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Cinematix ProblematixMilk Money: Hookers, Homework, and HijinksToday, we're talking about Richard Benjamin's 1994 film Milk Money. The film tells the tale of young Frank, who along with two adolescent friends of his, decide to hire a hooker named V to see what boobies look like. However, V has an abusive pimp and Frank offers to hide her in his treehouse, as young boys tend to do with prostitutes they just met. She then meets Frank's dad Tom who is immediately smitten, yet unaware that V is living in the treehouse. Long story short, a predictable love story develops between V and Tom with V's abusive pimp...
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Patriot Lessons: American History and Civics (Constitution, Declaration of Independence, etc.)The Declaration of Independence — Recitation & Background (2025)Learn why understanding the Declaration of Independence is important especially in these tumultuous times when patriotism is at an all time low. Discover why the Second Continental Congress decided to have a Declaration of Independence and how a committee of five of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston were chosen to draft it. Explore why John Adams insisted that Thomas Jefferson draft it, and how the Committee and the Second Continental Congress changed Jefferson's draft. Hear the entire Declaration of Independence, the most profound words written in the Eng...
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TaropediaEpisode 13: Rosie RingsGreetings, hi. Ben and Phil do major galaxy brain takes on all sorts of things in this episode, on the Three of Pentacles. All about habits, rituals, momentum of precedent, etc... we talk about politics, social justice, spirituality, language. Pls enjoy. Outro music sister ray by foxes, phil's reading of quotations from stephen pattison shame theory, therapy, and theology, and also his prayer bowl. (sorry his prayer is loud this episode)
2025-03-182h 10TaropediaEpisode 12: PivotHiya Podfam. We're all about the pivot today. We're scooping up our things and going the other direction. Ben and Phil talk about life changes, poop wiping technique, Phil's sex life, and a bunch of other stuff which is really interesting and this is really a good episode. But Phil is writing this up at the wee hours of the morning and can't remember words or meaning at this time. So please listen and find out if you're curious about reframing narratives, creating new habits, about establishing meaningful change in your life, and about making space for hope. xo
2025-03-102h 142025-03-011h 32TaropediaEpisode 11: Discrimination part 1Boing boing merry merry pentacles suit podfam! Special guest and old friend Sam Vodopia joins Phil on pod for a reading and a very loosely themed 'ace of pentacles' episode. If you zoom way out you can sort of see how what we discuss is on topic for Ace of Pentacles, which is about how we set goals and understand our obstacles. Anyway, Phil gives Sam a mini lesson on Tarot readings and how they work, and we talk about being a stoner, justice, the law, anger, violence, linguistics, the nature of human communication and human meaning, polyvagal theory...
2025-03-011h 19TaropediaEpisode 10: AcceptanceGreetings! We do ten swords today, which is all about the dissolution of the ego. Attachments, personal darkness, despair, the practices of discipline and self control, the concept of evil, the fruits of self knowledge and self love, collective identity, death, and some esoteric theory about the triune divine and the nature of universal music.
2025-02-231h 44TaropediaEpisode 9: MadnessHiya friends! We do nine swords. It's on the dark side but there's a bunch of good stuff in here. We talk fantasy, repression, fear, healing, internal family systems, RuPaul's Drag Race, despair, rumination, identity, boundaries, empathy... else also. Pls enjoy. Outro music ATU XII: The Hanged Man by Phil
2025-02-081h 51TaropediaEpisode 8: InterferenceHi Podfam! Eight swords today -- Ben and Phil met yesterday and churned this one out. We cover regulation, interference, polyrhythms, friction, influence, resistance, political revolutions, agency, self-awareness, independence, defiance. Phil feels clutter in his brain about how to move forward so he gets a reading. Yogini Shambhavi gets a shoutout and her beautiful chanting is included in outro as a mixture with some of Phil's ATU VIII music for two vlns.
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Record PartyRecord Party #311 (01-02-2025)01. Oneil, Giorgio Gee, Sara Phillips, Kanvise - Silence (Record Mix)
02. Armin Van Buuren - Es Vedra (Record Mix)
03. Tiesto, Sneaky Sound System, Wolfgang Gartner - I Will Be Here (Record Mix)
04. David Guetta - Family Affair (Dance For Me) (Record Mix)
05. Phao, Kaiz - 2 Phut Hon (Record Mix)
06. Purple Disco Machine, Benjamin Ingrosso, Nile Rodger - Honey Boy (Record Mix)
07. Imanbek, Rick Ross, Kddk - Built Different (Record Mix)
08. Calvin Harris - My Way (Record Mix)
09. Alok, Ilkay Sencan, Tove Lo - Don't Say Goodbye (Record Mix)
10. Mind Electric - Things You Say (Record Mix)
11. Meduza, James Carter, Elley Duhe...
2025-02-0200 min2025-01-261h 13TaropediaEpisode 7: Shame part 1Hi folks -- another two-parter today. I don't know if we speak shame directly in this episode but when I zoom out I think the seven of swords (our card for the day) is a good face for us to project shame onto, for our learning. Shame is the word of the day, then. We talk about a lot; theater, healing, prayer, social duplicity, honesty... Phil gives Ben a reading. There's Phil's music sprinkled in. I'm gonna include some relevant quotations on shame in religious communities here, starting with one we actually reference in the episode, from a very...
