In this episode of The Enneagram in a Movie podcast, Mario Sikora, TJ Ingrassia and TJ Dawe discuss the Transmitting Seven through the 2020 film Birds of Prey. They analyze Harley Quinn, played by Margot Robbie, and how Harley's breakup from the Joker functions as complete emancipation, unleashing a character that embodies the Seven's relationship with freedom, pleasure and constraint.

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YouTube: @TypeCast

In this episode of The Enneagram in a Movie podcast, Mario Sikora, TJ Ingrassia and TJ Dawe take a break from their subtypes series to talk about the TV show, Parks and Recreation. They focus on a few notable characters, from Ron Swanson to Leslie Knope, to explore their Enneagram types based on five episodes from Seasons 3, 4 and 5. While the characters go through an evolution throughout the seven seasons, the hosts feel these episodes do a good job of illustrating the personality types.

“Leopard skin is a classic tell for Transmitters. Now TJ Dawe, I’ve never seen either of you wear leopard skin that I know of, and not every Transmitter wears leopard skin, but like woodworking, it is a heavy, heavy signal of the instinctual bias.” - Mario [46:34]

“I think, at large or in general, Fours are pretty rare in sitcoms, and I say this as a Four.” - TJ Dawe [1:09:58]

“Earlier when I said that Parks has some legendary characters, I think Ron Swanson is at the top of that list. And over the course of those hundred-something episodes, there are many, many moments, but this episode had some of the best.” - TJ Ingrassia [32:15]

TIMESTAMPS

[00:03] Intro

[01:24] Hosts’ thoughts on the show

[03:49] Five episodes to focus on

[10:31] About the show

[13:32] Ron Swanson’s Enneagram Type

[18:10] One of the great Preserving characters

[25:13] Ron’s dynamic with Tammy

[31:27] Ron is a survivalist

[35:48] Chris Traeger’s Enneagram Type

[40:47] Andy Dwyer is also a Type Seven

[45:41] Tom Haverford’s Enneagram Type

[47:38] Treat Yo Self

[51:58] Tom’s Strategy

[57:29] Ann Perkins’s Enneagram Type

[1:02:07] Jerry’s Enneagram Type

[1:06:05] April, Tammy and Ben

[1:21:29] Leslie Knope’s Enneagram Type

[1:29:20] Leslie’s ambition

[1:38:34] Final thoughts

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Book: How to Think Well, and Why: The Awareness to Action Guide to Clear Thinking

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In this episode of The Enneagram in a Movie podcast, Mario Sikora, TJ Ingrassia and TJ Dawe talk about the Navigating Seven through the 2005 film, Pride and Prejudice, starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen. While this movie is all about navigating, they focus on Knightley’s character, Elizabeth, the strong-willed daughter who navigates falling in love in 19th-century England.

TIMESTAMPS

[00:03] Intro

[00:50] About this week’s movie

[02:49] Hosts’ thoughts on the movie

[09:05] Elizabeth as a Type Seven

[18:44] Other Seven-ish things

[24:22] Navigating about Elizabeth

[34:32] Navigating Seven

[43:44] This movie as Transmitting Seven

[49:47] Other characters’ Enneagram Types

[1:11:31] Closing comments

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Book: How to Think Well, and Why: The Awareness to Action Guide to Clear Thinking

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TJ Ingrassia:

Web: tjingrassia.com

YouTube: @TypeCast

In this episode, TJ Ingrassia returns to The Enneagram in a Movie podcast to discuss the TV show, Shrinking, with Mario Sikora and TJ Dawe. They examine the Preserving Five through the character of Dr. Paul Rhoades, played by Harrison Ford, focusing exclusively on Season Two.

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Book: How to Think Well, and Why: The Awareness to Action Guide to Clear Thinking

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Web: tjdawe.ca

TJ Ingrassia:

Web: tjingrassia.com

YouTube: @TypeCast

In this episode of The Enneagram in a Movie podcast, Mario Sikora and TJ Dawe discuss the Transmitting Five through the character of Sherlock Holmes, exploring the portrayal played by Benedict Cumberbatch in the BBC reboot of Sherlock.

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Book: How to Think Well, and Why: The Awareness to Action Guide to Clear Thinking

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In this episode of The Enneagram in a Movie podcast, Mario Sikora and TJ Dawe explore the Navigating Five through the 2016 movie, Arrival, starring Amy Adams.

