The Bardo Podcast

Marc Salmon is joined by Buddhist teacher, activist and author Lama Rod Owens for a conversation about Buddhism, love, anger and how we can change the world without losing our compassion for one another.

Author of Love and Rage and The New Saints, Lama Rod brings together Buddhist practice, social justice and community work to explore what liberation might actually look like.

Together they talk about systemic collapse, finding hope through community, performative goodness, accountability without punishment, masculinity, spiritual abolition, boundaries, grief and why laughter and joy are important to creating change.

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Topics include:

• Lama Rod Owens
• Buddhism and social justice
• Love, rage and compassion
• Systemic collapse and hope
• Performative goodness
• Accountability and restorative justice
• Spiritual abolitionism
• Masculinity and patriarchy
• Boundaries and authenticity
• Community and collective liberation
• Grief, humour and joy
• The New Saints

Guest:
Lama Rod Owens is a Buddhist teacher, activist and author whose work explores the relationship between spiritual practice, social justice and liberation.

Lama Rod's website:
https://www.lamarod.com/

Patreon Community:
I also run online meditation sessions on the second and fourth Sundays of each month.
You can join as a free or paid member on Patreon:
https://patreon.com/thebardopodcast

About the podcast
The Bardo Podcast is hosted by comedian Marc Salmon.
Conversations with comedians, mystics and philosophers trying to make sense of it all.

Music by Marc Salmon and Robert Fuller

Artwork by Zoe Brownstone - Check out her comedy special:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJkF4QSNPmE&

Marc Salmon is joined by comedian, poet and writer Rob Auton for a conversation about creativity, comedy and finding wonder in ordinary life.

Known for his Edinburgh Fringe shows about subjects like yellow, water and time, as well as The Rob Auton Daily Podcast, Rob's latest show, Jupiter, tells the fictional story of an estate agent on Jupiter.

Together they talk about childhood, seagulls eating pigeons, crows, Buddhism, gratitude, writing, Ivor Cutler and how to hold on to a sense of wonder when the world feels overwhelming.

Support the podcast and get bonus content:

If you enjoy The Bardo Podcast and want to help keep it independent and ad-free, you can support it on Patreon and get access to bonus conversations and extra material:

https://patreon.com/thebardopodcast

You can also make a one-off donation:

https://buymeacoffee.com/thebardopodcast

Please subscribe, share and leave a review. It really helps.

Topics include:

• Rob Auton
• Stand-up comedy and poetry
• Creativity and curiosity
• Childhood and imagination
• Finding wonder in everyday life
• Buddhism and mindfulness
• Gratitude and hope
• Nature, seagulls and crows
• Writing and storytelling
• Ivor Cutler and Bob Dylan
• The Rob Auton Jupiter Show

Guest:

Rob Auton is a comedian, poet, writer and performer from Yorkshire, known for his distinctive Edinburgh Fringe shows, books and award-winning Rob Auton Daily Podcast.

Rob's website:
https://www.robauton.co.uk/

Rob’s special on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifAnxeFXO2g 

Patreon Community:

I also run free online meditation sessions on the second and fourth Sundays of each month at 10:30 am UK time.

You can join as a free or paid member on Patreon:
https://patreon.com/thebardopodcast

About the podcast

The Bardo Podcast is hosted by comedian Marc Salmon.

Conversations with comedians, mystics and philosophers trying to make sense of it all.

Music by Marc Salmon and Robert Fuller

Artwork by Zoe Brownstone - Check out her comedy special:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJkF4QSNPmE

Marc Salmon is joined once again by writer Gabriel Kennedy, author of Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson, for a conversation about the ideas of Robert Anton Wilson and what they might have to offer us now.

Together they explore non-zero-sum politics, anarchism, power and hierarchy, violence and nonviolence, reality tunnels, the eight-circuit model of consciousness, psychedelics, intelligence, AI and the question of who gets to programme the programmers.

Gabriel first appeared on Episode 5 of The Bardo Podcast for a wider introduction to the life and work of Robert Anton Wilson. This time, we get deeper into the ideas themselves, where they still feel useful, and where they might need questioning or updating.

