friends,

tonight brings us to our final podcast of 2011. i want to send a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has been a part of the past year - as a listener, contributor, supporter, guest. i feel deeply honored to be a part of this, and i'm humbled every week that you're here and care and listen. i'm wishing the best new year to all, and i'm looking forward to sharing more in 2012.

thank you
thank you
thank you
really. :)

love,
russell

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friends,

welcome to christmas week! in celebration of the season, i’m very happy to present episode 273. san francisco singer/songwriter kris hauch joins us to talk about the songwriting process, and share some of his very own christmas-themed songs. it’s an interesting podcast, with some great music. i hope you’ll take a listen, and – if you don’t already know him – find more of kris at: myspace.com/thefannycake.

many thanks go out to kris for suggesting tonight’s podcast, and for making time to be a part of it (+ sharing his music). happy holidays to all. i hope you have a great week!

love,
russell

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friends,

good evening and hello! i hope the middle of december finds everyone well and warm. i’m happy to announce episode 272 - featuring two songs by me, along with some thoughts inspired by listening to slavoj zizek’s lecture why only an atheist can be a true christian.

as i mention in the podcast, i can't say i fully understand zizek’s philosophy or perspective (at least not anywhere near completely), but, regardless (or maybe because of this??), i find him endlessly fascinating and entertaining and provocative. in the best way! if religious/philosophical discussion/abstraction/minutiae interest you, i highly recommend checking out the links above and below.

- zizek's bio
- the lecture

i hope you’ll take a listen (to the podcast first – and then zizek)! :)

love,
russell

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friends,

life is a bit crazy/busy for me these days, but amidst it all, i'm very happy to present episode 271 for your (hopeful) listening pleasure! it's a quick 11 minute podcast featuring two versions (one live in the podcast, and a demo from garageband) of a brand new just-written song by me. if you have time to take a listen, i really hope you will. :) more is in the works for soon (good stuff - with a guest - fingers crossed!).

in the meantime, hope your week is well. check back next week, ok??

love,
russell

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