The Art of Asking Everything

Amanda sits down to discuss art, life, why goth matters, and the process behind star TED speaker and author Susan Cain's new #1 Bestseller, "Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole". She is the author of the NYT bestselling 2012 non-fiction book “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking.” Check out 32 Bittersweet Flavors: Amanda Palmer’s Most Bittersweet Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4VHmXJkysFpy5IHCWMWapK?si=9b0534a0a76e4f39 Buy her books at https://SusanCain.net And watch her TED Talks at https://www.ted.com/speakers/susan_cain Follow Susan on Twitter @SusanCain Listen to Susan’s latest TED Talk on TED Talks Daily with Elise Hu https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ted-talks-daily/id160904630 No ads. No sponsors. No censorship. We are the media. Exclusive content is available to Patrons only. Go to Patreon. Become a member. Get extra stuff. Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcast

A crowdsourced episode! You asked, we answered with this episode: A collage of the best moments so far. From New Zealand to Portland, London to Austin, and Edinburgh to Melbourne; this podcast was recorded all over the world while I toured There Will Be No Intermission. The podcast premiered in 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 Pandemic. What a year it’s been. With the help of my Patrons calling in and writing to me, I’ve assembled this episode of your favorite moments and reflections on how we’ve all managed to stay connected throughout a year of isolation. We laughed, we cried, we sang songs. And I learned how to podcast. Hear my reflections on the first season, insights from listeners, and what’s coming up later this year. Playlist of music from my amazing guests: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Rujpb8gyMKxNaAucbYXgQ?si=4SnK2MlsRD2FR6vXRjzBpQ Get all our Team AFP book recommendations: https://www.patreon.com/posts/47078444 Watch the Crowdcasts: https://www.crowdcast.io/afp #FreePussyRiot: https://youtu.be/ZUiU8QamHi0 Please fill out our listener survey: https://forms.gle/vaXtDVctgYYwFMi68 And check out the merch sale: http://linktr.ee/AFPxDolls Support my guests on Patreon: Storm Large https://www.patreon.com/stormlarge Madison Young https://www.patreon.com/MadisonYoung Pussy Riot https://www.patreon.com/pussyriot KT Tunstall https://www.patreon.com/KTTunstall No ads. No sponsors. No censorship. We are the media. Exclusive content is available to Patrons only. Go to Patreon. Become a member. Get extra stuff. Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcast

Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT, and the founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. Sherry studies psychoanalysis and human-technology interaction. In books such as, “The Second Self,” “Life on the Screen,” and “Alone Together,” Sherry focuses on the psychology of human relationships with technology. Sherry’s 2012 TED Talk is entitled, “Connected, but alone?” Her latest book is an autobiography called, "The Empathy Diaries." In it, Sherry reflects on growing up in Brooklyn and Rockaway, New York, navigating academia as a woman in the 1960’s and 70’s, and reconnecting with her estranged father as an adult. We talked about being difficult women, how Marvin Minsky hates Bambi, defiance in thought, vulnerability in tech, how brilliant ideas launder bad behavior, and radical humility. Buy "The Empathy Diaries" https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/585731/the-empathy-diaries-by-sherry-turkle/ Watch her TED Talk, “Connected, but alone?” https://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_connected_but_alone Follow Sherry on Twitter and IG @STurkle For more visit sherryturkle.mit.edu No ads. No sponsors. No censorship. We are the media. Exclusive content is available to Patrons only. Go to Patreon. Become a member. Get extra stuff. Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcast Amanda Palmer and Dresden Dolls merch sale on now! https://linktr.ee/AFPxDolls

Dr. Rola Hallam is a punk rock doctor. She is the founder of CanDo; a crowdfunding platform that puts resources in the hands of the frontline healthcare workers in war-affected communities. In 2011, when war first broke out in her home country Syria, Hallam became involved in the humanitarian response. Working with various Syrian-led NGOs, she played an integral part in building 7 hospitals in Syria including the first ever crowdfunded hospital. To address the issues she had found within the aid system, she established CanDo, a not-for-profit social enterprise and crowdfunding platform for local humanitarian organizations. She ran a crowdfunding campaign in 2016 called People's Convoy, which raised money to build a Hope Hospital for children after the last children's hospital in Aleppo was destroyed having been bombed for the 6th time. She and the Convoy drove the entire provision of medical equipment for the hospital from London to the Turkey-Syria border in December 2016. She says, “Hope Hospital was built because thousands of people came together from around the world and said: It is not acceptable to bomb hospitals, it is not ok to bomb children. And we will rebuild.” March 15, 2021 is the 10-year anniversary of the ongoing war in Syria. Hallam is now fundraising to help protect children who are being targeted in schools. Go to SaveSyriasSchools.org to help purchase early-warning systems for 150 schools. DONATE NOW - Save Syria's Schools SaveSyriasSchools.org ‘Saving Syria’s Children’ documentary https://vimeo.com/140567469 TED Talk https://www.ted.com/talks/rola_hallam_the_doctors_nurses_and_aid_workers_rebuilding_syria/up-next ‘Open Letter: Let us Treat Patients in Syria’ https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(13)61938-8/fulltext The People’s Caravan https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-38528360 No ads. No sponsors. No censorship. We are the media. Exclusive content is available to Patrons only. Go to Patreon. Become a member. Get extra stuff. Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcast

Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Clare Bowditch, recorded March 6th, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Clare Bowditch is an Australian actor, radio presenter, and entrepreneur. She started performing in the Melbourne pub circuit at seventeen years old. In 1998, she formed the band Red Raku and recorded two albums along with producer and drummer Marty Brown—who is now her husband, producer and music manager. Her memoir, Your Own Kind of Girl, is an exploration into her own inner critic that pulls no punches. In this interview we talk about the power of naming your doubts, searching for a higher power in order to stay alive, the importance of how books get into our lives, the most useful experience of Clare’s life, the need to pass on little acts of kindness, how truth is the most important gift we have to offer, dealing with death at a young age, and the cost of telling a story. Twitter: @ClareBowditch Website: https://clarebowditch.com/ Big Hearted Business: https://www.facebook.com/bigheartedbusiness/ No ads. No sponsors. No censorship. We are the media. Exclusive content is available to Patrons only. Go to Patreon. Become a member. Get extra stuff. Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcast

Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Madison Young, recorded June 11, 2019 in Portland, Oregon. Madison Young is an erotic artist, filmmaker, and performer. She entered the world of erotic filmmaking first as a performer in 2002 and later started directing films in 2005. She is a noted expert on sex, BDSM, and sexual power dynamics. Madison has taught workshops, given lectures, and acted as a panelist on the topics of sexuality, feminist porn studies, and the politics of BDSM at institutions such as Yale University, UC Berkeley, and the Berlin Porn Film Festival. She is the founder of the Erotic Film School, a three-day erotic filmmaking training program held in San Francisco, CA, that introduces students to the pre-production, production, and post-production process of making erotic film. She is also the founder of the now-closed Femina Potens Art Gallery, a nonprofit art gallery and performance space in San Francisco that served the LGBTQ and Kink communities. Along with Moorea Malatt, she hosts the podcast, Wash Your Mouth Out. Madison published her memoir Daddy in 2014. In this interview we talk about Madison’s life as a sex worker, being a bondage model, transitioning to director, the body as an artistic medium, creating a queer performance space in San Francisco, our fandom of Annie Sprinkle, black box theaters, and the importance of being a pleasure activist. Website: https://iammadisonyoung.wordpress.com Podcast: http://www.washyourmouthoutpodcast.com Instagram: @therealmadisonyoung Book: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/17341771-daddy No ads. No sponsors. No censorship. We are the media. Exclusive content is available to Patrons only. Go to Patreon. Become a member. Get extra stuff. Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcast

Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Madison Young, recorded June 11, 2019 in Portland, Oregon. Madison Young is an erotic artist, filmmaker, and performer. She entered the world of erotic filmmaking first as a performer in 2002 and later started directing films in 2005. She is a noted expert on sex, BDSM, and sexual power dynamics. Madison has taught workshops, given lectures, and acted as a panelist on the topics of sexuality, feminist porn studies, and the politics of...

Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Rachel Jayson, recorded September 10, 2019 in Woodstock, NY. Rachel Jayson is musician, educator and fashion designer. She is the violist in two bands: Jaggery and Walter Sickert & the ARmy of BRoken TOys. She also teaches music and conducts two award-winning orchestras at Lexington High School outside of Boston. Rachel has also designed footwear for John Fluevog Shoes and makes her own clothing. In this episode we talk about what it means to be Dapper Q, being a proxy for African Americans to her mostly white students, teaching children to use music as a tool, finding music that is as angry as you are, overcoming postpartum anxiety, and Rachel’s notoriously independent mentor. Twitter + Instagram: @musykchyk Website: www.jaggery.org www.armyoftoys.com No ads. No sponsors. No censorship. We are the media. Exclusive content is available to Patrons only. Go to Patreon. Become a member. Get extra stuff. Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcast

Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Wayne Muller, recorded July 15, 2019 at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY. Wayne Muller is a minister, therapist, and leadership mentor, and best-selling author. Wayne’s many books include, “A Life of Being: Having and Doing Enough,” “Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal and Delight in our Busy Lives,” and, “Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantages of a Painful Childhood.” A graduate of Harvard Divinity School, he has spent the last thirty-five years working with people suffering abuse, alcoholism, poverty, illness and loss. In this episode we talk about the fictions we tell ourselves, how humans are slow learners, remembering the spaciousness of your container, holding true to your first fidelity, finding what the next right thing is, and how we all have the power to console someone who is lonely. Twitter: @realwaynemuller Website: https://www.waynemuller.com/ No ads. No sponsors. No censorship. We are the media. Exclusive content is available to Patrons only. Go to Patreon. Become a member. Get extra stuff. Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcast

Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Fred Leone, recorded March 6, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Fred Leone is a musician with Australian Aboriginal, Tongan, and South-Sea Islander heritage. One of the few Butchulla song men, he is a cultural custodian preserving their language through music. He the front man for the hip hop group Impossible Odds. Fred is also a passionate community activist and a First Nations advocate. He is committed to passing down the cultural knowledge of his ancestors by passing on traditional songs and dances to younger generations via his work as a song man. In this episode we talk about Fred’s surprise hit song, growing up with a Robin Hood mentality, what it means to be a “song man” in his culture, saving his dying native language, the importance of passing on knowledge, the politics of land rights, the sterility of anthropology, how to be a better ally, and traditional burning methods that can prevent brush fires. Twitter: @impossible_odds Music: https://www.impossibleoddsmusic.com https://amandapalmer.bandcamp.com/track/solid-rock-with-fred-leone No ads. No sponsors. No censorship. We are the media. Exclusive content is available to Patrons only. Go to Patreon. Become a member. Get extra stuff. Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcast

Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Masarat Daud, recorded October 29, 2019 in London, England. Masarat Daud is an alumnus of Cambridge International School, Dubai. She later studied at the American University of Dubai and also completed a certificate course in Tech Tools and Skills in Emergency Management through TechChange. Masarat is the Founder of 8 Day Academy, a global education movement with a mission to make education accessible and relevant to all communities. She has also worked as a columnist for the Khaleej Times and as Deputy News Editor for CPI Dubai. She is the curator of TEDx Shekhavati; a conference that takes place in rural Rajasthan. In her TEDx talks, she discusses how to break stereotypes and how she learned to love her burka. In this episode we talk about the importance of stoking your curiosity about people different from you, the power of core values to bring people together, keeping a world view of abundance, Masarat’s dinners with Twitter friends, the cult of feminism, the importance of visibility and taking up space, nudity, and not taking responsibility for other people’s ignorance. Twitter: @masarat TED: https://blog.ted.com/why-i-wear-the-burka-masarat-daud-at-ted2014/ 8 Day Academy: https://www.facebook.com/8dayacademy/timeline No ads. No sponsors. No censorship. We are the media. Exclusive content is available to Patrons only. Go to Patreon. Become a member. Get extra stuff. Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcast

Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Tim Flannery, recorded July 23, 2019, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Tim Flannery is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist, conservationist, explorer and public scientist. He has discovered more than 30 mammal species including a new type of tree kangaroos. Tim served as the Chief Commissioner of the Climate Commission, a Federal Government body providing information on climate change to the Australian public. In 2013, Tim announced that he would join other fired commissioners to form the Independent Climate Council. Tim is a professorial fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute. His books include The Future Eaters and The Weather Makers. His TED Talk is entitled, “Can Seaweed Help Curb Global Warming?” In this episode we talk about the power of seaweed to draw down large greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, the vastness and unexplored nature of the Australian Outback, the death of The Great Barrier Reef, how different countries view the climate crisis, the convict roots of Australia and its effects on modern politics, the lack of climate change coverage in the mainstream media, how to be a leader on climate change in your own community, and the battle against tribalism and skepticism. @FlanneryTex Books: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/27157.Tim_Flannery TED: https://www.ted.com/speakers/tim_flannery No ads. No sponsors. No censorship. We are the media. Exclusive content is available to Patrons only. Go to Patreon. Become a member. Get extra stuff. Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcast

Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Tim Minchin, recorded February 20, 2020, in Sydney, AUS. Tim Minchin is a world-renounded Australian comedian, actor, writer, musician, composer, lyricist, and director. He is the composer and lyricist of the Olivier Award-winning, Tony Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated show Matilda the Musical, based on the book by Roald Dahl. His musical Groundhog Day, based on the 1993 film, opened in London in 2016, winning his second Olivier Award, and opened on Broadway in spring 2017. He is the subject of the 2008 documentary, Rock N Roll Nerd. Tim played the role of rock star Atticus Fetch on Showtime's Californication. In this interview, we talked about expanding your empathy, exploring your self-loathing in order to find peace, decoupling intellectualism from emotion, the power of The Internet to share the stories of the disenfranchised, combining radical honesty with compassion, how a safe space can people help heal, the gift of being told that you are not special, and how our job is to do what we want on stage. @timminchin www.timminchin.com No ads. No sponsors. No censorship. We are the media. Exclusive content is available to Patrons only. Go to Patreon. Become a member. Get extra stuff. Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcast

Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Dan Savage, recorded June 4, 2019 in Seattle, WA. Dan Savage is an author, media pundit, journalist, and LGBT community activist. He is the long-time writer of Savage Love, an internationally syndicated relationship and sex advice column and the author of books such as, “The Commitment,” “The Kid,” and, “American Savage.” Dan is also the host of his own hit podcast, The Savage Lovecast, and also serves as the editorial director of the weekly Seattle newspaper, The Stranger. In 2010, Dan and his husband, Terry Miller, began the It Gets Better Project to help prevent suicide among LGBT youth. Dan also coordinates the annual Hump Pornography Festival, which is made up of clips on any pornographic topic, submitted by viewers. In this interview we talk about the power of the mute button and marijuana, weeding out toxic critics, how open relationships need to constantly be renegotiated, lessons from monogamous hospice care, the problems with compartmentalizing feelings and sex, the complications of being polyamorous, and the logistics of being openly married with children. Twitter @fakedansavage Instagram @dansavage Savage Love Podcast: https://www.savagelovecast.com Web: https://www.thestranger.com/authors/259/dan-savage https://humpfilmfest.com No ads. No sponsors. No censorship. We are the media. Exclusive content is available to Patrons only. Go to Patreon. Become a member. Get extra stuff. Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcast

Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Tim Ferriss, recorded March 15, 2019 in Austin, TX. Tim Ferriss is a best-selling author, speaker, early-stage technology investor, advisor, and host of one of the most popular podcasts in the world, The Tim Ferriss Show. Tim’s books include, “The 4 Hour Workweek,” “The 4 Hour Body,” and, “Tools of Titans.” He has two TED Talks: “Smash fear, learn anything” and “Why you should define your fears instead of your goals.” In this interview we talk about how you can’t avoid some people taking it personally, the fear of the word "no", freeing yourself to ask anything, how you get what you negotiate for, inoculating yourself against dread, our love for the fast "no", and learning that being productive and successful doesn’t always have to hurt. Tim's conversation with Debbie, "My Healing Journey After Childhood Abuse": https://tim.blog/2020/09/14/how-to-heal-trauma/ Debbie Millman's podcast, Design Matters: https://www.designmattersmedia.com My conversation with Tim, "Amanda Palmer on Creativity, Pain, and Art": https://tim.blog/2019/04/18/amanda-palmer-2/ http://Tim.blog for everything Tim – books, blog, and podcast. @tferriss No ads. No sponsors. No censorship. We are the media. Exclusive content is available to Patrons only. Go to Patreon. Become a member. Get extra stuff. Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcast

Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Storm Large, recorded June 11, 2019 in Portland, OR. Born in Southborough, MA, Storm graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York before moving to San Francisco and later to Portland, which she now calls home. Storm is the co-lead vocalist for the band Pink Martini along with China Forbes. Her band, Storm and the Balls, has toured the world, playing mash-up covers of rock hits of the ’70s and ’80s. In 2006, she appeared as a finalist on the CBS show Rock Star: Supernova Her musical one-woman show, Crazy Enough, premiered to rave reviews in 2009 and spawned her autobiography of the same name in 2012. In 2014, her band, Le Bonheur, released a self-titled album of classics from the American Songbook. In this episode Storm and I discuss growing up in Massachusetts, the isolating horrors of writing a book, our shared obsession with Madonna, imposter syndrome, and parallel parking as a feminist statement. For everything Storm go to StormLarge.com Support the Performers Emergency Fund at gimmeshelterpdx.org @Stormof69 No ads. No sponsors. No censorship. We are the media. Exclusive content is available to Patrons only. Go to Patreon. Become a member. Get extra stuff. Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcast

Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with KT Tunstall, recorded October 15, 2019 in London. KT Tunstall is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. Her award winning debut album, Eye to the Telescope, was released in 2004. Her latest album, WAX, was released in 2018. In total, she has released 6 albums which have all been met with critical and commercial success. KT has toured the world and has performed on talk shows in the US and Europe. She also composes music for film and television including the movie Bad Moms. We talked about hidden rooms in your inner world, our shared love of Tom Lehrer, being narcissistically hungry, our pet peeves as performers, KT’s hearing loss and how it changed her life for the better. Support KT on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/KTTunstall @KTTunstall www.kttunstall.com No ads. No sponsors. No censorship. We are the media. Exclusive content is available to Patrons only. Go to Patreon. Become a member. Get extra stuff. Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcast

Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Jamil Zaki, recorded remotely on April 11, 2019 in Woodstock, NY and Stanford, CA. Jamil Zaki is a professor of psychology at Stanford University and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory. By combining psychology and neuroscience, Jamil and his colleagues study how empathy works, and ultimately how we can empathize with each other more effectively. Jamil is the author of "The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World." Jamil’s 2017 TEDxMarin Talk is entitled “BUILDING EMPATHY: How to hack empathy and get others to care more.” His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic. We talked about how to flex your empathy, art as a performance enhancing drug for empathy, post traumatic growth, and the high wire act of having empathy for those who cause us harm. @zakijam The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World https://www.warforkindness.com TED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DspKSYxYDM Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab: http://ssnl.stanford.edu No ads. No sponsors. No censorship. We are the media. Exclusive content is available to Patrons only. Go to Patreon. Become a member. Get extra stuff. Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcast

Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Nadya Tolokonnikova. Recorded October 4th, 2020. Nadya Tolokonnikova is a Russian conceptual artist, political activist, and co-founder of Vladimir Putin’s least favorite band, Pussy Riot. In 2012, she was convicted of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" after a performance in Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and served two years in prison. She is the author of “How to Start a Revolution” and “Read & Riot: A Pussy Riot Guide to Activism.” Her prison correspondence with philosopher Slavoj Žižek was compiled into the book, “Comradely Greetings: The Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj.” In this interview we talked about coping with a pandemic, Putin’s never-ending reign, storming the Russian Parliament, the influence of riot grrrls, female empowerment, the advantages of being a multimedia artist, building an institution as a statement of punk, creating your own rules, rebelling against expectations, reuniting with your parents, and the importance of reading books when you have lost your freedom. @tolokno on Twitter @nadyariot on Instagram. Check out everything from music videos to anti-surveillance makeup tutorials on Pussy Riot’s YouTube www.youtube.com/channel/UCQYcCfKYfYMcuCsem8z5CyQ Read & Riot: A Pussy Riot Guide to Activism www.harpercollins.com/products/read-riot-nadya-tolokonnikova? Comradely Greetings: The Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/20819758-comradely-greetings Get your Destroy the Patriarchy merchandise at pussyriot.store Support Nadya and Pussy Riot on Patreon: Patreon.com/pussyriot No ads. No sponsors. No censorship. We are the media. Exclusive content is available to Patrons only. Go to Patreon. Become a member. Get extra stuff. Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcast

Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Leslie Salmon Jones, recorded July 5, 2019 at The Omega Institute. Leslie Salmon Jones is a professional dancer, yoga instructor, wellness coach, public speaker, and community activist. Along with her husband, Jeff W. Jones, she is the cofounder of Afro Flow Yoga. The pair work with community organizations to help develop mastery over their physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-beings. AFY offers weekly classes, monthly workshops, teacher trainings and outreach programs to promote diversity and inclusion in Boston, New York, and worldwide. AFY workshops and retreats are also offered at The Omega Institute, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Festivals, Schools, Colleges and Universities, private events and at studios worldwide including Hawaii, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Bali, and Canada. Leslie’s work has been featured in Yoga Journal, Black Enterprise, Essence and Oprah Magazines, NPR, NBC, and ABC News. In this conversation, we talk about Leslie’s amazing family, growing up Black in an affluent Toronto neighborhood, learning how to speak your truth, The Cloud Club, how one’s body remembers trauma, the importance of self-compassion, finding your light in the darkest of times, and why the best way to mend your mind and body is through your breath. @AfroFlowYoga lesliesalmonjones.com afroflowyoga.com No ads. No sponsors. No censorship. We are the media. Exclusive content is available to Patrons only. Go to Patreon. Become a member. Get extra stuff. Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcast