The Good Rascals
The Good Rascals is a podcast about outsiders who care and dare to reimagine the world. Many people feel as though they don't fit in. Some take that feeling and turn it into passion and constructive change. Artists, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, as well as all sorts of outsider people where titles don't quite suit them, are interviewed by host Kevin Del Principe about why they identify as outsiders and how they have turned that energy into changing the world for the better.
Episodes
What intellectual and spiritual posture can support the constructive transformation of ourselves and the world? In this episode, Norman Blair (yoga practitioner and teacher) and Kevin discuss the importance of making informed choices while maintaining a humble nature. Norman and Kevin consider a critical position that must be held to grow—strong convictions alongside an openness to learn more.
Sources and Mentions:
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When the career path seems unclear and sometimes even blocked by gatekeepers, how can creatives find their way to fulfilling lives? In this episode, Clay Stafford (writer, creative, and entrepreneur) discusses the core principles that have guided him. Tune in for Clay’s reflections on how to build community and maximize opportunities for creative success.
Sources and Mentions:
Clay’s website: https://claystafford.com/
Clay’s n...
What emboldens a person to take risks to grow? In this episode, Tony Wijs (owner and lead audio engineer of Immersed Productions) and David Tansey (producer at Immersed Productions) share their ideas on developing creatively and professionally, including the importance of encouragement.
The episode is available here: https://dogheartland.com/thegoodrascals/
*It's also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, an...
What’s best… living life as a wild trip or staying steady? In this episode, author Bronwyn Judde shares how “Adventures with stability are much better […}.” Bronwyn Judde is a writer whose current work centers on romance stories. Bronwyn Judde is a pen name, and Kevin knows Bronwyn as Sarah. In fact, Kevin’s connection to Sarah and her husband Steve goes back around twenty years. Bronwyn/Sarah chats with Kevin about her writing jou...
When things seem bleak, what can you do to make your life better? Kerry Cutrell (mindfulness coach) shares how, with the support of a shaman, she came to understand that “The first thing you have to do is learn how to love yourself.” Kerry chats with Kevin about how meditation has improved her life and how she now helps others through her guided meditation program, Find Your Strength.
Out of fear, many people run away from difficulty, but what if one is afraid of not truly living? Ivy Lewis (writer) talks about a pivotal moment when she decided to run toward a tremendous challenge because she feared having regrets. Check out the episode to learn more about what can be earned from pursuing an extreme personal test. Kevin and Ivy talk about Ivy’s storytelling interests and the basic choices people can make to live...
How can we grow as artists/people in a society that works against our development? Billups Allen (writer, musician, and record store clerk) provides ideas on how we can create spaces where growth is encouraged. For example, Billups talks to Kevin about his micro-screening series based in Memphis called Off the Marquee. Kevin and Billups also chat about Billups’s book 101 Films You Could See Before You Die: A Film Guide for the Dise...
What lessons can we learn from punk rock? John Rash (photographer, filmmaker, editor, and educator) shares some punk rock lessons he’s learned and how they apply to his filmmaking career. John also talks with Kevin about Our Movement Starts Here, his latest documentary film that he co-directed, produced, etc.
Sources/Mentions/Resources/Corrections
Film: Our Movement Starts Here
Podcast episode: Brian Brogan Explains How W...
How can people really heal rather than being caught in a repetitive process of trying to heal? Brian Brogan (poet, artist, and healer) chats with Kevin about how to embark on a spiritual journey. Kevin also shares how he and Brian met over twenty years ago and how Kevin's company Dog Heart Land, under its small press Dog Heart Land Press, recently published Brian's latest poetry book, Tracking the Masked Dawn. Additionally...
What posture can best help people see their tremendous value? Ali Cheff (actor, voiceover actor, and a humanitarian clown) talks to Kevin about how to be present and engage those who are suffering. Ali also talks about their love of telling stories.
What style of thinking leads to more opportunities? Kris Coleman (comedian, AKA Comedian Big Daddy Ice) talks to Kevin about the mentality that's been generating positive results for him in his personal life and professionally. Kris chats about "pushing the envelope" in his comedy and how good things happen on "don't want to go nights" when he shows up anyway for a gig. Kris and Kevin also talk about how they met when Kevin was Kri...
What should we do when we see suffering? Suzy Hollenbach (Founder of the non-profit animal rescue organization All 4s Rescue League) chats with Kevin about what she's seeing in the Memphis neighborhoods that need the most support. S...
How can we make sense of the things in life that feel absurd? Murray Warburton (animator, editor, and filmmaker) chats with Kevin about how he's striving to tell an animated story about the war in Ukraine based on his experience being in a relationship with his girlfriend, who is from Ukraine. Murray and Kevin also discuss how difficult situations can lead to personal growth. *Murray's animation about Ukraine is now shifting into a...
Is art required to remind us things that we ought to already know? Rollence Patugan (photographer and college teacher) chats with Kevin about his artistic motivations. Kevin also shares a story about how Rollence gave him one of his photographs during a challenging time in his life.
Sources/Mentions/Resources:
Article - "At War with the Obvious"
Short Story - "The Bully"
The Good Rascals host Kevin Del Principe interviews Megan Murtha (playwright, director, composer, and professor). Megan and Kevin share their experiences growing up in West Seneca, NY and how their hometown had an impact on their artistic practices. Megan explains how she is focusing on cultivating a supportive, community-conscious process in her art as well as alternative ways she can use her art to positively engage with the worl...
The Good Rascals host Kevin Del Principe interviews Kyndle Wylde (musician, singer, & songwriter). Kyndle explains how she learned to listen to her inner voice to tell her own story on her debut EP, Kyndle Wylde. Kyndle and Kevin both share stories from their youth where they felt on the outside of things and how these experiences led them to have greater empathy for others. At the end of the podcast, the audience can listen to a c...
The Good Rascals host Kevin Del Principe interviews his long-standing friend and creative partner Mark Blaszak (entrepreneur, business owner, videographer, cinematographer, storyteller, & co-founder of Uplifter Video). Mark and Kevin chat about how they became friends in high school by playing in a band and how their creative partnership has continued all these years--most recently by working together on the movie Up on the Glass. ...
The Good Rascals host Kevin Del Principe interviews his friend/cousin Matt Chavanne (lighting designer, electrical engineer, musician/drummer for Humble Braggers). Matt and Kevin chat about their upbringing and how they've become closer over the years. Matt describes maintaining a career that is both technical and creative and how there is unity between these concepts that are often inaccurately described as oppositional. He also s...
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