May I Elaborate? Sound Wisdom from JB Smoove

In this season finale of May I Elaborate, JB Smoove and Miles are joined by comedian Amanda Seales (HBO’s Insecure). Together they explain why you need to keep the cynics away from your creativity. Finally, the guys wrap up with a special word of thanks to all you wonderful listeners out there. This Week’s Quote: “To innovate is to live in hope. Innovation is the first casualty of cynicism.” - Ocean Vuong (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 1 August 2022

This week, JB Smoove and Miles are joined by the hilarious Paul Feig (director of Bridesmaids, creator of Freaks and Geeks)! Together, they explain how you can join the symphony of the universe. This Week’s Quote: “Being a part of creating stuff for the universe is awesome.” – Ilya Zhitomirskiy (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 25 July 2022

This week, JB Smoove and Miles remind you that attention is a muscle, and you need to hit the mental gym. This Week’s Quote: “By giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.” Eknath Easwaran (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 18 July 2022

This week, JB Smoove and Miles are joined by the great Kevin Hart! They want to know: why are you so afraid to ask the dumb questions? Plus Kevin, JB, and Miles offer advice on male friendship. This Week’s Quote: “Success comes to the individuals who ask the right questions.” – John Polanyi (Puh-lani) (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 11 July 2022

This week, JB Smoove and Miles encourage you to find fulfillment in life’s simple imperfections. Plus JB gives advice to a struggling artist. This Week's Quote: “The essence of life is not to find the one thing that satisfies us but to realize that nothing can ever completely satisfy us. And that’s alright.” - Joan D Chittister (A Year Of Gratitude Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 4 July 2022

This week, JB Smoove and Miles are joined by the legendary George Wallace! Together, they explain why you need to start preparing for life’s curveballs. Plus George, JB, and Miles offer advice to a listener considering a move to Vegas. This Week’s Quote: “When a thing’s done, it’s done, and if it’s not done right, do it differently next time.” – Arthur Ransome (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 27 June 2022

This week, JB Smoove and Miles challenge you to embrace life’s contradictions. Plus JB gives a listener advice about working from home. This Week’s Quote: “Across planes of consciousness, we have to live with the paradox that opposite things can be simultaneously true.” - Ram Dass (A Year Of Gratitude Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 20 June 2022

This week, JB Smoove and Miles remind you that optimism is a super power. Plus JB gives a listener some in-law advice. This Week’s Quote: “Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.” - Henri Frederic Amiel (Keep Calm and Carry On, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 13 June 2022

This week, JB Smoove and Miles explain why you should stop stressing about your flaws and start doubling down on your assets. Plus JB speaks with our friend (and May I Elaborate’s #1 fan) David Morgan (@davidleemorgan on Twitter). This Week’s Quote: “With patience and saliva the ant swallows the elephant.” - Columbian Proverb, Keep Calm And Carry On. Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 6 June 2022

This week, JB Smoove and Miles are joined by the great Lil Rel Howery (Get Out, Free Guy)! Together, they explain why you need to start looking at the negative from a new perspective. Plus JB helps out a listener who broke their knee in thirteen places. This Week’s Quote: “Humor is all about gaining perspective. Humor returns our gladness. And with gladness comes generosity. Humor returns us to the light and makes us light.” – Giannina Braschi (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 30 May 2022

This week, JB Smoove and Miles explain why you should be grateful for your humanity. Plus JB attempts to help out a listener stuck in the “Friend of the Friend” zone. This Week's Quote: “Having been born human beings, we must not waste this opportunity.” - Sri Anandamati Ma (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 23 May 2022

This week, JB Smoove and Miles are joined by the one and only Tiffany Haddish! Together, they explain how you can find the perfect balance of skepticism and idealism. Plus JB gives a listener some much-needed canine hygiene advice. This Week’s Quote: “You see, you are an optimist and live on hope. I am a pessimist and live on experience.” – Malcolm Bradbury, Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar. Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 16 May 2022

This week, JB Smoove and Miles remind you that every day is a fresh start. Plus JB offers advice to a listener struggling with their confidence! This Week's Quote: "Once every day the Earth would spin completely around and the same stars would rise again in the same place.” - Carl Sagan (A Year of Gratitude, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 9 May 2022

This week, JB Smoove and Miles are joined by the hilarious Kevin Nealon! Together, they explain how you can cultivate and nurture the garden of your life. Plus JB gives a listener advice on dealing with a toxic workplace. This Week's Quote: “My experience has shown me the wisdom of remaining open to the possibility of growth in any and all circumstances, without ever knowing what shape that growth may take.” - Rachel Naomi Remen (A Year of Gratitude, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 2 May 2022

This week, JB Smoove and Miles remind you that your life is a spaceship fueled by hope. Plus JB offers advice to a listener who is sick of seeing her ex-husband around town. Today's Quote: “Miracles begin with you. You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible” (A Year of Gratitude Page-A-Day Calendar, A Network for Grateful Living). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 25 April 2022

