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Brian McDonald sings us a damn fine song.  Then we talk about singing.   Who is the love song really about? We start talking about secrets and then the cops knock on the door! For real. But it's a secret.  We can't tell you who they were looking for.  Just like the artist won't tell you who the song is about. Maybe it's like the magician revealing their tricks.

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Sarah, Phil and fast-talking Heather Peterson Coates discuss what they want done with their bodies when they die.  They brainstorm what they want written in their last will and testament.  Phil wants a "Congratulations you're about to die" party.  He also wants to become a tree.  Heather requests a pyre be built out of rocks to burn her body, she also wants to invite the buzzards and instead of feeding them her flesh, they each get a steak.  Sarah tells a story about her uncle and releasing his ashes into a turquoise ocean with flowers from downtown LA.

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Is good acting similar to good lying?
The duo discusses the difference between 'Rhodes' scones and from-scratch scones.
What does it mean to play a role? Philip shares his experience being a rapper along with all the other roles he has played. Sarah opens up about her role as a mother and its affect on her children.
Sarah talks about incorporating archetypes into the play-ish event. Philip points out that 'role' and 'archetype' are perhaps euphemisms for one another
The two hint at some pretty exciting additions to Triggered: A Play-ish Event

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Philip n' Sarah host their first in house guest...BrianTravis. Philip and BrianTravis sing a song that is imperfect while Sarah taps along. 
Sarah shares her experience with a TED Talk by Esther De Koning that is both sexist and probably accurate.  
The gang discusses triggers, acting, and pants shitting. Philip experiences a moment of real terror when he realizes that he will be expected to act in the play-ish event. You might say he was triggered...
 

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The grand narrative of the Promised Land is crumbling according to Jordan Peterson.  This leads Sarah n Phil to ask what will you leave behind?  What is a legacy and what do kids have to do with it all? 
Sarah reads a blog entry from: theyaretheway.sunriseink.org titled "For Marci, who helped me"

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Philip n Sarah Intro the podcast (that was recorded in Fellowship Hall on a phone) while sitting in the parking lot of a bowling ally. They discuss Triggered: A Playish Event with some of it's supporting cast as they all sit around in a not-so-socailly distanced circle. This Podcast is a live recording of a RAW group. A RAW group is the collaborative process that happens behind the scenes before every Own It show.

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If you need to cut your hair, just do it.  It may be hard though if you don't drink water, play with your friends, be in the sunshine, have meaningful work and eat healthy food.  What does depression have to do with beards and haircuts?
Hear the update on TRIGGERED: a play-ish event happening June 4th

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This episode features "The Graduates" a brilliant trio of newly minted adults.  They discuss memory, dreams and obsession.  Two perspectives are presented here with 20+  years between their voices.  

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Philip n Sarah record the podcast like a couple of teenagers, overlooking the city. Sarah gets very personal about oil and exams...together. The two explore the podcast's purity and also the Yin and Yang they bring to it respectively. Philip offers a lengthy monologue while Sarah listens. They both seem to be entranced by the view, as they discuss hiding, in relationship to freestyle speaking and polished thought.

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Write the weird thing. Sarah's new prompt for herself for writing at the edge of what is known.  The weird thing is the line you hear but barely understand. 
Phil n Sarah kick around ideas about Triggered: a play-ish event including a spoof on The Sound of Music, a xylophone orchestra, and a scene about butchering Sarah's hair and mailing to everyone who has ever broken her heart.
Phil gives a review of Jesus Christ Superstar, and dreams up song ideas inspired by Gordon Lightfoot. 
Lantern Release recap from the New Year's Eve event, and a bit about what it means to be a servant.
Also, a brilliant idea outsmarts them both.

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