Barbarian Noetics Podcast: Go Fungal not viral™

Send us Fan Mail Wassup glorious world! It's a milestone episode, the Big 2-0, and I couldn't think of a better guest to showcase on this seminal pod than my good friend Mona Morsy. Mona is a marvelous rock of a human being. She radiates calm strength and is a true joy to be around. She is also my Jiu Jitsu instructor, and a former semi-pro Muay Thai cage fighter. Mona has the strength o...

Send us Fan Mail Wassup y'all. This mini-sode is just a raw, real-as-it-gets self analysis regarding my lately feeling like the colors of the sea. You are welcome to snorkel (no lifeguard) over the multivariate emotional reef upon which my psychical anemones of feeling and understanding slowly undulate amidst splashes of reckless color and life. Mini Tracklist for Mini-sode: Sam Myers - I Got...

Send us Fan Mail Wassup beautiful world! This episode is a solo hodge podge of philosophical tidbits, barbarous beats and scrumptious audio morsels. It's like a tasty platter of tapas for the mind, and you don't have to spend $60 and still be hungry at the end! I dig into all variety of topics including: doubt and overcoming doubt, homelessness and mental wellness, dreams of Buddhist man...

Send us Fan Mail Wassup glorious world! This episode of Barbarian Noetics features the intuitive and lustrous Marta Orozco, who joins us all the way from the verdant hills of Seattle, WA. Marta is an exquisite purveyor of fine insights and an intrepid crafter of primo bee's wax candles. For this podcast we light the wick of a slow-burning penumbral conversation, covering a myriad of variant t...

Send us Fan Mail Wassup beautiful world! This episode of the pod features Captain Lisa Johansson, who served in the Air Force as a weather officer. We get into her experiences leading up to and during her career, her time in Officer Training School, what basic training was like, as well as her personal feelings and vibes around being a lady in the Air Force. Lisa also opens up about parenting (Lis...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of Barbarian Noetics features oceanographic engineer Sean Lastuka. Sean talks about his experiences studying ocean currents and working on the sea ice north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, where it is always cold and in winter (when Sean is there) gets really, really cold. We also discuss the magic and tenacity of the American coyote, the in's and out's of local fel...

Send us Fan Mail Wassup Beautiful World! This episode of Barbarian Noetics features my good friend and fellow fighter-of-the-good-fight Pete Koeneman, who joins us all the way from Maui, Hawaii. We talk about conquering hardship and addiction, techniques to overcome those inevitable tough life obstacles, and nontheoretical ways of effectively building a better tomorrow. Pete opens up about how it...

Send us Fan Mail How apropos that for the 13th episode of Barbarian Noetics, we welcome such a brilliant emanation of the Divine Feminine to the podcast, the radiant Cora Jenkins. Cora is a curator of folk tales, cultivator of insights, weaver of words and keen examiner of the human psyche. I always love a good Jungian yarn, and Cora doesn't disappoint in this humongous episode of gloriousnes...

Send us Fan Mail Wassup glorious humans (and plants, fungus and animals too), you beautiful conglomerations of flickering quarks and gluons... I appreciate you all! In this episode we welcome local chef and all-around dope dude Derek Upton to the podcast. Derek is the culinary wizard behind the innovative and delicious menu at the Midtown Phoenix craft beer and wine eatery, Original Gravity. You c...

Send us Fan Mail Wassup beautiful world!! It's nearly February and YOU are listening to the podcast dedicated to the human spirit. This episode of Barbarian Noetics is a colorful solo patchwork quilt of notions, theories, ideas and quantum quarks. I talk about corporatization, how corporations and marketing firms do not own the phenomena of renewal and rebirth, Wim Hof and the Wim Hof breathi...

Send us Fan Mail Huzzah! 'Tis the first episode of 2019! A new year, a fresh new season of the Barbarian Noetics podcast. This episode is a solo patchwork of short meditations on meditation, photons, solar energy, creativity, being in the moment, being real, embracing struggle, and making the world a brighter place. I now have a Patreon page (www.patreon.com/noetics) where listeners can suppo...

Send us Fan Mail Wassup beautiful world! It's just me in the studio today, pontificating on solar power, sun worship, past lives, the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism, the Battle of Thermopylae, the Finnish idea of Sisu , a meta-analysis of the podcast medium and more! We finish things off right with a booty-shakin' bass mix by Oakland, CA based DJ/Producer Jodie Arumi. (https://soundcloud....

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we welcome philosopher-scholar extraordinaire Dr. Sylvie Salinger PhD to the podcast. What don't we talk about in this episode?? Have you ever heard of the Dromosphere? Neither had I. Sylvie and I talk about particle accelerators, conspiracy theories and the YouTube rabbit holes that accompany them, academia and some of the challenges that come with moving in...

Send us Fan Mail Wassup beautiful world! This episode of Barbarian Noetics features an interview with the radiant yogini, healer and somatic sex therapist Violet Sky. Violet has a vivacious and illuminating perspective on people the world, and we venture into all of it! Discussions of various healing modalities, the phases of one's journey with yoga and meditation, and techniques for wrestlin...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we welcome artisan wood worker extraordinaire Jonathan Glowacki to Barbarian Noetics. We talk about the methodology and philosophy behind his art and how it emulates the beauty and intricacy of nature. We ruminate on the perceived distinction and many blurred lines between 'fine' and 'functional' art. And in quintessential noetic fashion, the c...

Send us Fan Mail What's up world! This episode is a piecemeal solo meditation on living an authentic, fulfilling life in the modern world. I touch on varying topics such as: the dynamic interplay within each of us between our feminine and masculine inner aspects, the rapid pace of technological and cultural change over the past century, the inter-connectedness of all things, and techniques to...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Pastor Marquice Starks joins Barbarian Noetics to discuss the fascinating winding road that led to him becoming a Pastor, and some of the challenges and triumphs that have accompanied his quest. We talk about techniques to overcome life's inevitable trials and obstacles, taking ownership of the words we employ, what it's like to unexpectedly become a sin...

Send us Fan Mail What's up lovely world! If listening to me yammer on about the colorful cavalcade of emotions I've been experiencing lately regarding the recent theft of my beloved scooter, then this episode is for you! Woot woot! As always, thank you all for listening. If you enjoy this podcast and would like it to continue and improve, please spread the word about Barbarian Noetics. C...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we welcome blogger, scholar and mother of two, Econ Mom, to Barbarian Noetics. We discuss the (heroic!) challenges of juggling the Herculean task of earning a PhD in Economics with the equally daunting job of being a full-time mother of two. We also brainstorm ways in which our society could utilize its current model of free market capitalism to assist working pare...