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Grief is a Sneaky BitchKrissy Teegerstrom | I Was Already EverythingIn today’s episode, I explore the creative response to loss and trauma with my dear friend, artist, and former GSB podcast guest Krissy Teegerstrom. In A Grief Journey Delayed in Season 1, Krissy explored the delayed and disenfranchised grief over the death of her father. Not long after that conversation, Krissy came to recognize the unnamed neglect and emotional abuse by her mother in the wake of her father’s death. In this episode, she speaks openly and vulnerably about coming to grips with the resulting grief and trauma she endured, and the difficult, oftentimes painfu...2022-12-0658 min
Verge of the FringeThis Maker's Life Hey Dude, a bit of recognition for my photos by Descanso Gardens and The Arboretum paves the way for me to see Ira Glass in a new light, from "broken glass" to an arrow straight to the heart.QUOTE: "The only thing you can do is to keep on keepin' on."AUDIO LINKPEOPLE: Ira Glass, John Doe, Krissy TeegerstromPLACES: Descanso Gardens, The Arboretum, Arcadia, Altadena, Heritage BootsTHINGS: iPhone 6, iPhone XS, Carved, Twitter, Instagram, L.A. Magazine, plumeria, Mother Nature, S-Town, All T...2021-10-0400 min
Verge of the DudeThis Maker's LifeHey Dude, a bit of recognition for my photos by Descanso Gardens and The Arboretum paves the way for me to see Ira Glass in a new light, from "broken glass" to an arrow straight to the heart. QUOTE: "The only thing you can do is to keep on keepin' on." PEOPLE: Ira Glass, John Doe, Krissy Teegerstrom PLACES: Descanso Gardens, The Arboretum, Arcadia, Altadena, Heritage Boots THINGS: iPhone 6, iPhone XS, Carved, Twitter, Instagram, L.A. Magazine, plumeria, Mother Nature, S-Town, All Things Considered SOUNDS: leaf blower, footsteps, gravel...2021-10-0417 min
Grief is a Sneaky BitchKrissy Teegerstrom | A Grief Journey DelayedIn today’s episode, I was joined by Krissy Teegerstrom, an Austin-based artist and creative consultant at Featherweight Studio, and podcast host of Beyond and Back Podcast.Krissy bravely explores how her father’s death due to addiction when she was 11, a condition her family never discussed, profoundly impacted her life. She reveals how her mother’s insistence on not talking about it, virtually removing traces of his existence from their home, taught her some damaging lessons about love, grief and loss. Krissy illuminates what her grief work has looked like, a journey she says she only b...2020-02-041h 08
The Life StylistLuke on Beyond + Back w/ Krissy TeegerstromIn the Beyond + Back podcast, host Krissy Teegerstrom talks with musicians, artists, writers, and creatives about the creative process, where inspiration comes from, and why they do what they do. She wants listeners to get inspired about their own creativity and self-expression, and I am so grateful she thought of me as a guest. In this episode, we talk about what it’s like to create your own life, to recreate it when the time comes, and the challenges that present when people want you to explain just exactly what it is that you do. We talk ab...2020-01-051h 00
Verge of the DudeA Little Piece of ArtHey Dude, I riff about how my friend Krissy Teegerstrom creates "a little piece of art" with her Beyond and Back Podcast. Then I rant "that just because you're a podcaster, it doesn't mean you're an artist." CHARACTERS: Zane Grey, De Niro, Pacino, Joe Pesci, Jimmy Hoffa, Shepard Fairey, Jakob Dylan, Allison Anders, Siri, Minus One LOCATIONS: California Bohemian Leather (Workshop), Zane Grey Estate, Los Angeles Music Center MOVIES: The Irishman PODCASTS: Beyond and Back Podcast, audio drama STUFF: Christmas, FBI, Twitter, mime SOUNDS: dogs, semi, sirens2019-12-1512 min
Verge of the DudeA Year of CallsAnyways Dude, I go back in time to search for the future, as I reflect on the past year of calls I made to you. Also I give thanks to those who've supported me along the way. CHARACTERS: Dan Klass, Evo Terra, Grant Baciocco, Aidan Rosewell, The Illusive Host, Matt Lazarus, Krissy Teegerstrom, Shepard Fairey, John Lurie, Sugar Man LOCATIONS: New York City, Sunset Strip, North Hollywood High School, North Hollywood, Sweden, South Africa, Downtown Los Angeles, Rose Bowl, Dodger Stadium PODCASTS: video podcasts, podcast patent, Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame, The...2019-11-1723 min
