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Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 088: Patrick House on Convivium, Quonset, & HypnotherapyIn this spirited reunion, Tao Ruspoli welcomes back neuroscientist and writer Patrick House for a discursive meander through memory, addiction, architecture, mind control, and the seductive power of narrative. Recorded inside Tao’s newly finished Quonset hut in Yucca Valley, fresh from the seasonal migration to and from Bombay Beach, the episode unfolds like an improvised fugue—equal parts philosophical inquiry, campfire confession, and comedic eschatology.Together they explore the strange efficacy of hypnotherapy as Tao recounts his recent attempt to curb phone addiction with the help of a Bombay Beach practitioner named Fig. Patrick counters with his own stor...2025-04-241h 01Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 087: Dulcinée DeGuere on Bombay Beach, Acéphale, and the Leaderless CrowdIn this evocative and wide-ranging conversation, Tao Ruspoli is joined by artist, filmmaker, and systems architect Dulcinée DeGuere to unravel the conceptual fabric of Bombay Beach, Convivium, and the radical politics of community. From the ghostly traces of Georges Bataille’s Acéphale to the practical realities of water systems and website menus, the episode oscillates between myth and infrastructure, utopia and desert dust.Together, they trace the emergence of The Bombay Beach Institute for Industrial Espionage & Post-Apocalyptic Studies, interrogating the role of systems in anarchic spaces and the necessity of form even in acts of resistance...2025-04-231h 00Being in the WorldBeing in the World 086: B. Scot RousseB. Scot Rousse ("B") is a philosopher focused on existential phenomenology and its applications to AI. He holds a PhD from Northwestern University and is currently a visiting researcher at Topos Institute in Berkeley, a visiting scholar in philosophy at UC Berkeley, and the director of research at Pluralistic Networks, an educational and professional development company based in Oakland. B is also co-founder of Curiosity Craft, a company dedicated to helping families reclaim technology for shared discovery and learning rather than distraction. He has been drumming in punk bands his entire life. Some links...2025-03-271h 16Being in the WorldTao gives the 2024 UC Berkeley Commencement SpeechI had the incredible honor of delivering the commencement address to UC Berkeley Philosophy department's graduating class of 2024 during this time of momentous social upheaval.
As an alumnus who studied under legendary professor Hubert Dreyfus, a pioneer in applying existential phenomenology to critique technology and "Artificial Intelligence" (AI), it was powerful to return and share reflections with these bright young minds.
In my speech, I recounted how studying the work of Bertrand Russell and other great philosophers at Berkeley changed my life. Bert Dreyfus's courses in existentialism opened my eyes to how philosophy embodies everything from our skills to...2024-05-3122 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 085: 40 Days & 40 Nights with Patrick House"Filmmaker Tao Ruspoli and neuroscientist Dr. Patrick House engage in a wide-ranging discussion that explores the nature of truth, myth, and meaning. The conversation begins with an examination of the significance of the number 40 in various cultural and religious contexts, revealing how this seemingly arbitrary number has been imbued with profound meaning throughout history. Ruspoli and House delve into the power of storytelling, discussing how myths and folklore can shape our understanding of the world and ourselves, even when the stories themselves may not be factually accurate.The discussion then turns to the role of active and passive bearers...2024-05-021h 14Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 077: Dennis GassnerA tour of legendary, academy award winning production designer Dennis Gassner's home in the Hollywood hills.
