WEBVTT - Arj Barker Gets Deep Into The Mind Field'

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for taking the time they have a chat with that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, pleasure. Yeah, I'm glad to be here.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, welcome back to Adelaide. Mate. We feel like you're

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<v Speaker 1>one of us now you've been here that many times before.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's a lot of time too, because I tend

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<v Speaker 3>to do long runs. I'm not one of these guys,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, bungee in and out of town just on

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<v Speaker 3>the weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm coming. I'm doing the whole run. Really getting my

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<v Speaker 2>feet wet.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, the mind field mind am I n D?

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<v Speaker 2>Correct?

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<v Speaker 4>Right? Do you delve into the audience's minds.

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<v Speaker 3>Or well, No, it's really more about there's some philosophy

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<v Speaker 3>in the show about reality and stuff. So we talk

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<v Speaker 3>about how trippy consciousness is and how mysterious it is,

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<v Speaker 3>and we delve into a lot of the things science

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<v Speaker 3>hasn't figured out yet, reminding the audience that there's still

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of mystery in the world.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>But then, of course it's all interlaced with jokes, jokes, jokes, jokes, jokes.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, a lot of the press relays and some of

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<v Speaker 1>those questions, why are we here? Are we alone in

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<v Speaker 1>the universe? Why does it hurt with me? Pay are

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<v Speaker 1>those questions.

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<v Speaker 2>The questions that we all ask on a daily.

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<v Speaker 4>Basis, why are we here? It's a quick that, like

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<v Speaker 4>every now and then, it would just hit me and

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<v Speaker 4>I'm like, why am I here? When we're doing here?

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<v Speaker 4>We're all going to die? Oh, it's a lot, it's

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<v Speaker 4>too much for my mind to comprehend.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I think a lot of people, and I know

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<v Speaker 3>this is pretty serious, you know for a comedian, but

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of people look at life as like this

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<v Speaker 3>singular event and that's it. So everything counts so much,

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<v Speaker 3>every success or failure is so important. But when you

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<v Speaker 3>start to have a view of this is just one

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<v Speaker 3>small part of a much bigger scene, then you get

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, for me, it's helped me. And I'm strictly agnostic.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know for sure, but I think there's probably

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<v Speaker 3>a much bigger picture than what we see here and

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<v Speaker 3>on a daily basis, in the physical world we live

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<v Speaker 3>in is only one little aspect of everything.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, see, I don't want to get too intense here,

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<v Speaker 4>but what is the bigger picture? What are we all

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<v Speaker 4>part of?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, in a nutshell, we're often brought up with the

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<v Speaker 3>concept that we are physical beings having a conscious experience

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<v Speaker 3>like your awareness at your consciousness. Yeah, and that's what

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<v Speaker 3>we're kind of taught in school, and that's what mainstre

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<v Speaker 3>and science tells us. But more, more and more now

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<v Speaker 3>science is turning towards the idea that potentially we are

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<v Speaker 3>actually consciousness having a physical experience. So, and that's also

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<v Speaker 3>what's you know, the ancient philosophies have been saying Buddhism

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<v Speaker 3>and Hinduism and stuff, but now science has been matching

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<v Speaker 3>up with it more and more since they explore the

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<v Speaker 3>quantum world. So there's a lot of interesting stuff, too

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<v Speaker 3>much stuff to get into. Actually, if anyone's really curious,

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<v Speaker 3>they should look up a guy called Donald Hoffman on

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<v Speaker 3>YouTube and he talks all about it. He's brilliant and

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<v Speaker 3>he's a he's my guy. But my show doesn't go

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<v Speaker 3>too heavy into that stuff because I'm I Also, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>always aware that I'm a comedian, so it's always about

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<v Speaker 3>getting laughs and stuff. Yeah, and I'm down there at

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<v Speaker 3>the gardens and it's a it's fun, But I gotta admit,

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<v Speaker 3>as a comedian you always have this deep rooted fear

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<v Speaker 3>that at best you're just a glorified clown. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 3>I'll be honest, working in a big circus tent ain't

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<v Speaker 3>helping at all.

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<v Speaker 2>But we're having a great time.

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<v Speaker 3>The crowds are awesome, and the show is it's it's

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<v Speaker 3>really honestly.

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<v Speaker 2>It sort of has everything.

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<v Speaker 3>So it has this sort of like philosophical stuff that

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<v Speaker 3>we got into, but it has also a ridiculous section

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<v Speaker 3>about you know, well farts. Yes, it's got music, it's

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<v Speaker 3>got observational stuff, it's got personal stuff, sex stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just I packed a lot into an hour.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know how much he followed when you were

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<v Speaker 4>talking about us having you know, conscious beings having a

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<v Speaker 4>physical experience, but god, he perked up when you said

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<v Speaker 4>there's sex in it and there's farts in it.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, yeah, you know, there's such there's such a wide

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<v Speaker 3>audience for that kind of stuff because it's all relatable stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, even people that don't like farts still have

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<v Speaker 3>to deal with that. So when I explore, like, why

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<v Speaker 3>does it, why does that even exist? Because that's one

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<v Speaker 3>of the mysteries. Science doesn't really know why we do that.

