Paradox At Play

Season 1, Ep. 4: It's a Beautiful Day to Be Human

You ever not feel quite human? Like maybe you're running on slightly different software than everyone else, following the rules sometimes, crashing into things other times, not entirely sure you belong in the room?

What does it mean to play when you feel like a misfit? What does it mean to feel things on a day that insists on being beautiful anyway? This episode is a greeting.

Come as you are, you beautiful misfit, you.

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Ridiculous Mindfulness: A Beautiful Day To Be Human

[podcast theme sung with cavernous reverb]

♪ Paradox at play. Paradox at play. ♪

[glitchy melody with a driving beat]

PARADOX: All right. Well. You ever not feel human like a robot alien? [makes voice robot-like] Hello, I am Jonathan Paradox and today is a beautiful day to be a human who may not be feeling very human.

[Jonathan’s voice with reverb: and today is a beautiful day to be a human who may not be feeling very human.]

[a robot-like voice sings with auto-tune glitchiness]

♪ SINGING ROBOT: It’s a beautiful day. [background vocals: It’s a beautiful day]

It’s a beautiful day to play.

[bright arpeggiation begins to flourish over the glitchy melody and driving beat]

We are. We are. We are. [background vocals: It’s a beautiful day. It’s a beautiful day.]

Hello. Hello. Hello. ♪

[Jonathan’s narration happens over the song]

PARADOX: It’s beautiful to feel things. It’s beautiful to play around… as a robot alien. I am an alien robot.

♪ SINGING ROBOT: Hello. We are. We are human. We are human. We are human. Hello human. ♪

PARADOX: I follow the rules… sometimes.

♪ SINGING ROBOT: Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. ♪

PARADOX: I also crash into things sometimes.

♪ SINGING ROBOT: We are.

[strings begin over the music]

We are. We are. We are. We are. We are. ♪

PARADOX: A misfit.

[Jonathan’s voice with reverb: a misfit. A misfit.]

♪ SINGING ROBOT: Hello humans. Hello human. Hello humans. Hello human. [background singing: It’s a beautiful day]

Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. It’s a beautiful day to play. ♪

[music ends]

PARADOX: This has been Paradox at Play. Ridiculous mindfulness.