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49 mins #77 Mar 18, 21

Offer and Receive: How To Be Circular, with Paul - The MultiPod 075

Paul Sockett is with us on The MultiPod today: actor, performer, improviser, hugger, traveller and storyteller. Citizen of the world and multipotentialte, navigating the exceptional changes of the past 12 months with grace and perspective.   Paul...

73 mins #76 Mar 02, 21

The Beauty of Darkness - The MultiPod 074

The MultiPod takes you on an adventure to northern Sweden, to the city of Skellefteå, overlooking the Gulf of Bothnia. The city lies at 64° latitude, similar to Iceland, Baffin Island and the northern reaches of Canada. It thus has very short days...

41 mins #75 Feb 05, 21

To Live in a Tiny Home, with CatP - The MultiPod 073

In the 2nd of our tandem episodes this week, building on the homsteading/intentional living theme of Episode 72 with Sonia, we introduce you to CatP and explore the wonder and freedom of life in a tiny home. In Cat's case that is primarily in the...

41 mins #74 Feb 01, 21

Homesteading, Home-Schooling, Remote Working: Sonia's Journey - The MultiPod 072

Sonia lives with her family in rural Portugal, having embraced a major lifestyle change a few years ago. She and her husband closed down their veterinary service in the city, bought a farm, lots of animals therein, and packed up their three kids for a...

33 mins #73 Jan 16, 21

Third Culture Kids & Belonging, with Risa - The MultiPod 071

What is it like to grow up in different countries, different languages and different cultures, all around the world? It sounds pretty exciting and exotic, and for the most part, it is! But where does that leave your sense of home, and belonging? Third...

46 mins #72 Jan 02, 21

Bye Bye to 2020, Hello to a Fresh Start - The MultiPod 070

Well, we've made it to the end of 2020, and boy was it something. Amongst so many changes and unknowns, it was often a challenge to stay positive this year and make sense of it all. But any good year-end-show will do its best to be constructive and...

44 mins #71 Dec 24, 20

Reflections on Milestones, with Emilie Wapnick - The MultiPod 069

The past couple or so months have seen a flurry of changes in Puttyland, as the community has taken on a new name and identity. This has also coincided with the recent ten year anniversary of the launch of , the blog. Meanwhile our little...

52 mins #70 Dec 14, 20

Perspectives From Outside The Puttyverse, with Rinat - The MultiPod 068

Here at The MultiPod, we take the time every once in a while to incorporate an outside voice, someone from beyond the community, to gain their perspective on multipotentiality and what makes us tick. Today that guest is Rinat Ben Avraham, who happens...

50 mins #69 Dec 04, 20

The German Multipotentialite Experience: "Straightforward and Exact" - The MultiPod 067

Today's episode takes us into the German-speaking world, and the broader question of "how does language, culture and society impact our multipotentialite identity?" We default to English primarily in the Puttyverse, including in this podcast, which...

27 mins #68 Nov 12, 20

Queerness and Multipotentiality, Part 2: Use the Complexity to be Empowered - The MultiPod 066

Queerness and multipotentiality...Do they have anything to do with each other? This question was brought up by a Puttyverse member, Niyoosha, and it piqued our interest here at The MultiPod. Co-host Vanessa speaks with Niyoosha and Hannah - all 3...

37 mins #67 Nov 10, 20

Queerness & Multipotentiality: An Intersection of Rainbows - The MultiPod 065

Queerness and multipotentiality...Do they have anything to do with each other? This question was brought up by a Puttyverse member, Niyoosha, and this piqued our interest here at The MultiPod. Co-host Vanessa speaks with Niyoosha and Hannah - all 3...

49 mins #66 Nov 06, 20

Creative Techniques to Improve Your Creativity, with Thomas - The MultiPod 064

Thomas Beutel is a determined creator, of all things tactile: both for the hands and for the brain.  Thomas paints, draws, builds, programs, wires, carves, moulds, assembles and imagines, resulting in all kinds of models, tools, sculptures and...

37 mins #65 Oct 22, 20

The MultiPod 2.0: von Neumann, Queen and a Brand New Theme - The MultiPod 063

Welcome back to The MultiPod!   It’s been a while, and for starters, thank you to everyone who’s listening, who has still discovered our show and even gone through some of the back catalogue over the past few weeks.   It’s been two and...

39 mins #64 Aug 19, 20

In the Backyard and Live! with Ted, Vanessa & Taylor - The MultiPod 062

It's a big moment for The MultiPod, after 2 1/2 years of recording this show, we have for the first time sat down together as co-hosts to record a MultiPod episode, live and in person. Vanessa and her husband Taylor were visiting family in Ottawa,...

46 mins #63 Jul 27, 20

Profiles in Multipotentiality: Tesla and Hughes - The MultiPod 061

It's summer, 2020, we all need a break from COVID-related news and info, and The MultiPod is here to help. We've decided to start taking a look at the broader picture of multipotentiality, and figure out how we can expand our understanding of the...

