by michaelshaw_sar@yahoo.com | Feb 3, 2020 | 2020, Uncategorized
I speak with sociologist Rachel Sherman about her book, ‘Uneasy Street: the Anxieties of Affluence,’ which explores very wealthy (rich) New Yorkers’ wealth, and how they feel about it. I also spoke with my collaborator Maia Laperle about my experience talking with...
by michaelshaw_sar@yahoo.com | Jan 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Just a few years ago, L.A. comedian Zane Helberg was being swallowed by his job: he was working upwards of 80 hours a week as a restaurant manager for a small chain called Fat Sal’s, where he was on call 24-7 for any issues that came up among the various...
by michaelshaw_sar@yahoo.com | Nov 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Colin Beavan is a Brooklyn-based writer and life coach. In the mid-2000s, he launched his “No Impact Man” experiment in which he and his wife and daughter led a carbon-zero lifestyle, in New York City, for 6 months. The project went viral, but Colin wrote books before...
by michaelshaw_sar@yahoo.com | Nov 14, 2019 | 2019, Uncategorized
Berlin-based American Spencer McDonald describes his path to becoming a professional filmmaker, from driving Lyft in San Francisco to interning for a filmmaker in Portland — while doing odd jobs from wild-berry harvesting to carpentry – and barely getting...
by michaelshaw_sar@yahoo.com | Oct 20, 2019 | 2019, Uncategorized
Stephen Johnson is a twenty-something tech entrepreneur who splits his time between Los Angeles and San Francisco. It’s a lifestyle that’s actually far less pricey than you may imagine, because he’s a member of the co-living space PodShare, which...
by michaelshaw_sar@yahoo.com | Sep 22, 2019 | 2019, Uncategorized
Elvina Beck, the founder of PodShare – a co-living space with five locations in Los Angeles and one in San Francisco – talks about moving from Russia as a child to Brooklyn with her family, then New Jersey, and subsequently Hollywood at 19. She discusses...
