The Ride To Redacted

In this episode, Steve and Mal hurtle with guest rider Phoenix from Point A to Point B (the end of a long pier), while contemplating death doulas, subversive sherpas and a gay giraffe.  Strap in for … The Ride To Redacted Prime. To leave a comment, click here Show notes: Concerning Edward Gorey: you could do […]

In this episode, Steve and Mal ruminate about threats and a panoply of possible human responses.  Whether it’s a bear or too many emails you’re facing down, isn’t it nice to know you have options? To leave a comment, click here Show notes: Fight, flight, freeze or fawn: a nice article (of many articles) on these […]

This release presents you with highlights that have been lovingly culled from Episodes 1 through 10. Strap in for … the highlights so far of The Ride To Redacted. To leave a comment, click here Show notes: In keeping with the highlighting nature of this release, these notes will be brief and to the point.  Some […]

In this episode, your hosts Steve and Mal hurtle from Point A to Point B while mulling over the dance between slog and art, as well as the possible origins of the bagpipe. To leave a comment, click here Show notes: With regard to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, per Wikipedia: “Abraham Harold Maslow (… April 1, […]

On this ride, Steve and Mal consider executive dysfunction and the fundamental problems of life and death.  No biggie. To leave a comment, click here Show notes: Shout-out to Charles Yu’s “How To Live Safely In A Science Fictional Universe.”  Per Wikipedia: “The novel revolves around a search for a father and the father-son relationship. It […]

On this ride, Steve and Mal contemplate the anxiety of emotional support dogs, the tension available during customs inspections, and the benefits of creating stupid art and trying to make others happy. To leave a comment, click here Show notes: This is also the episode in which Steve learns that Panic! at the Disco was a […]

On this ride, Steve and Mal consider professional wrestling careers real and imaginary before examining the universal experience of feeling like The Other — source of pain, Gothic literature, and wonder. To leave a comment, click here Show notes: Rosalyn Drexler, Steve’s mother’s old friend, has not just been a professional wrestler but also an […]

On this ride, Steve and Mal contemplate how unfortunate patterns of behavior — including, but not limited to, the compulsive buying of novelty items — can be recalibrated.  To leave a comment, click here Show notes: Speaking of desire paths, a bit of Googling reveals that Broadway in Manhattan was originally a Lenape desire path […]

or Pocket Casts On this ride, Mal and Steve visit the idea of the zeitgeist or, as they prefer to think of it, the Time Ghost.  All while making listeners feel loved and held — hopefully. To leave a comment, click here Show notes: That quote from Marcus Aurelius in his Meditations (Maxwell Staniforth translation, […]

or Pocket Casts On this ride, Steve and Mal explore the human capacity for cluelessness and occasionally (whoa) perfection. To leave a comment, click here Show notes: As Ep. 4 makes clear, the following movies are so good that, as the youth of today might put it, they f*** severely: Listeners, watch this space… …for […]