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The BarrcastAppetite and the Self-Preservation NineIn this episode of The Barrcast we wrap up the Nine with the self-preservation subtype, a character shaped by “appetite.” Unlike the overt hunger of other types, the Nine’s appetite is a more instinctual desire for comfort, stability, and numbing pacification. We discuss how this appetite manifests not just physically but as an unconscious strategy to avoid the deeper question of being. Talking Points:🍽️ I Eat, Therefore I Am The unique Cartesian expression of the self-preservation Nine reflects a substitution of being with physical satiation. We explore how this subtype’s appetite goes beyond f...2024-11-1821 min
The BarrcastSymbiosis and the Sexual NineIn this episode of the Barrcast, we explore the Sexual Nine, a character defined by their drive for “symbiosis” or deep fusion with others. The Sexual Nine’s yearning for union stems from a profound sense of disconnection within themselves, leading them to seek a complete merging with others as a way to feel whole. Topics include: the difference between true connection and codependent fusion; the neurotic game of symbiosis as a substitute for true selfhood; and the Sexual Nine’s journey toward reclaiming their autonomy and discovering genuine intimacy.Talking points:🕶️ The “Nowhere Man” – how the Sexual Nine...2024-11-1142 min
The BarrcastParticipation/Belonging & the Social NineIn this episode of the Barrcast, we get to know the Social Nine, a character defined by their need for “participation” or “belonging.” The Social Nine’s longing to belong stems from a chronic feeling of not fitting in, leading them to overcompensate by taking on roles that make them indispensable to the group. Topics include: the self-sacrificing, good-natured qualities of the Social Nine; their tendency to avoid personal emotions in favor of maintaining group harmony; and the driving need to feel included, even if it means working tirelessly to earn a sense of acceptance.Talking points:🐘 The...2024-11-0524 min
The BarrcastFloat On: Sloth and the Enneagram NineIn this episode of the Barrcast, we introduce the Nine, a personality type often described as peaceful and self-forgetting. Positioned at the top of the Enneagram, the Nine is sometimes considered the "baseline" type, able to look down on with unique challenges in self-awareness and motivation.Key Points:* Nines possess a unique ability to empathize and see the perspectives of other Enneagram types but often struggle to assert their own identity.* The nine’s “sloth” is more than lethargy; it represents a resistance to inner change and personal awakening.* By avoiding confli...2024-11-0416 min
The BarrcastSatisfaction and the Self-Preservation EightIn this episode of the Barrcast, we explore the Self-Preservation Eight, whose passion is “satisfaction”—a need driven by survival and self-interest. Topics include: the lion-like nature of the Self-Preservation Eight, their pursuit of security and control; how they express strength through commanding loyalty; the reasons behind their instinct for protection and their rejection of love and the good. We examine the challenges the Eight faces in letting go of material and emotional control, and the transformative potential of embracing vulnerability and trust. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other...2024-10-3033 min
The BarrcastPossessiveness and the Sexual EightIn this episode of the Barrcast, we dive into the Sexual Eight, whose core passion is “possessiveness.” Topics include the voraciousness of the Sexual Eight, their intense need for control, power, and autonomy and their tendency toward detachment from intellect. Discussion touches on their amoral perspective – it’s right because I do it – and how their need for power manifests in a vicious cycle of possession and isolation. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2024-10-2834 min
The BarrcastComplicity and the Social EightIn this episode of the Barrcast, we look into the Social Eight, whose passion is “complicity;” a particular flavor of friendship that is defined by teaming up against a shared enemy. Topics include: the rebellious yet loyal nature of the Social Eight, the origins of their opposition to authority; how they defend their loved ones through intense and paradoxical behavior; the motivations behind their drive for protection, solidarity, and justice. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2024-10-1041 min
The BarrcastSome Like it Hot: Lust and the Enneagram EightIn this episode of the BarrCast, we start our journey into the gut triad, starting with the Eight. Topics covered include: the passion of lust in type eight, their need for intensity, and the psychological underpinnings behind their pursuit of justice, autonomy, and dominance. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2024-10-0824 min
