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Brian McDonald sings us a damn fine song.  Then we talk about singing.   Who is the love song really about? We start talking about secrets and then the cops knock on the door! For real. But it's a secret.  We can't tell you who they were looking for.  Just like the artist won't tell you who the song is about. Maybe it's like the magician revealing their tricks. Support the show

Sarah, Phil and fast-talking Heather Peterson Coates discuss what they want done with their bodies when they die.  They brainstorm what they want written in their last will and testament.  Phil wants a "Congratulations you're about to die" party.  He also wants to become a tree.  Heather requests a pyre be built out of rocks to burn her body, she also wants to invite the buzzards an...

Is good acting similar to good lying? The duo discusses the difference between ' Rhodes' scones and from-scratch scones. What does it mean to play a role? Philip shares his experience being a rapper along with all the other roles he has played. Sarah opens up about her role as a mother and its affect on her children. Sarah talks about incorporating archetypes into the play-ish event. Phi...

Philip n' Sarah host their first in house guest...BrianTravis. Philip and BrianTravis sing a song that is imperfect while Sarah taps along.  Sarah shares her experience with a TED Talk by Esther De Koning that is both sexist and probably accurate.   The gang discusses triggers, acting, and pants shitting. Philip experiences a moment of real terror when he realizes that he will be expected to...

The grand narrative of the Promised Land is crumbling according to Jordan Peterson.  This leads Sarah n Phil to ask what will you leave behind?  What is a legacy and what do kids have to do with it all?  Sarah reads a blog entry from: theyaretheway.sunriseink.org titled " For Marci, who helped me" Support the show

Philip n Sarah Intro the podcast (that was recorded in Fellowship Hall on a phone) while sitting in the parking lot of a bowling ally. They discuss Triggered: A Playish Event with some of it's supporting cast as they all sit around in a not-so-socailly distanced circle. This Podcast is a live recording of a RAW group. A RAW group is the collaborative process that happens behind the scenes bef...

If you need to cut your hair, just do it.  It may be hard though if you don't drink water, play with your friends, be in the sunshine, have meaningful work and eat healthy food.  What does depression have to do with beards and haircuts? Hear the update on TRIGGERED: a play-ish event happening June 4th Support the show

This episode features "The Graduates" a brilliant trio of newly minted adults.  They discuss memory, dreams and obsession.  Two perspectives are presented here with 20+  years between their voices.   Support the show

Philip n Sarah record the podcast like a couple of teenagers, overlooking the city. Sarah gets very personal about oil and exams...together. The two explore the podcast's purity and also the Yin and Yang they bring to it respectively. Philip offers a lengthy monologue while Sarah listens. They both seem to be entranced by the view, as they discuss hiding, in relationship to freestyle speaking...

Write the weird thing. Sarah's new prompt for herself for writing at the edge of what is known.  The weird thing is the line you hear but barely understand.  Phil n Sarah kick around ideas about Triggered: a play-ish event  including a spoof on The Sound of Music, a xylophone orchestra, and a scene about butchering Sarah's hair and mailing to everyone who has ever broken her heart. Phil...

In the spirit of curiosity, we look at the word " triggered " from all angles, and we learn a few things.  What is the experience of being hit by a memory, a person, a thought?   How powerful is a word? Other words we look at are " romance " " desire " " integrity " " inspiration " and. " accountable."   We also drop into Mr. Roger's...

It's not " individualization " it's " individuation"  but anyway we talk about it.  How does addiction affect or potentially speed up this process?  What are other words for the Holy Ghost? Conscience? Intuition? What is the difference between fear and intuition.  This whole conversation started because Phil was watching the Sopranos and Sarah is a nerd about Carl Jun...

Song: 'Mothership' by Philip (Mr. Denton) Millerberg Featuring Fitch Head.  Instrumental produced by:  Drew Livermore Philip n Sarah discuss collaboration as it pertains to making a song. Sarah plays an audio clip from a book she is reading called 'The Phantom Tollbooth' that sparks the following discussion... Phil asks if expectations are resentments in training. Sarah believe...

How do you keep ambition alive during The Rona?  It's not getting better, in fact everything is getting weirder and worse.  What will you hold onto?  What do you miss?   Phil's got a pretty..pretttyy sweet monologue in the middle of this episode.   Sarah talks about letting go, and the necessity of trust.   Support the show

"Once you call a thing a thing it puts a thing on it" This is called talking something to death. I can't think right now. Is that enough? Support the show

Featuring unfinished song " Go Away " by Derek Russell Claiborne and Philip Denton Millerberg and the spoken word piece " Bondage of Self " by Lisa Blue.  Look for the finished song because Phil is going to take the unfolding events and put them into it. On November 19th Derek passed away and so naturally we talk about death, how to make sense of it. Can you make sense of it? ...

Featuring a spoken word piece from Derek C. and a song by Menace.  We talk about the voice as an instrument.  After 3 venues for our live show fell through, we invited Own It artists to record in the fort.  We learned something new about listening, and what a clean space can do to a 3 dimensional voice. Also, are Tarot readers actually illusionists who merely use slight of hand? Support the show

Sarah asks. What is a gangster? Why do people call me that? What is a gangster bishop? How do you work with a broken system and maintain your priorities? 'Flinters' shares his thoughts on the current state of things according to him. Let's not talk about the election. Let's talk about the teachers all around us. The young and the old. Support the show

Philip n' Sarah discuss funerals and softening while sitting on "The Prayer Swing" in Sarah's backyard. Are rituals the skeletons of life? Is I possible to care deeply for things and "allow others" to care deeply for different things? Sarah recalls throwing Halloween parties with families in her "old life". Philip tells about his sister Lizard and how she is...

Phil tells a story about a fire breathing dragon.  Baby Jack says hi. Listen for the Magic Jack's sign off at the very end. " Maybe the story I'm telling about drugs and alcohol is not the only story I could tell, " Sarah.  How has sobriety and recovery changed with the use of psychedelics and the evolution of what we understand?  What has Sarah's 18 year old daughter taug...

Tales of teenage remorse and lack there of..rose petals, MIP's, car wrecks, and consequences.  Is empathy learned or is it inherent?  That's right, the old nature vs. nurture question with a little different spin.   Is it really worth it to open up and communicate, even if it doesn't change the outcome?  How do you raise kids anyway?   Support the show

Intro by anonymous A cappella singer man, recorded in a noisy kitchen leads to a conversation about artistic voice. Ya know that movie Wall-E? The little robot who runs around cleaning up "foreign contaminants" could erase the human element from your voice. Sarah n Phil challenge the notion of "Find your voice" and replace it with the evolving expression of a person, an actual...

Featuring "The 5th Rider" with Intro. written by Rob.  This piece is dense with meaning.  You may have to listen twice. Sarah n Phil discuss the theme for their November show "Never Would I Ever." As always this leads them down the rabbit hole where they discover some pretty cool ideas about marriage and the reclamation of words.  Phil tells the story of how he bought a ring on...

What is the difference between drugs and Own It? Is there one? Have you ever heard the argument: You are just exchanging one addiction for another? Phil tells a story about ecstasy.  Sarah n Phil talk about the high of performance and creation and what it feels like on the other side.  They also talk about how they butchered their ARC performance.  Sorry about that Indigo. The cool thing is, she s...

Competitive Victimhood. You got some victim cards in your deck? How to escape the US versus THEM dichotomy. Is it possible? If you're offended easily you may wanna skip this one. Support the show