Head On Fire

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  • What’s the best chapstick for a dead body? How much do marketers really know about us? Is there such a thing as a “minimalist table?” Join author Don Martin every other week on Head On Fire, a search for answers to life’s biggest and smallest questions. He interviews experts in overlooked fields about subjects you either think you already know everything about or have never considered. From how morticians can turn you into a coral reef to the best way to investigate a cult, he asks the questions you didn’t even know you wanted answers to.
    ©️ Don Martin. All rights reserved.
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Episodes
  • What can rejection teach you? with Victoria Aveyard

    What can rejection teach you? with Victoria Aveyard
    Sep 17 2024
    By all accounts Victoria Aveyard is both an outlier and also as close to the Hollywood version of becoming an author as it gets.

    While the average age for a debut novelist is around 36, Victoria’s debut novel—Red Queen—was published shortly after graduating from college and went on to become a massive, runaway success. And so did all of the rest of her novels. In fact, every one of Victoria’s novels has been a New York Times bestseller, and she even made it onto the coveted Bestseller Series list which is rareified air indeed.

    So it came as quite a shock to her readers when, earlier this year, she talked about having to go back out on submission this year with what will be her debut adult novel. They were even more shocked to learn that she received a number of rejections, thinking, of course, that past performance meant that every future book would automatically receive the green light from any future publisher.

    I sat down with Victoria to have a long discussion about the actual job of being an author, what readers and prospective authors alike get right and wrong about the labor of a creative career, and how to reframe rejection for yourself as just another part of the job.

    Email: contact@headonfirepod.com

    Social links:
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    Twitter: https://twitter.com/headonfirepod
    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headonfirepod

    Support my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/headonfirepod
    Buy me a Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/headonfirepod

    Subscribe to the Head On Fire podcast
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/head-on-fire/id337689333
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4qTYYhCLMdFc4PhQmSL1Yh?si=5387b774ed6e4524
    YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/HeadOnFirePod
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Is everywhere really queer? with Charlie Sprinkman

    Is everywhere really queer? with Charlie Sprinkman
    Sep 3 2024
    Charlie Sprinkman developed the app Everywhere Is Queer, which is quickly becoming one of the best, most comprehensive lists of queer owned and operated businesses.

    Whether you’re looking for a travel agent, a craft store, a bakery, or a horse ranch, the Everywhere is Queer app is helping people realize that supporting queer owned and operated businesses in person and online might be easier and closer to home than people realize…just in time for you to divert those Brr month shopping dollars to a small business near you. I sat down with Charlie to discuss the app’s creation, the importance of speaking with your dollars, and why ally owned businesses aren’t going to be listed on the app anytime soon.

    Email: contact@headonfirepod.com

    Social links:
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/headonfirepod/
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/headonfirepod
    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headonfirepod

    Support my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/headonfirepod
    Buy me a Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/headonfirepod

    Subscribe to the Head On Fire podcast
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/head-on-fire/id337689333
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4qTYYhCLMdFc4PhQmSL1Yh?si=5387b774ed6e4524
    YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/HeadOnFirePod
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    53 mins
  • What is language? with Danny Hieber, PhD

    What is language? with Danny Hieber, PhD
    Aug 20 2024
    Danny Hieber earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his B.A. in linguistics and philosophy from the College of William & Mary in Virginia. Prior to and during graduate school he worked for Rosetta Stone’s Endangered Language Program to create language-learning software with Native American communities.

    Email: contact@headonfirepod.com

    Social links:
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/headonfirepod/
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/headonfirepod
    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headonfirepod

    Support my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/headonfirepod
    Buy me a Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/headonfirepod

    Subscribe to the Head On Fire podcast
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/head-on-fire/id337689333
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4qTYYhCLMdFc4PhQmSL1Yh?si=5387b774ed6e4524
    YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/HeadOnFirePod
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    1 hr and 20 mins

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