Podsongs

Chrissie Blaze is the author of 12 books, a metaphysician and astrologer. She has been a student/practitioner of the psychic and spiritual sciences from a young age. She is a regular media guest and conducts lectures and classes in the U.S.A. and U.K. Blaze is a professional astrologer who qualified at the Faculty of Astrological Studies, London in the early 1980s. She qualified as a lecturer with credentials from the University of London, England. She was a longtime close student of renowned English Yoga Master, Dr. George King, Founder of The Aetherius Society. Her goal is the global promotion of practical spirituality, including astrology. http://www.chrissieblaze.com/

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Blaine L. Reininger—American songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, writer and performer, best known as a member of the Californian post-punk, new wave band Tuxedomoon who migrated on mass to Europe in the 1980s—speaks with James Nice, owner of Les Disques du Crépuscule and Factory Benelux, about their formative time together in the emerging Brussels music scene.

Stream the song Blaine created after being inspired by the conversation: https://ffm.to/fleuveenterre

Une ville avec un fleuve enterré
Voilà la ville avec un fleuve enterré
Qui coule sous les pavés
Ciel de plomb
Bas en dessous de la place dorée
Bruxelles des années 80
Ma joie et mes remords
Dans le vidéo bar branché où
Sans un sou sur la rue
Des superstars inconnues
En longs manteaux noirs
 
Je suis assis sur une rive lointaine
Savourant ce chagrin ancien
Perdu dans la musique
Déformé par la musique
Posant dans le cimetière
Debout sous la pluie

A city with a buried river
 
Here is the city with a buried river
Which flows under the cobblestones
leaden sky
Down below the golden square
80s Brussels
My joy and my remorse
In the trendy video bar where
Without a penny in the street
Unknown Superstars
In long black coats
I sit on a distant shore
Savoring this ancient sorrow
lost in the music
Distorted by the music
Posing in the cemetery
Standing in the rain 

https://lesdisquesducrepuscule.com/

https://mundoblaineo.org/

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After making a spiritual resolution, Country Roots Singer Amanda Anne Platt talks to Elaine Pagels (Professor of Religion at Princeton University) to come to a greater understanding, and write a beautiful new song - "Miracles". Stream the song: https://ffm.to/amandamiracles LYRICS: I saw Jesus in a parking lot he said to give the world what I got but nobody believed me yeah they said I was crazy and now it's gonna turn me to stone like milk for the baby that never came home it's the saddest thing that I've ever known and can't nobody save me Sometimes the heart breaks just like an egg hatches tiny and barely breathing hungry for some meaning Sometimes the world laughs just trying to hold the tears back sometimes we're lonely sometimes we're only dreaming We were short on miracles Guess they needed them for the war so we said "we don't believe in miracles anymore" but I don't wanna be scared to love I don't wanna be scared to hope I don't wanna be scared to call out just cause there might be no answer She misses her brother today asks me why he went away I say "honey, it's beyond me" I been trying to wrap my head around the whole damn thing trying to find the truth, trying to make it sing sometimes the truth just seems so ugly We were short on miracles Guess they needed them for the war so we said "we don't believe in miracles anymore" but I don't wanna be scared to love I don't wanna be scared to hope I don't wanna be scared to call out just cause there might be no answer CREDITS: Amanda Anne Platt : Vocals Dulci Ellenberger : Harmonies Jack Stafford : Backing Vocals Luigi Falcione : Acoustic Guitar, Banjo Massimino Voza : Drums, Strings, Vibes Maurizio Sarnicola : Bass Guitar Written by Amanda Anne Platt & Jack Stafford Produced, mixed and mastered by Maurizio Sarnicola at Goldmine Records Italy // SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Newsletter, donations and download the song for €/$1 @ https://podsongs.com // LINKS // Website: https://podsongs.com Podcast episodes: https://podsongs.com/podcast-episodes Songs: https://podsongs.com/music Spotify artist: https://open.spotify.com/artist/32FYyRx1y1ex3jHHAgLMC7?si=4Nv7WW85SbSPZvCsj1o7Ig Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6sN1viy82HPiNTVX2YBxpq?si=1b84c2b9bdea4656 // SOCIAL // Twitter: https://twitter.com/podsongs Instagram: https://instagram.com/podsongs Facebook: https://facebook.com/podsongs

A commentary on the last 12 songs created for the Podsongs project, with musicians Jack Stafford, Maurizio Sarnicola, Massimino Voza and Luigi Falcione. Go behind the scenes with the band to hear how they made the songs inspired by the interviews.

1. Nothing's by Design

2. Borderline

3. Don't Forget How Far You've Come

4. Get Free

5. EZ Water

Bonus track - Blinding Lights

6. If I listened to you

7. Drunk on the Cork

8. Your Energy

9. Always Gonna Be The Same

10. The Science of Sound

11. Feel the Colors

12. Peace is a Serious Matter

Bonnie from Death Valley Girls gets inspiration for a new song by interviewing Neil Harbisson, a cyborg artist and activist for transspecies rights. He is best known for being the first person in the world to have an antenna implanted in his skull.  

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https://cyborgarts.com https://www.instagram.com/deathvalleygirls/   

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In this episode, the musician Michael Lane interviews music-appreciation maestro Rick Beato. Millions have subscribed to Rick's channel to hear him dissect music old and new. An outstanding musician and producer in his own right, Rick has used his skills to help others deepen their understanding of the music they love.  

The interview inspires a song about Rick's ear-training program, and the perfect pitch developed by his son Dylan after exposure to hours and hours of Bach. Unfortunately, Michael Lane wasn't able to provide the vocals for the song, so Jack Stafford stood in.  

