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The Comet’s Tale

by The Comet’s Tale Podcast

Ty and Caitlin have been close friends since high school and are now young adults living the Anthropocene dream. They’re in search of their respective places in the world, navigating a pandemic, and trying to find sustaining joy and uncover what it means to be and become human. These are their raw conversations.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 39: Fires and Flopping

    Ty and Caitlin discuss the current wildfires in Colorado, three floptastic personalities, and the role of flopping in their own lives. How hot has your flop been?

  2. Episode 38: Spiritual Crimes

    Ty and Caitlin sit down with returning guest Riley and new guest Kayli on their last night visiting Ty in Chicago to discuss spiritual crimes. What are spiritual crimes? Who perpetrates them? The axis of morality looks different at midnight.

  3. Episode 37: The Year of Jim

    Ty and Caitlin talk about 2025 and their aspirations for 2026. May Jim bless us all!

  4. Episode 36: Thanksliving

    Caitlin and Ty reunite in the former’s loft for a snowy download on the topic of gratitude. With Thanksgiving on the horizon, the pair contemplates the power of appreciation. It’s giving… season

  5. Episode 35: Portals and Addison Rae’s Guide to Becoming a Woman

    Ty and Caitlin are back together again in the attic where it all started. They talk about portals, aqueous and not, and share their musings on Addison Rae’s eponymous album of the summer. Girl talk.

  6. Episode 34: Count Orlok’s Guide to Being a Sigma: Worldbuilding and Female Sexuality in 2025 (Pt. 3)

    Ty, Caitlin, and returning guest Riley spend a Sunday regaling their views of the new Nosferatu in three glorious parts. Don’t let it in!

  7. Episode 34: Count Orlok’s Guide to Being a Sigma: Worldbuilding and Female Sexuality in 2025 (Pt. 2)

    Ty, Caitlin, and returning guest Riley spend a Sunday regaling their views of the new Nosferatu in three glorious parts. Don’t let it in!

  8. Episode 34: Count Orlok’s Guide to Being a Sigma: Worldbuilding and Female Sexuality in 2025 (Pt. 1)

    Ty, Caitlin, and returning guest Riley spend a Sunday regaling their views of the new Nosferatu in three glorious parts. Don’t let it in!

  9. Episode 33: New Year, Old Hits

    Ty and Caitlin ring in the new year in Caitlin’s lovely, lavish loft by reflecting on the topography of 2024 and setting some intentions for the year ahead. Gwen Stefani guest stars in the conversation as an archetype of worldly indulgence and aesthetic liberation. Are you feeling yummy head to toe?

  10. Episode 32: Freedom (pt. 2)

    Ty and Caitlin sit down at their local Chili’s to queen out over the current political situation and the film “V for Vendetta” while they’re still legally able to. We got cut off by Caitlin’s birth control alarm and we’re struggling with the new constraints of our recording/editing/upload app so...

  11. Episode 32: Freedom (pt. 1)

    Ty and Caitlin sit down at their local Chili’s to queen out over the current political situation and the film “V for Vendetta” while they’re still legally able to. We got cut off by Caitlin’s birth control alarm and we’re struggling with the new constraints of our recording/editing/upload app so...

  12. Episode 31: Wealth

    Ty and Caitlin harness the power of video and the changing technology to bring you discussion about wealth using the films A Little Princess and Blue Jasmine. Tears flow and goosbumps are had. If one thing is sure, Salt Lake City mall kiosk workers are witches of the highest order. Continuing...

  13. Episode 30: Sleep

    Ty, Caitlin, and returning guest Erin H. talk about the necessity, politics, and odd sides of sleep and dreams. Palestine links: https://wck.org/relief/middle-east-2023 https://www.anera.org/where-we-work/palestine/gaza/

  14. Episode 29: We Think We Like Our Little McLives

    Ty and Caitlin talk about “little lives,” living an authentic life, and the idea of a McLife, partly through the lens of the film “American Beauty.” Do you like your stupid little life? Resources for Palestine: https://www.anera.org/where-we-work/palestine/gaza/ https://wck.org/search/tag/gaza

  15. Episode 28: Whale Rider, Ancestry, and Heritage

    Ty and Caitlin discuss the film “Whale Rider” through themes of ancestry, heritage, colonialism, tradition, and progress. How do we go forward with what we internalize about our individual and collective histories? Links for aid to Palestine: Doctors Without Borders:...

  16. Episode 27: Solstice SHtones of Remembrance

    Ty and Caitlin reflect on their year through the lens of a Tik Tok character created by Andi Marie Tillman, some Jung, Robert A. Johnson, and the idea of a “stone of remembrance.” Happy sholstice, merry rockmas, and a stony new year to you, listener. Links for content and continued support to...

  17. Episode 26: Pour One Out for Dionysus: Pleasure and Pain in the Modern World

    Ty and Caitlin discuss pleasure, partly using Audre Lorde’s essay “The Uses of the Erotic, and partly employing charcuterie. How can we feel sustainably good in our modern world while also acknowledging the bad? Answer, for Ty, apparently, is, resoundingly: Rose Toy. Link to donate to…

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  18. Episode 25: Death, Life, and the Possibility of Impossibility

    Ty and Caitlin talk to another longtime friend Erin about Darren Aronofsky’s “The Fountain.” We cover thoughts on the film, death in general, and current events just in time for Halloween, the beginning of the death of the year. Below are links to donate to humanitarian relief organizations...

  19. Episode 24: And Honey, You’ve Got Style!

    Ty and Caitlin gussy up for a conversation on fashion and style. How does one locate their own style? Is there authenticity in superficiality? One thing remains certain: you better put your GallianUSSY into it! Links to the mentioned shows Dior S/S 2004:...