The BarrcastDuty and the Social SixTranscriptHello and welcome to the BarrCast. I'm your host, Nick Barr, coming to you on a windy Friday afternoon.So we're jumping into the social six and the keyword for the social six is in Spanish, in English duty, duty or obligation. And remembering that the background passion for all of the subtypes of the six is fear. We've also been playing with angst as a keyword there.But it's funny because I've been sitting with fear versus angst. And I think angst is a better description of a condition that the...2024-08-1229 min
The BarrcastAngst! 😱 Fear and the Enneagram SixTranscriptHello and welcome to the Barrcast. I'm your host Nick Barr coming to you on a rainy gray Thursday morning here in New York. We're moving on to the six today and I'm excited for that because the six is the type that I feel the weakest on in terms of my understanding of the operating mechanisms behind the six.And so, yeah, this will be this will be good education for me. And we're going to start with the social six.But each each type has this little prologue...2024-08-0825 min
The BarrcastRefuge and the Self-Preservation FiveHello and welcome to the Barrcast. I'm your host, Nick Barr, coming to you on a Sunday evening. We're getting a lot of rain in New York, so we've got hot, muggy weather. And it's a good time to seek refuge, and so that's the keyword of the Enneagram Type 5 self-preservation, or in Spanish, conservación, or refugio. Beautiful word in Spanish, translated neatly to refuge.But let's get right into it and find out what keyword makes most sense for us. This is a really wonderful chapter, so I am going to go deep on it b...2024-08-0542 min
The BarrcastConfidant and the Sexual FiveTranscriptHello and welcome to the Barrcast. I'm your host Nick Barr coming to you on a Tuesday afternoon. We're trucking along here with the five and we're on to the sexual five today. The keyword for the sexual five is confianza which is translated here as trust. If you also hear confidence in Confianza, I think that's a connection.But in the deeper sense, maybe like the confidence man. I guess that's where con man originates from. Should we just start with a quick etymological investigation of the word confidence? Because there's something about...2024-08-0227 min
The BarrcastTotem and the Social FiveTranscriptHello and welcome to the BarrCast. I'm your host, Nick Barr, coming to you on a Sunday evening here in New York, a little muggy. I've had some recording issues and I lost the audio for some reason. It dropped in the last couple of attempts. So I'm just going to try something a little different, mix it up. And rather than go through the translation... We're just going to try to make meaning out of and make sense out of the keyword for the social five, which is Totem.And so remembering that...2024-07-2929 min
The BarrcastAbasement and the Social FourTranscriptHello, and welcome to the Barrcast. I'm your host, Nick Barr, coming to you on a lovely Monday morning here in Brooklyn, New York. We're going to continue on with our Enneagram journey, our close reading of Claudio Naranjo's 27 Personalities in Search of Being.0:19We are on the four, and today we're going to be looking at the social four. Quick housekeeping notes. For some reason, last time, the screen recording didn't scroll when I scrolled, so I apologize for that. Hopefully that's fixed this time. And if you're a longtime listener...2024-07-0351 min
The BarrcastDearly Missed: Envy and the Enneagram FourHello and welcome to the Barrcast. I'm your host, Nick Barr, coming to you on a sunny and reasonably cool Friday morning here in New York. I want to do a podcast within a podcast. So I'm going to be doing a series of recordings about the Enneagram, in particular the types four and five, where I find my own personality sort of most at home. And I want to explore these with a very deep and very close reading of Claudio Naranjo, who is considered one of the sort of fathers, of the modernization...2024-06-2945 min
The BarrcastThe Barrcast #55: Responding to pmarca's vision of infinitely compassionate machinesDid you know The Barrcast is also on YouTube? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2023-07-1423 min
The BarrcastTár: Death of the Sun GodIn celebration of the Oscars and my favorite film of the year, I’ve recorded a running commentary of Tár. The best way to experience this is to start the movie right when you click play on the podcast, and it will feel like we were hanging out on the couch together… and I’m talking the whole time.Transcript:(00:00:04) - Hello, and welcome to a very special episode of the Barrcast. I entitled this episode, TAR, Death of the Sun God, and we will be watching together the Oscar-nominated picture, TAR, commenting on it. Tre...2023-03-082h 43
