The Three-Headed Man
Jazzy, Jimmy, and Phreddie met in the mid-90s at a model railroad workshop. For the next 25 years, they have talked and talked and talked. Usually, Phreddie, Jimmy, and Jazzy spoke on the phone, and occasionally, they organized trips together. With the universal acceptance of Zoom conferencing, they began to meet every Tuesday, to continue their friendship.
The podcast is Jazzy’s fault. He initiated the idea, and Jimmy and Phreddie agreed mostly because all we had to do was talk, and it is more interesting to do something together, than it is to chat together.
Their conversations are centered on a weekly topic or prompt. Essentially, the podcast is a recording of their weekly conversations, with some awareness of an imaginary audience.
Throughout their years of friendship, they have leaned on each other, shared notes and stories, and helped each other navigate the complexities and challenges of a life well-lived.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 104
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2023
Comfort
THE THREE-HEADED MAN wonders about comfort and comfortable clothing and comfort food and personal comfort and familiar comfortable things...and then, sacrificing it all -- sacrificing comfort.
Without
THE THREE-HEADED MAN wonders about doing without stuff and things. Autsterity. This leads to pondering the meaning and use of sacrifice. He concludes by distinguishing between choosing to do without …
Models
THE THREE-HEADED MAN says that models are real. Models are representations. The model of the thing is the thing itself.
"As above, so below"
Imagination and Visualization
This week THE THREE-HEADED MAN discusses the tools of Imagination and Visualization. He ponders the relationship between the two concepts. In doing so, wonders about their use in reaching his life ai…
Motivation
Tricks and Tactics. THE THREE-HEADED MAN talk about rituals, procrastination, and perfection as he tries to maintain his daily practices.
Women
THE THREE-HEADED MAN tries to see past his definitions, categories, and fears of women.
As the discussion continues, THE THREE-HEADED MAN confesses their fear of rejection; their questioning of tradi…
Harmony
Do drummers think of harmony? What happens when someone who is out of tune doesn't know how they are out of tune?
THE THREE-HEADED MAN confesses that he feels out of tune with the world. They conclude…
5 Minutes
THE THREE-HEADED MAN discuss the AMAZING tool of 5 Minutes. In 5 minutes, they can open doors to work with the infinite.
Awe
This week THE THREE-HEADED MAN discusses AWE. They ponder brotherhood and the infinite. We are Individuals and galaxies that collide and coalesce.
Attitude
This week THE THREE-HEADED MAN discusses ATTITUDE -- like having a good attitude in a game. The game that THE THREE-HEADED MAN plays needs a good attitude. In other words, how do we go through? How d…
All Souls
This week THE-THREEHEADED MAN discuss ALL SOULS. Jazzy begins by retelling his preparations for his Taiichi school's All Souls shrine and alter.
He sorts fruit searching for blemishes and imperfecti…
Recurrence
This week THE THREE-HEADED MAN discusses RECURRENCE. Do I have to go through that again? And if I have to go through it again, "What can change?" Because, it's "Always the same day, Always the same…
Music
This week THE THREE-HEADED MAN discusses Music as a guiding influence. From childhood and David Cassidy to The Beatles and David Bowie and onward to Jazz and the harmonium. Listening parties and worm…
Embarrassment
This week THE THREE-HEADED MAN discusses embarrassment. Embarrassment can be seen as an obstacle or a type of fear. It is especially visible in art and music making. Is it related to insecurity? Or v…
Meditation
This week THE THREE-HEADED MAN explore the question: "What is meditation?" Phreddie begins by wondering about the commercialization of meditation. Both Phreddie and Jazzy recount their personal exper…
Merit
Jazzy and Phreddie reflect upon a workshop they attended. A workshop about merit.
A question was posed: "If merit is not helping an old person across the street, then what is it?" What is the purpose …
Things We Carry
This week THE THREE-HEADED MAN welcomes back Hans from Michigan to talk about the things they carry.
Hans tells a story a story of recognition. Following Hans' story, THE THREE-HEADED MAN discusses En…
Awareness
This week Hans from Michigan joins THE THREE-HEADED MAN. Hans is Phreddie's long-time friend and a member of the circle which ties Jazzy and Phreddie.
What if clones had self-awareness?
This week THE T…
Certainty
Jazzy and Phreddie of THE THREE-HEADED MAN discuss "Perserveriance in the face of Uncertainty". In this episode the boys wonder about the focus upon results in their daily practices, and they joke ab…
Covid and Hitchhiking
A Hans, a new HEAD joins the podcast to retell our personal Covid-19 stories.
Phreddie encourages our new HEAD, Hans, to explain what makes him unique. His uniqueness is revealed in a story. Eventual…