Mark Smithivas is a technologist, and he's probably been on Twitter longer than you. He's also been a stay-at-home dad for more than a decade, and while that shouldn't be unconventional at all, one could argue that it’s still less common that it could be. In this episode, he talks with host Amy Guth about narratives surrounding men and work, double standards, technology, education reform, and more.

Links:
https://twitter.com/1god
https://www.instagram.com/msmithivas
https://lu.ma/msmithivas
https://pod.co/mark-smithivas-personal
https://marksmithivas.substack.com/

Episode 5: Mark Smithivas

Jocelyn Geboy just hit her 20-year mark of sobriety. In this episode, she has an unfiltered, funny and heartfelt conversation with host Amy Guth about navigating sobriety, our seemingly alcohol-obsessed culture, the sober-curious movement, how the approach to recovery can look a lot of different ways and more. There's a lot of swearing in this episode. 

Links:
https://twitter.com/smussyolay
https://www.instagram.com/smussyolay
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/candy-chat-chicago/id1579817749
https://twitter.com/candychatchi
https://www.instagram.com/candychatchicago/

Episode 6: Jocelyn Geboy

Brandi Larsen is a writer, speaker and coach, who is aiming to build a more inclusive publishing landscape. In this episode, she talks with host Amy Guth about big life moves from journalism to a publishing gig in NYC to a writer's life in Cleveland, building the writing life she wants, and how being unconventional is a superpower. 

Links:
https://brandilarsen.com
https://brandilarsen.com/books
https://twitter.com/brandilarsen
https://www.litcleveland.org
https://www.litcleveland.org/profiles/brandi-larsen
http://instagram.com/brandilarsen
http://fb.me/brandilarsen
http://www.linkedin.com/in/brandilarsen/

Episode 7: Brandi Larsen

Jeanne Sparrow is renowned speaker, top consultant and 7-time Emmy-winning television and radio personality on V103 Chicago, and a graduate faculty instructor at Northwestern University. She also hosts the podcast, “Fearless Authenticity with Jeanne Sparrow." In this episode, she talks with host Amy Guth about the power of authenticity an audacity in success, realness, her transformational client work, her forthcoming book and the realization she had soon after Hurricane Katrina.

Links:
https://twitter.com/JMSparrow
https://www.instagram.com/jmsparrow
https://www.tiktok.com/@msjeannesparrow
https://v103.iheart.com/featured/jeanne-sparrow
https://jeannesparrow.com/jeanne-sparrow-about-me
https://www.spreaker.com/show/fearless-authenticity-with-jeanne-sparrow

Episode 8: Jeanne Sparrow

Author, speaker. community organizer and activist Rebecca Sive has written "Every Day is Election Day," "Vote Her In," and the guided journal "Make HerStory Your Story." She talks with host Amy Guth about how challenging conventional thinking about our work, our legacies and what matters to us can change the world. 

Links:
https://rebeccasive.com
https://twitter.com/RebeccaSive
https://www.instagram.com/rebeccasiveformakeherstory
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-sive-2597b78
https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.sive

Episode 9: Rebecca Sive

Entrepreneur Erica Bethe Levin wants the make better global citizens, and she's doing that through her company, GloBowl, which makes organic food for babies and toddlers to expand their palates to a world of flavors and cultures early. In this episode, she talks with host Amy Guth about her business, the universal themes shared through food, her unconventional road to entrepreneurship, being a female founder, narratives put on women (especially mothers) and more.

Links:
https://theglobowl.com
https://www.instagram.com/theglobowl
https://www.linkedin.com/in/erica-bethe

Episode 10: Erica Bethe Levin

Leader in visual thinking Brandy Agerbeck demystifies drawing to help people use it as their best thinking tool, shush their inner critic, and address overwhelm. In this episode, she talks with host Amy Guth about her work, her 25-year career as a graphic facilitator, how we think, how we learn, the drawing plays in iterative thinking, and how index cards can change our lives. 

Links:
https://www.loosetooth.com
https://twitter.com/loosetooth
https://www.instagram.com/loosetoothcom
https://www.instagram.com/_visual_thinking_
https://www.facebook.com/loosetoothcom

Episode 11: Brandy Agerbeck

Why with the phrase "labor shortage" is problematic, living seasonally, the David Bowie documentary "Moonage Daydream," the David Beckham documentary, the show "Obituary" and more.

Words shape narratives which shape history | Words Matter with Amy Guth

In this episode, host Amy Guth has an epiphany about how to nourish our creativity after she saw a scrap of paper at the Grammy Museum bearing an early version of lyrics to the song "Humpty Dance."

What Became Humpty Dance | Words Matter with Amy Guth

In this episode, host Amy Guth talks about the socialized idea of each of us only being one thing and argues that some of the great minds are multi-hyphenates.

Being More Than One Thing | Words Matter with Amy Guth

Film producer, writer/screenwriter and broadcaster Amy Guth challenges dominant narratives in pop culture, news and the arts.

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