2025-01-261h 26TaropediaEpisode 6: BlitzSpecial pod favorite Erica Dicker joins Phil on pod and they consume two bottles of wine together while Erica gives Phil a reading. A precious hour-or-so of audio (the beginning of the episode) is lost due to a corrupt SD card which is sad. Yet we are big grateful for the audio present here. Six of swords is the episode card, and we lost a lot of the audio explaining it. It's.... stings of the heart. Rapid-fire decisions. Fight or flight switch. xoxo pls enjoy this episode with an extra helping of background music. An album of music called...
2025-01-191h 49TaropediaEpisode 5: AweGreetings! Five swords today. Special guest Cody Geil joins Phil on pod for a musical reading and we cover a beautiful range of topics. Musicians' mental health, musical entrepreneurship, singing, the harmonic series and some esoteric spirituality. Lots else. Cody is a beautiful and amazing soul. I've included her album Strings of Spirit (an exploration of the chakras) in this podcast as the background (with her permission).
2025-01-131h 26TaropediaEpisode 4: AgreementHello loves. Ben and Phil cover four swords today, and get into deep (and slightly triggering) musings about grief, childhood, religious trauma, heaven and hell, sex-negativity and 'sublimation of the libido,' and some speculation about the vibrational universe and the nature of joy. Blessings and light, podfam, please enjoy. Outro music "Shine you no more" by Sorensen performed by the Danish string quartet, and chanted along to by Phil. "Om hrim srim klim aim sauh" to Devi Sundari.
2025-01-041h 462024-12-291h 27TaropediaEpisode 3: AnxietyGreetings PodFam! Phil's magical friend Sarah comes on pod for a reading and we have such a cute conversation. The big topic is Three of Swords which represents the flood of sympathetic activation that our nervous system gives us when we are mobilized. We talk about music performance, identity, stage fright, generosity in music, grief, colonialism and appropriation of 'world music,' and the centrality of social regulation. There's a lot more sprinkled in. It's up in two parts. Outro music featuring ATU XII The Hanged Man (by Phil) mixed with Move Your Body by Sia and s...
2024-12-2949 minTaropediaEpisode 2: GraceSmooches, PodFam. It's two swords and the topic is Grace, which is a really open ended thing that prompts discussion about Peace, social relationships, the nervous system, martyrdom, self love, the collective unconscious, laughter, stand-up comedy, slurs... much more. Phil gets a reading. There's minecraft music in the background that occasionally competes with the dialogue, sorry. Outro music ATU XII, The Hanged Man by Phil with Tattriya Upanisad 1-1-1 as chanted by Gaiea Sanskrit.
2024-12-202h 11TaropediaEpisode 1: KnowledgeSeason 3 starts here! Onto the swords suit. Today is the Ace of Swords and so we wonder about what it means to know something and talk about animal vigilance and how it shapes our perceptions of the world and the sorts of things we value knowing. We talk about embodied cognition. Phil shares more about his spiritual journeying. Outro music featuring Phil's prayer bowl, Sister Ray by Foxes, and quotations from Stephen Pattison's Shame Theory, Therapy, and Theology. Sound is a little funny from time to time due to Ben and Phil recording in separate rooms (Phil from the...
2024-12-141h 51TaropediaEpisode 20: Ten of CupsGreetings! Ten Cups B*****S we get into the sauce in a deep and slippery way. We talk about the Holy Spirit, we talk about the primacy of breath, we talk about Yoga and the "spiritual path," we talk about acoustics and resonance, we talk about esoteric Kabbalah and do wild conjecture about etheric vehicles, the afterlife, and aliens, we talk about embodied cognition, and Phil shares about an experience he had with what we might call a Kundalini awakening. It's wild and fascinating and please listen. Outro music featuring God's chorus of crickets and I Am the Mother...
2024-12-061h 392024-11-301h 21TaropediaEpisode 19: Nine of Cups part 1Greentings, heller to all of yers. Today's nine cups surfs the goodness of horniness, charisma, musical proportionality, harmonics, emotional control, time, orchestral conducting, and self love. Phil bobbinses his silks and gives Ben a reading. Outro music ATU IX for two violins by Phil.
