Matt Leacock doesn’t remember exactly how he got the idea for his board game. “I was a new dad… you’re kind of in a haze when you’re short on sleep,” he tells EXTRA with a laugh. He does remember wanting to create a game that he could play with his wife. He had loved and [...]
Sean Montgomery, Doctor of Nueroscience, is fasinated by biofeedback (the body’s external manifestation of thought, feeling, and status). [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Your body is constantly communicating with the outside world. Sean’s “Fashion Devices” take these communication (sweaty palms, heartbeats, and neural impulses) and makes a visual representation of them on hats, [...]
People love to talk about the democratizing power of the internet. They tell us that less expensive distribution and production, means more people can make music. We also heard that as the internet becomes more important than the radio we are coming to a time where everybody gets to vote. The problem is nobody votes. [...]
Today’s interview with Emi Gennis concerns her online comic Owlex. In it we talk about writing, drawing and producing a comic in an online forum. Emi’s main character, a ghost owl named Owlex, is based on a friend who committed suicide. Despite that Owlex, the comic, is more funny than tragic. The story follows Emi [...]
Jeffery Colman represented four men at Guantanamo Bay. In this, the second part of a two part interview, Jeff talks about his clients, and being an American lawyer working with the detainees in Guantanamo. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] This is my second interview with a lawyer working at Guantanamo, the first was [...]
Jeff Colman represented four men at Guantanamo Bay. In this, the first part of a two part interview, Jeff details his experience at Guantanamo and shares his perspective on the situation. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] This is my second interview with a lawyer working at Guantanamo, the first was with Candace Gorman, [...]
Are Leaders Born or Made? An age-old question! Certainly, leadership comes more naturally to some people, but leadership is definitely something we can learn. Great leaders are often great learners, and cultivate an aptitude for learning around them. Life often presents us with unexpected opportunity to take on a leadership role, in an emergency, for [...]
In this second part of my interview with Josh Hanagarne we talk about Josh’s Blog, bending steel and being in control of ones body. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] This is the second part of my interview with Josh Hanagarne. The first, longer installment is available here. Josh talks about how he is [...]
Josh Hanagarne has a blog, bends steal, and works as a librarian, but most importantly (to me) Josh writes about all of these things in a passionate, simple, and immediate way. I couldn’t wait to interview Josh there was way too much good material. So, I broke the interview in to two sections by subject. [...]
In this interview Elias Cepeda argues that Mixed Martial Arts is unique in sport, because it more accurately simulates combat than any other form of fight sport. For years, he argues, students of fighting styles like kickboxing, boxing, and jujitsu have competed only against other students in their own disciplines. What is exciting about Mixed [...]
