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The Barrcast
by Nick Barr
Subscribe to my podcast for musings on the Enneagram, IFS, the structure of care, the mystery of faith, and lots more. barrcast.substack.com
Episodes
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The Atmosphere of the Five: Melancholy, Suspicion, Fascination, Sadism, and Strictness in the Enneagram
Description: Before we proceed to Naranjo’s traits of the 5, we work through the diagram that opens the chapter. * Why know the whole system: your number isn’t much use without the others. Plus, a case against wings and for subtypes. * 4 vs. 6: the 5 as a polarization between a melancholic aching...
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Exploring the Clinical Antecedents for the Enneagram Five: Autism, the Schizoid Personality, and the Highly Sensitive Person
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The Four Devils: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on Severance
Transcript Hello and welcome to the Barrcast. I’m your host, Nick Barr, coming to you on a rainy summer Monday afternoon here in Brooklyn, New York. If you’ve been following along with the Barrcast, you know that we ran a series of posts on Evagrius Ponticus, the Christian desert father, who…
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Evagrius Ponticus: Grandfather of the Enneagram (pt 2)
Transcript Hello and welcome to the Barrcast. I’m your host, Nick Barr, coming to you on a Wednesday afternoon here in New York. We’re in the middle of a major cold period here and storms may be coming this weekend. So what better time to learn about tactics for resisting the eight evil thoughts…
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Evagrius Ponticus: Grandfather of the Enneagram (pt 1)
Transcript Welcome to the Barrcast. I’m your host, Nick Barr, coming to you on a sunny and cold winter morning here in New York. We are going to start reading the Praktikos today. So this is 100 chapters. It’s not long, but I expect this to take two episodes. Why are we reading the Praktikos?…
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We Live in Time: Riffing on the Enneagram of Temporality
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The Sycophancy Bug proves that ChatGPT knows your Enneagram Number
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Security and the Self-Preservation Three
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Attractiveness and the Sexual Three
Hello and welcome to the Barrcast. I'm your host, Nick Barr, coming to you on a sunny and breezy, April 1st. April Fool's Day. So, it's been a while since my last chapter, but if you'll remember, we're on the sexual 3, whose keyword is attractiveness. So I actually recorded this one a few weeks…
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How the Enneagram bridges Eastern and Western conceptions of sin
[Transcript] The Origin of Sin According to the Enneagram Hello and welcome to the Barrcast. I'm your host, Nick Barr, coming to you on a Wednesday morning. Today I want to talk about sin and the Enneagram, particularly how the Enneagram explains the origin of sin. We're going to go esoteric, but…
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Prestige and the Social Three
In this episode of the Barrcast, we meet the Social Three, a personality structure driven by prestige, the need to shine, and the relentless pursuit of social validation. This subtype, the most chameleonic of the Threes, is deeply tuned in to the gaze of others, shaping their identity around...
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#Opentowork: Vanity and the Enneagram Three
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Privilege and the Self Preservation Two
In this episode of the Barrcast, we encounter the Self-Preservation Two, a personality structure deeply connected to privilege and the power of exhibiting childlike traits. This is a structure that seeks love and validation without the effort of achievement or responsibility. Transformation for...
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Conquest and the Sexual Two
In this episode of the Barrcast, we get to know the Sexual Two, whose keyword is conquest. Unlike the Social Two's ambition to impress groups, the Sexual Two channels their energy into one-on-one relationships, employing seduction as a tool for eliciting affection, loyalty, and recognition....
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Ambition and the Social Two
In this episode of the Barrcast, we get to know the Social Two, a personality structure driven by the need for ambition and recognition in the social sphere. The Social Two’s pride fuels their desire to be "above," leading them to craft an image of importance and seduction to win admiration from...
