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Chapman: https://buddhism-for-vampires.com/we-are-all-monsters Robert Bly: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001VA1PJI/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Hamburglar Wiki: http://mcdonalds.wikia.com/wiki/Hamburglar Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nsbarr

Some of the things Matt & I talk about in this Barrcast: - recording and annotating rap music - listening to music - giving and getting feedback - efficient reasons for not obsessing over efficiency - sunshowers and other regional expressions Links to some of the things we discuss: * Mobius Trio www.mobiustrio.org * PRhyme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s51EoN7npuI * Sunshower Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshower 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

We share some highlights from the book Impro (https://www.amazon.com/Impro-Improvisation-Theatre-Keith-Johnstone/dp/0878301178), and revisit some assumptions about policy and motivation in the context of therapy. 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

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-kimball/2014-march-5 Your project deserves a good death: https://medium.com/chrysaora-weekly/your-project-deserves-a-good-death-f345026b6e77#.do70i74s6 Impro: https://www.amazon.com/Impro-Improvisation-Theatre-Keith-Johnstone/dp/0878301178 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

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.

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

#22 Rogue One by Barrcast

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

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 Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nsbarr

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 us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nsbarr

"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.languageisavirus.com/cutupmachine.html Orbital: http://orbital.nyc/ Quora Link: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-constraint-and-restraint/answer/Douglas-Ivey-1 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

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://twitter.com/ZODIAC_MF) 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

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 on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nsbarr

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. The Zidane film we mention is called Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait. ~ 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

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

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

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

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 ~ 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

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 favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nsbarr

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/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nsbarr