Best Mitch Hampton Podcasts (2024)

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Season 5: “Michael Merschat On a Life of An Architect” 1:33:39

20d ago1:33:39

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Buy Mitch a Coffeeaccount.venmo.com/u/Mitch-Hampton-1“Michael Merschat On a Life of An Architect”Inside this episode with host, Mitch Hampton By any measure I am an unusually outgoing person in public spaces. Indeed that is how we have come to have our producer for this show. And as I always like to say, some of our guests are people I have known p…

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Season 5: "All About Aesthetics" episode 10, Blake Edwards and his film, "10" 47:15

1M ago47:15

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Special thanks to everyone who joined us last week for our recent "All About Aesthetics" livestream, episode 10 focused around Blake Edwards masterful film, "10".Enjoy and see you soon!More on this special stream ,here:For this, the tenth episode of the Aesthetics series, I will focus on the Blake Edwards 1979 masterpiece 10 with the large and unus…

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Season 5: Bonus Content, "Almost Summer" Mitch Hampton Jazz Trio Concert" 1:23:46

1M ago1:23:46

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Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for our "Almost Summer" concert featuring your host Mitch Hampton and his wonderful jazz trio! For our great replay crew, here is the link to watch and share. You are all the best part of what we do! #jazz #haroldarlen #yipharburg #piano #steinway #trio #pianotrio #kennybarron #busterwilliams ##steelyd…

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Season 5: "The Martin Davidson Show" Part 2, Episode 3 of 3 related to "Almost Summer" 29:14

2M ago29:14

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Buy Mitch a Coffee account.venmo.com/u/Mitch-Hampton-1 Special note to listeners: We are releasing three episodes as a set- actress Lee Purcell's solo interview, director Marty Davidson's solo episode and their combined episode discussing their work together on their iconic film "Almost Summer". This is episode 3, Part 2 of 3 of the multi episode s…

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Season 5: "The Martin Davidson Show" Part 1, Episode 3 of 3 related to "Almost Summer" 15:44

2M ago15:44

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Buy Mitch a Coffee account.venmo.com/u/Mitch-Hampton-1 Special note to listeners: We are releasing three episodes as a set- actress Lee Purcell's solo interview, director Marty Davidson's solo episode and their combined episode discussing their work together on their iconic film "Almost Summer".This is episode 3, Part 1 of the multipart special ser…

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Season 5: "The Lee Purcell Show" Episode 2 of 3 related to "Almost Summer" 54:22

2M ago54:22

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Buy Mitch a Coffee account: venmo.com/u/Mitch-Hampton-1 Special note to listeners: We are releasing three episodes as a set- actress Lee Purcell's solo interview, director Marty Davidson's solo episode and their combined episode discussing their work together on their iconic film "Almost Summer". This is episode 2 of 3 of the multi episode set.“Ins…

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Season 5: "Almost Summer And More A Conversation with Marty Davidson and Lee Purcell" Episode 1 of 3 1:23:32

2M ago1:23:32

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Buy Mitch a Coffeeaccount.venmo.com/u/Mitch-Hampton-1 Special note to listeners: We are releasing three episodes as a set- actress Lee Purcell's solo interview, director Marty Davidson's solo episode and their combined episode discussing their work together on their iconic film "Almost Summer".“Inside The Episodes: Lee Purcell Marty Davidson and Al…

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Season 5: BOOK LUNCH: Hannah Arendt's "THE LIFE OF THE MIND, episode 4 1:04:44

2M ago1:04:44

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Buy Mitch a Coffee account.venmo.com/u/Mitch-Hampton-1 For this, our fourth episode on Hannah Arendt's Life Of The Mind, the discussion reaches a climax for Volume 1. In this episode we will delve into the heart of Arendt's model of the thinking process itself - as well as some sneak previews for Volume 2 (Willing) which will commence in episode 5.…

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Season 5: "All About Aesthetics": Episode Magic Number Nine, "Volume and Mass" 40:00

2M ago40:00

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The ninth episode of All About Aesthetics will concern change in eras and the accompanying changes in technology and culture. DISCLAIMER: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use …

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Season 5: "The Pete Christlieb Show" 1:31:05

