By Gabriel Berezin
5
4444 ratings
The podcast currently has 10 episodes available.
Almost at the same time, my family experienced a loss I feared my whole life and a new addition I’d fantasized about for decades. And I had a dream as it unfolded that was so clear I wrote down every detail after I woke up. Actually it was more like dream theater. And this theatrical production’s imagery and characters were scripted by grief, memory, and anticipation.
I’m pretty sure this little one-act was trying to tell me something, or at least Brian Cox was (obviously he was there). A new inner character appeared in this episode to decode what it was. He demystified dreams a bit, and shared how they work.
He also helped me understand why celebrities make cameos in dreams so much. And while many think we should leave the metaphors to the artists and songwriters, he explains why dreams prove otherwise.
Most oddly and importantly he shared the power of sneezing to cope with grief.
So, if you’re grieving the loss of someone - the end of a relationship, the end of a life - maybe this will be cathartic. Maybe it could temporarily fill in for the therapy you've been avoiding, or couldn’t afford.
(Just kidding, I am absolutely not saying that last part.)
CREDITS
Fugues is written and produced by Mr. Gabriel Berezin
Playing the role of Gabe, Inner Gabe, Food vendor, Inner Voice and Dr. Hans Bob Zimmerman is....... Mr. Gabriel Berezin
Playing the role of program announcer and script editor.......Ms. Monty Montan
Playing the role of Brian Cox is.......Mr. Tim Lappin
Playing the role of the "sneeze paradigm" sneezer.......Ms. Lulu Montan-Berezin
In the orchestra pit, playing original compositions........Mr. Grant Zubritsky
Artwork and logo design....... Mr. Justin Montan
Special thanks to Oliver Turner for extra voiceover and Dr. Robert Berezin for insights based on his book, “The Play of Consciousness in the Theater of the Brain”
FOLLOW
Newsletter | X | Instagram | Threads | TikTok
The age old question. Does empathy cure personal beef? Actually from a butcher’s perspective that’s no good. Curing actually preserves beef.
Nevermind, nevermind...
I had a psychedelic experience with a mosquito that reminded me of an aggressive driver. It may, or may not have, changed my life.
Do I have to anthropomorphize EVERYthing?
--
CREDITS:
Written, produced and performed by Gabriel Berezin.
Script editing and Lady Inner Mosqutio voiceover by Melissa "Monty" Montan.
Opening and closing music by Monuments (featuring Grant Zubritsky (bass), Robby Sinclair (drums) and Bryan Murray (saxophone), Gabriel Berezin (guitar))
Logo design by Justin Montan
Follow: X | Instagram | Threads | TikTok
The research behind mosquito nocebo here.
The Reveal.
Find out how this Mediclub experience ends.
The Assholes push the outer limits of the ASS scale. (What geminis!)
They stumble on unexpected terrain, questioning the very nature of reality.
This is Part 3 of 3.
--
Credits:
Written and produced by Gabriel Berezin.
Original music by Santiago Arias-Rozo.
Opening and closing music by Monuments (featuring Grant Zubritsky (bass), Robby Sinclair (drums) and Bryan Murray (saxophone), Gabriel Berezin (guitar))
Script editing and voiceover by Melissa "Monty" Montan
Logo design by Justin Montan
Follow Fugues on Twitter and Instagram.
References:
In part 2 of Assholes, the immersive story of the Mediclub experience continues with three more fugues.
The Asshole co-hosts review the similarities between meditation, marijuana and the right hemisphere of your brain.
Then you'll see if 12-step programs fit or (don't fit) into the event.
Most importantly you'll find out what Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer” has to do with the most under-appreciated part of your brain.
All culminating in a new and surprising ASS score.
See how deep these assholes go!
This is part 2 of 3.
--
Credits:
Written and produced by Gabriel Berezin
Original music by Santiago Arias-Rozo
Opening and closing music by Monuments (featuring Grant Zubritsky (bass), Robby Sinclair (drums) and Bryan Murray (saxophone), Gabriel Berezin (guitar))
Script editing by Melissa "Monty" Montan
Logo design by Justin Montan
Follow Fugues on Twitter and Instagram
References:
Ever been to a group meditation? How did you feel? Third eye open and a blissful permagrin? Or awkward and self conscious?
Fugues is back with a new talk show that measures gullibility and skepticism using a powerful scale. This new spectrum is defined by Larry David, Woody Harrelson, Betty White, Bill Murray and cats (not the musical).
Gabe and his Inner voice co-host discuss the neurological and psychological mental phenomena activated during a Brooklyn meditation retreat.
Find out what a Burger King Whopper has to do with our experience of time, and why getting picked last on the dodgeball court explains our cultural divide.
This is Part 1 of a 3-part series.
