The Gentle Rebel Podcast

The Gentle Rebel Podcast


Latest Episodes

#058: Give Way to the Events that Draw Your Roadmap [Podcast]
October 22, 2013

Who we are is the result of the choices we make in response to each event. Character is the built in the space between the event and the choice. Life is a series of events, and we are made up of the choices we make in response to the events. I had a car c

#021: Where Does Inspiration Come From?
November 13, 2012

After a conversation with a friend about the nature of inspiration, I thought it only appropriate to talk about it on the podcast. Why are artists like ducks?. Music: Dan Whitehouse - Somewhere I Don't Want to Go, Michael Jordan Touchdown Pass - Baby Ste

#020: Irony and Cultural Pornography
November 08, 2012

is marketing anything more than cultural pornography? can anything be done ironically anymore? Answers and more in this week's show. Music: Sleeping Bag - Slime, Mr Ben Sir - Ports, Foreign Fields - Names and Races, Adebishi Shank - Genki Shank, and Lower

#019: Catching the Fish of Inspiration (Thoughts on Song-Writing)
October 25, 2012

The topic for this week's podcast has been chosen by you, the listener. I am talking about song writing: my approach, attitude and understanding of it (and other creative endeavours). Music from Aaron Espe - Hanging by a Thread, The Little Phillistines -

#018 Why You COULD Be Successful
October 17, 2012

This week I talk about the recipe for success. It involves throwing a word out of our vocabulary. This is how. If you'd like to suggest topics for future episodes then please send me a message. The musical sounds this week are provided by the followin

#017: Not The Intended Topic
October 03, 2012

A shorter show this week in which I talk about why I was going to talk about what I intended to talk about. I just never got round to actually talking about it. Music from Big Giant Circles, Dave Gerard and the Watchmen, Toodar and Matt Stevens. As well

#016: The Stuff Amnesty
September 26, 2012

As a follow up to the last episode this week I talk through a few ways we could relax our obsession with and unhealthy reliance on stuff. Open your minds real wide now. Includes the following tracks: Ricky Eat Acid + Arrange – Alumni Hammock – Ten Th

#015: The Sinking Car
September 05, 2012

This week I discuss 'stuff', and its impact on the way we live, the skills we have and the future we are creating for ourselves. Music comes from Denison Witmer, Luke Sital-Singh, Niva and Timbre.

#014: Presents – The Six Phases
July 31, 2012

This episode looks at the different types of presents we look for as we get older, whether that's for Christmas, Birthday or just generally in life. Do we look for quantity, size, usefulness, fun etc? Maybe its some or all of these as we grow up, progre

#013: The More I Learn the Less I Know
July 25, 2012

As I get older I become less sure about everything. The more I learn about things the less I know about everything. Despite our intentions, the world is not dualistic, but rather it is chaotic and difficult to compartmentalise. We need the freedom to be