Garrett and Joel discuss and explore the near-absolute ubiquity of deception in the world and in our lives. Background: Joel is a facebook friend who shared some interests with me, so I reached out for a discussion, with the sense that it would be fun, entertaining, and valuable for him, myself, and possibly you as…
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Tonight on the Art of NGF show, Garrett and Floki–the mysterious Croatian boatbuilder–discuss the prison of tradition most people get trapped in, and steps you can take immediately to break free from it. From Floki’s perspective, the roots of human pain and suffering can be found in their unconscious addiction to repeating things they really…
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Long ago in the Emerald City, a younger version of Garrett Daun completed a Religious Studies and Creative Writing Degree at the University there. During that time, he attended one of his favorite classes of all time: The Dark Self East and West, with a Japanese Shin Buddhist Priest as the professor. The course was…
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We interviewed a very special guest–Jesse Lee Peterson–a couple years ago, but we decided at that time to keep the interview private for our paid clients. After much consideration, and the coming relaunch of the Art of NGF show, we’re making it public. Garrett and Jesse go deep into why men are so weak, why…
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“I take this load on/ It is my life’s work/ to bring you into the light/ from out of the dark…” -Will Oldham in the song “My Life’s Work.” In tonight’s episode, it’s my humble honor to bring you a very special guest, Mr. Will Oldham, known for his band Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, his acting…
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“This is it!” “Fuck it…” “It is what it is.” So proclaimed our esteemed guest for this evening’s entertainments in a video from circa 2011 that I was lucky enough to find on youtube. I would later use that video, and a handful of others from his “Killin’ It” series, in Radical Undoing workshops and…
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The inimitable Robert Scheinfeld joins us for an off-the-charts mind-blowing talk about life, the universe, everything, and nothing. Robert and Garrett go deep into the nature of the self, of reality, and how to experience what Robert calls “Ultimate Happiness” and “Ultimate Freedom.” It’s definitely NOT what you think, and the only way to discover…
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In tonight’s episode, we cover an extremely important, and dangerously overlooked topic: how to become a man. In a society that has started rejecting the importance of learning what it takes to grow up as an adult male, this refreshing interview reveals how and why young men (and even older men) can and should learn…
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Welcome back to tonight’s entertainments on the Art of NGF Victim to Adventurer Podcast! In this episode, we welcome back Misty Mozejko, who if you recall from her previous foray on the NGF podcast, went from 300+ pounds down to an extremely fit trainer and gym owner. Since we last talked with Misty, she’s transitioned…
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Head back to the Lake of the Ozarks to visit the Byrde Family, and to conclude our ambitious Imagination Training experiment. There’s not much more to be said, besides: go watch Ozark, and then listen to all 11 episodes of the Ozark Talks on the Art of NGF. Leave us an honest review in itunes…
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