The Barrcast#48 - Aphantasia w/ MattMy mind's eye is blind! Matt's mind's eye has astigmatism! We're still not sure what aphantasia is but we talk about it a bunch in this ep.2019-05-071h 01
The Barrcast#47 - Alien optimismsWhy doesn't the optimism of Steven Pinker and David Deutsch offer me any hope or relief? An initial investigation2019-04-2231 min
The Barrcast#46 - How children failHow children fail // a memory from 6th grade // Simpson’s Paradox2019-03-0322 min
The Barrcast#45 — Persecution, prosecutionEnjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nsbarr This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2018-12-1734 min
The Barrcast#45 — Persecution, prosecutionEnjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nsbarr2018-12-1734 min
The Barrcast#44 — The Parable of Prince Nicholas and the Golden KeyEnjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nsbarr2018-09-1114 min
The Barrcast#44 — The Parable of Prince Nicholas and the Golden KeyEnjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nsbarr This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2018-09-1114 min
The Barrcast#43 — Work RitualsEnjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nsbarr This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2018-09-0309 min
The Barrcast#43 — Work RitualsEnjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nsbarr2018-09-0309 min
The Barrcast#42 — Run rituals regularly, and other lessons learned with GaryEnjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nsbarr This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2018-08-2159 min
The Barrcast#42 — Run rituals regularly, and other lessons learned with GaryEnjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nsbarr2018-08-2159 min
The Barrcast#41 — Markets vs MoralsMentioned in this Barrcast:http://bostonreview.net/forum-sandel-markets-moralshttp://www.overcomingbias.com/2018/04/two-types-of-envy.htmlhttp://www.overcomingbias.com/2018/05/why-economics-is-and-should-be-creepy.html~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 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2018-08-0128 min
The Barrcast#41 — Markets vs MoralsMentioned in this Barrcast:
http://bostonreview.net/forum-sandel-markets-morals
http://www.overcomingbias.com/2018/04/two-types-of-envy.html
http://www.overcomingbias.com/2018/05/why-economics-is-and-should-be-creepy.html
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The Barrcast#40 — Talking education & technology with Annie ChenFollow Annie @_annieechen!Want to come on the Barrcast? You're invited! Sign up here:http://goo.gl/PNgg2V This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2018-05-2240 min
The Barrcast#40 — Talking education & technology with Annie ChenFollow Annie @_annieechen!
Want to come on the Barrcast? You're invited! Sign up here:
http://goo.gl/PNgg2V2018-05-2240 min
The Barrcast#39 — Breakfast with NatalieIn this Barrcast we sit down with Natalie for breakfast and talk about productivity, diaries, and other things!Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nsbarr This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2018-03-1354 min
The Barrcast#39 — Breakfast with NatalieIn this Barrcast we sit down with Natalie for breakfast and talk about productivity, diaries, and other things!
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The Barrcast#38 — Polonium, Piano, Pedagogy w/ Matt#38 — Polonium, Piano, Pedagogy w/ Matt by Barrcast2018-03-1024 min
The Barrcast#38 — Polonium, Piano, Pedagogy w/ Matt#38 — Polonium, Piano, Pedagogy w/ Matt by Barrcast This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2018-03-1024 min
The Barrcast#37 — Anti-discourse & dashing beliefs to piecesIn this Barrcast we take an anti-discursive position and imagine a world where people come together to destroy beliefs, not construct them.Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nsbarr This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2018-01-2423 min
The Barrcast#37 — Anti-discourse & dashing beliefs to piecesIn this Barrcast we take an anti-discursive position and imagine a world where people come together to destroy beliefs, not construct them.
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The Barrcast#36 — Marketing Buddhism: the 3 pathsIn this Barrcast we discuss how Buddhism markets itself as hygiene, as truth, and as faith.Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nsbarr This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2017-12-1131 min
The Barrcast#36 — Marketing Buddhism: the 3 pathsIn this Barrcast we discuss how Buddhism markets itself as hygiene, as truth, and as faith.
