Zen and Not Zen - BroTime Edition

Do you prefer physical books or e-books?  What book would you rather have on display in your house, the Bible or The Never Ending Story? To be honest, up until about 10 years ago, I wouldn't have been able to answer those questions.  Maybe it's my older years that have given me the patience to want to read, but either way, I'm now an avid bibliophile.  Today, we talk about books, autho...

Jobs can be fun, boring, mundane, etc, but also necessary.  Kinda like Nick Cage, but I digress.  At this point in our human existence, our societies are set up to push us towards having a job and maybe wanting a career.  But what kind of job suits you?  Are there things you definitely look for, but also things that you would never want to do, even if you get paid for it?   Today we talk about wha...

How has death affected you? Are you afraid of death? Do you feel prepared? Death is one of the few inevitable things that is going to happen to us and the people around us. Some cultures seem to embrace death, while others seem to try to create every opportunity to skirt it. Today we are taking a comedic look at death and all of the aspects that in encompasses. What to do with your body after you...

What does Ernest P Worrell and slip and slide have in common? Seemingly nothing, except the nostalgia that they invoke. Todays conversation is based around the idea of "things not being the same as we remembered them." But to be fair, most of my memories of "what was" are muddled by emotions and misremembered information. But with that idea in mind, what do you remember from yo...

Now, we aren't the biggest fans of country music, but there is a nostalgia wrapped up in it for us. Today we are exploring our emotions about country music and why we don't listen to it now. Although we don't currently listen to it, all 3 of us seem to have a slight affinity to country music from the 90's; Reba, George Strait, Garth Brooks etc. The challenge to our listeners is, if...

As Robin's brother once said, and now I love to quote, "life is the longest thing you'll ever do." And with that idea comes a lot of opportunities to get into and out of trouble. Today we are talking about some of the crazier situations that we got ourselves into and more or less out of. Now, we are not aggrandizing any of the situations we were in, or the substances we may have...

What would you do if things in the world went sideways? I mean, even more sideways than the last 2 years have been. In what wave of the zombie apocalypse would you be taken out in? Well, that would depend on whether they were leg draggin' zombies or the crazy sprinting zombies. Would you welcome an alien invasion? Or what if a meteor was going to crash into earth? I think we decided we would b...

Talking shit has become a pretty significant part of our society. From politicians slandering each other to win an election, to the military "breaking you down" to build you back up, seemingly every sporting event and even in familial dynamics, shit talking seems to have engrained itself into a somewhat normal way of communicating. There are even genera's of music, like battle rap, t...

Your free time is yours to enjoy. Golfing, yoga, porn conventions, eating gummy Lifesavers, peanut butter and Vegemite. Clearly we find interesting things to do with our free time. What do you do with yours? Whatever you choose to do with your free time, the important message here is to actually have free time and to embrace it when you do. A lot of us have created so much busyness in our lives th...

Universal Signs, Deja Vu, Synchronicity, God Wink, Law of Attraction or Luck. There are a lot of ways to look at todays topic. But it seems that no matter what your beliefs are, we all tend to experience some form of this.  Today, we are talking about our experiences with it and if, or why, we tie it back to a belief system. ~Enjoy the journey~ IG - ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@adamriehlhealing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FB - ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Today we are tackling a subject that I feel a lot of us deal with, whether we realize it or not. Today we talk about why we sometimes won't ask for help because we don't want to seem like we are being a burden. This is pretty deep. I think what a lot of this boils down to is that we don't want to ask for help. We all have our reasons when it comes to this, but when we can find the vuln...

Ever let your mind wonder towards conspiracy theories? I think we all have a conspiracy theory or 2 that we believe in, or maybe we just don't know enough about it to disprove it.  Today, we found an article from Popular Mechanics talking about some of the more widely known conspiracy theories out there. Although some of these may seem outlandish, I appreciate the thought process that goes int...

A warm welcome back to the lovely Kinzie Shaw.  Today, in our Bro-Time edition we are talking about the movies and music that got us through the year.  From new releases to nostalgic throwbacks, main steam smashes to cult classics, we're talking about it all.  Apparently, I am the only on who hasn't seen Titanic and that seems to be a trigger for Robin.  But you know us, the addition of Ki...

