Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Saman Kesh (born Saman Keshavarz) is an Iranian-American filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California. He is known for his narrative music video work for notable artists such as Basement Jaxx, Calvin Harris, Kygo, Placebo, !!! Chk Chk Chk, Vitalic, Apparat and Porter Robinson.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

Living and being isolated in the desert
The Definite Chief Aim - a concept by Napolean Hill through way of Mitch Horowitz
Grieving the death of his girlfriend Jean Guo
Gaining momentum through commercial success
Understanding purpose
Working through failures
Accepting ourselves
Being magick
Balancing out the need for control
Changing negative perspectives
“Hollywood has this ability to arrest you in this psychosis of delusions” - Saman Kesh
The gift of an existential crisis
Power in analyzing dreams
Functioning under depression
Saman’s “Zoom” call analogy
Martial arts
Books Referenced:

“Fierce Intimacy: Standing Up to One Another with Love” by Terry Real
Artists Mentioned:

The Daniels (Directing Duo)
Martin Scorsese (Director)
Jonah Hill (Actor)
Joyce Carol Oates (Writer)

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Originally Posted 4.5.2022