new desserts. Pastries and desserts is all I’m into these days.…

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Larry Crane (Tape Op Magazine) Interview 37:01

4M ago37:01

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Larry Crane is an American editor and founder of Tape Op Magazine and recording engineer/owner of Portland's Jackpot! Recording Studio, He is also a freelance engineer, and the archivist for the estate of musician Elliott Smith. Jackpot has recorded the likes of Built to Spill, Wooden Shjips, Sleater-Kinney, Sonic Youth, Spoon, R.E.M., The December…

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Ep 281 // Zak Klauck 1:06:32

4M ago1:06:32

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Zak Klauck is a Founder & Creative Director at A — Z by Zak LLC Zak LLC is a multi-disciplinary studio focused on creative direction, identity and experience design for a wide range of institutions, individuals and brands. Zak is a graphic designer known for his work on photobooks, zines, identities and posters. Zak is the former founder and creati…

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Episode 15: Stu Hamm Interview 37:50

4M ago37:50

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Stu Hamm is an iconic bass player who attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he met guitarist Steve Vai and, through him, met Joe Satriani. Hamm. He played bass on Vai's debut solo album, Flex-Able, which was released in 1984. Hamm has performed and recorded with Steve Vai, Frank Gambale, Joe Satriani and many other well-respected g…

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Episode 14: Uli Jon Roth Interview 20:15

4M ago20:15

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In the year 1973, Uli’s friend, Michael Schenker, quit the already established band Scorpions to join UFO in England. This lead to the break-up of the Scorpions, which his brother, Rudolf Schenker, had formed in the Sixties. But before leaving the band, Michael asked Uli to take his place instead. Later that year, the two remaining members of Scorp…

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Episode 13: Dave Mason Interview 22:39

4M ago22:39

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Dave Mason left Traffic in 1969 to pursue a solo career in the U.S. Dave has penned over 100 songs, has 3 gold albums: Alone Together, Dave Mason, Mariposa De Oro, and platinum album Let It Flow, which contained the top-ten single “We Just Disagree”. In addition to cranking out hits, Dave has performed on, or contributed to, a number of famous albu…

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Ep 280 // Apollo Baldoz 1:11:12

5M ago1:11:12

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Apollo Baldoz is a Designer and Motion Graphics Animator based in New York. Apollo has worked on Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour visuals, HBO’s SHAQ Docuseries, and Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj on Netflix. I met Apollo at friend and guest of the show Rich Tu’s ‘Human Response’ exhibit and knew I was with good peoples. Emmy, Peabody, Cleo, we’re going…

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Home gatherings, Hollywood, and humor with Lauren Graham and Sam Pancake 37:13

5M ago37:13

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In this episode of Second Home, Lauren Graham from Gilmore Girls and Parenthood talks about juggling her career in entertainment and homeownership in two major cities. With humor, she discusses her home's design, its influence on her writing as a bestselling author, her upcoming book tour with friend Sam Pancake, and reminisces about her early days…

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Ep 279 // Albert Chang 1:00:29

5M ago1:00:29

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Albert Chang is a Designer and Art Director based in Brooklyn. Albert’s work revolves around brand identity and is currently design lead at Squarespace where he oversees a team of talented brand creatives. I met Albert IRL at Hester Street Fair when Commercial Type and Dahsar hosted our first ever Zine Fair and he pulled up to the Wear Many Hats ta…

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Ep 278 // Abby Jones 1:01:32

5M ago1:01:32

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Abby Jones is a Music & Culture Journalist from Austin, Texas based in Brooklyn, New York. I found Abby via Twitter because music Twitter is the last good tweets to read. I connected with her tweet “it’s cool that strawberry switchblade is going viral on TikTok” but hones ting every tweet she writes I get. Abby has written for Pitchfork, Consequenc…

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Ep 277 // Gabrielle Lamontagne 58:02

5M ago58:02

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Gabrielle Lamontagne is a Creative Director and Illustrator based in New York. I met Gabi IRL at Hester Street Fair when Commercial Type and Dahsar hosted our first ever Zine Fair and she had a table with us. Gabi was selling bodega prints along with a few vintage postcards and a certain movie star pulled up. They’ve been best friends ever since. G…

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Episode 12: Percy Jones (Brand X) Interview 41:18

5M ago41:18

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Percy Jones is the renowned pioneer fusion bass player with the British band Brand X. Virtuoso guitarist Steve Hackett stated "it was in fact Percy who chronologically emerged with his own unique fretless sound and should be given full credit for it”. Jones appeared on Eno’s Before and After Science, and Another Green World, on Steve Hackett’s debu…

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