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Ep. 27 - Gills For Your Ice Skates (feat. Carol Kim)

Carol Kim joins the Up & Up to share the secrets of ice skaters. Like, that there are ice skates with gills. The crew dives into Carol’s work in the shipping sector at Sotheby’s, how much it would cost to ship Josh’s rare multi-million dollar elephant statue, and how Carol sees her independent art life continuing to evolve! Check out all the links below.

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“Victory” by Bond Link Daniel Arsham Instagram

Carol’s website for her art: http://www.kimcarol.com/

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Ep. 26 - VR & AR & The Present Future (feat. Aaron Faucher)

Aaron Faucher, a designer from Chicago, brings his ideas of how we are growing alongside technology. He discusses why he feels augmented reality (AR) is going to be more impactful long-term than virtual reality (VR). He also talks about how he thought as a kid that religious mice controlled our brains, introduces us to Psalty the Singing Psalmbook, and shares a bevy of awesome links to more articles and talks on these futuristic topics: 

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AR - Magic Leap http://www.magicleap.com/#/home https://www.technologyreview.com/s/534971/magic-leap/ Physical Interaction in VR http://living.media.mit.edu/projects/social-virtual-reality/ http://living.media.mit.edu/projects/metaspace-ii/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvgzgfj7MXs

Embodied Cognition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziVoJaYwYNY http://philosophybites.com/2016/03/katherine-morris-on-merleau-ponty-on-the-body.html Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation (GVS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf0E9llkZIU  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanic_vestibular_stimulation http://www.wired.com/2015/09/hacking-inner-ear-vrand-science/ Read more by Aaron on Medium, Tumblr and on the Designation blog. You can and should follow Aaron on twitter, too.

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Ep. 25 - Inside the Monolith (feat. Fiona Condon)

Fiona, who is a programmer for Etsy, educates the guys on the ins and outs of awesome coder jargon and assures them that, no, programmers don’t look down on the non-programming community. They also get into her new radio show on KPISS (a radio station that’s in a Brooklyn shipping container) and how she would carry out murder most foul.  [Download Episode]

~Show Notes & Related Links~ Fiona’s radio show “Human Music” https://www.mixcloud.com/fiono/ Article about Spotify that Fiona mentions: http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/30/9416579/spotify-discover-weekly-online-music-curation-interview Two Fountains of Wayne Songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymzPvpHHto & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNW-7v8oNfI

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Ep. 24 - Having Extremely Loving Laughs (feat. Cynthia Friedman)

Cynthia Friedman weaves Matt & Josh through a gauntlet of awesome conversation topics like american dialects, social justice issues, awesome acronyms, dental dams, and more! Tune in to hear it all in this week’s episode!  [download episode]

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Ep. 23 - Leniency4Sponges

Matt & Josh have a lovely time talking with an intrepid journalist from a major publication whose screen name in high school was Leniency4Sponges. Who is she? You’ll have to listen to the episode to find out! We hear about her path towards journalism, stories about how she used to lull her sister to sleep with readings about the Electoral College, and how Ron Burgundy has inspired her both inside and outside of the journalism world. [Download Episode]

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Ep. 22 - Gesamtkunstwerk (feat. Brian Rady)

Brian Rady, renaissance man, if he can’t Gesamtkunswerk, no one can. Brian Rady is one half of the NYC theater company Rady&Bloom, which he runs with his husband Jeremy. In this episode, Brian tells Matt & Josh about his story and his years so far hustling in New York. We get to hear how environmental issues impact Brian’s creative work, what it’s like preparing for a one-man show, and how tempting it could be to just quit and go live out a rural life. Brian’s most recent large work focused on people off the coast of Maine turning into walruses.  In his words: “I don’t know what the hell I’m doing, but I’m doing stuff.” Visit his company website here. Download Episode

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Ep. 21 - May Grp Smile Upon Thee (feat. Michelle Caley)

Do you let the great Grp above into your life? Grps, or Gross Ratings Points, are the lifeblood of the advertising world, and this week Michelle Caley joins Matt & Josh to share her grp-related wisdom culled from her experience working at Nielsen. The crew also talks about the way that 9-5 jobs fit into a creative life, the successes of the new Star Wars movie, and Stacy.    [Download Episode]

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Ep. 20 - Matt & Josh Talk About Death & Pokemon

It’s episode 20! A special time indeed -- Matt & Josh rev up their holiday spirit by contemplating the deaths of their parents and how Meowth learned to speak in a weird falsetto Brooklyn accent. The guys also take a critical eye to the trailer for the upcoming movie Miracles from Heaven. PLUS, get a further glimpse into Matt’s artistic life and how the Trix rabbit came to be a central inspirational character for him. Download Episode

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Ep. 19 - Healthcare Superhero (feat. Kristina Nolte)

Kristina Nolte swoops down to tell the denizens of Up & Up Podcastland what healthcare is really all about. She walks Matt & Josh through some common misconceptions that she hears from customers every day as she works at Oscar. Kristina also sheds light on her fascinating work for The Doula Project, an organization that provides emotional and informational support for people across the spectrum of pregnancy. 

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