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43 mins #83 Jun 11, 21

The World Needs Smart Generalists, with Marci - The MultiPod 080

Smart Generalists help small companies and start-ups navigate the challenges and changes in business, allowing these businesses to grow and reach their potential, and yet still hire one person instead of perhaps four. Marcela Killin's company,...

43 mins #82 May 30, 21

MultiPod Extras: La increíble aventura de ser multipotencial

En este episodio, nos reunimos Marcelo (Argentina), Sónia (Portugal) y Vianney (México) para poner a prueba nuestra multipotencialidad mientras aprendemos a grabar y editar un podcast. Contaremos nuestras historias sobre quiénes somos, cómo...

38 mins #81 May 20, 21

Looking For the Little Details: Photography with Diana - The MultiPod 079

The MultiPod turns to photography, and engages in a delightful, insightful and motivational conversation with Diana Sherblom, puttypeep and photgrapher extraordinaire.   Diana and host Ted chat about what brought her to photography, how it's...

35 mins #80 May 07, 21

How to Get From Point A to Point B on the Path of Life, with Allison - The MultiPod 078

Allison is a multipotentialite coach from Alaska, who focuses on the beginning stages of one's journey to figuring out the life you are meant to lead.   She helps multipods unpack their identity and understand who they really are, thus enabling...

40 mins #79 Apr 23, 21

Multipotencial in Spanish, with Vianney y Marcelo - The MultiPod 077

The MultiPod continues to build on its language exploration, with now the second episode in our series on "Multipotentiality in languages and cultures beyond the English world," following on from the German-themed episode, #67.   Today we welcome...

47 mins #78 Apr 10, 21

Affirming Your Multipotentiality, with Angela Cotelessa PhD - The MultiPod 076

In this tremendously affirming interview, Flo talks to Angela Cotelessa, who wrote the first PhD on polymaths. Angela shares her research and data, but also her deep insight into the life and reality of polymaths, or, in our language, Puttypeep. Her...

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,...