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Clarity with Larry and WillEpisode 22 - Welcome to Tikor"Until the lion can write, the hunter will always write his history" - African proverb
Will continues his interview with Swordsfall creator Brandon Dixon, covering topics like: character building, game mechanics, capitalism, role-playing different genders, ninjas and more.
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2019-04-041h 05Clarity with Larry and WillEpisode 21 - SwordsfallEpisode Notes
"To me it's like, how many times have you talked shit on a game or a movie about how you'd do it better? This is your chance." - Brandon Dixon
After defining a few terms for Larry, Will interviews Swordsfall creator Brandon about world-building, his project's setting, inclusion, tabletop role-playing games and more.
Help bring Swordsfall to life: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/swordsfall/welcome-to-tikor-the-swordsfall-rpg-setting-and-ar?r
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Segments of the interview will be released on: www.soundcloud.com/maccannum
2019-03-261h 09Clarity with Larry and WillEpisode 20 - Ameritocracy?Episode Notes
"There's this false notion that you're going to be happy all the time as a mom and it's just not true." - Anne Gregory
What a run! Season 1 of Clarity ends here, I hope you all enjoyed it. Please rate us on iTunes or give us feedback via email or on Twitter.
After recapping the year with Will, Larry gets some help defining "Patriarchy". The second part of Anne's interview covers topics like: postpartum depression, raising childen while working in comedy and more lighthearted topics like how the concentration of wealth...
2019-01-2956 minClarity with Larry and WillEpisode 19 - Finding Your VoiceEpisode Notes
"What's true about your life that might not be true about other people? Let's explore that." - Anne Gregory
One last episode before 2019, we wish you all a happy New Year!
Larry looks into some news stories that caught his attention and then sits down with the comedic writer Anne Gregory for an interview.
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2018-12-3047 minClarity with Larry and WillEpisode 18 - Failure Is An OptionEpisode Notes
"Don't be afraid to fail, failing is how you learn."-Nadia Anwar
We apologize deeply for the hiatus, please send Will hate mail.
After a brief introduction from Larry, Will discusses some work he did with the artist Tala Madani and Larry asks for more engagement on the social media front. We now how a Soundcloud page and will be regularly posting short form content there and on Twitter.
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Next up we hear from Nadia Anwar in the second part of her interview...
2018-11-101h 04Clarity with Larry and WillEpisode 17 - Change AgentsEpisode Notes
"I'm trying to make other brown people feel ok about being in this country, because we all deserve to be here." -Nadia Anwar
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Before sitting down for an interview with Nadia, Larry and Will briefly discuss male vulnerability. Larry celebrates Les Moonves and Jeff Fager losing their jobs at CBS and the main story addresses the many allegations Moonves is facing from Ronan Farrow's New Yorker article.
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2018-09-2958 minClarity with Larry and WillEpisode 16 - Give Me A BreakEpisode Notes
“I have been compiling a database of the abuses of men in power and the systemic collusion that creates.” -Mystery Guest
Larry celebrates reaching 1,000 listens! We want to thank all of you for the support. Larry chats with Will briefly about catcalling and gives a summary of the episode.
The first story is focused on the return of Louis CK and the ramifications it has on stand up comedy.
Next up, Larry sits down with the mystery guess and is educated about first wave feminism.
Following that Larr...
2018-09-0845 minClarity with Larry and WillEpisode 15 - RetrogradeEpisode Notes
"I guess I am pretty New Age-y" - Sarah Rose Reynolds
Larry tries out some new catchphrases and breaks down some of the podcast's viewership numbers. We want to thank all of you who have supported the show!
Following that, Will continues his interview with Sarah aka Squirrel, covering topics like: feelings of inadequacy, astrology, psychics, identity, name envy and more!
Next up, Larry explores gender issues in basketball. This main story is centered around the debate of female players in the WNBA competing with men.
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2018-08-2255 minClarity with Larry and WillEpisode 14 - Being DifferentEpisode Notes
"Being different is what's making me successful!" - Sarah Rose Reynolds
First off, we apologize for the lack of a release schedule. Please bear with us, the next episode will hopefully be released in 3 weeks or less.
The main story concerns feminism in China. Larry explores a variety of perspectives and gives some context to what challenges the movement is facing from president Xi Jingping and his administration. Even #MeToo is being censored in China, we all need to help make sure activists have a voice.
Following that, Will...
2018-07-2756 minClarity with Larry and WillEpisode 13 - Think of the ChildrenEpisode Notes
"If we're afraid of saying the wrong thing as educators, then of course our students are going to be afraid of saying the wrong thing." - Briana
After a brief intro and a plea for donations, Larry continues his conversation with Briana, a university student affairs educator. They cover a variety of topics including: collegiate sports, Greek life, alcohol and other issues concerning student life on college campuses.
Inspired by Father's day, Larry teases a new book he's working on.
Please send questions or comments directly to Larry: larrymaccannum...
2018-06-2558 minClarity with Larry and WillEpisode 12 - ConsentEpisode Notes
"I'm worried about a generation of individuals who don't know how to say no" - Briana
Please check back, a visual reference of the alignment chart will be posted soon.
Larry has a gas of a time hyping his new diet. He's eating mostly plant-based food and feels fantastic.
Following the intro, Larry moves on to detailing the Clarity™ Feminist Alignment system. He adapts this approach from Dungeon & Dragons and explains how it organizes people into different categories of behavior.
For the interview segment, Larry sits down wi...
