The map
The Constellation
I make a lot of things, and most of them are about storytelling. Constellation is the map I keep of all of it, so the pieces stay connected instead of scattering into separate brands.
ht.live
A production studio inside Southdale Center in Edina, Minnesota, and my life's work. The shows, the live events and the projects all live here.
ht.live
A nonprofit production studio and venue in Southdale Center, Edina: shows, live events, projects and a channel, all built on one set of values.
Citizen Spin
Long-form video essays on the major issues of public interest, fact-checked, openly corrected, and built as playlists that grow as events unfold.
How Citizen Spin thinks
The framework behind the essays: values from my organising years, a few conversational rules, and a checklist borrowed from community organising.
How Citizen Spin researches
Where the sources for a Citizen Spin essay come from, in the order I work through them, and the checks before anything goes on air.
The Citizen Spin podcast list
The podcasts I draw guest quotes from, grouped by political leaning as rated by outside watchdogs, and checked against each show's live feed.
On Change
A conversation podcast about change: personal, between people, and global. Recorded in batches, prepared like a research project.
Eight Measures
Conversations with musicians, singers and songwriters about their songs, named for the eight measures at the heart of a song.
Live shows at ht.live
Comedy, spoken word, table reads and an open mic at ht.live. Every show is recorded, every performer keeps their footage, and booked artists share in the door.
read through
A screenplay, read aloud and barely rehearsed, in front of a ticketed audience. It is a show, and it is how a script finds out whether it should become a film.
comedyclub.cc
A shared-gate comedy night at ht.live: the comedians share in the door, and every set is recorded.
crowdwork
A comedy night built on crowd work, the part of stand-up where the comedian talks with the audience, recorded for clips.
glosso
Spoken word at ht.live: storytelling performed on stage, and mock presentations. Performance built on speech, beyond comedy.
Social Civic
ht.live funds six small teams to make short films telling the origin stories of civic organisations, then brings the organisations together to celebrate and raise funds.
Gun Safety Alliance origin stories
Short documentaries on how the organisations working to prevent gun violence began, made for the Gun Safety Alliance, plus the alliance's website and tech.
ht.live choir
A community choir at ht.live that sings pop songs, meets regularly, and sometimes backs up the singers at our shows.
Me, as a person
A creative and a storyteller, with interests of my own. The things that are mine alone live here.
