In this final episode of Knitted Heart, Ben speaks with his entire cast and crew from a feature length film captured in one fluid shot, that most others didn't think it possible.
Read MoreBen speaks with globally recognized atmospheric scientist, Dr. Katharine Hayhoe. "I don’t accept global warming on faith", Hayhoe asserts, "I crunch the data, I analyze the models, I help engineers and city managers and ecologists quantify the impacts.
In 2014, Hayhoe was named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People and the Foreign Policy’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers. In 2015, Hayhoe was named one of the Huffington Post’s 20 Climate Champions. In 2017 she was
Read MoreIn this episode, Ben speaks with Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm of the self-governed Vuntut Gwitchen First Nation. Located in Old Crow, the northern-most village in the North Yukon, Canada, Chief Dana carries generations of Indigenous Wisdom gained from intimate fidelity with the Land as teacher. A scientist, philosopher, and a lover of people and planet, this discussion is sure to leave you with a treasure trove of ancient truths we can all benefit from.
Read MoreIn this episode, Ben speaks with global thought leader on women living a childless life, Jody Day. Jody is the British founder of Gateway Women, the global friendship and support network for childless women with a social reach of over 2-million. From her arduous journey, Jody carries heart-healing wisdom for all of us, and I’m so grateful to share with this invigorating conversation with you. The gift of grief is the pearl of great price we are all invited to behold.
Read MoreIn this episode, Ben speaks with Internist Medical Doctor, Steve Meress. Dr. Meress has gotten the reputation amidst several doctors as the Doctor’s Doctor, the physician that Physicians send their loved ones to, as well as patient’s they are out of treatment options with. Patients from around the globe travel to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin to see Steve — prior to Covid of course — because he’s that good. Dr. Steve happens to be the doctor Ben went to in 2010 when he was
Read MoreIn this episode Ben speaks with Jason Vanderhoven, founder of the brewed Chocolate company, Choffy. At the height of his battle with chronic Lyme disease Ben's doctor told him to quit drinking coffee and start drinking Choffy to boost my immune system and pave a wider path for his body to heal itself. After several years of phone correspondence with Jason Ben realized that Jason has too much to say about how Choffy is the
Read MoreBen speaks with Petter Neby, CEO of Switzerland-based tech company, Punkt. A big believer and consumer of Punkt products, Ben talks with Petter about his vision for Punkt, and the importance of Tech serving us instead of the other way around. “Today’s world is consumed with technology," Petter asserts, “and I think we are too distracted by it in day-to-day life. I founded Punkt. to offer a viable
Read MoreIn this episode Ben speaks with Ian Smith, co-founder of the record label, Last Night From Glasgow, made to pay it forward. Hear how Ian created a zero-bullshit environment for artists to record and press their albums while never being indebted to the label a single cent. It sounds too good to be true, but there's a secret about Last Night From Glasgow that everyone should know: It’s 100% true, and it's the best way to get
Read MoreBen speaks with daughter of the American icon poet Audre Lorde, Dr. Elizabeth Lorde-Rollins. Elizabeth has so much to say about the countless challenges of growing up Black in America and how a Black lesbian revolutionary mother who refused to remain silent inspired her to stand strong, live her truth, and take pride and joy in what burns in her
Read MoreBen speaks with author, director, and acting teacher extraordinaire, Anthony Meindl. Tony recently released his memoir, "You Knew When You Were Two", a heartrendingly vulnerable journey of a wildly imaginative and compassionate kid who grew up in small-town Indiana carrying a secret he was dying to share, but…
Read MoreBen speaks with wilderness guide and acclaimed author of books exploring off-the-grid living, Mark Sundeen. Mark is best known for his books, The Man Who Quit Money, The Unsettlers, and Car Camping. Before you heat up that microwave burrito, consider a cup of tea from herbs you grew in your garden and listen somewhere that enlivens
Read MoreIn this episode Ben talks with filmmaker and sacred places activist Toby McLeod. Having produced and directed important films such as In the Light of Reverence and Standing on Sacred Ground, Toby has committed the last 40 years of his life to earning the trust of numerous indigenous communities around the globe, whose
Read MoreBen speaks with Pigment Forager, Heidi Gustafson, of Early Futures. Hold on to your butts. This conversation knocked Ben off his. Heidi’s wholehearted devotion to contemplating our past and activating our future through the fully sensory experience of “playing with rocks”, as she says it, has so much to wisdom to
Read MoreBen speaks with Writer, TV Producer, and Black activist, Kim M. Williams. Kim is the author of such books as 40 hours and an Unwritten Rule, about the the double standard Black Women face in Corporate America.
Read MoreIn a deeply inspiring conversation about the Mythic Feminine, Ben speaks with renowned Writer, Psychologist, and Mythologist, Dr. Sharon Blackie.
Read MoreBen speaks with his friend, J. Todd Anderson. The Coen Brothers’ storyboard artist since 1987's Raising Arizona, J. Todd’s proven track-record of making the film on paper first is what attracted Ben to adopt J. Todd's tricks-of-the-trade into his own film making.
Read MoreBen speaks with taboo-trashing and nerve-jangling comedian and activist, Margaret Cho.
Read MoreIn this episode, Ben speaks with poet and Trappist monk, Brother Paul Quenon. At age 79, Brother Paul has lived a life of contemplative silence at Our Lady of Gethsemani monastery, deep in the knobbed woods of rural Kentucky, since he was 18 years of age.
Read MoreThis is Part 2 of Ben's discussion with Hollywood icon director and actor Joan Darling.
Read MoreThis is PART 1 of 2 episodes where Ben speaks with Emmy award-winning writer and director, Joan Darling (M*A*S*H*, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The President's Analyst).
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