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Committed to empathic engagement, For a Living explores working lives. I am humbled by the support of my listeners and grateful to my guests, who have been vulnerable, reflective, and insightful.

For a Living Daniel Lazar

    • Society & Culture
    • 5.0 • 42 Ratings

Committed to empathic engagement, For a Living explores working lives. I am humbled by the support of my listeners and grateful to my guests, who have been vulnerable, reflective, and insightful.

    Karen Waples Shares Stories of the World

    Karen Waples Shares Stories of the World

    Karen Waples is an educator, an AP Consultant, and a textbook author. We discuss her new textbook, Comparative Government and Politics: Stories of the World.
    Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon.

    Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur. 
    All my other projects are over here. 
    Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail. 
    Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people. 
    Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License.Thanks to Liv Hunt for the logo design. 
    Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening!


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    • 58 min
    Eric Pan Speaks in the Old Way

    Eric Pan Speaks in the Old Way

    Eric Pan is a composer, pianist, and storyteller. 

    Here is Eric's website. Follow his riveting Insta account @pandelic. 
    Explore his music on Spotify, Soundcloud, on YouTube,  or wherever you stream. We listened to Twilight Far and Oak Island. I dig Turtle on the Moon. 
    Take journeys with him on his Substack. 
    Eric urges you to read The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World and Effortless Mastery. 
    Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon.

    Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur. 
    All my other projects are over here. 
    Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail. 
    Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people. 
    Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. Thanks to Liv Hunt for the logo design. 
    Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening!


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    • 1 hr 40 min
    Each Petal a Portal (A Composition for Eric Pan)

    Each Petal a Portal (A Composition for Eric Pan)

    Each Petal a Portal is a four-part composition arranged and performed by Daniel Lazar and Brian Trahan. The lyrics are selected from various poems by Joshua Weiner.
    I. Beneath the Dogwood’s White ExplosionII. No Essential Mysteries III. The Hand Holds Tight the LineIV. No Hand, No Hold
    The composition was recorded at Funkhaus studios in Berlin and produced by Bran Trahan.
    Brian and Joshua were both on Season 7 of For a Living. Here is my conversation with Brian and here with Joshua.  


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    • 20 min
    The Life-Affirming Work of Funeral Director, David Jacobson

    The Life-Affirming Work of Funeral Director, David Jacobson

    Committed to compassion and community, David Jacobson is the founder of Chicago Jewish Funerals. He cares for the deceased and comforts the mourners. 

    Learn more about David's work at Chicago Jewish Funerals and feel free to further explore Jewish funeral traditions, such as Shiva. 
    David briefly mentioned a charity he founded to bury indigent people. 
    David wisely urges us all have mentors and to be mentors. It's never too late! 
    Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon.

    Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur. 
    All my other projects are over here. 
    Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail. 
    Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people
    Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 
    Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening!


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    • 1 hr 19 min
    Gear Up! Mike Lewin & Co. Attack Time

    Gear Up! Mike Lewin & Co. Attack Time

    Mike Lewin is the owner and crew chief at Professional Awesome Racing.
    Check out the Professional Awesome team here. Need more Lewin? Listen to Hypercritical, the PA podcast. Here is their car screaming at Buttonwillow. Here is Mike demonstrating the splitter support rods he discussed in our podcast conversation. 
    Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon.

    Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur. 
    All my other projects are over here. 
    Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail. 
    Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people
    Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 
    Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening!


    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    • 1 hr 41 min
    Found in Translation with Patrick Baker

    Found in Translation with Patrick Baker

    Dr. Patrick Baker is a translator, subtitler, and language consultant.
    Learn more about Patrick on his website. Perhaps peruse his robust academic CV. 
    Per our conversation, Patrick invites you to explore:

    J.S. Bach's Art of the Fugue. 
    The compelling art of his brilliant wife, Katrin Grote-Baker. 
    The translation work of his distinguished neighbors, Heather Kimber and Nathan Fritz. 

    William Weaver, who is Patrick's North Star for translation. If you're reading Humberto Eco in English, you're also reading Weaver. 

    Hobbes' translation of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War. 

    Der Morgen der Welt: Geschichte der Renaissance by Bernd Roeck. Or, maybe better yet, wait for the forthcoming English translation!

    All for Nothing by Walter Kempowski, who died on the same day and at the same hospital where Patrick's daughter was born. One day Patrick might translate this. 
    Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon.

    Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur. 
    All my other projects are over here. 
    Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail. 
    Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people
    Special thanks to Liv Hunt for our logo design.  Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 
    Please take good care of yourself. Thank you for listening!


    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    • 2 hr 3 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
42 Ratings

42 Ratings

So peachy ,

Love the guests!

Very entertaining and eye opening learning about unique careers and the paths leading to them.

Shanti Chu ,

Thought-provoking and authentic

I really enjoy the interviews, fun/authentic conversations that the host has with his guests, and how there is such a wide variety of guests. I find myself thinking about things that I usually don’t think about because of how he has guests from vastly different career fields.

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You’ll love these stories

Daniel is an excellent story teller. His interviews are organic and allow a flow that is uncommon in any form of media. His guests are clearly passionate and I find myself seeing people very differently - with greater reverence - than I did before. In short, Studs will help you grow and connect while being very entertaining. It’s worth clicking subscribe!

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