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the Way of the Showman

Philosophical and esoteric perspectives from a modern day Showman.Each season is different in its approach. S1 is essays. S2 is one book length attempt at Understanding Showmanship, S3 is conversations with remarkable Showfolk. The brand new Season 4 explores the relationship between Showmanship and Play.The host, Captain Frodo, internationally renowned circus performer, director, writer, husband and dad lays out, in great detail, his practical performance philosophy for performers who seek to

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119 - Love as Origin of Play pt 2 of 2 (Showmanship...

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2024/10/29

After last weeks little sidetrack exploring m own evolving relationship of love to my daughter we are ready to conclude how love is the foundation and origin for the human play impulse and drive. This of course will be pointing at how love is also the foundation of Showmanship. Love is necesary to full acknowledge the existence of Others, and to enter into a relationship with them is to reach out in love. In doing so we enter into the relaxed field of human interaction. A way not just of plai...

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118 - Father & Showman - Reflections on my Evolving...

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2024/10/15

Over the last six months or so there has been a development in my relationship to my daughter. It is something any father will go through, but I look at it through the lens of a travelling performer. My daughter is growing up and is beginning to find her own way in the world. She is separating and becoming herself and in the process I am being left behind. But a significant development that has come to fruition over the last month might offer us a way to relate into the future. A sollution th...

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117 - Love as Origin of Play pt 1 of 2 - What we Have...

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2024/10/01

In this episode I explore the impact and influence our playful behaviour has had on our development as human beings. I belive it quite profoundly have changed not just our psychology and behaviour but also our bodies.I share a deeply personal story of the first couple of hours in my daughter's life and how it birthed a new and deeper kind of love.The father's role in raising babies and children.The tribe's role in raising babies and children. The love, which first appeared in Mother grew to i...

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116 - Jay & Frodo How to Play in Performance -...

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2024/09/17

Jay Gilligan is back! we go through his questions about episodes 103 & 104 to concretise some of the points I am making about Play and performance.some of the topics we touch=:-How to foster a playful connection at the beginning of your show.-Is there such a thing as a bad audience?-fulfilling audience expectations whilst still surprising them.-In facing the Audience we are showing, and they are receiving - yet we expect and desire them to participate, to live themselves into the performa...

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115 - Why Are We Born so Helpless (Showmanship &...

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2024/09/03

Why are we born so helpless. The answer will takes us through the history of human evolution and into the dualling biological need of a growing human head and the anatomical changes coming from our upright walking.Support the Show....Now you can get t-shirts and hoodies with our wonderful logo. This is the best new way to suport the podcast project. Become a proud parader of your passion for Showmanship and our glorious Craft whilst simultanously helping to gather more followers for the Way.Y...

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114 - Play as Self Creation (Showmanship & Play 13)

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2024/08/20

In this episode I talk aboutPeter Gray and his book Free to Learn - Why unleasing the instinc to play will make our children happier, more self-reliant, and better students for life.We talk about how play is learning. how we today think about play as something which is dont to children. Not something they actively participate and even lead. for 10.000 years + kids have been learning all by themselves - THROUGH PLAYKids play themselve into useful members of their communities.When we play we ar...

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113 - Nick Difatte & Audience Volunteers

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2024/08/13

This is a conversation with one of the funniest guys I know. He's had me laughing so hard I had to get partially undressed. We talk about magic and comedy and their intersection before landing on a long explorations of how to select and manage audience volunteers. Nick is an expert at handling volunteers and gets SO much out of the people he gets up, I try to learn from him.You can find out about Nick Difatte on his websiteNick has written a brilliant book on magic called Offbeat (it's sold o...

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112 - How Play Manifests in the World pt 2 of 2...

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2024/08/06

In this episode I continue describing the ways we find the play impulse, or the activity of play, manifesting in the world. I start by talking about learning.-The next way play emerges is through Imagination.-Then we look at how, quite obviously, play manifest thorugh actual playfulness.-We procede to Sociality.-Then I find in Rutger Bregman's summary of these manifestations into "Learn, bond and Play."Support the Show....Now you can get t-shirts and hoodies with our wonderful logo. This is t...

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111 - How Play Manifests in the World pt 1 of 2...