Dennis Gassner (born October 22, 1948) is an American-Canadian production designer. He is notable for his work on Bugsy, Big Fish, Into the Woods, and Blade Runner 2049, his collaborations with the Coen brothers and Sam Mendes, as well the James Bond films Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, and Spectre, the latter two directed by Mendes. He has been nominated seven times for the Academy Award for Best Production Design, and has won once. Gassner was nominated for the Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production...2023-12-1552 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World 076: The Sacred TricksterA both very intimate and very expansive conversation with Dulcinee about creativity, addiction, mental health, technology, "artificial" "intelligence", politics, relationships, and more.2023-10-181h 00Being in the Worldd/T: The Boundaries of Your Bias (live performance)Poetry & Beats by Dulcinee DeGuere
Piano and Synths by Tao Ruspoli
The boundaries of your bias
Trickle, trembling
With a shudder that you deny
Though it wraps you in a fog
So taught your veins start to pop
I’m trying to rupture something I can’t see
But it dangles right in front of me
Entangling my dreams with delusion
And death
The stench of which flirts, converts, and perverts
The precious flames of what I thought I could be
An animal
A siren
Anything other than this flesh
How can I cauterize this wound
This womb that puls...2023-09-2307 minBeing in the WorldBeing in The World Podcast 075 On being a couple and trying to improve yourselves and each otherTao and Dulcinee discuss the deals they've made with each other to successfully quit smoking, meditate, and drastically reduce phone time. They also discuss the nature of technology, art, artifacts, and how to remain human in a technological world.2023-09-221h 08Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 074: What makes a good storyTao takes a walk with his friend Eric Kaplan, a TV writer (Futurama, Big Bang Theory, etc.) with a PhD in philosophy. They try to get to the bottom of what makes a good story and what makes a good storyteller.
Yucca Valley
July 13, 20232023-07-1442 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World 073: Riccardo ManzottiRiccardo Manzotti is a philosopher, psychologist, and AI expert and the author of The Spread Mind: Why Consciousness and the World Are One.
Born in Parma, Italy, in 1969, Manzotti received his PhD from the University of Genova in 2001, and is currently full professor of theoretical philosophy at IULM University (Milan). He has been Fulbright Visiting Scholar at MIT (Boston).Manzotti originally specialized in robotics and AI where he started to wonder how can matter have experience of the surrounding world. Eventually he has been a psychologist from 2004 to 2015 and then he has become a full time p...2023-06-131h 08Being in the WorldBeing in the World 072: Dulcinée DeGuere on Mental Health, Vulnerability & Systems of CareDulcinée is a filmmaker, conceptual/performance artist, & Systems Architect for the Bombay Beach Biennale. Tao and Dulcinée have a frank and vulnerable conversation about both personal and societal mental health following her recent Bipolar 2 diagnosis. Speaking publicly about it for the first time, Dulcinée and Tao explore the complex landscape of contemporary mental health, using both an autobiographical framework and a sociopolitical analysis, to outline the personal, the psychological, the political, the philosophical, and the communal aspects of being in the world...2023-05-051h 16Being in the WorldBeing in the World 071: Interview with ChatGPT 2/2Tao talks to chatGPT4 about its philosophical, political, and creative implications. Part 2 of 22023-04-2339 min
Being in the WorldBeing in The World 070: an interview with ChatGPT part 1/2Tao talks to chatGPT 4 about its philosophical, political, and creative implications. 2023-04-2333 min
Being in the WorldBeing in the World 069: Eric KaplanEric Kaplan is an American television writer and producer. His work has included shows such as Late Show with David Letterman, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Malcolm in the Middle, Futurama, The Simpsons and Rick and Morty. He also worked on The Big Bang Theory throughout its run. Kaplan was raised in a Jewish family in Flatbush, Brooklyn where his father was a "storefront lawyer" and his mother taught high school biology at Erasmus Hall.
Kaplan graduated from Hunter College High School and Harvard College (where he wrote for the Harvard Lampoon) in 1989. Prior to committing to a...2023-02-081h 21Being in the WorldTao Ruspoli Flamenco Guitar--Soleares 1Topanga Canyon, 20022022-12-1306 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 068: Chris RyanChris and Anya visit Tao in desert after an around the world trip. 2022-10-191h 09Being in the WorldBeing in the World podcast 067: Anya Kaats--Astrology for RationalistsTao and Anya, host of A Millennial's guide to Saving The World, discuss astrology and whether it's possible to find meaning in it in a similar way we find meaning in fictions and mythological tales. They discuss archetypes and the collective unconscious and stories that can help guide us through this life without a need to "believe" in something supernatural or anti-scientific.
