Latest 10khrs Podcast Episodes
108 Listen with Tina Essmaker
10,000 HOURS - September 26, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince chat with the brilliant Tina Essmaker, creator and creative leader of The Great Discontent. Tina illuminates a conversation about listening, revealing how she became the interviewer she is today, and speaking on how difficult it can be to listen the right way in a culture trendin...
107 Echolocation with David Sherry
10,000 HOURS - September 19, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince have the pleasure of sitting down with close friend, and founder and CEO of Death to Stock, David Sherry. Reprising his season one appearance, Sherry chats about finding common ground and getting on the same page, in a conversation about Echolocation. This episode is sponsored b...
106 Translation with Dan Madsen
10,000 HOURS - September 12, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince sit down studio-side with Dan Madsen, proprietor of, and artistic maestro behind, Minneapolis' own Dusty Signs. Madsen talks about his journey as a third-generation sign-painter, and the sometimes tricky process of translation—be it in ideas, markets or mediums. This episode is ...
105 Iteration with Grant & Vince
10,000 HOURS - August 29, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince are going hostful with a topic that has fittingly been in the works a long time: iteration. How and when do we find out if our work is ready for the real world? Your hosts talk about what makes a draft a draft, and when to you let go and allow your work to be realized as complete...
104 Sharpening with Abbey Ryan
10,000 HOURS - August 22, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince are on the line with painter and artistic mentor, Abbey Ryan. Almost a decade into her painting-a-day series, Ryan offers her poignant thoughts about the evolution and growth of an artistic pursuit, and how time, practice and passion can lead to a sharpening of both your technica...
103 Belonging with Wesley Verhoeve
10,000 HOURS - August 15, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince chat with New York’s imminently entertaining photographer, writer and director, Wesley Verhoeve. On the heels of the first season of his series One of Many, Wesley joins to talk about community, connection, and the sense of belonging that artists have to their work and each other...
102 Endurance with Danny Ripka
10,000 HOURS - August 08, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince are in the studio with Danny Ripka, uncle to our own host, Grant, and ultramarathon runner. The trio is talking about endurance, not only in the world of running, but through the lens of Danny’s decades of sobriety in the face of addiction. This episode is sponsored by Death to ...
101 Method with Mitch Goldstein
10,000 HOURS - August 01, 2016 05:01 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince are on the line with designer, educator, and host of the Through Process podcast Mitch Goldstein, currently teaching design at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The trio is chatting nuts and bolts of the creative process in a conversation about process, systems and method. ...
100 Life's work with Grant & Vince
10,000 HOURS - July 25, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince celebrate their 100th episode with a reflective and introspective discussion about a long-term understanding of an artist’s work. How do we define ourselves, our art, and the greater context in which it all resides. Your hosts are talking about life’s work, and all the subtle and...
99 Cream with Jason Sondhi
10,000 HOURS - July 18, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince are on the line with Jason Sondhi, the man formerly behind Vimeo Staff Picks and currently proprietor of Short of the Week. The team is talking “cream,” as in, “of the crop,” and the value of tastemaking, curation, and an intimate-yet-flexible understanding of what constitutes qu...
98 Empathy with Sean Dunne
10,000 HOURS - July 11, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince chat with director and filmmaker Sean Dunne, respected documentarian and portrayer of all things human, about the ever-important topic of empathy. In a discussion about creative responsibility, the nature or art, and the human psyche, the trio tries to uncover what it really mean...
97 Spheres with Adam Lehman
10,000 HOURS - June 27, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince sit down to chat with Adam Lehman, creative strategist and co-founder of The Wonder Jam, for a conversation about “spheres.” Where does the personal intersect the professional, and when is the overlap of business and pleasure a creative boon, and when is it a barrier to success. ...
96 Structure with Shaun Singh
10,000 HOURS - June 20, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince are on the line with financial guru and creative business mind Shaun Singh, of Change and Death to Stock acclaim. Shaun is bringing creativity and artistry to the world of start-up financial leadership, and lends his unique perspective to a conversation about structure. This epi...
95 Letting go with Su Na
10,000 HOURS - June 06, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince are in studio with the very awesome and always generous Su Na (AKA Alec Ness). Su Na is a musician, electronic artist and producer who is also a prolific educator, and he joins the show to discuss the value of “letting go” creatively, and when to hold on. This episode is sponsor...
94 Authenticity with Claire de Lune
10,000 HOURS - May 30, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince sit down in studio with singer, songwriter and integral member of Minneapolis dream-pop group Tiny Deaths. On the heels of their latest release (night flowers EP), Claire joins the show to talk about authenticity and self-honesty within the creative craft. This episode is sponso...
