Best Spoleto Podcasts (2025)

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Special Holiday Re-release: How Can We All Just Get Along? With Dr. Jeff Myers 56:15

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This goes out to you if mending a relationship has been on your mind lately. It is for many of us. Re-releasing this episode is my small gift to you, in hopes you feel inspired to reconnect or reengage with someone you love this holiday season. Maybe for you, that’s family. And Dr. Jeff is exactly that. He’s my oldest brother, a prolific author, a …

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Season 2 Wrap-Up: Nuggets from the Cutting Room Floor 43:35

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Not every recorded moment makes it into the podcast. Sometimes really poignant, personal, or humorous nuggets get left on the cutting room floor. My team and I – to wrap up our second season – selected four of our favorites to include in this special episode. Chew on clips from Chip Conley, Amy Gallo, and my brother, Jeff Myers, and then let us kno…

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Renate Rohlfing | From Spoleto: Music, Memory, Creativity, & Connection 44:31

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If you’ve ever wondered how the arts can catalyze authentic connections among people and communities, this episode is a must-listen. Complete with empowering real-world examples of music being used as a vital building material, hear from music psychotherapist Renate Rohlfing on why your memory is so entwined with your creativity – regardless of you…

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Noah Zandan on How We Can Use AI to Increase Connection, Build Relationships, & Augment Creativity 51:59

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If you’ve been tuned in lately – to the news, to social media, to this podcast – you’ve undoubtedly heard about the much-hyped advances in AI (artificial intelligence). I bet you have questions, fears, or reservations about where AI is headed and what that means for our humanity – and our children’s future. Noah is here to clue us in on what’s goin…

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Chip Conley on How to Cultivate Your Wisdom, Learn to Love Midlife, and Have Empowered Relationships Across Generations 53:44

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Whether you're 28, 88, or somewhere in the middle, wouldn't you love it if your life came with operating instructions for aging? With great optimism and a generous sense of respect, Chip Conley (CEO and Co-Founder of Modern Elder Academy) lays out what's long been misunderstood about our 40s, 50s, and 60s and reasons why your life can get better wi…

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Recorded Live in Partnership with Austin Opera: Conductor Cues, "The Pearl Fishers" 53:43

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This week is a departure. I invite you to join me: let’s use art as a catalyst for critical conversations. Dig into topics of inclusion, cultural appropriation, historical practice, and artistic collaboration with me and my special guests, centering around a 400-year-old art form: OPERA. Recorded in front of a live audience, this conversation was t…

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Amy Gallo on How to Get Along With Colleagues, Loved Ones, & "Difficult People" 48:31

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If you've ever felt stuck navigating a problematic relationship, this is the episode for you. Amy Gallo – author of Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People) – offers clear tactics to help you define and discern how to best refresh your approach with others, and reminds you it's ok to "fight with someone you love." Why? Listen …

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Ann Le Cam on Shifting Culture, the Superpower of Listening, Falling in Love with the Problem, and Building a Braintrust 59:47

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How do you lead creatives? And how do you create the right amount of abrasion to catalyze innovation without burning anyone out? Learn how to positively affect change with former Disney/Pixar and Wētā FX Executive Ann Le Cam, who built her career on innovative strategic thinking and transformational leadership. Ann Le Cam is currently an Executive …

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Seth Godin on Doing Work That Matters, Music & Magic, Impacting Climate Change, the Future of AI, and more. 38:20

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Overwhelmed by the current state of our world? Paradigm-busting bestselling author & entrepreneur Seth Godin offers you reasons to be curiously optimistic in this sweeping, super-relevant conversation. Bonus: listen to the end for his unexpected pitch for a Murder Mystery podcast! For more than 30 years, Seth Godin (sethgodin.com) has "been trying …

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Dr. Jeff Myers | How Can We All Just Get Along? 56:15

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In order to solve the world's stickiest problems, we have to change the way we listen at the interpersonal level – starting with those closest to us. Maybe for you, that's family. And Dr. Jeff is exactly that. He's my oldest brother, a prolific author, deeply respected speaker and leader, and a recent cancer survivor. Though our worldviews are ofte…

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Michael Norton | The Whole Body Yes 1:01:05

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When you listen, is it to affirm your own beliefs of who you THINK you are? In our Season Two premiere, dive back into your listening journey with our guest, Enneagram expert Michael Norton of the Conscious Leadership Group. Consider this episode an hour-long primer in your search for personal authenticity. We'll explore radical acceptance and auth…

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Listening On Purpose Season 2 Trailer 1:22

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Our exploration of the central question – "What would the world look like with more listening?" – continues in an expanded Season Two, as we seek answers from a slate of thought-provoking guests who challenge us to change the way we listen. New episodes every other Tuesday.By Timothy Myers

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Season 1 Bonus Episode: Mena Mark Hanna | Art Is the Antidote to the Echo Chamber 1:00:23