Many people assume, for instance, that astrology is all nonsense. It is true that astrology has nothing to do with the stars. The horoscope may say that you were born in Taurus, bu...2022-10-111h 24Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 066: 19 Ways of Looking at EverythingPatrick House's new book 19 Ways of Looking at Consciousness now available everywhere books are sold...Get it, read it, give it, talk about it, post about it, and let us know what you think. Thanks everyone!2022-10-101h 07Being in the WorldBeing in the World podcast 065: James FoxTao sits down with his old friend James Fox, a British journalist best known for his book White Mischief, and for co-authoring Life, the best-selling memoir of Rolling Stones' guitarist Keith Richards.
*There was a 2 minute interruption in the conversation due to a technical difficulty when Tao asks about cultural appropriation. Our apologies.2022-09-141h 16Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 064 James Ostrer part 2We go deeper.2022-07-261h 21Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 063: James OstrerTao and artist James Ostrer delve into murky waters of colonialism, white privilege, art, gentrification, addiction, and commodification.
See James' brilliant work at www.jamesostrer.com2022-07-211h 50
Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 062: Adam FreelandAdam Freeland is an old friend, desert neighbor, and brilliant music producer and DJ. Adam & Tao wax philosophical about the nature of music and the music of nature.2022-06-1448 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 061: Samir TabarSamir Tabar helps run one of the world’s largest publicly listed Bitcoin miners, Bit Digital. Before that he helped established one of the world’s first psychedelic venture capital funds, Noetic. Before that he was co-founder of Fluidity, a company extensively featured in the Harvard Business Review as being the first to tokenize New York real estate. He was also Head of Capital Strategy for Bank of America, and started his career as a lawyer for Skadden, Arps. He graduated from Columbia Law School and Oxford University. He has a book coming out later his year titled ‘Mission Matter...2022-06-011h 14Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 060: Patrick & Tao at the Gritti Palace, VeniceDr. Patrick House and Tao discuss the last 8 days spent on the island of San Servolo, (former monastery, leper colony and insane asylum,) where they attended a conference on the neuroscience of consciousness.2022-05-311h 17Being in the WorldBeing in the World podcast 059: Christof KochChristof Koch is a German-American neurophysiologist and computational neuroscientist best known for his work on the neural basis of consciousness. He is the president and chief scientist of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle. From 1986 until 2013, he was a professor at the California Institute of Technology.
Tao and Christof sit down at the tail end of an 8 day conference on the neuroscience of consciousness held on the island of San Servolo, off the coast of Venice, Italy.2022-05-2148 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 058: Nicolas BerggruenTao sits down with billionaire philanthropist Nicolas Berggruen, Chairman of the Berggruen Institute, on the eve of giving his institute's Prize for Philosophy and Culture to Peter Singer. The $1 million award is given annually to thinkers whose ideas have profoundly shaped human self-understanding and advancement in a rapidly changing world.
Tao asks some challenging political and philosophical questions, asking Nicolas if there should be billionaires in the world, notwithstanding the good they may be capable of doing, especially given how arbitrary and unjust allocation of wealth can be, and given Nicolas's own youthful flirtations with Marxism and his...2022-05-071h 03Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 057: Dulcinee on the art & politics of kink & polyamoryTao and Dulcinee (writer, director, editor, producer of both films and of the latest Bombay Beach Biennale,) have an honest, open, and wide ranging conversation about their relationship, including what it's like to work and play together and how to integrate their love and sex life (including consensual power exchange and D/s dynamics,) with their creative and career ambitions and their social and political ideals.2022-05-021h 38Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 056: Live from the Bombay Beach Biennale with Eamon Armstrong, Dulcinee DeGuere, & Patrick HouseA wonderful and unexpectedly coherent conversation, given very little sleep...I had a lot on my mind and managed to express it thanks in large part to Eamon's top notch interviewing skills. Be sure to check out his podcast, Life is a Festival.2022-04-281h 15Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 055: Patrick House & Chloe CockburnA wide ranging discussion in Lake Tahoe with 2 of my favorite people...2022-04-251h 03
Life is a Festival#124 - Art and Irresolvable Contradictions (Live) | Tao Ruspoli (Bombay Beach Biennale)On a little known shore inland from Los Angeles lies a post apocalyptic seaside town and one of the art world’s most interesting happenings. Founded in 2015, Bombay Beach Biennale is a renegade celebration of art, music, and philosophy. Pushing through a few hours of sleep, cofounder Tao Ruspoli and I sat down at the Biennale for a conversation.
