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A show where we talk with interesting people about their life, process, and things that get them going. somanyquestions.show

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 28/08/2026
Had such a great conversation with Nepalese artist Tsherin Sherpa. We talked about his training in Thangka painting and his evolution into a contemporary artist.
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 23/07/2026
Portland. If you have the opportunity to slide over to @portlandartmuseum.bsky.social to see the David Hockney show, YOU SHOULD. It’s really fantastic. After you do, check out my conversation with Catherine Whitney who was the guest curator for the show. somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0...
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Episode 0010: Catherine Whitney on David Hockney and how the arts stimulate our brains
Curator Catherine Whitney (Honolulu Museum of Art) on David Hockney's final retrospective, museum leadership, and the neuroscience of why art is good for you.
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 22/07/2026
Making or looking at art fires multiple brain regions at once, building neural connections tied to brain health. Catherine Whitney is curating a whole show around that research. #podcast #art #neuroscience somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0...
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Episode 0010: Catherine Whitney on David Hockney and how the arts stimulate our brains
Curator Catherine Whitney (Honolulu Museum of Art) on David Hockney's final retrospective, museum leadership, and the neuroscience of why art is good for you.
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 21/07/2026
David Hockney could look at a single raindrop on a pond and see something worth building a show around. Curator Catherine Whitney on his sense of wonder, right to the end of his life. somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0... @portlandartmuseum.bsky.social #podcast #art #hockney
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 01/07/2026
🌈⚾ NEW EPISODE: I sat down with @outsports.com writer Ken Schultz @kenschultz.bsky.social to break down what happened when Giants pitchers wrote Bible verses on their caps and refused to wear Pride hats and why Buster Posey's response made it so much worse. somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0...
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Episode 0009: Ken Schultz - Outsports baseball writer
Gay sportswriter Ken Schultz (Outsports) on the Giants Pride Night controversy: Bible verse hats, MLB backlash, and Buster Posey's non-answer.
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 10/06/2026
"If you don't have an opinion or you don't care about it, you're not going to write anything good about it." @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social on the tell that a newsletter is about to die: the writer somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 10/06/2026
Work-life balance is a myth. Work-life harmony is something you can actually build. The difference: balance assumes equal hours and equal weight. Harmony asks what actually needs your full attention somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 09/06/2026
Assuming positive intent is healthy. But it has limits, and knowing where those limits are is actually what makes it work. @joshuagraves.me on why good faith isn't a blank check. #Communication #Art somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 09/06/2026
How do you tune out the noise and focus on the work in front of you? @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social asked this genuinely. He works alone, he's on the internet all day, and he doesn't have a good somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 08/06/2026
A CMO with four kids and a demanding role, on what keeps it all from falling apart: "The work will always be there tomorrow waiting for you. You're in technology, we're not saving lives here." somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 08/06/2026
The nerds won baseball. Then the nerds became the gatekeepers. @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social watched the sabermetric revolution go from outsider knowledge to institutional power, and noticed the same somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 08/06/2026
The difference between being nice and being kind is one of the sharper things @joshuagraves.me has put into words. One's a candy coating. The other is actually doing the right thing. #Communication somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 07/06/2026
"Anybody could stop in at any point of the day, no matter how busy she was, she would stop and feed them." Ethan Marcotte on his grandmother. The same instinct runs through everything he's written, somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 07/06/2026
"It's a very strange thing to be content." @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social, after two career pivots, 16 years of writing alone, and a newsletter he could do until he dies. Sometimes the destination is somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 07/06/2026
The name Good Lion Golf came from a missed shot on a golf course. "Taylor, was that safe?" "No, Jonny, it wasn't safe. But it was good." Sometimes a brand philosophy arrives fully formed from a bad lie. somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 06/06/2026
If you stripped the stylesheet from your website, would what's left still make sense? The question Ethan Marcotte's been asking for 25 years. Most sites don't hold up. #WebDesign #Design somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 06/06/2026
What do you do with the parts of yourself that make you hard to be around, but also make you good at what you do? Jonny Hoffner spent years trying to get rid of his existential anxiety. Then a therapist somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 06/06/2026
Sabermetrics gave Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social) something unexpected: a way into baseball that didn't require anyone's permission. No gatekeepers. No "you didn't play the game." somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 05/06/2026
Tech workers asking "what is our labor being used for?" isn't new. Those fights go back to the middle of the 20th century. Knowing that history changes how you show up for the ones happening right now. somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 05/06/2026
"I am extraordinarily lucky to wake up every day and just empty my brain onto a page and have people pay me for it." @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social on what keeps him writing a 3,000-word newsletter somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 05/06/2026
Golf has two aesthetics: the cult in Cabo polo-and-khaki uniform, or the neon bro blowout. Jonny Hoffner built Good Lion Golf because neither one fit. The most interesting design space is usually the somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 04/06/2026
People who access the internet on older hardware or slower connections still deserve a beautiful experience. Ethan Marcotte grew up with family on near-dial-up. That stayed with him through everything somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 04/06/2026
Learning the unwritten rules of a new profession isn't about being taught. It's about watching people you respect and copying what they do. Jake Mintz on So Many Questions. #Sports #Baseball somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 04/06/2026
