The Basil Breen Boombox
Join Basil Breen as he tries to figure things out through music & conversation
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Sunday Jul 31, 2022
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
Here's a conversation with Paul Carrol of self protection Ireland
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/self_protection_ireland/
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0:00 Intro
2:00 First entry into material arts
2:50 Not listening to your Intuition
4:50 Self-protection Ireland
8:00 Violence in the real world
11:00 Defense vs protection
12:10 The seeds of violence & trauma
14:00 Everybody can hit pads
16:20 Problems with cert collectors
19:20 A good guy having a bad day
21:00 The ripples of violence
22:10 Teenagers & fighting other towns
24:30 The interview process for violence
26:20 The myth of stranger danger
29:10 Red flags & domestic violence
33:20 Domestic rape
36:00 Healthy relationships
38:00 Generational trauma & choosing your reaction
41:30 Being capable of doing terrible things
46:00 The path out of domestic violence
49:00 The self-defense industry
53:40 Teaching men not to be assholes
55:20 Conflict in pubs
57:00 When your friend is the arsehole
1:02:30 Attack with empathy
1:05:30 Just be nice
1:07:30 Road rage
1:10:20 Teaching self-protection
1:13:50 Dealing with child predators
1:21:40 Creating trust & raising a child
1:24:20 Managing ego and aggression
1:26:00 Mothers & daughters
1:29:00 Looking at the bigger picture
1:30:00 The shredder technique
1:31:00 Giving women space
1:32:00 Give the attacker what they don't want
1:35:30 Problems in the industry
1:36:30 Corruption and manipulation
Sunday Jul 24, 2022
Sunday Jul 24, 2022
Here's a conversation with Paddy Jobsman.
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/paddyjobsman/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@paddyjobsman
YouTube Video: https://www.basilbreen.com/podcast
0:00 First sponsor2:00 Crack caffeine4:00 Señor Paddy7:10 Cat break8:30 Romanticising the cabin in the woods11:00 The problem is always within13:20 Being more resilient than we think18:45 Personality tests & traits27:00 The burden of the big mouth28:10 Hate40:00 Jealousy41:50 Survival44:20 Rising the tide47:00 No one is original52:20 Paddys TV appearance1:08:30 Paddys Success1:10:00 Staring from a hard place1:16:50 Marketing1:24:30 Thinking things will be different1:29:00 The value of order and routine1:30:20 LinkedIn Blues & Selling out1:40:00 Company values are nonsense1:46:20 Effective altruism1:55:30 Question for the aliens1:57:00 Time paradoxes & 4 dimensional shadows
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Monday Jul 11, 2022
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Here's another conversation with Daniel Crowe.
Dan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/super_tramp_90/
Website: https://www.basilbreen.com
0:00 Dans' new name
2:30 When bad names stick
4:50 Piss takers, bullies, haters
37:50 Following your heart & self-improvement
12:30 The art of slagging
15:00 Avoiding otherness & tribalism
16:30 Back to Dans new name
18:30 Segway
19:40 Dans beginnings in film
23:30 The Goffer
27:45 The limits of time
30:00 Looping, sound design, musical frameworks
37:50 Following your heart & self-improvement
46:40 Musical goals
50:30 The value of iteration
55:20 Perfect is the enemy of the good
0:00 Dans' new nameort movie feat. Basil
57:30 Acting & performance
1:03:55 First drafts & killing your darlings
1:08:30 Giving & receiving feedback
1:13:30 Learning from podcasting & guests
1:22:20 What discipline means
1:24:30 What are we all striving for
1:34:00 Eating shit
1:36:00 Ways to start writing
1:38:00 Commercial break
1:39:00 The effort of podcasting
1:51:30 Is consciousness the fundamental reality?
1:45:40 Getting new podcast guests
1:47:00 One question for the aliens
1:50:30 The most important thing to know
1:51:30 Is consciousness the fundamental reality?
1:56:00 Making existence too complicated
1:58:00 Missing the season finale of the future
2:01:20 What is the worst question?
2:03:40 What's your favorite movie?
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Here's my conversation with my good friend Dean Monks
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifestylemonks/Podcast links: https://www.basilbreen.com/podcast
0:00 The black belt2:20 History of JuJitsu5:30 The language of JuJitsu12:00 Efficient Economy of movement 16:40 Piano & Music theory18:00 FACTCHECK: Pythagoras - not Plato23:50 The Art of Learning30:00 Getting to the moon37:00 Human curiosity38:30 Building a cabin43:00 The (real) Secret48:00 Learning discipline 53:00 New direction & decision paralysis1:01:00 Burning out & back to college1:18:00 Moving from chaos to order1:24:00 Danger of video games1:26:30 Football as simulated war1:34:30 Diet, food & emotion1:38:00 Eating meat, nutrition & ethics
1:38:00 + No idea is beyond criticism Already making up your mindYou are not your mindScience fundamentalism We don't know anythingArmchair meta-physicistsPsychedelicsPointing at the moonWhat is happinessWe don't have to do anythingAmbition and contentedness Loving the processMonksey coming up with my podcast name
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Monday May 30, 2022
Monday May 30, 2022
Here's my conversation with the phenomenal Geniele Squires.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genielesquires/
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Monday May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
Kyle Reid is the owner of Kyles barbers in Skerries. Kyle is a family man with a big heart and a PhD in conversation.
We had a lot of technical difficulties and I lost most of the video, but I managed to salvage the audio. There are little problems with the audio in the beginning and elsewhere but everything eventually evens out.
I learned so much from this conversation and it is an absolute honor to share this town with people like Kyle.
Kyles barbers: https://www.instagram.com/kyles_barbers
https://www.basilbreen.com/podcast
Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
Eddy Mehmedovic & Colm Moore are both personal trainers with a love for fitness. Collectively, they are known as Edco Fitness.
Edco Fitness
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Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Killian McNulty was my first boss and mentor. He is the owner of The Vintage Hub; a vintage furniture facility based out of Oberstown, Lusk, Co. Dublin.
Killian is a near-infinite well of information and wisdom.
We cover our time working together, fairness, sales, being a dad, conspiracies, and much more.
The Vintage Hub
Music
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Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
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0:00 Intro
1:00 Setup
1:40 Dans hate for South Park
3:35 Dans Gift
4:40 Please - interview your parents
6:10 The Breen Team
7:50 Processing feedback
8:45 The context of podcast
10:45 Saying the wrong things in public
15:10 Tackling taboo topics
16:45 The small steps to hells
20:00 Deluding yourself through moral virtues
23:30 The Paddy Jobsman Express
28:50 The keys to Seans success
29:20 Hockey stick growth
31:00 The Mr Beast formula
32:05 Measuring success
36:00 Lessons from Tommy Tiernan
38:40 Job interview mentality & confidence
45:45 Societies myths
48:50 Playing the games of life
52:40 The nature of ideas & creativity
57:10 Dans latest short film & insights
1:07:30 The writing process
1:08:45 Music production
1:12:20 Learning from the masters
1:15:25 The structure of story & film
1:17:30 Allowing for big goals & ambitions
1:19:25 Dealing with bad days
1:22:30 Reasons to be optimistic
1:24:20 Interest in Irish history
1:25:40 Irish humour
1:26:50 Disappointing family
1:28:00 Only my Da would understand
1:30:45 Learning to be open from Da
1:32:20 Being vulnerable before its too late
1:35:40 Live from Portrane
1:36:00 Showing your love for extended family
1:37:40 Writing Proclamation
1:41:20 Performance of Proclamation