PODULA RASA

Dave interviews filmmaker, musician and New York Times best-selling author Jeff Alulis , a former student of Thom's. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podula-rasa-podcast/support Get full access to ESCHORAMA at eschorama.substack.com/subscribe

Jim and Dave push against the boundaries of nothing into something in a free wheeling conversation about music, streaming, Buddha statues, G men, Dads in wartime, new band discoveries, punk rock Sphinxes, and Dave's plan for getting Brian Eno to sue us. Prepare for a wild scenic route into nothingness and beyond!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podula-rasa-podcas...

As we kick off 2021 and Season 2, Dave chats with his son Stasha about life and the future.  The episode ends with Stasha's composition, 'Rainy Days,' which is featured on SoundCloud.  Dave encourages Stasha to compose more! If you happen to be in the San Francisco area, check out the best Chinese food on the planet: San Tung !  http://www.santung.net --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.s...

Dave and Jim check-in and reflect on season 1, recapping highlights, insights, and lessons learned. We hope this podcast has made this difficult year a little easier to endure. We know it has for us. Coming soon in 2021, season 2 of Podula Rasa...until then, season's greetings and happy new year! To show your support for what we've been doing, we ask that you make an end-of-year contribution to th...

Jim interviews Dave Forman, a student of Thom's. In the conversation, you'll hear about the influence TW had on Dave's public speaking and leadership skills, and we get the full back story on the political book Dave published (in high school!) with the help of Thom and Maury Joseph, who sold songs on-demand to raise funds for the project.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p...

Dave talks with artist Jon-Michael Frank for a freewheeling conversation about TWill, the teenage heart, haiku, the secret life of fungi and trees, and more.  Music interludes provided by Jim and Stacy Esch.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podula-rasa-podcast/support Get full access to ESCHORAMA at eschorama.substack.com/subscribe

Today we are joined by Danielle DeCaro Buchanan, a former student and close friend of Thom Williams. Danielle shares stories of meeting Thom, reading Ralph Waldo Emerson and haiku, and how their friendship developed over the years.  The creative inspiration and wisdom she drew from him is unforgettable.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podula-rasa-podcast/support...

Dave interviews Lisa D'Annunzio Jones (aka. "Libra"), a teaching colleague of TWill. Thom and Libra shared a special bond which transcended the classroom.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podula-rasa-podcast/support Get full access to ESCHORAMA at eschorama.substack.com/subscribe

Catching up on listener mail we have received over the past couple months. Dave reads a Thom Williams poem, and we hear a rare clip of TWill in the classroom rapping! Plus a new Oblique Strategy from Brian Eno.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podula-rasa-podcast/support Get full access to ESCHORAMA at eschorama.substack.com/subscribe

We interview Dr. Maury Joseph, a clinical psychologist and former student of Thom Williams. Maury shares his memories, music, and thoughts on creativity learned from Thom that have been useful in his practice as a therapist.   --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podula-rasa-podcast/support Get full access to ESCHORAMA at eschorama.substack.com/subscribe

To celebrate the birthday of Thomas Williams, we’ve created a montage of moments that we have had with some of you: conversations of consequence, from thoughts, memories and collaborations with Tom.  Includes portions of interviews with: Lisa D’Annunzio-Jones, Danielle Buchanan, Jeffery Alulis, Phillip Charron, Jon-Michael Frank, Jim Morris, John Grecia, Murray Joseph and Jimmy Develin. Musical Cr...

We interview Lorisa Friedman, a high school English teacher and colleague of Thom Williams at Marple Newtown. What was it like to work alongside TW? What did Lori learn from him about teaching and life? We hope this show will jog memories of the important teachers and coworkers in your own life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podula-rasa-podcast/support Get full...

Dave and Jim discuss the virtues of keeping a writing journal, the podcast itself as an audio journal, the connections between journaling and meditation, and how sometimes, it's OK to purge yourself of pieces from your past. Plus, the return of the segment "oblique strategies"!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podula-rasa-podcast/support Get full access to ESCHORA...

Mark Christaldi joins us for a conversation about how a single high school English journal assignment made a deep and lasting impression on his journey through life. Mark also shares his thoughts on what we may really be up to regarding this podcast. Thanks Mark for the wisdom and insights.  We invite you to make a donation to the Thom Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund at Marple Newtown High Scho...

In this followup to the previous episode, Dave and Jim talk about finding your path, dealing with regrets, and how to be present in the moment. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podula-rasa-podcast/support Get full access to ESCHORAMA at eschorama.substack.com/subscribe

Did you have influential teachers and mentors growing up? Thom Williams was that for us. He was the cool English teacher at our high school. He inspired and influenced the lives of countless students. Ten years since his passing, we reflect on his life and legacy in the first of what we hope to be a recurring feature in the podcast.  We invite you to make a donation to the Thom Williams Memorial S...

A look at how our meditation practices have morphed under the shadow of the 2020 pandemic. Plus dreams, mental roller coasters, books of nothing, and oblique strategies. Strap yourself in for the ride.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podula-rasa-podcast/support Get full access to ESCHORAMA at eschorama.substack.com/subscribe

Dave, Jim, and their bandmates Mike and Jim remember one brief shining moment of high school rock band glory as Zeus & the Druids. When a video surfaced 38 years later, how did watching the performance for the first time on youtube affect them? A reflection on memory and what happens when the past suddenly comes back to the present.    --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p...

Dave and Jim discuss their varied experiences with meditation, what it can do for the mind and body.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podula-rasa-podcast/support Get full access to ESCHORAMA at eschorama.substack.com/subscribe

Dave and Jim interview two friends to glean their thoughts about the show and where they look for bright and shiny things in their lives.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podula-rasa-podcast/support Get full access to ESCHORAMA at eschorama.substack.com/subscribe

Dave and Jim lay out the vision for the podcast and talk about musician Jon Hassell, his “bright shiny things” approach to art, and how we can apply his advice to daily life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podula-rasa-podcast/support Get full access to ESCHORAMA at eschorama.substack.com/subscribe