BUDDHA and the S**T

I've been teasing it forever, and now the show is one step closer to reality — time for a deep dive into BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA: The Musical, with nearly half the original soundtrack for your…

Tobias Tinker

He's the man behind the music behind the show.

And we take this hour before ringing out the old and ringing in the new to chat everything under the sun, including his two new albums of …

When I look back at the stories that had a lasting effect on me — the ones that shaped, inspired, and frankly blew the roof off my basic storytelling sensibilities — I'd have to say that one of the …

This month, a longtime listener asks:

If you could turn back time in your creative career, what would you do differently? Do you have any regrets?

I thought this'd be the SHORTEST Q&A yet...but free…

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27 Years Ago, this happened in an abandoned warehouse on Halloween night …

I've been asked a lot of questions in my (nearly) half-century on this rock...

But when I put the call out for fresh Q&A material, one listener hit me with the coolest Q imaginable...

"If you could …

As I plunk away on the next volume in The Shadowland Saga during rare moments of 'free time' (HA!), I began to think:

What if I narrated the audiobook edition myself?

I was truly spoiled with the gr…

NEW MONTHLY FEATURE!

One episode a month just ain't enough, my friends.

But I just don't have the bandwidth to crank out 2+ original stories, edit them, and set it all to cool new music. The solution…

Ever been tempted to trash all your spiritual brownie points for one moment of gloriously justified VENGEANCE..?

I was.

And here's what happened.

Featuring ALL NEW MUSIC from acclaimed jazz trio STI…

Exactly 30 years ago, there was a brash, foul-mouthed, overcompensating, girl-obsessed, and woefully immature version of yours truly spending his summer nights in Windsor, ON and Motor City Michigan…

The roots of creativity go deep, tangled around our formative years and adolescence. For me, one of those dark tendrils snaked its way into my pre-teen thoughts with a simple roll of the dice...

Rol…

30 years ago, I first heard of the legendary 900km pilgrimage across Spain — the Way of St James.

10 years ago, I walked it after reading The Alchemist. 

This is how it changed my life. 

Featuring m…

As Notre Dame burns and much of the world mourns, I can't help but wonder — have we lost the ability to feel the suffering of those UN-like ourselves?

*includes the reading and examination of an art…

Men. Women. Relationships. Conflict. A Divine Comedy...or is it all just a curse in the f#$%ing stars? 

Got 20min? Here's an 'End of Mercury Retrograde' freestyle rant on the whole 'manhood' conundr…

At some point in your life, you're gonna hear the words:

I DON'T LIKE YOU.

They could be said cruelly, or critically, or even from a claimed place of 'constructive kindness'.

In fact, for me, it hap…

Some New Year freestyle storytelling where you get to laugh (and cringe) at my expense. Vulnerability! Body image! Shameless Germans! Cold water anatomy lessons! It's the first Buddha and the Slut o…

Happy Holidays, loyal listeners, and apologies for the veritable silence around these parts. Been swamped with work and travel and the expected holiday chaos, but I wanted to share something a bit…

As we approach the merge on the latest season (Davids Vs Goliaths) of SURVIVOR, I wanted to take a closer look; why does the show endure? How does the Hero's Journey apply to non-fiction? And what t…

Hey Kittens and Cats,

Here's a 23min freeform rant on gender politics — where things are at between men and women right now and where (according to some wacky evolutionary biologists) it may have al…

Hey kittens and cats — the summer series continues with something a little bit different on Buddha and the Slut. You see, I get asked a ton about the whole ‘digital nomad’ working remote thing. A lo…