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Book: How to Think Well, and Why: The Awareness to Action Guide to Clear Thinking

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In this episode of The Enneagram in a Movie podcast, Mario Sikora and TJ Dawe explore the Transmitting Eight through the film, The Dark Knight Rises, starring Christian Bale, Tom Hardy and Anne Hathaway. The Transmitting Eight is probably the most aggressive of the 27 subtypes as it’s the stereotype people have in their minds when they think of Type Eight, which is Striving for Feel Powerful. Transmitters are about expression and tend to be more assertive and outgoing. They also want to have an impact in the world and reshape the world in their own image. Mario and TJ explore how they see this in Bane, played by Hardy.

“One of the other things that I see about Transmitters is that they tend to be the people who… they want to have an impact on the world. And they want to put their stamp on it and leave some sort of legacy. So these are the people that are often the world changers. The people that want to reshape the world in some way.” - Mario [07:25]

“The desire to make an impact–whether it’s on the person I’m talking to or on the world–doesn’t always come out through verbal expression, but it probably comes out in some equivalent of it, of like pay attention to me. And when a Transmitter has the microphone, you’re going to have a hard time taking it away from them. They love expressing themselves and they take relish in doing it.” - TJ [10:21]

TIMESTAMPS

[00:04] Intro

[00:30] This week’s movie

[04:33] The Transmitting Instinctual Bias

[10:03] Bane as a Transmitter

[15:43] Three people walk into a room

[18:11] Other ways of transmitting

[23:02] Bane is not actually in charge

[27:26] Selina Kyle as a Transmitter

[29:41] Transmitting in Christopher Nolan

[34:01] The transmitting idea of legacy

[36:27] The fight scenes

[40:02] Bane likes to talk

[42:47] Preserving Eight vs Navigating Eight

[46:16] Other Transmitting Eights

[56:58] Pattern of Expression

[59:08] One more Transmitting Eight

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In this episode of The Enneagram in a Movie podcast, Mario Sikora and TJ Dawe dive into an episode of the TV show, “The Last of Us,” starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, This episode from the first season, “Long, Long Time,” captures the Preserving Eight as it centers around Nick Offerman’s Bill, a Doomsday prepper, and his relationship to Frank, played by Murray Barlett. Their relationship is the heart of the show as it explores some of the complexity we see in humans such as nesting and nurturing.

“And we see this kind of handiness in Bill that is often very related to preservers in general, but Preserving Eights in particular. This competence. I know what the challenges are. I know what is needed to build and protect my castle and I’m going to do it.” - Mario [16:49]

“Being able to provide this guy with a shower, being able to give him new clothes, being able to give him a good meal, and pour wine correctly in a nice glass and serve it on nice dishes, that’s very much a Preserver’s expression of love.” - TJ [35:16]

TIMESTAMPS

[00:03] Intro

[00:23] This week’s topic

[04:38] Thoughts on episode

[06:59] Type Eight in Bill

[11:46] Bill’s letter

[16:02] Nesting and nurturing

[21:31] Pleasure in preserving things

[27:18] Scarcity begets selfishiness

[30:38] The heart of the episode

[36:10] Navigating Eight vs Transmitting Eight

[38:42] Other characters

[45:27] Other Preserving Eights

[48:00] Outro

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Book: How to Think Well, and Why: The Awareness to Action Guide to Clear Thinking

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Mario Sikora and TJ Dawe return with a new season of Enneagram in a Movie podcast, starting with a series on the subtypes. Every other week, they will focus on a subtype with a movie that captures it well. In this episode, they discuss The Godfather II, starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, to explore the Navigating Eight. The 1974 film features a lot of Type Eight–Striving to Feel Powerful–with different subtypes. Mario and TJ dissect how the parallel storyline and different subtypes between the two significant characters–Vito, played by De Niro and Michael, played by Pacino–come into play as they try to assert and maintain power.

“This guy is all about power. He is not all about detachment. He is all about power and vengeance. This whole movie is about vengeance from the very beginning until the very end. The theme is vengeance. And that is the traditional fixation of Type Eight." - Mario [13:37]

“It’s very much like a Navigating nightmare is to be exiled, to be cut off completely.” - TJ [45:38]

TIMESTAMPS

[00:03] Intro

[00:49] This week’s movie

[05:00] Which movie’s better?

[09:06] Two Type Eight characters

[10:17] Striving to Feel Powerful

[12:34] Michael: Preserving Eight

[17:17] Type Eight in Vito

[23:09] The Navigating Domain

[28:10] Vito and the landlord

[32:52] Noticing and watching

[34:29] Other examples of navigating

[39:58] It’s the game that counts

[44:41] The theme of isolation and exile

[49:29] Mafia is very hierarchical

[52:41] How this could have played differently

[1:01:26] Other Navigating Eights

[1:04:37] Outro

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TJ and Mario take a trip down nostalgia lane to explore the 1979 classic "The Muppet Movie," filled with cameos from all of your grandparents' favorite celebrities!