The Resistance

Join Matt Conner, host of The Resistance, and Jay Kirkpatrick, audio engineer, as they reflect on the most recent guest conversation—this time with acoustic duo Lowland Hum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When was the last time you felt like an imposter—at your craft, at your vocation, at parenting? What if the moment you felt those feelings most intensely—perhaps on a stage in the middle of a crowded room of fans—you decided to confront it in the boldest way possible? Daniel and Lauren Goans have learned to defy their doubts with courageous acts of creativity and that's our subject on this episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our weekly bonus episode where we reflect on our main interview of the week—this time with Theodore Shapiro, film composer for over 70 motion pictures from Wolf of Wall Street to Marley & Me and Ghostbusters to the forthcoming Fair & Balanced. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Film composer Theodore Shapiro has scored over 70 films, from The Wolf of Wall Street to The Devil Wears Prada, Marley and Me to Ghostbusters. Unfortunately, none of his success has stopped The Resistance. Here's our honest conversation about the balance between contentment and ambition and how enough is never really enough.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our weekly bonus episode where we reflect on our main interview of the week—this time with Lynn Renee Maxcy, writer for the HULU hit series The Handmaid's Tale—and discuss our takeaways from the conversation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of The Resistance, Lynn Renee Maxcy will frustrate those of you who want to hear that all the self-doubt subsides after you’ve “made it.” Fortunately, she’s also ready and willing to share plenty of heartening advice about what it means to cultivate creative community and how to persist in the face of it all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our weekly bonus episode where we reflect on our main interview of the week—this time with singer-songwriter Stephen Kellogg—and discuss our takeaways from the conversation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode with Stephen Kellogg not only features honest insights from one of the best (and most underrated) singer-songwriters in music today. His vulnerable testimony is a much-needed reminder for so many of us that our voice matters more than we think—and it's okay to fight for it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Most of us have two lives. The life we live and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance." -Steven Pressfield, The War of Art Over 2,000 interviews in nearly 20 years. That's Matt Conner's journey thus far as a journalist in pursuit of meaningful stories from artists of all kinds—musicians, directors, authors, actors, and more. Most of his interviews have centered on a single idea, a single struggle. Everyone feels it—the distance and tension between our present situation and our future goals. That counteractive force—the fear, the apathy, the lack of resources—that's the Resistance. Welcome to a new seasonal podcast featuring honest conversations with artists discussing their own struggles. The hope is that we'll all find a way forward—together.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.