Stream the song: https://ffm.to/thescienceofsound

THE SCIENCE OF SOUND  

With perfect pitch And linguistic abilities  Mathematical mind Woken latent capabilities  Cos Dylan heard Sounds of such complexity  That his mind grew Out of sheer necessity  Processing power Stimulation made  The power of music The science of sound Firing neurons Or earthing to ground  The power of music The science of sound Untying potential That's otherwise bound  The science of sound The science of sound  The sun spoke the word The earth came into existence  And we all flowed Down the path of least resistance  Our ideas have traction If we know that truth is action  The power of music The science of sound Firing neurons Or earthing to ground  The power of music The science of sound Untying potential That's otherwise bound  Grow as you're meant to be Know all you're meant to see Latent destiny  The power of music The science of sound Firing neurons Or earthing to ground  The power of music The science of sound Untying potential That's otherwise bound  

Written by Jack Stafford 

Produced by Maurizio Sarnicola, Goldmine Studios  

What will Amazon do once it’s eaten every other business, automated every process, and none of us have any money to buy their products? To find out, musician Oliver Ackermann (A Place To Bury Strangers) interviews Stacy Mitchell, co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, a national research and advocacy organization that fights corporate control and works to build thriving, equitable communities. She inspires him to create a new song ‘Always Gonna Be The Same’.  

Stream the song: https://ffm.to/AlwaysGonnaBeTheSame

I could spin a story that would make you freak

But I’m not thinking of ways to manipulate you - I don’t hate you

I just want you to enjoy your life

And I hope you’re a really good potato - Kato

I don’t wanna live in a stupid world

I don’t wanna live under their control

I don’t wanna buy all their useless shit

That should just be thrown in a giant pit

I don’t wanna be hooked on all these drugs

Pushed to fund someone's expensive rugs

I just wanna live and have some fun

I don’t need to feel like I have won

Cuz it’s gross

They’re lying to our faces

It’s a show

They stripped away their regulations

What we don’t know

Is that they multiplied their operations

So if we don’t vote

Then its always gonna be the same

Someone’s gotta play the adult in the room - with a broom

We can’t let these greedy fuckers take another dime - waste of time

I would rather be out on vacation - in another nation

But we seem to be living with some bad potatoes - Kato

I don’t wanna live in their stupid world

I don’t wanna live under their control

I don’t wanna buy all this useless shit

That should just be thrown in a giant pit

I don’t wanna be hooked on all their drugs

Pushed to fund someone's expensive rugs

I just wanna help out my fellow man

Any fucking way that I can

Cuz it’s gross

They’re lying to our faces

And it’s low

They bought a house with our donations

What we don’t know

Is that they buried all the allegations

So if we don’t vote

Then its always gonna be the same

We're delighted to have the wonderful Sally Seltmann come on for this episode. She is an award-winning songwriter with a canon of amazing songs—including Feist's worldwide smash 1234.   

We talk with writer Tom Oliver about his book 'The Self-Delusion' and how science doesn't justify our claims for any sort of individuality.  

Stream the song 'Your Energy' which was inspired by the conversation: https://ffm.to/sallyyourenergy  www.sallyseltmann.com

Professor Gad Saad, host of 'The Saad Truth' comes on to inspire a song. Jack's co-host for the episode was Aaron from the Portland band Ezra Bell. Unfortunately the collaboration didn't come through, and Jack and the Podband play this one.  

https://www.gadsaad.com/ https://www.ezrabell.com/  

Stream the song: https://ffm.to/drunkonthecork  

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This week's guest is Kelly G. Wilson, PhD, professor of psychology at the University of Mississippi, and founder of Onelife, LLC. He has authored or coauthored eleven books, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness for Two. In this episode, he inspires a song about the importance of listening. http://onelifellc.com/

Stream the song: https://ffm.to/ifilistened

LYRICS

If I did all the things that you tell me
And you did all things that I tell you
There's nothing that we couldn't do

If I listened to you
And you listened to me
Imagine how happy we'd be

Cause you tell me truths
I don't like to hear
Truth is painful
You know you can lie sometimes

Then I'd listen more
To the wise words you've said like
Like, like... errrr

If I did all the things that you tell me
And you did all things that I tell you
There's nothing that we couldn't do

If I listened to you
And you listened to me
Imagine how happy we'd be

We'd be healthier, happier, fitter and wiser
Richer and thinner and younger and more organised
The world would be a better place
Without war

It's a simple thing but hard to do
With ego involved it's  a blinkered view
But if you saw yourself from outside, you'd say
"Why didn't you tell me!?"

The world's a crazy mixed-up place
Because of the stupid human race
Our thoughts pollute the very
Air we breathe

If we're going to be the ones to make the change
It's our thoughts we need to contain
And switch our brains from broadcast
To receive

And if I lived for you
And you lived for me
Imagine how happy we'd be

If I did all the things that you tell me
And you did all things that I tell you
There's nothing that we couldn't do

If I listened to you
And you listened to me
Imagine how happy we'd be

If you listened to me
I listened to you
We listened ro each other
Listening to you

Did you hear what I've been saying?
Has any of this registered?
You're looking at your telephone
I don't know what to say
I've done all I can

A short Christmas special and a very Happy New Year.  

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This week's episode is with Gerald Pollack is a scientist who's recognized worldwide as a dynamic speaker and author, whose passion lies in plumbing the depths of natural truths. He inspires a song about his life's work: EZ Water—the fourth phase of water—and its incredible life-giving properties.

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He received the 1st Emoto Peace Prize and is a recipient of the University of Washington's highest honor, the Annual Faculty Lecturer Award. He is founding Editor-in-Chief of the research journal WATER and Director of the Institute for Venture Science. Dr. Pollack's (award-winning) books include: The Fourth Phase of Water (2013), and Cells, Gels, and the Engines of Life (2001). https://www.pollacklab.org/

LYRICS:

In the water

I am reborn

With EZ water

No structures torn

With the water

And with the sun

This EZ water

Keeps me young

My mitochondria

Rebuilding cells

My power swells

Without the water

My life is starved

But with EZ water

I am recharged

With the water

And with the sun

This EZ water

Keeps me young

My mitochondria

Rebuilding cells

My power swells

Running free these radicals

They're speeding up the change

All are idiopathical

I'm closer to my age

But in the water

I am reborn

This EZ water

Builds back what's worn

And with the water

And with the sun

This EZ water

Keeps me young

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In this episode of Podsongs, Ryan Walsh of the critically acclaimed Boston-band 'Hallelujah The Hills', interviews ground-breaking researcher Rick Doblin, founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). The interview that the song inspires is song called 'Get Free'.   

