The Idea Fountain: A series of conversations with inspiring, understated, change makers of the world who have influenced, inspired, or changed my life.
It may have been something they did, something they said, or something they taught me but overall.... I'm thankful for the brilliant people in my life and happy to share them with you.
EPISODES
The Idea Fountain S6 Ep 12
S6 Ep 12: Social Media Sanity with Cassie Petrey of Crowd Surf
In this episode we discuss the value of social with business, creators, and best practices for mental health when it comes to social for you and your talent.
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S6 Ep 11: Breast Cancer Awareness with Jasmine at Sonocine
Idea Fountain Mini Episode with Jasmine of Sonocine for Breast Cancer Awareness month. Here's to all of our self care and health!
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S6 Ep 10: Tribal Art with Lucky Salway and Pine Ridge
Lucky Salway supports his culture and Pine Ridge Indian reservation with an incredible mural, printing press, and documentary project.
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S6 Ep 9: Tools with Morgan Page and Quick Tips
2X Grammy Nom Producer / DJ Morgan Page has created Quick Tips - It's a beautifully designed card deck with bite-sized techniques to unlock your creative potential.
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S6 Ep 8: Songwriting with Autumn Rowe and Happiness
The Entertainment industry can be both a magical and tricky place. Today we talk to Autumn Rowe about her journey as a songwriter, work with SONA, and the journey of “Happiness”.
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S6 Ep 7: Don’t Freak Out: Mercury in Retrograde with Mary Jo
Here’s an Idea Fountain short with one of my favorite astrological “go-tos” Mary Jo who will tell you not only how to survive the next few weeks… but THRIVE.
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S6 Ep 7 Pt 2: AI & Consciousness the final answers from Blake Lemoine
In this episode I gathered together some of my most interesting and curious friends for a little AI Theater, reading transcripts from Blake Lemoine on AI & Consciousness.
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S6 Ep 7 Pt 1: AI & Consciousness with Former Google Engineer Blake Lemoine
In Part 1, former Google Engineer Blake Lemoine lays the foundation for a conversation about AI and Consciousness.
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S6 Ep 6: Family with Nabel Ayers and My Life in the Sunshine
Get to know one of my favorite people from growing up in the Seattle, President of the Beggars Music Group and owner of local record store Sonic Boom, Nabil Ayers.
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S6 Ep 5: Photography with Johanna Brinckman and Content
Johanna Brinckman discusses upping your game as a professional photographer and strategizing the best way to take and maximize a photo shoot.
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S6 Ep 4: College Radio with KGRG Remembering Jon Shearer
"Jon Shearer has left the building" - that note was posted recently on the Green River Community College's KGRG Alumni page signaling that the unofficial Godfather of the station had unexpectedly passed away. Today alumni gather to deep dive on the history, memories, and what we got from that magical broadcast trailer.
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S6 Ep 3: Monetization with Izzy Bedoya of Fame Hackers
Fame Hackers has support for creators to build community and monetize their content. Izzy Bedoya discusses strategy in this episode.
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S6 Ep 2: Flow with Poe on Music, Resilience, and Web 3
Mostly known for music Poe is a digital pioneer and new friend to the Idea Fountain. In this episode we discuss her career journey and connection to tech and Web 3.
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S6 Ep 1: Network with Elmo Lovano of JammCard
The JammCard App is a community of the world’s leading music professionals. Elmo Lovano shares an inspiring journey from worldwide tours to being a tech founder.
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S5 Ep 13: Path with Amy B and the 6 P’s
Amy B of Fruition gives a challenge to inventory and test your 6P’s, a mini life survival checklist, to help keep sight of what’s most important.
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S5 Ep 12: Voice with Georgia Maq of Camp Cope
Camp Cope's latest record Running with the Hurricane drops March 25th. Georgia Maq checks in with details and an incredibly inspiring story.