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Apple of my eye: Pride and the Enneagram Two
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Concern and the Self Preservation One
In this episode of The Barrcast, we wrap up the One with the Self-Preservation One, whose keyword is concern, a constant worrying. Unlike the other subtypes, the SP One accesses perfectionism through being painfully attuned to their own imperfections. Talking Points: 🫵 The Inner CriticUnlike the...
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Zeal and the Sexual One
In this episode of The Barrcast, we explore the Sexual One, whose keywords are vehemence and zeal. Unlike the other One subtypes, the Sexual One channels their anger into a passionate pursuit of justice and righteousness. The result is a personality whose trust in the instincts of their body...
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Inadaptability/Superiority and the Social One
In this episode of The Barrcast, we learn aboutthe Social One, whose keywords are inadaptability and superiority. Unlike the other subtypes, the Social One asserts their correctness and moral high ground through a subtler, more withdrawn approach. Talking Points: 🧍 Sitting at the grownups...
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Not quite my tempo: Anger and the Enneagram One
In this episode of The Barrcast, we introduce the Enneagram One, known as the Reformer. As part of the doing triad, the One is characterized by the passion of anger— not the fighting instinct, but something more primordial, rooted in the frustration caused by the friction between what is and what...
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Appetite and the Self-Preservation Nine
In this episode of The Barrcast we wrap up the Nine with the self-preservation subtype, a character shaped by “appetite.” Unlike the overt hunger of other types, the Nine’s appetite is a more instinctual desire for comfort, stability, and numbing pacification. We discuss how this appetite…
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The mind's moment of truth
(This is an edited transcript of the video) I’m going to do something a bit self-indulgent here and just riff for a few minutes. I’ve been asking myself: what is this project I’ve been working on for the past 18 months? It started with implementing Internal Family Systems (IFS) in ChatGPT, and…
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Symbiosis and the Sexual Nine
In this episode of the Barrcast, we explore the Sexual Nine, a character defined by their drive for “symbiosis” or deep fusion with others. The Sexual Nine’s yearning for union stems from a profound sense of disconnection within themselves, leading them to seek a complete merging with others as a...
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Participation/Belonging & the Social Nine
In this episode of the Barrcast, we get to know the Social Nine, a character defined by their need for “participation” or “belonging.” The Social Nine’s longing to belong stems from a chronic feeling of not fitting in, leading them to overcompensate by taking on roles that make them indispensable...
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Float On: Sloth and the Enneagram Nine
In this episode of the Barrcast, we introduce the Nine, a personality type often described as peaceful and self-forgetting. Positioned at the top of the Enneagram, the Nine is sometimes considered the "baseline" type, able to look down on with unique challenges in self-awareness and motivation.…
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Satisfaction and the Self-Preservation Eight
In this episode of the Barrcast, we explore the Self-Preservation Eight, whose passion is “satisfaction”—a need driven by survival and self-interest. Topics include: the lion-like nature of the Self-Preservation Eight, their pursuit of security and control; how they express strength through...
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Possessiveness and the Sexual Eight
In this episode of the Barrcast, we dive into the Sexual Eight, whose core passion is “possessiveness.” Topics include the voraciousness of the Sexual Eight, their intense need for control, power, and autonomy and their tendency toward detachment from intellect. Discussion touches on their amoral...
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Complicity and the Social Eight
In this episode of the Barrcast, we look into the Social Eight, whose passion is “complicity;” a particular flavor of friendship that is defined by teaming up against a shared enemy. Topics include: the rebellious yet loyal nature of the Social Eight, the origins of their opposition to authority;...
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Some Like it Hot: Lust and the Enneagram Eight
In this episode of the BarrCast, we start our journey into the gut triad, starting with the Eight. Topics covered include: the passion of lust in type eight, their need for intensity, and the psychological underpinnings behind their pursuit of justice, autonomy, and dominance. This is a public...
