| Ep. 21 | Aaron Hardin

Of all the musicians I know personally, Aaron Hardin is one of my favorites. I’m grateful I got to play with him a lot during the years I was first getting to music. He’s also a skilled photographer. And he’s a professor of communication arts who’s thought deeply about social media, news, and digital technology. If you find this conversation valuable, share it with your friends. Also, leave a rating/review wherever you listen. 0:00 intro 1:00 music & photgraphy: “the 1% of halfway-decent” 15:20 art informs art, nonverbal narrative 21:10 why live music is better than recorded music 36:33 balance vulnerability with “why should anyone care” 46:50 social media: wax food & Wall-E 59:33 discourse: we don’t know how to hurt each other well 1:18:55 “neither do I condemn you, now go & sin no more” 1:34:20 outro