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  • The Humble Fart is Here to Vanquish Your Hopes

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    Visualize a fart wielding a sword and a little feathered hat. This is your fart, and it is here to liberate you. 💨

    More on this in this day’s episode mind dump: The Fart is Here to Vanquish Your Hopes

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    7 min
  • The Timeless Appeal of a Toot

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    On the refreshing qualities of an accidental toot, and the nature of a fart as a spiritual attaché.

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    6 min
  • Accidental Farts = the Next Spiritual Frontier?!

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    In this wind breaking episode (not to be confused with groundbreaking), we explore  big ideas on how accidental farts are the next spiritual frontier.

    What makes farts so special? Why are they a spiritual frontier? And how might they help us define our legacies here on Earth? Listen on, oh tooting one!

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    9 min
  • I farted in the interview. Now what?

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    Today’s episode is dedicated to Jake, a man unnecessarily subjected to my fart at the end of an interview.

    In this episode of Fart Theory, we’ll cover…

    • The story of when I farted in an interview
    • How the authentic self can seem like self-sabotage
    • Martha Beck’s Finding Your North Star
    • How our authentic self’s wishes know no social codes
    • My earnest wishes for you, listeners


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    19 min
  • Any Way the Wind Blows: Phil Pallen & Brother Doctor Ken

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    Did you wake up this morning wondering: what do a Midwestern Catholic Doctor and a Canadian ex-pat living in Florida, jetsetting the world, extolling the virtues of AI have in common? Well, if you did, you're in luck!

    This week's episode spotlights Phil Pallen and Anonymous Ken.

    The episode covers:

    • Absolutely nothing, like a Seinfeld episode
    • Absolutely everything, like a Seinfeld season
    • Tales of tooting priests
    • Cropdusting a nun (!)
    • A bit about how sexual expression intersects with manners and a willingness to fart boldly
    • A quick riff on the way farts can open doors to intimacy
    • Family of origin notes on how our people inform our posteriors
    • Really no direction at all

    ...but as Phil and Ken taught me this week: any way the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me(, to me). Welcome to yet another installment of calm, composure, farting, and friends. Enjoy!

    Or, tootle-oo? I'm so sorry.

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    48 min
  • Fart Theory: Jung & A Journey from Power to Love

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    In this episode of Fart Theory, we explore an experiential exercise to reflect on personal experiences with farting, using Carl Jung's quote about love and power as a framework. The conversation explores the dynamics of love and power in relationships, the importance of self-reflection, and the journey from power-driven motivations back to love.

    • Our relationship with our farts is an extension of our relationship with ourselves. Now what?
    • How to use farts to heal, reflect, develop, and grow
    • The wisdom of Carl Jung: "Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other."
    • What can Jung's quote teach us about our own relationship with power and love?
    • Where do our farts show us where we hold ourselves separate from life and where might they show us where we have room to grow close? Or... closer?

    This week's episode is user-driven, recorded lovingly with the intention to help you get a "thing" out of it. If it works, let me know! Reviews are dearly appreciated.

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    16 min
  • Fatal Flatulence: Jodi the Stoic & Misty the (ex)Mortician

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    Bet you've been dying to listen in to the musings of two death experts takes on farts, huh? Well, you're in luck! Jodi Wellman, founder of Four Thousand Mondays, author of You Only Die Once, speaker, death enthusiast, and friend is joined by Misty: the ex-mortician most interesting person in the room.

    As always, we are here to explore some version of the question: What happens when two strangers who've never met get together to talk about farts?

    Episode topics:

    • Why did Misty leave mortician life?
    • How does a dead body fart? (Does it?)
    • Is Jodi secretly throwing bodies into rivers?
    • How can Cady emotionally traumatize Jodi for life and risk ruining the friendship forever?
    • How many times does Cady need to say "cadavers" when she means "corpses" until someone says something?
    • What can research on disgust teach us about life? And does anyone understand what Cady's trying to say here?
    • What do our guests treasure about their partners' toots?
    • And more!

    This is the fourth episode of Fart Theory: the show elevating Cady out of a raging depression, and also bringing together people from different backgrounds to explore how we relate to a shared topic — farts. 

    When it comes to farts, where are people more alike than they are different and where do our differences make us who we are? Listen to Jodi & Misty's episode to find out more.


    Guests: Jodi and Misty are living death experts who met for the first time. Both have also held my hand and heart (metaphorically) through dark times, and for that I love them both deeply.

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    1 hr 5 min
  • Intersectional Farting: Jonathan & Erin

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    In a weird spot? Take heart: Erin shares a tender story about a fart that set her on a new course. For people who like flirting with the edges of a few deep cuts but not really committing to any one particular angle, hop in! This week's episode of Fart Theory covers race, gender, the creative process, spirituality, and Jonathan kicks us off with something I've been eager to explore: unity consciousness and farts. What happens when two strangers who've never met get together to talk about farts?

    Episode topics:

    • Intro:
      • The value of a figurative fart
      • Cringe as a catalyst
    • We're more alike than we are different
    • Intersectional Farting: What is it like to be a Black man farting (or not farting) at work? What is Black joy when farting at the office?
    • The creative process
    • Why is farting at the grocery store so appealing?
    • The Butterfly Effect of a very bad fart
    • And more!

    This is the third episode of Fart Theory: the show bringing together people from different backgrounds to explore how we relate to a shared topic — farts. 

    When it comes to farts, where are people more alike than they are different and where do our differences make us who we are? Listen to Jonathan & Erin's episode to find out more.


    Guests: Jonathan and Erin are creatives who just met for the first time. Both are from St. Louis, Missouri — and both have Taurus moons.

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    1 hr 7 min
  • The Purple Heart of Farts: Sarah & John

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    Entrepreneurs, take notes! This week's episode of Fart Theory kicks off with what very well be the idea that launches your next million: the fart blanket. What happens when two strangers who've never met get together to talk about farts?

    Episode topics:

    • Fart blankets: Sarah's childhood toots & the origin story of her special blanket.
    • The  childhood experience that taught John he's lactose intolerant* (*and maybe a little proud)
    • The Purple Heart of Farts
    • Farts as a symbolic rite of passage in relationships
    • Farting, intimacy, and closeness
    • And more!

    This is the second episode of Fart Theory: the show bringing together people from different backgrounds to explore how we relate to a shared topic — farts. 

    When it comes to farts, where are people more alike than they are different and where do our differences make life fun? Listen to Sarah & John's episode to find out more.


    Guests: John Pate owns a moving company, he makes music, and he farts! Sarah is anonymous for professional reasons.

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    58 min
  • Fart-Positive Friends: Gina & Elena

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    Experience the joys of fart-positive friendship as Gina and Elena discuss the nuance of leveraging flatulence to better express themselves.

    Episode topics:

    • Fart-positive friendships
    • Farting in queer relationships and heterosexual ones
    • Tips for farting in yoga
    • What are agreed upon social conventions for farting on planes?
    • And more!

    This is the first episode of Fart Theory: the show bringing together people from different backgrounds to explore how we relate to a shared topic — farts. 

    Where are people united in similarities and where are they actually quite different? Listen to Gina & Elena's episode to find out more.


    Guests: Elena Box, shamanic death doula, comedienne, and yoga instructor. Gina, the anonymous tennis coach who'd like to have her last name left off of this for singledom.

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    48 min

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Fart Theory brings together guests from different backgrounds to explore the idea: we're more alike than we are different, but our differences make life fun. The shared glue that holds it all…