In this episode of the Head The Gong Podcast, I check in from home/quarantine as the novel coronavirus continues to leave its mark on the whole wide world.
HTG Podcast #42: Self-censorship sucks
In this episode of the Head The Gong Podcast, I stumble and bumble my way into a moment of self-honesty in which I find myself giving less of a fuck.
HTG Podcast #41: Watch and wait
In this episode of the Head The Gong Podcast, the Cancer Chronicles continue with an update following my visit to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
HTG Podcast #40: The power of expectations
In this episode of the Head The Gong Podcast, I recount and reflect upon the latest twists and turns of my “journey” since being diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Happiness = Reality – Expectations. That’s what they say, and I think they might be right, so learning to calibrate expectations and hold them as lightly as possible continues to be a challenge.
HTG Podcast #39: Cancer Diagnosis
In this episode of the Head The Gong Podcast, I update my own health status, which includes a recent diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
HTG Podcast #38: Bad blood
In this episode of the Head The Gong Podcast, I talk my way through a worried mind as I wait for blood test results that will reveal whether or not I have cancer.
HTG Podcast #37: Sunday morning sidewalk
In this episode of the Head The Gong Podcast, I once again, for the second consecutive episode, phone it in, literally, by which I mean I recorded a series of random rants on my way to and from work, on my iPod Touch, which is kind of like a phone. Speaking of phones, it seems as if most of the human race has developed a bizarre, addictive relationship with them, surrendering to the algorithmic overlords our most precious resource – our attention.
HTG Podcast #36: Incoherent commutation and inescapable assholery
In this episode of the Head The Gong Podcast, I rant and ramble incoherently on my morning commute to and from work. Eventually the chain of associations led to my admiration of Gillian Welch’s song Everything is free, so I hastily recorded a cover version.
Everything is free, by Gillian Welch
HTG Podcast #35: Shared humanity
In this episode of the Head The Gong Podcast, I reflect on my long-standing tendency to distance myself from others, both through reflexive negative judgments and through the flip-side tendency of taking myself way too seriously. I also gush about my most recent musical crush: Madison Cunningham.
HTG Podcast #34: Uncle Al
In this episode of the Head The Gong Podcast, I make noises into microphones at the Tampa International Airport, in my bedroom studio, and looking out over my back yard.
Media referenced:
- Cal Newport on solitude
- Srinivas Rao on “Why Excessive Consumption Limits Your Creativity”
- Julia Galef & Ezra Klein on “How to argue better and change your mind more”
- Paul Graham on “Keeping your identity small”
