Recorded live at Wythe Hotel on December 5, 2017 as part of The Great Discontent Live series. Host Tina Essmaker talks to creative director Isabel Urbina Peña and illustrator Ping Zhu about their very different paths, working by hand, and following intuition into opportunity. And Comedian Matt Ruby performs!
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 &lt;p&gt;Recorded live at Wythe Hotel on December 5, 2017 as part of &lt;em&gt;The Great Discontent Live&lt;/em&gt; series. Host Tina Essmaker talks to creative director Isabel Urbina Peña and illustrator Ping Zhu about their very different paths, working by hand, and following intuition into opportunity. And Comedian Matt Ruby performs!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This episode was produced by &lt;em&gt;The Great Discontent&lt;/em&gt; and Benjamin Welch. Learn more about &lt;em&gt;The Great Discontent&lt;/em&gt; and read 200+ long-form interviews online at &lt;a href="http://thegreatdiscontent.com"&gt;thegreatdiscontent.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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Comedian Matt Ruby performs, and creative director Isabel Urbina Peña and illustrator Ping Zhu talk to host Tina Essmaker about their very different paths, working by hand, the value of personal time, and following intuition into opportunity.

Matt Ruby, Isabel Urbina Peña & Ping Zhu - Intuition and opportunity, working by hand, the value of personal time, and a performance

Recorded live at Wythe Hotel on November 8, 2017 as part of The Great Discontent Live series. Host Tina Essmaker talks to designer Natasha Jen &amp; designer and illustrator Lotta Nieminen about trusting our intuition, living with uncertainty, and embracing accidents along the way.
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 &lt;p&gt;Recorded live at Wythe Hotel on November 8, 2017 as part of &lt;em&gt;The Great Discontent Live&lt;/em&gt; series. Host Tina Essmaker talks to designer Natasha Jen &amp;amp; designer and illustrator Lotta Nieminen about trusting our intuition, living with uncertainty, and embracing accidents along the way.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This episode was produced by &lt;em&gt;The Great Discontent&lt;/em&gt; and Benjamin Welch. Learn more about &lt;em&gt;The Great Discontent&lt;/em&gt; and read 200+ long-form interviews online at &lt;a href="http://thegreatdiscontent.com"&gt;thegreatdiscontent.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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Designer Natasha Jen & designer and illustrator Lotta Nieminen talk to host Tina Essmaker about trusting our intuition, living with uncertainty, and embracing accidents along the way.  

Natasha Jen & Lotta Nieminen - Trusting Our Intuition, Living with Uncertainty, and Good Accidents

Recorded live at Wythe Hotel on October 3, 2017 as part of The Great Discontent Live series. Host Tina Essmaker talks to designers Dan Blackman and Robyn Kanner about the power of vulnerability, self-initiated projects, and how our priorities shape our work.
This episode was produced by The Great Discontent and Benjamin Welch. Learn more about The Great Discontent and read 200+ long-form interviews online at <a href="http://thegreatdiscontent.com">thegreatdiscontent.com</a>.
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 &lt;p&gt;Recorded live at Wythe Hotel on October 3, 2017 as part of &lt;em&gt;The Great Discontent Live&lt;/em&gt; series. Host Tina Essmaker talks to designers Dan Blackman and Robyn Kanner about the power of vulnerability, self-initiated projects, and how our priorities shape our work.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This episode was produced by &lt;em&gt;The Great Discontent&lt;/em&gt; and Benjamin Welch. Learn more about &lt;em&gt;The Great Discontent&lt;/em&gt; and read 200+ long-form interviews online at &lt;a href="http://thegreatdiscontent.com"&gt;thegreatdiscontent.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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Designers Dan Blackman and Robyn Kanner talk to host Tina Essmaker about the power of vulnerability, self-initiated projects, and how our priorities shape our work.

Dan Blackman & Robyn Kanner - The power of vulnerability, self-initiated projects, and how our priorities shape our work

Recorded live at Wythe Hotel on September 13, 2017 as part of The Great Discontent Live series. Host Tina Essmaker talks to photographer Daniel Seung Lee and writer Jocelyn K. Glei about transitioning well, recognizing burnout, and navigating work and life at a sustainable pace.
This episode was produced by The Great Discontent and Benjamin Welch. Learn more about The Great Discontent and read 200+ long-form interviews online at <a href="http://thegreatdiscontent.com">thegreatdiscontent.com</a>.
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 &lt;p&gt;Recorded live at Wythe Hotel on September 13, 2017 as part of &lt;em&gt;The Great Discontent Live&lt;/em&gt; series. Host Tina Essmaker talks to photographer Daniel Seung Lee and writer Jocelyn K. Glei about transitioning well, recognizing burnout, and navigating work and life at a sustainable pace.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This episode was produced by &lt;em&gt;The Great Discontent&lt;/em&gt; and Benjamin Welch. Learn more about &lt;em&gt;The Great Discontent&lt;/em&gt; and read 200+ long-form interviews online at &lt;a href="http://thegreatdiscontent.com"&gt;thegreatdiscontent.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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Photographer Daniel Seung Lee and writer Jocelyn K. Glei talk to host Tina Essmaker about transitioning well, recognizing burnout, and navigating work and life at a sustainable pace. 

Daniel Seung Lee & Jocelyn K. Glei - Transitions, burnout, and navigating work and life at a sustainable pace

Recorded live at Wythe Hotel on June 13, 2017, as part of The Great Discontent Live series. Host Tina Essmaker talks to designer Shawna X and photographer Collin Hughes about being in a relationship with each other, how they challenge each other to grow, why it’s okay to be scared, and why we become what we think about.
This episode was produced by The Great Discontent and Benjamin Welch. Learn more about The Great Discontent and read 200+ long-form interviews online at <a href="http://thegreatdiscontent.com">thegreatdiscontent.com</a>.
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 &lt;p&gt;Recorded live at Wythe Hotel on June 13, 2017, as part of &lt;em&gt;The Great Discontent Live&lt;/em&gt; series. Host Tina Essmaker talks to designer Shawna X and photographer Collin Hughes about being in a relationship with each other, how they challenge each other to grow, why it’s okay to be scared, and why we become what we think about.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This episode was produced by &lt;em&gt;The Great Discontent&lt;/em&gt; and Benjamin Welch. Learn more about &lt;em&gt;The Great Discontent&lt;/em&gt; and read 200+ long-form interviews online at &lt;a href="http://thegreatdiscontent.com"&gt;thegreatdiscontent.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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Designer Shawna X & photographer Collin Hughes talk to host Tina Essmaker about being in a relationship with each other, how they challenge each other to grow, why it’s okay to be scared, and why we become what we think about.

Shawna X & Collin Hughes — It’s okay to be scared, we become what we think about, and challenging each other to grow

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