Screw you, Mercury
Unholier Than Thou
Unholier Than Thou
4.7 • 903 Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2020
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
This week, Phill is putting his phone down and looking up to the stars. First, he welcomes ABC News anchor and Ten Percent Happier founder Dan Harris to talk about how to develop mindfulness outside of an oppressive news cycle. After an on-air panic attack, he’s the expert. Next, Chani Nicholas joins to check back in on that finicky Mercury, explain why this week was such a clusterfuck, and if we have anything to look forward to in 2021 (we do).
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| 0:00.0 | I mean I think even a cursory glance at human history will suggest that it's not like a hockey stick |
| 0:06.4 | graph where it's just all progress all the time. It's a little bit more like an EKG. Well, my love. |
| 0:14.0 | Well, my loves, here we are. |
| 0:25.0 | Despite sweeping demonstrations for civil rights, the fact that more than |
| 0:29.5 | 230,000 Americans have died, the brutal state of our economy and our laughing stock of a stature in international politics, |
| 0:37.0 | the 2020 election is, at least as of this recording, still too close to call. |
| 0:42.0 | And as a white person, I feel it only prudent to ask |
| 0:45.7 | white people what the hell is wrong with us it was hard to prepare an episode for us this week |
| 0:50.8 | but luckily our guest today are an astrologer and a journalist |
| 0:53.7 | aka two people very much used to dealing with the hypotheticals. |
| 0:57.3 | Later on we'll be welcoming back the lovely Channy Nicholas astrologer |
| 1:01.8 | extraordinary who's going to try once again to make sense of this moment by using the stars. |
| 1:07.6 | You may remember Chani's earlier episode with us where she warned of communication, messaging, |
| 1:12.2 | and technological issues surrounding the date of November 3rd. |
| 1:15.8 | So what's next for this year? |
| 1:17.8 | Will we ever escape this Cosmic Hellhole? |
| 1:19.7 | Janney shares her projections for December, 2021, and beyond. |
| 1:24.0 | But first, we'll talk to the ABC News Incer and host of the 10% happier podcast, Dan Harris, |
| 1:29.0 | who found meaning and spirituality after firsthand reporting some of the most brutal news stories of our time. |
| 1:34.0 | Dan will share some wisdom about what addiction or immersion in the news cycle does to the soul |
| 1:37.8 | and how to have a healthier relationship with the world around us. |
| 1:40.6 | Dan, thanks for being with me today. |
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