# Josh's Substack

Music and art as a gateway to life! (And the other way around.)

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## [Indisputably Alive](https://joshnhalpern.substack.com/p/indisputably-alive)

_2026-08-18 · Josh Halpern_

Arthur Miller, cabins in the woods, and babysitting.

## [Remembering Peter Serkin](https://joshnhalpern.substack.com/p/remembering-peter-serkin)

_2026-02-28 · Josh Halpern_

The world lost a true artist six years ago this month. Here's the interview I did with him in 2017, and never shared until now.

## [Postscript to "What Are You Holding?"](https://joshnhalpern.substack.com/p/postscript-to-what-are-you-holding)

_2026-01-31 · Josh Halpern_

Rethinking Tuesday's essay, with a deep historical dive.

## [What Are You Holding?](https://joshnhalpern.substack.com/p/what-are-you-holding)

_2026-01-27 · Josh Halpern_

On Minneapolis, fiction, and resistance.

## [Meditation for Renee Nicole Good](https://joshnhalpern.substack.com/p/meditation-for-renee-nicole-good)

_2026-01-09 · Josh Halpern_

Renee Good is the ninth person to be fired upon by ICE agents since September and the second to be killed.

## [Five Years](https://joshnhalpern.substack.com/p/five-years)

_2025-12-06 · Josh Halpern_

Sharing the speech I gave on the Fifth Anniversary of the Cultural Caravan.

## [You, Me, and William Walton](https://joshnhalpern.substack.com/p/you-me-and-william-walton)

_2025-11-12 · Josh Halpern_

Getting beyond our first impressions.

## [Signs of Life](https://joshnhalpern.substack.com/p/signs-of-life)

_2025-11-10 · Josh Halpern_

Getting online to get offline, or some nonsense like that.