2343 No BS Interviews
107 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsAn ads-free podcast to take a break from stressing news and the noise of social media. Dive into extraordinary life stories and honest, intimate conversations about what makes us human. Listen to independent creators and guests from Google, Pixar, SNL, and more. Hosted by Simone Salis.
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Thomas Thorson – Conversation 19
July 12, 2018 17:00 - 35 minutes - 16.4 MBThomas Thorson is a landscape architect and urban designer interpreting the physical world to interconnect people in an urban environment. He serves on the Board of Directors at the Cliff Dwellers Club, an historic and iconic arts club in downtown Chicago. You can find more about Tom visiting https://cliff-chicago.org.
Cliff-dwelling & Architectural Landscapes — Thomas Thorson
July 12, 2018 17:00 - 35 minutes - 16.4 MBThomas Thorson is a landscape architect and urban designer interpreting the physical world to interconnect people in an urban environment. He serves on the Board of Directors at the Cliff Dwellers Club, an historic and iconic arts club in downtown Chicago. You can find more about Tom visiting https://cliff-chicago.org.
Neal Sàles-Griffin – Conversation 18
July 05, 2018 17:00 - 48 minutes - 22.4 MBNeal Sáles-Griffin is an entrapreneur, teacher, and an educational leader born and raised in the Chicago South Side, currently CEO of CodeNow, a national nonprofit teaching young people how to code in order to solve problems and become creators of their own future. Professor at Nortwhestern, University of Chicago Booth, and teacher for the Chicago Public Schools empowering high schoolers with skills from software development to business creation basics in the tech field, Mr. Sáles-Griffin is...
Neal Sàles-Griffin — It's Up to You
July 05, 2018 17:00 - 48 minutes - 22.4 MBNeal Sáles-Griffin is an entrapreneur, teacher, and an educational leader born and raised in the Chicago South Side, currently CEO of CodeNow, a national nonprofit teaching young people how to code in order to solve problems and become creators of their own future. Professor at Nortwhestern, University of Chicago Booth, and teacher for the Chicago Public Schools empowering high schoolers with skills from software development to business creation basics in the tech field, Mr. Sáles-Griffin is...
No Excuses: Changing Things Is Up to You — Neal Sàles-Griffin
July 05, 2018 17:00 - 48 minutes - 22.4 MBNeal Sáles-Griffin is an entrapreneur, teacher, and an educational leader born and raised in the Chicago South Side, currently CEO of CodeNow, a national nonprofit teaching young people how to code in order to solve problems and become creators of their own future. Professor at Nortwhestern, University of Chicago Booth, and teacher for the Chicago Public Schools empowering high schoolers with skills from software development to business creation basics in the tech field, Mr. Sáles-Griffin is...
Anne Libera — Work to Empower Other People
June 21, 2018 17:00 - 1 hour - 28.7 MBAnne Libera is an author, writer, comedy professor and researcher. She created the Comedy Studies program at Columbia College Chicago.
Anne Libera – Conversation 17
June 21, 2018 17:00 - 1 hour - 28.7 MBAnne Libera is an author, writer, comedy professor and researcher. She created the Comedy Studies program at Columbia College Chicago.
Comedy as a Tool to Empower Other People — Anne Libera
June 21, 2018 17:00 - 1 hour - 28.7 MBAnne Libera is an author, writer, comedy professor and researcher. She created the Comedy Studies program at Columbia College Chicago.
Nate DuFort – Conversation 16
June 14, 2018 17:00 - 43 minutes - 20 MBNate DuFort is a writer, producer, and director who splits his time between Detroit and Chicago. Mr. Dufort is a consultant for The Second City, having previously served as Producer, Producing Director, and Producing Artistic Director there, overseeing projects in cooperation between the iconic comedy theater and the Lyric Opera of Chicago or Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, managing the partnership at sea between Second City and Norwegian Cruise Line and taking part in the annual Gilda’s Club ...
