I just learned, that in Early Modern England the word "passionating" was used interchangeably with "acting" and I totally feel that 🥹
"Acting was quite often known as acting or playing or passionating (...), because one of the things you did, when you got a part, was going through it and work out, what your passions were in each seperate bit." (Tiffany Stern, 2024)
@jamiejoli and @ijustyn are putting the passion back into Passionating with a whole new season! Justyn shares “The Shower Story” and a unique iPhone tip, while Jamie divulges the benefits of road trips and getting into the shower fully clothed.
Some interesting concepts are contemplated:
Who you think you are vs. Who you want to be
Who you think you are vs. Who you actually are
What you think you do with your time vs. What you actually do with your time
Tune in for all that philosophical confusion and more! Or as Justyn puts it, “a lot of inspiration for your own thoughts.”
Show Notes:
HQ – Live Trivia Game Show
“The War of Art” by Steven Pressfield
Back to Work Podcast with Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin
Justyn finds himself... on the internet, while Jamie prepares for her first acting gig.
We’re back with a "microphones out" episode from the past! Listen along as Jamie and Justyn share their feelings on: old fashioned vs new fashioned, Stark Industries, David Lynch, geese, failure, and finding mental space. Unsurprisingly, conflicting opinions arise. Then, a question from episode 3 finally gets answered!
Recorded February 2016
Show Notes
Shows:
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend – Netflix
The Guild (Season 5) – YouTube
Books:
David Lynch's "Catching the Big Fish" – iBooks
Lodro Rinzler's "When Buddha Walks into A Bar" – iBooks
Gregg Levoy's "Vital Signs: Discovering and Sustaining Your Passion for Life." – iBooks
Ted Talks:
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of "Eat Pray Love" – Ted
Jamie and Justyn discuss New Years resolutions vs spiritual intentions over drinks for a perfectly timed mid-year release... as planned. They talk about the psychological barriers to exercising your passions and what they've learned since starting the show. So sit down, pour yourself a bottle of wine, and take a trip into the past. Maybe it'll inspire you to do some reflecting of your own, maybe you'll learn a thing or two, or maybe you'll just get confused with all the references cause you didn't listen to the first three episodes (callback to episode 3, ding!).
Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Button screenplay: "For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again."
This episode... GOOD VS BAD ANXIETY! Justyn defends feeling nothing over feeling anything that could possibly lead to increased anxiety. But even self imposed stress can be difficult to avoid. Then, Jamie learns that Passionating requires not just a fine balance between time and attention, but also the ability to let go and enjoy the process.
Show Notes
Justyn Tech – Justyn's other podcast
I Smile Back – Sara Silverman Movie
Marina Abramovic – Performance Artist
Reconcilable Differences – Podcast with Merlin Mann and John Siracusa
Jamie and Justyn do a live birthday episode! They have a conversation about the technical life difficulties related to podcasting and other creative endeavors. This is followed by a discussion on creating the physical and mental space to passionate by: adequately understanding British terminology, emotionally vomiting on people, becoming the goose, and other masturbatory metaphors… because everything’s a metaphor 😉
True Detective – Show on HBO
Difficult People – Show on Hulu
Roderick on the Line – Podcast with Merlin Mann and John Roderick
Cortex – Podcast with CGP Grey and Myke Hurley.
Overcast – Podcast app by Marco Arment
Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity – Hugh MacLeod
“Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten. Then when you hit puberty they take the crayons away and replace them with dry, uninspiring books on algebra, history, etc. Being suddenly hit years later with the ‘creative bug’ is just a wee voice telling you, 'I’d like my crayons back, please.” – Hugh MacLeod