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10 Ways to Stop Doing Stuff with the teapotmOnk

10: Released on the 10th of each month for 10 months. Explorations and Investigations into why we do the things we do, drawing on Chinese philosophy, Tai Chi, toast, teapots and tofu. Digital narratives from another perspective with the teapotmOnk.

Further podcasts by Paul Read the teapotmOnk

Podcast on the topic Gesellschaft und Kultur

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The Manual of Bean Curd Boxing: Sample from 2020-06-15T15:46:19

So many disciplines promise happiness, security, health, wisdom or enlightenment, but so few deliver more than just words. Yet, when you fuse together an ancient eastern practice with a thoroughly ...

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5 Tips for Living a Purposeful Life from 2018-11-09T10:29:32

And so we bid farewell to the mOnk and this series of 10 with this final climatic episode in which, on the eve of departure, a dusty tea-stained document is left on my desk, with a request to read ...

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The return of the Bean Curd Boxer from 2018-10-09T15:27:17

Including a sample chapter from the Noble Art of the Leaving Things Alone - this month we look at giving it all away - with links to free ebooks, and general bean curd packages.

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Finding Purpose in the Ordinary: A Conversation with Anthony Guilbert from 2018-09-10T00:00

Podcast 8 in the Series of 10: In this short, but fascinating conversation with writer, Anthony Guilbert, about his new book: Notes From the Drift, the teapotmonk discusses travel, fluidity, moveme...

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Spirographs - the Ultimate Tai Chi Weapon from 2018-08-09T14:57

Why not Create your own Form? What tools would you need? Would a Spirograph help? What can history tell us about these decisions? Episode 7 in the series of 10 delves into the art of creation and a...

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Captain Kirk and the Tai Chi Form from 2018-07-09T14:58:27

This month - the teapotmonk Investigation Crew explore the contradictions and vagaries of the Tai Chi Form and ask what would happen if we started to design our own? Is it time for us to boldly go...

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What was your name again? from 2018-06-10T05:05:56

Titles and names in the arts don't always convey the message you think. Perhaps it's time to rethink those traditional descriptions that imply a relationship of obedience and deference. At the end ...

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Don't Die in Shackles: Part 2 from 2018-05-09T12:08:44

Part 2 in the series looking at the Chinese Philosopher Mencius and how his advice on doing a little something every day, to help all those people you come into contact with, will not only help the...

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Don't Die in Shackles: Part 1 from 2018-04-09T16:09:21

What would happen if we refused to insure the dog, stripped the plastic from our cucumbers whilst still at the till, tore down the walls of fear that surround us? What would happen if we focused on...

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The Way Of Laughter from 2018-03-09T20:36:29

Perhaps the most subversive and under appreciated lessons we can impart is that of humour. Take yourself a little less seriously and the world sits back, relaxes and chuckles. Take yourself too ser...

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The Cult of the Individual from 2018-02-09T15:50:17

Breaking out the new season of podcasts, episode 1 launches into a rewriting of the last 50 years as the mOnk speculates on what could have happened if Tai Chi and the internal arts had stayed true...

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A Pre-Show Welcome from 2018-01-27T13:47:41

Welcome to the new series of 10 by the teapotmOnk. Starting next month on the 10th - for 10 months - the mOnk will be investigating how we can best do the things we need to do without all the nonse...

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