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In this free-flowing conversation, Edlyn and I chat about kava, her project Prompt, launch parties, Kickstarter, making a book, giving side projects a good death, creativity, icebreakers, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Find Prompt here: http://helloprompt.com And keep in touch with Edlyn via her site: http://edlynyuen.com/ No more forever projects: https://the-pastry-box-project.net/diana-kimba...

In this episode of the BARRCAST we discuss ELLE, the award-nominated film starring Isabelle Huppert directed by Paul Verhoeven. Elle: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/elle_2016/ The Piano Teacher: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254686/ Craig x Tweek: http://southparkfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Creek You are on your own when it comes to finding the shower scene from Starship Troopers. This is a public episo...

In this Barrcast we read and translate the poem Nascer, by Carlos Drummond de Andrade. Our translation: Sprout again and again indefinitely like the plant is ever sprouting from the first seed; to think the day good to create clarity and in it discover the first syllable of the first song This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epis...

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We read (briefly) from chapter 36 of Hopscotch, and discuss the future of online communities and conversations in the context of the election. Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast . And consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nsbarr This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or ge...

Here's a passage from Julio Cortázar's Hopscotch (Rayuela), chapter 18, set to the music of Struttin' with Some Barbecue, as performed by Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars. Track: https://open.spotify.com/track/2Ekw6l7TfaNVpmjl5g2157 Book: https://www.amazon.com/Hopscotch-Novel-Pantheon-Modern-Writers/dp/0394752848 Chapter (Spanish): http://www.literaberinto.com/cortazar/rayuela18.htm Enjoying the...

What do you remember from your years at school? What is good and bad about nostalgia? I Remember by Joe Brainard: https://sites.evergreen.edu/statements/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/09/I-Remember-Joe-Brainard-1.pdf Member Berries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndI9vkgw_1Y Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast . And consider supporting...

"Constraints breed creativity." Sure, but in this podcast we go a bit deeper into what else constraints do. Charles Bernstein's Experimental Writing Syllabus: http://writing.upenn.edu/bernstein/syllabi/111-intro.html James Thurber's The Wonderful O: https://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-York-Review-Childrens-Collection/dp/1590173090 Slash Keyboard: https://tapslash.com/ Language is a Virus: http://www....

The Barrcast is back from Thailand and more than a little jet-lagged in this episode! RIP Bhumibol Adulyadej Dan Carlin's Common Sense: 310 – Or Else ( http://www.dancarlin.com/common-sense-home-landing-page/ ) Roosevelt to Reagan: A Reporter's Encounters With Nine Presidents ( https://www.amazon.com/Roosevelt-Reagan-Reporters-Encounters-Presidents/dp/0060390670 ) ZODIAC MOTHERFUCKER ( https://twi...

In a rare departure for the Barrcast, we discuss the startup industry and the merits of a popular piece of jargon, "Strong opinions, weakly held." Atwood: https://blog.codinghorror.com/strong-opinions-weakly-held/ Wilson: http://avc.com/2016/06/strong-views-weakly-held/ High Output Management: https://www.amazon.com/High-Output-Management-Andrew-Grove/dp/0679762884 Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe...

It's time for some fall-cleaning here at the Barrcast! In this episode we race through several topics that have been languishing in the queue. Specifically: - Work / Life & Mind / Body balance - Paralysis vs. Preservation - Putting yourself in someone else's shoes is a mistake - What got you here won't get you goin' - Preparedness bifurcation You can download l8r here: http://appstore.com/l8r . Th...

In this episode we contemplate output, Gombrowicz, and the interplay between criticism and art. ~ Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast . And consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nsbarr This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit barrcast.su...

In this mini-episode we challenge Shelly Kagan's claim that we are lucky to be alive. Full course: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEA18FAF1AD9047B0 . Episode #23 is the one we're reacting to. ~ Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast . And consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nsbarr This is a public episode. If...

