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This is a jam-packed episode focusing on the Uranian themes of finding liberation through revolution, where I dive into a comparison between two classic Los Angeles rock bands, Guns N Roses and The Doors , and their revolutionary influence on the music industry and American culture and then a bike ride ramble where I argue that the revolution must be guided by love, not anger. I cover everything f...

It's a fictional focused freakout about freedom on this week's episode! First, a short intro talking about how once, again, the chapters of this week's reading of " The Teacher and the Tree Man ," (book 3, chapters 15 and 16), have tied into current events where people are questioning the nature of freedom as we navigate the stormy seas of the Coronavirus 19 crisis. But before that, a special trea...

This episode is an attempt to help us all break the grip that the narratives we hear may have on our thinking as it regards the current social and political situation. First, I play this clip from the insightful Anomaly and riff about why folks like Bill Gates may not be the experts we should be paying attention to. Second, I offer some context from my personal life about why I am quick to questio...

It's been a rather wild week in the collective and in my own mind, so this week's episode is another visit to mental health, and this time I use an excellent recent episode of This Jungian Life Podcast as my backbone to help me through. The focus is on some of the aspects of the dark side of this interruption to normal and how we may address them. Check that podcast out if these clips appeal to yo...

Yup, folks, I didn't really realize it until several days away from quitting my 9-to-5 teaching gig, but man, I needed to allow myself to rest. That means, this is a really short podcast, with just one clip, and I've invited two old favorites of the show to help me out with it. The topic is "Let Yourself Rest," which I got from a Facebook post from a man named Jeff Foster. I read it and then share...

Sorry, folks, it had to be done eventually, a return to politics. U.S. presidential politics, in particular. But there's good news. Yes, this might be the last time this particular podcast ponders this topic. For my candidate, Bernie Sanders has dropped out and we've now got two candidates in Joe Biden and Donald Trump who seem woefully unprepared for the road ahead. So this episode finds me ponti...

This episode simply flows, baby. It flows from the mouth of yours truly, as I pontificate on how the Internet has a Watery nature in that it connects all of our individual mind (streams) to the ocean that is the giant collective consciousness, and how this means we should take care not to pollute those waterways. Next, I tell two anecdotes about IRL interactions and how the ripple effect works in...

Two segments to this bad boy. The first is my adlibbing about how, in the late 1990s, I got an intuitive blast that the Internet could be used to share love or hate and how, by choosing love, my life has been deeply impacted and how, in the past few weeks due to the troubles of the coronavirus pandemic and the response to it, I've seen people using social media more to share love and that this see...

The times they are a-changin' and I'm just tryin' to roll with the punches which means this episode is a bit less focused than the last two, but if there is a theme, it is people tryin' to adjust to the times. I read an essay by an Amazon worker that makes me shudder at just how tight-ass the Amazon bosses are about time and makes me feel guilty about using and enjoying Amazon's services.  Th...

This doozy of an episode marks the halfway point of season one, so I put a lot of effort into tying current events into the final two chapters of "The Teacher and Tree Man" of book 2. What does that mean? Well, this episode has us facing some weighty questions of Life and Death with my own answer to why I can gaze upon our current situation from a Big Picture perspective and how I have a journalis...

 Today's episode is a departing flight for the podcast, as we take a pause to listen to some songs that can perhaps help us breath a little bit in these trying times. In addition, there's a commentary about how I think music can best be shared in the "WE" economy so that everyone--that is, artists and listeners and NOT lawyers or corporations--benefits. On top of that, a fresh edition of "The...

My 3  mantras for 2020 and my meandering story relating to the 3rd; Extrovert/introvert and MBTI; the geography of Japan and the Pacific Rim; weather and climate change  (how I see it here in Japan); Charles Eisenstein , his book Climate: A  New Story , war is over Bernie!; my insecurity about self-promotion; a few comments about Soberish posts (weed!, talking foxes, Riders on the S...

It's about time I tell you how I keep my head on my shoulders, wear my heart on my sleeve and keep the monkeys off my back, so here it is, a full episode devoted to what I affectionately call my AM practice, which I do in the morning, of course. It starts with a description and demonstration of the Wim Hof breathing practice, goes into a short rap from the legend, Wim Hof, himself about why the me...

