Culture

On Creativity

In this week’s Plutopia podcast, poet Jane Hirshfield and writer Tiffany Lee Brown join Jon and Scoop to discuss creativity. Jane and Tiffany explain their individual creative processes and we…

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Milagro de Taos

Maggie Duval: “I’m writing a lot about sense of place – like everywhere I’ve lived, and I’ve been transient all my life, because of my Dad, his work, but also…

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Spike Gillespie: Freewheelin’

Spike takes us on a free-wheeling tour of her ranch, her businesses and Bastrop County, Texas. Spike talks about her new restaurant, small town Texas and fitting in, glamping, weddings, and creating happy communities.

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Day of the Dead

In this week’s Plutopia podcast, Jon and Scoop make a deep dive into death… also Halloween, sex, pagan celebrations, and Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). “Everyone is…

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Halloween Utopia

Halloween is a most Plutopian celebration. Our use of the word Plutopia is a portmanteau, a merging of two words, “pluralist” and “utopia.” Pluralism is about “the peaceful coexistence of…

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