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I'm Marc Salmon, a comedian and practising Buddhist (who needs a lot more practice).

The Bardo Podcast is where I talk with comedians, philosophers, artists, mystics and other curious people about philosophy, spirituality, creativity, psychology, Buddhism, politics, culture and the messy business of being human.

Inspired by the Buddhist idea of the Bardo, a space of transition and uncertainty, the conversations explore different ways of seeing the world, making sense of change, and what it means to be human.

Sometimes it's serious, sometimes it's funny. It's always searching.

The podcast is completely independent. There's no production company behind it. It's just me trying to make the best conversations I can.

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Solo Episode - You're Waiting for Your Life to Begin

Why Chasing Happiness Can Make Us Miserable

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In this solo episode I explore why so many of us postpone happiness until some future version of ourselves finally arrives.

Inspired by the surreal Japanese film Mind Game, I reflect on ambition, creativity, Buddhism, meditation, comedy and clowning.

Along the way I explore the friction between desire and burnout, the weight of social comparison, and what it actually means to just stop trying so hard to become 'somebody.'

I'll be taking a short summer break while I'm performing at the Edinburgh Fringe, but I'll be back later this year with more conversations and solo episodes.

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Topics include:

  • Happiness

  • Desire

  • Ambition

  • Identity

  • Meditation

  • Buddhism

  • Creativity

  • Success

  • Karma

  • Self-improvement

Mentioned in this episode:

Films

  • Mind Game (Masaaki Yuasa) 

  • Good Fortune

Books

  • Promethea - Alan Moore 

  • The New Saints - Lama Rod Owens 

  • The Bhagavad Gita

Thinkers

  •  Jacques Lacan 

  •  Jiddu Krishnamurti 

  •  Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche 

  •  David Loy 

  •  Mingyur Rinpoche 

  •  John Higgs 

  •  Tsering Paldron

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Music by Marc Salmon and Robert Fuller

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