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The Art of Asking Everything

Written by: Amanda Palmer
  • Summary

  • Amanda Palmer is a rock star, best-selling author, TED speaker and community leader who does everything on her own terms simply by asking. Now, she turns the tables on her colleagues and heroes to find out how they create art, love difficult people, work for change, and survive the worst moments of their lives. From porn stars to empathy researchers, and cartoonists to climate scientists, no topic is out of bounds.
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Episodes
  • Susan Cain: Longing for The Beautiful World
    Aug 10 2022

    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

    Buy her books at https://SusanCain.net

    And watch her TED Talks at https://www.ted.com/speakers/susan_cain

    Follow Susan on Twitter @SusanCain

    Listen to Susan’s latest TED Talk on TED Talks Daily with Elise Hu

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ted-talks-daily/id160904630

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Highlights of The First Season or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Podcast
    Apr 21 2021

    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

    Get all our Team AFP book recommendations:
    https://www.patreon.com/posts/47078444  

    Watch the Crowdcasts:
    https://www.crowdcast.io/afp

    #FreePussyRiot: https://youtu.be/ZUiU8QamHi0

    Please fill out our listener survey:
    https://forms.gle/vaXtDVctgYYwFMi68

    And check out the merch sale:
    http://linktr.ee/AFPxDolls  

    Support my guests on Patreon:

    Storm Large

    https://www.patreon.com/stormlarge

    Madison Young 

    https://www.patreon.com/MadisonYoung

    Pussy Riot 

    https://www.patreon.com/pussyriot

    KT Tunstall 

    https://www.patreon.com/KTTunstall

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    amandapalmer.net/podcast

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Sherry Turkle: Is Technology Killing Our Hearts?
    Apr 14 2021

    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/

    Watch her TED Talk, “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

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    Exclusive content is available to Patrons only.

    Go to Patreon.
    Become a member.
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    Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcast

    Amanda Palmer and Dresden Dolls merch sale on now! https://linktr.ee/AFPxDolls

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    1 hr and 17 mins

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