Episodes

Author and Ethnomusicologist DANIEL ATKINSON joins us for a look at his new book The Rediscovery of George "Nash" Walker: The Price of Black Stardom in Jim Crow America The book takes a deep look at the heroic and tragic life of actor, businessman, dancer, singer, producer GEORGE "NASH" WALKER, who, in the beginning of the 20th century, helped pave the way for just about every Black entertainer you love. Walker, his partner Williams, and his incredible wife Aida Overton Walker were literally ho...

HANGS UP HIS HARNESS, PICKS UP A PEN. Screenshot Cory Richards’ new book is “The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within”. And, for real, it’s a helluva read. But before he could write such a powerful work, the man had to have some experiences. In episode #109 of Nice Work, Cory shares his personal struggles with bipolar disorder and how it has impacted, well, just about everything he’s done, touched, loved, and undertaken. Cory shares hard-won insights into the complexities o...

HEART TRANSPLANT TO HOLLYWOOD // ALTERNATE TITLE THIS IS ONE TOUGH SUPERHUMAN ALTERNATE TITLE // JON LURIE WANTS YOU TO THINK BIGGER, LIVE BOLDER, AND EMBRACE ALL SORTS OF WILD AND WONDERFUL POSSIBLE REALITIES Screenshot Writer, journalist, adventurer JON LURIE is our guest today and we know you’ll love him. We talk about his heart transplant, his old book, his new book, his movie, Minnesota rock and roll, Markus Hoeckner, astral traveling, Lakotas, Dakotas, Clyde Bellecourt, Greg Norton, Joe ...

HOW HUMANOIDS WILL SAVE HUMANITY Former top Apple executive SANDRA ŠOŠKIÇ is the founder of humanoid labs. Her personal motto “go bold or go home” has defined her life, loves, failures, and successes. Listen in for a great founder/entrepreneur story as we jump into what, exactly, humanoid is…and how Sandra and her team are working to create an entirely new and innovative segment, one that embraces a new generation’s evolution away from comfortable (and toxic) conformity. Sandra makes a convinci...

OUR KIDS DESERVE A TRUSTED SPACE LORI WOODLEY is the founder of ALL IT TAKES, a non-profit that equips youth and educators with essential emotional intelligence skills to successfully navigate their lives and support their communities. Working alongside JUSTINE FISCHER (Outreach & Engagement Manager) and the rest of her team, they teach young people at critical life stages to practice empathy, compassion, initiative, responsibility, and purpose in order to create sustainable, positive outcomes....

GOD’S FAVORITE COMIC BOOK CREATOR Mark Russell is an author, cartoonist, comic book writer and all-around hyper-intelligent human who gives a damn. He weaves his poignant social commentary not only into entirely new universes, but also into some of your favorite characters, from The Flintstone and Snagglepuss to Superman, Jesus Christ…and a bunch of others. But hey you can just read all about Mark on Wikipedia. You’re here to listen, not read, so click the link below and listen to Mark’s melodi...

VIB3 MACHINE: UNITING HUMANITY THROUGH COMMUNITY INTELLIGENCE Logan Grimé, creator of VIB3 Machine and cofounder of Midi Matilda, discusses his idea of using music to unify humanity. He believes that songs, and specifically melodies, connect people like nothing else in the universe. To create more timeless songs and build a community around people excited about the same idea, Grimé has been sharing the process of writing songs publicly and even plans to open-source the production of those songs...

TALK ABOUT A.I. BY TALKING TO A.I. (ABOUT BUILDING A NICER WORLD) Here it is: The world’s first podcast interview with Google’s whip-smart BARD ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. Just like with any other guest on our show, we reached out to ask if the guest had interest in appearing on Nice Work! BARD got back to us immediately with a resounding YES! And so, with very little scheduling difficulties or pre-show banter, we had a great conversation with an impeccably polite, if a bit verbose and repetitive ...