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<v Speaker 3>So I'll go into several theories in the show. And

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<v Speaker 3>that's a section that challenges some but others they just

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<v Speaker 3>they're just they love it. So I'm doing what i

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<v Speaker 3>want to do at this point, I'm at the age

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<v Speaker 3>right on care. I'm going to talk about what I

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<v Speaker 3>want to talk about, and I'm having a blast. And

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<v Speaker 3>people said, tell people why they shouldn't miss this show. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>the vast portion of humanity is going to miss this show. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>so you know, if you want to go ahead with them,

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<v Speaker 3>be one of the gang there, come see it there.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a blast.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, you talk about not caring. And we had Tom

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<v Speaker 4>Gleason in yesterday and we read to him an email

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<v Speaker 4>that was sent to the ABC complaining about his show

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<v Speaker 4>Hard Quiz, which is probably one of the highest writing

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<v Speaker 4>shows on Australian television. Anyway, I was having a troll

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<v Speaker 4>through your Twitter and I saw a message from someone

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<v Speaker 4>called Eleanor and she said, I just watched five minutes

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<v Speaker 4>of your hateful Aussie show on TV and didn't like

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<v Speaker 4>anything about it, nothing but typical celebrity trump bashing. Get

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<v Speaker 4>to know your president and respect what he's doing for

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<v Speaker 4>your country and you might be a nicer person for it.

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<v Speaker 4>And a mast day moron. I just like to give

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<v Speaker 4>people the right of reply in a safe space where

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<v Speaker 4>you can tell eleanor what you really think.

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<v Speaker 3>And feels like I don't even know what she's talking

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<v Speaker 3>about because I deliberately never really spend any time talking

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<v Speaker 3>about Trump because I didn't I thought. And that was

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<v Speaker 3>the same with George W. Bush, former president, a former

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<v Speaker 3>former president, because there are it's already a joke. There's

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<v Speaker 3>nothing more to say. I mean, it's it's sad, and

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<v Speaker 3>it's upsetting that someone like that gets gets into the

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<v Speaker 3>White House. I mean, there's no perfect politicians. Bind's certainly

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<v Speaker 3>not perfect, but he's not, you know, and I don't

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<v Speaker 3>know anyone want to get into it. But yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>so I don't even know what she's talking about. So

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like maybe that's a bot.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, this is the thing about the internet. Like and

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<v Speaker 4>also people get other people confused.

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<v Speaker 3>But was interesting, So she's and I do yoga. It's

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<v Speaker 3>just like, but there there is a there's a section

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<v Speaker 3>where the well being community did this. This self help

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<v Speaker 3>and well being community gets to a point where they

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<v Speaker 3>inter lock with the far right in terms of they

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<v Speaker 3>start to both believe the same conspiracies and uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>one obviously examples anti vacs and I'm not here to

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<v Speaker 3>judge anyone what they believe, like, do your thing, and

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<v Speaker 3>I think you should choose, get to choose what you

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<v Speaker 3>put into your body and all that. But there are

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<v Speaker 3>people that are like yoga, people are super anti vacks.

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<v Speaker 3>But then you know, just on the far right there's

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<v Speaker 3>super anti vacks, and there's other areas where they intercede.

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<v Speaker 3>So it almost feels it goes full circle. So if

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<v Speaker 3>you go far enough left, you come right around the

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<v Speaker 3>far right.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, send these people sitting on the assids. Oh, I

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<v Speaker 1>just like myself who super anti yoga.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, fair enough, I mean yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Yoga is for people listening that don't know, because I'm

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<v Speaker 3>an expert. Yoga is a very spirititual practice which began

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<v Speaker 3>in Los Angeles over seven years ago, and now it's

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<v Speaker 3>kind of popular all over the world. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm only against it because it's bloody hard. Yeah it hurts.

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<v Speaker 4>I love I can do it. I love hot yogat

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<v Speaker 4>and I love hot pilarates. I love it. Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>because do you know why?

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<v Speaker 2>How hard is it in there?

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<v Speaker 4>So forty degrees?

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<v Speaker 3>Have you heard about the new yoga where they put

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<v Speaker 3>the temperature down below zero? No, you haven't heard about

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<v Speaker 3>frozen yogat.

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<v Speaker 4>No, Okay, I've heard frozen yoga, but have you done it?

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<v Speaker 3>No, listen, let's just cut that part out of the interview.

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<v Speaker 3>You guys aren't on my level. You missed like two

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<v Speaker 3>or three jokes. She looked at me like it really

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<v Speaker 3>started in la. I know you have a lot on

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<v Speaker 3>your mind.

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<v Speaker 4>I know, I know.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really sorry, Age, And every year that you turn up,

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely all this shows set out as I should. And

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<v Speaker 1>we love having you here and thank you so much

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<v Speaker 1>for coming and have a chat with us.

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<v Speaker 3>Well my pleasure. Can I correct you on one thing? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>they don't all sell out. If they did, I wouldn't

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<v Speaker 3>be here. But we want people to come down and uh,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, I put a lot of work into it

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<v Speaker 3>and we are having a great time.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you show up, you will join us in

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<v Speaker 2>that