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A podcast hosted by @stevemolter whose goal is to explore the oneness of humanity by asking life's bigger questions. Conversations in Vulnerability.

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Continuing with thoughtful conversations with lovely guests. #isolationepisodes #fivequestions by @five_questions

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Excited about tomorrow’s guest @plasmatron of @mogwaiband. #isolationepisodes by @five_questions

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Upcoming conversations with some amazing guests. We’re raising money for organizations chosen by then while we discuss life, art, and vulnerability. #fivequestions #fundraising #isolationepisodes by @five_questions

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Upcoming conversations with these lovely guests. We’ll be raising money for organizations chosen by them while we discuss life, art, music, and vulnerability. #fivequestions #fundraising #isolationepisodes by @five_questions

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This lovely group of guests for @five_questions. Stoked to chat with old friends and meet new ones. Join me here on Instagram Live. #fivequestions #fundraising #covid19fundraiser by @five_questions

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Had a great chat last night with @philanthropygal (we raised over $400!) and I’m looking forward to more convos in the next few days. Lots more guests are being scheduled for the coming weeks too.
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Please tune in and, if you have the means, donate to the organizations we’re raising money for.
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#fivequestions #fundraising #covid_19fundraiser by @five_questions

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In this time of isolation, we’re all learning to adjust our routines. I’m unable to meet with my podcast guests in person, so I’m hosting a series of episodes of my show on social platforms.
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“The Isolation Episodes” will feature new and former guests. We’ll chat about how we’re dealing with this crisis and dive into some familiar 5Qs territory as well. We’ll also be raising money for an organization of my guest’s choosing.
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Episodes will be announced and hosted at @five_questions. Thanks a mil for your support.
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Stay home, stay safe, and be kind. #fivequestions #fundraising #covid_19fundraiser by @five_questions

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@abigailcorreu is a singer, songwriter, creator, explorer, and mother who lives in Nashville, Tennessee. I found her on Instagram around 2014/2015 and really appreciated her honest and authentic energy that she shared via the medium. I had wanted to connect with her for Five Questions after following her for a couple of years and finally had the chance when I visited Nashville this past summer.

Abigail invited me to her house and we immediately started in on the unfiltered conversation that I love. We ended up talking for about an hour officially, then continued off the record for another hour. It felt like it could last for days if it wasn’t for the outside world calling on us to rejoin its ranks. We chatted about her recent leap into motherhood, the trials of heartbreak, and the shining good we both see in people. And she totally answered Five Questions. Meet Abigail. Link in bio. #fivequestions
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“I sat in front of that window right there and I watched my mom leave. Viggo was a month old. I was terrified. And I’m usually the kind of person that has my shit together. I was terrified. I think for the first time, I was facing a journey that I’d never been down before. ‘Oh my god, what am I going to do? I have a human being that I have to keep alive and I’m doing this by myself.’ I’m a single mom, but I made that choice. But also I didn’t realize what I was getting into.” taken in Nashville, Tennessee by @five_questions

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@kevinaverycomedy is a comedian, actor, and writer for TV. He’s written for @lastweektonight with @iamjohnoliver, @jefferiesshow, @thenewnegroes, @VH1’s Best Week Ever, and served as head writer on Totally Biased with @wkamaubell. Also with Kamau, he hosts the podcast Denzel Washington Is The Greatest Actor Of All Time Period. The title speaks for itself. In essence, Kevin’s pretty damned funny. He also recommends really good lunch spots.