Be Your Own Producer & Learn To Wear Many Hats — Nate DuFort
June 14, 2018 17:00 - 43 minutes - 20 MBNate DuFort is a writer, producer, and director who splits his time between Detroit and Chicago. Mr. Dufort is a consultant for The Second City, having previously served as Producer, Producing Director, and Producing Artistic Director there, overseeing projects in cooperation between the iconic comedy theater and the Lyric Opera of Chicago or Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, managing the partnership at sea between Second City and Norwegian Cruise Line and taking part in the annual Gilda’s Club ...
Nate DuFort — Learn to Wear Many Hats
June 14, 2018 17:00 - 43 minutes - 20 MBNate DuFort is a writer, producer, and director who splits his time between Detroit and Chicago. Mr. Dufort is a consultant for The Second City, having previously served as Producer, Producing Director, and Producing Artistic Director there, overseeing projects in cooperation between the iconic comedy theater and the Lyric Opera of Chicago or Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, managing the partnership at sea between Second City and Norwegian Cruise Line and taking part in the annual Gilda’s Club ...
How Pixar Boosts Creativity Using Diversity — Danielle Feinberg
June 07, 2018 17:00 - 45 minutes - 21.2 MBDanielle Feinberg is a storyteller using light as her narrative tool. With over 2 decades of experience at Pixar Animation Studios, Ms. Feinberg inspires younger generations of all genders and communities to become artists through technology. Her work can be admired in Academy Award nominated movies, like Coco and Brave.
Danielle Feiberg – Conversation 15
June 07, 2018 17:00 - 45 minutes - 21.2 MBDanielle Feinberg is a storyteller using light as her narrative tool. With over 2 decades of experience at Pixar Animation Studios, Ms. Feinberg inspires younger generations of all genders and communities to become artists through technology. Her work can be admired in Academy Award nominated movies, like Coco and Brave.
Danielle Feinberg — How Pixar Boosts Creativity Using Diversity
June 07, 2018 17:00 - 45 minutes - 21.2 MBDanielle Feinberg is a storyteller using light as her narrative tool. With over 2 decades of experience at Pixar Animation Studios, Ms. Feinberg inspires younger generations of all genders and communities to become artists through technology. Her work can be admired in Academy Award nominated movies, like Coco and Brave.
Dave Hoover – Conversation 14
May 31, 2018 17:00 - 49 minutes - 22.9 MBDave Hoover is a Code crafter formally trained in psychology and family therapy, Mr. Hoover is a software developer using the Ethereum blockchain and co-author of the book "Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman". He also co-founded the dev bootcamp, to enable anyone to learn software development skills in a matter of weeks.
Code Crafters, Success, & Reshaping Core Life Values — Dave Hoover
May 31, 2018 17:00 - 49 minutes - 22.9 MBDave Hoover is a Code crafter formally trained in psychology and family therapy, Mr. Hoover is a software developer using the Ethereum blockchain and co-author of the book "Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman". He also co-founded the dev bootcamp, to enable anyone to learn software development skills in a matter of weeks.
Dave Hoover — Guide for Aspiring Crafters
May 31, 2018 17:00 - 49 minutes - 22.9 MBDave Hoover is a Code crafter formally trained in psychology and family therapy, Mr. Hoover is a software developer using the Ethereum blockchain and co-author of the book "Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman". He also co-founded the dev bootcamp, to enable anyone to learn software development skills in a matter of weeks.
Adrian Danzig – Conversation 13
May 24, 2018 17:00 - 36 minutes - 17 MBArtistic Director of "500 Clown"—a physical theater company that uses clown and humor to get the audience's active attention—Adrian Danzig has performed at The Goodman theater, The Steppenwolf, The Second City, Berkeley Rep, and much more. A Brooklyn native, Adrian is an actor, director, teacher and alumnus of The School of the Art Institute Chicago, and also studied clown with world-famous physical theater performers like Philippe Gaulier and Dominique Jando. Through his work, Mr. Danzig ai...
