In this episode I talk to former Tonight Show graphic artist and current digital artwork creator, Bryan Brinkman. We focus on Bryan's work in the NFT space, discussing the success he has had there, with his work being featured on billboards in Times Square, Sotheby's auctions, and more.

You can follow Bryan on Twitter here:

https://twitter.com/bryanbrinkman

And check out more of his artwork here:

https://www.bryanbrinkman.com/

And just to do my due diligence, while I believe that Brinkman is a good person using the space for good, there are also a lot of scammers out there in the NFT and crypto worlds, so if you're new to the space, please proceed with caution! For an overview of some of the risks and critique of the less than savory parts of the space, watch this YouTube video "Line Goes Up - The Problem with NFTs":

https://youtu.be/YQ_xWvX1n9g

Michael Cruz Kayne is a stand-up comedian, a writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and host of the podcast A Good Cry, where he talks about grief by sharing the experience of the loss of his infant son in order to talk with others who have lost loved ones about the grief podcast. He's a beautiful human and a good father. Since this is the first episodes of the podcast that I've recorded since the birth of my daughter Clover six weeks ago, I decided to insist that Michael try to give me parenting advice, so that's what today's episode is all about. We talk about the Philip Larkin poem "This Be The Verse" and Michael wonders if from day one parenting is just the most beautiful trauma. Give it a listen!

Michael's podcast "A Good Cry":

https://headgum.com/a-good-cry

My sister Courtney's parenting Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/beechstreetparenting/

Rachel Wenitsky (Friend Who Folk, Good Dogs on a Bad Day) is a comedy writer, a talented actor, an amazing singer and — dare I say — a good friend. But on this episode of the Try! podcast, we don't talk about any of that, we just talk about her recent passion for cultivating plants in her house. After a lack of plant survival success in Brooklyn, Rachel has found her green thumb taking care of over 50 plants in her new home in Los Angeles. We ask the question "Do indoor plants actually clean the air?" but for that answer, you'll just have to listen to the episode.