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Eavesdrop in the very best way possible as Tim and close friend Dr. Mena Mark Hanna – who heads the exceptional Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, SC – press record on one of their epic conversations. This time, they meet in the Spoleto Festival Hall lobby. Pull up a chair! By the end, you'll be able to answer: 1. what Post-It quote Tim has stuck …

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Julia Mossbridge, Part 2 | The Ingredient We're Missing Is Love 26:45

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If you never thought a conversation about artificial intelligence would turn into one about unconditional love, I think you’ll find this episode especially inspiring. Hear fascinating stories from ground-breaking scientist, author, and speaker Julia Mossbridge about how we as humans have to make the decision to use technology for good, and how solv…

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Julia Mossbridge, Part 1 | The Ear Can Go Where the Eye Cannot 29:16

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Julia Mossbridge is a scientist, author, and speaker on the University of San Diego faculty, and founder of the Mossbridge Institute and TILT, The Institute for Love and Time. Her fascinating projects surround artificial intelligence (or AI, which is a particular interest of mine), unconditional love, time travel, a robot named Sophia, and much mor…

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Justin Zorn & Leigh Marz | Is Silence Really Golden? 50:14

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How do you define silence? What do you consider noise? And how are the two connected to a sense of well-being and finding that elusive state of "flow?' Coming off the blockbuster release of their exploratory book "Golden," Justin Zorn and Leigh Marz join Tim for a pathbreaking conversation that includes an invitation to experience a transformationa…

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Michael Jasny | The Ocean Is a World of Sound 47:44

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Did you know that a sound made underwater in the Indian Ocean can be heard off the coast of Oregon, some 17,000 miles away? Truly dive deep as my guest Michael Jasny from the National Resources Defense Council Marine Mammal Protection Project connects us to the world of ocean noise and how human actions can create sonic “smog” for the creatures who…

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China Blue | I Wonder What It Sounds Like: Listening for the Unheard 44:28

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Ever wonder what the Eiffel Tower sounds like? What about the rings of Saturn? Hear both (yes, you read that right) in this week's whimsical episode of Listening on Purpose, a quenching listen for your creative side. Investigate sounds both heard and unheard in our world and beyond with our guest, multi-disciplinary artist China Blue, whose seminal…

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Mark Hunter | Lead by Listening 43:33

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If 7% of communication is actually in the words being spoken, what makes up the remaining 93%? Join as Tim and his guest, master leadership coach Mark Hunter, explore how effective leaders actively listen behind the words being said. Recognize what someone really needs – what’s left unsaid – and learn how to eliminate what might be in your way as a…

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Julian Treasure | Conscious Listening to Create Understanding 42:34

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Julian Treasure is an international speaker whose top-rated TED talks focus on sound and communication skills. It's no surprise he knows a lot about listening. In this episode, Tim and Julian explore conscious listening, the ways we all listen differently, and how listening supports democracy.By Timothy Myers

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Dr. Nina Kraus | Sound Connects Us 42:17

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Dr. Nina Kraus is a scientist and inventor, professor of neurobiology at Northwestern University, and director of the auditory neuroscience laboratory BrainVolts. Join Tim on his premiere exploration of sound and listening. As Dr. Kraus says, "If I had to boil it down to one thing; sound connects us.” Find out more about Brainvolts Order a copy of …

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Listening On Purpose Trailer 1:31

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Timothy Myers, conductor and creator, shares the inspiration for his exploration into listening and some of the questions he takes on in Season 1.By Timothy Myers

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Episode #3: Atom Egoyan on Feng Yi Ting 26:39

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Our full, 20-minute interview with Atom Egoyan about the new opera Feng Yi Ting.By The Post and Courier

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Episode #2: Premieres, Kid-Friendly Fare, and Making Up The Truth 18:41

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In this episode, Johanna Keller talks about upcoming Spoleto premieres, Post and Courier arts writer Bill Thompson discusses "Making Up The Truth" and "Hay Fever," and Mary Gibble stops by to recommend good events for children. Plus, Andrew and Frank give some brief thoughts on things they've seen.0:24 - Intro0:53 - Johanna Keller on upcoming premi…

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Episode #2c: Mary Gibble on Kid-Friendly Events 4:01

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Mary Gibble talks about her new column, which recommends daily events that are good for families with children.By The Post and Courier

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Episode #2b: Bill Thompson on Making Up The Truth, Hay Fever 6:37

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The Post and Courier’s Bill Thompson discusses Jack Hitt’s Making Up The Truth and the Gate Theatre’s production of Hay Fever.By The Post and Courier

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Episode #2a: Johanna Keller on Premieres 1:54

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Johanna Keller discusses some of the big premieres happening at Spoleto this year.By The Post and Courier

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Episode #1: Let's Get This Party Started! 21:21

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Welcome to the Spoleto Spotlight podcast, an audio show devoted to bringing you exclusive news, interviews and reviews from Spoleto! In this pilot episode, hosts Andrew and Frank introduce themselves and give basic information about the program. They then talk with three staff members from the Post and Courier about the changing state of journalism…