Clown, Physical Comedy, & Recognizing Infinite Beauty — Adrian Danzig
May 24, 2018 17:00 - 36 minutes - 17 MBArtistic Director of "500 Clown"—a physical theater company that uses clown and humor to get the audience's active attention—Adrian Danzig has performed at The Goodman theater, The Steppenwolf, The Second City, Berkeley Rep, and much more. A Brooklyn native, Adrian is an actor, director, teacher and alumnus of The School of the Art Institute Chicago, and also studied clown with world-famous physical theater performers like Philippe Gaulier and Dominique Jando. Through his work, Mr. Danzig ai...
Adrian Danzig — Clown and Recognizing Infinite Beauty
May 24, 2018 17:00 - 36 minutes - 17 MBArtistic Director of "500 Clown"—a physical theater company that uses clown and humor to get the audience's active attention—Adrian Danzig has performed at The Goodman theater, The Steppenwolf, The Second City, Berkeley Rep, and much more. A Brooklyn native, Adrian is an actor, director, teacher and alumnus of The School of the Art Institute Chicago, and also studied clown with world-famous physical theater performers like Philippe Gaulier and Dominique Jando. Through his work, Mr. Danzig ai...
Lisa Wagner-Carollo – Conversation 12
May 17, 2018 17:00 - 39 minutes - 18.3 MBLisa Wagner-Carollo is an agent of social change. Through theater, social justice, and spirituality, for almost 30 years she has been making an effort to reach marginalized communities through art. As founding director of the Still Point Theater Collective, Ms. Wagner-Carollo works with adults with developmental disabilities, currently and formerly incarcerated women, and senior citizens both on and off stage to become a catalyst of systemic change. As a performer Lisa is on stage with Haunt...
Lisa Wagner-Carollo — The Still Point
May 17, 2018 17:00 - 39 minutes - 18.3 MBLisa Wagner-Carollo is an agent of social change. Through theater, social justice, and spirituality, for almost 30 years she has been making an effort to reach marginalized communities through art. As founding director of the Still Point Theater Collective, Ms. Wagner-Carollo works with adults with developmental disabilities, currently and formerly incarcerated women, and senior citizens both on and off stage to become a catalyst of systemic change. As a performer Lisa is on stage with Haunt...
Social Activism Through Theater — Lisa Wagner-Carollo
May 17, 2018 17:00 - 39 minutes - 18.3 MBLisa Wagner-Carollo is an agent of social change. Through theater, social justice, and spirituality, for almost 30 years she has been making an effort to reach marginalized communities through art. As founding director of the Still Point Theater Collective, Ms. Wagner-Carollo works with adults with developmental disabilities, currently and formerly incarcerated women, and senior citizens both on and off stage to become a catalyst of systemic change. As a performer Lisa is on stage with Haunt...
Mineko Okamura – Conversation 11
May 10, 2018 17:00 - 45 minutes - 21 MBOkamura-san is the CEO of Grounding, an independent video-game company based in Japan and currently developing the virtual reality sequel to one of SEGA's most successful and bizarre games ever: Space Channel 5, a visionary music game first released in the late 90s where Ulala, a space news reporter in the 25th century, saves humanity by defeating evil aliens through dance moves and singing, sometimes even helped by Michael Jackson as Space Michael. As one of the few executive women and entr...
SEGA, Grounding, and Space Channel 5 VR — Mineko Okamura
May 10, 2018 17:00 - 45 minutes - 21 MBOkamura-san is the CEO of Grounding, an independent video-game company based in Japan and currently developing the virtual reality sequel to one of SEGA's most successful and bizarre games ever: Space Channel 5, a visionary music game first released in the late 90s where Ulala, a space news reporter in the 25th century, saves humanity by defeating evil aliens through dance moves and singing, sometimes even helped by Michael Jackson as Space Michael. As one of the few executive women and entr...
