Three Minutes of Meditation: Recent Episodes
Brian McCullough
Every episode Brian and Rylan will meditate on various topics for 3 minutes each. The first 3 topics is our "Wiki Welcome" where random Wikipedia articles will be discussed in real time. The next 3 topics is the "meta middle" where 3 predetermined questions with a heavier taste of philosophy and metaphysical qualities will be posed by one co-host to the other. The final 3 topics are devoted to current events. As Rylan puts it a lot of people look at us and think, "wow those two people have such enigmas of brains I wish I could know more about them" so here is your chance to find out.
Co-Hosts:
Brian McCullough and Rylan Flint
Music by:
Nate Lieske
Three minutes of meditation has its first one week turn around in a year. Keep up with your random Wikipedia articles, meta-questions, and the ever-changing lives’ of our two hosts. There’s a more intimate tone to this week’s discussion as Brian and Rylan draw on their personal lives to discuss the past and future of personal lives and humanity in general. The episode also features the first time Rylan asks 2/3 meta middle questions, stay tuned for the wise questions of your second favorite co-host Rylan Flint.
Wiki Welcome:
1971 Gillette Cup
1971 Gillette Cup - Wikipedia
Millgrove railway station (England)
Millgrove railway station (England) - Wikipedia
Fatso the Bear
Fatso the Bear - Wikipedia
Meta Middle:
How much of success is due to luck and how much is due to hard work?
How do you keep goals from overwhelming you?
Should we be concerned that memory foam and other non-living things can have memory as the name memory foam suggests?
Current Conclusion:
Brian prepares to travel north.
The peaceful transition of power in America.
The current lifestyle of Brian and Rylan.
The constant rivalry of bears vs humans.
The colonization of Mars compared to the colonization of the new world.
The is a quote from the episode listen close to find out who says it.
Co-Hosts:
Brian McCullough and Rylan Flint
Music by:
Nate Lieske
Three minutes of meditation returns for season 2! Start your 2021 off right with your favorite podcast. This season still features your two favorite hosts, but with slightly better audio quality courtesy of a new mic. Our hosts have some trouble shaking off the nerves associated with the intense pressure of a second season but soon fall back into the classic tropes of every great TMM episode including sharp dialogue, crazy ideas, and a lack of commitment to the ever-elusive three-minute time limit.
Wiki Welcome:
William Milne (politician)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Milne_(politician)
Barnwell-Gough House
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnwell-Gough_House
2004 NBA expansion draft
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_NBA_expansion_draft
Meta Middle:
What is the proper timeline for the U.S. federal government to consider when making decisions? A month, a quarter, a year, 10 years, a century?
What should be done about food that never gets eaten?
Will there ever be another world religion?
Current Conclusion:
Rylan prepares to take on the might of Penn State and Rutgers in his first race as a varsity athlete in over a year.
To wear a buff or not to wear a buff while running.
The mystery of our global audience.
A proposition for President Pines
The Title quote is from the episode listen close to find out who says it.
Episode 6
Co-Hosts:
Brian McCullough and Rylan Flint
Guest Star:
Matt Stas
Music by:
Nate Lieske
Three minutes of meditation returns! After a long absence from the mike Brian and Rylan return to action with our first guest speaker Matt Stas. Matt shares a lot in common with the TMM team being a University of Maryland student and a roommate of the co-hosts. He offers up his intellectual capabilities and unfettered opinions to todays topics with Brian and Rylan, while together they fail to keep under the ever elusive three minute time limit.
Wiki Welcome:
Suffolk Coast and Heaths
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk_Coast_and_Heaths
Zvonko Buljan I kid you not a 25 word Wikipedia article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zvonko_Buljan
The Mediterranea games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shine_(Aswad_song)
Meta Middle:
Event though the first idea is often criticized the most, is it the most crucial?
A friend of ours lent a bike to another friend of ours who then got 4 flats in a row. Was this just a simple stroke of luck? And more than that what is that cause of luck in general? We debate.