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S5 Ep 11: DIY with Molly Neuman and the Riot Grrrl Movement
In this episode we talk to Molly Neuman about how we can keep the DIY spirit alive to make a difference today.
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S5 Ep 10: Skillsharing with Karla Ballard of YING
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's birthday we embrace community capital and a return to connection while talking to CEO & Founder of YING - Karla Ballard.
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S5 Ep 9: Vision with Lisa and Ilaments Vision Boards
It's a simple idea but packs a big punch. Lisa from Ilaments lends her expertise on mapping out the year, and setting the tone, by making a vision board.
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S5 Ep 8: NFTs with Joel Day and RockGod
Creatives are figuring out the possibilities with blockchain. Joel Day of Aijia and RockGod talk us though NFT 101.
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S5 Ep 7: Remix! with Caroline D’Amore and Pizza Girl
The story about how Caroline’s life did a 180 to create one of the fastest growing consumer brands to hit the sauce world.
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S5 Ep 6: World Record with Brandon Sarver Acro dunk champion
Brandon Sarver on turning a unique dream into a Guiness Book World Record setting career.
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S5 Ep 5: Subscription with Mickey Shiloh and HRDRV
Mickey Shiloh discusses HRDRV a groundbreaking subscription record label.
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S5 Ep 4: Thin Air with Victoria Buda and 31 Crush
The art of creating something that has never been done before out of Thin Air - talking with inventor of the game / challenge "31 Crush", Victoria Buda.
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S5 Ep 3: Focus with Lara from fleurs et sel
Lara from fleurs et sel has created the best cookie in the world. Learn how time, relationships, and her DIY mentality could inspire creators anywhere.
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S5 Ep 2: Culture with Anik Khan
Anik Khan discusses how culture and community drive his music and his new releases Denied & Approved.
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S5 Ep 1: Independent with Sir Mix-A-Lot
As "Baby Got Back" is set to turn 30, Sir Mix-A-Lot shares music history, mentorship, and advice for Creators on the Idea Fountain.
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S4 Ep 7: Inspiration with Light Watkins my Meditation Teacher
Light Watkins discusses his new book “Knowing Where to Look: 108 Daily Doses of Inspiration” and we chat the life changing benefits of having a meditation practice…
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S4 Ep 6: Influence with Behavioral Scientist Jon Levy and You’
Behavioral scientist Jon Levy discussed his new book “You're Invited: The Art And Science Of Cultivating Influence”….
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S4 Ep 5: Corporate Social Responsibility with Chieh Huang of Boxed
Last December Chieh got matched to be my Secret Santa! He generously loaded us up with GIGANTIC delivery boxes of supplies and also, unexpectedly, a huge dose of inspiration…..
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S4 Ep 4: Fostering 101 with Kenneth from Child Help
We got 3 kids in 30 days last fall unexpectedly as we sign-up to foster to adopt….
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Plant Medicine with Julie Hov and In A Golden State
In an on going effort to do better, feel better, and heal the planet I'm always interested in how to best connect with nature. In this episode Julie Hovsepian of In A Golden State talks Herbal Medicine, changing career paths, and the abundance of medicine all around us….
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Wisdom with Gahl Sasson and the Astrology of 2021
Gahl E. Sasson joins the Idea Fountain to discuss his latest book: The Astrology of 2021 - Out of Darkness, Light….
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Unorthodox Jukebox with Don Muller of Jukeboxes Unlimited
“Why would you want a jukebox - you have 50 million songs on your watch?!” asks Don Muller of potential customers at Jukeboxes Unlimited.
My answer would be - because they are pure magic….
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Authentic Self with Beth Ditto
This month we caught up with superstar musician / actress / fashion designer Beth Ditto! Let me back up - saying Beth is an artist is an understatement. I believe she has the best female voice in rock!
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Girls Retreat with Juliana Wells of Youth Mentoring
Every year Youth Mentoring takes 50 teenage girls up the mountain to Big Bear for the Girls Retreat! It’s a powerful journey of separation, challenges, and a sisterhood celebration.
