This is my 100th episode! For this very special episode, I interview one of my favourite musicians and dear friends, Wax Mannequin. Wax Mannequin is the perfect 100th guest - he's been performing online nearly every Friday since this pandemic began, forming my pandemic soundtrack in the biggest and most meaningful way. A little piece of creative comfort in a time of unknowns. Today we talk about these shows, about Wax's journey to sobriety and how it's impacted his physical and mental health, about creative practices and about our strange brains and how this pandemic may have shifted the world just enough to give our unusual brains a chance to thrive - in Wax Mannequin's words, "Having a strange brain isn't a problem in strange times. It's an advantage. We who -- because of our wiring -- had difficulty internalizing traditional social norms, have had a lot of practice finding our way against some odds. Now there are fewer, more sensible norms. In the new anti-social landscape, do you feel a bit superhuman?" Check out Wax's music at waxmannequin.bandcamp.com, and check out his Friday night concert series on Fridays at 7pm at facebook.com/waxmannequin/live

This interview was originally recorded on Sept. 1st 2020

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