Overview: In this short solo episode (ep 131), Adam Williams shares a creative life practice he calls his Log Book of Doings (and other thoughts and practices). It’s a practice of presence, accomplishment and motivation. (Released on podcast on Jan. 31, 2023) Also on Apple, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, YouTube, Google and other players. EP 131 SHOW NOTES, Read more…
Overview: In this short solo episode (ep 130), Adam Williams digs into why he shares what he creates as a writer, artist, podcaster and so on, even when no one is asking him to. He explores the value of being vulnerable over and over, and facing down the fear. (Released Read more…
Overview: After an 18-month hiatus, Adam Williams is back with new episodes on the Humanitou podcast. In this short solo episode (Ep. 122), he talks about what was going on during that time and about the lifeline that drew him back to the podcast, and all his creative work. (Released Read more…
Overview: In this short solo episode (ep 127), Adam Williams thinks about a worthy question: What is the impact we have on others, and is it the impact we intend to have? Essentially, “Do I give them energy or drain their energy?” He explores this question and practice as one Read more…
TRANSCRIPT of the New Humanitou Podcast Trailer Welcome to the Humanitou Podcast. I’m Adam Williams. I’m a writer, artist, poet, photographer and podcaster, among other things. Humanitou has been my podcast and my space online for exploring creativity and humanness within myself and in conversations with others, some really thoughtful, Read more…
Overview: In this short solo episode (ep 129), Adam Williams explores the mind-bogglingness of the Universe and our human arrogance to think it gives a fuck about what we give a foolish fuck about. He wades into our relatively insignificant places as humans in the vast universe and considers what our Read more…
Overview: In this short solo episode (ep. 126) on the Humanitou Podcast, Adam Williams stands at the intersection of creative intentions and oopses, where truth lies in the inexactitude of life. He explores the practice of listening to the intuitive and recognizing “when something artful this way comes.” (Released on Read more…
Overview: In this ultra-short solo episode (ep 128), Adam Williams shares “a poem from somewhere, for whomever needs it.” For anyone who knows feelings of loneliness, anxiety and depression, this short poem, “Spark Cloaked But Burning,” is one of compassion and solidarity. (Released on podcast on Jan. 25, 2023) Also Read more…
Overview: In this short solo episode on the Humanitou podcast, Adam Williams shares a couple poetic examples of his awareness practices while on a trail hike. (Released on podcast on Jan. 21, 2023) Also on Apple, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, YouTube, Google and other players. EP 125 SHOW NOTES, LINKS & TRANSCRIPT Connect with Adam Williams Humanitou on Read more…
Overview: In this short solo episode (Ep. 123), Adam Williams shares about his experience with the conflicting voices in his head, including Brené Brown’s, Teddy Roosevelt’s and his imagined critics’, every time he creates as a writer, poet, artist, podcaster … whatever the creative medium. (Released on podcast on Jan. Read more…
Overview: In this short solo episode (Ep. 124), Adam Williams sorts out some truths of being creative, like facing insecurities with courage and cultivating confidence. He cites Dutch artist, curator and designer Erik Kessels’ book “Failed It!” and reflects on Kessels’ belief that insecurity is essential to confidence. Also on Apple, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, YouTube, Google and Read more…
Overview: In this short solo episode (ep 138), Adam Williams pulls out a helpful piece of the best-selling author Steven Pressfield’s book, “The War of Art,” noting key distinctions between worldviews of the artist and the fundamentalist. (Released on podcast on Feb. 20, 2023) Also on Apple, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, YouTube, Google and other players. EP 138 Read more…
Overview: In this short solo episode (ep 137), Adam Williams shares forward a life-changing question. It’s the key to breaking down our reactive, defensive postures when someone says something that triggers us. (Released on podcast on Feb. 18, 2023) Also on Apple, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, YouTube, Google and other players. EP 137 SHOW NOTES, LINKS & TRANSCRIPT Read more…
Overview: In this short solo episode (ep 139), Adam Williams talks about the essential value in stepping up to our stories and vulnerably sharing them, with some inspiration from Fat Joe, Dax Shepard and Shaun White. (Released on podcast on Feb. 22, 2023) Also on Apple, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, YouTube, Google and other players. EP 139 SHOW Read more…
Overview: Lucas Cullen is the founder of Struggle Creates Strength, a mental health advocacy organization based in British Columbia, Canada. He’s also a podcaster, a traveler and a former semi-pro hockey player. In this conversation, Lucas and I talk about the power of story, of sharing our stories vulnerably and Read more…
Overview: James McCrae is a poet, a meme artist, and the author of the book, Sh#t Your Ego Says. Naturally, this conversation dives into James’ thoughts on the ego. We also talk about karma, existential crisis and ayahuasca, poetry and meme artistry, which James is convinced is the most potent Read more…
Overview: Yassine Diboun is a professional ultramarathon trail runner, coach and entrepreneur (Wy’east Wolfpack) in Portland, Ore. He’s also nearly 17 years sober. In this conversation, we talk about Yassine’s story of addiction, which started at a really early age. And we talk about sobriety. Serious topics no doubt. But we Read more…
Overview: In this solo episode, Adam Williams kicks off an occasional series called “A Poet Was There.” Adam reads his poem, “I Want Poets,” which is his kernel of inspiration for the series, praising poets as essential truth tellers, the ones who are most equipped to help us understand the Read more…
Overview: Victoria Stracke is the curator and publisher of “The Last Hundred Miles: The Diary of Larry Waite.” And she has remained anonymous in that role. Until now. Larry was a gay man who grew up in the Midwest during the 1950s and 60s. He prolifically documented his life for Read more…
Overview: Isabelle Gelot, a French illustrator and designer, and the heart of Isatopia, has shifted, at least for the time being, from a world traveling, semi-nomadic flow of life to one of home renovation and growing a vegetable garden, from light-filled cultural capitals to small-town life in Maine. We talk Read more…