Mineko Okamura — Grounding and Space Channel 5 VR
May 10, 2018 17:00 - 45 minutes - 21 MBOkamura-san is the CEO of Grounding, an independent video-game company based in Japan and currently developing the virtual reality sequel to one of SEGA's most successful and bizarre games ever: Space Channel 5, a visionary music game first released in the late 90s where Ulala, a space news reporter in the 25th century, saves humanity by defeating evil aliens through dance moves and singing, sometimes even helped by Michael Jackson as Space Michael. As one of the few executive women and entr...
Kelly Leonard — Failing, to Succeed
May 03, 2018 17:00 - 50 minutes - 23.5 MBCurrently the "Executive Director of Insights and Applied Improvisation" at the iconic theater The Second City, Kelly Leonard is an improviser who doesn't perform on stage. He applies the constructive principles behind improvisational theater in business and everyday life. He studies ways to improve business models and culture by navigating uncertainty, with failure as the base for success. Kelly condensed his 3 decades of experience at The Second City and conjoined behavioral studies at the...
Learning to Fail (So You Can Succeed) — Kelly Leonard
May 03, 2018 17:00 - 50 minutes - 23.5 MBCurrently the "Executive Director of Insights and Applied Improvisation" at the iconic theater The Second City, Kelly Leonard is an improviser who doesn't perform on stage. He applies the constructive principles behind improvisational theater in business and everyday life. He studies ways to improve business models and culture by navigating uncertainty, with failure as the base for success. Kelly condensed his 3 decades of experience at The Second City and conjoined behavioral studies at the...
Kelly Leonard – Conversation 10
May 03, 2018 17:00 - 50 minutes - 23.5 MBCurrently the "Executive Director of Insights and Applied Improvisation" at the iconic theater The Second City, Kelly Leonard is an improviser who doesn't perform on stage. He applies the constructive principles behind improvisational theater in business and everyday life. He studies ways to improve business models and culture by navigating uncertainty, with failure as the base for success. Kelly condensed his 3 decades of experience at The Second City and conjoined behavioral studies at the...
Luca Badetti – Conversation 09
April 26, 2018 17:00 - 44 minutes - 20.8 MBDr. Luca Badetti tries to embrace both abilities and inabilities, arguing that this is the best way to become a more complete and connected human being: by encountering disability. Professor at Loyola and DePaul University, as Director of Community Life at L'Arche holding a PhD in Disability Studies, in his TED talk Luca shares powerful stories from his live-in experience with persons with and without intellectual disabilities, inviting everyone to befriend and accept their own perceived lim...
Luca Badetti — Accepting Perceived Limitations
April 26, 2018 17:00 - 44 minutes - 20.8 MBDr. Luca Badetti tries to embrace both abilities and inabilities, arguing that this is the best way to become a more complete and connected human being: by encountering disability. Professor at Loyola and DePaul University, as Director of Community Life at L'Arche holding a PhD in Disability Studies, in his TED talk Luca shares powerful stories from his live-in experience with persons with and without intellectual disabilities, inviting everyone to befriend and accept their own perceived lim...
Researching Mental Disabilities & Accepting Perceived Limitations — Luca Badetti
April 26, 2018 17:00 - 44 minutes - 20.8 MBDr. Luca Badetti tries to embrace both abilities and inabilities, arguing that this is the best way to become a more complete and connected human being: by encountering disability. Professor at Loyola and DePaul University, as Director of Community Life at L'Arche holding a PhD in Disability Studies, in his TED talk Luca shares powerful stories from his live-in experience with persons with and without intellectual disabilities, inviting everyone to befriend and accept their own perceived lim...