93 Canvas with Whitney Vermeer
10,000 HOURS - May 23, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince sit down in studio with entrepreneur and hair artist Whitney Vermeer. Creator and proprietor of The Aesthetic x Whitney Vermeer, she joins the cast to discuss the unique nature of her creative medium, along with its challenges, preconceptions, and distinct artistic demands in a c...
92 Thrive with Grant & Vince
10,000 HOURS - May 16, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince are keeping it hostful this week with a discussion about mindset, philosophy and adversity. Your hosts are looking at what it takes, creatively and mentally, to not only survive challenges and setbacks, but to thrive despite, or because, of them, and grow in the process. This ep...
91 Major league with Brace Hemmelgarn
10,000 HOURS - May 09, 2016 05:01 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince step up to the plate with an in-studio conversation with official photographer for the Minnesota Twins, Brace Hemmelgarn. The trio talk specialization, mastery, and excelling within constraints, investigating what it takes to take your craft to the proverbial “Major League.” Thi...
90 Hard Work with Michael Cina
10,000 HOURS - May 02, 2016 05:01 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince have the rare opportunity to sit down on the guest’s home turf, talking with famed designer and artist Michael Cina in his working studio in Minneapolis. The trio discuss hard work, working hard, and the proverbial “grind” in an effort to uncover the essence of motivation. This ...
89 Short list with Stuart Hooper
10,000 HOURS - April 11, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince are joined all the way from tropical Panama by none other that Stuart Hooper. Photographer, filmographer, and proprietor of Asombro Media, he’s a friend and collaborator of former guest Lalita Ballesteros. We talk, fittingly, about relationship management, and the importance of k...
88 Hacking with Jon Nastor
10,000 HOURS - April 04, 2016 06:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince pry open the conversation about a popular buzzword in a sit-down with author, podcaster and entrepreneur Jon Nastor. Through the lens of Nastor’s recently published Hack the Entrepreneur, the trio talk about “hacking,” and how to bring value and meaning to the popular term.
88 Hacking with Jon Nastor
10,000 HOURS - April 04, 2016 06:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince pry open the conversation about a popular buzzword in a sit-down with author, podcaster and entrepreneur Jon Nastor. Through the lens of Nastor’s recently published Hack the Entrepreneur, the trio talk about “hacking,” and how to bring value and meaning to the popular term. This...
87 Appeal with Grant & Vince
10,000 HOURS - March 21, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince are going back to their hostful roots with a rousing and reflective discussion about art, intention, and most specifically: appeal. When does being artistically principled become obstinance? When does evolving with your audience become selling out? Your hosts try to peel back the...
86 Enthusiasm with Lalita Ballesteros
10,000 HOURS - March 14, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince sit down with creative director, branding specialist and self-proclaimed bad-ass Lalita Ballesteros. Lalita is the founder and leader of Viralalita studios and the creative mind behind the Ask Juanita YouTube channel, and talks to the boys about the enterprising spirit, engagemen...
85 Shifting gears with Kevin Hughes
10,000 HOURS - March 07, 2016 06:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince sit down in studio with writer, creative conceptualist, and all-around beloved homie Kevin Hughes. Hughes has done it all, from international pro-basketball player, to Los Angeles bar-back, and more recently as a copywriter, and creative director, at many Minneapolis agencies, mo...
84 Simplicity with Dan Ward
10,000 HOURS - February 22, 2016 06:01 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince are on the line with Dan Ward, author, consultant, and former acquisitions officer for the US Air Force, talking about a classic creative trope: simplicity. Dan brings decades of engineering and tech perspective to a conversation about why simplicity works, and when less really i...
83 Curiosity with Andrea Swensson
10,000 HOURS - February 15, 2016 06:01 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince mix it up with music journalist, Minnesota Public Radio personality and mercurial consumer of all things media, Andrea Swensson. Swensson is a voice for Minneapolis’ The Current, both literally and in print, and joins the show to talk about the importance, and the intricacies, of...
82 Make it work with Cullen Fitzpatrick
10,000 HOURS - February 08, 2016 06:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince are sitting down with editor, composer, musician, and friend of the show, Cullen Fitzpatrick about creative will, and making great things in spite of (or because of) constraints. Half of Minneapolis sensation PEAKS, Cullen is forging his own fortune as a freelance composer, and h...
81 Self-definition with Grant & Vince
10,000 HOURS - February 01, 2016 06:01 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsGrant and Vince are back to kick off Season 3 with a hot and fresh hostful. Expanding on a core tenet of 10K philosophy, your hosts examine the difference between self-awareness and self-definition, and why taking an active role in both your inward and outward perception can be crucial to creati...
80 Best of Season 2
10,000 HOURS - December 29, 2015 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsVince and Grant hang up their mics after a great year spent talking to creative folks from all walks of life about how they’re putting in their time. They’ve collected their favorite moments from 2015 for you to look back on and enjoy.
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