EP #312 - NOW PLAYING 8/27/26: Movie 🎥 Review from Rick’s Streaming Library: Backrooms

Coming - 9/01/26: EP# 313, Movie 🎥 Review from Rick’s Streaming Library: Casablanca

Every week, Rick Barron explores the stories, ideas, and turning points that shape our lives and challenge how we see the world. Through conversations about human behavior, resilience, beliefs, and change, he uncovers lessons hidden within life's triumphs and struggles.

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Movie Review from Rick’s Streaming Library: Backrooms
312
Aug. 27, 2026

Movie Review from Rick’s Streaming Library: Backrooms

The lesson Backrooms offers is an old one dressed in terrifyingly new clothes: a life half-lived in avoidance is its own kind of infinite corridor. supporting links 1. Kane Pixels [YouTube] 2. A24 [Wikipedia] 3. Little Big Planet [Wikipedia] 4. Kabe Parsons [Wikipedia] 5. Chiwetel Ejiofor [Wikipedia] 6. Renate Reinsve [Wikipedia] Contact That's Life, I Swear Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com Twitter at @RedPhantom Bluesky at @rickbarron.bsky.social Email us
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From War Zones to Corn Rows
311
Aug. 26, 2026

From War Zones to Corn Rows

Agriculture is deeply exposed to global shocks, and farmers survive by being flexible, not fixed. Supporting links 1. Trade concerns, crop input costs driving farm revenue worries [Nationwide] 2. U.S. Farmers are in Crisis [Time] 3. Donald Trump is crushing America’s farmers [Th Economist] Contact That's Life, I Swear Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com Twitter at @RedPhantom Bluesky at @rickbarron.bsk...
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Dismantling of USAID was Cruel and Jaw-droppingly Stupid!
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Aug. 20, 2026

Dismantling of USAID was Cruel and Jaw-droppingly Stupid!

Expertise is invisible until it's gone. The most important systems — disease surveillance, early warning networks, on-the-ground aid presence — look like nothing when they're working. Supporting links 1. Deadly Ebola Outbreak in Eastern DR Congo [MEDAIR] 2. Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus [WHO] 3. Ebola Outbreak Is a Test of International Health Cooperation [Global Affairs] 4. Ebola [Wikipedia] Con...
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Book Review from Rick’s Library: John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie
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Aug. 19, 2026

Book Review from Rick’s Library: John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie

John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie—a book that redefines the relationship between John Lennon and Paul McCartney as something far more intimate than collaboration. supporting links 1. Lennon–McCartney [Wikipedia] 2. 10 Best John Lennon Songs According to Paul McCartney [YouTube] 3. 10 “Best” Paul McCartney Songs, According to John Lennon [YouTube] Contact That's Life, I Swear Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com Twitter at @RedPhantom Bluesky at @rickbarr
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The Storm You Won't See Coming
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Aug. 17, 2026

The Storm You Won't See Coming

What makes the OOI shutdown so alarming is not just what it eliminates, but when. The global oceans are in a period of historically anomalous change. Supporting links 1. The End of Europe Is Coming | AMOC [YouTube] 2. The AMOC Might Be WAY More Unstable Than We Thought [YouTube] 3. The Ocean Observatories Initiative [Website] 4. Trump officials to dismantle key ocean monitoring system [The Guardian] Contact That's Life, I Swear Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com T
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Interview #34 Rick Barron: What's Life Trying to Teach You? | A wisdom conversation
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Aug. 13, 2026

Interview #34 Rick Barron: What's Life Trying to Teach You? | A wisdom conversation

Summary I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Skip Lineberg, host of the podcast: The Main Thing. Content below is courtesy of Skip Lineberg. Rick Barron has lived several remarkable chapters. He served our country during the Vietnam era. Then, Rick helped manufacture the original Apple Macintosh. He spent 42 years working for technology leaders including Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Motorola, Symantec and Intel. Today, he is a fellow podcaster whose curiosity and love...
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