On the show we discuss the ecological and philosophical paradox of the Salton Sea and the strange fate of Bombay Beach. Tao shares why great art is made from irresolvable contradictions and inhospitable environments. We explore this year’s “Questioning Hierarchy” theme an...2022-04-221h 19Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 054: Renegade Burning Man 2021 with Scott BeibenBurning Man 2021 was cancelled. 15,000 of us went anyway. Tao and Scott discuss, among many other things, the past 2 decades of Burning Man and what we may learn from the changing nature of the event about anarchist principles. 2021-09-1153 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 053: Anya Kaats & Chris Ryanao, Chris and Anya have a three-way… conversation. Sitting in Tao’s shipping container gallery in Yucca Valley, the three of us speak about the interwoven relationship between life, death, sex, pleasure, pain and creativity, and how the absence of death can directly correlate to an absence of eroticism. We question the hypocrisies of mainstream environmentalism, and whether individual action can influence collective change. We also speak about disagreement, the purpose of podcasts, and the art of conversation.2021-09-111h 31Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 052: On SuicideTao & Dr. Patrick House have an intimate and philosophical conversation about suicide. 2021-08-031h 30Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 049: Anya KaatsAnya Kaats is a writer and podcaster determined to redefine the way we think about and construct the world around us. She hosts two podcasts, A Millennial's Guide to Saving the World and Whore Rapport, where she has nuanced conversations about sexuality, gender, grief, trauma, regenerative agriculture, spirituality and more, all aimed to challenge the status quo. anyakaats.com and @anya.kaats on IG2021-06-071h 19Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 048: Chloe CockburnTao speaks to his dear friend and former sister-in-law, Chloe Cockburn.
Chloe leads Open Philanthropy’s strategy for investing in criminal justice policy and practice reforms to substantially reduce incarceration while maintaining public safety. Prior to joining Open Philanthropy, she oversaw state policy reform work for the ACLU’s Campaign to End Mass Incarceration. Previously, Chloe worked with the Vera Institute and the civil rights law firm of Neufeld, Scheck and Brustin, and clerked for Judge Sifton of the Eastern District of New York. Chloe graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Classics and Visual Art, and h...2021-06-071h 21Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 047: Christopher GalloTao talks with his friend and cinematographer, Christopher Gallo.2021-06-071h 21Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 044: Gene KoganGene is an artist and programmer interested in autonomous systems, collective intelligence, generative art, and computer science. He codes, gives talks, teaches workshops, writes essays, and occasionally curate / organize. He is interested in advancing scientific literacy through creativity and play, and building educational spaces which are as open and accessible as possible. His work is all free & open-source, and he records many of my lectures and tutorials. Genekogan.com2021-03-281h 35Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 046: Richard Morse aka Dick of the DesertTao & Richard wax philosophical and Richard sings his dirty songs...2021-03-281h 50Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 045: Sonia HerbertThe Godmother of Bombay Beach discusses having 3 children before she was 18, the life and death of her first son Roger, her second son Adam's 20 year stint in federal prison for bank robbery, the evolution of Bombay Beach, the role of art and death in our lives, and much more.2021-03-191h 02Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 043: Mark MackTao with renowned architect, professor, DJ, and Bombay Beach resident and enthusiast, Mark Mack. 2021-03-171h 19Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 042: on VR (and R)Patrick and Tao discuss the philosophical and scientific implications of virtual reality.2021-03-0346 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 041: Jealousy & Its DiscontentsOn Jealousy...2021-03-031h 15Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 040: On Pro(creation)Patrick and Tao discuss making babies...do they want to? why or why not?2021-02-2350 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 039: On Mentors, Philosophy, Science and Free WillDr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli reflect on the relationship between science and philosophy, among other things.2021-02-2059 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 038: On Elegance, part 2Dr. House gives the talk he gave at the Bombay Beach Biennale on looking for elegance in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and then he and Tao discuss it.2021-02-1949 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 037: Being in Bombay Beach...and we're back!2021-02-1649 min
