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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 28/08/2026

Tsherin’s work is currently up at the Honolulu Museum of Art and is headed to The Armory Show in NYC and in the spring to @seattleartmuseum.bsky.social

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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 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 · 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 · 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 · 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

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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 24/05/2026

The real trick: have 10,000 hours of experience, then consciously try to throw it all away. Ken Seng on why craft is just the starting point, not the destination. #Filmmaking #Craft #Art #Creativity somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 24/05/2026

What it feels like to watch a great performance through the camera lens, from the DP who shot Deadpool. Ken Seng on why actors are at the center of everything. So Many Questions ep. 0004 #Filmmaking #Cinema somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 23/05/2026

The future is not written in stone. Unexpected things can happen. Octavia Butler said it. Joshua Graves brought it into a conversation about hard conversations and hope. #Art #Communication somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 22/05/2026

Contentful CMO Elizabeth Maxson on the theme running through every piece of advice she gives about work, parenting, and community. Boundaries, harmony, community. It all starts in the same place. somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 22/05/2026

The craft is real, but so is the trap it sets. Ken Seng, DP on Deadpool and Street Fighter, on what separates technique from art. So Many Questions ep. 0004 #Filmmaking #Cinematography #Art #Craft somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 20/05/2026

Don't attribute to malice what you can attribute to oversight. That shift alone changes so many conversations. @joshuagraves.me on Hanlon's razor as a listening tool. #Communication #Art somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 20/05/2026

EMax has been saying this for years. It cuts through the noise every time. Balance implies equal halves. Harmony is something you actually build. #Leadership #WomenInTech somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 19/05/2026

Mothers carry an extra 30 hours a week of mental load just managing their household. On top of any job, any title, any level. We talk about hustle. We rarely talk about that. #WomenInTech somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 18/05/2026

Being nice and being kind are not the same thing. Joshua Graves makes that distinction sharp in this conversation, and it reframes a lot of what we call "keeping the peace." #Communication #Design #Art somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 18/05/2026

"It's a very strange thing to be content." Craig Calcaterra, who left law, built an audience from scratch, and now writes 3,000 words a day about baseball and whatever else is in his head. somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 17/05/2026

"I'm like, I don't need a whole lot to feel content and happy." Jonny Hoffner on 18 years of running two creative businesses without a paycheck, a dental plan, or a five-year strategy. And meaning every somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 17/05/2026

A former client told Jonny he was "on the shores of the Atlantic yelling into a 50 mile per hour headwind." His response: "I'm going to do it anyway." Building something you believe in, even when somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 17/05/2026

Mothers carry an extra 30 hours a week of mental load just managing their household. On top of any job, any title. Elizabeth Maxson names it plainly, and asks why we don't give ourselves more grace somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 14/05/2026

"You are so existentially anxious and angry." His college counselor named it. And instead of trying to fix it, Jonny eventually realized: remove that angst, and you become a flattened shell of a person. somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 14/05/2026

Jonny's therapist, during COVID, after hearing him describe his mud pit of despair at length: "Have you ever thought about getting out of the mud pit?" Sometimes the most useful thing someone can say somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 14/05/2026

On leaving 10 years of law practice to write about baseball full time: "I didn't have an idea of what to do if I wasn't a lawyer. I knew I wasn't enjoying it." Sometimes the exit is clearer than the somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 12/05/2026

What happens when you finally land the thing you always wanted? Craig Calcaterra has been writing about baseball daily for 16 years and his answer is simple. "It sure as hell beats working." somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 12/05/2026

"Was that safe?" "No, Jonny. It wasn't safe. But it was good." One golf shot. Two sentences. The entire philosophy behind Good Lion Golf. #Entrepreneurship #Golf #GoodOverSafe somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 12/05/2026

"Taylor, was that safe?" "No, Jonny. It wasn't safe. But it was good." One offhand comment on a golf course. One Narnia passage rattling around in the back of his head. That's how Good Lion Golf was somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 11/05/2026

"A clear and quiet mind is what everybody actually wants. You'd take that over money. You'd take that over fame." Rob Bell, So Many Questions ep. 0003 #Art #Creativity #SoManyQuestions somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 07/05/2026

"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." Rob Bell, So Many Questions ep. 0003 #Art #Creativity somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 06/05/2026

"You're present and in it and giving it all you got, and you're also holding it very loosely. Those two things existing at the same time is in many ways the art of it." Rob Bell, So Many Questions ep. 0003 somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 05/05/2026

"You can quite literally have the yes and the no side by side at all times." Jonny Hoffner -- the same week Good Lion Golf landed a University of Wisconsin partnership, a pro shop rejected their driver somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 05/05/2026

Sustainable creative work isn't about maximizing output. It's about protecting the time that makes the work worth doing. Jonny Hoffner on why he limits weddings per year -- and why that was the right somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 05/05/2026

What would you do if you knew it wasn't safe -- but you knew it was good? Jonny Hoffner built two creative businesses on that exact question. #Entrepreneurship #Creativity somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 05/05/2026

"There arguably doesn't need to be more clothing in the world. So the only reason it makes sense is because the message transcends the clothing." Jonny Hoffner on why Good Lion Golf exists. somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 05/05/2026

Wedding photography is less about technical skill and more about the relationship you build before you ever pick up the camera. 17 years in, Jonny Hoffner says the job is mostly about setting people at somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 05/05/2026

"Taylor, was that safe? And he goes: no Jonny, it wasn't safe. But it was good." That one moment on a golf course became the whole philosophy of Good Lion Golf. Jonny Hoffner, So Many Questions ep. 0008 somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep000…

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 05/03/2026

Really enjoyed our conversation with @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social on the show. Craig writes a newsletter that covers baseball, but its so much more. He covers politics, music, movies, and trying to live life in the current state of the world.

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 11/12/2025

I wondered where the tradition of hanging lights around the holidays came from. I dug into it a bit and the history is a lot older than Christmas.

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 30/11/2025

So grateful for reaching 100 subscribers on our YouTube channel. If you’re not subscribed you can here: www.youtube.com/@somanyquest...

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So Many Questions show @somanyquestions.show · 23/09/2025

This week on the show we have author, speaker, teacher, podcaster Rob Bell. We talk about how playing music in a basement full of students impacted him and started him on his path. Full episode: somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0...

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