Stream the song: https://ffm.to/getfree 

Rick Doblin, Ph.D., is the founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). He received his doctorate in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where he wrote his dissertation on the regulation of the medical uses of psychedelics and marijuana and his Master’s thesis on a survey of oncologists about smoked marijuana vs. the oral THC pill in nausea control for cancer patients.  https://maps.org/ 

Hallelujah The Hills have been releasing critically acclaimed albums and touring the U.S. since 2007. Described by Spin as “criminally underappreciated” and lauded by Pitchfork for their “fist pumping anthems,” they’ve been declared “Boston legends” in their hometown and as having a “cult following” by Stereogum. The band released their first two albums on Misra Records, assisted Titus Andronicus in recording their breakout album The Monitor, and are one of the only bands to have ever toured with The Silver Jews. Their sound was creatively explained as “the kind of punk rock you’d expect on stage at the roadhouse from ‘Twin Peaks’” in The Boston Herald. Others go further, with Aquarium Drunkard noting “few do it with the style and imagination of Hallelujah the Hills” and Captain’s Dead boldly publishing that they “without a doubt they are one of the greatest bands currently making music.” https://www.hallelujahthehills.com/ 

LYRICS: We’ve been backstabbed betrayed, butchered and splayed On the altar of “the way it’s always been done.” It’s American, man, watch the funerals span The bulk of the calendar year  And you can shake your head say it’s not right Spend all your nights in electronic fights But you know in the end, there’s no way to defend The way we do nothing at all  When waking up is a trauma and hellos turns to drama You disassociate from every nuclear thought Total lack of conviction with a bullshit addiction It’s enough to forget all we’ve got  And all we’ve got could someday be enough A spiritual world where we lean into love Well hey I get it man, you’re not sure of the plan As you harangue me holding a beer  What if the best in us was on the cusp Of true manifestation? Could we take the leap into the deep And find that the softest landing?  And besides   What have we got to lose? If we could stay like this or get better, What would you choose?  I just want my friends to get free I just want my love to get free I just want the pained to get free I just want you to get free I just wanna get free   Come on let’s all get free     

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What happens when a young Boston musician interviews a Professor of Sociology at Boston University about the refugee crisis happening worldwide? The answer is a great song for Social Change.   

Stream the song:  https://ffm.to/juniperborderline

Heba Gowayed is the Moorman-Simon Assistant Professor of Sociology at Boston University, and it's her job to make sense of it all. Her research, which is global and comparative, examines how low-income people traverse social services, immigration laws, and their associated bureaucracies, while grappling with gender and racial inequalities.

Heba’s writing has appeared in Gender & Society, Ethnic & Racial Studies, Sociological Forum and in public outlets including Slate and Teen Vogue. Her new book, Refuge, out now with Princeton University Press, explores how states shape the potential of people pursuing refuge within their borders. She is currently working on her second book, The Cost of Borders, which theorizes borders as a costly, and often deadly, transaction.

JUNIPER

After meeting in college, Scott Johnson, Ahren Shreeve, and Alejandro Marín formed Juniper. The group has formed their unique sound from diverse influences of alternative rock, folk, R&B, and bedroom pop. With various vocalists throughout their early discography, one thing has remained constant: their songwriting is tangibly honest, ranging from upbeat and high energy to delicate and introspective. With roots in local venues and basement gigs, their music found a loyal fan base early on, which has since only grown. At just 21 years old, the band has emerged as one of the new faces of the Boston music scene, and with this encouragement, they’ve consolidated and are now working on their debut album, coming soon.

On the borderline

Ordinary people
Are intertwined
On the borderline

If you think it’s equal
Then you’re colorblind
Can’t you see it’ll never be the same

Even if you’re from the same place
Disproportionate, longevity
Based on things you wouldn’t believe…

Who’s complicit in creating (generating) lies
A never-ending staircase
With freedom at the top in disguise

Protected by
Countries with money
And no sense of pain

The pain, of dropping everything
And moving away
At the borderline Hope is used

To build the lie//
That it's a better life
It takes a criminal mind

For death and sacrifice
To find a compromise
To find a compromise

But can’t u see it’ll never be the same
Even if you’re from the same place
People seek refuge

But don’t you go calling them refugees…
Who’s complicit in creating (generating) lies
A never-ending staircase

With freedom at the top in disguise
Protected by
Countries with money

And no sense of pain
The pain, of dropping everything
And moving away

"Compassion is the antidote to suffering and harmfulness. Put simply, it is a sensitivity to suffering in self and others with a commitment to try to alleviate and prevent it." So says Psychologist Paul Gilbert, the godfather of Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), in an interview that inspires singer-songwriter Patrick McGuire of Straight White Teeth to create a new song called ‘NOTHING’S BY DESIGN’.

Research has now revealed how our capacities for compassion evolved, how it works in our bodies and our brains, and when cultivated, is a source of courage and wisdom to address suffering. Compassionate courage lies in the willingness to see into the nature and causes of suffering - in ourselves, others and the human condition.   

Patrick McGuire-inspired
Straight White Teeth is the tenacious songwriting project of musician and writer Patrick McGuire.  Stream the song: https://ffm.to/nothingsbydesign

A commentary on the last 11 songs created for the Podsongs project, with musicians Jack Stafford, Maurizio Sarnicola, Massimino Voza and Luigi Falcione. Go behind the scenes with the band to hear how they made the songs inspired by the interviews.

