Episodes

  • NGF55: On the Ubiquity of Deception in Our Times

    NGF55: On the Ubiquity of Deception in Our Times
    Sep 2 2024
    Garrett and Joel discuss and explore the near-absolute ubiquity of deception in the world and in our lives. Background: Joel is a facebook friend who shared some interests with me, so I reached out for a discussion, with the sense that it would be fun, entertaining, and valuable for him, myself, and possibly you as…
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    2 hrs and 7 mins
  • NGF54: Floki the Croatian Boatbuilder

    NGF54: Floki the Croatian Boatbuilder
    Apr 28 2022
    Tonight on the Art of NGF show, Garrett and Floki–the mysterious Croatian boatbuilder–discuss the prison of tradition most people get trapped in, and steps you can take immediately to break free from it. From Floki’s perspective, the roots of human pain and suffering can be found in their unconscious addiction to repeating things they really…
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    Less than 1 minute
  • NGF53: Piercing the Veil of Nothingness with Mark Unno

    NGF53: Piercing the Veil of Nothingness with Mark Unno
    Feb 18 2022
    Long ago in the Emerald City, a younger version of Garrett Daun completed a Religious Studies and Creative Writing Degree at the University there. During that time, he attended one of his favorite classes of all time: The Dark Self East and West, with a Japanese Shin Buddhist Priest as the professor. The course was…
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • NGF52: Rebuilding the Man with Jesse Lee Peterson

    NGF52: Rebuilding the Man with Jesse Lee Peterson
    Feb 17 2022
    We interviewed a very special guest–Jesse Lee Peterson–a couple years ago, but we decided at that time to keep the interview private for our paid clients. After much consideration, and the coming relaunch of the Art of NGF show, we’re making it public. Garrett and Jesse go deep into why men are so weak, why…
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    34 mins
  • NGF51: Will Oldham of Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and His Life's Work

    NGF51: Will Oldham of Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and His Life's Work
    Feb 23 2020
    “I take this load on/ It is my life’s work/ to bring you into the light/ from out of the dark…” -Will Oldham in the song “My Life’s Work.” In tonight’s episode, it’s my humble honor to bring you a very special guest, Mr. Will Oldham, known for his band Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, his acting…
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • NGF50: The Return of Killin' It, with Paul Crik

    NGF50: The Return of Killin' It, with Paul Crik
    Nov 4 2019
    “This is it!” “Fuck it…” “It is what it is.” So proclaimed our esteemed guest for this evening’s entertainments in a video from circa 2011 that I was lucky enough to find on youtube. I would later use that video, and a handful of others from his “Killin’ It” series, in Radical Undoing workshops and…
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • NGF49: What if Your Life is a Movie? Robert Scheinfeld

    NGF49: What if Your Life is a Movie? Robert Scheinfeld
    Oct 28 2019
    The inimitable Robert Scheinfeld joins us for an off-the-charts mind-blowing talk about life, the universe, everything, and nothing. Robert and Garrett go deep into the nature of the self, of reality, and how to experience what Robert calls “Ultimate Happiness” and “Ultimate Freedom.” It’s definitely NOT what you think, and the only way to discover…
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • NGF48: Conduct Becoming a Man with J. Allen Hood

    NGF48: Conduct Becoming a Man with J. Allen Hood
    Jun 12 2019
    In tonight’s episode, we cover an extremely important, and dangerously overlooked topic: how to become a man. In a society that has started rejecting the importance of learning what it takes to grow up as an adult male, this refreshing interview reveals how and why young men (and even older men) can and should learn…
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    1 hr and 2 mins