
Spiritual Practices of the Disgruntled Artist
Your hosts, Ari Hader and Olivia Spirz, interview fellow artist about their spiritual practices and how it helps them with their art and career!
Episodes
10 episodes
SPODA: Keara Maryn, Stunt Woman, and finder of God in the small moments
On this episode of SPODA, Ari and Olivia talk about Samantha Barrios' practice of daily journaling and how some spiritual practices are for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. We also discuss how Lion's Gates Portal (August 8th) went this year, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:44:08

SPODA: Samantha Barrios, Actor, Director, Producer, Ray of Sunshine
This episode starts with Olivia and Ari talking about Jake Elitzer's spiritual practice from last episode that they tried on for size, asking "is it true? Is it absolutely true?" in moments of doubt. Then Ari opens up (and hyperbolizes) about b...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:53:42

SPODA: Jake Elitzer, Actor, Writer, Director, Acting Coach, Mysterious Person
We start with an intro where Olivia and Ari talk about Dr. Tanu's nature awareness practice from the last episode, which includes a very funny/terrifying story about a rat. We also analyze Ari's tendency to cry easily, and Love Island is refere...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:29:39

SPODA: Dr. Tanushree Verma, Ecopsychologist, Mixed Media Artist, Nature Lover
In this Episode Ari and Olivia discuss Doug's spiritual practice of volunteering and implementing it in their everyday lives. Olivia opens up about her show coming to an end and Ari discusses her growth and the new process she practiced when sh...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:31:07

SPODA: Doug Harvey: Actor, Musician, Writer, Astronomer, Amateur Wiffle Ball Enthusiast
This episode starts with an Ari and Olivia Original Chat involving a medium-sized career breakdown and recovery, and Ari's continuing forgiveness practice discoveries.Then we bring on our delightful and hilarious and wonderful guest, Dou...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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2:00:36

SPODA: Julia Rose Barnett, Writer, Tarot Card Reader, Psychic Medium
This episode kicks off with a juicy Ari and Olivia tea time about our latest spiritual practice assignment from Philip Rossi's episode (and how Olivia's throat chakra may need some serious help- send us a chakra specialist!!), how the podcast h...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:25:08

SPODA: Philip Rossi, Actor, Director, Writer, Cookie-Lover
In this funny, honest, and free-flow interview, we delve into Philip's Catholicism and how it supports, and sometimes does not support, his life as an actor. Philip's truthfulness about his struggle to be an artist when he feels like God is onl...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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51:05

SPODA: Kate Nienhauser, Poet, Musician, LGBTQIA+ Advocate
In this episode, Kate Nienhauser gets really raw about her journey into sobreity, coming out as gay, and how her spirituality deepens the more she gets to know herself.Beautiful music by Doug HarveyHosted by Ari Hader a...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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35:38

SPODA: Grant Jossi, writer on Avatar: Seven Havens
On this Episode of Spiritual Practices of the Disgruntled Artist, we talk to Grant Jossi! Grant is a writer on the newly announced Avatar show, Seven Havens. We talk to him about how breaking a sweat helps him crack a scene, his relationship to...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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41:34

Spiritual Practices of the Disgruntled Artist Episode 1: Meet Ari and Olivia
In our very first episode, we explain the concept of the podcast and explore each other's spiritual practices and spiritual history. Next episode we'll have on our first guest!Beautiful music composed and performed by Doug Harvey
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:08:31