1) A Hose Through Which Love Flows
2) It's Not 1984
3) War On Mother Nature
4) From Me To We
5) This Is Making Me Crazy
6) Transhuman Dreams
7) The Rules of Ayurveda (Dinacharya)
8) Where Were The Drugs?
9) Let Go
10) CRISPR
11) Masterpiece
12) Next episode

In this episode of Podsongs—the show where musicians interview inspirational people, as inspiration for a new song—Professor Carl Hart, author of Drug Use for Grownups and a campaigner for drug law reform, talks to American singer-songwriter Tanner Peterson about why everything we know about drug addiction is wrong. The resulting song inspired by the conversation is called ‘Break the Spell’ and features Carl’s son Damon Xavier rapping as guest vocalist.  

https://drcarlhart.com/
https://tannerpmusic.com/

Stream the song: https://ffm.to/tannerbreakthespell

BREAK THE SPELL

They’re coming again
They’re coming for my own heart
Just live and forget
Everyone plays their part

Need a reset
Spirits in the mind are breaking through
New consciousness
Visions of something I can’t prove

We’re changing slowly
But still falling onto ourselves
Can’t stop the controlling
Could melodies break the spell?

Illegal truth
Covered up like it’s suicide
Forbidden fruit
How can you tell me what is mine?

We’re changing slowly
But still falling onto ourselves
Can’t stop the controlling
Could melodies break the spell?

We’re changing slowly
But still falling onto ourselves
Can’t stop the controlling
Could melodies break the spell?

Time to grow up
'Cause it’s no rights if they control us
My whole life all I heard was “no drugs”
Coming from the motherfuckers that don’t even know drugs
And as I
Get to get a little closer
I can identify the propaganda like “hold up”
Then we can recognize that the lies never hold up
Whether you do a line, or wine, or you roll up
High Times couldn’t cover my mind by the byline
The news never spill the truth on a timeline
The boys in blue are the brutes in my lifetime
I been on sidelines and now it’s high time
Look at the country deposit
Locking my people for profit
How can you look in the mirror?
I cannot honor "Your Honor"
Chasing our happiness and I’m knowing the courage will cause it
What do we need? To get out the closet
Wassup?

We’re changing slowly
But still falling onto ourselves
Can’t stop the controlling
Could melodies break the spell?

We’re changing slowly
But still falling onto ourselves
Can’t stop the controlling
Could melodies break the spell?
Could melodies break the spell?
Could melodies break the spell?

In this episode of Podsongs—the show where musicians interview inspirational people, as inspiration for a new song—high-performance psychologist Dr. Michael Gervais, who’s worked with some of the world’s top athletes, talks to LA singer Katie Welch about what it takes to be the best version of ourselves. The result is a song called ‘Masterpiece’ which invites you discover the artist inside your heart.

Learn the power of thinking

High-performance psychologist Dr. Michael Gervais has dedicated his career to exploring how to push the boundaries of human potential. His clients include Olympians and Fortune 100 CEOs. As the host of the Finding Mastery podcast he interviews world-leading professionals taking their fields to the edge. Dr. Gervais works in high-stakes environments with some of the world’s top-performing athletes and businesspeople. He is known for his work on the Red Bull Stratos project, where he helped Felix Baumgartner overcome the anxiety and claustrophobia felt when he pulled on his jumps suit to make the history-making leap from 128,000 feet. Meditation, mindfulness and team-building techniques introduced by Dr. Gervais are credited by Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll as being key to his team’s 2014 Super Bowl win. Carroll and Dr. Gervais continue to work together as co-founders of Compete to Create, a digital platform helping people become their best through mindset training. Here, Dr. Gervais shares insights gleaned from working with the best in the world.

Katie Welch is an American Pop-Jazz singer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, her cinematic pop-soul sound highlights her powerful presence and soulful voice, influenced by the greats like Ella Fitzgerald, Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, and Celine Dion, but with a dance/disco-funk edge inspired by The Jacksons, Prince, Cher, Stevie Wonder, and Christina Aguilera

Stream the song: https://ffm.to/katiemasterpiece

MASTERPIECE

Everyday’s an opportunity to create a living masterpiece
The biggest thing that hold us back is the fear of what other people think
Your most authentic self’s available to you every day and everywhere that you meet your feet
Cuz when we’re present and we’re grounded and we’re mindful
That’s when life gets really sweet

Because we’ve all got the chance to be the best versions of ourselves
And we can learn to harness all the gifts we’ve each got to express
You’re enough just because you are
And everything you need is inside of you
Your inner capabilities are absolutely extraordinary

Baby you’re a work of art
The artist is inside your heart
Your body is the canvas
And you’re mind is the paint
Once you can see the picture you can paint it for the world to see

Because we’ve all got the chance to be the best versions of ourselves
And we can learn to harness all the gifts we’ve each got to express
You’re enough just because you are
And everything you need is inside of you
Your inner capabilities are absolutely extraordinary

Baby you’re a work of art
The artist is inside your heart
Your body is the canvas
And you’re mind is the paint
So paint the picture that you want the world to see

Jo Zayner is a biohacker, artist, and scientist best known for their self-experimentation and work making hands-on genetic engineering accessible to a lay audience, including CRISPR. josiahzayner.com/  

Chicks on Speed is a feminist music and fine art ensemble, formed in Munich in 1997, when members Australian Alex Murray-Leslie and American Melissa Logan met at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. http://www.chicksonspeed.com/ 

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CRISPR  

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CRISPR
CRISPR
CRISPR
CRISPR
CRIS, CRIS, CRIS, PR

Where’s the bass? Doing the science
Cut and add, you’ve got the sequence
Making it happen
Do you want to jam, with my genes?

