I host the Beginnings & Couples Therapy (@NaomiandAndy) podcasts. TV writer. Former philosophy prof. Casiopop king. Chair @DSA_LosAngeles' IJC '22-'23
Joined May 2009
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31 Jan 2025
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
It's the 15th anniversary of the show! Great talk with @davidcrosss - Punk rock & political awareness, speaking your mind, Roswell, GA in the 1970s, the pull of NYC MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsDCross
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Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
Great talk with Jeff Mueller of Rodan, @juneof44, Shipping News: Sleep disorders, making things in middle school, jumping on trains, art and class structures MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsMuelle…
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May 29
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
Great talk with cartoonist Ron Regé Jr.! Being confused by ambition, the Boston punk scene, freedom & authority, seeing through the mythology, the Stations of the Cross MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsRege
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May 22
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
Nice talk with Dusty Reske of @xxRocketshipxx! Highly-sensitive people, intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation, moving to Texas, authentic emotions MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsRocket…
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May 15
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
Great talk with investigative reporter @MichaelEHayden! Playwright origins, creative exaptations, post-9/11 Long Island, covering Charlottesville and MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsMEHayd…
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Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
The great @douggillard of @_GuidedByVoices, Cobra Verde & so much more joins me to talk the farmlands of northern Ohio, school marching band, ego & happiness, The Monkees MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsGillar…
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Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
A delightful hour with Felicia Douglass of @avalunagroup, @DirtyProjectors & Gemma! Imperial core introverts, her ballet days, the Upper East Side, following the rules MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsFelici…
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Apr 24
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
Great talk with Thelma writer/director Josh Margolin! West Coast anxiety, warding off negative outcomes, control & chaos, overdetermined life paths and MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsMargol…
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Apr 17
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
Wonderful talk with Stefanie & @chrisfromumm of Big Harp! Never selling out, the Valley vs. the Sandhills, the rancher lifestyle, Mike Watt’s bass style MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsBigHar…
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Apr 10
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
Great talk with John Flansburgh of @tmbg! A calamitous first half of life, design obsession, the school newspaper clique, the early days of TMBG MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsFlans
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Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
The wonderful John McEntire of Tortoise & tons more joins me to talk Portland politics & family politics, ego vs. understanding, not overthinking it, knowing vs. feeling MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsMcEnti…
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Mar 27
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
Great talk with Jeffrey and Zach of comedy directing duo @fatalfarm! Sketch comedy and vulnerability, going to the school from Rushmore, Miami Vice grandfathers and MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsFatalF…
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Mar 20
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
Great talk with Connor Armbruster of, well, Armbruster! Parenting and making art, Catholicism, Deep Listening, Riverdance, synesthesia MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsArmbru…
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Mar 13
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
Fantastic talk with Julia Steiner of Ratboys! Obsessions & empathy, the talent “dog”, fear of change, a lucky bubble (???) and SO MUCH MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsRatboy…
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Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
Great talk w/Amelia Fletcher of @HeavenlyIndie! Rationality & economics, class differences & feeling other, loo roll mathematics & curiosity, being obedient/outspoken MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsHeaven…
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Feb 27
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
My pal & fellow silly-billy Mort Burke stops by to talk Marxian analyses of video podcasts, silliness & despair, familial scapegoats, an existential crisis from birth MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsMort
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Feb 20
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
Great talk with Lisa M and Lisa G of cub! The lifelong existential mission of defining yourself, sanding off your edges, ruthless ambition, learning how to fail and MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/Beginningscub
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Feb 13
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
Great talk today with Mary Lattimore! Harp is opposite lobster (?), wanting a beautiful life, the family farm, being aware of mortality at a young age, Z for Zachariah and MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsLattim…
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Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
What a delight to talk to Julianna Barwick on today's episode! The rush from making loops, majoring in photography, being an eternal optimist, living parallel lives MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsBarwic…
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Jan 30
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
It's the 16th anniversary of Beginnings! @ElliottKalan returns to talk the enshittification of Hollywood; ego, control issues & comedy writing; the TMNT farmhouse, legacy MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsKalan
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