Sid provides somewhat-sage counsel to his grandchildren as they construct a model of the Buddhist stupa (burial marker) he wants placed at his grave.

While Courtney and Sistah drive Sid home from radiation, Sistah goes on a brilliant, extended, borderline-manic rap about the excesses of the patriarchy and religious intolerance.

Born to Be Wild. (podcast) Season 2, Episode 18Sid’s granddaughter Courtney and her brilliant, albeit reality-challenged roommate Sistah take Sid on a hair-raising ride to his 15th radiation treatment.

Sid’s first radiation brings up memories of 6th-grade teachers, plastic pumpkins, and hallucinogens, until the appearance of the Greek philosopher Diogenes raises some very interesting questions about who one really is.

A short but sweet holiday extra in which Sid's grandson wishes him good luck with his radiation (partly because he wants to "inherit" Sid's radiation mask for Halloween.

In this episode, Sid regains his equilibrium after his challenging discussion with Leila about good and bad by performing his morning ritual of watching the sunrise with his sextant before meandering off in a series of tangents that center on identifying mantras in plain English from song and film titles, as well as the brilliant words of Popeye, Yogi Bear, and Scooby-doo. All while preparing in his typical atypical way for his first radiation treatment

Sid and Leila continue their difficult discussion about how this experience of acceptance relates to the idea of there being good and bad, higher and lower. It's complicated. And Sid finds himself unable to express the Buddha's perspective.

In this episode, Leila challenges Sid on his insistence that true acceptance means never saying that anyone—or anything—represents a higher good than anyone or anything else. Meanwhile, Di cooks dinner, Marcus sets the table, and Zoey fills in the blanks. Until Leila tells a story that takes everyone aback.

Marcus and Leila visit Sid and discuss acceptance, higher goods, and jump-starting evolution, while Sid finds new ways to defy his doctor’s orders and Di manages to keep the entire household from going off the rails. Also, in brief cameo appearances, Zoey explains the difference between tarragon and chervil and Bieca has a close encounter with a locavore, free-range chicken wing.

Marcus and Leila have a Zoom session with their Zen Master friend Kesey to try to figure out where Sid’s coming from and where he might be going. In the process, Kesey deconstructs and reconstructs assumptions about AI.