Jack Vidra — Beating Insecurity to Be in Porn
April 19, 2018 17:00 - 43 minutes - 20.3 MBGourmet chef and porn star with a military background, Jack Vidra is a model working in the adult entertainment industry nominated as Best Newcomer for the 2017 Grabby Awards, celebrating the adult erotic video industry. Featured in movies from hothouse and tyrant studios, Jack has recently published an essay titled ‘Do something that scares you’, where he shares his pat h from joining the Marine Corps to becoming a chef and then an adult worker; a process that guided him to discover a bette...
Jack Vidra – Conversation 08
April 19, 2018 17:00 - 43 minutes - 20.3 MBGourmet chef and porn star with a military background, Jack Vidra is a model working in the adult entertainment industry nominated as Best Newcomer for the 2017 Grabby Awards, celebrating the adult erotic video industry. Featured in movies from hothouse and tyrant studios, Jack has recently published an essay titled ‘Do something that scares you’, where he shares his pat h from joining the Marine Corps to becoming a chef and then an adult worker; a process that guided him to discover a bette...
Beating Insecurity to Be in Porn — Jack Vidra
April 19, 2018 17:00 - 43 minutes - 20.3 MBGourmet chef and porn star with a military background, Jack Vidra is a model working in the adult entertainment industry nominated as Best Newcomer for the 2017 Grabby Awards, celebrating the adult erotic video industry. Featured in movies from hothouse and tyrant studios, Jack has recently published an essay titled ‘Do something that scares you’, where he shares his pat h from joining the Marine Corps to becoming a chef and then an adult worker; a process that guided him to discover a bette...
David Dewane – Conversation 07
April 12, 2018 17:00 - 46 minutes - 21.4 MBDavid Dewane is an architect and journalist working to create a better world through design and social change serving as Community Director of Archeworks, and formerly as the editor in chief for Impact Design Hub, both dedicated to expanding the role of design in society in order to create better social environments. Mr. Dewane also founded the Mouse Book Club, a project that thanks to a successful kickstarter campaign, aims to replace a commuter's smartphone with classic novels, speeches, e...
David Dewane — The Mouse Book Club
April 12, 2018 17:00 - 46 minutes - 21.4 MBDavid Dewane is an architect and journalist working to create a better world through design and social change serving as Community Director of Archeworks, and formerly as the editor in chief for Impact Design Hub, both dedicated to expanding the role of design in society in order to create better social environments. Mr. Dewane also founded the Mouse Book Club, a project that thanks to a successful kickstarter campaign, aims to replace a commuter's smartphone with classic novels, speeches, e...
Cultural Entrepreneurship & Crowd-funding the Mouse Book Club — David Dewane
April 12, 2018 17:00 - 46 minutes - 21.4 MBDavid Dewane is an architect and journalist working to create a better world through design and social change serving as Community Director of Archeworks, and formerly as the editor in chief for Impact Design Hub, both dedicated to expanding the role of design in society in order to create better social environments. Mr. Dewane also founded the Mouse Book Club, a project that thanks to a successful kickstarter campaign, aims to replace a commuter's smartphone with classic novels, speeches, e...
Jonathan Mayo — Cleaining Closets
April 05, 2018 17:00 - 42 minutes - 19.6 MBJonathan Mayo is an artist and creator behind Cleaning Closets, an oral history project that collects and shares true coming out stories from both sides of the closet door, both from the perspective of LGBTQ people as well as the family and friends they come out to. Mr. Mayo's goal sharing all the points of view so they can help us find common ground and make the coming out process easier for everyone involved. Through stage plays, a web series, photos, and a film documentary, Jonathan hosts...
Jonathan Mayo – Conversation 06
April 05, 2018 17:00 - 42 minutes - 19.6 MBJonathan Mayo is an artist and creator behind Cleaning Closets, an oral history project that collects and shares true coming out stories from both sides of the closet door, both from the perspective of LGBTQ people as well as the family and friends they come out to. Mr. Mayo's goal sharing all the points of view so they can help us find common ground and make the coming out process easier for everyone involved. Through stage plays, a web series, photos, and a film documentary, Jonathan hosts...