2024-11-301h 10TaropediaEpisode 18: Eight of CupsHiya PodFam. We do eight cups today, PodFam. It's a somber soup of solemnity, but full of riches nonetheless. We talk about growing pains, denial, repentance, failure, clowning/drag, reality tv, death, rebirth, spiritual asceticism, wisdom, Mother Nature... Ben gives Phil a reading and Phil queries to the universe to be taught a lesson. Outro music featuring the gorgeous Yogini Bhava. Big love to u, PodFam. Ben and Phil
2024-11-231h 182024-11-161h 30TaropediaEpisode 17: Seven of Cups part 1Hi hi hi. It's seven cups today and it's a good one! Long tho -- up in two parts. Sorry abt that. We listen to minecraft and talk about analysis paralysis, habits, the seven hells, the circle of fifths, Phil's chanting/yoga practice, and self awareness. We give Ben a reading and talk about his challenges navigating between a creative process with his songwriting and the unfolding administrative process for his band's career.
2024-11-1656 minTaropediaEpisode 16: Six of CupsHey y'all. We did six cups! Pleasure and relief. Very tasty, very sexy, very good. We dip into bad breath, esoteric numerology, vedic chant, tonal harmony, mysticism, hedonism, stoicism... much. Please enjoy. outro music Gesualdo Tenebrae Resonspories by the King's Singers.
2024-11-091h 39TaropediaEpisode 15: Five of CupsHeya! We do five cups and it's a dip into restless and chaotic musings about separation, loss, and sadness. We assure you that it's deeply silly. Mostly we wax on about the nature of consciousness and sensation. We talk about madness and read some Kahlil Gibran poetry. We attempt to connect wet farts to the five of cups. Phil sings in tongues. Ben gives him a reading. Cheers, PodFam.
2024-11-021h 17TaropediaEpisode 14.5: Four of Cups part 2Hey we're back! This is the second half of our very long Four of Cups recording sesh. We do a reading. I forget the topics! Outro music courtesy Gaiea Sanskrit and Phil.
2024-10-261h 29TaropediaEpisode 14: Four of CupsAbsolutely luscious episode, pod fam. Four Cups and we get into a rich spread of topics. Cringe and digust, the history of western classical music, bombasticity phrases, esoteric numerology, trauma and talk therapy. BED BUGS. Yes. We listen to Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony and go on and on. This is just part one. Next week more cups (but still four cups). Outro music empororial jams by Phil. Cheers and smooches xo Ben and Phil
2024-10-191h 29TaropediaEpisode 13: Three of CupsHi Pod Fam -- We did three cups. Three of Cups!! Phil eats an obscene amount of graham crackers and gives Ben a reading and we try to explore the scope of this magical card. A little more Christian esoterica, which includes an elaborate dance around sex negativity and emotional repression. We talk about the value of self control and the pitfalls, and the beauty and necessity of our relationships as we seek to find and express joy through the diversity of our experiences of the world. There's a lot of borrowed content in here... We...
2024-10-122h 05TaropediaEpisode 12: Two of CupsGreetings our merry minions, our pod fam. We bring you Two of Cups today and it's a big lesson on entrainment, sympathy, vibration, movin' and groovin', and Love itself. We talk a lot of bullshit, and we even get into some esoteric christian doctrine and talk about the divine trinity. Sorry, not sorry. Music tunes in background provided by Minecraft and by Caravan Palace, and outro music Sister Ray by Foxes. XOXO
2024-10-051h 53TaropediaEpisode 11: Ace of CupsSurprise! It's a special one all about the Ace of Cups. We do another reading, this time for Ben. We talk a really big range of things as we listen to one of Ben's favorite albums at the moment, Take Me Back to Eden by Sleep Token. Phil apologizes for some jarring prayer bowl interjections. We chat about acoustics, Philly slang, artistic personas, 'source energy,' negotiating pay... so much. It's a really full cup. Pls enjoy and sip as much as u wish.
2024-09-281h 41TaropediaEpisode 10: Ten of WandsYusssss it's Ten of Wands, PodFam. Ben and Phil sensed the same hot pile and so do a single reading for both simultaneously. There are groovy background tunes provided by Ratatat, and Ten of Wands-adjacent topics are perused. Oppression, marketing, labor, discipline, self-compassion. Many other things, truly, it's a silly episode and a lot of wine and graham crackers are consumed (by Phil).
