Beyond the basement

By Chris Kenworthy

Come explore what it is to be alive - the questions, ideas, and experiences that shape us. Like a personal voicenote, each short episode is an honest, intimate deep-dive into what people like us love ... more

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The podcast currently has 253 episodes available.

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April 17, 2023 Improv dairies: a weekend of fables, folk and fun
Dragons, giants, magic, castles and gophers. This weekend's improv intensive on storytelling and movement had it all. Here comes the feels and reflections on everything that went down. Link to information about Chris Mead, who led the weekend: https://chrismead.co/

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40min
April 12, 2023 Are humans essentially selfish?
Today's emergency question that we're playing with, from Richard Herring's book of the same name. Do we instinctively act out of self interest? Are we just animals? Is there such a thing as a truly selfless act? Naturally, you'll discover all the answers to life's big questions, here in a windy park in Leeds.

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14min
April 06, 2023 Let reality decide if an idea is good enough
Hoot! Yesterday we launched Leeds' first improv Co-lab event. Here's the story of the universe calling me out on an idea through to making a real thing, and everything I learned along the way.

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15min
April 04, 2023 What tragedy and loss taught me about emotions
Most emotions felt elusive to me, once. Then life went thermonuclear… Here’s what we can learn about a more open way of life.

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12min
March 30, 2023 Welcome everything (for improvisers)
Next Monday I launch my first drop-in improv event. And this is our theme: welcoming everything. I pinched it from my second love, Authentic Relating. But what does it mean? How does welcoming everything make life better?

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17min
March 28, 2023 Which celebrity would you want stroking your hair while you die?
Playing with another of Richard Herring's emergency questions before I write about it on LinkedIn later. Somehow I turned this into an awkward dance around gender inequality, arousal and death - all natural bedfellows.

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12min
March 12, 2023 On wintering
Rest and retreat is a tricky one if you prefer to be doing and getting on with life. Here we explore what it is to take a winter, and deliberately permit yourself a period of slowing down and reflecting.

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25min
March 07, 2023 What’s under your onion skin(s)?
I came face-to-face with anger this weekend. I met what's really going on in us, what we avoid, and the darker side of what drives us. Here's what happened, and what might be happening for you - under all those layers of protection. Reflections from my recent retreat all about personality, trauma and freedom from both.

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27min
March 04, 2023 Who are(n't) you?
If you aren't your thoughts, which come and go. Who are you? Same with emotions, how you relate to yourself, they change too, right? So who are you? And if you aren't the same person you were when you were younger, yesterday, last year. WHO ARE YOU? Here comes the Enneagram with sweet relief, for existential questions like this...

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21min
February 28, 2023 How change happens (smooth and painlessly)
An epic exploration of the quirks, patterns, and character of change. Plus what seems to help the process or make it smoother and more painless. These are collected observations during periods of change in my own life, and those of my coaching clients.

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35min

FAQs about Beyond the basement:

How many episodes does Beyond the basement have?

The podcast currently has 253 episodes available.