Today we are talking about what holidays mean to us.  I personally struggle with the materialistic nature of holidays, but also understand the familial traditions and love that is shared around these times as well.  Whether your holidays are "picture perfect" or mired with political arguments and religious disagreements, the holidays hold a special place in our hearts....or do they?? ~En...

Allow me to introduce the lovely and amazing Kinzie Shaw. Kinzie, a long time friend and hilarious human, will be joining us today and potentially future episodes.  In recognition of bringing our friend on, we are talking about making and maintaining adult friendships.  Sometimes we don't realize how important a good friend group is until we need them.  As we establish the hierarchy of age, Ad...

Robin, who is tattoo-less, is exploring the idea of getting a tattoo. As a heavily tattooed human, this subject is near and dear to my heart.  So in the theme of trying to give him the best advice I can, we end up talking about why banana flavored candy doesn't actually taste like the bananas you purchase at the store.  A tangent about stepping up your travel toiletries and why it's a good...

This week on ZNZ we are talking about the idea of Blockbuster vs. Netflix.  Although there is a clear winner now, growing up during the time of Blockbuster, we had a lot of family traditions and rituals revolving around Blockbuster and that experience.  But nostalgia aside, now that Netflix and other streaming platforms have moved in and honed their approach, many of the functional arguments have...

This week on Zen & Not Zen, we had a topic that we wanted to talk about.  And we even mentioned it at the beginning of the episode.  But we tapped danced so far around it, that we couldn't even put it in the title.  So we give you a string of tangents in its truest form.  We start the episode in the middle of a spirited debate about nicotine and our current understandings of it as somethin...

Ah yes, a subject near and dear to our hearts, jokes and shenanigans. We both grew up in households where fun and games were supported, so we've tried to embrace that in our older years.  I am personally a big fan of shenanigans at work and at home, and I feel it's an important practice.  Sometimes we take ourselves too seriously.  Tell a fart joke.  Play a prank.  Shoot a nerf gun.  Embra...

So we're doing a thing we said we would never do....talk about religion.  We both have very different backgrounds with this subject.  Robin's household didn't have it and he never really looked for it.  My saint of a mother tried, but with 3 boys on her hip and the hokey pokey that is the Catholic church, it didn't last long.  We "try" not to offend while sharing our feel...

 Robin and I appreciate traveling for many reasons.  It gives us a new perspective on different cultures, takes us out of our current rituals and patters to open us up to new experiences and expands our shenanigan influence.  Todays tangent stays on task, for the most part, as we share stories of the places we've navigated, talk about some of the areas of the world we wish to travel soon and l...

 One of the funner conversations I feel we've had in a while, which is saying a lot.  This episode is chock full of tangents, inappropriate stories and one of my favorite things, human interaction.  I find a lot of joy in showing love to humans in any way that I can.  So hi 5's, hugs and handshakes are right up my alley.   ~Enjoy the journey~ IG - ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@adamriehlhealing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FB -...

We have a thought experiment today on ZNZ; what would you do if you didn't need money?  Would you be more creative?  Have more time for family and community?  Or go to an animal sanctuary and masterbate lamas?  These are the hard hitting topics we tap dance around for your listening pleasure. ~Enjoy the journey~ IG - ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@adamriehlhealing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FB - ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/adamriehlhea...

This week we are talking about one of my favorite topics, plant medicines.  Plant medicines have been in my life for a very long time, but I only started using them consciously within the past 10 years or so.  In this episode we will talk about our personal experiences with various types of plant meds from holy basil and turmeric to cannabis and psilocybin.  I think the point we want to get across...

This week on Zen & Not Zen, we are chit chatting about exercise.  Both of us have tried different modalities of exercise over the years.  Some have stuck, others have not.  But have you heard us talk about waterbeds yet?  Because you will.  We also tangent to metric vs. standard, ?uestlove's memoir and other strategically placed random topics.   ~Enjoy the journey~ IG - ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@adamrieh...