Interviews Archives - Page 2 of 5 - Katherine Oktober Matthews

Rina Mae Acosta: The Happiest Kids in the World

August 23, 2017
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"School is supposed to be a place to learn, not a place to compete and get the highest scores. It’s a place to let a child discover who they are, what their strengths and weaknesses are.”
—Rina Mae Acosta (John Adams Institute)

Klaus Pichler: This Will Change Your Life Forever

July 25, 2017
Interview Highlights, Interviews

"Some scientific discoveries have come from looking at something that seems to be – at that moment – irrational and then discovering that it’s not that irrational. So, the earth isn’t flat, it’s a sphere."
—Klaus Pichler (GUP Magazine)

Katrin Koenning: Traveling the Limitless Mind

June 23, 2017
Interview Highlights, Interviews

"It’s not my aim to make statements about the idea of distance, but rather to question it. Much of my work is personal and comes from a point of feeling. To me, practice is a means of sense-making, and of being-in-the-world."
—Katrin Koenning (GUP Magazine)

Jessica Dimmock: Trying to Get Along in Your World

June 15, 2017
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"They’re in a lot of ways trapped not only in male bodies but in male identities. [...]They did a really good job of putting a masculine identity on themselves, because that’s what was dictated. At Esprit, they’re taking it off."
—Jessica Dimmock (GUP Magazine)

Lauren Greenfield: The Influence of Affluence

May 15, 2017
Interview Highlights, Interviews

"The effect of seeing affluent lifestyles on television has been proven to a) make people think more people have that kind of lifestyle than really do, so it’s a distorted view of what’s normal but b) it also stimulates desire for those things."
—Lauren Greenfield (John Adams Institute)

Sage Sohier: Witness to Beauty

March 31, 2017
Interview Highlights, Interviews

"It’s easier not to be so beautiful, to be able to move through life a bit under the radar, and to be able to focus on what you feel really matters, rather than have to deal with the distraction of other people’s intense focus on your appearance."
—Sage Sohier (GUP Magazine)

Lake Montgomery: Art Is a Deep Love of Humanity

March 14, 2017
Interview Highlights, Interviews

“It’s weird, though, because I’m not doing this for fame and glory. I don’t want to do it for myself, I want to be a vehicle. I want to be the vehicle through which speaks little whispers of God.”
—Lake Montgomery (Riding the Dragon)

Lisa Johnston: There but for the Grace of God

February 24, 2017
Interview Highlights, Interviews

“Every sex worker wants to use a condom. Come on. It’s the clients. And if you’re in a desperate situation, you’re willing to take more money to not use a condom. These are vulnerable populations.”
—Lisa Johnston (Riding the Dragon)

Amy Webb: Reading the Future

February 15, 2017
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“The future is our shared responsibility in the present.”
—Amy Webb (John Adams Institute)

Elizabeth Heyert: The Bound

January 3, 2017
Interview Highlights, Interviews

"Somebody wants the experience of completely giving up responsibility – in every way. [...] You give it up, and you can go to this place they call ‘subspace’, which is somewhere in your head apart from your body."
—Elizabeth Heyert (GUP Magazine)