Lunch with Lyle
Inspired by fun-a-day, this daily podcast is a long form discussion around the human condition esp. around how we thrive as humans while engaging with technology. Join Lyle Troxell and his guests.
Season 1
January 1, 2022 January 31, 2022
Connection - Adriana
January 1, 2022 | 01:02:06 | S1:E1
Adriana has stayed connected with people through out her life and built both a wonderful support structure and also a sense of belonging. She has also picked up the banjo, so let's go get a theme-song and an interesting conversation.
Action is the Antidote
January 2, 2022 | 01:18:05 | S1:E2
Artists, Activist, Anarchist and Professor Wes Modes chats with me about Teaching, Service Animals, his Shanty Boat Project, Making for Burning Man, Protesting, Police, Purpose, optimism and much more.
Question Your Perception
January 3, 2022 | 01:29:42 | S1:E3
Ben Jaffe joins me to shed some light on how much of what we perceive is created by our mind. And the battle between us and the big media companies that are trying to use the bugs in our mind to steal our time.
Rebooting with Softness
January 4, 2022 | 00:31:58 | S1:E4
Dr. Juko Holiday seems to fill many people's lives with joy. She runs Ease Mountain Yoga in Ben Lomond, CA, which has become a great center of community our small mountain valley. When we were thinking about impressive people with something to teach about having a full-filling life, Juko came right to the top of our list. Have a listen, you will see why.
The Primeagen
January 5, 2022 | 00:49:03 | S1:E5
Michael Paulson, got Covid, streams programing on Twitch, believes in "Love God, Love People, and Love the Planet", lives in the present with his family, gives a lot of money away to charity, and has fun doing all of it.
The Hardest Job
January 6, 2022 | 01:16:08 | S1:E6
In 1999 Jon Compton and I played board games, built internet things for a telco, and debated. And because of this podcast Jon is back in my life right when he is going through the hardest job, the death of his father. Jon works for the DOD simulating conflict. He has a sharp mind and some wonderful ideas on why and how we can make the world better. It's really late - I'm not sure this is all making sense. So please forgive me.
Burt Onions
January 7, 2022 | 00:13:39 | S1:E7
On day 7 Lyle needed to trade sleep for a full episode. Join Lyle for an audio tour as he get's support from his youngest, River, and Maggi... while cooking dinner.
I Love Life
January 8, 2022 | 01:37:44 | S1:E8
Seeing the world through Marina Troxell's voice will change you for the better.
Tangentially
January 9, 2022 | 00:25:20 | S1:E9
Maggi and I walk the dogs while chatting about the podcast.
Design Constantly Learning
January 10, 2022 | 01:01:26 | S1:E10
User experience designer Ian Krabacher joins me for a discussion of, thoughtful communication, board games, designing software, technology disposability, hockey, and the opposite of isolation.
Art is the Answer - Little People's Repertory Theater
January 11, 2022 | 00:51:07 | S1:E11
Janinne Chadwick has been running Little People's Reparatory theater for over 20 years, And it looks like she is going to stay with it making Ben Lomond, and the Santa Cruz mountains a richer place.
Transforming Privilege
January 12, 2022 | 01:03:02 | S1:E12
A conversation between two white people on learning to see white privilege and making changes to be anti-racist.
Non Fungible Token Poppycock
January 13, 2022 | 00:16:16 | S1:E13
I am not impressed nor excited about NFTs... and here is why.
Beauty in Sharing your Struggle
January 14, 2022 | 00:24:47 | S1:E14
"There is beauty in struggling, and sharing that struggling, and that's what helps you connect with other people" - Dixita Limbachia, a new employee at Netflix. She got to know me through the WeAreNetflix podcast, and we get to know her a bit in this episode.
Badass
January 15, 2022 | 00:47:15 | S1:E15
Pearl Hoogs is an impressive young woman, she has built her own house (yurt) and lived off the grid, and she fights wild fires.... she also happens to be my niece and lives next door. I asked her to join me for "Lunch" to chat about her experiences and what she things about life. We talked all night - and maybe I will release more of the conversation at another time, but here is our second recording... where we tried to be more concise. Enjoy.