Beyond + Back PodcastShepard Fairey of Obey GiantThanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Episode notes: Shepard Fairey is celebrating 30 years of being a groundbreaking and influential artist, designer and activist. He started his company Obey Giant with a sticker and he’s turned it into an empire, including but not limited to his fine art, murals all over the world, the Obey Clothing line, his design and branding company Studio Number One and an art gallery called Subliminal Projects. You can watch the...2019-11-161h 11
Beyond + Back PodcastMatthew Bede Murphy & the artists of LAND GalleryThanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Episode notes: LAND Studio & Gallery is a unique nonprofit day habilitation program that teaches life skills through the modality of art. Located in Brooklyn, NY, LAND was founded in 2005 and serves 16 adult artists with developmental disabilities. I spoke with six of the artists at LAND before visiting the co-founder Matthew Bede Murphy at his home in Brooklyn. This is an episode for close listening. In my conversation with...2019-11-021h 07
Beyond + Back PodcastKrissy Teegerstrom on the This Song PodcastThanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Bonus episode: I'm sharing the full episode of my appearance on the This Song podcast hosted by KUTX's Elizabeth McQueen. This was my second interview ever and the first one I did before a live audience. Naturally, I was nervous. In my introduction to this bonus episode, I talk through how I managed my nervousness so I could show up for the live interview. Then I share the full episode where I...2019-10-1934 min
Beyond + Back PodcastLuke StoreyThanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Episode notes: Luke Storey wears many hats. He’s a former Hollywood Celebrity Fashion Stylist, motivational speaker, kundalini yoga and meditation teacher and world-class biohacker. He is the creator and host of The Life Stylist Podcast, a show for people who are dedicated to living life at the highest level of human potential. Prior to this, Luke was a musician for 15 years and then co-founded School of Style, a fas...2019-10-051h 00
Beyond + Back PodcastSkating PollyThanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Episode notes: Kelli Mayo is 19 years old and Peyton Bighorse is 23, but their band Skating Polly has already existed for 10 years. During that time they’ve played hundreds of live shows, toured with many of their heroes and released five studio recordings. They are a family band, Peyton’s mom and Kelli’s dad are a couple, and a few years ago they added their brother Kurtis Mayo on drums. T...2019-09-211h 03
Verge of the DudeMore Hugs in the New WorldHey Dude, I had a blast at the book signing of "More Fun in the New World" at Vroman's. I felt a deep connection to the DIY spirit and legacy of Los Angeles, punctuated by a bear hug from John Doe of X. CHARACTERS: John Doe, Tom DeSavia, Bob Dylan, Chris Morris, Allison Anders, Louie Perez, Los Lobos, X, Woody Guthrie, Kurt Voss, Billy Zoom, Exene, Dan Klass, Krissy Teegerstrom, Jakob Dylan, Wallflowers, Ronald Reagan LOCATIONS: Los Angeles, Pasadena, Vroman's, Olympic Auditorium, Grammy Museum, UCLA, UCSB, Altadena, London, NYC, East L.A. MUSIC...2019-09-0824 min
Beyond + Back PodcastDavíd GarzaThanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Episode notes: Davíd Garza hails from Texas & has been making music and writing songs since the late 1980s. These days he collaborates with all sorts of artists; you might find him making music with Fiona Apple or scoring the recent Beto O'Rourke documentary. He just released a book called Lost Rhyme which pairs 100 of his paintings alongside 100 poems, or song lyrics, he’s written. Davíd has generously allowe...2019-09-071h 03
Beyond + Back PodcastDanielle MacKinnonThanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Episode notes: Danielle MacKinnon, is an intuitive, animal communicator, and coach. She has two published books, Soul Contracts and Animal Lessons, and she teaches animal communication classes at the Omega Institute, the Kripalu Center, and also through her own online school. Today we’re hearing from someone whose creative work might go beyond your comfort zone of what’s real or acceptable. Many of us are open to th...2019-08-2455 min
