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Social Musings by Austin Austin Rosenthal
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- Gesellschaft und Kultur
SOCIAL MUSINGS BY AUSTIN
Austin Rosenthal rapidly achieved success during his financial services career, first working on Wall Street as an investment banker, then helping to redesign European retirement systems alongside a Nobel Prize-winning economist while living overseas in London.
After a life-changing experience forced him to re-evaluate his priorities in life, Austin renounced his high-paying profession to devote his energies to analyzing the social constructs of modern society. His crowd-pleasing, research-driven dialectics cover topics ranging widely from current events and social media trends to the metaphysical meaning of life, and his creative nonfiction blends the best of popular culture, economics, and philosophy.
Delivered from global hotspot Austin, Texas, Social Musings by Austin is designed not only to titillate the listener, but also to provide spiritual exercises in critical thinking and social awareness.
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Trey's Tale - A New Work of Original Fiction by Austin from Austin
In a special holiday episode, Austin performs his newest original fiction short story, "Trey's Tale."
"Trey's Tale" features a disgruntled delivery robot who embarks on a journey in pursuit of happiness with an unlikely group of friends in this saga of life, career and redemption.
I hope you enjoy the story - as many others have - and I wish you Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year. -
Inside the Creator Studio: Shermay U. of Artistic Hustlers
Being a Creator in the Digital Economy can be challenging. So I decided to launch a a new Social Musings by Austin podcast series. It's called the "Inside the Creator Studio" series and is devoted to interviews covering real-life topics with musicians, fashionistas and influencers.
My first guest is my long-term creative partner, Shermay U., who has experienced the highs and lows of the music and fashion business, and she talks about it on this month's episode.
Hope you enjoy. -
The Case of the Crypto Criminal
In honor of Halloween this month, I wrote a brand new original thriller story for the Social Musings by Austin podcast and website.
The story is called "The Case of the Crypto Criminal," and is set in the Texas Hill Country in Castell, Texas.
The story begins with a man named John “Jock” Messerschmidt, who is a fugitive on the run, and the terrifying ending includes a double homicide on Halloween night.
Listen - IF YOU DARE!
I wrote most of this story while visiting Castell on several occasions, and I hope that you go to visit some of the locations I feature in my thriller.
To read "The Case of the Crypto Criminal" with visuals, visit the Social Musings by Austin website at www.socialmusingsbyaustin.com -
My Interview with Sojourner Truth
Looking for some inspiration? In my Season Two Premiere of the Social Musings by Austin podcast, I interview American icon Sojourner Truth in the latest installment of my Interviews with Dead People series from the Social Musings by Austin website.
How much progress have we made in modern society?
In order to study this question further, I like to research the views of famous activists, philosophers and dignitaries from history and imagine if these icons lived in modern times.
For this installment of my Interviews with Dead People series, I chose Sojourner Truth, enshrined in the National Women's Hall of Fame, not only because of her powerful message, but also because I admire her middle age reinvention into a social rights activist.
Her words and actions are definitely worth revisiting, and they inspired me greatly.
Similar to my interviews with other deceased dignitaries, (see the Interviews with Dead People collection on the Social Musings by Austin website), I am using Ms. Truth’s actual words in quotations, taken from her famous speech at the 1851 Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio and from the book “Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol” by Nell Irvin Painter. -
The Concert That Changed My Life (Special SXSW Episode)
This is the special South by Southwest 2022 edition of the Social Musings by Austin podcast, and you know it has to be about music. This month I discuss why music has tangible benefits to one's mental health, and I recount the experience of the concert that changed my life forever.
This special SXSW episode also includes the live demo version of my new single "Mainframe."
Enjoy.