3M ago1:31:05

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Buy Mitch a Coffee account.venmo.com/u/Mitch-Hampton-1 Listeners, today we get to share our talk with music LEGEND, Pete Christlieb! We are so very honored to have him on our show and hope you enjoy and share it with us! Inside this Episode with your host, Mitch Hampton Pete Christlieb has been among my favorite saxophonists and all around musician…

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Season 5: "All About Aesthetics Part 7" 44:54

3M ago44:54

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Buy Mitch a Coffee: https://account.venmo.com/u/Mitch-Ham...On this, the seventh part of our Aesthetics series, I continue with a discussion of the power of artistic and cultural change from the early and middle 20th century until our own. The examples will come from music, prose and visual work, and from the commercial as well as the independent a…

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Season 5: Book Lunch: Hannah Arendt's Life Of The Mind, Episode 4 56:06

3M ago56:06

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Buy Mitch a Coffee: https://account.venmo.com/u/Mitch-Ham...On this, the fourth episode of my series on Hannah Arendt's Life Of The Mind we continue with a close reading and discussion of Volume 1, Thinking.More insights on this special, ongoing series from your host, Mitch Hampton:Book Lunch: Series: Hannah Arendt's “The Life Of The Mind”Hannah Ar…

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Season 5: “The Will Dodson Episode: Wes Craven, Horror Film & Popular Genre” 1:02:36

4M ago1:02:36

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Buy Mitch a Coffee account.venmo.com/u/Mitch-Hampton-1 “The Will Dodson Episode: Wes Craven, Horror Film & Popular Genre”Inside this Episode with Mitch Hampton“Among the many film influences upon my consciousness, the two early films of Wes Craven, Last House On The Left and The Hills Have Eyes have to be included as important. Given that I think t…

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Season 5: "All about Aesthetics Part 6" 46:40

4M ago46:40

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Buy Mitch a Coffee: account.venmo.com/u/Mitch-Hampton-1 Thanks to everyone who joined us last week for Part 6 of your host Mitch Hampton's ongoing Aesthetic series!More to come on this series and thanks for making it a huge success with us! More on this stream, here:"This is the sixth part of my series on Aesthetics. Most of what I will discuss wil…

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Season 5: "Book Lunch" Hannah Arendt "A Life of the Mind" Part 2 1:02:59

4M ago1:02:59

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In this, our second episode of the series on Hannah Arendt's Life Of The Mind, we dig deep into the first chapter of the first volume; Thinking.More on this ongoing series, here:Book Lunch: Series: Hannah Arendt's “The Life Of The Mind”Hannah Arendt's The Life Of The Mind is the last published work from Arendt. It is unfinished as it was to be in t…

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Season 5: "All About Aesthetics Part 5" The art of album covers and more! 59:57

5M ago59:57

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Enjoy our recent livestream, "All About Aesthetics, Part 5" exploring the art of album covers and much more ! #design #commercials #advertising #television #celebrity #stardom #starpower #1970s #sculpture #popart #painting #1980s #2000s #2010s #popmusic #entertainment #recordalbum #vinyl #media #albumart --- Send in a voice message: https://podcast…

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Season 5: Bonus Content, Mitch Hampton Trio Jazz Concert! 1:58:02

5M ago1:58:02

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Thank you so much for coming to our livestream concert featuring your podcast host, Mitch Hampton on piano with his jazz trio! Enjoy it as our bonus content to say thanks for being the best part of what we do! #CONCERT #Livestream #jazz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_GoRjbCSBk&t=16s --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod…

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Season 5: "The Marc Antony Episode", Part 2 3:51

5M ago3:51

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"The addition of our episode with Marc Antony Mendez makes him the third guest we have had who identifies as autistic, alongside Stephanie Persephone and Eddie Abreu. Marc is a young enthusiast of menswear, a budding writer and much more, and he spoke at length on this his and mine shared interest. One of the unique features of his episode is that …

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Season 5: "The Marc Antony Episode" Part 1 50:40

5M ago50:40

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"The addition of our episode with Marc Antony Mendez makes him the third guest we have had who identifies as autistic, alongside Stephanie Persephone and Eddie Abreu. Marc is a young enthusiast of menswear, a budding writer and much more, and he spoke at length on this his and mine shared interest. One of the unique features of his episode is that …

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Season 5: Special Jane LeCroy Valentine's Pop Up Episode! 1:10:37