Are people afraid to change sides in an argument because they would be stupid or thought of less intelligent than the person they were arguing with?
Current Conclusion:
Matt crow bars a family eye sore making way for a beautiful continuous yard.
Rylan helps Brian move out of his ancestral home.
Rylan turns 21.
COVID-19 and its lasting implications on American culture and history.
The uncertainty of finals dates at The Great University of Maryland
Stay tuned for the ending with a classic line from Matt that captures the host listener dynamic of Three Minutes of Meditation.
Episode 5 comes after a two week break where despite the extra time Brian and Rylan managed to continue their streak of minimal prepartion to deliver a normal episode in the sea of corona virus chaos that has changes our society immeasurably. Brian and Rylan come back to the mike in order to faithfully deliver 30 minutes of thought provoking conversation to our listeners favorite organ: the brain.
Wiki Welcome
Harold Peterman (politician)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Peterman
2016 Bermudian same-sex union and marriage referendum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Bermudian_same-sex_union_and_marriage_referendum
Ivan Martic (pro soccer player)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Marti%C4%87
Meta Middle
Well prepared thoughts are boring to here. (posed by Brian)
Practice to perfection. (posed by Rylan)
Current Conclusion
The Corona viruses sweeping impact of our nation and the globe has caused topics of conversation to run rampant, including the all new rage of social distancing. But as always Brian finds a way to tie it to a deeper philosophical themes and so how the virus has made humanity re-confront mortality becomes the center point of discussion for the virus. The topics then turn to lighter news as the neighbors downstairs have gotten a loud an anxious dog and Rylan will be turning the big 21 next month. The episode closes with a thought experiment on how the two host will survive if the outbreak becomes a full scale zombie apocalypse.
Hosts are Brian McCullough and Rylan Flint
Music is by Nate Lieske
Episode 4
Music intro and outro by Nate Lieske (boy chef)
Wiki Welcome
William Andrew Charlton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1155
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1155
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Andrew_Charlton
Manuel Seoane
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Seoane
Meta Middle:
Will their come a point where humans can’t get fully educated before they die?
What do you think about compartmentalizing yourself into stereotypes?
What do you think is more mind boggling the really really big or the really really small?
Current Conclusion
The formula one driver Daniel Ricciardo’s optimism.
Our trip to Atlanta to watch the Men and Women U.S. Olympic Trials for the marathon.
The title quote is again from our co-host Brian McCullough.
This week Brian and Rylan test their mental concentration by implementing a new show format that limits the time spent on each topic to three minutes. The new format splits the show into three segments the wiki welcome, meta middle, and current conclusion.
Wiki Welcome:
2003 Rugby world cup Statistics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Rugby_World_Cup#Statistics
Andy Scherrer saxophone jazz musician
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Scherrer
Wrecking of the Sea Horse, Boadicea and Lord Melville
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrecking_of_the_Sea_Horse,_Boadicea_and_Lord_Melville
Meta Middle:
Are we alone in the universe (the only life forms)? [posed by Brian]
The binary aspect of life and nature. [posed by Rylan]
Do you think humanity has an overarching goal? and if not do you think their should be one? [posed by Brian]
Current Conclusion:
The success of Maryland Men's basketball.
If you had one hour to pack where would you go?
The title quote is from one of our very own hosts Brian McCullough. This weeks discussion takes us on an adventure through time and space as the conversation quickly jumps from the 346th test squadron Wikipedia article to world war 2 and the space force. Avid listeners that make it past the first 5 minutes will be treated to a discussion on Geography, our apartment buildings history with fire, and first person accounts of our summer jobs. link to Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/346th_Test_Squadron
Title quote is from mark Twain
Brian and Rylan take to the mike to discuss various topics branching off from our random Wikipedia article on count palatine of Sulzbach.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christian,_Count_Palatine_of_Sulzbach
The discussion rumbles on to cover the concept of royalty, and your favorite mode of transportation on campus: bikes, and our favorite sport, the pure sport of running.