This one is too good not to share here. Our guest today is John Roosevelt Boettiger, psychologist, author, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He is also one of the very few living people who spent his childhood inside the Roosevelt White House, where his grandfather Franklin was busy running the free world, and his grandmother Eleanor was traveling it.While John is the grandson of…
After nearly a year away, the Monkey Tooth Podcast is back. I sat down with my longtime pal Adem Vant Hull — woodworker, musician, painter, and cook — for a wide-ranging conversation about growing up in Minneapolis, losing a parent young, finding purpose in craft, and what it means to genuinely love what you do. Adem also talks about his upcoming one-day art show at Atelier Woodworks in New…
In this episode, Andrew speaks with Noémie Marmara - a multidisciplinary artist, poet, and ceramicist living in the south of France. Together, they explore the emotional, spiritual, and physical properties of clay, art, and the unseen forces that shape both. What begins as a conversation about vessels becomes a meditation on identity, perception, neurodivergence, trauma, and transformation. Noémie…
This is an article from the Raised By Woops Substack. "Everyone You've Ever Known is a Little Petty." Written and narrated by Andrew Couch. Link Visit the Raised By Whoops Substack Tunes in this Episode Delicado -Oscar Aleman RBW Theme - Pale Cricket ALTR - Enter the Cowboy Ziggy - Hide and Sneak Semo - Silver Lining
Spotify has kicked a few episodes off the feed - I'm putting them back in. This is one of them... Ohh man...how fortunate are we to live in the same world as today's guest, Erik Lomen. First of all, I only got to meet Erik because of serendipitous timing, bad weather in Cheyenne, WY, a not-to-be-missed Boston Celtics game, my propensity to arrive early for meals, my preference for eating at the…
Friends and fellow weirdos, I am pleased to present today's guest, Ernie Hubbard. He's a scientist, a businessman, a creative force, a fully enrolled student in the school of the eternally curious, and a total sweetheart. We talked about his upbringing in Marin County and the Sacramento Valley, the 1960s counter-culture, organic farming, his love affair with biology, a near-death experience that…
Ladies and Slime Molds, I present to you the most gracious emissary of Ganymede, Lord Running Clam (aka David Hyde)! Lord Running Clam is a writer, a chronicler, a gatherer of like-minded souls, and a friend of Dickheads everywhere. I met up with LRC via the internet to talk about his life in literature, community organizing, general weirdness, and more. Share and Enjoy!
Writer, thinker, father, educator, Total Dickhead - David Gill is my guest this week. He joins us to talk about deconstruction, literature, the brilliance of Philip K. Dick, learning to understand your parents and yourself, what it's like to battle the university to whom you've given nearly two decades of your life, and more. We had a good time, I think you might too. Share and Enjoy! Also, he's…
Today's guest is what I call a gentle genius. His name is Randy Polumbo, and I think he might be one of the coolest people I've ever met. He's an artist, a builder, a thinker, a father, a propagator of mycelium, a fan of eating bugs, and a kindhearted creative of the highest order. I met with him at his shop in Brooklyn to talk about childhood toys, owl pellets, the Gowanus Canal, art, sound, and…
What can I say about Heiko Greb? He’s a scientist, a sculptor, a skilled wood carver, a seamstress, an ice cream maker, a friend, and much, much more. We had a late-night chat in Bombay Beach, CA, to discuss the Hawaiian alphabet, art, Heiko’s personal history, and more. Share and Enjoy! Links Instagram Tunes in This Episode Oscar Aleman - Delicado Air - Universal Traveler