Nine Questions with Eric Oliver

Nicholas Vreeland is a photographer, Buddhist monk and abbot of the Rato Dratsang monastery in India.  He was born to American parents and his grandmother was Diana Vreeland, long time editor of Vogue magazine.  He is the subject of the documentary Monk with a Camera.  Support the show

Yuan-Qing Yu is assistant concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. An international award-winning violinist, she leads an active life as a soloist, chamber musician, teacher and advocate for the orchestra.A native of Shanghai, China, Yuan-Qing Yu won the Chinese Nationwide Violin Competition at the age of 17. The following year, she captured second prize in the Menuhin International Violin Competition. She was awarded the grand prize in the Holland Music Sessions World Concert Tour Competition two years later. She also took third grand prize in the Jacques Thibaud International Competition in Paris.Yuan-Qing Yu has given numerous critically acclaimed performances as featured soloist with the CSO, the Monte Carlo and Radio France philharmonics and the London City Orchestra. She has performed concertos under Christoph von Dohnányi, Sir Yehudi Menuhin and James DePreist, among others. She also has appeared in recital throughout the U.S. and Europe. An active chamber musician, Yuan-Qing Yu has collaborated with Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman, Menahem Pressler, Lang Lang and Yo-Yo Ma. Locally, she can be seen and heard regularly throughout the city in various venues. Yuan-Qing Yu and her CSO colleagues founded Civitas Ensemble.If you want to hear more from Yuan-Qing, and all of our wonderful guests, head over  to our Patreon page to become a supporter where you will have access to all of our amazingly insightful unedited episodes!Support the show

Chris Bache is a philosopher, author, and psychedelic explorer.  He received a B.A. from Notre Dame and a Ph.D. from Brown University and taught for over 40 years as a professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Youngstown State University, adjunct faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Emeritus Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and on the Advisory Council of Grof Legacy Training.If you want to hear more from Chris, and all of our wonderful guests, head over  to our Patreon page to become a supporter where you will have access to all of our amazingly insightful unedited episodes!Support the show

Rosanna Warren is a poet, biographer, and classics scholar. Since 2012 she has been the Hanna Holborn Gray Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago.  She is the recipient of awards from the Academy of American Poets, The American Academy of Arts & Letters, the Lila Wallace Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the New England Poetry Club, among others. She was a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 1999 to 2005, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.If you want to hear more from Rosanna, and all of our wonderful guests, head over  to our Patreon page to become a supporter where you will have access to all of our amazingly insightful unedited episodes!Support the show

Bill Ayers is an educator, political activist, and writer.  He is most famous for being one of the founding members of the Weather Underground, a cadre of leftist revolutionaries who sought to overthrow the US government in the late 1960s and 1970s by bombing government buildings and military installations.  He is the host of the podcast Under the Tree and is featured in the upcoming podcast Mother Country Radicals.If you want to hear more from Bill, and all of our wonderful guests, head over  to our Patreon page to become a supporter where you will have access to all of our amazingly insightful unedited episodes!Support the show

Kato Wittich is an LA based filmmaker, Rosen method practitioner and facilitator in Family Constellations Therapy.  She is the founder of Liquid Soul Ecstatic Dance, a movement collective.  You can see an example of her work on Episode 5 of Sex, Love, and Goop on Netflix.  If you want to hear more from Kato, and all of our wonderful guests, head over  to our Patreon page to become a supporter where you will have access to all of our amazingly insightful unedited episodes!Support the show

In 2001, Maxwell Ryan started blogging about helping people make their living spaces more beautiful, organized, and healthy.  This blog grew into Apartmenttherapy.com and Thekitchn.com, two of the most popular websites on home design, food, and living well.  Maxwell now lives with his daughter in Brooklyn, New York.If you want to hear more from Maxwell, and all of our wonderful guests, head over  to our Patreon page to become a supporter where you will have access to all of our amazingly insightful unedited episodes!Support the show

Adrian Danzig is a performer, circus clown, and teacher.  He was the founder of 500 Clown performance company and a co-founder of the Redmoon theater in Chicago.  His credits include Comedy of Errors at California Shakespeare Festival, The Feast: an intimate Tempest at Chicago Shakespeare, The Seagull at Lake Lucille, Orlando at The Court Theater and The Better Half with Lucky Plush Productions. He has led workshops in physical theater all around the country and internationally for the past 10 years.If you want to hear more from Adrian, and all of our wonderful guests, head over  to our Patreon page to become a supporter where you will have access to all of our amazingly insightful unedited episodes!Support the show

Dr. Laura Berman is a world renowned couples and sex therapist. She has had shows on the Oprah TV and radio networks. She's written numerous books about everything from how to have better sex to what quantum physics can tell us about love. She currently has a podcast called Listen and Learn. If you want to hear more from Laura, and all of our wonderful guests, head over  to our Patreon page to become a supporter where you will have access to all of our amazingly insightful unedited episodes!Support the show

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