In this mini-episode we read from Gertrude Stein's portrait on Picasso. Full text: www.rodoni.ch/PICASSO/Stein-on-Picasso.pdf ~ Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast . And consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nsbarr This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bon...

In this episode we talk about nihilism, or at least my conception of it. We explore the claim that rather than getting past nihilism, we should embrace it, incorporate it, and employ it from time to time as a tool. We discuss two great texts: The Parable of the Madman: http://www.historyguide.org/europe/madman.html The Snow Man: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/45235 ~...

In episode 10 we're joined by our friend Bruno Valle( https://twitter.com/brunovalle ) to discuss the narrative around the Olympics in Rio, where Bruno lives. Later (27:00), we talk more about Meaningness and Bruno makes the case for his Stage 5 status. Further reading: * meaningness.com/metablog/how-to-think * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_Inc ~ Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your fav...

A podcast pivot! In this episode we discuss some of the themes coming out of work by David Chapman for the hypertext book Meaningness. Posts that we mention: https://meaningness.wordpress.com/2015/10/12/developing-ethical-social-and-cognitive-competence/ http://meaningness.com/metablog/stem-fluidity-bridge ~ Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/ba...

In episode 8 we read and translate Horacio Quiroga's poem "Tu Agonía." Original: http://www.poesi.as/hq01078.htm Translation: the afternoon was dying and your voice was a silk piano and your wet hand felt limp in mine. your fingers anointed me with something like forgiveness and you spoke and the gates closed behind us. the summer gasped and the daisies sighed and the afternoon died, bleeding out...

In episode 7 we read Borges' essay "El Idioma Analítico de John Wilkins." Spanish and English versions here: languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/ldc/wilkins.html languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=8930 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit barrcast.substack.com

In this episode 6 we visit the work of California-based Language poet Rae Armantrout. We read her poem "Integer" in English and Spanish, and then provide a translation of our own. About Rae Armantrout: www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/rae-armantrout JotDown interview: www.jotdown.es/2012/03/rae-armantrout-me-inquieta-tener-una-experiencia-que-no-se-puede-articular/ John Cage Mushroom Haiku: https://ww...

In this episode we read Chapter 68 of Julio Cortázar's Hopscotch. It's an erotic prose poem reminiscent of Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky. Here's the passage: Apenas él le amalaba el noema, a ella se le agolpaba el clémiso y caían en hidromurias, en salvajes ambonios, en sustalos exasperantes. Cada vez que él procuraba relamar las incopelusas, se enredaba en un grimado quejumbroso y tenía que envulsi...

This is a bizarro episode! Today we read a poem in English, and discuss it in Spanish. Here's Stevens' original poem: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/248826 And here's our translation into Spanish: El poema que tomó el lugar de una montaña Ahí estaba, palabra por palabra, el poema que tomó el lugar de una montaña. Él respiraba su oxígeno, Aun mientras el libro se acostaba en el polvo de la me...

In this episode, we read Neruda's "A mis obligaciones." Original text: http://www.poemas-del-alma.com/pablo-neruda-a-mis-obligaciones.htm Translation: To my obligations Doing my job stone by stone, feather by feather, winter ends and leaves abandoned sites, dead rooms: I work and work, I ought to replace all this neglect, fill the darkness with bread, replant hope. It's not for me but the dust, th...

In Episode 2, we read the fable "La oveja negra" by Guatemalan writer Augusto Monterroso. It's super short, so we also provide an English translation, reproduced below. Original text: http://www.ciudadseva.com/textos/cuentos/esp/monte/la_oveja_negra.htm Translation: Long ago in a faraway land there was once a Black Sheep. He was shot and killed. A century later, the repentant flock erected an eque...

Episode 1! This is where it all begins. We stumble our way through a thorny passage early in Cien Años de Soledad, by Gabriel García Márquez. If you'd like to read along at home, the passage beings at the bottom of page 6 on this site: http://www.quieroleer.com.ar/libros/soledad/6.html ==EPISODE NOTES== In the episode we describe "lirio" as an iris, but after some digging it seems like "lily" is t...