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 [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4VHmXJkysFpy5IHCWMWapK?si=9b0534a0a76e4f39] Buy her books at https://SusanCain.net [https://susancain.net/] And watch her TED Talks at https://www.ted.com/speakers/susan_cain [https://www.ted.com/speakers/susan_cain] Follow Susan on Twitter @SusanCain [https://twitter.com/susancain?lang=en] Listen to Susan’s latest TED Talk on TED Talks Daily with Elise Hu https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ted-talks-daily/id160904630 [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 [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Rujpb8gyMKxNaAucbYXgQ?si=4SnK2MlsRD2FR6vXRjzBpQ] Get all our Team AFP book recommendations: https://www.patreon.com/posts/47078444 [https://www.patreon.com/posts/47078444] Watch the Crowdcasts: https://www.crowdcast.io/afp [https://www.crowdcast.io/afp] #FreePussyRiot: https://youtu.be/ZUiU8QamHi0 [https://youtu.be/ZUiU8QamHi0] Please fill out our listener survey: https://forms.gle/vaXtDVctgYYwFMi68 [https://forms.gle/vaXtDVctgYYwFMi68] And check out the merch sale: http://linktr.ee/AFPxDolls [http://linktr.ee/AFPxDolls] Support my guests on Patreon: Storm Large https://www.patreon.com/stormlarge [https://www.patreon.com/stormlarge] Madison Young https://www.patreon.com/MadisonYoung [https://www.patreon.com/MadisonYoung] Pussy Riot https://www.patreon.com/pussyriot [https://www.patreon.com/pussyriot] KT Tunstall https://www.patreon.com/KTTunstall [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 [http://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/ [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 [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 [http://bit.ly/3tyqQ4H] ‘Saving Syria’s Children’ documentary https://vimeo.com/140567469 [https://vimeo.com/140567469] TED Talk https://www.ted.com/talks/rola_hallam_the_doctors_nurses_and_aid_workers_rebuilding_syria/up-next [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 [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 [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 [http://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/ [https://clarebowditch.com/] Big Hearted Business: https://www.facebook.com/bigheartedbusiness/ [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 atamandapalmer.net/podcast [http://amandapalmer.net/podcast]