Give me some of your genetic engineering
Your kitchen garage time machine
Take me to see a dragon
Everybody has a device to push the button

Bottom up, top down
Lifloning logistics
Baby genes in editing
Change our genes, make a choice
Self-injected, what’s the real
Believe in who, what’s the wrong in the world

Science isn’t done a lab coat
Seeing through your twisted CRISPR
Science isn’t done a lab coat

Empty hallways what’s going on
Artificial balance hey
Hey love I could lose
Body autonomy

Me and you just we two point of view
What’s the truth?

Make me faith
Make me real
Change modify

Men on estrogen
Therapy it’s popular
Vocabulary

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CRISPR
CRISPR
CRISPR
CRISPR

I was not born this way
Didn’t like my DNA
You said my genes were lame
Were so uncool and my parents were to blame

If only, science made me cooler
Maybe some talent and a photogenic bone structure
Dear science, save me from this gene pool
It’s mediocre why does nature have to be so cruel?

What do you think about mosquitos?
What about repair kit?
What about the DNA?
What about the therapy?
What is natural?
Have the repair kit rather than the scalpel?
What about fixing the murals?
What about repair kit subsitutes for jail cells?

I’m starving mosquito flying around
Can’t locate dinner
Receptors are down
My target of desired of plasma can’t be found
A starving mosquito
Buzzing around
Buzzing around
Buzzing around
Buzzing around

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A commentary on the last 12 songs created for the Podsongs project, with musicians Jack Stafford, Maurizio Sarnicola, Massimino Voza and Luigi Falcione. Go behind the scenes with the band to hear how they made the songs inspired by the interviews.   

1) Unclench
2) It's Possible
3) Afterlife
4) Bravery
5) Kudzu From Heaven
6) Changes
7) Unravel
8) Moment of Truth
9) A Change Is Coming
10) Change without pain
11) Live to Give
12) Where Attention Goes   

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Can you learn to let go? This is what Kyle Cease challenges Doe Paoro to do in their interview together in this episode of Podsongs.  

New York Times Best Selling author Kyle Cease has a gift of merging comedy with personal transformation.  As a comedian, Kyle had two #1 Comedy Central specials and was voted as #1 ranking on Comedy Central’s Stand-up Showdown. After leaving his job as an award-winning comedian, Kyle dedicated his life to helping others and created Evolving Out Loud, which is a growing community with over 400 thousand members worldwide. Kyle has personally coached over fifteen thousand people and his YouTube videos have been watched over 60 million times.  http://kylecease.com/ 

Working under the name Doe Paoro, Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Sonia Kreitzer blends elements of soul, R&B, dubstep, and dark-toned pop. After earning critical accolades with her self-made first album, she signed to Anti-, working with members of Bon Iver and making her label debut with 2015's After. Slow to Love Following a trip to Tibet, the Syracuse native began recording under the name Doe Paoro, folding Tibetan opera vocal influences into her own minimalist pop sound.  https://www.doepaoro.com/ 

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LET GO  

Well I never had the sense of a road
No no no no

And I gave up all of my knowing
A long time ago

Yeah I tried
To let go
Of what could not hold

Well I promised myself a love
That wouldn't rely

On anyone else's choosing me
This love never dies

Yeah I tried
To let go
Of what was a love so many times

I had to let go so many times
I had to let go of so many lives

I had to let go of so many so many so many lives
So many times
I had to let go

I had to let go
I had to let go
Of so many lives

So many times

Well I walked to the edge
Gave my prayer to the stars

What if the thing that I want most
Is breaking my heart

Well I tried, yes I tried to accept what is hard
Yeah I tried to accept what is hard
I had to let go
So many times
I had to let go of so many lives
so many lives

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Jeremy Hunt inspires a song about Covid medicine. Jeremy Hunt is a senior British politician serving as Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee.  

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WHERE WERE THE DRUGS?

Where were the drugs in our hour of need?
Where were the drugs against this deadly disease?
That it's wholly untreatable's not entirely believable
But for what other reason can you rush through vaccines?

Are you really telling me?
When every other ad I see
Pumped in by TV
Is for a magic cure
I don't believe you anymore

Cos all doctors were pharmacists
All-day long prescription lists
Now suddenly the only thing in their bag is
Paracetamol

Where were the drugs in our hour of need?
Where were the drugs are we being deceived?
Can we wake up from denial, we're in one big clinical trial
And Paracetamol is not an anti-viral

Why can't drugs be authorized?
Until you've been hospitalized
The system has been paralyzed
Right before our very eyes
Everyone's been hypnotized
With the thought of being immunized
The unjabbed are despised

Now there are drugs you cannot mention
It's become a sin
Even to talk about ivermectin
Or Hydroxyquinoline

There must not be
Vaccine hesitancy

And all the SARS that went before
We treated them we won the war
But suddenly the only thing we have is
Paracetamol

Where were the drugs in our hour of need?
Where were the drugs are we being deceived?
Can we wake up from denial, we're in one big clinical trial
And Paracetamol is not an anti-viral

Where were the drugs in our hour of need?
Where were the drugs against this deadly disease?
That it's wholly untreatable's not entirely believable
But for what other reason can you rush through vaccines?

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This is a reissue of Episode 7, while Jack recovers for the birth of his first child last week. Bernardo Kastrup's work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, his ideas have been featured on 'Scientific American,' the 'Institute of Art and Ideas,' the 'Blog of the American Philosophical Association' and 'Big Think,' among others.

https://youtu.be/ZiFc11XHRQ4

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THE PRISON OF MATERIALISM

VERSE 
Fm 
It's stitched into the sitcoms 
It's sewn into the news 
Bfm 
Twisted in the movies 
It underwrites your views

It underwrites your views 
Fm 
Pumped in by the television 
Reinforced in school 
Bfm 
Seeps into your every hole,  
But your nobody's fool? 

