Gwydion's Astral Podcast




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Episode 144:
Flowers in Space

[00:10:38]  August 14th, 2024

In which Gwydion recites some of a lecture Dogen gave on March 10th, 1243.




Episode 143:
help.

[00:07:09]  July 23rd, 2024

In which Gwydion performs an a cappella cover of The Beatles' hit song "Help!" the title track of their fifth studio album "Help!" released on August 6th, 1965.




Episode 142:
Plastic and Metal Boxes

[00:18:52]  April 21st, 2024

Gwydion flips through the radio dial in his mind, mostly whales and highlights from the late ERPC, circa December 2017.




Episode 141:
Year In Review

[01:10:15]  January 1st, 2024

Edward takes over the show and looks at reviews a year's worth of his Instagram posts.




Episode 140:
The Round Table

[00:27:13]  November 23rd, 2023

Gwydion interviews Edward, Pymander, and Frater BT.




Episode 139:
ابن عربي

[00:05:02]  November 6th, 2023

Flashback to that time when Gwydion was blowing his own mind reading passages from Ibn Arabi's "Meccan Revelations" back in 2007.




Episode 138:
G.H. 2 - Part 1: The Prequel

[01:48:36]  September 2nd, 2023

Gwydion recites some poetry, gets a call from Edward, then plays another old episode of ERPC featuring Ron De Luco.




Episode 137:
Grandma Harriet

[01:37:29]  August 31st, 2023

Gwydion calls Edward, then plays an old episode of ERPC featuring Ron De Luco.




Episode 136:
Dextromethorphan

[00:17:47]  August 31st, 2023

Gwydion plays the audio from an old video called Art / All Is Maya.




Episode 135:
MUSIC4

[00:25:31]  August 7th, 2023

Gwydion presents music written by a computer program written by Edward Reib.




Episode 134:
La Françe

[00:17:12]  June 27th, 2023

Gwydion checks in with Edward, then BT invokes Thoth.




Episode 133:
In the Pyramid's Eye

[00:19:18]  June 6th, 2023

Some poetry, and "You Are What You Drive."




Episode 132:
The Resurrection

[00:09:07]  May 15th, 2023

We're gunna dive back into some.




Episode 131:
Pinky & The Christ

[00:00:45]  May 12th, 2023

Try to take over the world! (Just bringing down the average episode length after those last two.)




Episode 130:
The Greatest Restroom of All Time

[02:11:00]  May 5th, 2023

Continuing the conversation on the way from West Bengal to Sikkim.




Episode 129:
Unscrew The Pooch

[02:31:12]  May 4th, 2023

Three Americans talkin' shit in Darjeeling.




Episode 128:
Sodomy Biscuits

[00:16:09]  April 29th, 2023

In which Gwydion and Edward find some common ground.




Episode 127:
Logical Phallus Sees

[00:06:08]  April 26th, 2023

In which Gwydion is huffing the Delphic ethylene again, while Edward attempts to interpret.




Episode 126:
The Red Snapper

[00:03:42]  April 23rd, 2023

The OTHER Red Hat: A flashback to Gwydion snapping out some Marx around Christmas of 2007.




Episode 125:
Hamster Sauce

[00:16:53]  April 20th, 2023

Gwydion makes love to Google and GoDaddy, then recites a poem called "Hamster Sauce."




Episode 124:
The Monkey's Paw

[00:50:04]  April 11th, 2023

Catching up with an unheard message from Paul, Gwydion’s Rap Debut, the story of Gwydion’s Astral Coffeehouse, two GW-Basic generated songs, and some other things.




Episode 123:
Ancient Love Propaganda

[00:16:05]  April 9th, 2023

Gwydion’s Astral Podcast triumphantly returns after a five-and-a-half-year hiatus with a new song called "Ancient Love Propaganda."




Episode 122:
Taro

[00:17:09]  January 24th, 2018

Music by Yat-Kha, Kaki King, Uutai Olena, and Taro Mac.




Episode 121:
Sit 'n Shart

[00:04:42]  January 15th, 2018

Biff 'n Buford stagecoach their very first Sit 'n Shart. (Featuring the work of Robby Strong)




Episode 120:
Frankincense and Myrrh

[00:01:10]  November 13th, 2017

You're welcome.