2024-09-282h 09TaropediaEpisode 9: Nine of WandsGreetings PodFam. Phil's dealing with some life changes so he's full of query. We gave him a reading and serendipity gave us a sweet gift in drawing the nine of wands. We were able to wax poetic even extra than usually, just in time for this week's drop. Full of topics... Can't keep them all straight. It's musical expression, it's the spirit of vigilance, it's emotional amplitude, it's communicative direction, it's urgency of intent! The idea of experiential knowledge. There's a deep dive into esoteric vibrational-universe worldview and some quotations from Arvo Part, Gaiea Sankskrit, and Yogini B...
2024-09-212h 142024-09-141h 07TaropediaEpisode 8: Eight of Wands part 1Greetings Pod Fam. We're hitting you w another one, straight away! It's Eight of Wands so we get into a super abstract dish of concepts and chat chat chat. We gather in the flesh in PA in Ben's magical vehicle, where illicit, secret things take place. We talk deep, naval gazey philosophy and get lost in the sauce. Phil decorated the sauce post-partum with incidental piano music of his creation. Mid-way through we desperately seek treatment from the radio-waves and graceful, groovey tunes sustain us. Those tunes were provided by the illustrious Mary Lou Williams (Zodiac suite) and Django...
2024-09-141h 17TaropediaEpisode 7: Seven of WandsIt's the Seven of Wands. "The Seven of Wands has to do with our ability to separate and consider emotions independent of the actual flood of experience with the emotion, with the sensation." -- Phil Here we talk about severence, gender metaphysics, mind/body interface, love and will, Phil recounts a vision he had during a meditative trip, we talk about lucic dreaming. Ben tells us about a time he destroyed his thumb on a bandsaw in a woodshop and it inspired us to share about overwhelming sensory experiences we have each had. Lots of fu...
2024-09-071h 42TaropediaEpisode 6: Six of WandsSix of wands today! Emotional regulation, 'legato bowing,' circular breathing, pranayama, 'binaries' such as yin/yang, Phil gets into some of his own breathing practice and his thinking behind it, flow states, "victory," leadership, and hierarchy. A good one. Outro music featuring ATU XII (The Hanged Man) by Phil, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, and Sia.
2024-08-312h 02TaropediaEpisode 5: Five of WandsGreetings! Five of Wands today -- big concept and we spread way wider than the scope of the card, perhaps more so than usual. The topics include childhood, "shining" a la Stephen King, worship, awe, polyvagal theory, reflections on Ben and Phil's church background, yin/yang theory and some speculation about acoustical phenomenon, feedback and criticism, pranayama yoga and the violin bow... there's really a lot in here. Pls enjoy. Bigger sprinkling of Phil's music than usual throughout, and Devil-inspired outro music.
2024-08-241h 28TaropediaMusical Reading with Erica Dicker part 2I'm awfully sorry to spam dear audience with episodes this day -- I realized too late my logic program cuts off long files (it can't get enough of it) so here's the last 10 minutes of pod w Erica. Enjoy!
2024-08-1810 minTaropediaEpisode 4: Four of WandsWelcome and greetings! Four of wands. Ben and Phil discuss money, markets, labor, nutrition, musical proportion, sound production, 'feminine' rage, emotional subdual, spiritual introspection, asceticism, sustainability, Earthships. Yogini Shambhavi gets a shoutout so Phil has put in some of her beautiful chanting for outro. xoxo
2024-08-171h 38TaropediaMusical Reading with Erica DickerGreetings Pod Fam, it's our second musical reading! On the pod we have a legendary icon, seamstress of the essences Erica Dicker, violinist, improviser, composer, professor, ETC. We talk about a glorious range of things here, weighing in on far too much to list. So here's a list: Violin extended techniques, NYC soundscapes, Long Legs w/ Nicholas Cage, Death and 'the 5-minute Bow,' J.K. Rowling, News Media, Chamber music politics, sleep paralysis demons, and Chakra seed sounds... among other things. What would have been already a very noise-heavy episode (due to poor mic pl...
2024-08-172h 14TaropediaMusical Reading with Marta BagratuniHere begins Taropedia's musical reading series! Phil has super special guest and dear friend Marta Bagratuni on pod to have her cards read. We talk about embodying emotions, acting, stage performing, stinky cheese, and the whole nine yards. Lots of love here.
2024-08-101h 18TaropediaEpisode 3: Three of WandsGreetings Pod Fam! Welcome to three of wands. This is an especially aimless episode for us, which is funny because three of wands is supposed to be all about gaze, direction, attention, travel, etc.. We cover an interesting array of topics nonetheless, which includes EMDR Therapy, Chamber music/bands, the relationship between performer and audience, self-evaluation in musical practice, Parkour/freerunning, flowstates, and a bunch more. Please enjoy!
