Cool People Doing Cool Shit Seth Thompson

Chuck Marshall of Life In Michigan joins Seth to talk about beer, music, guitars, living a fulfilled life, and what it's like to work with your spouse every day.

Find Chuck at https://lifeinmichigan.com/

Seth talks with Sarah Sun about her life path including working with Heartside Ministry in Grand Rapids, MI, homelessness, her path(s) to becoming a tattoo artist and a death worker

He's a mastering engineer, he's in the sludgy punk band Bronson Arm, he makes boutique effects pedals...Blake Bickel is pretty much always doing something musical. In this episode, Seth and Blake get super nerdy and talk about all those things, blowing out your ears playing shows (or not), why Seth's mixes always sound like crap in the car, and doing things just because you love doing it.

Find Blake online:

Emerald Circuits pedals: https://emeraldcircuits.bigcartel.com/

Mastering: https://dynamicsoundservice.com/

Bronson Arm: https://bronsonarm.bandcamp.com/album/tosser

Instagram:

@bronson_arm_noise

@dynamicsoundservice_mastering

@emeraldcircuits

Seth talks with Peter Quakenbush of the West Michigan Burial Forest and Preserve about the proposed green cemetery. They discuss the site itself (which will also be a nature preserve), forest baths, and what is green burial anyway?

Find out more about the West Michigan Burial Forest and Preserve at https://www.miburial.com/

Seth talks with Dr. Brandon Yuenger, certified physical therapist, about integrating physical and metaphysical modalities to help people find relief from problems that have been difficult to solve and to help them understand why and how they can feel better.

They discuss how physical pain is often the surface symptom of mental or spiritual issues that need addressing, and Seth talks for a minute about his experience with microdosing psylocybin

Find Dr. Yuenger at https://www.stepforwardwellness.org/

Seth welcomes David Fink, former owner of the Acorn Theatre in Three Oaks, MI. They talk about creating a vibrant theatre in an old factory in a small rural town, being a gay man who lived through the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, having a partner who is battling substance abuse, and the many things (there are a lot) that David is doing currently. Things like facilitating the Story Archive, "a digital quilt of community memories and experiences" for the AIDS Garden in downtown Chicago, being the talent scout and producer for OUTspoken, a LGBTQ+ storytelling series, playing an instrumental role is Season Of Concern, an emergency fund for the Chicago theatre community, and touring the world with Surabhi Ensemble, whose mission is to demonstrate the connections between cultures and to teach a positive message of togetherness in creating, performing, and demonstrating new works of music and dance.

And David wasn't sure he was "cool" enough to be on the show.



https://www.aidsgardenchicago.org/quilt



https://seasonofconcern.org/



https://www.surabhiensemble.org/



https://www.sidetrackchicago.com/outspokenchicago/