2018-06-0141 minClarity with Larry and WillEpisode 11 - Roll PlayingEpisode Notes
"I believe there are just as many female nerds as male nerds" - Chelsea Newman
After Larry's "Bullet Points" we jump right into the second part of Chelsea Newman's interview. Chelsea goes into greater detail about how Dungeons & Dragons is played and explains how flexible the system can be: accomodating many genres and playing styles. She shares some of her experiences as a woman in a male dominated game, gives role-playing advice and discusses how to encourage gender diversity in table top games.
Following the interview segment, Larry explores the concept...
2018-05-1145 minClarity with Larry and WillEpisode 10 - Calling Out LiarsEpisode Notes
"Give them something to think about, because you can't change someone else's mind. They're the only ones that can do that." - Chelsea Newman
Larry concludes (finally) his ongoing series concerning sexual assaults on college campuses. In this episode he focuses on criticism directed at Dr Lisak's research and how it has unduly affected policy.
Following the main story, Larry sits down for an interview with Chelsea Newman. She covers a wide range of topics from her interest in Dungeons & Dragons, interest in creating more positive media for children and her...
2018-04-2549 minClarity with Larry and WillEpisode 9 - Restoring JusticeEpisode Notes
"If you are the leader of a movement, you can't connect yourself only to only the outliers or you're going to miss out on the masses in the middle" - Marianna
Larry opens the episode by jumping right into the second part of his interview with Marianna. They continue their conversation and cover topics like: double standards between men and women, inappropriate behavior in the workplace, affirmative action and more!
Following the interview segment, Larry continues to drone on about sexual assualts on college campuses (thank you for your patience). In...
2018-04-1646 minClarity with Larry and WillEpisode 8 - Bystander InterventionEpisode Notes
Larry continues his main story investigating different approaches to deal with the epidemic of sexual assualts on college campuses.
He explores articles explaining how partisan the issues has become politically, some of the work done by Brenda Tracy concerning changing the culture of collegiate sports and details two other programs that aim to prevent rape.
Following this overly dense story, Larry sits down for an interview with Marianna to discuss issues concerning feminism, parenting, the woman's march and more.
Please send any questions or comments directly to Larry at...
2018-03-3149 minClarity with Larry and WillEpisode 7 - Letting Things SlideEpisode Notes
"In a really liberal place like Los Angeles, myself and people like me are still letting things slide." - Vanessa
Larry tries to bond with Will to no avail and instead goes right into part 2 of his interview with Vanessa. They cover topics like: dealing with inappropriate conduct in the workplace and alternatives to HR departments. Vanessa highlights some of the challenges that young women face when entering the workplace and opens up about some of her personal experiences of victimization.
The rest of the episode is dedicated to the main...
2018-03-0949 minClarity with Larry and WillEpisode 6 - Bad FeministsEpisode Notes
Larry briefly covers a story involving Catherine Deneuve and other French women rallying against the #MeToo movement, claiming that it's inhibiting healthy expressions of sexuality.
He then tackles the main story concerning author Margret Atwood ("the Handmaid's Tale") and claims that she's a bad feminist.
Afterwards Larry takes a call from an unsettling listener before sitting down for a long form interview with Vanessa (she's married to Larry's producer Will). They have a conversation about how it feels to be accused of being a bad feminist, Will, activism, avoiding social media...
2018-02-2343 minClarity with Larry and WillEpisode 5 - Court of Public OpinionEpisode Notes
After celebrating the oscar nominations of Greta Gerwig and Rachel Morrison, Larry covers a story concerning misogyny in Dungeons & Dragons. Following that, Larry answers several questions from listeners.
The focus of the episode is a critical examination of Babe.net's allegations against Aziz Ansari. Larry cites numerous articles and tries to present a variety of viewpoints, while weighing in with his own thoughts.
The final piece is a brief summary of the origins of the #MeToo movement and some information about it's founder, Tarana Burke.
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2018-02-0741 minClarity with Larry and WillEpisode 4 - TokenismEpisode Notes
After a brief recap of two articles and a tease of next week's topics, host Larry MacCannum sits down for the second part of his interview with Alex Marshall-Brown. They cover a wide range of topics like racism, tokenism, social media and more.
Larry follows the interview by exploring the logical fallacy "dogmatism" and caps the episode with a message from a sponsor.
Please direct any comments or questions to larrymaccannum@gmail.com.
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2018-01-2351 minClarity with Larry and WillEpisode 3 - Logical FallaciesEpisode Notes
Larry recaps some new stories related to the sexual misconduct allegations in the entertainment industry and tries to bribe the listeners into writing iTunes reviews.
Later on, Larry sits down with Alex Marshall-Brown and listens to her share some of her experiences as an actor and stuntwoman. Most importantly, he gets the opportunity to explore her perspective of the world.
Following the interview, Larry breaks down the concept of logical fallacies, defining ad hominem and affirming the consequent.
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2018-01-1240 minClarity with Larry and WillEpisode 2 - Constructive CriticismEpisode Notes
After a brief intro, we listen to the conclusion of Larry's interview with Miranda Sajdak. This portion focuses less on Hollywood and more on other industries.
After the interview, Larry takes a call and tries to get a new sponsor.
Please send any questions or comments to larrymaccannum@gmail.com
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2017-12-3143 min
Clarity with Larry and WillEpisode 1 - Mission StatementEpisode Notes
Larry takes a few calls and introduces the show. Miranda Sajdak stops by for an interview that covers a wide range of topics, but focuses on female directors in Hollywood.
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