Best Tod Brilliant Podcasts (2024)

HANGS UP HIS HARNESS, PICKS UP A PEN. Screenshot Cory Richards’ new book is “The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within”. And, for real, it’s a helluva read. But before he could write such a powerful work, the man had to have some experiences. In episode #109 of Nice Work, Cory shares his personal struggles with bipolar disorder a…

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Tulsa King's Vincent Piazza performs "Uncle Norm Reads Spinoza as His Cookie Business Collapses Due to the Rise in Sugar Prices in the Dominican Republic" by Peter Orner and "The Mighty Shannon" by David ... 51:29

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#108: JON LURIE 1:04:08

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HEART TRANSPLANT TO HOLLYWOOD // ALTERNATE TITLE THIS IS ONE TOUGH SUPERHUMAN ALTERNATE TITLE // JON LURIE WANTS YOU TO THINK BIGGER, LIVE BOLDER, AND EMBRACE ALL SORTS OF WILD AND WONDERFUL POSSIBLE REALITIES Screenshot Writer, journalist, adventurer JON LURIE is our guest today and we know you’ll love him. We talk about his heart transplant, his …

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#107: SANDRA ŠOŠKIĆ 56:42

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HOW HUMANOIDS WILL SAVE HUMANITY Former top Apple executive SANDRA ŠOŠKIÇ is the founder of humanoid labs. Her personal motto “go bold or go home” has defined her life, loves, failures, and successes. Listen in for a great founder/entrepreneur story as we jump into what, exactly, humanoid is…and how Sandra and her team are working to create an enti…

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#106: LORI WOODLEY + JUSTINE FISCHER 1:09:24

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OUR KIDS DESERVE A TRUSTED SPACE LORI WOODLEY is the founder of ALL IT TAKES, a non-profit that equips youth and educators with essential emotional intelligence skills to successfully navigate their lives and support their communities. Working alongside JUSTINE FISCHER (Outreach & Engagement Manager) and the rest of her team, they teach young peopl…

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#105: MARK RUSSELL 1:03:28

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GOD’S FAVORITE COMIC BOOK CREATOR Mark Russell is an author, cartoonist, comic book writer and all-around hyper-intelligent human who gives a damn. He weaves his poignant social commentary not only into entirely new universes, but also into some of your favorite characters, from The Flintstone and Snagglepuss to Superman, Jesus Christ…and a bunch o…

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#104: LOGAN GRIMÉ 1:26:40

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VIB3 MACHINE: UNITING HUMANITY THROUGH COMMUNITY INTELLIGENCE Logan Grimé, creator of VIB3 Machine and cofounder of Midi Matilda, discusses his idea of using music to unify humanity. He believes that songs, and specifically melodies, connect people like nothing else in the universe. To create more timeless songs and build a community around people …

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#103: BARD A.I. 1:26:34

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TALK ABOUT A.I. BY TALKING TO A.I. (ABOUT BUILDING A NICER WORLD) Here it is: The world’s first podcast interview with Google’s whip-smart BARD ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. Just like with any other guest on our show, we reached out to ask if the guest had interest in appearing on Nice Work! BARD got back to us immediately with a resounding YES! And so,…

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#102: BRANDON M. WEBER 48:24

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BUILDING THE UNDER8TED MOVEMENT We welcome the impossibly talented and magnetic Brandon M. Weber, founder of the Under8ted movement and the community program Mind of Creatives. Brandon is a theatre and film artist who is dedicated to making works that break down the stereotypes within the ethnic diaspora. Brandon is also a gem, a joy, and one of th…

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#101: MATTY CONAGHAN 39:54

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Mattie Conaghan Has Racked Up 112,000,000 Views Without Doing Cocaine Bear Okay, we said we’d be done at 100 episodes. What we meant was that Season #1 would be done. Now it’s Season #2 and this is the first episode. Things will be very different in Season 2, kind of like how in that one season of The Office they changed offices and stuff. Or did t…

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#100: THE (NOT) FINAL EPISODE! 3:01:44

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THE UNKNOWN GUEST AKA SAVING THE BEST (& WORST) FOR LAST Yep, this is it. Or at least we thought it might be. We planned for 100 episodes, we committed to 100 episodes, and we’ve cut 100 damned good episodes. Well, at least 8 of them were damned good….the rest ran the gamut from terrible to passably decent. But every single one featured a fantastic…

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#99: AMELIA BOONE + RYAN VAN DUZER 1:09:18

