i made "this" from this: Marc Maron talking with Russell Brand.

the below link will bring you to the original source material—which i thought was flat-out fantastic.
http://wtfpod.libsyn.com/webpage/episode-242-russell-brand

I took Terry Gross' (Fresh Air) interview with Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are) and fashioned it into something else. I also added music.

Below is the link to the original interview.

http://www.npr.org/2011/09/20/140435330/this-pig-wants-to-party-maurice-sendaks-latest

Here are Warrior's words...set to music.

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i tell the story here.

yes, THAT jalen rose.

a story about the stuff we invent.

a story of loss. sort of.

what were the things that animated your childhood?

...danielle connor gives us a glimpse.

photo credit: markbarkaway

we spend a lot of time in our cars. alone. sometimes the landscape blurs by in smeared streaks.
...and at other times, everything stands still.

to celebrate america's birthday, i headed down to the familiar outskirts of my alma mater in los angeles for a free community concert & fireworks extravaganza.

the event was hosted by, among others, A Better LA--founded by usc football head coach pete carroll.

photo credit: Lewisha Jones

hours after michael jackson's death, fans celebrate the singer at his walk of fame star in hollywood.

how do you find a neighborhood that no longer exists? if you're in Portland, ME, you won't find it in the street.

How can we ever know when were ready to be in charge of life…or if were gonna be any good at it?

We know that we can't grasp everything about life, so we choose--everyday--what to learn and what to leave behind. What’s fascinating about this, though, is how each person does this differently.
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Hear me share the whole story in "things that are left."

Compared to the size of most other countries, America is unfathomably large. How is it, then, in a place this absurdly vast, all the cities seem the same?

Here's my first of four podcasts on the subject.

xoxo, ari.