BRIDGE 
Cm 
It permeates and advocates 
Corroborates we're separates 

Bfm 
Venerates-our-physical-traits-while-vindicating-violent-states 

Cm 
Perpetuates subordinates 
Implicates we're primates 

Culminates in selfish hate 
That enumerates & exterminates 

CHORUS 
Bfm 
Oh no, they’re selling you a prison 
Cm 
Don’t buy the lie of materialism 

VERSE 
It’s been cunningly conceived  
And slyly concealed 
Dripped into your consciousness 
Now it has congealed 

You're just purely physical 
You're a piece of meat 
Who cares if I beat you 
Or emotionally mistreat you 

BRIDGE 
Soul starvation, strangulation 
Spiritual castration 

Secularize-sexualise-glamourise-with-vacant-lies 
Temptation and gratification 
Physical adoration 

Sedation of civilization 
Societal transmogrification 

CHORUS 

VERSE 
They're happy you're confused 
They feed upon your fear 
Suck up all your feelings 
They’re always very near 

You’re one of the little pawns 
Putty in their hands 
Moving in formation 
As they whisper their commands 

BRIDGE 
Preaching the dualities 
Physical realities 

With-distorted-moralities-for-limited-mentalities 

Contorted tonalities 
Temporal modalities 
Separate nationalities 
For global criminalities 
CHORUS

In the show where every conversation inspires a song, Jack Stafford interviews Dr Bhaswati Bhattacharya about her book 'Everyday Ayurveda: Daily Habits That Can Change Your Life in a Day'.  

Living between Manhattan and Kashi, Dr Bhaswati Bhattacharya is a licensed, board-certified physician, integrating 'Good Medicine' with Ayurveda for the past fifteen years. She is Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and a PhD researcher in Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University. She is a 2014 senior Fulbright-Nehru Scholar, recipient of American Medical Association's Leadership Award and the first Indian to speak at Commencement Exercises at Harvard University. Her work is featured in the documentary, Healers: Journey into Ayurveda.   

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THE RULES OF AYURVEDA (DINACHARYA)

Waking up
Before the sun
You have your motions
One-by-one

Clean out the Kapha
From your head
Accumulated
While in bed

Clean the teeth
And scrape the tongue
Gargle with oil
Then Abhyanga

I get tired of the rules

Nasal drops
Salute the sun
Wash your body
When you’re done

Meditate
And then hydrate
Break your fast
Very late

Exercise
December to May
To only half
Capacity
Well I get tired of the rules

But every time I go a little crazy
Do something I know is really wrong
I wake up in the morning feeling so bad
That I go running... to the rules

Not holding a sneeze
Or stopping a yawn
No activities
At dusk or dawn

Only breathing
Through your nose
Never eating
When the right ones closed

All 6 tastes
In every meal
The ratio
For how you feel
I get tired of the rules

Avoiding incompatible
Foods
Mixing with fruit
It precludes

Then you lie
On your left side
While you digest
What's inside

Control the body
Speech and mind
Granting gifts
And being kind
I get tired of the rules  

But when I forget contraindications
Don't change with the seasons or my situation
Whenever I act mindlessly, I feel so bad
I  go running to.... to the rules

Speaking little
Speaking good
Speaking only
When you should

Not causing ill will
Telling lies
No dissension
In others lives

With a smile
The first to greet
Insults received
Never repeat
I get tired of the rules

Living a life that's
Filled with dharma
Pursuing only
Pleasure and kama

Not believing
All you see
But nor suspect
Conspiracy

Perfect the skill
Of adoring others
Sharing profits
As with brothers

Not loving
living alone
Compassion for all
Is always shown

And having the long life
And the health
The reputation
And the wealth

Who's tired... of the rules?

In this conversation, Dr. Caroline Leaf inspires a song about the struggle for sanity in our crazy world. Dr. Leaf is a communication pathologist and cognitive neuroscientist and was one of the first in her field to study how the brain can change (neuroplasticity) with directed mind input.

During her years in clinical practice and her work with thousands of underprivileged teachers and students in her home country of South Africa and in the USA, she developed her theory (called the Geodesic Information Processing theory) of how we think, build memory, and learn, into tools and processes that have transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), learning disabilities (ADD, ADHD), autism, dementias and mental ill-health issues like anxiety and depression. She has helped hundreds of thousands of students and adults learn how to use their mind to detox and grow their brain to succeed in every area of their lives, including school, university, and the workplace. https://drleaf.com/

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THIS IS MAKING ME CRAZY

I can’t live in this place
It makes me crazy
All are wild with naked greed
To which somehow it seems that we have all agreed

I can’t live in a city
It makes me crazy
Overcrowded, poisoned air
Frowning face’s surrounding me everywhere

I can’t live with a job
It makes me crazy
Sold myself, get paid in stress
Now what I have left of my life’s worth so much less

When there's so much confusion
And so much is wrong
And so many people
Then I must be strong

When so much is wasted
And there's so much of strife
I need to change my life

I can’t live in a house
It makes me crazy
Even though I’ve too much stuff
What I have just never seems to be enough

I can’t live with a woman
They make me crazy
Always complaining, nothing’s right
All I get is criticism every night

When there's so much confusion
And so much is wrong
And so many people
Then I must be strong

When so much is wasted
And there's so much of strife
I need to change my life

I can’t live with a body
It makes me crazy
Aches and pains and colds and flu
And it never looks the way I want it to

I can’t live with a mind
It makes me crazy
Always talking, never peace
Even meditation gives me no release

I can’t live with myself
I make me crazy
Cos after all the things I’ve changed
I myself remain the same

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Jack Stafford's guest as inspiration for a new song is Judy Wicks, an activist, entrepreneur, author, and speaker working to build a more compassionate, just, regenerative and locally-based economy.

