Episodes

  • KEVIN GEIGER | Fretful Laowai: Rear Window Edition

    KEVIN GEIGER | Fretful Laowai: Rear Window Edition
    May 16 2020

    This month’s “Fretful Laowai: Rear Window Edition” finds KEVIN GEIGER and Brendan catching on 3 main topics: the new normal, our new thoughts about the state of things, and the new directions we’re going in - all observed from our respective rear apartment windows: BD in Los Angeles, and Kevin in his new home of Taipei. Enjoy!
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • MENGFEI LI | Focusing on Solutions in Unprecedented Times

    MENGFEI LI | Focusing on Solutions in Unprecedented Times
    May 9 2020

    "Just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you SHOULD do something.” MENGFEI LI shares his perspective as a former international journalist who lived in the US for 13 years, but who also has the clarity of someone trained to be a detached observer. We discuss how political reactions affected the spread of COVID-19 in different countries; the near-term futures we can anticipate; the power of engaged citizenship; and most provocatively, the meaning of the word FREEDOM.
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    42 mins
  • JOSH LEVINE - Entertainment, Brands, and Creatives

    JOSH LEVINE - Entertainment, Brands, and Creatives
    May 2 2020
    Knowing your audience. Multinational branding. The ideal brand-customer relationship. Creating tangible, transformative results through trust and understanding each others needs. Gumpian journeys and near-death experiences as deep-game changers. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and harnessing the energy of facing your fears. The importance of contingencies in long-term planning, and how if you think you’re still in the same business today that you were two months ago, you’re likely in trouble. Veteran music businessman JOSH LEVINE of the “Rebel Radio” podcast and I get into all of this and more.    Episode Permalink: http://ifiknewyoubetter.libsyn.com/josh-levine-entertainment-brands-and-creatives AMP Music Summit (online, May 6): https://ampmusicsummit.com Josh’s "Rebel Radio” Podcast: https://www.rebelradio.net Mark Levine (Josh’s dad) interview: http://howchinaworks.libsyn.com/mark-levine-a-true-friend-of-china
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    54 mins
  • RONALD PAREDES | Floating in Uncertain Waters

    RONALD PAREDES | Floating in Uncertain Waters
    Apr 26 2020
    RONALD PAREDES designed the logo of the podcast you’re listening to, but that’s only a tiny hint of what he’s all about. On our first talk (linked below) we talked about his background in Venezuela and his initial move to China when things went south in his home country. Today we discuss his experiences lately in Nantong, China as a father, husband, freelancer artist and designer, and socially aware human. Ronald cares deeply about women’s rights, homeless or otherwise displaced people, the overnight bricking up of the back road out of his town, rising nationalism and racism, the lack of acceptance and growing outright resentment he receives from less-educated people in his relatively rural home, and his feeling of being rootless and floating as he enters middle life. It’s a moving, candid, and powerful share by Ronald, and I’m honored to bring it to you.    Ronald Paredes online: https://mundosanto.art "Creativity Roots” latest episode: https://creativityroots.com/2020/04/22/change-happens-within/ “The Daily" April 20th episode: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/podcasts/the-daily/coronavirus-how-long-lockdowns.html Ronald Paredes 2017s interview: http://bigfishmiddlekingdom.libsyn.com/022-the-war-of-art-ronald-paredes
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • BRENDAN DAVIS | The Grey Space, Cinematography, and CinemATL Podcasts

    BRENDAN DAVIS | The Grey Space, Cinematography, and CinemATL Podcasts
    Apr 17 2020
    In the last week I’ve been a guest on THREE shows I love, so instead of releasing new interviews of my own, I wanted to take a break and acknowledge / share the shows that folks were nice enough to invite me on. Special THANKS to all involved with making the Grey Space Podcast, The Cinematography Podcast, and the CinemATL Podcast. Links below to check them all out!    Grey Space Podcast: https://youtu.be/VSKCGHftiX8 CinemATL Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/ycyuhxan The Cinematography Podcast: http://camnoir.com/podcast/ep71/
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    14 mins
  • JOHN PETERSON, CHRIS SANDERS | Southland Stories

    JOHN PETERSON, CHRIS SANDERS | Southland Stories
    Apr 11 2020
    My guests this week are JOHN PETERSON and CHRIS SANDERS. John is a friend from all the way back in high school, and Chris has been a great friend and business / creative collaborator in LA for over 15 years. They are on two opposite sides of the country and dealing with the pandemic response in their own ways, and each talk adds an interesting perspective to the mix. Chris is also this week’s long-form interview guest on “If I Knew You Better”, linked below.    CHRIS SANDERS on “If I Knew You Better” - Permalink: http://ifiknewyoubetter.libsyn.com/chris-sanders-austin-hollywood-and-masonry
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • KEVIN GEIGER | April Foolin’ With The Fretful Laowai

    KEVIN GEIGER | April Foolin’ With The Fretful Laowai
    Apr 4 2020
    This week my monthly freeform check-in show with KEVIN GEIGER - a little ditty that we call the “Fretful Laowai Radio Hour” - moves BACK to it’s original home, “Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom”! Kevin and I discuss the latest and not always greatest news in our respective worlds as we stay at home away from home. Please SHARE-RATE-SUBSCRIBE and most of all, be safe!   DHL China PPE shipping deal (in Chinese): https://marketing.5idhl.com/overseasstudent2020/?tracking=&from=singlemessage&isappinstalled=0   Kevin Geiger AWN article: https://www.awn.com/blog/new-normal   Kevin Geiger on “Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom”: http://bigfishmiddlekingdom.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=geiger   Kevin Geiger on “If I Knew You Better”: http://ifiknewyoubetter.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=geiger
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • STAR BURLEIGH, BRIAN ENGELMAN, JONO KENYON | Pandemic Perspectives from Los Angeles, Louisville, and Auckland

    STAR BURLEIGH, BRIAN ENGELMAN, JONO KENYON | Pandemic Perspectives from Los Angeles, Louisville, and Auckland
    Mar 28 2020
    STAR BURLEIGH, BRIAN ENGELMAN, JONO KENYON | Pandemic Perspectives from Los Angeles, Louisville, and Auckland   Star is a fashion stylist and designer based in Los Angeles but whose work is around the world. Brian is a media entrepreneur who left LA to move to Louisville, Kentucky. Jono is a British actor back home n Auckland, New Zealand whose vacant ROOM in LA I’m staying in as we wait out the next chapter in the pandemic drama. Listen and hear how three people are having very different responses to this unique time. NOTE that these conversations were all recorded at various points LAST week relative to the release date. The differences between now and then are stark.    STAR BURLEIGH online: http://www.starburleigh.com BRIAN ENGELMAN online: http://www.thenewamericanmedia.com JONO KENYON on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5645314/
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    1 hr and 13 mins