Beyond + Back PodcastJakob DylanThanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Episode notes: Jakob Dylan has been playing music for more than 30 years, touring all over the world and winning two Grammys with his band The Wallflowers. He’s released two solo albums and most recently he collaborated with his longtime manager Andrew Slater on the film and project called Echo in the Canyon, which celebrates the music that came out of LA’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-1960s. Jakob’...2019-08-101h 00
Beyond + Back PodcastKathleen Shannon and Krissy TeegerstromThanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Episode notes: Kathleen Shannon is a designer, creative director and podcaster. For this episode, we flip the format and Kathleen Shannon interviews me, Krissy Teegerstrom, your host of the Beyond + Back podcast. Kathleen co-hosts a podcast for creative entrepreneurs called Being Boss, with her business bestie Emily Thompson. Since 2015 they’ve recorded over 200 episodes, racked up nearly 8 million downloads and published a book together. In this episode Kathleen and I t...2019-07-271h 00
Beyond + Back PodcastEvelyn From The Internets, StorytellerThanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Episode notes: Storyteller Evelyn Ngugi, aka Evelyn From The Internets, and I spoke at her co-working space in Austin, Texas. Evelyn is a writer, speaker, performer and humorist with 10 years of videos she's shared on her YouTube channel, garnering more than 13 million views and 200K subscribers (Beyoncé is a fan!). We talked about the pros and cons of sharing your work online, how to separate yourself from your work, ho...2019-07-131h 03
Beyond + Back PodcastPaul Frank, Artist & Designer Part 2 Thanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Episode notes: Part two of my conversation with artist and designer Paul Frank. In episode one, we talked about the beginning of Paul’s creative journey and the initial inspiration behind some of the characters you know and love, including the beloved Julius the monkey. In this second episode, we talk about how those original characters grew into Paul Frank Industries, the hugely successful company that he co...2019-06-2954 min
Beyond + Back PodcastPaul Frank, Artist & Designer, Part 1Thanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Episode notes: Paul Frank is best known as the co-founder of Paul Frank Industries, a multi-million dollar company that found success in the mid-1990s with his iconic characters like Julius the Monkey. In this first of two episodes with Paul Frank, we talk about the beginnings of his creativity, what influenced his early work, where Julius the monkey came from and the fun and the function t...2019-06-2950 min
This SongThis Song: Krissy Teegerstrom on “Mojo Pin” by Jeff BuckleyOn the last episode of This Song until the fall, Krissy Teegerstrom, a self-made artist, creative consultant, podcaster, and designer at Featherweight Studio talks about how listening to “Mojo Pin” by Jeff Buckley transported her to a place beyond the real and showed her how to follow her creative intuition. Jeff Buckley’s performance style confirmed the idea of creation as a form of devotion and self-expression, something that Krissy, at first, felt like she couldn’t relate to. Inspired by her own roundabout journey to an artistic life, she started a podcast about overcoming obstacles creativity. That podcast, fittingl...2019-06-2624 min
Beyond + Back PodcastSmash Everything with Billie Joe ArmstrongThanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Episode notes: I speak with multiplatinum selling musician and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Billie Joe Armstrong of the band Green Day. We talk about the solitude needed to nurture a creative seed versus the fortitude needed to share it with the world, the benefits of encouraging others, and what we can accomplish when we keep pushing past our comfort zones. I spoke with Billie Joe...2018-12-0859 min
Beyond + Back PodcastPractice Pays Off with Aimee MannThanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Episode notes: Singer, songwriter & musician Aimee Mann began her career in the 1980s. Early on, she had a breakout hit with her band Til Tuesday, but that has not defined her career. Since then she has created a body of work as a solo artist, winning Grammy Awards and nominations for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for her work on the soundtrack to the movie Magnolia. She maintains h...2018-11-241h 01