LYRICS:

All our problems come
When we get outside ourselves
We need to grow our communities
And seize new opportunities

We gotta move... from me to we
Think reciprocity

It's time to move from me to we
Think one community

All together now
Altogether now

All together now
Altogether now

All together now
Altogether now

All together now
Altogether now

Independence is
An illusory thing
It's real the abundance
So share it all with a caring call

And move from me to we
Think generosity

We gotta move from me to we
Think one big family

All together now
Altogether now

All together now
Altogether now

All together now
Altogether now

All together now
Altogether now

Instead of over-reliance
On global supply chains buy locally

Say no to corporate violence
Against the earth and all of us yeah

All together now
Altogether now

All together now
Altogether now

All together now
Altogether now

All together now
Altogether now

All together now
Altogether now

All together now
Altogether now

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Vandana Shiva inspires a song about corporations' War on Mother Nature on episode #107 of the Podsongs podcast.  

#VandanaShiva is a modern-day revolutionary, and for forty years has been fighting a heroic battle on behalf of humanity and the ecologically besieged natural systems that support us. But she is opposed by powerful multinational corporations and billionaires like #billgates invested in continuing their degenerative but lucrative agricultural practices.   For more information on Vandana’s work and to take part in her online courses go to navdanya.org   Her latest book is called: Oneness VS the 1%: Shattering Illusions, Seeding Freedom.  Also please check out the documentary film about Vandana’s work “The Seeds of Vandana” here: https://vandanashivamovie.com 

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The song was performed by Rebecca Jenkins whose partner Joel Bakan—writer and director of The New Corporation documentary—suggested Vandana Shiva to Podsongs host Jack Stafford.   

Podsongs is a unique podcast format created and hosted by Jack Stafford, a British musician living in Italy. Musicians interview inspiring people and produce a song inspired by the conversation. It launched in November 2020 after COVID lockdowns forced Jack to look for other outlets for his music, and it evolved into a collaborative project.   

War on Mother Nature 

The song was recorded at Goldmine Records in Vallo della Lucania, Italy. The music was written by Jack Stafford, with lyrics by Jack Stafford and Rebecca Jenkins. Rebecca Jenkinson sang vocals, and it was produced by Maurizio Sarnicola and Massimino Voza, who also played Drums, Piano, Bass, Trumpet, Organ and Keys. Maurizio Sarnicola played guitar.  LYRICS:  Capital creation you know It's just blatant theft  And the system will not stop Until there's nothing left   Wake up people come on now Don't get mesmerised By these digital barons And their hypnotic lies  Their aim is not discrete  They want to defeat Mother Nature  It's their illusion  It's so senseless Dangerously Anti-life, anti-health, anti-woman No accountability   Their media floods our minds  PR pollution  Money is their goal But you know it's nature's execution  Their aim is not discrete  They want to defeat Mother Nature   Mother Nature It's their illusion  As food creators They own what we need  They patent nature Even precious seed  Come on people Let's collectivise  It's time for revolution It's been prophesised  Their aim is not discrete  They want to defeat her Their aim is not discrete  They want to defeat her They want to defeat her They want to defeat her  Come on people It's time for revolution Come on now Let's collectivise It's time for revolution  // SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Newsletter, donations and download the song for €/$1 @ 

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Balinese activist and singer Kai Mata interviews English writer Dorian Lynskey—author of 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs and The Ministry of Truth: A Biography of George Orwell’s 1984—on episode #106 of the Podsongs podcast.   

Challenged to come up with a song that covers both subjects, she creates an anti-protest song—an anthem for peace.

LYRICS:

To those who call for uprising
And bloodshed to begin

Who holler that the system
must be torn down from within

If you want to drive out the dark
Well stand up with light in your heart

You're acting like it's Nineteen Eighty-Four - And you need a revolution
Screaming for a storm rage and a war - trying to tear down institutions
Preaching hate, liberate, anger bait nothing more - we're in need of resolution
You're acting like it's 1984

An eye for an eye
Makes the whole world blind

With peace in your actions
There's peace in your mind

If you want to drive out the dark
Well stand up with light in your heart

You're acting like it's Nineteen Eighty-Four - And you need a revolution
Screaming for a storm rage and a war - trying to tear down institutions
Preaching hate, liberate, anger bait nothing more - we're in need of resolution
You're acting like it's 1984

In the cacophony, I hear a single melody
So would you come along and sing this song with me?

We can use harmonies to sing of what we dream this little world could be
You can be mad, you can be angry
In this time where words are feeling so unheard

We write songs about our worries
Sing out loud to share our stories
In the hopes that someone near or far can hear our words and feel them in their heart

You're acting like it's Nineteen Eighty-Four - And you need a revolution
Screaming for a storm rage and a war - trying to tear down institutions
Preaching hate, liberate, anger bait nothing more - we're in need of resolution
You're acting like it's 1984

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Binyamin Appelbaum, of The New York Times, talks about his book, The Economists' Hour, which traces the rise of the economists, first in the United States and then around the globe, as their ideas reshaped the modern world, curbing government, unleashing corporations and hastening globalization.

Binyamin Appelbaum is the lead writer on business and economics for the Editorial Board of The New York Times. He joined the board in March 2019. He was previously a Washington correspondent for the Times, covering the Federal Reserve and other aspects of economic policy. Appelbaum has previously worked for The Florida Times-Union, The Charlotte Observer, The Boston Globe and The Washington Post. His book, The Economists' Hour, was published in September 2019.

LYRICS TO 'CHANGE WITHOUT PAIN':

What kind of world are we living in?
When going out, is giving in
Do you feel we're one?
Or that you're the only one
And can we change without pain?

The fractured land society
The prophets failed it's plain to see
Where's the broad prosperity
Promised by their reign
And can we change without pain?

