Best Amy Devers Podcasts (2024)

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Clever Presents - Cal Newport on Doing Less, from Say More 26:31

10d ago26:31

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Sharing a preview of the Say More podcast, where, in a special series, Boston Globe columnist Shirley Leung is opening up the conversation about stress and burnout to help listeners feel less alone and inspired to get help. In this episode, computer scientist and bestselling author Cal Newport says we’ve been thinking about productivity all wrong. …

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Ep. 216: Clever Extra - Interior Designer Kerrie Kelly on Uniting Beauty and Function 40:02

16d ago40:02

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Interior designer and lifestyle expert Kerrie Kelly is known for her distinctive California-inspired design philosophy. She got her start at Ralph Lauren Home and then moved to Del Webb Corporation where she was a boots-on-the-ground high-volume designer of homes, before founding her multi-faceted design studio, Kerrie Kelly Design Lab, in 1995. A …

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Ep. 215: Kinfolk’s Idris Brewster Uses AR to Empower Collective Memory Building 57:09

26d ago57:09

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Artist, creative technologist, and educator, Idris Brewster grew up in Brooklyn, being filmed for a documentary about his education as a black student at a prestigious, primarily white, school. His coming-of-age, only partially caught on camera, included a lot of basketball and hands-on artistic development. A grant awarded in college gave him earl…

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Ep. 214: Architect & Designer Marc Thorpe on Relationships, Responsibility, and Uncertainty 59:23

1M ago59:23

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Architect & designer Marc Thorpe spent his youth, just outside of Washington DC, drawing and learning to navigate a destabilizing home environment. The son of two academics, he learned discipline, rigor, and resilience from his mom, while his dad, a critical thinker, taught him to challenge and interrogate everything. Always knowing he’d be an arti…

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Ep. 213: The Quiet Rebellion of Biodesigner Natsai Audrey Chieza 1:05:23

2M ago1:05:23

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Natsai Audrey Chieza spent her youth in Zimbabwe in a close-knit extended family where she and her cousins were “in each others’ pockets.” In her teenage years the national economy crashed, necessitating a family relocation to the UK, and she began learning the skill of “not belonging.” Architecture studies proved alienating so she found a way to c…

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Clever Presents - Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith 19:37

2M ago19:37

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Sharing a preview of Tools and Weapons, the podcast hosted by Microsoft’s Vice Chair and President Brad Smith. Brad speaks with leaders who are at the intersection of the promise and the peril of the digital age, exploring the role technology plays in helping to solve some of society’s biggest challenges. This episode features Yves Ubelmann, a tech…

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Ep. 212: HODINKEE’s Ben Clymer on Agency, Permanence, and the Talismans of Life 56:23

2M ago56:23

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Ben Clymer grew up in a New York suburb, raised by middle-class public school teachers and enamored by his grandfather’s swagger and style. An Omega Speedmaster, a gift from said grandfather, is the piece that captured his heart and sets his story in motion. A painstakingly shy student, he began to gain self-confidence in high-school and a need to …

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Ep. 211: The Soulful Renovations of House of Rolison 47:16

3M ago47:16

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Co-founders of House of Rolison, Amanda Leigh and Taylor Hahn, grew up on opposite coasts but were both self-described angsty teens. Both had a deep love for art and architecture, choosing different professional paths before they met online and their fates intertwined. Their first date turned into a road trip and then quarantine-based cohabitation.…

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Ep. 210: Marva Griffin Wilshire on 25 years of Salone Satellite and Showcasing Creativity 38:53

3M ago38:53

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Frequently referred to as the godmother of Italian design, Marva Griffin Wilshire, grew up in a large family in Venezuela, reading House & Garden and rearranging the furniture. Drawn to Italy in the 1970’s, she landed a job as a secretary for Piero Busnelli, founder of B&B Italia, which opened up her entire world. She was introduced to architects a…

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Ep 209: Holly Howard on Business Growth for Creative Entrepreneurs 57:21

4M ago57:21

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Polymath Holly Howard has lived many lives. A former professional ballet dancer, bassoonist, medical researcher and board-certified music therapist, she’s pulled from science, art, and design to create a one-of-a-kind path for herself. Now, she runs the successful culture-first business consultancy, Ask Holly How, to help creative entrepreneurs gro…

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Ep. 208: ICRAVE’s Lionel Ohayon on Designing the Las Vegas Sphere and Other Brave Ideas 1:08:22

4M ago1:08:22

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Lionel Ohayon was born in Canada to a family spanning Morocco, Israel, and Spain. This multi-cultural upbringing armed him with the ability to synthesize different inputs and understand complex topics from an early age, and an innate appreciation of hospitality. He founded ICRAVE as a design-build startup in 2002, and several ground-breaking projec…

