A Brush With Life
Casual conversations with artists, musicians, farmers and so many other creative, fascinating folks from southeast Minnesota. Let's find out how they got here, what inspires them, what challenges them and how they work.
A Brush With Life is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeast Minnesota Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
Podcasting since 2025 • 23 episodes
A Brush With Life
Latest Episodes
#22 - Extreme Green - With Robin Greenfield
"Be the Change You Wish to See in the World." That pretty much sums up Robin Greenfield's life and philosophy. Once a successful businessman and aspiring young millionaire, Robin had a revelation about how his lifestyle was ha...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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45:03
#21 Fiddling Around - with Teresa Walter
Teresa Walter grew up playing classical violin, and she was really good at it, but she took a 20-year hiatus from music to focus on family and career. When her daughters were grown, she picked up the violin again and started to play casually at...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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34:01
Happy Holidays, Dear Listeners!
It has been so much fun creating these podcasts, interviewing so many fascinating folks, and sharing the conversations with you! I appreciate you, all of the guests, and the Southeast Minnesota Arts Council, who awarded me a grant to laun...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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0:34
#20 - The Road to Crossings at Carnegie - with Marie Marvin
With plenty of guts and gusto, Marie Marvin turned an old Carnegie Library in Zumbrota, MN, into a hub of creativity. The building was bursting with art, whimsy, artists working, children learning, sometimes even people doing yoga. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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35:27
#19 Siren Songs - Of Trombones & Mermaids, with John Sievers
John Sievers is not one to toot his own horn, but he does let it slide. John is a trombonist who plays in many bands, a poet who writes a haiku a day, an English professor, and Rochester's most enthusiastic music booster. In this ep...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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32:21
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