5M ago1:10:37

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Listeners, enjoy a spicy Valentine’s Day pop up stream with returning guest and poetess, author, performer, Jane LeCroy!!Poetry, music and muses!You might recall Jane as a guest in our first season and here is a link to learn more about her work, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvfIRjIn-AMInside this Episode with Mitch:“One of my dreams has a…

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Season 5: "Funky Friday at Five: "All about Aesthetics, Part 3" 1:20:56

6M ago1:20:56

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In this, the third episode of our ongoing aesthetics series, I am leaving the "content" up to the spirit of this Friday, while dealing with the themes of prose, prose styles and written texts in general. #aesthetics #SusanSontag #FunkyFridayatFive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mitch-hampton/messageSupport this…

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Season 5: Pop Up Music and Discussion 49:16

6M ago49:16

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I popup and talk about music matters, live composing. #music #composing #NECA #MitchHamptonMusic #musiceducation --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mitch-hampton/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mitch-hampton/support

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Season 5: "Book Lunch" Part 3 of Irving Singer's "The Nature of Love" 57:22

6M ago57:22

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Thanks to everyone who was there Saturday for this last episode ( Part 3) of our multi part "Book Lunch" series on Irving Singer's beautiful and deep, "The Nature of Love". We had a great crowd and such a blast and if you missed it, enjoy it anytime here! This is the Last episode of my Series on Irving Singer's three volume book "The Nature Of Love…

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Season 5: The Long Seventies Episode with Alex and Matt 2:20:38

6M ago2:20:38

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Inside this episode with Mitch Hampton: When first I became interested and finally, obsessed with the 1970s it was but a few years away, in the 1980s. Had you told me that I would one day be involved with an entire show devoted to the subject I would never have know what you would have been talking about. Alex and Matt not only have a podcast where…

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Season 5: New Year's Episode discuss the unique style of Nic Roeg's filmmaking with a focus on his 1973 "Don't Look Now". 57:48

6M ago57:48

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Listeners, thank you so much for joining us for our recent, annual, solo New Year's episode where your host, Mitch Hampton explored the 1973 film, "Don't Look Now" and the thoughtful work of director Nicolas Roeg. Mitch discusses the unique style of Nic Roeg's filmmaking with a focus on his 1973 "Don't Look Now". #nicolasroeg #Don'tLookNow #marilyn…

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Season 5: Special Holiday Concert Featuring the Mitch Hampton Trio! 1:42:55

7M ago1:42:55

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Happy Holidays Everyone! Thanks to all who joined us last week for our special holiday concert and in case you missed it, enjoy some music of the season, from us to you!We so appreciate you all listening and subscribing!More on this very special event, here: Mitch Hampton ( your podcast host) returns on piano with his trio featuring Zack Page on th…

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Season 5: “On Art, Prose and the Sea: A Conversation with James Sturz” 45:27

7M ago45:27

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“On Art, Prose and the Sea: A Conversation with James Sturz”Inside this episode with your host, Mitch Hampton:I was introduced to the work of James Sturz through another guest, Jill Clemens of our Nadina’s Cremes episode with whom is shared a love for Hawaii as well as nature. Little did I know at the time what a standout voice in prose James Sturz…

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Season 5: "Funky Friday@5 All About Aesthetics, Ep 2" 55:51

7M ago55:51

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On this, our second episode in a series on aesthetics, I continue using Susan Sontag as our guide - as I will in all the episodes - but discuss disparate and diverse examples from design, to fine art and from art cinema to popular t.v. and much more, plus some surprises.More on this series from your host, Mitch Hampton:In reflecting on the theme an…

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Season 5: "Book Lunch" Irving Singer's "The Nature of Love" 1:18:43

7M ago1:18:43

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Enjoy Part 2 in our multi part "Book Lunch" series focused around Irving Singer's three volume work, The Nature Of Love ! We had a blast with you all and more episodes of this rich text to come soon! More on this "Book Lunch" series from your host, Mitch Hampton: New multi part “Book Lunch Series” featuring Irving Singer’s “The Nature of Love” Nove…

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Season 5: “The Laine Nooney Episode” 1:00:52

8M ago1:00:52

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Inside this Episode with your host, Mitch Hampton: At first screen glance Laine Nooney's The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal might be perhaps a less likely subject for an episode. Yet, given my steadfast interest in unconventional treatments of normally conventional subject matters as well as my overall interest in the period of time…

