For a Living

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By: Daniel Lazar

Committed to empathic engagement, For a Living explores working lives. I am humbled by the support of my listeners and grateful to my guests, who have been vulnerable, reflective, and insightful.

Farewell Dear Listeners
10/03/2023

For a Living is taking an indefinite hiatus. I might post episodes sporadically. I might even roll out Season 11 in 2024. I'm grappling with all this as I type these very words. We'll see. For now, I just want to thank all of you who have been listening and supporting this project. This podcast and your support has made my world a better place. 


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The Compassionate Inquiries of Stefania Arzamendia
09/19/2023

Stefania Arzamendia is an integrative humanistic psychotherapist and holistic health coach.  She grounds her work in Transactional Analysis, Gestalt therapy, and Compassionate Inquiry. She also prepares clients for ayahuasca experiences and guides them through the integration of psychedelic journeys. She also happens to be my therapist.

Stefi encourages you to dive into the work of Dr. Gabor Mate and to explore the wildlife and the wildflowers 

For a Living is taking an indefinite hiatus. I might post episodes sporadically. I might even roll out Season 11 in 2024. I'm grappling with all this as I type these ve...


Responsibly Provocative. That's The Gist of Mike Pesca!
09/05/2023

Mike Pesca is an award winning journalist, NPR legend, book author, substacker, and host of The Gist.

Listen to The Gist every weekday. Follow Mike on Substack. Read his rollicking book on sports what ifs.

Mike and I discussed many things, including: 

His his interviews with Virginia Sole Smith, Rainn Wilson, and Leon Neyfakh.  His appreciation for The Colin McEnroe Show, WTF with Marc Maron, Conversations With Coleman Hughes, Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air, Savage Lovecast, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and On the Media. For the record, if there were six faces on...


Ode to Labor Day (Mini Bonus Episode)
09/04/2023

Friends of the Pod weigh in for a short, kinda beautiful meditation on Labor Day. Celebrate with us! 

This episode is brought to you by our friends at Cookies and Carnitas who urge you to check out Mango Pickle.  Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.

Listen to the songs I composed and recorded about my conversations with artists on Season 7. Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail. Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people. Special thanks to Liv Hunt for ou...


Films on Time and On Budget with Steve Berman
08/22/2023

Steve Berman is the Executive Vice President of Film Finances Inc. He guarantees that films are made on time and on budget.

Steve endorses the HBO mini-series Band of Brothers, both because it may well be the finest piece of work ever made for television and because it is a profound meditation on leadership. 

Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon.

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Hugh Williamson's Fight for Human Rights
07/25/2023

Hugh Williamson is the Director of the Europe and Central Asia Division of Human Rights Watch. 

Check out...
-Hugh's website and his writing for Human Rights Watch

-A collection of Hugh's writing and speaking about worker priests
-The 1982 film, The Missing.

Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon.

Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur.  All my other projects are over here.  Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a revi...


Black German History Matters! with Dr. Tiffany Florvil
07/11/2023

Dr. Tiffany Florvil is an historian focusing on histories of post-1945 Europe, the African diaspora, social movements, Black internationalism, gender and sexuality. It's intersectional, international, transnational work. 

Check out Tiffany's website where you can check out her robust CV. perhaps follow her on Twitter @tnflorvil.

We discussed Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement and Rethinking Black German Studies: Approaches, Interventions and Histories and alluded to various projects in process.

Tiffany mentioned many important intellectuals, "quotidian" and otherwise, including: May Ayim, Claudia Jones, Audre Lorde, and Shirley Graham D...


A Fine Man, Jacob Viet Mueller Makes Fine Instruments
06/27/2023

Jacob Veit  Mueller makes violins, violas, and cellos in Berlin.

Check out Jacob's website to learn more. Perhaps follow him on Insta. 

Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon.

Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur.  All my other projects are over here.  Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people. 

Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Att...


The Compelling Questions of Rabbi Walter Rothschild
06/13/2023

Walter Rothschild is a rabbi, a storyteller, an author, and a railway enthusiast.

I urge you to explore Walter's website. It is rich with his writing, song, and storytelling. Our man contains multitudes. 

Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon.

Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur.  All my other projects are over here.  Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people. 

Our theme song is Ni...


Karen Waples Shares Stories of the World
05/30/2023

Karen Waples is an educator, an AP Consultant, and a textbook author. We discuss her new textbook, Comparative Government and Politics: Stories of the World.

Do you enjoy these explorations of working lives? Please support this project on Patreon.

Check out my free weekly newsletter, The Sabbateur.  All my other projects are over here.  Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail.  Please hit that follow/subscribe button, leave a review, and share the pod with your people. 

Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Crea...