Kevin has lived and worked in San Francisco and New York, but it was in LA where we connected to chat about artistic collaboration, helplessness in love, the spiders that seem have taken residence in his apartment, and his process of writing. And before you ask: Yep, he answered Five Questions. Meet Kevin. Link in bio. #fivequestions
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“There are so many things I want to do as a person. And some of them are just dumb things. I want to watch all these shows, I have all these books I want to read. I’m a comic book lover, so I want to read comic books. There are constantly little things in the day that I want to do. I want to go hang out and have a drink and sit on the balcony of a bar. But there is work to be done. So there’s constantly a fight between being a person and being this artist that’s grinding and still trying to make it.” by @five_questions

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@hammockband intertwines musical sub-genres of modern classical, ambient, post-rock, and shoegaze with ease, while consistently walking the fine emotional line between hope and despair. They truly are masters of emotion. Hammock is also regarded in the highest company of similarly influential artists, and their music has been featured in film (Columbus soundtrack), video games (Far Cry 5 soundtrack), radio (@bbc), and TV (@rickygervais’ Afterlife). Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson, the two members of Hammock, also happen to be lovely human beings. They graciously invited me to Marc’s home studio where we dove deep into the challenges of life in many different facets, as we normally do here at Five Questions. And today, during our chat, Marc opened up about something that he had never shared publicly before: His 5-year struggle with alcohol addiction which he called “a journey into authenticity.” I am honored that Marc chose to share his story with me and the listeners of Five Questions. His fortitude reaffirmed in me that this project is a safe space for the vulnerability of humans like Marc, like Andrew and me, like all of us.

Marc, Andrew, and I also spoke about a ton of other deep and contemplative thoughts and feelings, and of course, they answered Five Questions. Meet Hammock. Link in bio. #fivequestions
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“There was an essay I was reading and Mary Oliver was quoted in it. It says, ‘One day you finally knew what you had to do and began.’ And for some reason, that really hit me. So when I came back [from the silent retreat] I thought, ‘I’m done. This is it.’ But I wasn’t. Three weeks later, I went to get some professional help.” by @five_questions

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@ektraynor is a writer, speaker, and an avid runner based in Boston. At 24 she lost one of her closest friends to cancer, and shortly after broke her hip during a marathon – which caused her to spiral into a deep depression. Despite struggling heavily during that period, she found an outlet through writing about her grief, trauma and recovery. Her writing has been featured in @selfmagazine, @betterhomesandgardens, @fitnessmagazine, @womensrunningmagazine, to name a few.

Elizabeth and I chatted about the fear of abandonment, coping with loss in the face of grief, feeling hopeful about family, and many other intriguing topics. Oh, and of course she answered Five Questions. Meet Elizabeth. Link in bio. #fivequestions
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“I’m not somebody that’s like, ‘Things are supposed to happen or there’s a higher power.’ I’m very much not that kind of person. But I do believe that [my] injury happened for a reason. And it’s because I wasn’t dealing with grief.” by @five_questions

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Jordan Rich is a seasoned veteran of the broadcasting industry and a staple of Boston’s airwaves having worked in the field for nearly forty years. His silky smooth voice that was destined for radio complements his interest in people and their lives. He happens to be a good friend of my dad’s too. The two of them worked in radio together in Boston for many years.

Since his retirement (if you can call it that with all the work he does), he has continued sharing peoples’ stories on his podcast On Mic with Jordan Rich. A show on which I was a guest.
I connected with Jordan at his studio in Massachusetts where we conducted back-to-back interviews of each other for our podcasts. During the recording of Five Questions, Jordan opened up about delivering the eulogy at his first wife’s funeral, how comfort and excitement are key components of true love, and how he finds joy in life by affecting people in a positive way. And you got it, he answered Five Questions. Meet Jordan. Link in bio. #fivequestions
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“It’s so funny you mention rules. We have an inside baseball joke about the rules as we see them. And the rules apply in all cases to what you’re saying about being professional and having standards. But also the rules in our world apply this way: If your dad—who I know very well—said to me, ‘I want to get back out of retirement and I need a place to record something.’ I’d say, ‘It’s yours.’ Or if someone is out of work and needs a guy to talk to, or a gal to talk to, needs some kind of advice, it’s done. That’s the rule. You play by that rule your whole life. Because people did that for me.” by @five_questions

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