Waking from the American Dream

Kelly Carlin
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Waking from the American Dream

With her irreverence, honesty and keen insight, Kelly Carlin is always looking to answer the big questions of life. Whether she’s openly sharing her inner life, or conversing with artists, comedians, and thinkers to discover the truth behind all the white noise, she is just trying to help us all stay a little more sane in the 21st century. While openly wrestling with her own thoughts and feelings about her art, world politics, and spirituality, Kelly, the daughter of George Carlin, remains genuinely curious about how others find meaning and success in their own post-modern American life.

  1. 03/22/2021

    152: Kelly Risks Forward

    This month, Kelly is in conversation with Victoria Labalme, author of Risk Forward, a unique and bold take on what one needs to figure out your next steps on a project, plan or life path. It offers courage, inspiration and whimsical ways past what blocks you.

    53 min

  2. 11/24/2020

    151: Kelly Lands on the Other Side

    Kelly talks about making it through the anxiety, uncertainty and unexpected gifts of the pandemic. And she explores what it's been like to dance with the legacy of her father, and how she has reached a new level of acceptance.

    39 min

  3. 08/29/2020

    150: Kelly Let's Go

    Kelly talks about how to face what the Buddhists call impermanence and letting go. Music is "Headphones" by the Incredible Casuals

    38 min

  4. 07/31/2020

    149: Kelly is Sheltering in Place

    After a 17 month hiatus, Kelly returns with a monologue episode about the pandemic, what sheltering in place is revealing to humanity and what it means to let the 10,000 things name the self. Music is “Work From Home” by Pizza Bees https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=600175907603285

    40 min

  5. 04/27/2019

    148 Kelly Gets Deep, Creatively Speaking

    Kelly is joined by two of the three authors of "Deep Creativity: Seven Ways to Spark Your Creative Spirit," Deborah Anne Quibell and Jennifer Leigh Selig. The conversation explores their unique approach to sparking, feeding and hosting creativity in everyone's life. This is a great conversation for artists, seekers, humans of all shapes. Music by Travis & Shook

    1h 4m

  6. 04/02/2019

    147 Kelly Acts Up

    Kelly is joined by screenwriter, actor and now author, David Dean Bottrell where they discuss the ins and outs, the loves and hates, the ups and downs of choosing a career in the entertainment industry. David's just published book Working Actor: Breaking in, Making a Living, and Making a Life in the Fabulous Trenches of Show Business is a deep, funny, transparent look at not only David's path in the business as a screenwriter and actor, but real nuts and bolts of how to succeed in this crazy, fantastic business. Music by Logan Heftel

    1h 19m

  7. 03/22/2019

    146 Kelly Feels the Paine with Harvey J. Kaye

    Kelly chats with Harvey J. Kaye, American History professor at University of Wisconsin, Green Bay and the Ben & Joyce Rosenberg Professor of Democracy and Justice Studies, about ideas such as justice, liberty and equality and how the current Democratic Party keeps missing the important narrative that Thomas Paine so clearly saw as the true potential of this great democratic experiment. Harvey will become a regular of the podcast to help us sort through the upcoming presidential campaign. Harvey can be found on Twitter @HarveyJKaye, and is author and editor of numerous works, including "The American Radical, Are We Good Citizens?" "Thomas Paine and the Promise of America", and "The Fight For The Four Freedoms: What Made FDR And The Greatest Generation Truly Great".

    1h 5m

  8. 02/13/2019

    145 Octagon Table Discussion - Heroes

    The Octagon Table members Dylan Brody, Rick Overton, Erin Brown and Chris Bonno with Kelly gather to unpack what it means to be a hero. They talk about their own heroes, what traits heroes must have and why we even have them.

    1h 11m
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With her irreverence, honesty and keen insight, Kelly Carlin is always looking to answer the big questions of life. Whether she’s openly sharing her inner life, or conversing with artists, comedians, and thinkers to discover the truth behind all the white noise, she is just trying to help us all stay a little more sane in the 21st century. While openly wrestling with her own thoughts and feelings about her art, world politics, and spirituality, Kelly, the daughter of George Carlin, remains genuinely curious about how others find meaning and success in their own post-modern American life.

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