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The Barrcast#35 — Learning is neither synchronous nor asynchronous#35 — Learning is neither synchronous nor asynchronous by Barrcast This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2017-12-0136 min
The Barrcast#35 — Learning is neither synchronous nor asynchronous#35 — Learning is neither synchronous nor asynchronous by Barrcast2017-12-0136 min
The Barrcast#34 — Future Facts with Dave and Dan CarlinWe take a break from the Barrcast to showcase a new podcast, Future Facts, hosted by Dave Carlin (brother of Dan). This episode features a very special surprise guest, Dan Carlin! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2017-08-1533 min
The Barrcast#34 — Future Facts with Dave and Dan CarlinWe take a break from the Barrcast to showcase a new podcast, Future Facts, hosted by Dave Carlin (brother of Dan). This episode features a very special surprise guest, Dan Carlin!2017-08-1533 min
The Barrcast#33 — Powerful metaphorsImages of Organization:
https://smile.amazon.com/Images-Organization-Gareth-Morgan/dp/1412939798
Do you have powerful metaphors in your life? I'd love it if you added them here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fF1McSVLecRtQGRWw8xJb9oHp3FYfTvIGs0u409rXII/edit#heading=h.jh2t9yyml8hv2017-08-0923 min
The Barrcast#32 — Reflecting on eyeoThe Barrcast returns from Minneapolis, where we attended the eyeo festival. Reflections on that and another Neruda poem to close out.eyeo: http://eyeofestival.comEnjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nsbarr This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2017-07-0547 min
The Barrcast#32 — Reflecting on eyeoThe Barrcast returns from Minneapolis, where we attended the eyeo festival. Reflections on that and another Neruda poem to close out.
eyeo: http://eyeofestival.com
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The Barrcast#31 — The Heights of Macchu Picchu, Pablo Nerudahttps://www.amazon.com/Heights-Macchu-Picchu-Bilingual/dp/03745064852017-05-1306 min
The Barrcast#30 — Here is New YorkHere is New York: http://www.travel-studies.com/sites/default/files/White,%20Here%20Is%20New%20York.pdfEnjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nsbarr This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2017-04-3044 min
The Barrcast#30 — Here is New YorkHere is New York: http://www.travel-studies.com/sites/default/files/White,%20Here%20Is%20New%20York.pdf
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The Barrcast#29 — Orbiting thoughts with GaryOrbital: https://orbital.nyc
Post-Industrial Design School: http://postindustrialdesign.school
Stock and Flow: http://snarkmarket.com/2010/4890
Words as Material: http://nicolefenton.com/words-as-material/
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The Barrcast#29 — Orbiting thoughts with GaryOrbital: https://orbital.nycPost-Industrial Design School: http://postindustrialdesign.schoolStock and Flow: http://snarkmarket.com/2010/4890Words as Material: http://nicolefenton.com/words-as-material/Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nsbarr This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2017-04-2444 min
The Barrcast#28 — MutwilleChapman: 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
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The Barrcast#28 — MutwilleChapman: https://buddhism-for-vampires.com/we-are-all-monstersRobert Bly: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001VA1PJI/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1Hamburglar Wiki: http://mcdonalds.wikia.com/wiki/HamburglarEnjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nsbarr This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2017-03-2722 min
The Barrcast#27 — It's raining MattSome 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 expressionsLinks 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/SunshowerEnjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And...2017-03-1445 min
The Barrcast#27 — It's raining MattSome 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
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The Barrcast#26 — Dicks, boobs, poop: what Impro has to say about obscenity and creativityWe 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 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2017-02-2728 min
The Barrcast#26 — Dicks, boobs, poop: what Impro has to say about obscenity and creativityWe 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.
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The Barrcast#25 — Chatting with Edlyn Yuen about Prompt and ProjectsIn 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...2017-02-1653 min
The Barrcast#25 — Chatting with Edlyn Yuen about Prompt and ProjectsIn 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.comAnd 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-5Your project deserves a good death: https://medium.com/chrysaora-weekly/your-project-deserves-a-good-death-f345026b6e77#.do70i74s6Impro: https://www.amazon.com/Impro-Improvisation-Theatre-Keith-Johnstone/dp/0878301178Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite...2017-02-1653 min
The Barrcast#24 Fandom and obsession in ELLEIn 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.2017-01-2424 min
The Barrcast#24 Fandom and obsession in ELLEIn 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/CreekYou are on your own when it comes to finding the shower scene from Starship Troopers. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2017-01-2424 min
The Barrcast#23 NascerIn 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 song2017-01-0606 min
The Barrcast#23 NascerIn this Barrcast we read and translate the poem Nascer, by Carlos Drummond de Andrade.Our translation:Sproutagain and againindefinitelylike the plant is ever sproutingfrom the first seed;to think the day goodto create clarityand in it discoverthe first syllableof the first song This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2017-01-0606 min
The Barrcast#22 Rogue One#22 Rogue One by Barrcast2016-12-2312 min
The Barrcast#22 Rogue One#22 Rogue One by Barrcast This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2016-12-2312 min
The Barrcast#21 A little less conversationWe read (briefly) from chapter 36 of Hopscotch, and discuss the future of online communities and conversations in the context of the election.