Support the podcast and get bonus content:

If you enjoy The Bardo Podcast and want to help keep it independent and ad-free, you can support it on Patreon and get access to bonus conversations and extra material:

https://patreon.com/thebardopodcast

You can also make a one-off donation:

https://buymeacoffee.com/thebardopodcast

Please subscribe, share and leave a review. It really helps.

Topics include:

• Robert Anton Wilson
• Non-zero-sum politics
• Anarchism
• Power and hierarchy
• The SNAFU principle
• Violence and nonviolence
• Reality tunnels
• The eight-circuit model of consciousness
• Psychedelics
• Intelligence
• AI
• Who programmes the programmers?
• Buckminster Fuller
• Buddhism
• Colonialism

Guest:
Gabriel Kennedy is a writer and the author of Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson, a biography of the writer, philosopher and countercultural figure Robert Anton Wilson.

Gabriel's website:
https://chapelperilous.us/bio

Gabriel's Substack:
https://gabrielpatrickkennedy.substack.com/

Gabriel's Medium:
https://propanon99.medium.com/

Mentioned in the episode:
Decadent Action Manifesto:
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/decadent-action-decadent-action-manifesto

Patreon Community:
I also run online meditation sessions on the second and fourth Sundays of each month.
You can join as a free or paid member on Patreon:
https://patreon.com/thebardopodcast

About the podcast
The Bardo Podcast is hosted by comedian Marc Salmon.
Conversations with comedians, mystics and philosophers trying to make sense of it all.

Music by Marc Salmon and Robert Fuller

Artwork by Zoe Brownstone - Check out her comedy special:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJkF4QSNPmE&

Hello there. The Bardo Podcast is back!

New episodes are starting next week, with some very interesting conversations with some very interesting people.

I'm really happy to be back!

Follow the podcast wherever you're listening and I'll see you next week.

In this solo episode I explore why so many of us postpone happiness until some future version of ourselves finally arrives.

Inspired by the surreal Japanese film Mind Game, I reflect on ambition, creativity, Buddhism, meditation, comedy and clowning.

Along the way I explore the friction between desire and burnout, the weight of social comparison, and what it actually means to just stop trying so hard to become 'somebody.'

I'll be taking a short summer break while I'm performing at the Edinburgh Fringe, but I'll be back later this year with more conversations and solo episodes.

Support the podcast and get bonus content:
If you enjoy The Bardo Podcast and want to help keep it independent and ad-free, you can support it on Patreon and get access to bonus conversations and extra material:

https://patreon.com/thebardopodcast

You can also make a one-off donation:

https://buymeacoffee.com/thebardopodcast

Please subscribe, share and leave a review. It really helps.

Topics include

•  Happiness 
•  Ambition 
•  Buddhism 
•  Meditation 
•  Identity 
•  Creativity 
•  Success 
•  Desire 
•  Karma 
•  Awareness 
•  Comedy 
•  Philosophy 
•  Burnout 
•  Personal growth
  
  

Also Mentioned in this episode

Films

• Mind Game (Masaaki Yuasa) 
• Good Fortune

Books

• Promethea - Alan Moore 
• The New Saints - Lama Rod Owens 
• The Bhagavad Gita

Thinkers

•  Jacques Lacan 
•  Jiddu Krishnamurti 
•  Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche 
•  David Loy 
•  Mingyur Rinpoche 
•  John Higgs 
•  Tsering Paldron

Patreon Community:
I also run online meditation sessions on the second and fourth Sundays of each month.
You can join as a free or paid member on Patreon:
https://patreon.com/thebardopodcast

About the podcast
The Bardo Podcast is hosted by comedian Marc Salmon.
Conversations with comedians, mystics and philosophers trying to make sense of it all.

Music by Marc Salmon and Robert Fuller

Artwork by Zoe Brownstone - Check out her Comedy special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJkF4QSNPmE&

Marc Salmon is joined by writer, magician and occult thinker Lionel Snell (also known as Ramsay Dukes) for a wide-ranging conversation about magical thinking, magic, Buddhism, uncertainty, creativity, stories, play and the models we use to understand reality.

