Andy Beckerman

I host the Beginnings & Couples Therapy (@NaomiandAndy) podcasts. TV writer. Former philosophy prof. Casiopop king. Chair @DSA_LosAngeles' IJC '22-'23

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Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

It's the 15th anniversary of the show! Great talk with @davidcrosss - Punk rock & political awareness, speaking your mind, Roswell, GA in the 1970s, the pull of NYC + MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/i2HCodbs6q

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

Great talk with cartoonist Ron Regé Jr.! Being confused by ambition, the Boston punk scene, freedom & authority, seeing through the mythology, the Stations of the Cross + MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/y4xhXG0CKO

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CC: @SlumberlandRecs!

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

Nice talk with Dusty Reske of @xxRocketshipxx! Highly-sensitive people, intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation, moving to Texas, authentic emotions + MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/6hiB3OzZ20

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

Great talk with investigative reporter @MichaelEHayden! Playwright origins, creative exaptations, post-9/11 Long Island, covering Charlottesville and MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/zhPguoDKyd

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Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

The great @douggillard of @_GuidedByVoices, Cobra Verde & so much more joins me to talk the farmlands of northern Ohio, school marching band, ego & happiness, The Monkees + MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/mga1NiKrWG

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

A delightful hour with Felicia Douglass of @avalunagroup, @DirtyProjectors & Gemma! Imperial core introverts, her ballet days, the Upper East Side, following the rules + MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/0ufTat7vrk

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

Great talk with Thelma writer/director Josh Margolin! West Coast anxiety, warding off negative outcomes, control & chaos, overdetermined life paths and MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/4gjfDhT58x

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

Wonderful talk with Stefanie & @chrisfromumm of Big Harp! Never selling out, the Valley vs. the Sandhills, the rancher lifestyle, Mike Watt’s bass style + MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/T8k6R2paIx

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

Great talk with John Flansburgh of @tmbg! A calamitous first half of life, design obsession, the school newspaper clique, the early days of TMBG + MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/bvp0rUGlbH

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

The wonderful John McEntire of Tortoise & tons more joins me to talk Portland politics & family politics, ego vs. understanding, not overthinking it, knowing vs. feeling + MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/PAFC2N4a6o

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

Great talk with Jeffrey and Zach of comedy directing duo @fatalfarm! Sketch comedy and vulnerability, going to the school from Rushmore, Miami Vice grandfathers and MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/Izg89a20JR

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

Great talk with Connor Armbruster of, well, Armbruster! Parenting and making art, Catholicism, Deep Listening, Riverdance, synesthesia + MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/soSgBqnR6y

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

Fantastic talk with Julia Steiner of Ratboys! Obsessions & empathy, the talent “dog”, fear of change, a lucky bubble (???) and SO MUCH MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/9Ey6C4aS0x

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

@MKupperman @reggaechristmas Oh man, the newest series How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge) is immaculate

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

Great talk w/Amelia Fletcher of @HeavenlyIndie! Rationality & economics, class differences & feeling other, loo roll mathematics & curiosity, being obedient/outspoken + MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/fGiBFgNPWv

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@reynoldsgareth

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

My pal & fellow silly-billy Mort Burke stops by to talk Marxian analyses of video podcasts, silliness & despair, familial scapegoats, an existential crisis from birth + MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/YECIREyqu8

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Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

Great talk with Lisa M and Lisa G of cub! The lifelong existential mission of defining yourself, sanding off your edges, ruthless ambition, learning how to fail and MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/28UFdWfNty

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

Great talk today with Mary Lattimore! Harp is opposite lobster (?), wanting a beautiful life, the family farm, being aware of mortality at a young age, Z for Zachariah and MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/CDmR5dHO6k

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@daveanthony Maybe?