Weather of the Mind
Latest Episodes
Sports, Games, and Rituals. Cultural Spaces We Love (w/ David Foster Wallace).
Episode #93 Produced by: Doug Krisch Original Airdate: 16 October 2020 Length: 24 minutes - Reference: - "How Tracy Austin Broke My Heart" David Foster Wallace. From the book Consider the Lobster. 2006. Originally published Aug 30, 1992.
3 Thought Experiments to Reveal Your Guiding Principles
Episode #092 Original Airdate: 1 October 2020 Produced by: Doug Krisch Length: 23 minutes - - References: - "Two types of choices seem to have been crucial in tipping the outcomes [of various societies] toward success or failure: long-term plan...
5 Year Plan III: Know when to Hold’em, when to Fold’em
Episode #091 Produced by: Doug Krisch Original Airdate: 17 September 2020 Length: 30 minutes - - References - "Rastaman Vibrations" Bob Marley. 30 April 1976. - "Two types of choices seem to have been crucial in tipping the outcomes [of vario...
9/11 with David Foster Wallace (Fall Book Club)
Episode #090 Produced by: Doug Krisch Original Airdate: 10 September 2020 Length: 23 minutes - References David Foster Wallace, Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
Fall Book Club Intro: Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace
Episode # 089 Original Airdate: 27 August 2020 Produced by: Doug Krisch Length: 23 minutes -
5 Year Plan Part II: Like it or not, Life Requires Strategy
Episode #088 Produced by: Doug Krisch Original Airdate: 20 August 2020 Length: 24 minutes - Quotes: "A goal without a plan is just a wish." -Antoine de Saint Exupery - "The majority of people don't want to plan.
Building a 5-yr Plan Part I: Examining Notions of Success
Episode #087 Produced by: Doug Krisch Original Airdate: 12 August 2020 Length: 19 minutes - "Strive not to be a success, but to be of value." -Einstein - "Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.
The Present Moment Sucks
Episode 086 Original Airdate: 22 July 2020 Produced by: Doug Krisch Length: 21 minutes - - References: - The Daily (NYTimes podcast) w Rick Steves, May 8 2020 - The Daily (NYTimes podcast) On the Life of John Lewis, July 20 2020 -
2020 as Forest Fire (assignment included)
Episode #085 Original Airdate: 10 July 2020 Produced by: Doug Krisch Length: 16 minutes - References: "Forest Born of Fire," Wild Nature Institute. Youtube.
Connecting the Sacred to the Mundane (w Rachel Bush)
Episode # 084 Original Airdate: 18 June 2020 Produced by: Doug Krisch Length: 20 minutes - Guest: Rachel Bush (rachelbushyoga.com)