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GUEST BIO Christopher Renfro (instagram, additional links) is the founder of the Two Eighty Project, an organization "dedicated to building a sustainable food and wine community that nourishes every member of the local economy and ecosystem." It began with his love and curiosity for learning about wine and implementing his knowledge into a community farm visible from the Highway 280 Freeway heading out of San Francisco.   SHOW NOTES | MENTIONSSEG  1 - Castles and Finding True Freedom in the outdoors   Schweinfurt Military Base "White Washed"   SEG 2 -  Financial Illiteracy, The Underlying Reality of Food Service, Ambitions for 280   the Food Service Industry and Humanity Black Wallstreet Tulsa Oaklahoma Critical Race Theory Think Tank   SEG 3 - Rethinking the Food Industry Models, Baselines of Comfort   Food Security in San Francisco Feed the People Collective Shared Cultures Miso Co-op Businesses Rethinking the Comfort Baseline Homelessness, Youth, Elders Episode Contains a clip from Contains a snippet from Good Morning America | Patagonia founder donates company to fight climate change, Sept. 15, 2022  

GUEST BIOPam Baker (womenscoachingalliance.org) is dedicated to empowering, encouraging, and developing more young women to become examples of leadership, rather than the exception, through coaching youth sports and giving back to the community. With her own unique leadership, she founded the Women's Coaching Alliance, inspired and built upon the memory of her late husband Doug Friedman, who made his transition in 2020.  Her aim for great leadership and work ethic brought her to places like Genentech and Johnson and Johnson, where she worked as district sales manager, project manager, and project director, as well as Vice President and CEO for several startups in the healthcare and investment sectors. She is a woman dedicated to "minding the gap," a British expression she likes to use that shows her willingness to explore the unfamiliar and help light the way for everyone, especially women and future leaders of the world.  PART 1 - What is the Women's Coaching Alliance? | Exploring the Unfamiliar | Molding Leadership Empowering women through leadership roles Intentions Personal History Process | Corporate vs Startup How coaching translates into the real world PART 2 - The Power of Coaching and giving back to community Conflict resolution Career Paths as Jungle Gyms Lou Holtz 3 Questions PART 3 - Doug's Coaching Legacy  | What we learn from grief | What we can learn from grief What is the enviornment we're preparing for? Pam's Favorite Leaders Indra Nooyi, Pepsi Co. Melinda Gates Brene Brown On aging On happiness

GUEST BIODr. Karen Apana is one of the founding members of the San Francisco Waldorf School – first founded in 1978. She has been a lifetime teacher, mentor, and student of Anthroposophy for over 40 years. For over 25 years, she has been teaching biography work and has a private practice for biography counseling in San Francisco. She also holds frequent biography workshops all over the Bay Area, and although she is now retired as a Waldorf teacher, she still mentors and advises teachers in the Bay Area and all over the globe.She was born and raised in San Francisco, and as you’ll find out in this conversation, she is a local, cosmic gem. In this conversation, you’ll learn about Anthroposophy and some of the philosophies behind Rudolph Steiner. She also offers a firsthand account of someone born into a generation of San Francisco coming into social consciousness during the 1960s, which eventually set the stage for many spiritual seekers, creators, activists, artists, and life enthusiasts today.   SHOW NOTES Pt. 1 – Who is Karen Apana? and What is Anthroposophy?  Rudolph Steiner Waldorf Education – Youtube Link Merchant Marine Pt. 2 – What is Waldorf Education and Biography Work? Knowledge of the Higher Worlds SF Waldorf School SF State Student Strike 50 Year Anniversary Video Roger Alvarado Terry Collins KPOO Benny Stewart Tom Ammiano Education, connection and Biography work Chengdu, China Chinese Cultural Revolution Thích Nhất Hạnh Perception of Chaos Pt. 3 – What Question are you living with? The struggle of Western Mind Individuation vs the tribe Finding the baseline Music Credit (Guitar): Katherine Delafkaran