JB Smoove and Miles are back, and they’re now packing even more wisdom into each episode! Every Monday, JB and Miles will be offering their classic elaborations, as well as answering questions from listeners like yourself. This week, the great Randall Park (Fresh Off the Boat, WandaVision) joins JB and Miles to explain how YOU can embrace your multitudes. Plus JB gives a listener advice on living life to the fullest. This Week's Quote: "None of us is just one thing. Life is a process of learning to recognize many faces.” – Sayantani DasGupta (A Year of Gratitude Calendar, A Network For Grateful Living, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 18 April 2022

JB and Miles want to hear about your problems! Send in your dilemma for your chance to get free life advice from JB when May I Elaborate returns. Either leave it in a review on Apple Podcasts or email them at [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 24 February 2022

It’s the end of the year, so JB and Miles are looking back on some of 2021’s best Elaborations! Today they’re revisiting one of their favorite movie-themed episodes about how adversity can unlock greatness. Be sure to to stay subscribed to this feed during JB and Miles's vacation from daily episodes—new content will be coming your way! See you soon, and Happy New Year! Today’s Quote: "My life is my practice." - Ram Dass (from the Zen Page-A-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing) Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 31 December 2021

It’s the end of the year, so JB and Miles are looking back on some of 2021’s best Elaborations! Today they’re looking at how making a big impact often starts with a tiny ripple. Today’s Quote: “Enlightenment for the wave is the moment the wave realizes that it is water.” - Thich Nhat Hanh (Zen Page-a-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing) Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 30 December 2021

It’s the end of the year, so JB and Miles are looking back on some of 2021’s best Elaborations! Today they’re revisiting their first guest episode with Kenan Thompson. Today’s Quote: “You wonder what's inside. You wonder if you can trust it.” - Kobo Abe (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar) Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 29 December 2021

It’s the end of the year, so JB and Miles are looking back on some of 2021’s best Elaborations all week long! Today they’re revisiting one that’s about accepting life’s imperfections. Today’s Quote: “One of my favorite ways to nurture myself is to cozy up my surroundings.” - Tanya Carroll Richardson (A Year of Self Love, Workman Publishing) Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 28 December 2021

It's the end of the year, so JB and Miles are looking back on 2021’s best Elaborations all week long! Today they're revisiting one that’s all about paying attention to the situations that you’re in. "I sometimes wear a lot of hats during the day, so I build in healthy transition time between events and roles." - Tanya Carroll Richardson (A Year of Self-Love, Workman Publishing) Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 27 December 2021