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The Barrcast#21 A little less conversationWe 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 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2016-12-1422 min
The Barrcast#20 Struttin' with some CortázarHere'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/2Ekw6l7TfaNVpmjl5g2157Book: https://www.amazon.com/Hopscotch-Novel-Pantheon-Modern-Writers/dp/0394752848Chapter (Spanish): http://www.literaberinto.com/cortazar/rayuela18.htmEnjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nsbarr This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other s...2016-11-2005 min
The Barrcast#20 Struttin' with some CortázarHere'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
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The Barrcast#19 I RememberWhat 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.pdfMember Berries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndI9vkgw_1YEnjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nsbarr This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2016-11-0521 min
The Barrcast#19 I RememberWhat 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
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The Barrcast#18 Varsity Constraints"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.htmlJames Thurber's The Wonderful O: https://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-York-Review-Childrens-Collection/dp/1590173090Slash Keyboard: https://tapslash.com/Language is a Virus: http://www.languageisavirus.com/cutupmachine.htmlOrbital: http://orbital.nyc/Quora Link: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-constraint-and-restraint/answer/Douglas-Ivey-1Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider...2016-11-0231 min
The Barrcast#18 Varsity Constraints"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
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The Barrcast#17 Jet LagThe 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)
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The Barrcast#17 Jet LagThe Barrcast is back from Thailand and more than a little jet-lagged in this episode!RIP Bhumibol AdulyadejDan 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 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or...2016-10-2618 min
The Barrcast#16 Strong opinions, strongly heldIn 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/0679762884Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/nsbarr This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...2016-10-0319 min
The Barrcast#16 Strong opinions, strongly heldIn 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
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The Barrcast#15 The Life-Changing Magic of BarrcastingIt'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.
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The Barrcast#15 The Life-Changing Magic of BarrcastingIt'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 bifurcationYou 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...2016-09-2120 min
The Barrcast#14 Gombrowicz & the role of the criticIn this episode we contemplate output, Gombrowicz, and the interplay between criticism and art.
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The Barrcast#14 Gombrowicz & the role of the criticIn 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 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2016-09-1427 min
The Barrcast#13 Are you lucky to be alive?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 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2016-08-3013 min
The Barrcast#13 Are you lucky to be alive?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.
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The Barrcast#12 Picasso & the Sensitive ArtistIn this mini-episode we read from Gertrude Stein's portrait on Picasso.
Full text: www.rodoni.ch/PICASSO/Stein-on-Picasso.pdf
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The Barrcast#12 Picasso & the Sensitive ArtistIn 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 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2016-08-1815 min
The Barrcast#11 NihilismIn 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
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The Barrcast#11 NihilismIn 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.htmlThe 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 2016-08-1026 min
The Barrcast#10 Rio Olympics & Mo' MeaningnessIn 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
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The Barrcast#10 Rio Olympics & Mo' MeaningnessIn 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 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with...2016-08-021h 06
The Barrcast#9 Introduction to MeaningnessA 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
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The Barrcast#9 Introduction to MeaningnessA 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 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit polytrope.substack.com2016-07-2823 min
The Barrcast#8 Tu AgoníaIn episode 8 we read and translate Horacio Quiroga's poem "Tu Agonía."
Original: http://www.poesi.as/hq01078.htm
Translation:
the afternoon was dying and
your voice was a silk piano
and your wet hand felt
limp in mine.
your fingers anointed me
with something like
forgiveness and you spoke
and the gates closed behind us.
the summer gasped
and the daisies sighed
and the afternoon died,
bleeding out and into
your temples
and on those purple
lakes I saw two swans
heralding your agony.2015-06-2304 min
The Barrcast#7 El Idioma Analítico de John WilkinsIn episode 7 we read Borges' essay "El Idioma Analítico de John Wilkins." Spanish and English versions here:
languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/myl/ldc/wilkins.html
languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=89302015-05-0705 min
The Barrcast#6 IntegraIn this episode 6 we visit the work of California-based Language poet Rae Armantrout. We read her poem "Integer" in English and Spanish, and then provide a translation of our own.
