Today on the podcast I sit down with my old friend Dan Berstein to talk about mental health. We talk about his personal experiences with bipolar disorder, we discuss different perspectives on mental health and we dive into some of the work he h

CPP #18: The Return of The Turntablist

Jul 5th, 2015 1h 33m

In this episode of the podcast I sit down with a special guest, world-renowned DJ Rob Swift (aka Brolic Arm), and together we take a deep dive into the world of DJing. Rob was first introduced to the turntables as a young kid, where he spent ye

CPP #17: Healing Paralysis Through Prayer, Therapy and Love

Jun 1st, 2015 1h 13m

In this episode, Barry Shore takes us through his incredible journey of healing from a rare disease known as Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) that suddenly left him completely paralyzed over a decade ago. After the rapid onset of the paralysis tha

CPP #16: Season 1 Finale – Sounds of New Orleans

Feb 26th, 2015 41m 49s

The season 1 finale has arrived. What a ride it has been thus far. If you would’ve told me a couple of months ago that we would make it to this point, I don’t think I would have believed you, not because I consider you to be a liar, but mainly

CPP #15: The Rails As Rehab

Feb 10th, 2015 36m 7s

In this episode I sit down with New Orleans-based filmmaker and writer Brian Paul. I met Brian in New Orleans at an art fair right off Frenchmen Street where he had a table set up to promote his movie about train hopping (a subculture that I pr

CPP #14: Conquering Type 2 Diabetes

Jan 31st, 2015 47m 50s

This week we sit down with Harris, one of my younger brother's closest friends, to talk about his experience with type 2 diabetes.During his junior year of high school, Harris found out he had type 2 diabetes when he was in the hospital being

CPP #13: The Film Journal of An Austin Tourist

Jan 22nd, 2015 1h 18m

When I arrived in Austin I had two main things that I wanted to accomplish during my time there - visit as many food trucks as possible and listen to a lot of live music (and maybe take a quick swim in Barton Springs Pool). But my plan was quic

CPP #12: New Year’s Eve In Penn Station

Jan 13th, 2015 11m 39s

On New Year's Eve, I attempted to compile a cross section of the hopes and dreams of people as they were gearing up for an epic 2015. I arrived at Penn Station with a couple of hours left in 2014 - as the anticipation of the New Year was starti

CPP #11: The Laundromat Diaries

Jan 3rd, 2015 14m 26s

While on the road in the South, I passed through Amarillo, Texas for a one night pit stop. When I awoke in Amarillo, I decided it was time to do my laundry so I showed up at a local laundromat with a sack of stinky laundry and a handful of quar

CPP #10: The Christmas Special

Dec 25th, 2014 6m 4s

"I love goats, something I did not do for the great bulk of my years on this planet. I love their insouciance, their curiosity, their authority issues, their rapt fascination with almost everything. Living with all of these other animals who re

CPP #9: Expat Life In China

Dec 22nd, 2014 51m 2s

In this podcast episode I sit down with Matt and Jie, newlyweds and Bay Area residents who spent time living and working as expats in Shanghai, China from 2012 through the summer of 2013. Jie, who was born in China but grew up in Seattle, arriv

CPP #8: Thriving In The Face of Depression

Dec 15th, 2014 1h 45m

Today on the podcast I sit down with my younger sister Jen (AKA Unicorn, Power Betch, etc.). The more time passes, the more this kid continues to impress me. When I look at where she was four or five years ago - deep in the throes of her strugg

CPP #7: A World Class Prank

Dec 5th, 2014 46m 47s

While hanging out with a good friend one night, I disclosed to him that I had started meditating. He saw this as a golden opportunity to kick off an intricate, elaborate, well-executed series of events that added up to an epic prank. The prank

CPP #6: A Commencement Speech

Dec 1st, 2014 23m 51s

It was a tough crowd that day, no two ways about it.This speech was not delivered at a great university in front of a packed stadium. In fact, the number of people in attendance for my big speech was zero. Since plebeians like myself are not

CPP #5: A Life In The Water

Nov 24th, 2014 1h 2m

Today on the podcast I sit down with Terry Laughlin to talk swimming. Terry is the founder of Total Immersion (TI), which is the swim technique that he has developed over his 40-year coaching career. The goal of TI is to teach swimmers to move

CPP #4: Raising Teenage Daughters During a Divorce

Nov 17th, 2014 51m 37s

Today on the podcast we have “pseudo-Uncle” Jack, a very close and old friend of my family. In this episode we step back almost 20 years to the time of his divorce. He shares insight based on what he experienced during that time and he discusse

CPP #3: Practicing Medicine Across South America

Nov 10th, 2014 1h

The doctor is in the house! In this episode I sit down with my buddy, Dr. Jon, who is currently a senior resident in pediatric radiology in New York. Before his fourth and final year of medical school, Jon decided to take a year off and spent t

CPP #2: Couch Potato to College Athlete

Nov 3rd, 2014 1h 35m

This is my younger brother Josh. When he entered high school, his favorite pastime was watching Ren & Stimpy, Rocko’s Modern Life or Scooby Doo in what was a classic afternoon lineup of cartoons. But, early on in high school he decided to peel

CPP #1: Insight into a 10 Day Meditation Retreat

Oct 27th, 2014 28m 54s

And so it begins. The inaugural episode.Let’s start with the obvious question. What happened out there during those ten days in the sweltering desert heat? Was it enlightening? Did I gain clarity and peace of mind? Or was it pure annihilation

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