Field of Streams

Did you know that the painting "Whistler's Mother" has a different name? More than that, the subject of the painting was not even supposed to be Whistler's mother, Anna at all? Tune in to listen to t…

Oreology is the study of Oreo cookies - specifically the twist and fracture of them in a very scientific study conducted at MIT. Are we like Oreo cookies, being twisted and manipulated, all with a go…

Pareidolia is the ability to see faces in things. Let's talk about the possible reasons as to why we see those faces. Is it something to do with the loneliness epidemic? 🤔

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Listen in on the call between a potential buyer of some "idea fireworks" and the astute salesman in today's episode of Field of Streams.

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Human is human. I don't know what else to say. Find some empathy and compassion, people! We can do it!

This is an audio reading of the post "What is Human?" originally published on June 27, 2022. Addi…

Inspired by musician Tom Verlaine's book sale - he's rumored to have amassed 50,000 books at the time of his passing - today I talk about how the books we read play a role in our lives. Raised by lit…

Are you managing your work/life balance? How are you protecting your personal life and projects from being dominated by work-a-holism or the expectation of an always-on-duty employee? Today I talk ab…

Is it wrong to love a robot? What about if that robot is a vacuum cleaner? And should you name it executor to your will? In this episode - written in the style of an Agony Aunt letter - I pose this v…

Do you need to quit to be successful? And by quit, I don't mean forever. More like taking a break from the pursuit to regather your stones before charging back in. Inspired by Molly Shannon talking a…

Inspired by the cutup technique, this episode is exactly what it says on the tin: Pure Nonsense. There is a Behind the Scenes companion video to this episode which digs into the inspiration, William …

Nothing makes me angrier than a mattress in the wild. And by that, I mean one someone has dumped down the side of a pristine mountain road because they're too cheap to take it to the dump. It's a per…

What do you want to do before you die? What about all the things you know you will never do? That's what this is about. It's a reverse bucket list of sorts. All the things I know I will never do - so…

Scientists recently discovered that rats may have imaginations. Now I'm wondering what they're imagining. Is world domination on their mind? With this discovery, rats have been forced to reveal their…

Written around Mother's Day in 2023, this episode digs into the who, what, where when, and why of Mother. What does the word Mother mean to you? Take a listen. Happy Mother's Day, everyone, and to al…

Part poetry slam, part Mad Magazine Fold In, today's episode is kinda out there in terms of trying to make a high-falutin' concept work. It works much better as a visual piece than audio, and you can…

Does your outer match your inner? When it comes to the work you're producing, is it playing for your heart or for the algorithm? In this episode, I dig into what it means to find your line of comprom…

In the 90s, Pablo Escobar imported four hippos for his personal zoo. After his death, the hippos flourished in the jungles of Colombia and four hippos grew to 170, now dubbed the "Cocaine Hippos". In…

Did you know that from 1896 to the 1930s, there was a traveling show that purposefully smashed locomotives together - head on - for the entertainment of massive crowds? It got me to thinking about ho…

Inspired by a study into why teaspoons disappear in office settings, today I dive into what 'teaspoons' represent from a philosophical standpoint and why we should leave our soul drawer open. Come on…

Comedian, Norm MacDonald, once attempted to calm Larry King's fear of not existing by telling the story of Nabokov and a photograph - a photograph which showed a time where Nabokov did not exist. Wha…