This will be my legacy and the only original thought I ever achieve. Come sit in the front row for my dissertation, as I provide inarguable evidence that the Lord of the Rings movies are actually anime. But this is great! If you like one and haven't experienced the other, now you know you can. I expect thank you emails

Hey that's a pretty cool song!

Do you like art but aren't really sure how to appreciate it? Perfect. Today I'm joined by my good friend Patrick Devine who shares a little of his art expertise with us as a graduated Studio Art major with a passion for art history.
We lay some ground work for what art itself is, and then go through three paintings while he helps us understand how to appreciate art within it's context, which I certainly know almost nothing about.

Follow along with the paintings we're looking at!

#1 - Eagles of Tesuque by John Sloan

#2 - Study for David and Goliath by Paul Cadmus

#3 - untitled by Willem de Kooning

In this one, I get to talk about a show I've loved since I was little, and been obsessed with again recently. Do you also like Naruto? Perfect! Have you never seen a single anime? Less perfect, but still acceptable. Tune in to learn about and hear why you need to watch Naruto

Death! What can the knowledge and acceptance of our own mortality bring to enrich our lives? I say everything. In this one I talk about the importance of sitting with this truth, common answers to "What is the meaning of life?", and encourage you to deal with this knowledge yourself.

Links:
Hey that's a pretty cool song!
Source 1 - The Meaning of Life
Source 2 - Soren Kierkegaard

In this one we talk about the importance of the seemingly paradoxical concept active calmness, how it can benefit us, and how we can get better at it!

I mention a few albums that assist in creating calmness, here are the links:
Music for Nine Postcards by Hiroshi Yoshimura
Kankyo Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental, & New Age Music 1980-1990 (This is only a third of the whole album you get on vinyl, sorry!)
In A Landscape / Dream / Haiku by John Cage

In this one we wrangled up our first interview! We sit down with my good friend Sean Miller and discuss the power of words via historical texts, John Coltrane, Kendrick Lamar and Donald Trump. Come on in, because in this one.. what's that? Yeah in this one actually the waters fine guys.

In this episode I talk about critical thinking - what it is, why it matters, and how to get better at it. Alternate tag line: YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS ONE CRAZY TRICK TO INCREASE YOUR INTELLIGENCE!! 

Welcome! In this, the first episode, I discuss the history and theory of storytelling, and talk about how stories are what drive and motivate us as people - and always have been.