I originally intended to write a poem every week, after the baby was born. A way of reflecting on the new universe we entered in June. I started writing more often. The poems became a ritual, after bath time. I'm compiling them into a book, but editing is tricky. Time becomes harder to find. So, for…
Having a conversation with Gemini about how to handle frustrations that inevitably accompany a visit from my 80 year-old mom.
A short rumination on aging and mortality.
A short full-body scan, breathing in and then out.
A short guided meditation on various acknowledgments and anxiety.
A short meditation on getting through the week.
A short meditation on the peaceful transfer of power.
Naturally Artificial Chat #2: On Technology, Normalizing Indefensible Behavior, Algorithms, Attention, and Why Educating the Public About AI is Absolutely Necessary I ask the vast repository of information about what happened to decency and why we have normalized indefensible behaviors. I ask about how we can change our patterns of behavior around how we absorb the news, hijacking our limbic systems through polluted information ecosystems. I ask if there's any hope for changing the incentive structures away from immediate profit and toward the collective common good. And more. Thanks for listening. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support
An important conversation about how to take the ideal short nap. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support
For a transcript of this essay, via Google doc, click here: Hello Good People, I recently listened to Ezra Klein talking with Ta-Nehisi Coates about Israel, Palestine and democracy. Coates new book, “The Message” is getting widespread attention. I've appreciated his writing in the past, at The Atlantic and “Between the World and Me.” I've been listening to Ezra Klein's podcast for a few years, and it never fails to educate and broaden my thinking. I've been thinking about how awful the situation is for a while. Writing this helped me gather my thoughts into a coherent view of the complicated mess that has been unraveling over the last year...but really...forever. Too often in this conversation, compassion is lacking. Compassion for all people involved. Every human life. Ever peace-loving human being. Government influence and military influence are one aspect of this chaos. Seeing a broader picture is necessary. Wrongs: Democracy, the Middle East, Elections and the People We're told two wrongs don't make a right, but what about three, four or five thousand wrongs? Peace, Jonah --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support
We've been reading Shel Silverstein's classic children's book of poems and cartoons, Where the Sidewalk Ends. We decided to record the first 34 pages of poems (most of them). Here it is. Please enjoy these poems. If you want to go to Shel's site: https://www.shelsilverstein.com/9780060256678/where-the-sidewalk-ends/ Love, Jonah and Rebelle --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support
Self-compassion is complicated for me. I understand I must love my self before I can love anyone else. But that love is not simple and easy. Love for myself is complicated. I value certain aspects of who I am and what I bring to the relationships in my life, my work and my creative projects...but I also get stuck in negative thought cycles. I can spiral. I can ignore my own needs and then become irritable and irritating. In other words, I need more self-compassion. It's a practice. There are days I won't have enough compassion for my body, or my health, or my need for rest, or my desire for fun. There are days I will stumble through. But keeping in mind that self-compassion is a practice, I will keep reminding myself to practice it. Hope you enjoy this episode. Be kind to yourself. The episode starts with a reading of Jack Kornfield's, called Awakening Self-Compassion. https://jackkornfield.com/self-compassion/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support
In this episode, I read and reflect on the Buddhist concept of Equanimity. In short, equanimity is about finding balance and protecting yourself from attaching to external forces like praise and blame, fame and disrepute, pleasure and pain, or gain and loss. Alongside the reading: sounds of a Tibetan singing bowl. Though I will not attach to the results of putting this episode out, I will send out hopes that anyone who listens may find fleeting moments of peace, calm or balance. For more on equanimity, check out: https://www.buddhistinquiry.org/article/cultivating-equanimity-2/ Thanks for listening, Jonah --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support
1. Cascading (instrumental - amplified acoustic guitar) 2. Sunday Morning (instrumental - amplified acoustic guitar) 3. We Turned Six (keyboards and vocals) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support
Walking Meditation (Being Sick, Watching NBA Playoffs With Young Child, Mother's Day, Political Fears) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support
Remember the pop hit "Steal My Sunshine" by Len? I took some of the sparkle out and added some droning guitar. Also...two instrumentals. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support
Acoustic Covers 1. Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds 2. Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung 3. Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads 4. Horse With No Name - America 5. Shelter From the Storm- Bob Dylan 6. Steal My Sunshine - Len --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support
Fun covering more pop and rock songs. 1. Everybody Have Fun Tonight by Wang Chung 2. The Bottom of It by Fruit Bats 3. Mr. Tambourine Man by Bob Dylan --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support
Three Neil Young tunes and America's "Horse With No Name." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support
Hear the waves. Calm your mind. Almost. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support
A piano motif looped with effects. And other Instrumental tracks. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support
Sampled Rhodes loop with amplified acoustic guitar and some crackling samples. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support
These sounds aim to support relaxation. The track is based around a tongue drum melody with added effects and two atmospheric pad samples from the site Samplefocus.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support
Big picture questions with my 5 year-old. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support
A short walking meditation reflecting on health, mortality, and aging parents. Then a cover of "Heaven" by The Talking Heads. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support
This started woth a piano riff. I used samplefocus.com for cello. I added a second cello track with a slightly higher pitch. Then I added an atmospheric pad sample for a dreamy effect. This one might help you drift off to sleep. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support
Walking and talking about Self-compassion. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support
Slowing down David Byrne's vocals and taking away the rhythms and keyboards. A bizarre experiment that I enjoyed. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support
5 year-old in the garage om vocals with Daddy on guitar and attempting to guide the proceedings. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
6 minutes all about holding a package of Craisins. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
Got back to Weird Fishes. Such a gorgeous song, I know I didn't do it justice but that's ok. My Morning Jacket "I Will Sing You Songs" "One Big Holiday" and "Death is the Easy Way" A.A. Bondy "I Can See the Pines Are Dancing" --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
Started with a bass line. Looped it. Found a drum sample. Edited and looped it. Added a guitar riff on top. Finished with vocals. All in all, experiments in putting together a song with four tracks. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
A tangential spoken meditation attempt/possibly amusing ramble. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
Nick Drake made some delicately beautiful and achingly sad songs. Many of his songs are in strange tunings. This one is not. Fruit Bats also write some beautiful songs. Most aren't quite as melancholic as Nick Drake's. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
Fun with a tabla drum sample. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
I found a breakbeat sample and built around it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
Recording with five year-old. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
1. Wordless Chorus -My Morning Jacket 2. Death is the Easy Way - My Morning Jacket 3. American Girl - Tom Petty 4. Learning to Fly - Tom Petty --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
13 minutes of acoustic guitar. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
Fun with familiar Radiohead chords and effects --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
A quick meditation/gebtle rant about email and attention. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
Instrumental Experiments (Monday Morning, Sunday Afternoon, Kalimba Patterns) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
More guitar patterns. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
No words. Just guitar. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
This is just a long rambling silly song about the end of the six-month regular season in Major League Baseball. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
Some sounds to help your mind wander. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
"Ventura Highway" America; "The Bottom of It" Fruit Bats; "Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard" Paul Simon; "Mr. Tambourine Man" Bob Dylan. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
A 20-minute walking meditation. Walking Meditation (Stray Thoughts on the Queen's Death, Forgotten Snacks, Redwoods and Kindergarten) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
"I Can See the Pines are Dancing" by A.A. Bondy, "I'm Set Free" by Velvet Underground and "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" by John Prine. Go to jonahhall.bandcamp.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
This track is intended for relaxation and soothing. Guitar lines. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jonah-hall/support
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