Join Crazy Blubbering Bernie, The Demented Donald, Dementia Joe Biden and Redneck Hunter Biden from an old person's home on election eve in 2028 as they argue over all that went, well, wrong ... that's tremendously wrong, The Donald tells me ... and all that could have gone better before dissecting the meaning of the Rupert, umm, Murdoch " Pina Colada " song. 

This one is funny, profound and I am self-consciously full of myself and cultural references, including impressions of Lance Reddick, Bernie Sanders and, well, a brook babbles behind this Bryan's babbling and I love you all.

Recorded from a deserted classroom in a Japanese junior high school at the End and Beginning of Time, I ramble through thoughts I've already forgotten but know I called Paul McCartney the most musically talented Beatle but also the biggest dick of the bunch, explained why Trekkies, Deadheads and Princess Briders can be so insufferable and offering fans of ANYTHING advice on how not to create Hater...

This episode dives deep and gets playful. That dive takes you into how my intuitive process works and how I can work with it and my dreams to give my life guidance and happiness, then a round of listening to me kick ass on the park golf course on a beautiful Friday the 13th afternoon and last some excerpts from the mind-blowing writer Daniel Pinchbeck and his groundbreaking e-book, " The Occult Co...

A message of love and slowing down from yours truly, who is two weeks down the Coronavirus Panic time stream and understands the feeling of anxiety and is still processing and pondering it, but feels there IS an end to this tunnel we are going through. I share some of my thoughts, my dog, Jelly, interrupts the podcast with her insistence on eating shit off the floor and I share (again) the Wim Hof...

Today's show is about one of my favorite topics, Time. The epsiode has two main segments, an essay from the book "The Ascent of Humanity," which you can find and read for free here , and an essay from my blog which I've yet to publish, tentatively titled "Why Natural Time Rules and Clock Time Sucks." And in the middle a special treat which you'll just have to listen to to discover what it is. Then...

Are you comfortable with saying "I don't know"? It can be a real challenge, I believe, especially when the world around us is throwing so many curveballs at us from so many angles. That's the topic I explore this week, as it relates to the outbreak of the Coronavirus and the way it has impacted my plans for March and April and is doing so to the world. We hear a few clips from the Corbett Report p...

Well, I simply had to go over some post-Super Tuesday thoughts, so wrote an essay for my Medium blog and then read it here for you. In addition, there is some Bisco to brighten your mood and get you back in the fighting spirit and a clip from Michael Moore to help explain why the pundits don't understand the Bernie movement. And before book 2, chapters 7 and 8 of "The Teacher and the Tree Man," yo...

Yup, folks, this is a super focused episode because, hey, it's Super Tuesday eve or, umm, morning. I don't freakin' know, I live in Japan! Anyway, with Coronavirus striking down my classes for the month, well, I figured I ought to listen to some political podcasts, cut out some clips and offer some of my commentary on the big news leading into the biggest day of the primary season. We focus on May...

Another out and abouter, where you get to hear me go through a range of emotions, mostly fun ones, including hearing me cry for the first time on the podcast! Told you it was coming.  Yes, with the closures of schools due to Coronavirus concerns abruptly ending my 15-year teaching career, it's been a rather emotional Leap Day weekend here in Japan. And speaking of leaping, this podcast leaps...

FFS, the English-language Japanese media, at least the jerks at Japan Today, suck. But you'll hear four minutes of me on that particular topic and then a full, calmer, funnier 33 minutes of me adlibbing about the news that yesterday Japanese PM Shinzo Abe asked the public schools in Japan to close from next week until spring break and it seems most will comply, but ALL are panicking. And the theme...

Yet another hodgepodge-a-roma for your listening pleasure. I was feeling groovy the days I recorded this one, so I discussed how I'm learning to be grateful for whatever this condition I have which some call bi-polar is, as it will help me grow and create meaningful art, how Linear (Clock) Time and Natural Time are different and how yakking on a riverside beach on a pleasant day with crows and sma...