JB Smoove and Miles are dedicating today’s episode to all of you in Elaboration Nation, as May I Elaborate begins a break from daily episodes. Tune in later this month for a look back at some of our favorite elaborations of the year — and don’t forget that JB and Miles will return for more elaborations in April! Today’s Quote: “I’m not perfect about it, but I try to keep my kindness filter on. I don’t always know when someone I’m interacting with desperately needs my kindness and mercy.” – Tanya Carroll Richardson (A Year of Self Love, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 3 December 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles ask you to get down on one knee and make a commitment to loving yourself. Today’s Quote: “Self love is promising to love honor and cherish myself. It’s the most important vow I can ever make.” – Tanya Carroll Richardson (A Year of Self Love, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 2 December 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles want you to make a lasting impression, like the aftertaste of a delicious meal. Today’s Quote: “It’s fun to have mentors – people who do similar work to mine in the world. Whether I know these mentors personally or just follow them on social media, it’s inspiring to have someone to model myself after while still remaining uniquely fabulous.” – Tanya Carroll Richardson (A Year of Self Love, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 1 December 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles remind you to use your environment to your advantage, wherever you may be. Today’s Quote: “Sometimes I have mixed emotions about where I land in life but I try to find ways to embrace my surroundings.” – Tanya Carroll Richardson (A Year of Self Love, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 30 November 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles challenge you to start treating your emotional wounds with the same care you give physical wounds. Today’s Quote: “Simply feeling can be healing.” – Tanya Carroll Richardson (A Year of Self Love, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 29 November 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles talk about overcoming your fears to unlock your hidden potential. Today’s Quote: “Until we lose ourselves there can be no hope of finding ourselves. We are the world and to enter fully into the world we must first abandon it.” – Henry Miller (Zen Page-a-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing) Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 26 November 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles talk about how to maintain healthy boundaries in relationships. Today’s Quote: “Weakness is treating someone as though they belong to you. Strength is knowing that everyone belongs to themselves.” – Yaa Gyasi (A Year of Gratitude, Workman Publishing) Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 25 November 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles talk about loving yourself before you can love others. Today’s Quote: “Once we have held ourselves with kindness we can touch others in a vital and healing way.” – Tara Brach (A Year of Gratitude, Workman Publishing) Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 24 November 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles ask you to start telling the world exactly what you want. Today’s Quote: “‘Ask and you shall receive’ is the rule but you must learn how to ask and how to receive.” - Gary Zukav (A Year of Gratitude, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 23 November 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles challenge you to think with your heart and feel with your brain. Today’s Quote: “Compassion without wisdom is not understood to be true compassion and wisdom without compassion is not true wisdom.” - Masao Abe (A Year of Gratitude, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 22 November 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles ask you to enjoy your moment in the sun, but make room for the next flower to bloom. Today’s Quote: “No seed ever sees the flower.” - Zen Saying (Zen Page-a-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 19 November 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles remind you to slow down and enjoy life’s speed bumps. Today’s Quote: “It’s never too late to do nothing.” - Zen Saying (Zen Page-a-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 18 November 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain that the trail you blaze today will be walked by others tomorrow. Today’s Quote: “The mere fact that another had walked where I was walking made the path easier for my feet.” - D.E. Stevenson (A Year of Gratitude, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 17 November 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain that greatness already exists within you. Today’s Quote: “A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To be alive is to be slowly born.” - Antoine De Saint-Exupery (Zen Page-a-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 16 November 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles ask you to ease your grip on life’s steering wheel. Today’s Quote: “Don’t try to steer the river.” - Deepak Chopra (Zen Page-a-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 15 November 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain that the most powerful thing a person can possess is a curious mind. Today’s Quote: “Being genius is not enough, it takes courage to change people’s hearts.” – Oleg (Dimiter D Marinov) in Green Book, Screenplay by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie and Peter Farrelly (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing).” Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 12 November 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles remind you to carve out space for your loved ones. Today’s Quote: “Impossible things [get done] every day that are only made possible through the little, reasonable compromises we all make.” - Jon Stewart (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 11 November 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles implore you to know and understand your true worth. Today’s Quote: “We gain power through our refusal to accept less than we deserve.” – Amber Hollibaugh (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing) Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 10 November 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles explain that your education is a life long journey. Today’s Quote: “Fill your mind with knowledge – it’s the only kind of power no one can take away from you.” – Min Jin Lee (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 9 November 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles challenge you to create your own definition of “perfect.” Today’s Quote: “Some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It’s universe’s way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It’s how life is.” - Sarah Dessen (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 8 November 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles encourage you to start thinking small. Today's Quote: “Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can be.” Paramahansa Yogananda (Zen Page-a-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 5 November 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles challenge you to take off your mask and reveal your true character. Today’s Quote: “There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such and unreal life. They take images outside of them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself.” - Hermann Hesse (Zen Page-a-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 4 November 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles ask you to stop fighting the current and start enjoying the waters. Today’s Quote: “Just let go. Let go of how you thought your life should be and embrace the life that is trying to work its way into your consciousness.” -Caroline Myss (Zen Page-a-Day Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 3 November 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles remind you to seek out wonder, even in the mundane. Today’s Quote: “Magic is very related to happiness…It is not there all the time, but there are beautiful moments of magic in everyone’s life.” Penelope Cruz (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 2 November 2021

Today JB Smoove and Miles ask you to stop wasting today worrying about tomorrow. Today’s Quote: “Tain’t worth while to wear a day out before it comes.” Sarah Orne Jewett (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 1 November 2021

Today Andy Richter joins JB Smoove and Miles as we “Reach for the F***ing Stars!” The brilliant comedian and Team Coco family member joins the show to explain how you can start driving your life’s covered wagon into a promising future. Today’s Quote: “Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future. The past is closed and limited; the future is open and free.” – Deepak Chopra (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 29 October 2021

Roy Wood Jr. has been making us laugh and think on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah for years. Today he shares his unique perspective with JB Smoove and Miles as we continue to “Reach for the F***ing Stars!” Hear them explain why you should make an effort to chase change - and be sure to check out Roy’s new stand-up special "Roy Wood Jr.: Imperfect Messenger" when it premieres on Comedy Central 10/29 at 10:30pm ET. Today’s Quote: “New methods change the experience and new experiences change man.”– Karlheinz Stockhausen (Keep Calm and Carry On Calendar, Workman Publishing). Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 28 October 2021

Today actress Cheryl Hines joins JB Smoove and Miles as we “Reach for the F***ing Stars!” Fresh off the season 11 premiere of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," co-stars JB and Cheryl join forces once again to explain why a small dose of fear is actually a prettay, prettay good thing. Today’s Quote: “Fear knocked on the door. Faith answered it.” - The Sopranos Be sure and check out Cheryl's podcast with Tig Notaro in which the two discuss a new documentary every week, "Tig and Cheryl: True Story." Follow JB on Twitter. Follow Miles on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 27 October 2021