Out Of Curiosity With Kt Mather

In episode 2 of Circle Back (the spin-off of Out of Curiosity with kt mather), Jenn Fiorini and I get back to chatting. We take a deep dive into the FANTASTIC tv show PEN15. Seriously, you gotta watch this show, I haven't laughed this hard in years!

Brooks Ryan (former JV midfielder & musical cowriter) and I chat about making and breaking rules, tech bros, youtube comments, my mistakes as a soccer coach, plus a deep dive into FOUR awesome climbing films: Free Solo, The Dawn Wall, Meru, and Lunag Ri.

Author and publisher, Jill Santopolo and I discuss work / work balance, emotional autobiography, discovering new authors, being an hotel heiress, plus a deep dive into the life & social contributions of the Notorious RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

My neighbor, Guthrie and I talk about the nearly incomprehensible movie Synecdoche, NY. It's an episode of questions--how do you make sense of a narrative, of this narrative, do you like any of these characters, does this movie make you think about death?

Kate Sjostrom and I discuss writing & teaching, Bard Institute for writing & thinking, a gay bar called The Glass Coffin, books as sacred objects, and we ask, Is f*ck a comma? Plus a deep dive into Rebecca Makkai's riveting novel, The Great Believers.

Nicole Valentine & I discuss her debut novel, A Time Traveler's Theory of Relativity, trees with doorknobs, grief, the wage gap, Sally Ride, writing when not writing, & Tom Skerrit's call sign in Top Gun. Plus a meandering dive into Contact and Arrival.

Roy Dean and I talk Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Andrew Yang & unemployed dudes, what’s awesome & offensive about the creation myths in the Bible, and that time I have Roy his high school letters back. Plus a deep dive into Sex at Dawn & Tribe.

[FIXED] Rachel Grigorian & I talk permaculture, prairie chicken & raccoon, commodifying carbon sequestration, getting tricked by woodchucks & hosed by skunks, copper bullets, trade school v college, & a deep dive into Woodswoman, Wilding, & Twain's Feast.

Rachel Grigorian & I talk permaculture, prairie chicken & raccoon, commodifying carbon sequestration, getting outsmarted by woodchucks & hosed by skunks, copper bullets, trade school v college, and a deep dive into Woodswoman, Wilding, and Twain's Feast. 

Episode one of Circle Back, the spin-off from Out of Curiosity with kt mather—where we skip straight to talking about, in this case, a short story. Bill Tanner and I get back to chatting, this time about one of our faves How to Tell a True War Story.

Stefane Victor—friend and former student! We talk about our introductions to Beyonce, our mutual LOVE of The Color Purple, learning from your fears & regrets, and gymnastics. Then, a deep dive into Michelle Obama's wonderful and painful memoir, Becoming.

Brian Tijan and I discuss his many careers, lions, raccoons, loneliness, and my bathroom decor. We take a deep dive into the books Tribe and The Consuming Instinct. One of which makes a ton of sense and one of which reads like a domestic abuse handbook.

This episode, Kekla Magoon! We discuss her path from activist educator to award winning movelist; what stories publishers want from Black authors; how the shape of a story effects its meaning; then deep dive into Roxane Gay’s heartrending memoir, Hunger.

This episode you'll meet my former student Taylor Wallace! We talk tea & cats, blockchain, why the dinos died, how human suffering & evolution intersect, robot overlords, is money speech?, and how AA is like cryptocurrency.

This episode, my former students, the Whalen sisters--you can't tell them apart...We talk about teenage drinking; how comedy, male relationships, and well-timed explosions make Die Hard the great movie it is; and we ask is rage just fear?

This episode is a little different in that we skip the book club and end after Professor Stewart's amazing story about his role in the dangerous and awe-inspiring mission to get supplies inside Wounded Knee.

This week, the smart and funny Jenn Fiorini! We discuss cursing at job interviews, pathological liars for bosses, how if you thought jr. sucked in the 80s, 90s, or 00s, try it now, with social media...We also discuss the very good and anxiety-inducing movie 8th grade.

This week, the delightful Bill Tanner! We discuss sports, aging, shitty jobs, bbqs, coffee roasting, vulnerability, the fate of bananas, the difference between abuse and manipulation in coaching, and one of our fave ice hockey movies, Miracle.

Welcome to Out of Curiosity with kt mather, the podcast where I talk with people who are good at talking! Every week I talk with a guest about how we know each other, what the guest does that's cool, and then we'll take a deep dive into a book or movie.