imperfected
For centuries, Japanese artisans have repaired cracked vessels with pure gold, revealing a new beauty through the imperfection. It’s a metaphor we can’t unsee.
Imperfected is a podcast that looks through the cracks and flaws to find more vivid and personal ways of experiencing life. Join us for conversations with creators and thinkers, artists and founders as we discover unexpected ways of seeing the world and our place in it.
There’s beauty to be found in imperfection.
Hosted by filmmakers T.J. Berden & Dave Kang
Produced by Sam Buti
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 10
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2022
The Art of the Table: Bringing Milwaukee Together Through Food with Vin Noth
The Beauty When We Go with Jeremy Bryan
How do we prepare for the ultimate journey - passing over from this life to the next? Today we meet hospice chaplain, recording artist, and spiritual director, Jeremy Bryan, to talk about the ultima…
Solving Stigma through Story with Ariana Alejandra Gibson
Imagine a world where your mental health challenges become someone else's hope. Ariana Gibson is the creator of an app that’s designed to end the stigmas around mental health, through the power of s…
Dreams & Visions with the Producers of Imperfected
Why do seemingly ephemeral experiences like dreams have the power to change us? On today’s episode, the producers of Imperfected share stories of visions and signs. Those strange too-perfect-to-be-r…
Of Gangs & God with Fr. Greg Boyle
"It's not about reaching folks at the margins. It's about allowing yourself to be reached." - Fr. Greg Boyle Fr. Greg Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest gang intervention progra…
Our Imperfected Democracy with Jason Blakely
Why does our society seem more divided than ever before? Since our nation's birth, our democracy has been an experiment - an attempt to do better than previous governments and right their wrongs. In…
Imperfected Heroes: On Robin Williams & Anthony Bourdain
What do our heroes show us, even through their imperfections? Hosts Dave and T.J. face off on the heroes that inspire them. Despite the tragic endings to their lives, we find in both Robin Williams …
How Comedy Can Improv(e) Our Lives with Mary Lemmer
What can improv comedy teach us about embracing our imperfections? Mary Lemmer is the founder of Improve, a company that improves people's lives using techniques inspired by improv comedy and behavi…
Broken Bowls & the Art of Imperfection
"There is crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." - Leonard Cohen In Episode 1, hosts T.J. and Dave talk about the possibility of finding a greater beauty and meaning through imperfectio…
Introducing "Imperfected"
Welcome to Imperfected. For centuries, Japanese artisans have repaired cracked vessels with pure gold, revealing a new beauty through the imperfection. It’s a metaphor we can’t unsee. Imperfected is…