Episode 12: Christian Rock, The Enneagram, and Mackenzie Davis [AKA Astrology Part 3]

In this episode, we wrap up a conversation on Astrology/Personality. Okay, let's be real--we'll probably never be done talking about this. But this time, we focused primarily on the enneagram while touching briefly on Meyers-Briggs and--of course--astrology.

 

Tangents include the Christian rock music still on Doug's iPhone, the 1996 Chicago Bulls roster, and the August 2008 Playboy Playmate. Come on--you can't tell us you aren't intrigued...

 

[TRIGGER WARNINGS: Contemporary Christian Music, Mental Illness, Misdiagnosis, and Mental Hospitals]

Show Notes

At the beginning of the podcast, Vanessa mentioned a jewelry designer she got an "Aquarius" symbol necklace from. You can find them on Twitter @thejumabrand.

 

This week, Doug is drinking the RISE AND GRND blend from Blk & Bold, and Vanessa is drinking shots using her favorite Vodka: Tito's. 

 

While talking about Christian music, Doug mentioned a song from Christian rapper Knowdaverbs on which Mat Kearney (yes, that Mat Kearney) was a guest. The track is called "Gung Ho," and it's from the DJ Maj compilation album Full Plates. Because we aren't big enough yet to cover the legal fees of the law suit, Doug substituted the clip of the song he played with a loop of his cat Oliver meowing. But feel free to check it out on Soundcloud.

 

At around the 24-minute mark, Vanessa and Doug actually started talking about their intended topic when Doug started to nerd-out about supervised and unsupervised machine learning. Here's the image he was showing Vanessa while talking about it:

The personality typing systems Doug mentions in his lengthy rant are the following:

Astrology

The Enneagram

The Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator

The Five Factor Model of Personality

The Enneagram Book Doug used to facilitate the discussion is The Modern Enneagram by Kacie Berghoef and Melanie Bell. It's a really beautiful book; you should totally check it out.

 

The actress Doug mentions having been born on the exact same date as him is Mackenzie Davis. Then, the site the Doug found where you can look up celebrities by their birth dates is called Astro Seek.

 

Also, we didn't talk about this in the episode because we ran out of time, but Doug's favorite enneagram person in the whole world is Hannah Paasch, author of Millenneagram. Even if you don't care about the enneagram, you should totally get Hannah's book and read it, because it's hilarious!

 

Finally, just a quick overview of our respective personality types, filtering out all the tangents from the last three episodes:

Astrology: Vanessa is an Aquarius and Doug is an Aries

Enneagram: Vanessa is a 2w3 and Doug is a 5w4

Meyers-Briggs: Vanessa is an ENFP and Doug is an INTP

Neurodivergence: Vanessa has BPD and Doug has ADHD

Unsupervised Machine Learning Model: Vanessa is Vanessa and Doug is Doug

This episode was recorded on July 17, 2020.