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Hounds of Hell
Our first of many entries from Taiwan! Recounting a whirlwind week of delicious food, a great date, a close encounter with two vicious dogs, a day tri...
Bon Voyage
One last entry before leaving for Taiwan, the various strengths of cinema and video games as a creative medium, the storytelling of the recent Celine...
The Chinese Food of Films
Technical troubles upon launch, the profundity of Jonathan Blow's "The Witness", the rarefied air of creative insight, and the gatekeepers who shape t...
Middle Earth
Operating under the weather, a survey of the Safdie Brothers' films including Benny Safdie's co-creation of the television show "The Curse", planning...
Finely Crafted Novel
Thinking through how to continue this personal journal while in Taiwan, possibly starting a vlog, needing to find a sustainable creative outlet, recom...
Malarkey
Gratitude for finding a place in the world like Taiwan to return to, a discussion of Tarantino's late films and how they benefit from repeat viewings,...
There and Back Again
A roundabout conversation that circumambulates around the topics of my protracted career as a college student, gratitude after graduation, auditioning...
This is Water
Losing weight since the end of the semester, the predictably mundane routine of adult life, the hassle of preparing for time abroad, the enlightened a...
Kindness is Confidence
Recounting the pulling of my wisdom teeth, prepping for Taiwan and grad school in China, getting things for free on account of my hot chick energy, to...
Confusedly Formed, Part 2
A short introduction extolling the virtues of Emerald Fennell's new film "Saltburn," before jumping into the second part and conclusion of my honors t...
Confusedly Formed, Part 1
A short summary of life post finals before launching into a reading of the first part of my honors thesis, "Confusedly Formed: Xici zhuan 繫辭傳 as a...
Leave the World Behind
An almost entirely cinematic installment where I discuss Christopher Nolan's "Tenet" and the creative danger of being confusing, the unexpectedly grea...
Elementary Empathy
The end of the semester drawing near, having to already send my new firearm in for a repair, a protracted discussion of my simultaneous interest in fi...
Built Different
Depleted again as we near the end of another semester, the swampy sedentary state of doing a whole lot of nothing, the prospect of exchanging intelli...
Masters of the Universe Syndrome
To Portland and back for a friend's birthday, being on the right by virtue of the left's current position, intent vs. impact, the incredulity of the f...
Firearm as Phallus
A soupy installment wherein I express my affinity for firearms but disgust with gun culture, my occasional respect for Ben Shapiro despite identifying...
The Biggest Loser
The final push of the semester and the looming theses thereto, facilitating an event for Taiwanese opera star Wei Haimin, the adaptive purpose of self...
Angels in America
A nearly-aborted entry in which I recount another exceptional experience from my time as a child actor, almost end the episode, but ultimately divert...
Richie Big Bucks
A bit lip, a stye, and four wisdom teeth needing to get pulled are jumping off points for stories about abusing the generosity of a friend's mother, b...
Flaccid Phantoms
Finally giving some attention to my thesis, Baumann's "First Principles of Science," the creative and the receptive in Yijing and Timaeus, the merits...
Temporally Gelatinous
The unexpected profundity of encountering ancient cultures in Belize, the weirdness of the weekend as an altered state, "The Exorcist" as a referent f...
Unfair
Christopher Columbus and the conquest of "the Indies" as a circuitous route through the topics of tough teachers, intergenerational trauma, and the mu...
Minefield
Emotional whiplash with respect to graduate school, a trend of tepid dates, the self-imposed curriculum of classical music, the merits of the "walking...
Should Ideology
A more punctual entry in which we traverse the familiar subjects of shame in the face of other people's success, finding satisfaction in a life of rel...
Never Forget
A belated recording in which I discuss leaving my job, possibly putting off graduate school, creative courage, and the life-sentence of mediocrity eve...
Full Fudging Schizophrenic
A pinball-brained entry about reconsidering grad school applications, the slowing of the creative mechanism, a flat bike-tire, software synthesis, The...
Take the Ride
Big changes recently including starting the next semester at school and putting in my two weeks at work. Also discussed: taking the ride and trusting...
Memento
Falling into old habits since returning from Taiwan, the perpetual disappointment of not being fulfilled by things that should make you happy, the fee...
Meet Cute
Good to be in touch again after nearly two years. In this installment I discuss events since we last spoke, studying Mandarin Chinese in Taiwan this...
Ciao, For Now
The final episode of the podcast, starting at a new school, the strangeness of taking classes on campus again, reading "Titus Andronicus" and "Antigon...
Penultimate Podcast
Reflecting on the end of the podcast, feeling puzzled over the poor reviews, pain in my mouth, doing a deep-cleaning on my place, the external being a...
Bring Into Being
Finishing strong in summer school, preparing for the Fall semester, studying chess recently, having more tools at your disposal than ever before to le...
Bargain Bin Radio
Correcting last week's audio, getting some serious work done at the dentist this weekend, the relief of working toward getting those issues fixed, get...
Just Desserts
The travesty of my first visit to the dentist in sevenish years, needing to end up exactly where you deserve to be in life for your own salvation, the...
The Secret Sharer
Feeling anxious about this week's episode, hiccups in posting last week's video, continuing last week's conversation, bringing those topics up for the...
The Ponytail Date
Treating myself to a new toy for my birthday, living with a broken phone for three years, other potentially self-limiting behaviors, not seeing yourse...
Called to Clown
Not trusting the judgment of critics, the perils of soliciting feedback, not being able to judge yourself objectively, not knowing what you don't know...
Creatively Crucified
The unlikely influence of pastor John MacArthur, a longstanding interest in religion, stumbling at the end of this first summer session of Chinese, th...
Bye Bye Bifurcated
Back on top in Chinese class, struggling with a wall to wall to schedule everyday, knowing one area of my life will suffer as a result, recounting the...
Sword of Damocles
Falling short on my most recent Chinese exam, feeling a disturbance in the force leading up to it, intuitive vs. data driven decision making, attendin...