The HERO Pod

An interesting, short story/parable that caught my attention and wanted to share with you.

A story about Alexander The Great..

Tonight's story is a movie. I'm not spoiling nor telling you the plot. This is just a scene, that, for some reason, hit me. Enjoy Movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582782/

In this episode I talk about when I went to visit the Iguaçu Falls, at the border with Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.  I talk about the Guarani Tribe, and how it reates to the creation of such a marvel of nature.

Carl Jung was one of the pioneers of modern psychology and psychoanalysis. Initially a collaborator of Sigmund Freud, he then distanced himself from him and went his own way. What intrigued me about this individual is one particular episode, and it goes as follows. In december 1925, Jung was invited to participate in a 3 week tour of Chicago, Louisiana and the Southwest. He was joined by a famous...

A dream I've had.

Tonight's story is told by Kelly Phoenix Rose. Who is she? She’s a practicing integrative therapist, and trained shaman specialising in Chronic Illness & Cancer, Shamanism, Kinesiology, Trauma release, Yoga and much more. She offers her sevices in private or group sessions, online or in person. Kelly offered me to collaborate with her, as a storyteller, in her upcoming Detox & Deep Dive, a...

In this episode I talk about my University days. How I then moved to California and with the money I made I went to Hawaii. Couchsurfing.  "Wait, what is that? And then, what happened in Hawaii ?! Is it true that a lady sexually harassed you?" Just listen. You'll have all your answers..

Antonio aka "Tonino", from Caiazzo, is our guest tonight. Listen, during this interview all I had to do was let him loose. That's what you do when you have a natural born storyteller at your door, or, in this case, on my screen. Tonino has worked for over 15 years in hospitality, in many 5 star hotels and restaurants across Rome, Florence, Milano, London covering all different roles from the most...

In 2010 I lived in Los Angeles. I did many things over there. One of them is taking classes at Playhouse West. What is Playhouse West? it's an acting school that teaches the meisner technique. What is the meisner technique? It's being in the moment. Responding to any stimuli that either comes from your scene partner, or the environment, or yourself. It teaches you to be present and be constantly i...

Tiziano Terzani. A writer. A journalist. A traveller. A philosopher. Enjoy tonight's story.

Tonight I'm talking about Samurais and their famous sword, the KATANA! Music Credit : Kupla "Raindrops"

A story taken from the book "Siberian Education" by Nicolai Lilin. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004SO7KIE/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0

Guillaume Nery. Freediving. Letting go. Follow me in this "underwater" journey. ( inspired from Guillaume's Ted Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rai3pwH3XrU ) Guillaume's IG : https://www.instagram.com/guillaumenery/

Ok, so, I got here in Sydney.  Made the move. So, what happens now? I know I gotta be flexible, adapt to the environment, and go with the flow. Where do I start? Where do I live? Survival mode is on.

I lived in Australia almost 4 years. Sydney. When I decided to move there, there was not much rational thinking going on, it was mainly on pure instincts.  And a vision. There's so much to talk about regarding those years spent down under. This is how it began.

This story is taken from this documentary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2015370/ It talks about Joseph Campbell and the journey we all take in order to become our own heroes. So why Golden Buddha? It's a story about us. And how to discover our true potential.

Second part of my interview with D. If you missed part 1, I recommend to start with that first, to understand the context. Enjoy

This interview is part of a project I developed in 2019 back in NYC, called "NYC Curbside Stories" where I got the opportunity to chat with a few different, super interesting individuals that populate the Big Apple.  D is one of them.  He shares stories about his growing up in Jamaica and then Miami, his Mom, Hip Hop, creativity, the American Dream. This is Part 1. Part 2 is coming out t...

In october 2013 my friend Mia ( whom I met in Hawaii some years before ) contacts me. "I got a job opportunity for you" she writes on messenger. The job implies that I fly across the world, to California, San Francisco, and ride all the way up north, to an isolated region called "Lost Coast" and spend a few weeks in a cabin in the woods. Yeah, but, what's the job about? And what happened up there?...

*Bonus episode in Italian Nell'Ottobre del 2013 la mia amica Maia ( che avevo conosciuto anni prima alle Hawaii ) mi contatta. "Ho un opportunità lavorativa per te" mi scrive su messenger. Ciò implica che devo andare dall'altra parte dell'emisfero nord, in California, a San Francisco, e poi farmi quasi tutta la parte nord dello stato fino ad arrivare in una regione remota chiamata appunto "Lost Co...

Tonight's story is brought to you by Marco Tesi.  He's a healer based in Sydney, Australia and he's sharing an Australian Aboriginal story.  Yeah, super cool stuff. Taken from the book "Voices of the First Day: Awakening in the Aboriginal Dreamtime" by Robert Lawlor. ( https://www.amazon.com/Voices-First-Day-Awakening-Aboriginal/dp/0892813555 ) This is Marco's website: https://www.marcot...

Have you guys seen the movie "The Lives of Others". Brilliant.  Tonight's story is about this movie.  Kinda. Check out the trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3_iLOp6IhM IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/ The poem I read: https://www.yeyebook.com/en/bertolt-brecht-poem-memory-of-marie-a-full-english-text-eng/

Third act and last part of Santino's story.  In case you missed them, go listen to the previous stories before you flag this one up.  Why was Santino naked in the middle of the street in Sydney? Where will he go after the cops call the paramedics? And most importantly, what lessons did he learn, and can we learn from his experience? To know more about Santino, check him out here: - https...

This is Act 2 of Santino's story. Act 3 will be out tomorrow. What happens when you drop LSD? What kind of insights and realisations come to you when you perform such activity? What has music have to do with all of this? To know more about Santino, check him out here: - https://www.abc.net.au/triplejunearthed/artist/santino-salvadore/ Music Credit: - Story ( Santino Salvadore "Some kinf of revelat...