Archive - The Second Cup

The Human Spirit Still Wins

3 years later and 3 reasons why I still won't use ChatGPT

Jun 17 •

Season 02, Episode 06: On Why We Need Poetry with Drew Jackson

the value of "useless" beauty, unanswerable questions, and using words to invite rather than tell

Jun 10 •

and

48:03

small whimsies for the day ahead

Jun 3 •

May 2025

Season 02, Episode 05: The Art of Remembrance with Emily Curzon

on living with our eyes wide open

May 27 •

and

46:06

Summer of Thin Spaces

a case for our willing surrender of disbelief

May 19 •

Season 02, Episode 04: Creativity & Our Mental Health with Blake Roberts & Jamie Haigh

on communal creation, our motivations for making art, and learning to treat our muse well

May 13 •

and

Blake Roberts, LMFT

1:03:28

You Get To Choose How Your Dream Will Crush You

and other true things I'd say to a room full of fourth graders

May 5 •

April 2025

March 2025

Season 02 Episode 02: On Talking With God with Tanner Olson

Author & Spoken Word Poet

Mar 31 •

and

48:54

How to Hear From God

when you're not a super-spiritual, supernatural superpower

Mar 27 •

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