Episode 119:
Great Full

[00:12:31]  October 2nd, 2017

Just another only time and place flowing forth in retro, Spekt. Featuring live music by Choric Lumina and Matthew Garcia.




Episode 118:
Muppet vs. Mustache

[00:10:08]  August 27th, 2017

Singing nothing for noone, hashtag derivitive, with zenKOAL.




Episode 117:
Friday Night Song

[00:04:20]  August 25th, 2017

Gwydion sings a serene song after a good afternoon nap.




Episode 116:
Cosmic Relief

[00:04:23]  August 17th, 2017

Gwydion celebrates passing the new minimum requirement while Chester introduces The Beave.




Episode 115:
Blooper Reel

[00:01:54]  August 7th, 2017

Here are a few that didn't make the cut. I recorded them today.




Episode 113:
Permafried

[00:04:34]  July 29th, 2017

During, after, and a couple weeks later. Three tease and A




Episode 110:
Los Robles

[00:03:14]  May 24th, 2017

Gwydion flips through the AM Radio in his Soul.




Episode 109:
Big Red Blood Man

[00:06:01]  May 13th, 2017

Gwydion recites Big Red Blood Man, 8 of Cups, Cow, and You Have Been Bookslammed.




Episode 108:
Super Sad

[00:03:35]  May 3rd, 2017

Gwydion sings his favorite jam which he liked before it got all popular.




Episode 107:
Tom Morton, The Pagan Pilgrim

[00:48:41]  May 1st, 2017

Gwydion recites The Pagan Pilgrim, the story of Tom Morton and Merrymount.




Episode 106:
The Sea

[00:04:03]  April 29th, 2017

Gwydion recites "The Sea" by John Dan Reib.




Episode 105:
Thunder, The Perfect Sass Hole

[00:14:06]  March 25th, 2017

Gwydion of Angelsey recites some Gnostic Heresy.




Episode 104:
The Big Red Sun

[00:04:25]  March 13th, 2017

Gwydion recites some 1960's John Dan Reib poetry.




Episode 103:
John Milton in an Outhouse

[00:10:22]  March 4th, 2017

Gwydion recites Gwydion Gone Mild, then gets all heaved up.




Episode 102:
Good Detox

[00:11:39]  February 18th, 2017

Gwydion recites some 1960's John Dan Reib poetry.




Episode 98:
Yamanote Poetry

[00:23:54]  January 5th, 2017

Gwydion recites his 2016 Poetry: Fistie, Familiar, Flaming Meu, In N Out, Deep Russian, Aspiration, When A Jig-Saw, A Stringanon, Double Dildo, One-Way Hare, Well There, Sonny..., X Mas Thyme, Measureworth, Fridays, Ah 20, Timeshare, Sad About The, Weaveltwoot, Hoo Can Say, Foreskin Congress, Post Human, Hardwired, Holy Boredom, A Thousand Year Onion, Spacialize, Eggalints, Thoughtso, and Letzoll while the music of the Yamanote goes 'round and 'round.




Episode 96:
Metaprogramming

[00:04:12]  December 10th, 2016

Gwydion's sequel to Geldof & Ure's 1980's classic 'Christmastime in Africa'.




Episode 93:
Saturday Song

[00:02:45]  October 1st, 2016

Gwydion sings some improvised poetry.




Episode 91:
Fallen Colbert

[00:04:16]  September 19th, 2016

Just echoing and amplifying something Bo Burnham said to Pete the other day.




Episode 87:
Cartastrophe

[00:06:39]  August 15th, 2016

Gwydion scrolls through the scrambled news-feed in his head, with subliminal advertising and microphone drop.




Episode 85:
A Stardraining Megastructure

[00:08:48]  August 5th, 2016

First reads some Burroughs shit that's William Gwydion the Kennedy boring assed really Crusade actually interesting.




Episode 84:
Pokemon on Skid Row

[00:06:28]  July 22nd, 2016

Gwydion's sequel to Geldof & Ure's 1980's classic 'Christmastime in Africa'.




Episode 79:
The Silent Client

[00:08:27]  May 26th, 2016

Bernie in Indiana yesterday over Celeda's and Danny Tenaglia's "Be Yourself" (and no one else)




Episode 76:
Bernin' it Up

[00:11:09]  April 28th, 2016

Bernie in Indiana yesterday over Celeda's and Danny Tenaglia's "Be Yourself" (and no one else)




Episode 75:
Aaron and Александра

[00:11:33]  April 21th, 2016

Gwydion takes a moment to honor some of The Founders of the Free World: Aaron Swartz and Александра Элбакян.




Episode 73:
Namaste in School

[00:19:34]  April 14th, 2016

First, The Begats. Then, The Leftist Propaganda. Then, Choric MU and The Light Crusaders. (Well, I guess I could stay a *bit* longer...)




Episode 70:
Feel it Berning?

[00:08:41]  April 6th, 2016

Gwydion's needs to use your ear to help soothe the Berning sensation.




Episode 69:
Not P.C.

[00:12:41]  April 5th, 2016

Gwydion tries to do that thing that Reggie Watts does.




Episode 68:
The Armadillo

[00:14:58]  April 5th, 2016

Gwydion plays some Torpedo Boyz and Berserker, then recites Edward's 1997 short story entitled The Armadillo.




Episode 67:
That's Me

[00:12:41]  April 3rd, 2016

Bernie Sanders sings along to some Transformation, Gwydion plays Half Man Half Biscuit, a sacred benediction from an old report card, and John Dan Reib's October 28th 1960 poem about Aimee Semple McPherson's breasts, and her red... red hair.




Episode 65:
Tiri & Mel

[00:25:57]  March 30th, 2016

Gwydion recites Edward's short story from 1996 and plays some Plumb & Plumber, Choric Lumina and Mount Sims.




Episode 64:
Feel The Bird

[00:21:33]  March 29th, 2016

Gwydion plays some Choric Lumina and KR3TURE, recites a poem, then plays some NeTE.




Episode 63:
Happy Easter

[00:20:17]  March 27th, 2016

Gwydion plays some Randy Grief and Copeland to celebrate the 1984th anniversary of one of the world's most influential magic tricks.




Episode 62:
Holy Saturday, Batman!

[00:09:56]  March 26th, 2016

Gwydion continues to celebrate Groundhog Day by reciting John Dan Reib's early 1959's short story The Betrayal, listening to Christian Death, and some Russian Orthodox chants, basically.




Episode 61:
Good Friday

[00:10:05]  March 25th, 2016

Gwydion's tribute to his Lord; Monty Python, John Lennon, Tori Amos, and The Tiger Lillies.




Episode 60:
Choltiez' Requiem

[00:31:22]  March 15th, 2016

Gwydion conducts a choir of himselves while Choltiez plays his Requiem, then plays some Static Goat.




Episode 55:
Hummers

[00:07:49]  March 2nd, 2016

Gwydion hums some Planning to Rock and Tiger Lillies.




Episode 54:
Wine Pon Me

[00:36:04]  February 29th, 2016

Featuring the soundtrack to my existential puberty meltdown.




Episode 53:
A Musing

[00:05:58]  February 27th, 2016

Featuring the work of Howard Stelzer and Frans de Waard. Then, Gwydion recites A Musing.




Episode 51:
Derivative

[00:09:11]  February 26th, 2016

So THAT'S the problem... the ghosts of all our creepy ancestors are in our DNA! I guess I always knew that... Anyway, today's show features the work of The Haters, S.B.O.T.H.I., and Theme Park.




Episode 50:
Mister Tesla

[00:20:25]  February 25th, 2016

Today's show features the work of Master/Slave Relationship, Die Todliche Doris, Audio Leter with The Fake Feelings Institute, Torn Memory, and Monochrome Bleu.




Episode 49:
Like A T-Rex

[00:19:56]  February 25th, 2016

Today's show features the work of Controlled Bleeding, The Psyclones, Smersh, and Hunting Lodge.




Episode 48:
It's That Time Again

[00:31:43]  February 24th, 2016

Today's show features the work of We Be Echo, Ramshackle Ammunition, 400 Blows, 12 Cubic Feet, and Red Herring.




Episode 47:
A Brief Word

[00:16:17]  February 24th, 2016

Today's show features the work of Cultural Amnesia, Paul Kelday, and CTI.




Episode 46:
Until Next Time

[00:17:31]  February 24th, 2016

Today's show features the work of Attritio, Test Dept., Cause For Concern, and Martin Howard Naylor.




