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Attention
Barflys & Butterflies - April 05, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsAfter a month long break, the fellas are back in a fun episode that goes all in on Attention. Ground covered includes an old pic of Brian’s ass featuring in Jamal’s recent breakup, the overwhelming competition for people’s attention, the difficulty of breaking through the signal-to-noise ratio, ...
Inspiration
Barflys & Butterflies - March 02, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Inspiration, using the undeniably authentic courage shown by Ukraine's president as a jumping off point. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/barflysbflies)
Diary of a Mad Man - Glory to Ukraine edition
Barflys & Butterflies - March 02, 2022 14:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsBrian talks all things Ukraine and why it matters to you. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/barflysbflies)
Trust
Barflys & Butterflies - February 01, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Trust. Ground covered includes Dan’s ramped up segue game, the (mis)information wars, the Joe Rogan/Spotify controversy, trust as a vital source of happiness, Moldova, the disproportionate response to inconvenience in America, the played out red/blue binary of our society...
Anxiety
Barflys & Butterflies - January 25, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Anxiety. Ground covered includes Dan's return to NYC, Brian’s inherited anxiety regarding time commitments, a Liam Neeson-less rendition of the movie ‘Taken’, sourcing in relation to anxiety, Earth Runners, American Utopia, positive forms of anxiety (pre-performance butte...
Narrative
Barflys & Butterflies - January 06, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Narrative. Ground covered includes buzzword overuse in everyday life, the devaluation of overworked language, the double edged sword of repetition, the mainstreaming of storytelling jargon and formulas, Jamal’s sexy underwear, the stories we tell in how we present ourselv...
Analytics
Barflys & Butterflies - December 29, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Analytics. Ground covered includes Jamal’s return after a long hiatus, Ken’s dominant victory in fantasy football, triaging your day, analytics already present in our lives (screen time, steps, floors climbed, views, listens, likes, downloads, bank activity, etc), applyin...
Boundaries
Barflys & Butterflies - December 10, 2021 01:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Boundaries in a very fun episode. Ground covered includes personal space, buffer zones, red lines, the potential Russian invasion of Ukraine, a whole lot of examples involving “friends”, trolling and provocation, texting style by age group, the importance of communication...
Gratitude
Barflys & Butterflies - November 26, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Gratitude. Ground covered includes the emptiness of relative/negative gratitude, the awkwardness of dead people on Facebook, the performative underbelly of gratitude, Brian’s comeback vehicle for Katherine Heigl and himself, the ties between gratitude, guilt and selfishne...
Perception
Barflys & Butterflies - November 18, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Perception, using the Kyle Rittenhouse trial as a jumping off point. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/barflysbflies)
Diary of a Mad Man - Accountability edition
Barflys & Butterflies - October 27, 2021 22:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsBrian discusses the urgent need for true accountability surrounding the events of January 6th as the country continues its slow slide from a cold civil war to the other kind. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/barflysbflies)
Instinct
Barflys & Butterflies - October 19, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Instinct. Ground covered includes the differences between instinct, impulse and intuition, the society-wide butchering of the word ‘literally’, people who vocally turn every sentence into a question, red flags and their trending emojis, a cat’s ability to find the warmest...
Trolling
Barflys & Butterflies - October 01, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Trolling. Ground covered includes Dan’s tough Fantasy Football weekend, the profits in professional trolling, clickbait, breaking the signal to noise ratio via controversy, the inherent trolling of advertising, Jessica Alba, fucking with your friends vs strangers, the rul...
Doubt
Barflys & Butterflies - September 21, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Doubt. Ground covered includes a rare semi-cold open featuring space monkeys and severe haircuts, the cheapening of information due to overabundace, Descartes, the Matrix, the cynical fabrications of doubt around our elections, the lack of critical thinking in modern soci...
Pain
Barflys & Butterflies - September 15, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Pain. Ground covered includes Brian’s sweaty visit to the dentist, the anticipation of pain outweighing the pain itself, the insidiousness of small talk, the brain's power to heighten pleasure and pain, the physical empathy and reactions generated by stories of other peo...