The Bay Street Video Podcast#63 - Sharks, The Phantom and More Sharks! (Ghost Flavour)It's shark week here on the BSV Podcast, as your hosts discuss René Cardona Jr.'s ludicrous TINTORERA: TIGER SHARK, out now from Scorpion Releasing, and Mark praises the recent FROM THE DEPTHS, from ITN Distribution, in which a woman is literally haunted by a ghost shark.
Also, we never stop with the Billy Zane talk around here as THE PHANTOM finally hits Blu-ray from Paramount Pictures!
CULT
TINTORERA: TIGER SHARK (Scorpion)
THE BLACK GESTAPO (Scorpion)
SAVAGE STREETS (Code Red)
SHOCK TREATMENT (1973) (Severin)
THE BLACK CAT (1989) (Severin)
PATRICK STILL LIVES (Severin)
INGAGI (Kino/Something Weird)
CLASSIC
THREE FILMS BY LUIS B...2021-01-1543 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 036: On the Struggle of ExistenceDr. Patrick House and Tao Ruspoli wonder if their optimism for the beginning of the new era may have been premature.2020-11-1238 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 035: New Beginnings1st episode of Season 2 of the Being in The World Podcast, with Tao Ruspoli and Dr. Patrick House. Theme: birth and rebirth.2020-11-1157 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 033: On Beauty, part 1Dr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss Roger Scruton's documentary, Why Beauty Matters, platonic ideals of beauty, and why they may be misguided; also celebrity, beauty as a commodity, and more2020-10-311h 06Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 034: On Beauty & Technology 2/2Part 2 of an ongoing discussion of beauty and the effects of technology on our conception and perception of it.2020-10-261h 00Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 032: On Privilege, Responsibility, & Free WillDr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli take a philosophical, social and scientific approach to issues surrounding freedom of choice, morality, privilege, and lack thereof.2020-10-1356 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 031: On CriticismDr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli undertake a critique of pure criticism...what is the role of criticism in art, culture and psychology? When are and aren't critics useful?2020-10-1350 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 030: On PsychedelicsLucy in the Studio with Diamonds2020-10-121h 06Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 029: Lucy WalkerDr. Patrick House and Tao Ruspoli spend an hour chatting to Lucy Walker, an English film director. She has directed the documentaries Devil's Playground (2002), Blindsight (2006), Waste Land (2010), Countdown to Zero (2010), and The Crash Reel (2013). She has also directed the short films The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (2011) and The Lion's Mouth Opens (2014) and fifteen episodes of Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues, for which she was nominated for two Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Directing.2020-10-071h 00Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 028: On BoundariesDr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss boundaries...in science, in relationships, and in the world at large.2020-10-0643 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 027: On ConsciousnessDr. Patrick House and Tao Ruspoli discuss consciousness: is it fundamental? how mysterious is it? Might it useful to think of it as a "dimension"?2020-09-301h 06Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 026: On Social Media & AddictionDr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss our complex relationship to behaviors that have the potential for abuse and addiction, from sex to drugs to social media.2020-09-281h 00Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 025: on PolyamoryNastasia Celeste joins Dr. Patrick house and Tao Ruspoli (her primary partner,) in a frank, fun, and intimate discussion of the ups and downs of polyamory.2020-09-271h 01Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 024: Coming Home, part 1Dr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss what home means (plus beards, discipline, fire, destruction, rebirth, and more.)2020-09-2751 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 023: On Darkness and BritneyDr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss Britney Spears, mental health and how it is weaponized against women, death, darkness, Prince, Schopenhauer, pessimism, boredom, the