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
Silence
This week THE THREE-HEADED MAN quietly discuss Silence
Jazzy is reading prayers for the passing of the Queen of Samadhi. He reads an invocation to the "divine silence of the soundless voice". Jazzy co…
Lottery
Jazzy begins by saying, "A lottery could anything," and Jimmy adds, that "Lottery is a supreme performance."
"You gotta play to win."
Phreddie wonders, "Who is the luckiest?"
Jazzy defines Lottery as …
Gaming
Jazzy introduces the topic of gaming through the board game of "Monopoly." He learns t try something different to win.
Jimmy adds that games can become like war and that games are an illusion. Elimin…
Exalted Spaces
This week's conversation is an exploration of exalted spaces. THE THREE-HEADED MAN chases and attempts to capture the wordless experiences of extraordinary experiences with words. Phreddie concludes …
Ruts
"A rut is a habit," says Jimmy, and "being in a rut with yourself is not so good," he adds. Jimmy has Ruts on his road, and he can work with those. A rut is a habit, a pattern.
Jazzy considers positi…
Hell with a "P"
Jazzy begins the conversation by commenting upon self-made folks, those who do it all by themselves.
Phreddie changes the direction by adding dividing help into receiving and giving. Helping others is…
Transitions -- Part Two
Transitions, Part Two
The THREE-HEADED MAN continues their conversation of transitions.
Moving -- Spacial Awareness as feedback.
Jimmy is better in motion.
Phreddie introduces the idea of Maintenance. …
Transitions
"Transitions" is a partial episode. The second part will be released next Sunday. The entire episode is near 45 minutes, so we decided to break it into two parts.
Jimmy calls the tune, and the song i…
Marriage
Marriage
Phreddie asks, "What did marriage mean when you got married?" Jazzy asks, How is marriage defined?
Jazzy's marriage is arranged, and he discusses the boundaries between him and his wife -- yet…
Joy
The THREE-HEADED MAN'S conversation about Joy begins with Jazzy's account of the death of his friend -- His friend died of Covid-19. Jazzy continues by telling of his own Covid infection, and the dea…
Home Too
Jimmy introduces this week's topic: the sanctity of home.
Jimmy recalls that THE THREE-HEADED MAN met himself, and when he met the other two heads, he was searching for a home, a metaphysical home, an…
Clutter
Jazzy leaves stuff out, stuff like his recorder, and his wife likes to dust and put things away. Jazzy uses clutter as a reminder, a reminder to do things. However, Jazzy's wife sees his recorder as …
Loss
In this episode, "Loss", the THREE-HEADED MAN, engages in a conversation about the death of their parents and grandparents. This conversation was recorded a few days after the death of Jazzy's mothe…
Whatever
Jazzy titled the show, "whatever," because whenever he tries to involve his two boys in his projects, they reply, "whatever dad."
The conversation, as it usually does, meanders.
It begins with a quest…
Play
In Episode 10, Jimmy tells us he is a seeker of play -- he plays music, and he plays while digging holes. He searches for people with playful natures. Phreddie responds by saying he plays while he wo…
Connections
The Three-Headed Man explores connectedness. From this topic springs the topics of perception, permanent hurts, and death.
"They're alive too," says Jimmy. We know this when we connect. To give a conc…
Headspace
"Headspace" could be misleading. It could be misconstrued. We apologize.
The Three-Headed Man recalls the books that led them to the place that began their friendship. This episode is about books and…
One Important Thing
What do we do everyday? The Three-Headed Man retells his daily practices, which are prompted by the question, "What is one thing important thing we do everyday?"
Jimmy goes first, and straight away he…
Movement
Jimmy asks, "What happened to us when we were young that led us to the place where we met?"
Phreddie begins by explaining that what he is won't be visible until the end of the world, and he concludes …
Obstacles
This episode, "Obstacles," was over an hour long. No worries, Jazzy did a fine job of editing the hour-long recording to a respectable 32 minutes. Like many of our conversations, it starts with a top…