On this special Memorial Day episode, David discusses service and the person he thinks about most on this holiday: his late grandfather, John Joseph Gardner Sr., a World War II Veteran. David honors his grandfather with a reflection of the man along with his life and service to his country.
David talks with ANCIENT EI8HT Managing Partner, Mike Roberts about his early days of growing up around Detroit basketball royalty, how his Ivy League basketball career at Cornell University opened a door into the sports industry, and why an entrepreneur’s curiosity can provide significant value to large organizations like the NFL and the NBA.
SHOW NOTES:
Buckminster Fuller: bfi.org
ANCIENT EI8HT: ancientei8ht.com
Cornell University: cornell.edu
NBA: nba.com
NFL: nfl.com
NHL: nhl.com
Premier League: premierleague.com
Baloncesto Superior Nacional Puerto Rico: bsnpr.com
David talks to New York City based model, image, and stylist consultant Bernadett Vajda. They discuss how a Facebook post about mindset and achieving goals reconnected them, the personal tragedies they both had to overcome, starting a business during the financial crisis, and how helping others is the key to becoming our best selves. David even asks Bernadett for fashion advice.
SHOW NOTES:
Naropa University: naropa.edu
Allen Ginsberg: allenginsberg.org
A Supermarket in California: youtube.com/watch?v=VTnNQhmuQnU
Kaddish (For Naomi Ginsberg): youtube.com/watch?v=jlKilmEx6po
Bernadett Vajda: bernadett.net
John Travolta
Five Men Who Broke My Heart by Susan Shapiro: amazon.com/Five-Men-Who-Broke-Heart/dp/0385337795
Tony Robbins
Komera: komera.org
Bottomless Closet: bottomlessclosetnyc.org
In this episode, David talks to filmmaker, artist, and author Pirooz Kalayeh about his latest release, Ctr Alt Del, his hyper reality film making process, embracing the mistakes, and how a traumatic incident in a barbershop as a young child lead him to explore his past in his current film project, Sometimes I Dream in Farsi. Plus, David takes a moment to celebrate the life of the late writer, artist, and performer Bobbie Louise Hawkins.
SHOW NOTES:
Nick Cave: nickcave.com
Naropa University: naropa.edu
Ctl Alt Del: piroozkalayeh.info
Zombie Bounty Hunter M.D.:vimeo.com/r/1ZTu/SVo5V1RteH
Brunch On The Fourth of July: vimeo.com/75802645
Joe Swamberg
Brad Warner
Brad Warner’s Hardcore Zen: vimeo.com/r/1DeO/QWtvOTMvcE
Tao Lin
Shoplifting from American Apparel: vimeo.com/r/1DeP/SS44bVZhMV
Sufi Poetry
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Le Mystere Picasso: vimeo.com/236924975
Sam Shepard’s Buried Child
The Human War: vimeo.com/r/1CMB/c1l6OE5FWm
Sometimes I Dream in Farsi: sometimesidreaminfarsi.com
Racism
Bo Lozoff’s Deep & Simple: A Spiritual Path for Modern Times
The Whopper Strategies
Jackson Pollock on mistakes
Bruce Springsteen
Male Aggression vs Dealing with Emotions
Conversations with Nick Cave & Amanda Palmer
Bobbie Louise Hawkins: bobbielouisehawkins.com
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