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Grief: Finding Meaning with David Kessler
David Kessler is the world’s foremost expert on grief and loss. Grief can come from losing a loved one, a job, a break up, or even the loss of connection during Covid-19. This episode was recorded in service to the music community while recognizing the grief and loss they have faced from the cancellation of touring…
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Neighborhood with Kristen Fraser: Music Marketing Boss and my Neighbor!
These are the people in your neighborhood….. In this episode of the Idea Fountain we talk to Music Marketing Boss in the Game Kristen Fraser of PVTL who is also - my neighbor!! Neighborhoods and neighbors mean more than ever during quarantine….
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Butterfly Effect: with Koool Kojak and the Monarch Movement
Nature is a gift. This year I was able to witness one of the most beautiful things I've ever been able to experience - the chrysalis and evolution of a monarch butterfly. In 2018 "California had plunged to only 20,456 butterflies - a drop of 86% since last year" said National Geographic. It's time to reconnect with the planet and save the butterflies before it's too late…..
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Service: with Darrell Pilat, my Dad, and the Vietnam Draft
Service: 2020 has been a powerful time to think about making sacrifices and standing up for what you believe in. Whether you use your voice, protest, donate, or give back…. How are you in service. What if you had to risk your life for something you didn’t necessarily believe in? In this episode we talk to my Dad about his experience getting drafted to Vietnam, how he has continued to serve, and also his thoughts on defunding the police….
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Sport: with Kevin Carroll and Rules of the Red Rubber Ball
Everything has changed. and in a blink we realize what we took for granted. I miss Dodgers games, yoga class, and Friday Morning Hike Club. In this episode of the Idea Fountain Kevin Carroll talks about the void left in our lives from the absence of sports and play during Covid-19. If quarantine has you in a rut - taking a few lessons from Kevin’s Rules of the Red Rubber Ball may be exactly what you need.
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Hair: with Julio Shampoolio and OG LA Stories
“There is something in this interview for everyone that lives in LA or even people who ever thought of visiting LA!! There needs to be a part 2!!” - Says Julian, my boyfriend, who was completely enamored with my guest Julio Shampoolio. There is also something in this interview for anyone with grey hair or anyone thinking about emotionally dying their hair a new color during quarantine. There is something in this interview for anyone feeling disconnected, questioning what is happening with the world, and trying to find their purpose or style in a really difficult time……
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Entrepreneurs: Celebrating Women’s History Month
International Women's History Month has been overshadowed by this pandemic and crisis moment. Still, I think it's more important than ever to support small businesses and entrepreneurs. In this episode I'm joined by Jennifer McGarigle from Floral Art, Patty Rodriguez of Lil Libros, and LaLa Romero of Bella Dona as well as a living room full of talented bosses in the game…..
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Support with Liz Hernandez of Wordaful
Break glass in case of emergency! Whether you have been in a crisis lately, have a friend in crisis, or feel like the world’s in crisis this episode about support is for you! 2019 at times felt like a heavy year. It made me realize that connection has meant more to me than ever lately. Liz Hernandez is the Creator and Host of Wordaful. Wordaful was inspired by the idea that words are powerful….
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Vote with Evan Bogart and Qiana Conley Discussing Recording Academy Membership
This was an important episode to me. Not only to discuss how you can get involved at the Recording Academy but also to discuss getting involved. In an election year it’s more important than ever to have a voice. A lot of people have strong opinions about awards shows and candidates. This episode was taped in December. If you would like to be more involved in the conversation listen for details on how you can join the Academy by 3/1.
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Numerology with Karen Cornell and 2020 Predictions
Happy New Year! If you know me you know…. a party trick of mine has always been the ability to do numerology. I recorded a special edition of The Idea Fountain with the woman who taught me everything I know - Karen Cornell!! We’ll break down how you can figure out your personal year, what 2020 means for you….
