We're going to talk about burnout, and you'll find out how to fight burnout and feel better.

But first, the Guggenheim-Smithsonians were a Seattle band, mid-90s.

They never recorded an album. They only ever played two or maybe three live shows, and in those

shows, they only ever played three songs, one of them being

Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult. In performance, their version of Godzilla featured a brief

interlude where Tina, the lead singer, shouted, puppet show, and then did a puppet show of what

was happening in the song Godzilla. At one of these shows,

I sat in on drums on Godzilla and played without hands. It was only kick drum and high hat.

Here's where I tell you that the Guggenheim Smithsonian are still regarded as the most important

band in post-grunge Seattle.

But I'm not going to say that, because that's probably not the case.

I remembered this, because I was thinking about Blue Oyster Cult.

I never considered myself a super fan, but there's more there than I expected.

There was that one Goog's show. There's my continued

belief that Don't Fear the Reaper would be a fascinating, deeply inappropriate high school prom

theme. And I always insist on one particular Blue Oyster cult song whenever we talk about burnout.

Burnout the day. particular Blue Oyster cult song whenever could talk about burnout every week on this program. More people are experiencing

it now than ever, more intensely than ever. Life is stressful. I mean, life was always

already stressful, but given the modern sociopolitical situation and economy and climate, it's even more so. And as a result,

more people get to the point where the constant gnawing stress gets to be too much for their

mind and their body and they start to break down. Maybe it's happened to you. Maybe you're

nervous that it's about to. Burnout used to be seen as

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