We Never Met | Interview Podcast
We Never Met was a podcast created, hosted, produced, mixed, and edited by Sam Kirkegaard. The podcast featured strangers each week that Sam never met and the recording served as their first interaction. These are the top episodes from its over two-year weekly run.
In this episode, Sam meets Brian Anderson, national sportscaster and television play-by-play announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers. They chat about the hardest stadiums to call a game at, why baseball is so great, Brian's brother playing in the MLB, Brene Brown, how he got started in broadcasting, relationships, being supportive, and learning from Gregg Popovich.
In this episode, Sam meets the incredibly talented singer, musician, songwriter, artist, illustrator, and writer, Nick Shoulders. They chat about growing up and living in Arkansas, the shortcomings of traveling, throwing your back out, whistling and yodeling, the recent wave of new fans and listeners, New Orleans, gratitude, the history of country music, and illustrating all his album covers.
In this episode, Sam meets the head coach of Bradley University Men’s Basketball, Brian Wardle. They chat about playing collegiately at Marquette University, building championship basketball programs, getting coached by Tom Crean, consistency in coaching, the importance of trust, coaching at UW-Green Bay, vulnerability, international recruiting, getting automatic bids to March Madness, why he loves coaching and competitive spirit.
In this episode, Sam meets analog collagist, Laura Weiler. They chat about how she got into collaging, the collage community, beginners gap, anxiety, her background in photography and film, abstract art, imposter syndrome, secretly collaging, vulnerability, collage pieces that turned a corner for her, her love of finding source material, and creating seamless work.
In this episode, Sam meets two brilliant artists, Aremy Stewart and Anne Meyer. They chat about their collaborative art work and show in Portland, Aremy’s relationship with abstract art, Anne’s versatility in the art world, how they met, growing up in Minnesota, being “stuck”, motherhood and art, Anne’s deep dives into her artistic work, their relationship now, and growth in artistic work.