2024-08-101h 15TaropediaEpisode 2: Two of WandsTwo of Wands! The topic is Domain and so we talk about Sound, vibration, the overtone series, singing vowels, audiences and performing, churches, power... there's a bunch more, per usual. An important note, speaking of audiences! The fabulous PodFam (that's YOU) has been called upon to write in questions if there is curiosity in your heart about anything. We can be reached at taropediapodcast@gmail.com Outromusic is special and cute, "One Eternal Moment" by @gaieasanskrit accompanied by a watery mix of violin music by Phil.
2024-08-031h 11TaropediaEpisode 1: Ace of WandsThis is the inaugural episode of season 2, folks! We're beginning a new chapter of Taropedia and with that comes episode titles that correspond to card names. This episode is devoted to naval gazing about the Ace of Wands, and as such we brush over things such as vocal diction, breath support, the chakras, the human will, our powers of initiative, and Phil gets into a whole thing about a mushrooms trip he had once with his prayer bowl. Phil also wrote the outro music for this. By the way, the new season of Taropedia also comes with s...
2024-07-271h 38TaropediaEpisode 26.5: Frog Wah part 2ad;klaj;sf file too big too long. Had to split. Second part here. Mwah bbas.
2024-07-2045 minTaropediaEpisode 26: Frog WahThis one we tackle Temperance and the four pages, which is a scoop that gets us into a particularly juicy swath of topics. In no particular order: karma, tarot divination, "kundalini awakenings," yoga, spirituality and worship, chaos, psychedelic experiences, Polyvagal Theory's "neuroception," cultural icons, secret societies, perfectionism, art. We hope it's cool for you. Outro music "Temperance" (ATU XIV) for two mandolins by Phil.
2024-07-201h 31TaropediaEpisode 25: Yak ShumCW: Religious trauma, murder Ben gets a reading today and we get into a beautiful and haunting range of things including a troubling incident from Ben's past. The topics revolve around self care, mental health, pain, violence, and the mind-body interface. Outro music is ATU VII for two mandolins, by Phil.
2024-07-132h 01TaropediaEpisode 24: Core's RedgePhil gets a reading on this one! It's a vulnerable one, all about identity, queerness, speech, expression, and the artistic pursuit. Lots of little nuggets sprinkled in. Phil has some original music for two violins as the outro.
2024-07-061h 35TaropediaEpisode 23: Glawwm SnitHi Pod fam. It's Death and the four knights today. We get into a super interesting range of things: (clippity clop) the grind of labor, the value of discipline, and the spirituality of arts and crafts. This was a natural transition into the learning process and how knowledge is embodied and constrains our learning and gives words and meaning power. Naturally we clippity clopped on over to violence and assault from there and Phil talks about chamber music warfare and something he calls 'the cricket game.' We talk about the circle of life (or death?) and do conjecture...
2024-06-291h 29TaropediaEpisode 22.75: Ache's Gnoyle Part 3 of our Hanged man saga! This one is mostly Queen of Wands and Queen of cups, which gets us into weirdness on Sanskrit, instincts, gratitude, flow states, orchestral conducting, love, the circle of life... Rupaul gets a name drop! Outro is an excerpt of Taittiriya Upanisad 3 recited by Gaiea Sanskrit mixed with an Empress-inspired loop Phil made. The following is Phil's paraphrasing of the Sanskrit translation: "They knew that Joy was the Universe, for it is from the spark of Joy that all beings are produced, and it is by Joy that they live. In death th...
2024-06-221h 12TaropediaEpisode 22.5: Cog's BlitteWe take a second whack at the hanged man and the four queens, opening up several sumptuous cans of worms. Among them are ruminations on talk therapy, tattoos, collective identity, trauma, dissociation, creative expression, homophobia, somatic expression, evolution, morality, Adam and Eve... wow. Outro music is a short loop of Taittiriya Upanisad 2 mixed with some of Phil's original violin music. "May we never quarrel with each other."
2024-06-151h 46TaropediaEpisode 22: Creased MemmeIt's the hanged man and the four queens, so Phil and Ben's ex-X-ian asses talk about jesus christ and bible thumpery, which gets us into a thing about healing, rebirth, war, the jungian 'shadow, misoguny, and we ask questions like "is death the ultimate orgasm?" "Does christ bear political revolutions?"... lots of other stuff. This episode is actually going to go up in three parts over the next few weeks since we went so far off with it. Here's the first which ends abruptly with outro music: loop of Tattiriya Upanisad 1 by Gaeia Sansirit w a pitch corrected ATU...
2024-06-081h 22TaropediaEpisode 21 part 2 (Kip's Kips)(Tock) Part 2! Outro music on is pitch-corrected Phil doing some creative working-out of his childhood trauma. Hopefully it's cool. The song is "Sister ray" by Foxes and the text is "Shame, theory, theology" by Stephen Pattison. Also the prayer bowl is in there for slaps (or spanks, as you like).
