Read or subscribe at michaelwmchugh.com No. 305 | October 31, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five—a quick dose of insights, inspiration, and favorites to start your weekend with clarity and purpose. Music of the Week Metsa, also known as Metsa Nihue, is known worldwide for his work in Amazonian plant medicine. I first heard
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No. 304 | October 24, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five—a quick dose of insights, inspiration, and favorites to start your weekend with clarity and purpose. Music of the Week Carl Cox is a legendary DJ, producer, and motorcycle racing team owner based in Australia. Active since the 1980s, he’s won countless awards along
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No. 303 | October 17, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five—a quick dose of insights, inspiration, and favorites to start your weekend with clarity and purpose. Music of the Week Frank Sinatra was an American singer and actor, regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century. Born in New Jersey,
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No. 302 | October 10, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five—a quick dose of insights, inspiration, and favorites to start your weekend with clarity and purpose. Music of the Week Chloé Herry, professionally known as CloZee, is a French musician, DJ, producer, and label manager. She developed an early love for guitar, later forming
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No. 301 | October 3, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five—a quick hit of insights, inspiration, and favorites to kick off your weekend with clarity and purpose. Music of the Week The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) keeps a full-scale orchestra alive for the people of the Gulf South. Formed in 1991, the LPO runs
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No. 300 | September 26, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five—a quick dose of insights, inspiration, and favorites to start your weekend with clarity and intention. Music of the Week Denis Jašarević—better known as Gramatik—is a Slovenian electronic music producer. His love of music began early—first with funk, jazz, soul, and blues—before shifting to
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No. 299 | September 19, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five — a quick hit of insights, inspiration, and personal favorites to kick off your weekend with clarity and intention. Music of the Week Flamingosis is the stage name of Aaron Velasquez, a New Jersey-based producer and DJ. He blends electronic beats with live instrumentation
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No. 298 | September 12, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five—a quick hit of insights, inspiration, and favorites to kick off your weekend with clarity and intention. Music of the Week The Black Keys, formed in Ohio in the early 2000s, consist of Dan Auerbach (vocals, guitar) and Patrick Carney (drums). They began as
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No. 297 | September 5, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five — a quick dose of insights, inspiration, and personal favorites to kick off your weekend with clarity and intention. Music of the Week Troy Andrews, better known as Trombone Shorty, is a trombone player from New Orleans who blends rock, pop, jazz, funk,
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No. 296 | August 29, 2025 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five — a quick dose of insights, inspiration, and personal favorites to kick off your weekend with clarity and intention. Music of the Week 311, formed in the late 80s, first hooked me with their 1995 self-titled album Blue Album—and I’ve been a fan
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