50% Recap
January 16, 2022 | 01:01:27 | S1:E16
Maggi joins me for a bit of a recap of the shows so far - and also shares her fun-a-day, journaling every day with the Bullet Journal Method - a great way to know yourself.
Motivation is Hard
January 17, 2022 | 00:20:58 | S1:E17
Difficulty with motivation... and it is Monday the 17th of January, so something special.
Delegate, Automate, Concentrate
January 18, 2022 | 01:10:08 | S1:E18
Quincy Larson is founder and CEO of the non-profit software school freeCodeCamp, where anyone can go and lear to program for free. Quincy is making real change in the world.
Clothes on the Floor
January 19, 2022 | 00:51:01 | S1:E19
Michael Lopp is a writer, public speaker, leader in leadership, senior director at Apple, and Rands on the internet. Michael and I do a podcast called The Important Thing, and while recording I asked him to be my guest on Lunch with Lyle.
Perth, Climate Change, and Germany Reunification
January 20, 2022 | 01:32:15 | S1:E20
Brenna Pavey shares her experience writing about investing in climate change, her time in Germany, and settling in Australia.
Authentic Voice
January 21, 2022 | 00:49:34 | S1:E21
Archana Kumar speaks about language, her authentic voice, songs she no longer likes, television shows she loves, and a bit more. This episode is fun.
Learning to Learn, Empathy, Curiosity
January 22, 2022 | 01:54:44 | S1:E22
Warren Sack joins me for an after dinner conversation about learning language, academic tenure, education, politics, and more.
Gwendolyn, Stories of Hot Glue
January 23, 2022 | 00:47:04 | S1:E23
My middle child Gwendolyn joins me for a late night chat about shows we like that are problematic, voices, friendship, and stories of bad parenting and hot glue.
30 summers and 5 billion years
January 24, 2022 | 01:14:12 | S1:E24
Emerson Murray, is an author, painter, film maker, gamer, radio-DJ, inaction figure maker, and an inspiration. I met Emerson in Highschool, he handed me a camera and told me to take pictures. He made me a bit character in a sci-fi melodrama, he made me a lead in a small black and white film, and we spent more then a decade battling aliens and creating worlds together.
In a Rock Tumbler
January 25, 2022 | 01:03:50 | S1:E25
Bonnie Jean Primbsch is a former radio broadcaster, an artists, a gardener, a grief counselor, a conflict mediator, and does her best not to Bogart the Flow.
It's About the Opportunity
January 26, 2022 | 01:25:47 | S1:E26
Brian Young, software developer, father, maker, home owner, and good friend.
Ecstatic Bliss
January 27, 2022 | 01:15:03 | S1:E27
My mother Diana Wright Troxell is an artist and face painter - business owner.
Other Currency
January 28, 2022 | 02:07:57 | S1:E28
Tom Fredricks speaks of retirement and his very full career as a ballet dancer in New York and Switzerland, marketing and tour director for the Houston Ballet for ten years, and co-running the Santa Cruz based Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music for over 20 years including it's transformation from a bankrupt organization into the world renowned festival it is now. Tom studies undergraduate work at Notre Dame, and holds an MBA from Stanford Business School.
Labor Land - something was wrong
January 29, 2022 | 01:35:56 | S1:E29
After the birth of her son Raven Lang knew something was wrong with the medical structure around birth. Learning the right way to support a mother giving birth was a process of witnessing births and re-learning. From her and other women's experiences Raven helped spear head the Home Birth Midwifery movement.
Looking Closely
January 30, 2022 | 01:25:00 | S1:E30
Jennifer Gonzalez joins me for a discussion on looking at and researching Art, being an academic, getting comfortable with terms Latinx/Chicanx , specialization in the Humanities, Complexity and Civil Discourse, Profit and Art, Art vs Making, and what we decide to do and not do.
Vast Beautiful Experience
January 31, 2022 | 01:56:17 | S1:E31
Maggi Hoogs joins me to speak about Neurodiversity, Celiac Disease, and the lessons we learned from this fun-a-day podcast for the month of January 2022.