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Screen Time with Max Stossel from the Center of Humane Technology
Here’s to unplugging over the holidays. This month on The Idea Fountain Max Stossel, from the Center for Humane Technology, did a fireside chat about screen time which turned into a bit of a therapy sessions for all involved. Max said “Social media didn’t create our problems but it poured gasoline on them.” ….
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Skid Row with Wendell Blassingame Humanizing Homelessness
Every year at Thanksgiving canned food drives are arranged. Many people like to serve meals at the Union Rescue Mission DTLA. There are an estimated 60,000 homeless people in the Los Angeles area year round. It’s a number so large it can be hard to wrap your mind around. Recently, I met one man named Wendell Blassingame…..
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Teo Alfero of Wolf Connection
Learn about one of my favorite places in L.A. Wolf Connection! Just an hour North of L.A. it’s easy to feel like you’re on another planet. Being at Wolf Connection instills a nearly indescribable calm as you come face to face with long lost friends…
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Intuition with Laura Day & The Circle
“Gut feeling. Sixth sense. Hunch. No matter what it's called, intuition plays a part in the decisions we make every day. In seminars around the world, @LauraDayIntuit has taught business people, financial analysts, celebrities, homemakers, doctors, lawyers, and other professionals how to consciously tap this hidden ability.” - was the description of Laura Day’s book Practical Intuition. After stumbling on her book about 20 years ago it changed the way I think about… just about everything!
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Music with SaLaAM ReMi talking Amy, Nas, and Fugees Love.
It’s an addiction. It’s something that not only has changed lives but saved lives. “The sweetest thing I’ve ever known. Just like a kiss on a collar bone” - Lauryn Hill. Music has been the biggest part of my heart, brain, and life for as long as I can remember. I started The Idea Fountain: Life Changing Conversations but to date we have never really talked about music. I think that’s because a lot of music interviews can be promotional…
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Krump with Tommy the Clown
From South Central to the WORLD - Krumping is a movement. Battle Zone is the venue. Tommy the Clown is a legend. He’s an entrepreneur. He has single handedly lowered gang violence in LA. He’s been a part of some my most important life moments from birthdays to changing jobs…
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Miguel McKelvey Co-Founder of WeWork
The Co-Founder and Chief Culture Officer of We Work discusses his DIY mentality in business and changing the world.
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Word! In-Q discussing poetry and life
In-Q’s poems fill my heart with more wisdom and insight than any song ever has. The words are not lyrics but they flow like medicine. He’s been one of my favorite friends for a long time. I’m blown away by how one person can bring both comfort with light-hearted beauty in words and also shine a focus on, what is sometimes, hard to hear truth…
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Confidence in Creativity with Aloe Blacc, Andrew Dost, Problem, and Xzibit
Being vulnerable is HARD. I have so much compassion for every artist that I’ve ever sat in a room with as they played me their new music…. “It’s not mixed!!!” is usually what everyone says before hitting play. It’s not the same exactly…. but I think it takes the same amount of courage to raise your hand and throw out an idea in a corporate environment or to innovate in brainstorming meetings…
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Healing with Martha Soffer of Surya Spa
How often do we search for a solution or remedy to fix our bodies rather than just letting them heal? Many say all the answers are in nature. If it could only be so simple! On this episode of the Idea Fountain you’re invited to open up your mind to the possibility it is that simple…
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Imagine It Forward with Beth Comstock
Kicking off Season 2 of The Idea Fountain!! In Season 1 of the Idea Fountain every episode I interviewed someone who has changed my life. In Season 2 we are going to speak to people from all walks of life…. about their instincts and intuition. First up is Beth Comstock who recently released her book Imagine It Forward.
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Learn with Peter Sims of Parliament & Blk Shp
Today - We are hanging with Peter Sims of Parliament and Blk Shp. The episode is titled Learn but.... we also chat a lot about openness. At the end of last year someone told me “You should meet Peter - you two would have a lot in common”. I was open. Without thinking twice we jumped on the phone. Not only did I instantly get a new lifelong friend but.... someone who would introduce me to about 50 new friends this year.