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Family and the Self Preservation Seven
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Suggestibility and the Sexual Seven
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Origins of the Enneagram: Arriving at the 9 enneatypes through the 3 faculties
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Sacrifice and the Social Seven
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This Is Fine – Gluttony and the Enneagram Seven
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Warmth and the Self-Preservation Six
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Strength and the Sexual Six
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Duty and the Social Six
Transcript Hello and welcome to the BarrCast. I'm your host, Nick Barr, coming to you on a windy Friday afternoon. So we're jumping into the social six and the keyword for the social six is in Spanish, in English duty, duty or obligation. And remembering that the background passion for all of the...
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Angst! 😱 Fear and the Enneagram Six
Transcript Hello and welcome to the Barrcast. I'm your host Nick Barr coming to you on a rainy gray Thursday morning here in New York. We're moving on to the six today and I'm excited for that because the six is the type that I feel the weakest on in terms of my understanding of the operating...
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Refuge and the Self-Preservation Five
Hello and welcome to the Barrcast. I'm your host, Nick Barr, coming to you on a Sunday evening. We're getting a lot of rain in New York, so we've got hot, muggy weather. And it's a good time to seek refuge, and so that's the keyword of the Enneagram Type 5 self-preservation, or in Spanish,...
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Confidant and the Sexual Five
Transcript Hello and welcome to the Barrcast. I'm your host Nick Barr coming to you on a Tuesday afternoon. We're trucking along here with the five and we're on to the sexual five today. The keyword for the sexual five is confianza which is translated here as trust. If you also hear confidence in...
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Totem and the Social Five
Transcript Hello and welcome to the BarrCast. I'm your host, Nick Barr, coming to you on a Sunday evening here in New York, a little muggy. I've had some recording issues and I lost the audio for some reason. It dropped in the last couple of attempts. So I'm just going to try something a little...
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Tenacity and the Self-Preservation Four
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Rivalry and the Sexual Four
Transcript Hello and welcome to the BarCast. I'm your host, Nick Barr, coming to you on a Wednesday evening. I am taking off for a few days, flying out to Miami tomorrow, but I thought before I do that, I want to carry on this project and record another session. So we're doing the sexual floor...
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Abasement and the Social Four
Transcript Hello, and welcome to the Barrcast. I'm your host, Nick Barr, coming to you on a lovely Monday morning here in Brooklyn, New York. We're going to continue on with our Enneagram journey, our close reading of Claudio Naranjo's 27 Personalities in Search of Being. 0:19 We are on the four,...
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Dearly Missed: Envy and the Enneagram Four
Hello and welcome to the Barrcast. I'm your host, Nick Barr, coming to you on a sunny and reasonably cool Friday morning here in New York. I want to do a podcast within a podcast. So I'm going to be doing a series of recordings about the Enneagram, in particular the types four and five, where I...
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The Barrcast #55: Responding to pmarca's vision of infinitely compassionate machines
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Tár: Death of the Sun God
In celebration of the Oscars and my favorite film of the year, I’ve recorded a running commentary of Tár. The best way to experience this is to start the movie right when you click play on the podcast, and it will feel like we were hanging out on the couch together… and I’m talking the whole…
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The Power of Cards – #2 ft. Azlen Elza
Video: Episode highlights: * Designing in nouns and verbs * Inside-out vs outside-in design * Alien technologies * Cards as supernouns * Progressive competition Selected links: * Azlen’s card prototype * Bananagrams * Metaphors We Live By * Voyages in sentence space This is a public episode. If…
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The Power of Cards – #1 ft. David Cole
Video here: Episode highlights: * Magic the Gathering: cards that left an impression * Can managers use cards to understand and be understood by their teams? * David’s prototype using whiteboard cards (!), label-makers, and dice * What’s the opposite of cards? Selected links: * Amy Weber’s cards…
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Cards: The Power of Cards, Episode 0, ft. Matt
Matt and I spend just about an hour waxing nostalgic on hyper-specific memories of the cards we bought, played, and traded. Featuring: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit barrcast.substack.com
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