{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Wake Up Excited!","title":"Homeschooling, Community Confidence, and Being Human at Work with Abby Covert","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5523,"description":"Abby Covert shares what excites her now, leaving corporate life, reclaiming creativity through recovery work, sobriety, journaling, and disciplined writing, and how community builds confidence beyond capability. They explore being willing to be bad at things, the pressure to “pick a specialty” online, and bringing fun and psychological safety into work by modeling humanity. They also talk about knowledge decay on the web, AI’s mixed effects, and Abby recommends listening to live Grateful Dead recordings.Links:◉ How to Make Sense of Any Mess — Abby Covert's first book (mentioned via the \"coffee filter\" metaphor)◉ Stuck — Abby Covert's second book, written during her early recovery◉ Silent Spring — Rachel Carson's landmark book, discussed in the context of posthumous recognition◉ Grateful Dead — Abby's music recommendation; suggests listening to live recordings◉ Dick's Picks — Grateful Dead live album series, recommended for newcomers◉ Live at the Mars Hotel — Brad's Grateful Dead recommendation◉ Furthur — Post-Dead touring band◉ Dead & Company — Current continuation of the Grateful Dead legacy◉ Otis Redding — \"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay\" — Discussed as an example of posthumous impact◉ abbycovert.com — Abby's personal site◉ thesensemakersclub.com — Abby's membership community (weekly discussion meetings)◉ Be Internet Awesome — Google's internet safety curriculum for grades 2–9◉ Wayback Machine — Internet Archive, mentioned in discussion of digital decay/link rot◉ The Pastry Box Project — Defunct web publication both Brad and Abby contributed to◉ YouTube — Discussed in context of parental controls and kids' online safety◉ ChatGPT — Referenced in discussion of AI democratization and vibe coding◉ Wix — Website builder mentioned in the \"mouth coding\" story◉ LinkedIn — Discussed critically re: pressure to specialize publicly◉ Ikigai — Japanese concept of life purpose, referenced via Alfie Lowe's Venn diagram renovation◉ The Artist's Way (Morning Pages) — Julia...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/lappdTPnLiIgzpqrwWQnhchvhI7k8XnBHXfadU_xv1I/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wOGQ2/NmZkOGE1ODY3MmE5/Nzk5MzAzOWQ1ZDEw/YzI3YS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}