Earnest interviews with prominent filmmakers, musicians, and creative people. We discuss the art of collaboration and making the world better in some way.
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by Nick Savides
Earnest interviews with prominent filmmakers, musicians, and creative people. We discuss the art of collaboration and making the world better in some way. Send feedback or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@nsavides.com.
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December 25, 2025
<p>This was supposed to be a short follow-up to the interview I did with <a href= "https://podcast.nsavides.com/beehives-greek-wisdom-invisible-hands-pursuing-emergent-optimism-with-byron-reese-part-i/"> Byron Reese</a>. Instead, it turned into a freewheeling conversation about some of the big questions I've wrestled with for over 10 years: Is there really purpose, love, and destiny? If so, how do we find those things in a world gone mad, and how does politics fit into the story, if at all?</p> <p><strong>Wait, who does that as a response to a book interview?! Is this what happens when someone is too much of a</strong> <strong>LOST</strong> <strong>fan?! <span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong></p> <p>Normally I'd object to such imagined questions. Rude! But there is that title, and It is Christmas. Check out the intro video for more of an explanation.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>Sharing this now because soon I'll need to make some decisions about what comes next, and that includes whether or not to keep the podcast going and in what form. So I figured I'd post the videos as podcast episodes, just in case doing so can help clarify things for me and for any of you wrestling with similar questions. </p> <p>This wouldn't be a Christmas-minded story without a guiding spirit or a star of wonder to point the path to a better way, so there's some of that as well. Oh, and there are also a couple of scattered references to the TV show LOST … </p> <p>The story is best experienced as a video series, and Episodes 2 & 3 are only available as video links. </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Watch the series: </strong></span></p> <p><a href= "https://podcast.nsavides.com/lostvideos">https://podcast.nsavides.com/<strong>lostvideos</strong></a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Episode video links</strong></span></p> <p><strong>LOST Videos Intro</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://vimeo.com/nsavides/lostvideosintro">https://vimeo.com/nsavides/lostvideosintro</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>LOST Video I: Destiny or Delusion—an Anna Kendrick Question<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong></p> <p><a href= "https://vimeo.com/nsavides/lostvideoi">https://vimeo.com/nsavides/lostvideoi</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>LOST Video II: Coincidence or Connection—Taylor Swift/Anna Kendrick, JFK/CS Lewis, & Ralph Waldo Emerson</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://vimeo.com/nsavides/lostvideoii">https://vimeo.com/nsavides/lostvideoii</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>LOST Video III: Defending Elon Musk, Reevaluating Tom Hanks & Stephen King</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://x.com/nsavidesPRO/status/1986560074509344967?s=20">https://x.com/nsavidesPRO/status/1986560074509344967?s=20</a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Say hello:</strong></span></p> <p><a href= "mailto:podcast@nsavides.com">podcast@nsavides.com</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Merry Christmas everyone! </p>

December 25, 2025
<p>This was supposed to be a short follow-up to the interview I did with <a href= "https://podcast.nsavides.com/beehives-greek-wisdom-invisible-hands-pursuing-emergent-optimism-with-byron-reese-part-i/"> Byron Reese</a>. Instead, it turned into a freewheeling conversation about some of the big questions I've wrestled with for over 10 years: Is there really purpose, love, and destiny? If so, how do we find those things in a world gone mad, and how does politics fit into the story, if at all?</p> <p><strong>Wait, who does that as a response to a book interview?! Is this what happens when someone is too much of a LOST fan?! <span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong></p> <p>Normally I'd object to such imagined questions. Rude! But there is that title, and it is Christmas. OK let me explain in this introduction. </p> <p>Sharing this now because soon I'll need to make some decisions about what comes next, and that includes whether or not to keep the podcast going and in what form. So I figured I'd post the videos as podcast episodes, just in case doing so can help clarify things for me and for any of you wrestling with similar questions. </p> <p>This wouldn't be a Christmas-minded story without a guiding spirit or a star of wonder to point the path to a better way, so there's some of that as well. Oh, and there are also a couple of scattered references to the TV show LOST … </p> <p>The story is best experienced as a video series, and Episodes 2 & 3 are only available as video links. </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Watch the series: </strong></span></p> <p><a href= "https://podcast.nsavides.com/lostvideos">https://podcast.nsavides.com/<strong>lostvideos</strong></a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Episode video links</strong></span></p> <p><strong>LOST Videos Intro</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://vimeo.com/nsavides/lostvideosintro">https://vimeo.com/nsavides/lostvideosintro</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>LOST Video I: Destiny or Delusion—an Anna Kendrick Question<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong></p> <p><a href= "https://vimeo.com/nsavides/lostvideoi">https://vimeo.com/nsavides/lostvideoi</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>LOST Video II: Coincidence or Connection—Taylor Swift/Anna Kendrick, JFK/CS Lewis, & Ralph Waldo Emerson</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://vimeo.com/nsavides/lostvideoii">https://vimeo.com/nsavides/lostvideoii</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>LOST Video III: Defending Elon Musk, Reevaluating Tom Hanks & Stephen King</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://x.com/nsavidesPRO/status/1986560074509344967?s=20">https://x.com/nsavidesPRO/status/1986560074509344967?s=20</a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Say hello:</strong></span></p> <p><a href= "mailto:podcast@nsavides.com">podcast@nsavides.com</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Merry Christmas everyone! </p>

September 24, 2024
<p>Byron Reese is a futurist and an optimist. His new book <em>We Are Agora: How Humanity Functions as a Single Superorganism That Shapes Our World and Our Future</em> is named after the Ancient Greek marketplace and suggests that we might be part of a bigger entity that shapes our ends.</p> <p>Does the book have the insights we need to revitalize a sense of optimism even amidst dystopian times though?</p>
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