--
Written and produced by Gabriel Berezin
Original music by Santiago Arias-Rozo
Opening and closing music by Monuments (featuring Grant Zubritsky (bass), Robby Sinclair (drums) and Bryan Murray (saxophone), Gabriel Berezin (guitar))
Script editing by Melissa "Monty" Montan
Logo design by Justin Montan
Follow Fugues on Twitter and Instagram
References:
How does increased power impact human minds? It’s almost not someone’s fault if empathy wanes while power accumulates. In fact, it’s basically inevitable.
Joe Smarro, one of the subjects of the HBO documentary, "Crisis Cops: Ernie and Joe," is an exception to the rule. Joe is a police officer and trainer who gives a Master Class in how to sidestep fate when encountering people in crisis. We hear a few fugues from Joe illustrating what it's like to be a cop in these situations. And we give it the post-fugue treatment with inner voice, helping us to understand the cognitive effects of power and how to avoid unnecessary conflict.
Join us for the third and final part of this series on fate and biology.
--
Credits:
Written and produced by Gabriel Berezin.
Original music and sound design by Grant Zubritsky. Additional music courtesy of Sami Jano.
Opening and closing music by Monuments (featuring Grant Zubritsky (bass), Robby Sinclair (drums) and Bryan Murray (saxophone), Gabriel Berezin (guitar))
Editorial insight by Melissa "Monty" Montan
Logo design by Justin Montan
Follow Fugues on Twitter and Instagram.
--
Relevant Fugues episodes:
References:
Why do we help strangers? And why do we love revenge stories so much? The same thing that connects those questions connects us all - bonding.
There’s an invisible line between groups of people - it can be a thin dotted line between acquaintances, a steel girder between mother and child, or a series of chain links between millions of people in the same country.
In Part 2 of this series on fate and biology, we identify the brain chemical that plays a central role in how we bond, and explore why certain group behaviors are inevitable.
--
Credits:
Written and produced by Gabriel Berezin.
Original music and sound design by Kirk Schoenherr and additional music by Grant Zubritsky.
Opening and closing music by Monuments - featuring Grant Zubritsky (bass), Robby Sinclair (drums) and Bryan Murray (saxophone), Gabriel Berezin (guitar).
Editorial assistance by Melissa "Monty" Montan.
Logo design by Justin Montan.
Follow Fugues on Twitter and Instagram.
Help us out - rate and comment on iTunes!
Further reading:
You ever get in a fight? I did. Once. Wearing my Red Sox hat at Yankee Stadium. Me (and two Yankees fans) were basically high on an aggressive cocktail of brain chemicals that forced our collective hand. Stupid, pointless violence with strangers that almost cost me an eye.
This episode’s fugue will describe the experience, followed by Inner Voice and I doing a post-fugue analysis. Together we’ll review the ingredients of a lethal cocktail that drove me into a dangerous, seemingly unavoidable situation.
This is Part 1 of a three-part series about fate and biology, sharing the experience of situations that find us “stuck in time,” unable to avoid fate.
--
Credits:
Written and produced by Gabriel Berezin.
Original music and sound design by Grant Zubritsky
Opening and closing music by Monuments (featuring Grant Zubritsky (bass), Robby Sinclair (drums) and Bryan Murray (saxophone), Gabriel Berezin (guitar))
Editorial insight by Melissa "Monty" Montan
Logo design by Justin Montan
Follow Fugues on Twitter and Instagram.
References:
Why are we so prone to bad logic? We’re going to hear two everyday fugues in this episode: the search for a lost spatula and a spilled beer. The real story here is how easy it is to be irrational. Who is “we” in this episode? It’s me and my inner voice obviously. Inner Voice and I will do some post-fugue analysis to find out what mental phenomena are at play while I make really bad assumptions about events in my surroundings.
By the end of the episode maybe you’ll appreciate why we’re actually doing a lot better than we think we are as a society given how mistake-prone our brains are.
--
Credits:
Written and produced by Gabriel Berezin
Original music and sound design - Grant Zubritsky
Opening and closing music: Monuments (featuring Grant Zubritsky (bass), Robby Sinclair (drums) and Bryan Murray (saxophone), Gabriel Berezin (guitar))
Editorial insight - Melissa "Monty" Montan
Logo design - Justin Montan
Find Fugues on Twitter and Instagram.
References:
Episode Song Playlist:
What's a fugue? In this podcast it's a story - a story that sheds light on how our conscious experience of any given moment operates. Find out what each fugue tell us about the basic ingredients of mind.
--
Credits:
Written, produced and hosted by Gabriel Berezin.
Music and sound design by Grant Zubritsky and Monuments.
Logo and art design by Justin Montan.
Follow Fugues on Twitter and Instagram.
The podcast currently has 10 episodes available.
110,255 Listeners
55,903 Listeners