About this podcast
Full Expression is a series of one-hour conversations about the creative process with host, Dan Imhoff. Imhoff brings his lifetime of experience as an author, musician, and small-scale farmer to these enlightening dialogs. What is creativity? Is it problem solving, disciplined practice, unexpected good fortune? Tune in to the Full Expression podcast for explorations into these fundamentally human pursuits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 58 episodes
- Astrid Vargas: The Case for Joy in Conservation · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 56Conservation biologist Dr. Astrid Vargas has helped bring black-footed ferrets and Iberian lynx back from the brink of extinction. Her experience has taught her that species…
- Rick Ridgeway: A Life Lived Wild · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 55From the summit of K2 to the wild landscapes of Antarctica, Rick Ridgeway has spent a lifetime exploring some of the most remote places on Earth. A legendary mountaineer…
- Jessy Slim: Connecting to Home Through Sculpture & Chickpeas · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 54Lebanese-born artist and architect Jessy Slim turns an everyday ingredient into an unexpected medium: chickpeas. Working with fabric, rope, and metal, she transforms this staple…
- Alice Waters: We Are What We Eat · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 53Few people have had a greater influence on the way the world thinks about food than Alice Waters. A chef, author, activist, and founder of the legendary Berkeley restaurant Chez…
- Remembering Wendell Berry: An Extraordinary Life of Letters, Land and Community · 1 h 2 min · Season 3 Episode 52Wendell Berry spent more than half a century challenging Americans to reconsider our relationship with the land, our food, our communities, and one another. The celebrated…
- Rebecca Tickell: Regenerative Storytelling · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 51Rebecca Tickell has spent more than two decades using filmmaking to tell stories about the environment, agriculture, and our relationship with the natural world. A filmmaker…
- Dan Imhoff: A Life in Full Expression · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 50For the first time on Full Expression, we turn the microphone around. Dan Imhoff has spent his life moving between creative forms—as a writer, musician, songwriter, visual…
- Mike Crutcher: Fixing Every Broken Thing · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 49Mike Crutcher has spent a lifetime fixing things. A mechanic, handyman, sculptor, and longtime hardware store counselor in California's Anderson Valley, Mike has become the…
- Jon Lee Anderson: Che Guevara, Cuba and the Craft of Conflict Journalism · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 48In this episode of Full Expression, journalist and biographer Jon Lee Anderson reflects on the experiences that shaped one of the most extraordinary reporting careers of our…
- Pond Farm Pottery: How the Bauhaus Found a Home in California · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 47From the revolutionary ideals of the Bauhaus to a remote mountaintop pottery studio in Northern California, the legacy of Marguerite Wildenhain continues to shape artists…
- John Muir Laws: Journaling Will Transform Your Life · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 46In this episode of Full Expression, host Dan Imhoff sits down with naturalist, artist, educator, and lifelong journaler John Muir Laws for a conversation about attention…
- Ava Mingo and Royer Bockus: The Magic of Repertory Theater · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 45In this episode of Full Expression, host Dan Imhoff sits down with actresses Ava Mingo and Royer Bockus from the renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, one of…
- Cathy Bailey and Robin Petravic: Heath Ceramics and the Art of Everyday Objects · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 44In this episode of Full Expression, host Dan Imhoff sits down with Cathy Bailey and Robin Petravic, the owners of Heath Ceramics, for a conversation about craft, California…
- Amy Bowers Cordalis: The Century Long Fight to Save the Klamath and its People · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 43In this episode of Full Expression, host Dan Imhoff sits down with Amy Bowers Cordalis—Yurok attorney, activist, and author of The Water Remembers—for a conversation about…
- Charles Loi & Hannah Lee: Reimagining How We Tell The Climate Story · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 42In this episode of Full Expression, host Dan Imhoff sits down with filmmakers Charles Loi and Hannah Lee to explore storytelling, the climate climate, and the creative process…
- Narsiso Martinez: Making Hidden Labor Visible Through Art · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 41In this episode of Full Expression, host Dan Imhoff sits down with artist Narsiso Martinez for a conversation about labor, migration, and the creative process. Narsiso traces his…
- Angelo Garro: Life of a Master Craftsman · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 40Craft lives in the hands. And in a world increasingly shaped by speed, automation, and abstraction, what does it mean to dedicate your life to making things slowly, by hand? In…
- Thomas Lauderdale on Pink Martini & Building a 'United Nations of Sound' · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 39Behind Pink Martini's unmistakable sound is a simple idea: music can bring people together across cultures. In this episode of Full Expression, host Dan Imhoff sits down with…
- Mindy Marin: The Unsung Art of Casting Direction · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 38Behind every unforgettable performance is great casting. Today, we explore this often invisible process that's part intuition, part logistics, and part relentless creative…
- Arnaud Weyrich: The Art and Science of Sparkling Wine · 1 h 4 min · Season 3 Episode 37Sparkling wine is one of humanity's most enduring creative rituals. In this episode of Full Expression, host Dan Imhoff travels to California's Anderson Valley to sit down with…
