Confusional Arousals
Podcasts
Imagine walking down a lonely beach and you meet a stranger or two. You talk of many things as you sit and watch the waves. When you depart, you head back from whence you came armed with a new purpose to change your world for the better.
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Episode 01 of Confusional Arousals. A slight introduction.
Episode 02 of Confusional Arousals. Looking at podcasting and Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett.
I explore my beginnings in the theatre.
A.F. Winter discusses a wasted college education, mental health conferences, Delta brain waves, Cinderella, and the collective unconscious.
A.F. Winter talks about karma, NPR, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, heaven, hell, the bardo, denying your child a cookie, forgiveness, and other such nonsense.
A.F. Winter talks about meaning, purpose, Riding the Ox Home, unexpected visitors, and other such nonsense.
Episode 07 A.F. Winter talks about death and taxes, bringing pig’s brains back to life, Mr. Albert and degrees of deadness, not kicking old, blind animals, and other such silliness.
Episode 08 A.F. Winter takes you on a journey back to his childhood when his mother would read him the poems of Robert Lewis Stevenson.
Episode 09 A.F. Winter talks about Exploding Head Syndrome, two knocks in the night, dream interpretations, Christmas movies, burnt beans, and other such nonsense.
Episode 10: A work of fiction about the times to come.
53 Days Explained: My last episode needs some clarification. This includes how it came about, cryptic references, and other conspiratorial rigmarole.
Episode 19 - In which A.F. Winter reads some of his poems on life, death, hope, and other such nonsense.
Episode 20 – Freewill – John Wilkes Booth, fortune telling, stupid choices, and other such nonsense.
Episode 21 – Waking Dream – Writer’s group drama, muses, secret fears, death predictions, and other such nonsense.
Episode 22- Loneliness and the Writer - Solitude, quoting writers I’ve never read, omnipotent narrators, head-hopping, and other such nonsense.
Episode 23 – Hard Boiled Eggs – Trying to break the interweb, cooking with expired crap, the joy of stupidity, and other such nonsense.
Polti. There are only 36 dramatic situations in all of literature, a fact that may have catastrophic consequences for all humanity... and other such nonsense.
Episode 13 – Everyman, how to choose a higher being, superpowers, and other such nonsense.
Episode 14 – AI and J. Edgar: The pandemic, self-preservation, AI destroying true art, fear of hitchhikers, and other such knowledge.
Episode 15 - An Apology. My scary neighborhood, AI song creation, uncomfortable words, and other such nonsense.
Episode 16 - Death Buddy. Medical bills, things I don’t want to be eaten by, someone to poke me with a stick, and other such nonsense.
Episode 17 – Labyrinth. Method actors, experimental theatre, labyrinths and mazes, the fear of success, and other such nonsense.
Episode 18 – St. Augustine, The Fountain of Youth, Mountain Elves, Star Fairies, and other such nonsense.
Episode 24 - Feathers – Another trip to New York, Dickinson, Allen, Winter, the yellow rose of Texas, and other such nonsense.
Episode 25 - Dana – The story of a plant named Dana.
Episode 26 – Buddha, Trump, and Nietzsche. All of life, politics, and philosophy are just nonsense.
Episode 27 – T-shirts, first dates, dystopian futures, cherry pie, and other such nonsense.
Episode 28 - Turtles, frogs, monks, scorpions, political assassinations, and other such nonsense.
Episode 29 – Winter Songs – Songs created for Confusional Arousals and poetry written by A.F. Winter.
Episode 30 – The Airplane – Travel lists, a change of underwear, Schrödinger’s cat, and other such nonsense.
Episode 31 – Gardner – Multiple Intelligences, Standing up to the Man. Me, Me, Me, Leaps of Faith, and other such nonsense.
Episode 32 – Andre Pt 1 – Tribute to Andre Gregory, howling at the moon in Marfa Texas, alien abductions, embarrassing moments, and other such nonsense.
Episode 33 – Andre Pt 2 – Gifts from strangers, alien encounters, art galleries, Endgame in the wilderness, and other such nonsense.
Episode 34 - Lee Breuer – Where I didn’t meet him. Where I did meet him. Vsevolod Meyerhold and making brave artistic choices.
Episode 35 - The Madness of King Winter. Drinking the Flavoraid or not, the price of acceptance, remaining sane, and other such nonsense.
Episode 36 - Build a Ghost Town. – Political assassinations, school safety, and how we treat our neighbors.