Frank Turner

The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

Self-improvement, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Buddhism

4.5 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2014

⏱️ 28 minutes

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This week on The One You Feed we have Frank Turner.This is a big episode for me. When I came up with the concept of the show, Frank Turner was the first person I thought of that I wanted to have as a guest. His music is hugely important to me. He feeds my good wolf on a regular basis.Frank was a singer in a hardcore band, Million Dead. When they broke up he started out on his own with an acoustic guitar. He has released five solo albums, two rarities compilation albums, one split album and five EPs. His fifth studio album, Tape Deck Heart was released just over a year ago.In This Interview Frank and I Discuss...The One You Feed parable.The feeling that there is never enough time.The importance of friendship in feeding your good wolf.His role as a CALM Ambassador.Building a community around music.What punk rock meant to him as a kid.Staying connected to his values of openness and community as he gets more famousMusic as a refuge for those that don't fit in.Music that he turns to to feed his good wolf.Writing the press release for John K Samson's latest record.The challenges of alcohol and drugs.Getting older and the changes in identity that come with that.His love of dogs and his amazing "dog policy" at showsHis forthcoming record.Frank Turner LinksFrank Turner HomepageBuy Frank Turner music on AmazonFrank Turner on TwitterSome of our most popular interviews you might also enjoy:Mike Scott of the WaterboysRich RollTodd Henry- author of Die EmptyRandy Scott HydeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I definitely have a balance personally between the desire to kind of get up and write songs and do things and go out and engage with the world versus the desire to sit on my sofa and eat crisps and watch boring Kelly and hate the world.
0:18.1	Welcome to the one you feed throughout time great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have quotes like garbage in garbage out or you are what you think ring true.
0:30.0	And yet for many of us our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us we tend toward negativity self pity jealousy or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do we think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
0:45.0	But it's not just about thinking our actions matter it takes conscious consistent and creative effort to make a life worth living.
0:53.0	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction how they feed their good wolf.
1:10.0	Hi I'm Frida and I'm Arthie we have spent the last 20 years building and working at some of the largest companies in the world.
1:17.0	We work with some remarkable people Rob McElenny.
1:20.0	When I see the people of Rex and I grew up exactly like them check out the Arthie and Frida show that is a are the edge I hand SRI RAM show.
1:32.0	Listen to the Arthie and Frida show on the I heart radio app Apple podcast or wherever you get your podcast.
1:40.0	Welcome to the show our guest today is a singer songwriter from England named Frank Turner.
1:46.0	To date Turner has released five solo albums two rarities compilation albums one split album and five EPs.
1:53.0	Turner's fifth and most recent studio album tape deck heart was released on April 22nd 2013.
2:00.0	In addition to playing the Olympics opening ceremony Frank sold out Wembley Stadium which for those of you who don't know is extremely large.
2:08.0	And so Eric why did you want to have Frank on the show.
2:13.0	Because Frank is one of my all time favorite singer songwriters I love his music when we came up with the idea for the show.
2:21.0	He was probably the first person that I thought of that I wanted to have on the show.
2:26.0	Well let's check out the interview here it is.
2:29.0	Hi Frank welcome to the show thanks for having me.
2:32.0	Thanks for joining us I'm really excited to have you on today because your music for me is one of those places that I turned to pretty regularly for comfort and inspiration.
2:42.0	And I think you're writing some of the music these days that probably talks most about the challenges of being human and a really honest sometimes painful and yet ultimately sort of life affirming way.
3:13.0	So why do you sound at home you're not designed to be alone you just got used to say no get up and get down and get outside.
3:26.0	Because I'm lovely sunny day but you're high to self away you've only got yourself to blame get up and get down and get outside.
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