PODULA RASA

Did you have influential teachers and mentors growing up? Thom Williams was that for us. He was the cool English teacher at our high school. He inspired and influenced the lives of countless students. Ten years since his passing, we reflect on his life and legacy in the first of what we hope to be a recurring feature in the podcast.  We invite you to make a donation to the Thom Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund at Marple Newtown High School. You can send checks to:

The Thom Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund  

c/o Principal John Beltrante

Marple Newtown Senior High School

120 Media Line Road

Newtown Square, PA 19073

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A look at how our meditation practices have morphed under the shadow of the 2020 pandemic. Plus dreams, mental roller coasters, books of nothing, and oblique strategies. Strap yourself in for the ride. 

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Dave, Jim, and their bandmates Mike and Jim remember one brief shining moment of high school rock band glory as Zeus & the Druids. When a video surfaced 38 years later, how did watching the performance for the first time on youtube affect them? A reflection on memory and what happens when the past suddenly comes back to the present.   

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Dave and Jim discuss their varied experiences with meditation, what it can do for the mind and body. 

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Dave and Jim interview two friends to glean their thoughts about the show and where they look for bright and shiny things in their lives. 

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Dave and Jim lay out the vision for the podcast and talk about musician Jon Hassell, his “bright shiny things” approach to art, and how we can apply his advice to daily life.

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