Beliefs
Barflys & Butterflies - September 09, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Beliefs. Ground covered includes Jamal’s reaction to OnlyFans’s short-lived policy changes, GT lies about his reading list, Brian announces he is firmly pro-reality, the Texas abortion law, the human ability to hold contradictory beliefs, the carrot and stick quality of r...
Embarrassment
Barflys & Butterflies - August 17, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Embarrassment. Ground covered includes algorithms and Insta reels, the tragic and humiliating botched exit from Afghanistan, the natural human instinct to laugh at the literal missteps of others, the universality of the shart, embarrassment as a symptom of failed image c...
Popularity
Barflys & Butterflies - August 11, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Popularity. Ground covered includes the podcast crew’s spotty track record of social media sanctions, Frank “Garbage” Mancuso, Ferris Bueller, the idea that everything is high school, the power of authenticity, the generalization of content in order to reach the broadest ...
100
Barflys & Butterflies - August 05, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on their hundredth episode. Ground covered includes all the ground covered over the past two years. Listen up, listen in! Cheers! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/barflysbflies)
Intention
Barflys & Butterflies - July 28, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Intention in a loosey goosey episode that strays all over the place. Ground covered includes Ken’s upcoming art show in Brooklyn, the potential downsides of being a good samaritan, the hollow effect of “I didn’t mean it like that”, Connie Francis’s honor, authenticity bei...
Obsession
Barflys & Butterflies - July 21, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Obsession. Ground covered includes the re-platforming of Jamal’s erotic escapism page, the rebranded slang definition of obsessed, Brian’s memorable visit to an American Girl Doll Store, obsession as part of “going through a phase”, remembering what the O in OCD stands fo...
Control
Barflys & Butterflies - July 14, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Control. Ground covered includes the difference between routines and rituals and the benefits of combining them, the illusion of control, assigning blame versus actually addressing problems, the danger of information control, alternate facts, social media algorithms, mini...
Loneliness
Barflys & Butterflies - June 30, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Loneliness. Ground covered includes the dying advantages of mask wearing, the anonymity of a large crowd, ground rules for pimps, the need to invest in socialization for a return, raves, the negative connotation surrounding loneliness, the Ray Liotta cocaine pinky, codepe...
Time
Barflys & Butterflies - June 24, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Time. We're so pressed for it we can't even give you a recap. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/barflysbflies)
Fairness
Barflys & Butterflies - June 08, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Fairness. Ground covered includes the 'it is what it is' outlook as an acceptance of unfairness, the Propublica IRS data dump, GT looking out for our listeners in Kyrgyzstan, the inability to legislate outcome, Jamal talking revolution, 'The System', hypothetical Cornhol...
Resilience
Barflys & Butterflies - June 02, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Resilience. Ground covered includes the reemergence of NYC and beyond, transformation versus continuation, a quick rant on the current labor supply shortage, critical infrastructure hacks, goldfish memories (again), the go along to get along attitude as a form of resilien...
Diary of a Mad Man - Suppression edition
Barflys & Butterflies - May 26, 2021 17:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsBrian checks in with some fresh political anger. Weird, right? Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/barflysbflies)
Things We Hate
Barflys & Butterflies - May 18, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas welcome Dan back to the fold and go all in on things we hate. Ground covered includes small talk, passive aggressiveness, hypocrisy, the debate surrounding the return to office life, one way conversations, story topping, selfishness and some helpful NYC tourist advice. Support th...
Escapism
Barflys & Butterflies - May 11, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Escapism. Ground covered includes more Sex and the City talk than one might expect, guilty pleasures, hate-watching, snobbery, Brian’s sobering pandemic realization, the human need to judge others, the value of getting lost in something, ego, charcuterie, Martha Stewart a...
Insecurity
Barflys & Butterflies - April 27, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsThe fellas go all in on Insecurity. Ground covered includes Brian’s recent worries about the podcast, the folly of bringing pictures of models to haircuts, Alcatraz, body insecurities, West Side Story, not giving a shit, how social media enhances everything, projecting insecurities, and yolked c...
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