Episode Details

We're easing back in this season with a discussion about art that is meaningful to us.  My friend Briana Bane had to make a podcast for one of her media classes at NYU last semester and she came up with the best concept - a  show called The Art That's Made You. I was honored when she asked me to be her first guest. In today’s episode you’ll hear about the art that has helped shape me.

Notes from the Show:

-Rent Broadway Show

-Arthur TV Show on PBS

-Friends TV Show

-The OC TV Show and my first crush Seth Cohen

-Stargirl book by Jerry Spinelli

-Episode with my grandpa, Gus Ganakas, and this article about him

-Hilma Klint exhibit at the Guggenheim in NYC until April 23

-CNN series on The Nineties

-Pop Rocket podcast on pop culture

-Sex and the City TV Show 

-Girls TV Show with Lena Dunham

-Happy Thank You More Please movie

-The Onion article I mentioned

-Skate Kitchen movie

-Mr Rogers Documentary

-Ruth Bader Ginsberg documentary

-my Discover Weekly on Spotify

-Forever with Maya Ruldoph 

-favorite movies: Serendipity, the Before/After Sunset movies

-favorite TV shows: I Love Dick, Freaks & Geeks, Felicity, Dawson's Creek, Steven Universe

-favorite podcast: Fresh Air with Terry Gross

All original music composed by Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs

Album art by Zoie Harman

Cool Things to Check-Out:

- I'm doing a giveaway of one of my favorite books Text Me When You Get Home by previous podcast guest Kayleen Schaefer. You can listen to Kayleen's episode here if you want a refresher on what the book is about. Text Me When You Get Home is hitting stands as a paperback on February 5th. This gorgeous new version has a new afterward addressing the Me Too movement of 2018 and a book club guide. Click