About Rae Armantrout: www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/rae-armantrout
JotDown interview: www.jotdown.es/2012/03/rae-armantrout-me-inquieta-tener-una-experiencia-que-no-se-puede-articular/
John Cage Mushroom Haiku: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNzVQ8wRCB0
INTEGRA
1
Un qué?
Un agarre?
No manos.
No colección
de estrellas. Algo oscuro
lo impregna.
2
Metáfora
es sacrificio ritual.
Mata el parecido.
No,
metáfora es homepatía.
Una célula sana
se exhibe inhibicion de contacto.
3
Estes créditos temporales
ya no esta...2015-04-1915 min
The Barrcast#5 Capitulo 68 de RayuelaIn this episode we read Chapter 68 of Julio Cortázar's Hopscotch. It's an erotic prose poem reminiscent of Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky. Here's the passage:
Apenas él le amalaba el noema, a ella se le agolpaba el clémiso y caían en hidromurias, en salvajes ambonios, en sustalos exasperantes. Cada vez que él procuraba relamar las incopelusas, se enredaba en un grimado quejumbroso y tenía que envulsionarse de cara al nóvalo, sintiendo cómo poco a poco las arnillas se espejunaban, se iban apeltronando, reduplimiendo, hasta quedar tendido como el trimalciato de ergomanina al que se le han dejado c...2015-04-0416 min
The Barrcast#4 El poema que tomó el lugar de una montañaThis is a bizarro episode! Today we read a poem in English, and discuss it in Spanish.
Here's Stevens' original poem:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/248826
And here's our translation into Spanish:
El poema que tomó el lugar de una montaña
Ahí estaba, palabra por palabra,
el poema que tomó el lugar de una montaña.
Él respiraba su oxígeno,
Aun mientras el libro se acostaba en el polvo de la mesa.
Le recordaba como había necesitado
un lugar para ir en su propia dirección,
Como había recompuesto los pinos,
Desplazado las piedras y hecho su camino...2015-03-2708 min
The Barrcast#3 A mis obligacionesIn this episode, we read Neruda's "A mis obligaciones."
Original text: http://www.poemas-del-alma.com/pablo-neruda-a-mis-obligaciones.htm
Translation:
To my obligations
Doing my job
stone by stone, feather by feather,
winter ends and leaves
abandoned sites,
dead rooms:
I work and work,
I ought to replace
all this neglect,
fill the darkness with bread,
replant hope.
It's not for me but the dust,
the season's nasty rain,
I hold nothing back
but all of space
and there I work, and work,
manifesting spring.
I have to give everything to everyone
every week and every day,
a blue gift,
a cold...2015-03-2514 min
The Barrcast#2 La oveja negraIn Episode 2, we read the fable "La oveja negra" by Guatemalan writer Augusto Monterroso.
It's super short, so we also provide an English translation, reproduced below.
Original text: http://www.ciudadseva.com/textos/cuentos/esp/monte/la_oveja_negra.htm
Translation:
Long ago in a faraway land there was once a Black Sheep. He was shot and killed.
A century later, the repentant flock erected an equestrian statue that looked very nice in the park.
And so from then on, any time that black sheep showed up they were promptly executed, so that future generations of common, ordinary sheep would...2015-03-0711 min
The Barrcast#1 García Márquez y la región encantadaEpisode 1! This is where it all begins.
We stumble our way through a thorny passage early in Cien Años de Soledad, by Gabriel García Márquez.
If you'd like to read along at home, the passage beings at the bottom of page 6 on this site: http://www.quieroleer.com.ar/libros/soledad/6.html
==EPISODE NOTES==
In the episode we describe "lirio" as an iris, but after some digging it seems like "lily" is the better translation.
This confusion shows up in taxonomy; for example, the iris domestica is commonly called the leopard lily.
It's tempting to think the wor...2015-03-0412 min