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Ep. 207: Creative Pep Talk’s Andy J. Pizza on ADHD, the Heroine’s Journey, & Invisible Things 57:10

5M ago57:10

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Illustrator, graphic designer, speaker and picture book-maker Andy J. Pizza grew up in the Indiana suburbs, the child of two diametrically opposite parents - dad in corporate finance and mom an artist. Often feeling out of place, he learned to cope by drawing and smoking cigarettes, before finding indie music, and from there gig posters and graphic…

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Ep. 206: Love by Design’s Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh on the 6 Ingredients of Emergent Love 55:57

5M ago55:57

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Here’s my Valentine to you, Clever listeners. This episode is all about love and how to intentionally design and build the long-lasting, mutually fulfilling, loving relationships you desire. Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh, author of Love By Design: 6 Ingredients to Build a Lifetime of Love unpacks her paradigm-shifting model of Emergent Love, and helps us wi…

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Ep. 175: Artist Nancy Baker Cahill on Augmented Reality and Embodied Consciousness [Rebroadcast] 1:10:29

6M ago1:10:29

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Nancy Baker Cahill spent her youth gaining an appreciation for both civic engagement and dark humor. Her creative passions were ignited with a powerful youth arts program, but then went dormant for a difficult spell in adulthood. Now, fully in her stride as a new media artist known for work that examines power, selfhood, and embodied consciousness,…

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Ep. 141: Hip Hop Architect Michael Ford [Rebroadcast] 1:13:20

7M ago1:13:20

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Michael Ford is the designer and activist known as The Hip Hop Architect. Born in Highland Park, Michigan the son of a minister, Michael was raised to be inquisitive and question the world around him to find deeper truth. Early on, he found his passion for design and music, expanding it into a practice of architecture and design through the lens of…

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Ep. 205: Ana Arriola-Kanada’s Heroic Path to Ethical AI & Platform Whispering 1:04:10

7M ago1:04:10

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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Product Specialist, Ana Arriola-Kanada, grew up in ‘the valley’ just north of LA, watching Robotech and working in the family shop. She moved to Japan just after HS to work in Anime. An autodidact driven by a powerful work ethic and growth mindset, she propelled through all facets of tech & design playing …

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Ep. 132: Artist Malene Barnett [Rebroadcast] 1:06:20

7M ago1:06:20

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Malene Barnett is an artist, activist, speaker and legacy maker working in one-of-a-kind ceramic sculptures and bespoke textiles. Raised in Norwalk, Connecticut, she’s an authority on the cultural traditions and practices of art in the African diaspora and how it translates into the modern black experience. She founded the Black Artists + Designers…

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Clever Presents - Cal Newport on Doing Less, from Say More 26:31

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Ep. 216: Clever Extra - Interior Designer Kerrie Kelly on Uniting Beauty and Function 40:02

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Ep. 215: Kinfolk’s Idris Brewster Uses AR to Empower Collective Memory Building 57:09

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Ep. 214: Architect & Designer Marc Thorpe on Relationships, Responsibility, and Uncertainty 59:23

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Ep. 213: The Quiet Rebellion of Biodesigner Natsai Audrey Chieza 1:05:23

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Clever Presents - Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith 19:37

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Ep. 212: HODINKEE’s Ben Clymer on Agency, Permanence, and the Talismans of Life 56:23

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Ep. 211: The Soulful Renovations of House of Rolison 47:16

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Ep. 210: Marva Griffin Wilshire on 25 years of Salone Satellite and Showcasing Creativity 38:53

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Ep 209: Holly Howard on Business Growth for Creative Entrepreneurs 57:21

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Ep. 208: ICRAVE’s Lionel Ohayon on Designing the Las Vegas Sphere and Other Brave Ideas 1:08:22

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Ep. 207: Creative Pep Talk’s Andy J. Pizza on ADHD, the Heroine’s Journey, & Invisible Things 57:10

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Ep. 206: Love by Design’s Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh on the 6 Ingredients of Emergent Love 55:57

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Ep. 175: Artist Nancy Baker Cahill on Augmented Reality and Embodied Consciousness [Rebroadcast] 1:10:29

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Ep. 141: Hip Hop Architect Michael Ford [Rebroadcast] 1:13:20

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Ep. 205: Ana Arriola-Kanada’s Heroic Path to Ethical AI & Platform Whispering 1:04:10

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Ep. 132: Artist Malene Barnett [Rebroadcast] 1:06:20

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