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Now with David Kyuman Kim Discussing Complex Relationships In a Cancel Culture
First, I am so damn lucky to be surrounded by so many brilliant people from all walks of life. I hope you really enjoy this episode. The Idea Fountain has been behind schedule. In July I went to Seattle and recorded a very special episode with some of my biggest influences from growing up in the music scene. It was an inspiring conversation and then horrible news broke and that episode will most likely never come out. Over the summer, again and again, I felt like I kept reliving the same challenge. “What do we do NOW?”
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Spirit with Sister Pat of A Place Called Home
Sister Pat is a GANGSTA nun. I’ve said that for years because she’s lived a couragous and fascinating life from being in Mozambique during their civil war, she was Mother Superior and worked in Rome, then landed in South Central in the 90s as A Place Called Home was beginning. She is the reason I started The Idea Fountain.
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Justice with Mike de la Rocha
Hope lives in here, in this episode. For me, when I recorded The Idea Fountain Episode 7: Justice with Mike de la Rocha, I didn’t have much hope. Years ago I had visited Sylmar’s Juvenile Detention Center with Mike and it made me feel sick. I was overwhelmed by the atmosphere, the enormity of challenges, or how it was even possible to have a building the size of a high school filled with juveniles with life sentences.
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Home with Debrah Constance of A Place Called Home
I want to be Debrah Constance when I grow up! If anyone knows me - you have surely heard about A Place Called Home or Youth Mentoring. In South Central LA there is tremendous work being done at an organization that was founded 25 years ago by Debrah Constance. Since then they’ve served over 20,000 youth! “I don’t want your money I want your time” were the words that inspired Debrah Constance to get involved working with the kids. I don’t think enough people realize how big of an impact they can have just by showing up.
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Trust with Alex Banayan and The Third Door
This one is for the college dropouts.
This one is for the Black Sheep.
This one is for the entrepreneurs and the dreamers.
It’s for anyone who just needs to TRUST themselves and take a risk.
Alex Banayan is a great friend & has his first book, The Third Door, dropping June 5th. He came over for a fireside chat and his first ever, official, book signing at my house!
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Being with Andrea Marcum, Close to Om
On this episode of The Idea Fountain: Life Changing conversations we catch up on her book Close to Om.
I didn’t do yoga before I moved to LA. For a long time I thought yoga was just a trendy LA thing. I didn’t realize it was the only workout that, when finished, that gave me MORE energy than before I started.
This isn’t an episode on Yoga.
It’s not an episode on meditation or OMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMs that people often chant at the beginning or end of class. It’s about a person who, through her craft and coaching, has made me digest life at a different speed.
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Life with Dina LaPolt of LaPolt Law
This episode is dedicated to all the people in my life that I love but don’t see enough and those I mostly stay connected to via social media. That’s where my relationship with Dina was a year ago. Dina LaPolt is not only someone who has changed my life but listening to this episode and her story could SAVE your life.
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Conservation with Joffy Bastard of Kenya's Sarara
Last summer I fell in love. The days I spent at Sarara walking amongst giraffes, meditating with elephants, and bonding with the local tribes in Northen Kenya will be with me for the rest of my life. I truly think, even on a cellular level, that time in nature changed me. It changed how I feel about animals. It changed the way I view tradition and culture. It changed how I communicate with people…
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COMMUNITY WITH DR. EDGAR CAHN, INVENTOR OF TIME BANKING
“We have what we need, if we use what we have.” - Dr. Edgar Cahn.
I first read about Time Banking, an alternate currency based on reciprocity, ten years ago in Time Magazine. I joined the Echo Park Time Bank and not only met my neighbors but had doors opened and tried many new things from acupuncture to drum lessons, vegan cooking and even square dancing. In return I helped with social media, philanthropy, and music biz advice in the Time Bank…