Episode 45:
Back to Normal, as Usual

[00:30:07]  February 23rd, 2016

Today's show features the work of Mandible Rumpus, Mex, Gambit Of Shame, Section 10, and The Cult Of The Supreme.




Episode 43:
The Trial

[00:08:43]  February 22nd, 2016

Gwydion asks Schlenchnünhiemer if he can have his Podcast back. Schlenchnünhiemer insists Gwydion must undergo a trial first.




Episode 42:
Bahama Song

[00:02:09]  February 20th, 2016

A new song with an old pen name; Schlenchnünhiemer sings his creation story.




Episode 41:
Schlenchnünhiemer

[00:15:03]  February 19th, 2016

Schlenchnunhiemer seems to have taken over the show... I'm not sure what to say.




Episode 38:
Like The Moonlight

[00:13:32]  February 12th, 2016

Gwydion introduces Choltiez, offends Charles, and lets Schlenchnunhiemer recite something.




Episode 37:
Lulu Won't Get A Lemon

[00:02:50]  February 11th, 2016

Edward's old guitar riff once called Vancouver circa '99 based on his, or Schlenchnunhiemer's, earlier piece called Yosemite circa '92, with lyrics written circa the day before yesterday.




Episode 36:
How Music Is Made

[00:03:51]  February 3rd, 2016

Featuring Gwydion's soon-to-be hits My Absence, Here Comes Santa Claus, Bung Clang/Honkin' It, Milkshake Quartet, Up For Way Too Long (REMASTERED), Ooble Booble, and the title track How Music Is Made.




Episode 35:
Coming Back Home

[00:09:20]  February 3rd, 2016

Taking Bowie's advice to heart, B.T. phone's home; Gwydion clarifies who's who, and introduces Schlenchnunhiemer for some reason.




Episode 33:
This Persian Rug

[00:04:33]  January 21st, 2016

Gwydion recites No, Really. We Are All One, This Persian Rug, and Car Tuned.




Episode 28:
The Milkshake Doxology

[00:01:03]  December 26th, 2015

Palate cleanser




Episode 27:
The Last

[00:17:59]  December 25th, 2015

Charles reads his old short story about the last time he talked to his dad.




Episode 24:
Chapped Hole

[00:08:33]  December 3rd, 2015

Gwydion recites Marijuana Collective reviews, and some more of his poetry.




Episode 21:
Taco

[00:15:47]  November 13th, 2015

a poem by Craig Tisdale, some of Gwydion's work.




Episode 20:
Taco

[00:05:51]  November 10th, 2015

a 2004 poem.




Episode 19:
Tourists

[00:02:02]  November 2nd, 2015

a 2007 poem.




Episode 17:
Jagged Rocks

[00:07:43]  October 29th, 2015

July 2013 Poetry.




Episode 16:
Gödelian

[00:06:42]  October 29th, 2015

A 2013 poem and some 2004 prose.




Episode 12:
John Dan

[00:13:04]  October 17th, 2015

Gwydion reads poetry written by his father John Dan Reib in 1959.




Episode 10:
Untitled

[00:05:39]  October 13th, 2015

The poetry of Edward and the guitar playing of Melissa Mednick.




Episode 8:
Booty

[00:09:52]  October 9th, 2015

Some of my poetry from 1999, and an experimental piece from our friend Velvet.




Episode 7:
Goldline

[00:02:08]  October 8th, 2015

A poem from 2013




Episode 6:
Mask

[00:04:04]  October 6th, 2015

More of Gwydion's old poetry from 2001 or 2002.




Episode 4:
D.M.T.

[00:18:01]  October 6th, 2015

Meet the Producer and creator of Gwydion's Astral Podcast, then hear Gwydion's D.M.T. poetry from 2011.




Episode 1:
TRON vs Trent

[00:03:23]  June 15th, 2015

It's that scene where RAM tells Flynn what's up, and then Sark gets all Gestapo, and Tron is fighting, then cut to when he gets the instructions from Alan1 and there's hope, but get this: it's the German dub, and Eraser from Halo 8 is in the background. I couldn't not make this track, and it's the reason I had to create a new Podcast. I kinda regret the Pink Floyd in there; it's supposed to be poetic.




Episode 0:
Steve

[00:04:20]  November 5th, 1985

Not one of my most successful podcast interviews.



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