24: It’s Not Me It’s You

Hi friends! Hope your week is off to a good start. I have an idea of how to deal with the damage Van Halen did to me when I was younger. Tell me if you think it’s a good idea. And speaking of good ideas, I’ve been thinking of a new, radical way to approach relationships. Although maybe it’s only new and radical to me. Maybe everyone else has been doing this all along. Perhaps I’m the last big jerk. Well, crap.

23: Forgive Me

I’m concerned about my neighbor. Haven’t seen her in awhile. Has she met with foul play? How would I know? Should I call the cops? Maybe it’s nothing and I’ll look like a meddler. I don’t know what the rules are. I heard someone talk about forgiveness and it caused me to think about it a bit. I’m wondering if we all understand forgiveness at all. Forgive me if you do. See you Monday.

Coffee Ramble with Rick – The NOW and the Nature of Experience – Nonduality

If you love, crazy, incoherent ramblings, man, this video is for you!

It’s 7am. I’m having coffee. I’ve been pondering these ideas about the past and future, the NOW and the nature of existence and experience. It has absolutely nothing to do with the podcast but, eh, so what? It’s stuff I’ve been thinking about and I wanted to make a recording of it and I’m putting it here. All filmed at an extremely unflattering angle. I can’t say there won’t be more of these kinds of videos in the future.

Episode 22 The Video

Episode 22 is the first video episode. What do you think? Should there be more?

22: I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Apocaleptic 22 I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Did you ever watch someone dance and you just NEEDED to dance with them?? Something about the way they danced made you feel like you have to share in that moment with them? Yeah. Me too. This show is mostly about bipolar. I watched the documentary “Of Two Minds” on Amazon Prime and it made me think a lot about my own experiences being in relationships with people who deal with a bipolar brain. I wish we had more positive labels for the experience. I wish we all understood those friends more. They make our world much more exciting. Let’s all work on that, okay? I’ll see you on Thursday, folks.

21: Connecting

Aww, look, it’s episode 21 of Apocaleptic! Our baby is all grown up. It can legally drink now and has the proper maturity level to vote. Later tonight it will gather with other 21 year old podcasts and chug tequila through a funnel in its rectum. Can’t tell you how proud I am. Today’s show is about connecting with other human beings. If you prefer not to, see above suggestion about tequila, funnel and rectum.

#20: A Cancer Within the Regulators

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Welcome to Apocaleptic #20, friends! So sorry about Thursday’s show accidentally getting trashed. Today, on this MLK Day Monday, I reflect on civil rights and the progress as well as the lack thereof which seems to have happened over the course of my own lifetime. What has been your experience? Reach out and let me know! Thanks for listening to the show and for your support.

Big Bang


Well, it happened.

I suspected it might and was dreading if it did but, yeah. It did.

I recorded what I think might have been my best show so far and when I went to do the editing, the file showed as corrupt. Not usable. Garbage.

I really don’t think I could ever duplicate the vibe and the content of the show. I got on a roll. It was good. I was having fun and I was thinking it was going to be a show that touched a lot of people.

I suppose it was intended only for me. Oh well. I’m going to try not to dwell on it. But I’m also not going to try again today so that means Thursday show is out. Not gonna happen. I apologize. I hope it doesn’t happen again. I mentioned how I don’t really trust this SD Card storage system in this new recorder I’m using. I guess I know to really double-check everything from now on.

Crap.

I’ll see you on Monday.

19: Worship Me!

Apocaleptic 19: Worship Me!

Hello friends! Welcome to episode 19 of Apocaleptic! We’re almost out of our teens and soon will be of legal drinking age and on the prowl! This week I’m considering the food dishes that it’s impossible to screw up. Also, I iaccidentally nvent a pretty great holiday beverage even though it’s long after the holidays. Why do we need holy men? Holy people? Don’t they just exist to make us feel bad about ourselves? Time for them to go away! It was fun making this show for you this week. Hope you enjoy it.

18: How to Be Creative

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I have returned from my mountain vacation and survived the incredible disappointment of my shattered plans! Eh, no problem. On a positive note, I watched, by far, the worst film ever made. Don’t believe me? You can check it out for yourself. Are you a creative person? Would you like to be but don’t know how? I share my secret technique for tapping into and making use of creativity. And it doesn’t cost a thing! Happy 2023 everyone! Make a resolution to share the podcast with your friends (and enemies).