Together they explore belief systems, scepticism, Robert Anton Wilson, reality tunnels, the Western esoteric tradition, conspiracy theories, identity, and why taking our models too seriously can become its own kind of spell.

Support the podcast and get bonus content:
If you enjoy The Bardo Podcast and want to help keep it independent and ad-free, you can support it on Patreon and get access to bonus conversations and extra material:

https://patreon.com/thebardopodcast

You can also make a one-off donation:

https://buymeacoffee.com/thebardopodcast

Please subscribe, share and leave a review. It really helps.

Topics include:

• Magical thinking
• Magic
• Belief systems
• Buddhism
• Robert Anton Wilson
• Reality tunnels
• Models of reality
• Scepticism
• Western esotericism
• Occult philosophy
• Creativity
• Stories
• Play
• Identity
• Uncertainty

Guest:
Lionel Snell (also known as Ramsay Dukes) is a British writer, magician and one of the most influential contemporary authors on magic and the Western esoteric tradition.

His work explores magic, psychology, creativity, belief and the models we use to make sense of reality.

He is the author of:
S.S.O.T.B.M.E
My Years of Magical thinking
Little book of Demons

Lionel's Website:
https://ramseydukes.co.uk/

Lionel's Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-NwOu0WV5Qd_U4zOP33sw

Patreon Community:
I also run online meditation sessions on the second and fourth Sundays of each month.
You can join as a free or paid member on Patreon:
https://patreon.com/thebardopodcast

About the podcast
The Bardo Podcast is hosted by comedian Marc Salmon.
Conversations with comedians, mystics and philosophers trying to make sense of it all.

Music by Marc Salmon and Robert Fuller

Artwork by Zoe Brownstone - Check out her Comedy special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJkF4QSNPmE&

Marc Salmon is joined by Aboriginal scholar and author Tyson Yunkaporta for a wide-ranging conversation about Indigenous knowledge systems, Aboriginal culture, comedy, Buddhism, ecology, power, and the stories that shape the worlds we live in.

Together they explore why humour keeps power in check, right story versus wrong story, high and low context cultures, animism, serpent lore, meme magic, and how stories can become either medicine or curses.

Support the podcast and get bonus content:
If you enjoy The Bardo Podcast and want to help keep it independent and ad-free, you can support it on Patreon and get access to bonus conversations and extra material:

https://patreon.com/thebardopodcast

You can also make a one-off donation:

https://buymeacoffee.com/thebardopodcast

Please subscribe, share and leave a review. It really helps.

Topics include:

• Storytelling
• Aboriginal knowledge
• Comedy
• Buddhism
• Animism
• Ecology
• High and low context cultures
• Power and hierarchy
• Right Story, Wrong Story
• Serpent lore
• Meme magic
• Decolonisation
• Systems thinking

Guest:
Tyson Yunkaporta is an Aboriginal scholar, arts critic and author from the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland.

His work brings together Indigenous knowledge systems, complexity theory, ecology and systems thinking to explore how stories shape culture, identity and our relationship with the living world.

He is the author of:
Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
https://www.booktopia.com.au/sand-talk-tyson-yunkaporta/book/9780062975621.html

Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking
https://www.booktopia.com.au/right-story-wrong-story-tyson-yunkaporta/book/9781922790439.html

Snake Talk: How the world’s ancient serpent stories can guide us
https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/snake-talk-9781923058460

Indigenous Knowledge System Lab Website:
https://ikslab.deakin.edu.au/

Patreon Community:
I also run online meditation sessions on the second and fourth Sundays of each month.
You can join as a free or paid member on Patreon:
https://patreon.com/thebardopodcast

About the podcast
The Bardo Podcast is hosted by comedian Marc Salmon.
Conversations with comedians, mystics and philosophers trying to make sense of it all.

Music by Marc Salmon and Robert Fuller

Artwork by Zoe Brownstone - Check out her special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJkF4QSNPmE&

Marc Salmon is joined by comedian, writer and illustrator Marty Gleeson for a conversation about creativity, perfectionism, stand-up comedy, artistic competition and staying playful.