Responsive design wasn't a framework or a rulebook. It was a way of thinking. That's why it spread everywhere. @ethanmarcotte.com on ep. 0001. #WebDesign #Design #Tech somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 03/06/2026
Creative businesses don't fail because the work isn't good. They fail because the founder expected security that was never part of the deal. Jonny Hoffner has run two creative businesses for 18 years somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 03/06/2026
When does familiarity with something you love stop feeling like a privilege and start feeling like a job? @cespedesbbq.bsky.social have been asking this for 12 years. #Baseball #Sports somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 02/06/2026
The web is the first completely flexible design medium. By default, it doesn't have any limits. Ethan Marcotte spent years arguing we should design with that flexibility, not against it. That thinking somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 02/06/2026
Showing up consistently matters more than any single story you file. The beat writers who get the most access aren't always the best writers. They're just always there. #Baseball #Sports somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 02/06/2026
17 years of wedding photography, and this is what Jonny Hoffner learned about his job: it was never really about the camera. The relationship you build before you ever pick it up is the whole thing. somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 02/06/2026
"Should" is a word worth watching. Rob Bell points out it implies a second, ideal self judging the first. There's only one you. Swap "should" for "want" and see what changes. A small reframe that cuts somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 01/06/2026
A clear and quiet mind beats money, fame, and Bitcoin. Rob Bell says that's actually where new ideas come from too. Wonder, stillness, and then: the thing you need to do next just arrives. Turns out somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 31/05/2026
What if the void isn't a problem to solve? Rob Bell on the dark night of the soul: we were taught to inoculate against it. But something interesting is often birthed on the other side, if you don't fight it. somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 31/05/2026
Getting access to a locker room doesn't change who the players are. It changes who you think they are. #Baseball #Sports somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 31/05/2026
What if the void isn't something to fight off, but something to follow? Rob Bell says we were conditioned to inoculate against meaninglessness. But some of the most interesting things get made on the other somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 30/05/2026
Two guys who built a career on knowing baseball deeply enough to make it funny. That tension still defines what @cespedesbbq.bsky.social does. #Baseball #Sports #Podcasting somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 30/05/2026
Creativity isn't a category of person. It's a mode of attention. Rob Bell: ask anyone granular questions about their morning and you'll find it. How they fold laundry, brew coffee, arrange a room. The making somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 30/05/2026
Creation isn't something a few special people do. It's what all of us are already doing. Rob Bell makes the case that the accountant, the gardener, even how you fold your laundry are all creative acts. The somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 29/05/2026
Watching a great performance through a camera eyepiece is something Ken Seng calls the most moving thing in the world. That connection between camera and actor is why filmmaking can't be reduced to any single somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 28/05/2026
Are you passionate about what you do every day? And are you reinventing yourself to stay that way? Ken Seng turned the mic around. Worth sitting with. #Creativity #Art #Craft somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 28/05/2026
Suffering is disproportionately responsible for the events that shape us most. Rob Bell spent years doing funerals and noticed: people rarely say "I went camping once" when asked what changed them. Loss, somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 28/05/2026
The events that shape us most aren't the ones we sought out. Rob Bell spent years watching people in grief and loss. Over and over, they'd circle back to those moments as the ones that changed everything. somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 27/05/2026
The best film collaborations have no ego. Best idea wins, regardless of who brought it. DP Ken Seng on why he actively seeks out directors who operate that way, and what it costs when they don't. So Many somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 27/05/2026
Film school teaches you the rules. The real work is unlearning them. DP Ken Seng says the cinematographers he respects most came from art school, not film school. There's a difference between knowing how to somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 27/05/2026
Rob Bell on what vulnerability actually is: "Vulnerability is the engine of the whole thing. It's what moves us about other people. They opened up their heart and made that and showed it to us." No armor. somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 26/05/2026
Rob Bell on what actually moves us about other people's work: "They opened up their heart and made that and showed it to us." Vulnerability isn't a risk you take once. It's the engine the whole thing runs somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 26/05/2026
When hundreds of thousands of dollars are on the clock and ten people are staring at you, the move is to slow down. Ken Seng on staying creative under pressure, not just competent. #Filmmaking #Craft somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 26/05/2026
Are you passionate about what you do every day, and are you actively chasing it? Ken Seng asked this at the end of our conversation. It stuck. So Many Questions ep. 0004 #Creativity #Art #Entrepreneurship somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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Ethan Marcotte @ethanmarcotte.com · 25/05/2026
this little article is sixteen years old today: alistapart.com/article/resp... feels deeply weird that it’s that old. the pub date feels like it’s two lifetimes ago and two weeks ago, all at the same time.
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Designers have coveted print for its precision layouts, lamenting the varying user contexts on the web that compromise their designs. Ethan Marcotte advocates we shift our design thinking to approp…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 25/05/2026
What plates in your life are actually glass, and which ones just feel that way? EMax uses that framing to think about harmony vs. balance. It's a question worth sitting with. #Leadership somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 25/05/2026
Great direction isn't about controlling every decision. It's about empowering a hundred creative people and making their ideas cohere into one unified vision. Ken Seng on what separates good directors from somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…
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