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Season 5, November "Book Lunch" : Episode 1 of a Series on Irving Singer's The Nature Of Love 1:08:58

8M ago1:08:58

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Enjoy our new multi part “Book Lunch Series” featuring Irving Singer’s “The Nature of Love”.Inside this new book series with your host, Mitch Hampton:November’s “Book Lunch” will be something a little different: a new three part/episode series on a single three volume work:“The Nature Of Love”, by Irving Singer. Both the books and the discussion wi…

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Season 5: November "Funky Friday at Five, All about Aesthetics Part 1" 50:14

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In this initial installation of my first aesthetics series I talked about what the concept means to me, beginning with Susan Sontag's 1966 texts Against Interpretation, On Style an early, young adult experience at the 1987 Red Grooms show at the Whitney and much more.This is a new, ongoing series for us on aesthettics so stay tuned and watch this s…

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Season 5: Funky Friday 70s Film & Television, Part 7: “A Potpourri"! 54:43

9M ago54:43

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Thanks to everyone who joined us last Friday for our recent "Funky Friday at Five"!!!! We had a blast sharing 7th installment in our deep dive 70's film series focused on some interesting examples of television from the era: featuring a special with Robin Williams and John Ritter from the earliest years of HBO.Please enjoy and share this with us!Mo…

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Season 5 :Bonus Album Release Music Talk with Sanifu Al Hall about is new album, "PROJECT 43" ! 22:30

9M ago22:30

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Thanks to everyone who stopped by our recent livestream event. This "minisode" is a celebration of show favorite, Sanifu Al Hall's new album PROJECT 43, with a guest appearance by Hall! More on this stream and where to purchase Sanifu Hall's album, from your host, Mitch Hampton Link to purchase this beautiful album: Copies via mail order are availa…

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Season 5: September "Book Lunch" Eelco Runia's "Moved By The Past" 40:33

9M ago40:33

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"On this Book Lunch I try and do some justice to Runia's book, whose subtitle Discontinuity and Historical Mutation, gives you a fairly decent idea of his intellectual project, as well as his highly original theory of history." Extended Look:In this book lunch I will discuss one of the more original and profound works of history to come along in ma…

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Season 5, August “Funky Friday at Five with painter Alexandra Carter and the 2018 film, “Suspiria” 1:14:24

10M ago1:14:24

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“One of the most persistent and embraced phenomenons in filmmaking in our current era is the love for resisting or rebooting many older popular genre films for contemporary purposes. In this episode I was most happy to revisit painter Alexandra Carter and discuss a film she picked: Luca Guadagnino's 2018 “Suspiria” possessing the same title and som…

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Season 5: The Michael Newton Show 53:36

10M ago53:36

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Listeners, This one is extra special for us as Micheal is our very own sound designer and editor! What an honor to have him on and share his work and journey with you all! Inside this episode with your host, Mitch Hampton: "One of the things I appreciate most about our show, and it is deliberatively by design, is how different spans of geography an…

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Season 5 August "Book Lunch": Marcel Gauchet's The Disenchantment of the World, A Political History of Religion 56:21

11M ago56:21

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Near the end of the extraordinary book that is the subject of this book lunch, The Disenchantment of the World, A Political History of Religion, the author, Marcel Gauchet, says the following about aesthetics, the very topic of our podcast: "The aesthetic experience seems to me amenable to a similar analysis, insofar as it can be related to a primo…

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Season 5: August, Funky Friday @ 5, 70s Cinema Part 6 "Uniqueness Of Vision" 1:39:01

11M ago1:39:01

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Hi listeners! This is part 6 of our ongoing 1970's cinema series. More on this livestream event, here:I discuss three different films and their filmmakers: Fred Wiseman and his Welfare (1975), Robert Kramer's Milestones (1975), and Chick Strand's Soft Fiction (1979). Even by the independent standards of the era, these filmmakers were most original …

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Season 5 The James Stephenson Episode: The Life of a Composer Today 47:42

11M ago47:42

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It is exciting to speak to another musician with whom I have more in common that usual. not only are we both alumni of both Interlochen Arts Academy and New England Conservatory of Music but I find in his music a similar attraction to musical language and style. This episode is one that I crafted out of our initial audio discussion, trying to incor…

