What happens when we stop trying to get everything right and allow ourselves to be seen as we are?
In the first episode of The Bardo Podcast, I’m joined by award-winning comedian and actor Lara Ricote for a thoughtful conversation about uncertainty, play, and living without pre-approval in art, politics, and everyday life.
We explore clowning as a philosophy of life, the fear that shapes creativity and politics, and why joy and silliness are so often dismissed as naïve. Along the way, we talk about abundance, work, education, and what becomes possible when we stop trying to crush the mystery and learn to stay with it instead.
This episode of The Bardo Podcast is a thoughtful and often funny conversation with a comedian, exploring creativity, play, uncertainty, and how humour and philosophy can open new ways of relating to ourselves, politics, and everyday life.
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In this episode we explore:
Guest
Lara Ricote is an award-winning Mexican-American comedian and actor. She has performed internationally and works across stand-up, sketch, and screen, with a growing interest in play, presence, and risk as creative practices.
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Reading mentioned in this episode
The Bardo Podcast explores alternative ways of thinking, inner and outer change, and what happens in the space between.
Hosted by comedian Marc Salmon, the show features thoughtful conversations with comedians, philosophers, Buddhist thinkers, and other curious minds - not about certainty or expertise, but about questioning assumptions and sitting with ambiguity together.
New episodes explore comedy, philosophy, Buddhism, creativity, and alternative ways of living.
Find updates and more information at:
https://www.marcsalmoncomedy.com/
Music by Marc Salmon and Robert Fuller
Artwork by Zoe Brownstone