42 mins #62 Jun 25, 20

How Better Communication Will Make Your Projects Soar, With Flo - The MultiPod 060

Thriving multipotentialite Flo Stummer joins us today from Austria, fresh from discovering and joining the Puttytribe just a few weeks ago. His journey has taken him from his native land to the UK, United States, and all around Europe, with a...

49 mins #61 Jun 12, 20

Mary Gabriola: A Life Lived Without a Name on a Parking Spot - The MultiPod 059

Our guest today, Mary from Gabriola Island in British Columbia, is an inspiration for a life well-lived as a multipotentialite. From education to permaculture gardening, sailing to learning to play the bodhran, Mary has embraced the winding path of...

35 mins #60 May 15, 20

What It's Like To Experience Public Shaming - The MultiPod 058

Our guest today is, like any multipotentialite, full of talents, ideas, dreams and motivations. However, she has also been through the type of experience that we usually only observe from a distance, involving celebrities and strangers, the kind of...

3 mins #59 May 06, 20

MultiPod Extras: Excerpt, Breathing Wind, Episode 2 "Never Alone" with Benjamin Gunning

We at The MultiPod are happy to share with you a short excerpt from Breathing Wind, the podcast on grief and loss, produced by our guest in Episode 57, Sarah Davis. This 3 minute clip will give you a good feel for the style of engrossing storytelling...

43 mins #58 May 01, 20

Understanding Grief In A Time of Isolation, with Sarah - The MultiPod 057

Our episode today addresses a delicate topic, but one particularly profound and prescient, given the current state of the world. Our focus is on grief, on coming to terms with death and dying, on witnessing our loved ones pass away, and on the complex...

42 mins #57 Apr 19, 20

Finding The Ability To Deal With The Unknown, with Ti0 - The MultiPod 056

We're over a month now, for most of us, into isolation & quarantine, and it's a moment where we're both familiar with the change yet aware that we're facing a very uncertain and unclear future.   Ti0 is a "Consciousness researcher,"...

38 mins #56 Apr 08, 20

MultiPod Extras: That's The Ticket! The New Travel Podcast From Vanessa

MultiPod Extras is an ongoing project of The MultiPod, where the hosts test out new podcast ideas in a bonus, typically one-off format. Members of the Puttytribe can pitch their podcast ideas too! Email  with the show that you would like to demo....

46 mins #55 Apr 02, 20

How Do We Make Sense Of What's Happening? A COVID-19 Conversation - The MultiPod 055

It's a rapidly changing world, and we're all trying to make sense of it. The coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19 global shutdown, is in full swing, but as of the date of this recording, none of us know how it is going to turn out, or what changes it will...

47 mins #54 Mar 19, 20

Rural, Remote Living in a Time of Adjustment, with Marie - The MultiPod 054

Today on The MultiPod, we take you to the countryside of rural Tennessee and speak with Marie, comfortably ensconced therein with her husband and daughter, chickens and dogs, with acres of space and oodles of fresh air. It sounds idyllic, and it is!...

38 mins #53 Mar 09, 20

Exploring the State of our Mental Health - The MultiPod 053

Today we have a very important episode for you, something a little different. We're coming out of February, the depths of winter, the low point of the sun. Two months into the new year, and time is creeping up on us. We're each dealing with some...

39 mins #52 Feb 21, 20

How Unexpected Paths Lead to Life-Changing Turns with Leah - The MultiPod 052

How does a freelancer start freelancing? How does a multipotentialite choose a career or profession? Today's guest on The MultiPod, Leah Waig, shares her story of putting 2 +2 together to set off on an unexpected journey full of twists, turns and...

34 mins #51 Feb 06, 20

How to Measure the Time Spent on Your Passions, with Niyoosha - The MultiPod 051

Mulitpotentialites have so many passions, so much on the go, and only so much time.  How to balance it all? What if we could approach this challenge not with the intention of balancing everything equally, but with the ability to measure the...

41 mins #50 Jan 25, 20

Episode 50: How Does a Multipod Stick With Something for Two Years? with Neil Hughes

The MultiPod makes it to their 50th episode, just over two years since launching, and we pause to reflect on the milestone with one of the Puttytribe's longest-serving and most influential members, Neil Hughes. Neil is a self-employed specialist in...

40 mins #49 Jan 09, 20

Why Do Multipoentialites Make Great Parents? with Matt - The MultiPod 049

In the always exciting, always challenging world of parenting, what are the strengths of multipotentialites? Are we more adaptable, better responsive, open and flexible to our kids' needs and interests? And to what extent can multipotentiality be...

40 mins #48 Dec 31, 19

Slowing Down in December, with Valentina - The MultiPod 048

If you've been working on "slowing down" this holiday season, this episode is for you.   The Puttytribe has had a lot of focus this month on navigating this busy, social time of the year, with the usual demands on time, energy, consumption and...