In The Stone

Ep. 20 One Idea about the Meaning of Life

Mon, 12 Jun 2023 21:00:00 -0400

What is the meaning of life?

Sources:
https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/types-of-meditation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/customs/meditation_1.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detachment_(philosophy)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44097-3

Ep. 19 Tightrope Flow

Thu, 11 May 2023 21:00:00 -0400

Flow state, abstinence, Derbyshire...and more.

Sources:
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-flow-2794768

Ep. 18 Sunset Love

Thu, 04 May 2023 21:00:00 -0400

Sunsets, songs...and more.

Sources:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071108135522.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_sun

Ep. 17 What Is Success?

Sun, 30 Apr 2023 21:00:00 -0400

The Great Resignation, Tang Ping, CEOs, status, external vs. internal fulfillment, june bugs vs. butterflies, many metaphors...and more.

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Resignation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_ping#:~:text=Tang%20ping%20
https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in-2020/
https://theconversation.com/pest-or-snack-june-bugs-are-the-croutons-of-the-sky-154035

Ep. 16 Younger Self

Sun, 23 Apr 2023 21:00:00 -0400

THE STORM, younger self, perspective, teachers, flowers, sarcasm, trees...and more.

Ep. 15 Reality Shoes

Wed, 12 Apr 2023 21:00:00 -0400

Piano man, whispering girl, a song I wrote, Pink Floyd, Hans Keller, disparate realities, Eminem...and more.

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Keller
https://pinkfloyd.fandom.com/wiki/Pow_R._Toc_H.

Ep. 14 OCDemon

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 01:00:00 -0400

Seasonal Affective Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, random song tangents...and more.

Ep. 13 My Fear Lady

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 01:00:00 -0400

Earthquake, fears, thoughts and inner world, power, perfectionism, sleep...and more.

Ep. 12 Musical Mind Mash

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 01:00:00 -0400

Music, A minor, E minor, Oliver Sacks...and more.

Ep. 11 Soul Spilling

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 01:00:00 -0400

Another confusing metaphor. Spilling your soul via tea.

Ep. 10 Me, Myself, and Id

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 01:00:00 -0500

Why do you talk to yourself? Writing, book publishing, fjords, ego, the Strokes, adolescence

Ep. 9 Unicorn, foal!

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 01:00:00 -0500

Unicorn metaphor about externalizing inner world.

Ep. 8 Nothing But a Dreamer

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 01:00:00 -0500

Intense daydreaming, lucid dreaming...and more.

Ep. 7 Chameloner

Wed, 15 Feb 2023 01:00:00 -0500

Anxiety spiders, crabs and lobsters, judgement, loners, flies, Wrasse, dreams, Romeo and Juliet, chameleons, In-betweener...

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_sheepshead_wrasse
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/japanese-diver-makes-friend-with-a-wrasse-fish-25-years/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphead_wrasse

Ep. 6 SoliPrude

Wed, 08 Feb 2023 01:00:00 -0500

Invisibility cloaks, BBC Article about loners, famous recluses, a poem, solitude, overstimulation, hobbit house, Legend of Zelda, Moody Blues, freedom...

Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180228-there-are-benefits-to-being-antisocial-or-a-loner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recluses

Ep. 5 Inside the Head of a Hermit Pt. 2

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 01:00:00 -0500

You need to speak up! Quiet voices, half ghosts, human genes, conflict and contradictions, filters, relationships, animals (The Bird), word collector, puzzles

Ep. 4 Inside the Head of a Hermit Pt. 1

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 01:00:00 -0500

Problems, palindromes, vibrant inner world, lights, hermitage, parsley, daydreaming, introversion, imagination, writing, health issues, Moscow mules, plane metaphors, painting (colors), relationships

Ep. 3 Word Nerd, Bird!

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 01:00:00 -0500

Synesthesia, song lyrics, words, SAT, birds.

Ep. 2 Rodent Self Portrait

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 01:00:00 -0500

A self portrait. Includes rodents, spiders, pocket folders, jack-o-lanterns...and more.
Sources:
https://www.insidescience.org/news/social-lives-dust-mites

Ep. 1 Welcome (My Secret World)

Mon, 02 Jan 2023 01:00:00 -0500

Welcome to "In The Stone," (possibly) the first podcast of its kind.

In this episode: A lukewarm welcome, USDA certified organic insights, spreadsheet jokes, city-dwelling whales, metaphors, comedy, philosophy..and much more.

What on earth am I listening to?
A conversation between a Gen Z hermit's Id ("Ruby") and Superego ("Blue John"). I took snippets of old audio diaries I recorded in the past (for no reason), responded to them as if I were talking to another person, and sewed the cacophony together into a somewhat cohesive quilt with questionable audio quality (sorry)!