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After The Mizzou Protests, Students Ask Themselves: Now What?

Despite administrative changes, the atmosphere on campus is still tense. Students and faculty say that won't change without some hard conversations. Hear their concerns.

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The Locals POV - Vegas Edition

Las Vegas is well renowned for its endless, expensive buffets, celebrity chef owned restaurants, and basically being a giant gathering of some of the nation’s most hyped up eateries. All of this is of course aimed in furthering the appeal of fun within Vegas’s walls. What if, however, you lived in Las Vegas year round and craved good food outside of the strip, away from the constant barrage of tourists?

Enter Josh Smith (no, not the recently acquired forward for the Los Angeles Clippers), current executive chef of Bardot Brasserie at the Aria. In this episode of Vice Munchies, we learn about this whole world of the Vegas food scene - what the locals in Vegas crave for. 

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The Peabody award-winning sketch comedy series Key & Peele will be ending with this season’s finale. We’re sad to see the show go, but we’re excited to see what the duo does next. Check out our 2013 interview with the guys:

For Key And Peele, Biracial Roots Bestow Special Comedic ‘Power’

“I think the reason both of us became actors is because we did a fair amount of code-switching growing up, and still do.”

– Keegan-Michael Key

Photo by Art Streiber

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The Mentee - A Discussion About Mentorship

“You’re the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with” - Jim Rohn

Stemming from this philosophy, Geoff Woods has set out to help others understand the mentor-mentee relationship and how it can influence continual self-growth. This podcast helps define the roles between a mentee/mentor and how it can ultimately lead towards excelling in your own work.

Check out Jordan Harbinger’s interview here. 

[dailykwotes]

“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.”

John Dewey (via dailykwotes)

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Real Estate - Real Estate

Flashback Fridays begin with.. Real Estate!

This was Real Estate’s debut album in 2009. Real Estate is an indie band hailing from New Jersey but currently residing in Brooklyn, New York. 

Stream the album below. As one Youtube commentor states, Real Estate is “painting with their guitars”.

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With this album, the London singer Lianne La Havas — a Prince favorite — and her versatile voice inch closer to mainstream pop.

Stream Blood from NPR Music’s First Listen. 

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Does College Matter?

This is a new podcast that I stumbled upon while browsing around some of the education based podcasts on iTunes. With growing tuition rates and an increased number of successful entrepreneurs in today’s society, Jody Hoff explores an on going question: Does College Matter? This podcast is brought to you by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. 

The first episode that I listened to was Hoffs interview with Nick Loper, the “Chief Side Hustler” at Side Hustle Nation. Loper brings experience of not only running a successful website, but creating a community of thinkers and business folk keen on pushing each other towards financial success. They address topics such as finding a side hustle, why a side hustle even matters, and how to grow (business) relationships. 

I’m excited to dig into the rest of the content. I personally believe that college is important for the potential network and communities that you may find there. However, I certainly understand that not everyone needs school or may be ready for school right out of college. In any case, I think it’s important to continually challenge the traditional educational path in order to see what works best for yourself. 

Check out the rest of Hoff’s interviews here.

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Find A New Way - tUnE-yArDs

Energize your Monday by entering the groovy world of Merrill Garbus

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Life 197 Miles Above the Arctic Circle

Sue Aikens is one of the featured faces of National Geographic’s Life Below Zero, a show that highlights life for families who live in Alaska above the Arctic Circle. What makes her situation incredibly unique is the fact that she lives 500 miles away from the nearest point of human contact - she essentially manages an entire compound by herself and sustains a living doing so. One may expect such an isolated person to be an insane weirdo; Aikens, however, is in fact quite a personable human being. She has incredible stories of her daily life - one of which she recounts surviving a bear attack - and posses a distinctive life philosophy of craving extreme isolation. 

“If there’s no challenge in the way that you’re living, you’re not really living.” 

As one may imagine, life for Sue and the rest of the families featured on Life Below Zero is about physical survival. Every move they make, whether its preparing for a hunt or hacking down trees for firewood, is meticulously calculated. These families are among some of the greatest environmental adapters in our world; they are constantly considering what the costs and effects of each action may have on their survival (i.e. using up supplies on a hunt, retrieving water before the lake freezes, gathering enough food to last winter, etc.). 

Though this podcast aired more than a year ago, it is a fascinating discussion about survival, psychological toughness, and choosing one’s life paths. Check out Joe Rogan’s interview with Sue Aikens below. 

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Brown Skin Girl - Leon Bridges

“Princess, little honey with the polka-dot dress on Ruby-lipped lady whose name I don't know “

Happy Thursday!

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A few moments from Skunk Bear’s new video celebrating the New Horizons mission to Pluto. The GIFs of Jupiter and Pluto were made by stitching together hundreds of pictures taken by the space probe on its way to the outer reaches of our solar system.

Watch the video (with a poem by Ray Bradbury)

Get the scoop on the New Horizons mission in JUST 1 MINUTE!

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ICYMI: here’s a Pluto roundup from Skunk Bear! -Emily

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Kim Hye-sook - North Korean Defector

Though often incredibly difficult to listen to, stories of North Korean defectors such as that of Hye-sook are important to hear. Hye-sook recounts stories of families eating their own children and guards torturing runaways; these are disturbing realities of our present time. However, Hye-sook’s stories and drawings are reminders for us that there is still much positive work that needs to be done. 

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Tame Impala’s new music veers farther from psych-rock bombast and toward falsetto-dripped soul.

Stream Currents from NPR Music’s First Listen. 

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Soulful Sundays

I just can’t seem to get enough of these gentlemen.. Truly a magical discovery. Here’s their amazing cover of the Otis Redding classic, “I’ve Been Loving You”.

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Horiyoshi III - Famous Tattooist and Secret Philosopher

“Overcome yourself, or not.”

I clicked on this Vice documentary with the intention of learning more about Shisei, a Japanese style of tattooing. However, before the 1 minute mark even hit, Horiyoshi was already comparing his life’s work as a tattooist to life in general. I listened closely. This wasn’t just another goofy life reference to a box of chocolates, his outlook on life has been drastically shaped by his life experiences tattooing. He begins by comparing line strokes of a tattoo to moments in life. “Cherish each stroke of the needle and each second of life. Through this accumulation, one naturally improves one’s skills and acquires more knowledge.” In another point, he states that tattooing is not always about technique, but “whether or not it has essence”. Sure life requires hard work to be successful, however, it’s pertinent to stand behind a passion otherwise your work just becomes work.  

By the end of the documentary, the art of Shisei played second to hearing Horiyoshi’s life lessons. It’s these simple philosophies that help place certain things of my life in perspective. There’s always something to be learned from another’s perspectives that can be applied to various aspects of your own life. You just have to be open to what is being said.