need for an audience (or lack thereof,) and Viking funerals.2020-09-1251 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 022: On Narcissism & SeductionDr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss mirrors, disfluencies, narcissism, seduction, Instagram, Tinder, "textual chemistry", and violations of expectati...2020-09-091h 00Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 021: On HierarchyDr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss violence, the importance of hierarchy in different domains, from creativity to health care to politics, & in different species, repressed homosexuality, breaking down boundaries, Bernardo Bertollucci, Bertrand Russell, fighting, and a host of other topics in this rather packed hour.2020-09-091h 01Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 020: On Meaning & PerceptionDr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss whether music, color, or gut feelings happen to you or because of you. Is there such a thing as raw sensory data without interpretation and learning?2020-09-0753 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 009: On EleganceDr. Patrick House and Tao Ruspoli debate the concepts of social class, hierarchy, imitation and "elegance".2020-09-071h 00Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 008: Rules of the GameDr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss the rules of the game (and what brains and cultures have to do with them.)2020-09-0641 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 007: DaddiesDr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss absent/mythologized fathers, daddy issues, ecstatic truths, and the male gaze. (oh, and Tao's own father's surreal orgies with Salvador Dali.)2020-09-0644 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 006: The SistersJenna and Jordan talk sibling rivalry (or lack thereof,) metal organic frameworks, breakups, and what not to do on a first date.2020-09-0654 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 005: On AuthenticityDr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli on ritual, addiction, tools, forgery, & the roles we play.2020-09-0645 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 004: On AttentionDr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss the tension of attention.2020-09-0655 minBeing in the WorldBeing in The World Podcast 013: On SuperstitionDr. Patrick House and Tao Ruspoli discuss superstition, fate, and our need for connectivity, causality and narrative.2020-09-0652 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 014: On TranslationDr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss the issue of translation...would the world be a better place if there were only one language?2020-09-0657 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World podcast 019: DreamsDr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss dreams and the possibility of rationally interpreting them.2020-09-0651 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 015: The Story of the IDr. Patrick House and Tao Ruspoli discuss narrative, truth, pornography, perception, editing, temporality, Sisyphus, The Decameron, the Bubonic Plague, and...you'll see:2020-09-0646 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 016: Breakups and BreakdownsDr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss breaks, brakes, boats, rivers, metaphors, rituals, relationships, and radiators.2020-09-051h 01Being in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 017: Good MourningDr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss politics, polytheism, pain, progress, polarization, morning, mourning, heartbreak, death, and rebirth.2020-09-0456 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 018: MiscellaneaDr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss Leonard Cohen, eloquence, language as a musical instrument, what can we learn about an artist from their artistic output, what it mean to have a style, drawings from patients in 19th century insane asylums, simulation theory, neurons as puppet strings, and how the fire of the mind agitates the atmosphere (among other things.)2020-09-0440 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 003: Melody SampleA frank and intimate discussion about Japanese rope bondage, BDSM, kink, polyamory, and a surprising new triad.2020-09-0459 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World Podcast 002: Janie CowanBassist Janie Cowan discusses her 97-year-old grandfather's attempt at assisted suicide.2020-09-0448 minBeing in the WorldBeing in the World podcast 001: BeginningsTao & Patrick discuss origin stories, swimming with Hubert Dreyfus, and the concept of Being In The (podcast) World.2020-09-0428 min