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The Barrcast
by Barrcast
A podcast in which we discuss things that interest me, your host, Nick Barr!
Episodes
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#48 - Aphantasia w/ Matt
My 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.
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#47 - Alien optimisms
Why doesn't the optimism of Steven Pinker and David Deutsch offer me any hope or relief? An initial investigation
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#46 - How children fail
How children fail // a memory from 6th grade // Simpson’s Paradox
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#45 — Persecution, prosecution
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#44 — The Parable of Prince Nicholas and the Golden Key
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#43 — Work Rituals
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#42 — Run rituals regularly, and other lessons learned with Gary
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#41 — Markets vs Morals
Mentioned 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 ~ Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app:...
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#40 — Talking education & technology with Annie Chen
Follow Annie @_annieechen! Want to come on the Barrcast? You're invited! Sign up here: http://goo.gl/PNgg2V
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#39 — Breakfast with Natalie
In 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
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#38 — Polonium, Piano, Pedagogy w/ Matt
#38 — Polonium, Piano, Pedagogy w/ Matt by Barrcast
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#37 — Anti-discourse & dashing beliefs to pieces
In 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
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#36 — Marketing Buddhism: the 3 paths
In 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
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#35 — Learning is neither synchronous nor asynchronous
#35 — Learning is neither synchronous nor asynchronous by Barrcast
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#34 — Future Facts with Dave and Dan Carlin
We 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!
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#33 — Powerful metaphors
Images 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.jh2t9yyml8hv
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#32 — Reflecting on eyeo
The Barrcast returns from Minneapolis, where we attended the eyeo festival. Reflections on that and another Neruda poem to close out. eyeo: http://eyeofestival.com Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on...
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#31 — The Heights of Macchu Picchu, Pablo Neruda
https://www.amazon.com/Heights-Macchu-Picchu-Bilingual/dp/0374506485
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#30 — Here is New York
Here is New York: http://www.travel-studies.com/sites/default/files/White,%20Here%20Is%20New%20York.pdf Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: www.stitcher.com/podcast/barrcast. And consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/nsbarr
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#29 — Orbiting thoughts with Gary
Orbital: 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/ Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app:...
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#28 — Mutwille
Chapman: 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 Enjoying the Barrcast? Subscribe on your favorite podcast app:...
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#27 — It's raining Matt
Some 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...
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#26 — Dicks, boobs, poop: what Impro has to say about obscenity and creativity
We 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:...
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#25 — Chatting with Edlyn Yuen about Prompt and Projects
In 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…
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#24 Fandom and obsession in ELLE
In 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…
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#23 Nascer
In 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 song
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#22 Rogue One
#22 Rogue One by Barrcast
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#21 A little less conversation
We 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!...
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#20 Struttin' with some Cortázar
Here'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:...
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#19 I Remember
What 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 Enjoying the...
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#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:...
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#17 Jet Lag
The 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...
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#16 Strong opinions, strongly held
In 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:...
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#15 The Life-Changing Magic of Barrcasting
It'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...
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#14 Gombrowicz & the role of the critic
In 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
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#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…
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#12 Picasso & the Sensitive Artist
In 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
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#11 Nihilism
In 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:...
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#10 Rio Olympics & Mo' Meaningness
In 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: *...
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#9 Introduction to Meaningness
A 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/...
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#8 Tu Agonía
In 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...
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#7 El Idioma Analítico de John Wilkins
In 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=8930
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#6 Integra
In 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:...
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#5 Capitulo 68 de Rayuela
In 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...
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#4 El poema que tomó el lugar de una montaña
This 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…
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#3 A mis obligaciones
In 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...
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#2 La oveja negra
In 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…
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#1 García Márquez y la región encantada
Episode 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...
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