Do you ever feel these changes?
Altogether, going through changes

Economists now, have all control
Companies bought, our very souls
In the Economists Hour
Hard to explain
How we change without pain

Do you ever feel these changes?
Altogether, going through changes

We made it to 100 episodes in just over a year. Well done to the whole team. Thanks to the guests, the musicians, the listeners, everyone! How should we celebrate our one-hundredth episode? - it has to be something special edition. And it is. Because I originally started Podsongs as a way to help publicise the Aetherius society, the spiritual organisation that I’m a member of. And about 12 of the last 100 guests were from the Aetherius Society. Two directors of the society in LA—Brian Keneipp and Paul Nugent—agreed to come on and give a special track by track commentary, with some extra metaphysical insights.

The album is called 'Through slits in the chrysalis'—meaning the truths we get glimpses of, through cracks in our cocoons—and will be available on all platforms from 1st January.

Tracks:

1 The Prison of Materialism
2 The Violet Flame
3 The Mother Earth
4 The Healer
5 Most Caterpillars Don't Believe In Butterflies
6 The Mighty Sun
7 If The Bombs Go Off
8 Pranayama
9 Serve
10 Hymn of the Blessings
11 Bravery
12 Don't Dwell on your Physical Shell
13 The Absolute
14 Blind and Groping in the Dark

Moving forward.... In 2022 we'll be switching to an episode every fortnight which is what many other shows do, like Song Exploder the next best music podcast. Podsongs has become all-consuming... Because it's not just the production of the podcast that takes time - now I have to find musical guests who want to collaborate, finding a guest expert for them to interview, researching, recording, editing.... and then making the songs of course, which has been huge.... but it's also that now we give every song a special single release, with marketing, promotion, a music video... we're a proper record company. And two singles a month is still a lot.

And even on top of that, another new idea for next year is that I want to release episodes with video as well - but we need something extra special for Podsongs - so not just talking heads, but as well as each episode inspiring a song, it will also inspire a painting..... I'm asking artists to video themselves creating a piece inspired by the conversation - so on youtube, you'll have a split-screen of the interview and the artist painting a picture in real-time. It's evolving into a gesamtkunstwerk - as we have music, dancers in the music videos. Maybe some literature in future, with story readings instead of interviews. I don't know how I can get architecture in there, but if you have an idea let me know.

An incredible episode with a mountaineer turned Transformational Teacher and Coach for living an Enlightening Life. He's a world-record-holding expedition leader, who led expeditions to Everest, the North Pole, and the South Pole. As well as succeeding in business: he created the first commercial airline in Antarctica and other multiple multi-million dollar businesses. Other notable achievements include initiating a global youth empowerment project involving 60 million young people and producing a Primetime TV documentary. To cap it all he has now travelled on a spiritual adventure and has taught meditation to monks in India and around the world. He lives in constant bliss, joy, love, and creativity.

LYRICS to "Moment of Truth":

I am ready, for revelations
I am ready, for open eyes
I am ready, for sacrifice

I'm ready for love
I'm ready for loss
I'm ready for truth

I'm ready for an open eye
I'm ready for the truth inside

I'm ready for a turn of the wheel
I'm ready for electric feel

I'm ready to give up dislikes
I'm ready for the great insights

I'm ready, leave it all behind
I'm ready for a higher mind

I'm ready for love
I'm ready for loss
I'm ready for truth

I'm about to believe
Open my heart and receive

I'm about to believe
Show me how show me now

Cos I'm about to believe
Ready to know and perceive

I'm about to believe
Ready to see, There's more than me

I'm about to believe
I'm on the eve, to receive
Tell me tell me

How, I can slowly perceive
The truth as it breathes open my eyes, I'm ready

A matter of time  
A matter of faith
A matter of grace - ooooooh

I'm about to believe
to receive
Come on, come on, come on, come on

About to believe
Open my heart and receive

I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready,
Help me now, show me how

Ooooooh

Dr. Tirch is the Founder of The Center for Compassion Focused Therapy, the first clinical training center for Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) in the United States. Dr. Tirch has been described as one of the country’s foremost leaders in compassion training and evidence-based therapy. He is an internationally acknowledged expert therapist, supervisor and trainer in CFT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Buddhist Psychology (BP).

Dr. Tirch is an author of 6 books, and numerous chapters and peer-reviewed articles on mindfulness, acceptance and compassion in psychotherapy. His books include the new Guilford Publications release, Experiencing ACT from the Inside Out, a self-practice/self-reflection workbook for therapists, and The Compassionate Mind Guide To Overcoming Anxiety, the first evidence-based self-help book to apply the science of compassion to the treatment of anxiety. With Dr. Laura Silberstein-Tirch and others, Dr. Tirch is currently developing a research protocol involving behavioral science and CFT for treating anxiety, worry and fear-based difficulties through compassionate courage cultivation.

LYRICS to "It's Possible":

Compassionate living
Is easy to do
The seed is already there
Inside of you

And can you imagine?
All you could do?
If only you?
Didn't stop you

It's possible - all you gotta do is try
It's possible - let your old habits die
It's possible - to change the way you feel
It's possible - to become the ideal

Maintain a loving heart
In the presence of strife
Awaken your courage
Reclaim your life

Observe anxiety
Watch it get quashed
With love as your compass
You'll never get lost

It's possible - all you gotta do is try
It's possible - let your old habits die
It's possible - to change the way you feel
It's possible - to become the ideal

It's possible - change your likes and aversions
It's possible - be your very best version
Be grounded and here
Let go of your fear

Dear inner critic
I wanna thank you again
I know you're trying to protect us
From going through pain

Despite your criticism
I hold you in kindness
But you can
rest now because
We've got this

It's possible - all you gotta do is try
It's possible - let your old habits die
It's possible - to change the way you feel
It's possible - to become the ideal

It's possible - change your likes and aversions
It's possible - be your very best version
Be grounded and here
Let go of your fear

It's possible
It's possible
Make it probable
Be loveable

It's possible - all you gotta do is try
It's possible - let your old habits die
Be grounded and here
Let go of your fear