death | Chase Jarvis

May 17

The Surprising Way Spirituality Can Improve Your Mental Health with Rainn Wilson

https://youtu.be/agHxq6ah1Xk "Please God, don't let them be out of coffee". Although we're all guilty of saying prayers like these every now and then, the reality is that our society is more disconnected from spirituality than ever. In fact, such in-the-moment pleas are probably the closest many people get to acknowledging some sort of higher power in their life nowadays. Why is that? Religion is literally as old as time, yet its prevalence has dwindled over... read more ›

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Feb 22

The Urgent Life: How to Live On Your Terms with Bozoma Saint John

Bozoma Saint John is a businesswoman and marketing expert with over 20 years of experience at her back. She began her career with Spike Lee's advertising agency, then went on to work for the likes of Pepsi, Apple Music, Uber, Endeavor, and most recently Netflix. Bozoma has spent the last few years of her life shaking things up; the American Advertising Federation Hall of Achievement and American Marketing Hall of Fame inductee resigned from her... read more ›

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Nov 24

The Time I Questioned My Creative Calling

In this episode, I'm answering some of my favorite questions from a recent AMA. It was impossible to answer every question, but I did try to select common themes so a single question hits in the ballpark of several others. Listen to the Podcast Some topics we get into: How to navigate ever-changing social media platforms and still get our work seen How do we get more comfortable with social interaction in a post-covid world... read more ›

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Nov 10

Elizabeth Gilbert: The Art of Being Yourself

Brace yourself for a TRULY powerful episode with the bestselling author and creative genius, Elizabeth Gilbert. Although best known for her memoir Eat, Pray, Love--which went on to sell over 12 million copies and became a film starring Julia Roberts—she’s also one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world… The whole world. Spend some time with her in your ears on today’s podcast and you’ll know why in under a minute... ... read more ›

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Feb 05

Pay Attention to What Ignites You with Jody MacDonald

Imagine this: Your job is good, and safe, but it’s not fueling you anymore. You decide to quit your “real” job and sell all your belongings to live a life of adventure. And just as you are waving your last goodbye, the unthinkable happens and it changes everything. Like most of us, award winning photographer Jody MacDonald didn’t know what her path would be. Yet when her wake up call came, she listened. From train... read more ›

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Aug 28

Independence and the Art of Timeless Work with Zoë Keating

A cellist since the age of eight, Zoë Keating pursued electronic music and contemporary composition as part of her Liberal Arts studies at Sarah Lawrence College in New York. I came across her music almost 10 years ago and love it so much I reached out to see if she would be interested on being on the show. Not only did she respond, she left us reeling from her incredible live performance and chat on... read more ›

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Oct 10

The Most Important Conversation About Life… Death with Michael Hebb

Michael Hebb is an artist, activist, restaurateur, long time friend of mine and probably the closest thing that comes to an expert on death. He is a hyphenated renegade, seemingly more comfortable swimming upstream and addressing taboo subjects than he is going with the crowd. He co-founded Portland’s unsanctioned underground food movement, was my co-conspirator for Songs for Eating and Drinking, and he recently wrote a powerful book about death that will change the way... read more ›

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May 04

MCA (Adam Yauch) of the Beastie Boys Dead at 47 — RIP

The Beastie Boys wrangled punk rock and hip hop together like no-one before or since - they were a huge inspiration to me starting way back 1986 - the first concert where I can remember my ears ringing. It was also the first time I started to understand the concept of a remix, of genre collision, of the endless possibilities of invention and reinvention in art. MCA passed on today after a long... read more ›

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Feb 26

Remembering Chris Rudolph

Last week, I lost a dear, dear friend. Many of you probably heard about the fatal avalanche at Stevens Pass, WA, that claimed three lives. It made international news. My close pal Chris Rudolph was one of the victims. At just 30 years old, he was one of the kindest, most generous, talented people I knew. He loved the mountains. He loved to ski in the rain. He was the Ambassador of all things Rad.... read more ›

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Oct 05

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish. The Day I Bumped Into Steve Jobs.

I once bumped into Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive walking out the front door at the Apple Headquarters in Cupertino. Almost literally bumped into them. I had my head buried in a text message on my iPhone. I looked up. Mr. Ive held the door open for me as I passed through on the way in before I really knew what was up. He and Jobs passed through on the way out just behind me.... read more ›

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