Being in the World Podcast 015: The Story of the I

Dr. Patrick House and Tao Ruspoli discuss narrative, truth, pornography, perception, editing, temporality, Sisyphus, The Decameron, the Bubonic Plague, and...you'll see:

Being in the World Podcast 014: On Translation

Dr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss the issue of translation...would the world be a better place if there were only one language?

Being in The World Podcast 013: On Superstition

Dr. Patrick House and Tao Ruspoli discuss superstition, fate, and our need for connectivity, causality and narrative.

Being in the World Podcast 011: Meredith Winner

On public art and The Bombay Beach Biennale

Being in the World Podcast 010: On The Musically Beautiful

It turns out Dr. Patrick House understands everything except music...(on Flamenco, Neapolitan folk music, perception of sight and sound, and more.)

Being in the World Podcast 009: On Elegance

Dr. Patrick House and Tao Ruspoli debate the concepts of social class, hierarchy, imitation and "elegance".

Being in the World Podcast 008: Rules of the Game

Dr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss the rules of the game (and what brains and cultures have to do with them.)

Being in the World Podcast 007: Daddies

Dr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss absent/mythologized fathers, daddy issues, ecstatic truths, and the male gaze. (oh, and Tao's own father's surreal orgies with Salvador Dali.)

Being in the World Podcast 006: The Sisters

Jenna and Jordan talk sibling rivalry (or lack thereof,) metal organic frameworks, breakups, and what not to do on a first date.

Being in the World Podcast 005: On Authenticity

Dr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli on ritual, addiction, tools, forgery, & the roles we play.

Being in the World Podcast 004: On Attention

Dr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss the tension of attention.

Being in the World Podcast 003: Melody Sample

A frank and intimate discussion about Japanese rope bondage, BDSM, kink, polyamory, and a surprising new triad. 

Being in the World Podcast 002: Janie Cowan

Bassist Janie Cowan discusses her 97 year old grandfather's attempt at assisted suicide.

Being in the World Podcast 001: Beginnings

Tao & Patrick discuss origin stories, swimming with Hubert Dreyfus, and the concept of Being In The (podcast) World.