Monster Baby #104 Clanging! (A Conversation with Dion Flynn and Josh Radnor)

by | Feb 8, 2023 | @dionfly, @joshradnor, Clanging, Dion Flynn, Etch-A-Sketch, How I Met Your Mother, Humor, Improv, Jazz, Josh Radnor, Meditation, Mindfulness, monogamy, rummage party, sand mandala, spiritual practice, Tonight Show

TV personalities and “Clanging” creators, Dion Flynn and Josh Radnor. How does a “silly verbal tennis match” become a profound spiritual practice?  Inspired by the intro “Clanging” game they played on the immediately previous Monster Baby episode #103, Ted...

Monster Baby #103 You Contain Multitudes (Considering Identity)

by | Dec 21, 2022 | Buddhism, Clanging, Dion Flynn, Family Systems, How I Met Your Mother, Humor, identity ball, Improv, Josh Radnor, Mindfulness, New Choice, non-self, priorities, Thich Nhat Hanh, Walt Whitman

“We Contain Multitudes”–image courtesy of Whiskey Monday on Flickr Who are you? Answering that question well may require more angles than we usually think of. After starting with a delightful new game (“Clanging”, introduced by Dion Flynn and Josh...

Monster Baby #97 Inner Voices (a conversation with Kat Koppett)

by | Oct 30, 2021 | Applied Improvisation, Contemplation, Dion Flynn, Humor, Improv, inner voices, Inside Out, Insight Meditation Society, Kat Koppett, Mindfulness, Mindset, Mopco, puppet strings, silent retreat, Thought-Provokers

Making friends with inner voices can be fun—and healing. For Monster Baby episode #97, Ted and Lisa are joined by fellow Applied Improvisor Kat Koppett to discuss (and play!) her mindfulness-and-improv-blending exercise, “Inside Out.” Lisa starts by asking about Kat’s...