Ethical Adulthood: A Detroit Soundtrack | What I Am by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

Send us Fan MailSome songs arrive carrying a philosophy.Others arrive making fun of philosophy.In this episode, I revisit Edie Brickell & New Bohemians’ 1988 hit What I Am—a loose, wobbly, deceptively wise song that asks what happens when our minds become a little too impressed with themselves.Part memory piece, part cultural reflection, and part cautionary tale about certainty, this episode explores intellectual peacockery, spiritual performance, the seduction of sounding profound, and the difference between real insight and showing off our feathers.Along the way, we’ll visit Laguna Beach in 1988, talk about why this remarkable album still holds together decades later, explore the surprising connection between Edie Brickell and Paul Simon, and consider one of the most useful questions ethical adulthood can ask:Am I telling the truth?Or am I enjoying my feathers?Sometimes philosophy really is the talk on a cereal box.Sometimes religion really is a smile on a dog.And sometimes wisdom sounds less like certainty and more like:“I know what I know, if you know what I mean.”Thanks for listening.#EthicalAdulthood #DetroitSoundtrack #EdieBrickell #WhatIAm #PaulSimon #PersonalGrowth #Philosophy #SelfAwareness #Podcast #SpokenWordAndrea Fiondo | Kundalini Yoga in Detroit, LLC