Cleaning Closets & Coming out as Shared Experience — Jonathan Mayo
April 05, 2018 17:00 - 42 minutes - 19.6 MBJonathan Mayo is an artist and creator behind Cleaning Closets, an oral history project that collects and shares true coming out stories from both sides of the closet door, both from the perspective of LGBTQ people as well as the family and friends they come out to. Mr. Mayo's goal sharing all the points of view so they can help us find common ground and make the coming out process easier for everyone involved. Through stage plays, a web series, photos, and a film documentary, Jonathan hosts...
Charna Halpern – Conversation 05
March 29, 2018 17:00 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MBMs. Halpern mentored comedy legends like Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Amy Poehler, and Cecily Strong—while building a comedy empire with her iO Theater, home of 'The Harold' (the improv format she created with Del Close).
Del Close, the iO, and Chicago's Improv Comedy — Charna Halpern
March 29, 2018 17:00 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MBMs. Halpern mentored comedy legends like Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Amy Poehler, and Cecily Strong—while building a comedy empire with her iO Theater, home of 'The Harold' (the improv format she created with Del Close).
Charna Halpern — Del Close, the iO, and Chicago's Improv Comedy
March 29, 2018 17:00 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MBMs. Halpern mentored comedy legends like Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Amy Poehler, and Cecily Strong—while building a comedy empire with her iO Theater, home of 'The Harold' (the improv format she created with Del Close).
Jason Rohrer – Life as Universal Game Experience
March 22, 2018 17:00 - 43 minutes - 20.4 MBUsing videogames as an artistic medium. Jason Rohrer is an independent game artist and creator of the videogames "One Hour One Life", "Immortality", and "Passage"—currently part of the New York MoMA permanent collection.
Jason Rohrer – Conversation 04
March 22, 2018 17:00 - 43 minutes - 20.4 MBUsing videogames as an artistic medium. Jason Rohrer is an independent game artist and creator of the videogames "One Hour One Life", "Immortality", and "Passage"—currently part of the New York MoMA permanent collection.
Life as Universal Game Experience — Jason Rohrer
March 22, 2018 17:00 - 43 minutes - 20.4 MBUsing videogames as an artistic medium. Jason Rohrer is an independent game artist and creator of the videogames "One Hour One Life", "Immortality", and "Passage"—currently part of the New York MoMA permanent collection.
Cathy Pearl — Using Voice Like a Computer Mouse
March 15, 2018 17:00 - 44 minutes - 20.5 MBCathy Pearl is one of the few experts in the rising field of designing computers with a voice, working in the San Francisco Bay Area for over two decades and experimenting to create a more natural, conversational way to interact with the devices that help us connect every day. Her book "Designing Voice User Interfaces", published by O'Reilly, is recognized as one of the main texts on the subject by her colleagues who design smart chatbots and general assistants used daily by millions of peop...
Voice and Conversations as a More Humane Way to Use Computers — Cathy Pearl
March 15, 2018 17:00 - 44 minutes - 20.5 MBCathy Pearl is one of the few experts in the rising field of designing computers with a voice, working in the San Francisco Bay Area for over two decades and experimenting to create a more natural, conversational way to interact with the devices that help us connect every day. Her book "Designing Voice User Interfaces", published by O'Reilly, is recognized as one of the main texts on the subject by her colleagues who design smart chatbots and general assistants used daily by millions of peop...
Cathy Pearl – Conversation 03
March 15, 2018 17:00 - 44 minutes - 20.5 MBCathy Pearl is one of the few experts in the rising field of designing computers with a voice, working in the San Francisco Bay Area for over two decades and experimenting to create a more natural, conversational way to interact with the devices that help us connect every day. Her book "Designing Voice User Interfaces", published by O'Reilly, is recognized as one of the main texts on the subject by her colleagues who design smart chatbots and general assistants used daily by millions of peop...