THE BOREDOM EXPERIMENT

This is Par 2 of our two year anniversary episode special.. we enlisted the help of our people and we love what happened.

musical genius in this episode:

Whot’s Happenin’ - The Mar-Keys

Back That Thang Up - Juvenile

Dearly Departed - Shakey Graves

Early Morning Light - Sarah Jarosz

Joy - Talib Kweli

Wanna be happy - Kirk Franklin

It's been two. years. y'all.

This is part one of a two episode anniversary special.. we enlisted the help of our people and we love what happened.

musical genius in this episode:

Death with Dignity - Sufjan Stevens

All We Got - Chance The Rapper

Brandi Carlisle - The Eye

Season Two . Episode Two

In this second episode of Season two of the Boredom Experiment, we talk about our move, living a more simple life, and interview a seventeen year old lifeguard about cell phones.

Music by the following geniuses:

Big Rock Candy Mountain: Harry McClintock

Changes: Lanhorne Slim & The Law

This Magic Moment: The Drifters

Hotline Bling: Drake

Breakable: Ingrid Michaelson

The Boredom Experiment is back for our second season - dos! in this short episode we gather our family of five in our little shasta trailer to share about what's coming this season.. it's going to be a fun one, and we hope you'll join us!

music thanks/credit to the following geniuses:

intro: excerpt from My Fair Lady

Big Rock Candy Mountain: Harry McClintock

Intro to "Sorry": Beyonce'

High-Speed French Train: Alexandre Desplat

Shine: Leon Bridges

Move, Move, Move: Alan Hawkshaw & Alan Parker

It's been one year since we vacated social media and began the boredom experiment. In this episode, we write a letter to you and let you know what happens next.

It's been SIX MONTHS since we vacated social media. find out some of the things we have become increasingly aware of in this time, as well as answers to FAQ's from others.

music with thanks to:

Art Tatum (Night and Day)

The Welcome Wagon (I'm Not Fine)

The Wood Brothers (Postcards from Hell)

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (S.O.B.)

Creativity in adults and play in children both use the same parts of the brain. What happened this month without social media as a focal point of our lives? New creativity...and play!

In this episode of the boredom experiment, we interview our two oldest kids. What affect has our social media use had on them, what regrets do we have, and can we embrace joy in its wake?

On April fools day, 2015, Jeremy and Ashley Parsons sat in a coffee shop and decided to give up social media for a year. This is the beginning of the boredom experiment.

music used this episode thanks to:

“Take me to the water” The Blind Boys of Alabama

“Put on your sunday clothes” Michael Crawford & Company

“From the mouth of Gabriel” Sufjan Stevens