  20. Episode 23: Go As a River: A Story of Independence, Resilience, and Making Do

    Ty and Caitlin discuss Shelley Read’s debut novel, “Go As A River.” Happy peach season! Sorry for the glitches!

  21. Episode 22: Ramble on Madness

    Ty and Caitlin get together for a more casual and loose conversation. The through-line ends up being the idea of madness: from experiences in place and life to the archetype of the crazy king.

  22. Episode 21: Synchronicity and Serendipity

    Ty and Caitlin use the Y2K rom-com classic “Serendipity” to discuss synchronicities and the twists and turns of life. Ty cringed. Caitlin cried, per usual. We’re out here living the questions. Are you?

  23. Episode 20: Living Artistically

    Ty and Caitlin discuss and broaden the idea of what it means to be an artist. We actually do want to see your vision boards.

  24. Happy One Year Minisode (19)

    Ty and Caitlin reflect on a year of The Comet’s Tale! Thank you all for your support, and here’s to another year of talking about stuff that does and doesn’t matter!

  25. Episode 18: Send in the Clowns

    Ty and Caitlin ruminate on questions of comedy; what makes something funny? Why are we tickled? What’s a comic sensibility, and what does it have to say about the world’s rules? Despite some audio impairments (we’ll fix it for future episodes, we promise) the jokes and roasts are a-flowin’.

  26. Episode 17: It’s a Bella Hadid Life

    Ty and Caitlin discuss ideas of fate, community, wonder, and the concept of a 'big life' as revealed through the classic Christmas film 'It's a Wonderful Life.’ Ty waxes about Bella Hadid as archetype and Caitlin fancies herself a George Bailey. What's on everyone's music year in review?

  27. Episode 16: Can We Tok?

    Ty and Caitlin are joined by their friend Riley to “tok” about that one app we all know and love. We really do appreciate the fountain of consciousness it brings us, but we recognize its power in both good and scary ways. Riley’s picks: tbd Caitlin’s picks: urlovematters sweetsugarpopz phat_wes...

  28. Episode 15: In The Mountains…With Snow: Landscape and Sense of Place

    Ty and Caitlin are reunited on Caitlin’s patio talking about landscape and the impressions it leaves on a human. WHO is Gehenna?

  29. Episode 14: Amor Fati and “Everything Everywhere All At Once”

    Ty and Caitlin sit down for yet another remote discussion about the film “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” If you had the chance to LOVE your fate, would ye?

  30. Episode 13: Vocation

    Ty and Caitlin call across the country to have a (pretty glitchy) conversation about jobs and how they differ from what one would call a “vocation.” *Rhapsody in Blue plays*

  31. Episode 12: Expansion/Possibility

    Ty and Caitlin have their first remote discussion about how the world has expanded for them recently. Ty is like a little ant navigating the big city, and Caitlin, with her Outlander obsession, reacquaints herself with a literal crowd of people.

  32. Episode 11: Shifts

    Ty and Caitlin wax a little pessimistic about the current politics of the United States, but mainly enjoy the victory of Ty moving to New York. Will he become the new Rasputin? Stay tuned.

  33. Episode 10: Climate Change

    Ty and Caitlin are joined by their friend, Erin, in her parents’ backyard to talk about humans and their relationship with the environment, and how to stay vigilant but optimistic in a changing climate.

  34. Episode 9: Menacery and the Liberation of Solitude

    Ty and Caitlin discuss what it means to be a menace through the film “Joker.” Ty reflects on a moment he had in Taco Bell about being totally and irrecoverably alone as a human. We’re just raw-dogging reality over here.

  35. Episode 8: Alchemy and Astrology

    Ty and Caitlin talk about the cosmologies that they currently employ. Big earth energy, ya know?

  36. Episode 7: Finite and Infinite Games

    Ty and Caitlin discuss “Finite and Infinite Games” by James P. Carse. Sure to be talked about on future episodes, this is our most esoteric one yet!

  37. Episode 6: Arete

    Ty and Caitlin talk about people and activities that exemplify the Greek ideal of arete, or greatness. Topics include: figure skating, gnostically knowing your destiny, and inspirational moments that bolster a sense of humanity.

  38. Episode 5: Isn’t It Queer?

    Ty and Caitlin share stories of their lived experiences as queer people growing up and living in a rural context. “…What in the world?” And yes, we could have edited the last part out but technical difficulties were happening. This is an exercise in expression. Content>execution.

  39. Episode 4: Embodiment and Performance

    Ty and Caitlin explore what it means to be embodied. They also share interesting facets of performance mainly through the lens of Wim Wender’s “Pina” and personal anecdotes. Guess how many times they can say the word “body” in one hour. Guest appearance by Teddy the Pomeranian.

  40. Episode 3: Big Fish, Dreaming and Vision

    Ty and Caitlin discuss dreams and visions for life, particularly through the lens of Tim Burton’s film “Big Fish.” Pay attention to your dreams because your goat might die!

  41. Episode 2: Becoming An Agent

    Ty and Caitlin talk about the ideas in the book “Becoming An Agent” by Larry Cochran and Joan Laub and how it has informed their lives since reading it. Listen: “1000 Lb Sisters” is relevant in this one.

  42. Episode 1: Introduction/Intentions

    Ty and Caitlin have decided to embark on creating a podcast to not only serve as an archive for their thoughts, but to entertain themselves and maybe others.

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Ty and Caitlin have been close friends since high school and are now young adults living the Anthropocene dream. They’re in search of their respective places in the world, navigating a pandemic, and trying to find sustaining joy and uncover what it means to be and become human. These are their raw conversations.

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