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2024/07/23

Adults and children spend their days differently - we work, babies play. Play is the signature of childhood. It’s a living, visible manifestation of imagination and learning I action.Allison GopnikIf play is a constant and a genuine human drive, how do we recognise it when we see it in the world? Or more specifically; in which kind of behaviours does play manifest itself? We have looked at the five specific criteria, or characteristics of play, it’s fun and enjoyable, seemingly purposeless, i...

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110 - the Play Instinct (Showmanship & Play 10)

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2024/07/09

"Instincts are the whispers of our ancestors." - Quote by yours truly.In this episode we explore whether our inclination to play might actually be an innate human drive. Do we human beings possess an instinct to play? If so, how and why would something like that evolve?By understanding how something came into being we often learn valuable lessons today. Also, if it turns out that humans does have a play instinct, and I believe we do, then this is a powerful indicator that play is a whole lot ...

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109 - Unpacking Play pt 2 (Showmanship & Play 9)

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2024/07/02

In this episode I finish up the unpacking of the five criteria of play. As we go on these five points will be the backbone of our inquiry. Much like how using Showman - Audience & Show as a symbol or mnemonic picture which affords us a lot of understanding, these five criteria will expand our understanding of play, and by transferral how it connects and relates to all aspects of life. The five are as follows:1 - Play is fun. It’s intensely pleasurable and enjoyable. So when we play we don...

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108 - Memoirs of a Coney Island Clown w Jellyboy the...

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2024/06/25

In this episode I talk to Jellyboy the Clown about his book Memoirs of a Coney Island Clown. I learn a lot about him and how closely our experiences mirror eachother. There are some tragic details about suicide in this episode - be warned, if you need such a warning."Embark on an unforgettable journey alongside Jelly Boy in "Memoirs of a Coney Island Clown: Jellyboy's Sideshow Saga." Following the heart-wrenching loss of his brother, Jelly Boy is catapulted into a whirlwind of unexpected adve...

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107 - Unpacking Play pt 1 (Showmanship & Play 8 of 30)

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2024/06/18

In this episode I continue to unpack the five criterias of play. The five are as follows:1 - Play is fun. It’s intensely pleasurable and enjoyable. So when we play we don’t want it to stop.2 - Play is self motivated, which means it has to be entered into voluntarily.3 - Play is apparently purposeless. We play for the sake of playing not to achieve some further goal.4 - Play has rules.5 - Play is imaginative and improvisational.Links:The Norwegian book called Lek og Læring i et Nevro perspekti...

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106 - Active Practice - Jay Gilligan questions...

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2024/06/11

In this episode Jay Gilligan brings up a few questions relating to episodes 3 & 4 in my exploration of Showmanship and Play (number 96 & 98). -We talk about what its like to talk to people about something which does not have an easy answer. A fortune cookie once told me "to every complex problem there is always a simple answer - and its usually wrong."-Jay asks if my process exhausts me. Always keeping all kinds of writing and projects searching for connections in me, does that e...

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105 - Don't Be Afraid to be Modern with the Birdmann...

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2024/05/28

In this episode I catch up with an old friend, a unique and philosophically inclined comedian and clown Mr Trent Birdmann. We talk about our shows together, our thoughts on our past, present and the uncertainties about the future. We share stories and insights about our lives as Showmen trying to make it in the modern world.You can find Trent Baumann on Instagramm and Facebook by searching for his name.You can find out more about him on his website.Support the Show....Now you can get t-s...

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104 - Play in 5 Easy Steps (Showmanship & Play 7 of 30)

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2024/05/14

In this episode I unpack the five criterias of play. The five are as follows:1 - Play is fun. It’s intensely pleasurable and enjoyable. So when we play we don’t want it to stop.2 - Play is self motivated, which means it has to be entered into voluntarily.3 - Play is apparently purposeless. We play for the sake of playing not to achieve some further goal.4 - Play has rules.5 - Play is imaginative and improvisational.Links:The Norwegian book called Lek og Læring i et Nevro perspektiv (pla...

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103 - What is Play (Showmanship & Play 6 of 30)

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2024/04/30

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102 - Jay Gilligan Questions Showmanship & Play...

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2024/04/23

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101 - Connect & Play - (Showmanship & Play 5 of 30)

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2024/04/16

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100 - the Clown and the New World - epic poem audio...

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2024/04/01

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