Ever been to a group meditation? How did you feel? Third eye open and a blissful permagrin? Or awkward and self conscious?

Fugues is back with a new talk show that measures gullibility and skepticism using a powerful scale. This new spectrum is defined by Larry David, Woody Harrelson, Betty White, Bill Murray and cats (not the musical).

Gabe and his Inner voice co-host discuss the neurological and psychological mental phenomena activated during a Brooklyn meditation retreat.

Find out what a Burger King Whopper has to do with our experience of time, and why getting picked last on the dodgeball court explains our cultural divide.

This is Part 1 of a 3-part series.

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Written and produced by Gabriel Berezin

Original music by Santiago Arias-Rozo

Opening and closing music by Monuments (featuring Grant Zubritsky (bass), Robby Sinclair (drums) and Bryan Murray (saxophone), Gabriel Berezin (guitar))

Script editing by Melissa "Monty" Montan

Logo design by Justin Montan

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References:

• Thinking about the Future (aka prospection)
• We aren’t meant to live in the moment (NYT)
• Guru podcast
• James Arthur Ray back at it
• Oprah doesn’t have a great track record on picking gurus (just saying)
• Physical pain and social rejection study
• Mediclub