2024-06-011h 11TaropediaEpisode 21: Kip's Kip(Tick) Hi everyone. It's Justice (XI) and the four Kings, so you know it's deep into the coolness and the realness and the esoteric juiciness. This is going up in two parts just cuz logic pro is being annoying with the longer audio file for some reason -- The topics covered in today's episode are self-advocacy, binaries, paradox, laws, sheet music, christianity, medicine, time, 'sacred geometry,' gatekeeping, and a good deal more... Plenty of it is in part 2. Pls enjoy and accept our love. Phil and Ben
2024-06-011h 19TaropediaEpisode 20: Liggwid HexIt's TENS across the board! The Wheel of fortune and the four tens, and we get into with lots and lots. Luck, improvisation, emotional intelligence, sensation, more polyvagal theory... too much to name. We need to start making lists of topics covered for these intro paragraphs. Cheers and love! Please enjoy xo
2024-05-251h 55TaropediaEpisode 19: Docko SwizzamHey Pod folk -- it's the Hermit and the four Nines! We talk about hoarding, repression, the shame awareness, "tonal desire" in western music, and masturbation! And more than that, even. Outro Hermit-inspired music by Phil for two violins.
2024-05-181h 53TaropediaBONUS EPISODE: Glim Glam GlumGreetings pod fam and Happy Mother's Day! Ben is ponderous about the future of his band and Phil gives him a reading for a second time. We end up discussing readings themselves, and Phil shares some about his understanding and philosophy regarding tarot and the value of using it as a tool for introspection. The episode ultimately covers a wide array of topics. Pls enjoy~
2024-05-121h 29TaropediaEpisode 18: Guru GooToday we've arrived at Strength and the four Eights... it's a very interesting discussion that covers a range of things from Teachers/Gurus, to Mothers, Internal Family Systems, Yoga, Polyvagal Theory, candymaking, ADD/ADHD... a lot more. There is unfortunately radiator noise coming from Phil's living room. He apologizes. Outro music is a sweet meld of some of Phil's music with some quotations of Yogini Bhava.
2024-05-111h 27TaropediaEpisode 17: Meek Ringe (Wonking Zong)The Chariot and the four Sevens, which includes a spiel on the dreaded Tower (16). We gather in Ben's chariot (his parked car) in PA and, in appreciation of our Lovers episode we talk about wetdreams, Marie Antoinette, macarons, the Tower of Babel, dissociation, polyvagal theory, the Real Housewives franchise, masking, and a whole ton more... Phil has fashioned some truly extra outro music with a working title 'Purple' featuring quotations from Monica from Friends, Solomon the King (read by a pitch-corrected Phil), Kim Petras, and RuPaul. Please enjoy.
2024-05-041h 32TaropediaEpisode 16: Bried BirdleHowdy folks! This one is the Lovers and the four Sixes. It feels like a lot of philosophy and we think it's great. Gaze, self-awareness, more pranayama yoga, practicing strategy, sublimation of the libido, intergenerational trauma and pedagogical traditions... much more. Phil made some lovers-inspired outro music.
2024-04-271h 22TaropediaEpisode 15: Free Trog (the Frog)Today we talk about the Hierophant and the four Fives which is a whole trip mentally... all about tensions and paradox and desire. It's a good'n. Topics covered are harmonics, frogs, art, pranayama yoga, shame, awe, laughter, bullying... the list goes on. We hope you love it. Phil made more outro music, this time pulling samples from several sources and adding them to some of his mandolin improvisations. Today's music on the card 'Temperence' features quotations from Yogini Bhava, The King's Singers, and 'Blood Luxury' superstar violinist Erica Dicker. You can check out her album here: https://tubapederecords.bandcamp...
2024-04-201h 50TaropediaEpisode 14: Figs Din BlixPlease enjoy this episode on the Emperor and the Four Fours, which TRIGGER WARNING includes the Death card (13). Sorry about it. We invoke death and we wonder about all sorts of things. This episode's topics include some music theory, orchestral conducting, Chinese pulse diagnosis, fatherhood, karma, rebirth, transformation, etc etc. It's all over the place but good vibes, for sure. Oh, Phil's made an emperorial outro featuring whale noises and some audio samples of his Lordship John Maclean.
2024-04-131h 44TaropediaEpisode 13: Estuarial MinglingsWe chill in the flesh and cover the Empress and the four threes. There's a bunch of good stuff in here! We try hard to penetrate into the substance of the number three. What is it, even? It's not even, that's for sure. We do get into some Christianity and Polyvagal theory and even some mathematics? Hard to say. Some downsides are Phil's embarassing Sanskrit pronuciations and at one point Ben drops the baton of the prayer bowl onto the prayer bowl and it makes a startling clang. You have all been warned. Outro music is some audio clips...