Together they explore how drawing competitions changed Marty's relationship with art, preparing a debut Edinburgh Fringe show, getting an agent, comedy writing, synchronicities and why the funniest ideas often arrive when you stop trying so hard to make sense.

Support the podcast and get bonus content:
If you enjoy The Bardo Podcast and want to help keep it independent and ad-free, you can support it on Patreon and get access to bonus conversations and extra material:

https://patreon.com/thebardopodcast

You can also make a one-off donation:

https://buymeacoffee.com/thebardopodcast

Please subscribe, share and leave a review. It really helps.

Topics include:

• Creativity
• Perfectionism
• Stand-up comedy
• Comedy writing
• Edinburgh Fringe
• Artistic competition
• Illustration
• Getting an agent
• Synchronicities
• Creative confidence

Guest:
Marty Gleeson is an Irish comedian, writer and illustrator based in London. She's a BBC New Comedy Award finalist, Channel 4 Sean Lock Award finalist, Pleasance Comedy Reserve alumni, and this year she's bringing her debut show Dog Ear to the Edinburgh Fringe.

Edinburgh Fringe:
https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/marty-gleeson-dog-ear

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/martygleeson

Patreon Community:
I also run online meditation sessions on the second and fourth Sundays of each month.
You can join as a free or paid member on Patreon:
https://patreon.com/thebardopodcast

About the podcast
The Bardo Podcast is hosted by comedian Marc Salmon.
Conversations with comedians, mystics and philosophers trying to make sense of it all.

Music by Marc Salmon and Robert Fuller

Artwork by Zoe Brownstone - Check out her special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJkF4QSNPmE&

Leftist Comedy Night is back!

Free stand-up, drag, clown and sketch comedy.

Little Nan's 2.0 - Auntie's Ballroom, Deptford
Thursday 25 June
Doors 7.30pm | Show 8pm

Come find community, laugh at the hellscape and unpack the madness with us. It'll be political, but mostly silly. We're the left... but fun.

Featuring:
Kuan Wen Huang
Lawrence Dodd
Verity Sharpe
Tarek Turjman
Will Davies
Judy Harris

Hosted by Marc Salmon and Celine Kuklosky.

Free tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/leftist-comedy-night-stand-up-drag-clown-sketch-london-tickets-1990986827196?aff=erelexpmlt

Marc Salmon is joined by Buddhist teacher, author and meditation instructor Tsering Paldron for a conversation about Buddhism, anxiety, burnout, compassion, ageing, identity and what actually matters in life.

Together they explore why we create stories that make us suffer, the difference between empathy and compassion, how Buddhist practice can help us respond to uncertainty without becoming overwhelmed, and what it really means to let go.

Support the podcast and get bonus content:
If you enjoy The Bardo Podcast and want to help keep it independent and ad-free, you can support it on Patreon and get access to bonus conversations and extra material:

https://patreon.com/thebardopodcast

You can also make a one-off donation:

https://buymeacoffee.com/thebardopodcast

Please subscribe, share and leave a review. It really helps.

Topics include:

• Anxiety and overthinking
• Letting go
• Burnout and activism
• Empathy vs compassion
• Meditation and Buddhist practice
• Identity and insecurity
• Social media outrage
• Aging and mortality
• Self-worth
• What really matters in life

Guest:
Tsering Paldron is a Buddhist teacher, meditation instructor and author of several books including Aging Body, Ageless Mind and Grow Your Own Happiness.

Website:
https://tseringpaldron.com/eng/

The Empty Cup Podcast:
https://tseringpaldron.com/eng/the-empty-cup-podcast/

Mentioned in this episode:

• Aging Body, Ageless Mind - Tsering Paldron
• Grow Your Own Happiness - Tsering Paldron
• Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism - Chögyam Trungpa

Patreon Community:
I also run online meditation sessions on the second and fourth Sundays of each month.

You can join as a free or paid member on Patreon:

https://patreon.com/thebardopodcast

About the podcast
The Bardo Podcast is hosted by comedian Marc Salmon.

Conversations with comedians, mystics and philosophers trying to make sense of it all.

Music by Marc Salmon and Robert Fuller

Artwork by Zoe Brownstone - Check out her special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJkF4QSNPmE&