Beyond + Back PodcastAt Ease with Tunde AdebimpeThanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Episode notes: Talking with Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio in his art studio outside his home in Los Angeles, CA. We talk about giving ourselves permission to do more than one thing, how art can save lives, and how we can use our creative outlets to help process the difficulties and trauma we experience. In addition to being a musician, he’s also a working actor, often colla...2018-10-271h 02
Beyond + Back PodcastThe Noise Floor with Jerry HarrisonThanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Episode notes: Jerry Harrison may be best known for his work in The Modern Lovers and Talking Heads. He’s had great success as a music producer with bands including Live, No Doubt, and most recently Le Butcherettes. He’s been involved in film, start-ups, he’s in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, he’s maintained a creative career for over 40 years and he has a knack for knowi...2018-10-131h 03
Beyond + Back PodcastCome Rain or Come Shine with Robert LopezThanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Episode notes: From Seattle, WA, we go beyond and back with musician and entertainer Robert Lopez. Perhaps best known as El Vez, the Mexican Elvis, Lopez is a lifelong creator, starting in his teenage years in the Los Angeles punk scene and continuing to make art today with his latest creation, Mr. Bob and The Unhappy Hour. He is a singer, songwriter, actor, a sincere trickster. He'll make you lau...2018-09-291h 03
Beyond + Back PodcastGetting Unblocked with Kime BuzzelliThanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Episode notes: From Joshua Tree, CA, we go beyond & back with fine artist Kime Buzzelli. What would cause an accomplished artist to experience a creative block? Kime is an accomplished painter and owns The End Yucca Valley, a vintage oasis in the Mojave Desert featuring clothing, jewelry, textiles and art. I came to know her as a tastemaker, stylist, costume designer and a supporter of artists, but for a l...2018-09-1555 min
Beyond + Back PodcastFollowing the Thread with WK BingerThanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Episode notes: In this episode, we go beyond & back with WK Binger. He’s owned a tree removal service for over 30 years but recently he opened the Vintage Sewing Center & Museum in Tulsa Oklahoma. Sewing is very dear to my heart, in fact I named my company Featherweight Studio after my 1948 Singer Featherweight sewing machine. But this episode is not just for sewing enthusiasts. I invite y...2018-09-011h 01
Beyond + Back PodcastTaking Creative Risks with Filmmaker Allison AndersThanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Episode notes: In this episode we go Beyond + Back with award-winning independent filmmaker Allison Anders. How do I introduce Allison Anders? I will give you the highlight reel: Her films include Border Radio, Mi Vida Loca, Gas Food Lodging, Sugartown, Grace of My Heart She’s received a Peabody Award and a MacArthur Genius Grant She's a loving mother and friend, a multi-faceted survivor And she's kind...2018-08-181h 00
Beyond + Back PodcastArtist and Musician Nathan Carter in his Brooklyn studioThanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Episode notes: In this debut episode of the Beyond and Back podcast, I speak with my friend fine artist and musician Nathan Carter in his Brooklyn art studio. We're hearing from Nathan at a time when he's just spent about three years working on an entirely new project, a real departure from his previous work, and fortunately it's proving to be a success for him. Na...2018-08-1657 min
Beyond + Back PodcastTrailer for the Beyond + Back podcastThanks for listening. I'm your host, Krissy Teegerstrom, and I'm an artist and a designer. Please find me and support my art at www.FeatherweightStudio.com. Episode notes: Find out what to expect from the Beyond + Back podcast, and why artist and creative consultant Krissy Teegerstrom of Featherweight Studio created it.2018-08-1602 min