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Craig Sweeney founded Over50Badass to help build a community of people who wish to connect with younger generations to improve the quality of life for all.By Tod Brilliant

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#98: CRAIG SWEENEY | OVER 50 & BADASS 1:28:37

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Craig Sweeney founded Over50Badass to help build a community of people who wish to connect with younger generations to improve the quality of life for all.By Tod Brilliant

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#96 or #97: LOOSE BUTTONS | INDIE ROCKERS 4 UKRAINE 37:41

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Loose Buttons indie-rock band who would prefer Vladimir Putin fucks right off and dies talk about rock, hockey and Ukraine.By Tod Brilliant

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#96: SOPHIA BENOIT | Super Nice Sex Advice 1:19:51

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How CADDIS went from a brand to movement and became a platform welcoming Gen-X (and everyone else) to “The New Age.”By Tod Brilliant

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#95: MADISON STEWART WANTS U 2 STOP KILLING SHARKS 1:00:12

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How CADDIS went from a brand to movement and became a platform welcoming Gen-X (and everyone else) to “The New Age.”By Tod Brilliant

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#94: AY YOUNG | PROJECT 17: 17 Songs 2 SAVE THE WORLD 1:05:12

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Kansas City musician AY Young and his Project 17 aim to save the world through song. 17 Songs, to be exact, with 17 of the world's biggest artists.By Tod Brilliant

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#93: RICHARD VEVERS has one client: the oceans 1:06:31

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Richard Vevers and his OCEAN Agency are doing super nice work to save the world's oceans.By Tod Brilliant

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#92: TIM PARR of CADDIS AND The Anti-Anti-Aging Movement 1:05:43

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How CADDIS went from a brand to movement and became a platform welcoming Gen-X (and everyone else) to “The New Age.”By Tod Brilliant

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#91: Ariana and the Rose | Too Much Is Not Enough 1:25:40

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Brooklyn indie-pop-slash-dance musician-slash-artist and performer Ariana and the Rose graces Nice Work! this week.By Tod Brilliant

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#90: Drummer Jay Lane | KEEPING A Dancing Bear Beat from Bob Weir to Primus 50:05

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Drummer Jay Lane has kept the beat for the likes of Dead & Company, Rat Dog, Wolf Bros, Furthur, The Uptones and a bunch of Les Claypool's projects like Primus, Sausage, and Frog Brigade. Is he the Pete Best of Primus? We’re going to find out.By Tod Brilliant

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#89: Monica Canfield-Lenfest | Sacred Mirrors Healing 1:46:34

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Clairvoyant Monica Canfield-Lenfest walks us through the steps, methodology and six principles it takes to become a more curious person.By Tod Brilliant

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#88: Joey Santore Wants to Stop Humanity (and So Should You) 1:16:58

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Joey Santore calls himself, among other things, “a mildly irreverent botanist with no credentials and no filter” and that's a pretty apt description.By Tod Brilliant

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#87: Miles Francis: The Unboxing of a Good Man 1:24:48

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Mile Francis, a hyper-talented Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter, activist, video collagist and flatbed-track riding performance artist, talks about it all this week. Their career is right at that commencing-countdown-engines-on phase. So buckle up for Nice Work! with Miles Francis.By Tod Brilliant

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#86: RONNI ABERGEL | HOW TO CHECK OUT A STRANGER (The Human library) 1:08:12

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Ronni Abergel is founder of the innovative Human Library organization, and turning people into books (not quite literally).By Tod Brilliant

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#85: Shelby Hartman | The Mind Leading the Double Blind 1:02:30

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SHELBY HARTMAN is the founder and CEO of Double Blind magazine, a super nice publication that covers "timely, untold stories about the expansion of psychedelics around the globe."By Tod Brilliant

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#84: Selema Masekela | The Secret History of Surfing 1:21:08

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From his early X Games notoriety to his beautiful new book AFRO SURF, Selema Masekela has always ridden the waves of his own passions.By Tod Brilliant

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#83: Spike Feresten | A Nicer Nextdoor? Under the Hood of “America’s Most Wonderful, Horrible App” 59:57

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Spike Feresten drops into Nice Work! Spike is known for his work on Seinfeld, David Letterman, and hosting his own Talkshow.By Tod Brilliant

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#82: Melinda Wenner Moyer | Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Assholes 1:25:05

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One of our Super Nice Club members sent over a link to the book How To Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes Science-Based Strategies for Better Parenting—from Tots to Teens.By Tod Brilliant