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Season 5: Jill Nadine of Nadina's Cremes 43:31

11M ago43:31

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Inside this Episode with Mitch HamptonI first met our guest Jill Nadine Clements through my late father, probably about thirty odd years ago.My father, Aubrey Hampton, was the founder, of course, of Aubrey Organics, a completely unique natural cosmetics company that was the first of its kind when it debuted in 1967.That business closed in January o…

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Season 5 Bonus Content: Mitch Hampton Trio's Summer Concert 1:31:29

12M ago1:31:29

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If you didn't make it to our Summer concert, you can enjoy it here, as our gift of thanks to you for being a great audience!!! Mitch Hampton at the piano, Zack Page on the big bass and Justin Watt on the drums for a concert of seasonal jazz in July #jazz #jazzmusic #concert #mitchhampton#mitchhamptontrio #livestreaming#sineadoconnor #live #music Li…

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Season 5 "Book Lunch": Thomas Moore and his new book, "The Eloquence of Silence" 1:16:17

12M ago1:16:17

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We are so very delighted to share our first "Book Lunch" of Season 5 featuring the incandescent author, spiritual teacher and great human, Thomas Moore as we celebrate his new book, The Eloquence of Silence. It is extraordinary to me that since I first read Moore's groundbreaking Care Of The Soul way back in the golden year of 1992 . I am now going…

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Season 5, July 2023 "Funky Friday at Five": "1970s Cinema Part 5: Documenting the Underrepresented" 1:00:10

12M ago1:00:10

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In this fifth installment of my 70s film series I focus on the emerging interest in the decade in representing human beings outside the ,mainstream of typical Hollywood entertainment, as well as films that play with the intersection of fiction and documentary.More on this livestream featuring your podcast host and cinema scholar, Mitch Hampton, her…

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The Two Hundred A Day Plus Expenses Rockfish Show with Eppy And Nathan 1:49:20

12M ago1:49:20

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Inside this Episode with your host, Mitch Hampton What is in one television show from the wayback machine of fifty years ago? Particular as we are deluged with so much to watch today? Well, you could say, a lot. I guess you might also say that I have been a fan of The Rockford Files and its star James Garner for as long as I have been conscious I n…

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Season 5 Kickoff with your host Mitch Hampton featuring Mitch at the piano! 1:03:48

1y ago1:03:48

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On this episode inaugurating our Season 5 I sit at my piano - and maybe in my chair - and discuss how I compose music and use my many inspirations for projects. Sharing with you my own very intimate creative process at the keys. Link to watch and share with us, here: https://youtu.be/PG4Ia1rBS8 More on this livestream and our Season 5 of the show: …

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Season 5 Kickoff and Thank You All!! 0:22

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It's our Season 5 kickoff! Thank each and everyone of you who have listened, shared and commented. With each episode, guest and story, we explore what it means to be human - together- by celebraign the power of creativity across all art forms. Here's to Season 5: more stories, more artists, more art forms, more livestreams, more art talks and much …

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Season 4: June "Funky Friday at Five" : 1970s Cinema, part 4, "Free Associations & Public Spectacles" 1:02:20

1y ago1:02:20

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Enjoy our recent "Funky Friday at Five" which is the 4th part in a series that focuses in on the beauty of 70s cinema. Your host, Mitch Hampton, a 70s scholar, explores how Filmmakers in the 70s seemed keen to document the wild, outrageous, garish or simply unusual aesthetics of the decade, particularly in filmed locations and public spaces.More on…

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Season 4: June "Book Lunch" Featuring Jean Baudrillard's⁠ masterpiece , "America" 32:27

1y ago32:27

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Notes on this "Book Lunch" from your host, Mitch Hampton: "For this book lunch I revisit a contemporary classic - Jean Baudrillard's poetic, impressionistic, polemical book , "America" , from the early 80s.It is most interesting to reread the book now as the United States and the world is so very different than then, and yet in many ways, as his te…

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Season 4, The Michel Foucault Episode - with Michael Behrent 1:16:45

1y ago1:16:45

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Inside this Episode with host, Mitch Hampton One of my goals and themes in this podcast is the presentation and exposure of very difficult yet valuable and important human works of culture to a wide audience rather than assuming that their difficulty means that anybody who wants to be exposed to them doesn't have the right or ability to do so. My r…

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