  GUEST BIO   In 2008 Matt Levin, his wife Melanie, and his good friend Michael Greuel opened The Refuge Restaurant, home of some of the best pastrami sandwiches and burgers. At the time, The Refuge was a small restaurant focused on french wines, Belgian beers, and house-made, hand-sliced pastrami sandwiches. Since 2008 their popularity has exploded. Customers have waited up to four hours to sit and dine with them. Fifteen years later, they streamlined the process and opened up two more locations along the way, one in Menlo Park, and the other in San Mateo. They both have over 25 years of experience in the food service industry.   They both share their experiences running three restaurants during the pandemic and what they've learned from it.   NOTES | MENTIONS   Seg 1  - Catching up with Old Friends, Survival Mode in the Food Service Industry Gastrosexual 15 years in business Progress of the Restaurant and Food Service Economy The Refuge Menu Fine Dining vs Fast Food Problems of maintaining consistency The Bear Standards of Skilled Food Labor Food Truck Business Effects on Restaurants Effects of Silicon Valley Work From Home on Surrounding Businesses Raising Children in the Restaurant business Seg 2 - Spiritual Growth after Pastrami Matt's daily routine - first 3 steps of Recovery Tellefin Universal Trauma Life in Recovery and Spirituality Effects of Economy on the Food Business Rising Food Costs Marco Pierre White Decision making processes How to manage labor Initial Vision of Success Barcelona Teleferic The Science of Popcorn Seg 3 - Aging and Folly Going to restaurants as a guest The Egg Doors of Perception William Blake guided psychedelic retreats The Funeral Industry Funerals and weddings Judaism Burial The Funeral Industry Today Terrence McKenna How to Control Deja Vu Rule 62 How to make more fun Coco Melon Seg 4 - Kids Will Save the World Dumpling Pickups Gao Viet Kitchen Observations on human behavior from restaurant service experience the industry of evil Charcuterie The Fatted Calf Restaurant workers vs Yelp Seg 5 - What success means now Modern Restaurant Ticket Machines Matt's AA Recovery Wisdom      

SAY HELLO TO DAN!Website: http://www.dangriffiths.us/Kapoot Clown Theatre Skit VideoHow Much - Created and Performed by Dan GriffithsDonut Goat at the Barber Shop GUEST BIO Dan Griffiths is a multi-talented, experimental performance artist, award-winning theatre director, teacher, and founder of the first Church of Clown in San Francisco. He founded the Clown Workshop, Clown Zero, and KAPOOT Clown theatre. Some of his recent gigs include teaching clown at The Wu Qiao International Circus Festival in Shijiazhuang, China. He also did work as a clown doctor and trainer for the Big Apple Circus and a director of CLOWN ZERO, a Medical Clowning Unit residence at the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. For almost 35 years, since 1988, he has performed original theatrical works across the country and around the world. He studied at the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre and has served on the faculty Clown Conservatory San Francisco, The School for Mime Theater, Columbia College Chicago, Roosevelt University, Indiana University Northwest, and Academy of Art University. Dan holds an M.A. in Experimental Performance from New College of California and an M.F.A in Interdisciplinary Art from the California Institute of Integral Studies. NOTES | MENTIONS SEG 1 Church of Clown How to start a church Holy Fools Parade St. Stupid's Day Praise Folly What is Folly? What is the mission of the Church of Clown? Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Satanic Church Kenyan College Marcel Marceau Mime Lon Chaney Free Masons Meyers Briggs Test Clown Lab Hopi Indians - Clown Culture Kapoot Sacha Baron Cohen SEG 2 What type of people does clown/ theatre attract? Teacher Compensation Humanities Observations on Waldorf Education What is the mimetic realm Why do people hate mime performance? How to be more comfortable in performance? Gastro Absurdo Clown Conservatory How to deal with a performance gone bad? Taking the temperature of the room SEG 3 Humor and Play as Tools Soldiers in your cup 1:12:10 Teaching clowns in China Role of Jesters in Medieval Times The Joker, Dark Knight The King of Comedy Charles Dickens, First Scary Clown Harlequin Clown The Flow State of Clown Performance Laughter - Henri Bergson SEG 4 Kettle Chips How to evaluate an experimental performance Overcoming a failed performance Accepting Foibles Dan's follies Being Inflexible Difference between a lifelong  vs a day one performer Times to be serious Frederico Fellini Greatest Joke Ever SEG 5 The Multiverse Waldorf Education, Why? What is the purpose of clown college? Cosmophilia Maplethorpe Exhibit Be easy on yourself