Curiosity Continuum

Kevin and Jon of Rascal Magic share their origin story and journey to launch Bardcard, a card-matching, dungeon-crawling, roguelike mobile game, that lived in the hearts and minds of two guys for years. Join Two childhood friends join two other lifelong friends for a casual conversation that shares memories of growing up in the northern Midwest, their path to creating the game, and other stories, over three parts.

Part 1: Intro - Getting to Know You

Part 2: Meaty Middle - The Chewy Center of the Conversation

Part 3: The Future - The Roadmap and The Camaraderie

Discover the world of Rascal Magic

Download the Bardcard iOS game

Kevin and Jon of Rascal Magic share their origin story and journey to launch Bardcard, a card-matching, dungeon-crawling, roguelike mobile game, that lived in the hearts and minds of two guys for years. Join Two childhood friends join two other lifelong friends for a casual conversation that shares memories of growing up in the northern Midwest, their path to creating the game, and other stories, over three parts.

Part 1: Intro - Getting to Know You

Part 2: Meaty Middle - The Chewy Center of the Conversation

Part 3: The Future - The Roadmap and The Camaraderie

Discover the world of Rascal Magic

Download the Bardcard iOS game

How deep does your line of questioning go when you are curious? When do you feel like you can most freely ask questions? Do you allow yourself to be questioned by others? Why or why not?

Are you primarily a solo creative or a collaborative creative? What can you achieve better and faster with collaboration? What exercises do you need each for, and why?

Discover Victor Wooten's album, " A Show of Hands," that Brian mentioned on the episode.

Have you perceived differences in creative quality by being in the room together versus remote? Where do you want to be away? When do you want to be collaborating real-time? At what scale of project is this important?

Amazon: "How the Future Works: Leading Flexible Teams To Do The Best Work of Their Lives"

Solo episodes are our chance for you the listener to get to know us separately without the confines of the other. In this episode, I (Josh) talk just very briefly about friendship. However, I delve deeper into the future of Curiosity Continuum as we know it, showing some of the inner workings of all of it.     

Do you have a special skill from childhood that you didn't fully understand until adulthood? What did you use to refine it? When did you realize it all?

How do you think about other people's stories? What do you do to let your heart listen to others? Why do we need both?

A special guest voice enters the conversation to add their perspective.

If you want to learn more about Sabrina Winter Shun, visit her website to get a glimpse on some of what she does. 

Who has spoken big words into you ears? How has that affected your life arc? What did they do? Why did it impact you?

How do you plan for the future? What are you dreaming about? Why?

Brian looks ahead in a solo episode for the future of Curiosity Continuum.

Is there ever really the perfect time for anything? How do you make your own opportunities? What is your key to making something happen? How do you prepare for what you don’t know maybe around the corner?

Have you ever traced the fruit of your inspiration back to the individual seeds? Does innovation happen all at once? What still inspires you after many cycles of life?

Did you ever find yourself somewhere and ask, "Why am I here?" Have you ever wondered how you can find yourself "there"? How much do you think about things before jumping off into something new?

A Special Encore Presentation, especially timely as people begin to imagine a new future for life, work, play, and new adventures.

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Meet Kris Kelso, a person with a great track record of iterating and innovating their own life for decades. We sat down with Kris to discuss how his conversation with an executive coach years ago about imposter syndrome piqued his curiosity. That turned into more conversations, that turned into a talk, that turned into a keynote, that turned into a book. What do you have in your hands that could turn into something else that could meaningfully help others?

Roundtable adds people to the Loop to expand the conversation and explore topics through the voices and experiences of others.

To Learn More About Kris Kelso:

You can find Kris online at kriskelso.com to learn about him and his executive coaching and entrepreneurial adventures.

To learn more about his book, “Overcoming The Impostor: Silence Your Inner Critic and Lead with Confidence,“ go to overcomingtheimposter.com and tell him Curiosity Continuum sent you his way.

Are you thankful? Have you stopped to think about what you have to be thankful for in the midst of a trying circumstances? Do you know what that can do for you as well as other people?

When you come back to a familiar construct after you have been away or the normal flow has been disrupted, how do you process the return to form? What does the return make you want to do? How does it work for others?

Josh replies to Brian: What do you think of when you think about balance? Are you good at it? How do you do it in the context of work/play/life? Josh provides his counter perspective and offers his way to balance his life of work and play.

Josh jury-rigs an old podcast setup in a makeshift post-Hurricane Ian broadcast rig to respond to Brian's Solo (B7) episode on The Aftermath. 

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Often times, we can recognize the immediate event, but drop off on support for the lingering effects of a major event in a friend's life. Who needs your friendship today? 

If you want to give to Josh's GoFundMe, please go here for more information:

Help Josh & Mel LaGrew! Homeless - Hurricane Ian

Back by popular demand...it's Josh! Josh provides listeners with some updates from his side of the world post Hurricane Ian.

The guys figured out how to record real live phone caller action, just like radio. It works, and it will get better.

For those interested in helping Josh rebuild his life, please consider giving a gift of any size to the GoFundMe that Brian established on his behalf. 

GoFundMe: Help Josh & Mel LaGrew

Often times, we can recognize the immediate event, but drop off on support for the lingering effects of a major event in a friend's life. Who needs your friendship today? 

If you want to give to Josh's GoFundMe, please go here for more information:

Help Josh & Mel LaGrew! Homeless - Hurricane Ian

What do you think of when you think about balance? Are you good at it? How do you do it in the context of work/play/life? Brian's solo episode explores this idea a bit more. Stay tuned for Josh's reply in an upcoming episode.

Brian gives a special update on Josh and the impact Hurricane Ian impacted him and his family.

Give to the GoFundMe for Josh and Mel LaGrew

https://gofund.me/fc32d18b

What principles do you carry with you into your work? What does it mean to "show up"? Brian speaks first on this solo episode set from the Josh suggested topic.

ENCORE: In celebrating our years of recording, we are presenting encores of some of our most popular episodes from our first years. They are as relevant as ever and help you get up to speed on where we will go. Enjoy!

Understanding change and progress requires us to understand the starting context for the change. If we can layer our thinking like color gels in a light rig, we will begin to see things clearly and with better understanding.

Here’s the article Josh references in the show regarding theories why stars disappear.

https://www.popsci.com/story/space/100-stars-have-disappeared/

UnEpisodes capture the in-between talk of recording “real"episodes