Like a Bird Podcast
by J E Chadwick
“One should be light like a bird, and not like a feather.” - Paul ValéryOne useful idea every Wednesday morning, usually an essay, but sometimes an interview. Most of the ideas will explore how to grow lighter and freer, like a bird, by gently cutting ourselves free. Many will be rooted in secular Buddhism, and everything that interests me: truth, love, books, creative sources, ego, friendship, raising boys, art, hard bop jazz, the mountains, meditation retreats, wealth, narcissism, solitude and addiction.Latest creative projects always at jechadwick.comPlease join us, share and of course give feedback. likeabird.substack.com
Episodes
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Watching One Day: Six Ways We Misunderstand Love
All creative projects at jechadwick.com — Did you also find yourself unexpectedly Binge-watching Netflix’s One Day, and what did YOU take out of it? — What did it say to you about relationships, and how we often misunderstand love? — What are the foundations of a healthy kind of love? Just when…
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Twelve Ways to Read Books
Why do so many of us still read? After all, there are now dozens of alternative ways to entertain or improve ourselves. Can a good book still compete with a blockbuster movie or an addictive computer game? Finding the time to sit down to read alone feels harder than ever, and too often we…
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Does your inner voice have a volume dial?
“All men need enough solitude in their lives to enable the deep inner voice of their own true self to be heard at least occasionally. When that inner voice is not heard, when he cannot attain the spiritual peace which comes from being perfectly at one with his true self, his life is always...
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An Interview With Gorbachev, And Why I Hate Parties
I once got the opportunity to meet and interview one of my all-time heroes, Mikhail Gorbachev. It was around 1993, a few years after he’d received the Nobel Peace Prize, and I was still an undergraduate at Oxford, trying to prove myself as a journalist on the student paper. One evening, the press...
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Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy
For more creative projects, check out jechadwick.com I spent Saturday afternoon exploring a 60,000-square-foot L.A. warehouse trying to make sense of Luna Luna, perhaps the greatest art story ever told. It spans six decades and features Jean-Michel Basquiat, Roy Lichtenstein, Salvador Dalí, David...
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Oscars special: Perfect Days by Wim Wenders
Subscribe to the weekly podcast here More creative projects at jechadwick.com Wim Wenders's latest movie is unlikely to win an Oscar on Sunday, yet I suspect Perfect Days will be watched and contemplated for many years to come. It’s a simple story told quietly, creating a space for everyone to…
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The Truth Really Can Set You Free
"There is a bidirectional relationship between truth and freedom, such that the truth will set you free, and only in being free can one aspire to uncover the truth." —Gad Saad — Have you ever been set free by the truth? How did it feel? — Has your relationship with the truth changed over time as...
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The Worst Shortcut to Happiness
“If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.” —Oprah Winfrey — Have you ever wanted to become famous, and why? How has this changed over time? — Do you know anybody who made big sacrifices in pursuit of fame? — Do you feel that society’s obsession with celebrity...
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How to Survive a Narcissist (Especially if it’s You)
Latest creative projects at jechadwick.com One useful idea a week. Usually an essay, but sometimes perhaps a video, a podcast interview, or a list. Most of the ideas will explore how to grow lighter and freer, like a bird, by gently cutting ourselves free. Many will be rooted in secular Buddhism.…
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How To Fire and Rehire Your Mind
Latest creative projects at jechadwick.com One useful idea a week. Usually an essay, but sometimes perhaps a video, a podcast interview, or a list. Most of the ideas will explore how to grow lighter and freer, like a bird, by gently cutting ourselves free. Many will be rooted in secular Buddhism.…
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About this show
“One should be light like a bird, and not like a feather.” - Paul ValéryOne useful idea every Wednesday morning, usually an essay, but sometimes an interview. Most of the ideas will explore how to grow lighter and freer, like a bird, by gently cutting ourselves free. Many will be rooted in secular Buddhism, and everything that interests me: truth, love, books, creative sources, ego, friendship, raising boys, art, hard bop jazz, the mountains, meditation retreats, wealth, narcissism, solitude and addiction.Latest creative projects always at jechadwick.comPlease join us, share and of course give feedback.
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