2024-04-061h 24TaropediaEpisode 12: The AM BitchIt's the High Priestess and the Four Twos! Rubba dub dub. Wiggle wiggle, hip hop, flip flop. We get into all sorts of stuff and Phil records from his bathtub. Listen for a really resonant sonic experience. We talk about sympathetic vibration, entrainment, about the process of change... we allude to masturbation and Ben burps... there is much too much to mention. As a special treat there is an outro clip of the hilarious Jessa Reed impersonating the High Priestess with virtuosity and grace. The clip comes from her podcast AOD, episode "Don't Be Corn." Phil added some piano...
2024-03-301h 14TaropediaEpisode 11: Uno, U Kno?We hope we're onto a more digestable format for distributing content here, folks, as instead of moving through a chaotic, clean sweep of the cards we are now going over them by number. Today is NUMBA ONE, folks. The Magician and the Four Aces. Listen to hear musings about mewing, music, magick, and manifesting. There's a teaser in here for some of Ben's freefrunning philosophy and some nifty thoughts inspired by Phil's prayer bowl. Listen to the end for some of Phil's music featuring a mantra to Ganesh and mandolin. Wow. Lova ya, folks.
2024-03-231h 39TaropediaEpisode 10: Beam, Bean BothIt's the Tenth one and that feels special. It's the Court Cards too, and that's nifty. About roles, personality... Phil tries to squeeze the court cards into a string orchestra festival analogy and we talk about co-regulation in polyvagal theory. Outro music is Agaga by May Edda (feat Léon).
2024-03-161h 53TaropediaEpisode 9: Sir BlugsGreetings once again. Today's episode is an overview of the Pentacles suit. All about goal-setting, problem solving, learning, growing and becoming Opulent. This episode is all about how to make your coffers groan under the lusty weight of their contents.
2024-03-091h 02TaropediaBONUS EPISODE: Hax SomarWe have a reading for you, folks! Big bonus! Bing Bog! Bing Rog Bips! A reading for Phil and upon his heart we uncover guilt and confusion around his weed smoking, so we ask the cards (and Phil and Ben's own 'higher thoughts') to weigh in. Please enjoy and enjoy responsibly. Cheers xo
2024-03-0252 minTaropediaEpisode 8: Cwinge WinThis one is another marathon but we promise it's worth it!! We are gathered together in the flesh in NYC for this episode, and that means we smoke weed together and get into some really interesting stuff. We cover the entire swords suit (although we conduct a short reading to determine our course, it not being initially momentous), and Phil relays his experience performing Tchaikovsky vioiln concerto on a stomach flu, turning it into a creative allegory of the unfolding of the sequence 1-10 of swords. As an extra special treat there is a recording of such an event...
2024-03-022h 16TaropediaEpisode 7.5: Bereaved, RelievedOops. This is the end of episode 7 which got clipped. We were so disappointed when we heard the non-episode ending. By the way, the outro music is vibes of 8 cups by Phil.
2024-02-2615 minTaropediaEpisode 7: 'Course It DidThis is an ambitious (14-card) sweep this episode, folks, and we hope you will persevere in solidarity with us as we travel from the 7 of Wands all the way 1-10 of the Cups suit. It's truly an adventure and a collection of many many minutes, absolutely. Among the topics we brush against are Love, Entrainment, Addiction, western music theory, asceticism, feng shui... many many. xo!
2024-02-242h 14TaropediaEpisode 6: Flaming YawnThe First episode we ever recorded! We are like awkward little podcast babies burping and spittling all over the microphones. We go over the first seven cards of the Wands suit. Outro music "Fanning out" for two violins.
2024-02-171h 26TaropediaEpisode 5: Fwesh BwedMajor Arcana 19-21. Phil explores the boundary between a cough and a sneeze and Ben makes a mysterious wet sound. Other topics include Polyvagal theory, musical performance as mortification ritual, and lemonade enjoyed on porches. Brothers, behold, my brothers, They meet, two star-bound spirits in the sky encountering. In silence they gaze the one upon the other. He sings no more, And yet his sunburnt throat throbs with the song; And in her limbs the happy dance is stayed But not asleep.
2024-02-101h 20TaropediaBONUS EPISODE: Troob HeenisPhil gives Ben a reading!! Phil shares all about his philosophy with readings and Ben gets soul naked for everyone. Music at end of episode is title-less "Wheel of Fortune" music for two violins. Cheers!
