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Eager to Know is a weekly podcast hosted by Vermont artist Ricky McEachern that engages creative leaning people about their journey and path forward. It is inspired by the idea that the creative aspects of our minds can shift outcomes in exciting ways. Guests include artists as well as others in life roles not traditionally considered creative.
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Nov 4, 2021
Nov 4, 2021
19 min
Ted Sollinger otterartstudio.com is a graphic designer and artist based in Chicago. Much of his work is figurative, with wood being one of his favorite substrates. We spoke about getting more people enjoying and creating art.
Nov 1, 2021
Nov 1, 2021
25 min
Meridith Gundei is a director, actor, and educator with a strong background in improv. In this episode of Eager To Know, she explains what this theatrical technique is, and reveals how it can be helpful for regular, people for lots of surprising reasons.
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Oct 25, 2021
Oct 25, 2021
26 min
George Klauba is a Chicago-based fine artist born in 1938 on the city's southwest side. His artwork is highly influenced by tattoos. Tattoos, he says, are strongly part of him, and strongly part in him. The subject matter of his paintings includes Maritime themes, native Americas themes, and of course, tattoos.
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Oct 18, 2021
Oct 18, 2021
21 min
This episode’s guest is an artist, tattoo artist, and owner of a tattoo shop in Nashville TN, Adventure Tattoo. Chad grew up in the Midwest of the United States, He left school and home as a teenager and started to make his way out in the world pretty young. My conversation with him was really great and he shared some lessons he has learned along the way that I think we can all learn from.
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Oct 11, 2021
Oct 11, 2021
25 min
Chef Zachary Shine takes the comfort of east coast Italian food, adds a fine-dining flair, and offers it to the mountain community of Longmont, CO. We speak about his journey, challenges he has faced, and current creative experience.
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Oct 4, 2021
Oct 4, 2021
22 min
Born and raised in Blacksburg, Virginia poet Frederick Speers has studied, lived, and worked around the world, including Washington D.C., Boston, Amsterdam, New York City, and the Bay Area. He currently lives, works, and hikes outside Denver, Colorado with his husband Chase, a data scientist, and their three dogs.
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Learn more about Fredrick and his poetry at: www.frederickspeers.com
Purchase Frederick's poetry paperback: So Far Afield
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Sep 27, 2021
Sep 27, 2021
11 min
Fall 2021 update from Eager To Know producer and host Ricky McEachern. Some new improvements are coming ahead, so just a heads-up on where things are headed with E2K!
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Sep 6, 2021
Sep 6, 2021
29 min
If you are familiar with the bestselling novel, The Time Travelers Wife, then you are familiar with this episode’s guest. Artist and author Audrey Niffenegger has a perspective on our creative selves, practices, and minds; all of the things Eager To Know listeners love to hear about.
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Aug 23, 2021
Aug 23, 2021
31 min
Author Carmelo Esterrich joins Ricky to discuss his new book Star Wars Multiverse.
You can purchase Star Wars Multiverse at: www.rutgersuniversitypress.org
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Aug 9, 2021
Aug 9, 2021
31 min
Roy Grant is a life coach who lives in Milwaukee WI. His honesty about his past experiences is great and his views on healing and the value of life are really inspiring, This episode has some gems, lots of them, and they are the sparkly ones that people will find valuable and beautiful.
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Music Credit: Buddha Nature by Gotama