A heartfelt thank you for season one

[A NOTE FROM MAY] I wanted to give a heartfelt thank you to all of you, many of whom have turned into regular listeners over the last six months since I launched The Craft. I’ve been touched and overwhelmed with the messages I consistently receive from guests, friends, and strangers about the show and how they’re enjoying these deep intimate conversations and explorations of life and humanity. The Craft wouldn’t be what it is without Luis and Sarah Valdizon of When They Find Us, who co-create the show’s visuals with me - it’s been important for me since day one that the photography you see of my guests, the little intentional details of their worlds, also tells the story of how they curate their lives and who they are as humans. Thank you, Luis and Sarah. You’re as much the heart and soul of this podcast alongside me, and I love you both dearly. Another massive thank you to my incredible sound editing team Jay and Andro Bagasbas. They make me sound good with their technical magic and talents every episode. Love you guys, too. And finally, thank you to my first set of guests, many of whom are dear friends, who didn’t hesitate to say yes and sit down with me to tell their beautiful life stories: Garret Louie, Nate Sabine, Christina Culver, Tyler Quarles, Ben Smith, Courtney Chew, Paul Grunberg, Emily Leung, Scott Sueme, DJ Big Jacks (Jay Isaac), Gelareh Darabi, Steve Thorp, Kenny MacIntyre, Maurice Li, Michael Leckie, Beth Richards, Mark Brand, Juno Kim, Malania Dela Cruz, Karin Bohn, Jamie Collins, Jackie Kai Ellis and Joe Chan, Apolla Echino, Caroline Boquist, Zach Berman and Ryan Slater, Mauvey, Darya Kosilova, Pearl Lam, Mikey Scott, and Ashleigh Kim. We’ll be going on a short hiatus to prepare The Craft’s next collection of conversations and will return on air again sometime this September. Until then, please enjoy the 30 existing conversations with some amazing, truly good humans who are creating beautiful things out there, who are always uncovering more about themselves and doing better, and are generous enough to share their stories and wisdom with others. The world needs to know and listen to more wonderful people like them because many, many more of them do exist out there, in every corner of this home we call earth. See you sometime this September and as always, thank you for being here, and for listening.