2024-02-032h 01TaropediaEpisode 4: RibbetedBen and Phil go through 17-19 of the Major Arcana (The Star, the Moon and the Sun) and talk all sorts of things. Fun times had, rabbit holes plunged. Please enjoy. Music at end of pod episode is an eary draft of a collaboration between Phil and @gaieasanskrit. Very sweet, more to come. xo
2024-02-031h 06TaropediaEpisode 3: Kribbzin LumHi! Here we delve into two of the Topmost scary cards in the deck, which be the Devil and the Tower, but we try to give them a really kind and positive spin so no one has to feel afraid if they draw these cards. Smooches for everyone! Also we talk about squirrels. There is sound of our father practicing piano in the background but we think this is a marked improvement to noise of radiator screaming (as was the case in our original Devil episode which we discarded). If you are sad to miss radiator screams, p...
2024-01-271h 05TaropediaEpisode 2: Overflowing Rims#2 of our overview series. We're back and this week we review 1-7 of the major arcana, recorded prior to our episode last week... We recognize this is confusing and we apologize for this and also for our gaslighting references on air to 'previous episodes' which have not been released yet. We will get onto a linear timeline asap stat, folks. Please enjoy. xo
2024-01-201h 08TaropediaEpisode 1: Beef's BreakfastBen and Phil take a sweep through cards 1-14 of the Major Arcana... it's mostly 8-14. The rest of the deck is forthcoming! Sorry for all the burps and slurps, this one's particularly bad. The music coming off of Ben's phone @ beginning is something from a Minecraft soundtrack I think and Ben will be happy to let you know what it is if you ask him.
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Adapt or PerishHamlet (Ep. 125)With Episode 125 of Adapt or Perish, it's time for us to revisit the Bard and take a look at William Shakespeare's greatest theater kid antagonist, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark! In this episode, we discuss: William Shakespeare's original play, most likely written between 1599 and 1601 The 1948 theatrical movie directed and adapted by Laurence Olivier, and starring Olivier, Basil Sydney, Eileen Herlie, Jean Simmons, and Peter Cushing The 1964 stage production directed by John Gielgud, and starring Richard Burton, Hume Cronyn, Alfred Drake, Eileen Herlie, John Cullum, and the voice of Gielgud Hamlet at Elsinore, the 1964 TV movie directed by...
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Listen to the Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenThe Man Born To Be King: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection by Dorothy L. SayersPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/549956 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Man Born To Be King: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection Author: Dorothy L. Sayers Narrator: Gabriel Woolf, John Laurie, Mary Wimbush, Norman Shelley, John Westbrook, Full Cast, Miriam Margolyes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: December 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Dorothy L. Sayers' classic play cycle based on the life and times of Jesus Dorothy L. Sayers was best known for her mystery novels featuring aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. But she...
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Peds OrthoLit. Update with Jennifer BeckJennifer Beck from UCLA and the Orthopaedic Institute for Children joins us to discuss bone health in children including how to incentivize patients to take their vitamin D and relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S). We also discuss some of Dr. Beck's preferences for ACL reconstruction and highlight new literature on screening for cervical instability in Down Syndrome, implant selection for Triplanes, whether ankle fractures with syndesmosis injuries do worse, and more! Your hosts are Carter Clement from Children's Hospital of New Orleans and Josh Holt from University of Iowa. Music by A.A. Alto.
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2021-08-3144 minPeds OrthoSpecial Edition - Live at POSNA2021 with Collin May, Coleen Sabatini, Jon Schoenecker, & Salil UpasaniSpecial Edition recorded as a live panel at the POSNA2021 Annual Meeting with content from the first day of scientific presentations covering Trauma and Infection. Featured authors include Drs. Collin May of Boston Children's Hospital, Coleen Sabatini of UCSF, Jon Schoenecker of Vanderbilt, and Salil Upasani of Rady Children's Hospital.
Your hosts are Carter Clement from Children’s Hospital of New Orleans, Nick Fletcher from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory, Josh Holt from University of Iowa, & Craig Louer from Vanderbilt University. Music by A. A. Alto.
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TK with James Scott: A Writing, Reading, & Books PodcastJulia Fine & Erin WicksOf all the terrible just-out-of-college jobs that have been described on TK, Julia Fine probably had the worst. Later, she ended up leaving a good position to pursue an MFA, and the result is WHAT SHOULD BE WILD, a (wild) combination of fairy tale, folklore, mystery, road trip, and countless other inspirations. She and James talk about how she managed to juggle so many influences while avoiding genre expectations. Plus, Julia's editor from Harper, Erin Wicks. - Julia Fine: https://www.julia-fine.com/ Julia and James discuss: Annie Hartnett Colu...
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