BUILDING THE UNDER8TED MOVEMENT We welcome the impossibly talented and magnetic Brandon M. Weber, founder of the Under8ted movement and the community program Mind of Creatives. Brandon is a theatre and film artist who is dedicated to making works that break down the stereotypes within the ethnic diaspora. Brandon is also a gem, a joy, and one of the very, very rare things that our world needs most of all: A leader…and one with heart and with vision. SUPER NICE ITEMS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE >...

Mattie Conaghan Has Racked Up 112,000,000 Views Without Doing Cocaine Bear Okay, we said we’d be done at 100 episodes. What we meant was that Season #1 would be done. Now it’s Season #2 and this is the first episode. Things will be very different in Season 2, kind of like how in that one season of The Office they changed offices and stuff. Or did they? Dunno, as we haven’t seen a single episode of that show. Or Seinfeld. Or Friends. Or Everybody Loves Raymond. And haven’t seen Titanic. And can’...

THE UNKNOWN GUEST AKA SAVING THE BEST (& WORST) FOR LAST Yep, this is it. Or at least we thought it might be. We planned for 100 episodes, we committed to 100 episodes, and we’ve cut 100 damned good episodes. Well, at least 8 of them were damned good….the rest ran the gamut from terrible to passably decent. But every single one featured a fantastic guest well worth your attention. So what’s next? Dunno. SOMETHING, that’s for sure. Probably salons. Time to get people connected in the real world...

Amelia, Ryan & Tod Offend 96% of Humanity + a great meet cute story AMELIA BOONE. RYAN VAN DUZER. You know who they are. If you don’t, you won’t learn that much about them in this episode, because we don’t really talk about the things that they’ve worked so darned hard to be known (at least partially) for. Instead, this episode is more about two super nice people who have come together in a great way (via this podcast…taking full credit here) to complement one another seamlessly and add even mo...

ON GROWING B/OLDER, WISER & MORE PASSIONATE THAN EVER CRAIG SWEENEY. He’s done the corporate thing. He’s built successful businesses. He grew up in an era where 50-year-olds were looked at like half-dead zombies whose greatest daily achievements were getting that much closer to a senior discount at the movie theater. But it’s 2022 and 50-somethings are kicking ass in every facet of society, refusing to go quietly into the night. Craig realized there’s a need for a community that emboldens Gen X...

Loose Buttons indie-rock band who would prefer Vladimir Putin fucks right off and dies talk about rock, hockey and Ukraine.

How CADDIS went from a brand to movement and became a platform welcoming Gen-X (and everyone else) to “The New Age.”

How CADDIS went from a brand to movement and became a platform welcoming Gen-X (and everyone else) to “The New Age.”

Kansas City musician AY Young and his Project 17 aim to save the world through song. 17 Songs, to be exact, with 17 of the world's biggest artists.

Richard Vevers and his OCEAN Agency are doing super nice work to save the world's oceans.

How CADDIS went from a brand to movement and became a platform welcoming Gen-X (and everyone else) to “The New Age.”

Brooklyn indie-pop-slash-dance musician-slash-artist and performer Ariana and the Rose graces Nice Work! this week.

Drummer Jay Lane has kept the beat for the likes of Dead & Company, Rat Dog, Wolf Bros, Furthur, The Uptones and a bunch of Les Claypool's projects like Primus, Sausage, and Frog Brigade. Is he the Pete Best of Primus? We’re going to find out.

Clairvoyant Monica Canfield-Lenfest walks us through the steps, methodology and six principles it takes to become a more curious person.

Joey Santore calls himself, among other things, “a mildly irreverent botanist with no credentials and no filter” and that's a pretty apt description.

Mile Francis, a hyper-talented Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter, activist, video collagist and flatbed-track riding performance artist, talks about it all this week. Their career is right at that commencing-countdown-engines-on phase. So buckle up for Nice Work! with Miles Francis.