Natty Bumpercar has a box next to him that is making a lot of noise – but – mostly, he talks about the balance of organization and creativity in his life.
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About This Episode
In episode 187 of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar records from a noisy basement with a dehumidifier running, embracing the chaotic audio quality rather than doing test recordings. He explains his recent absence from podcasting, detailing the challenges of moving headquarters and dealing with the disorganization that followed. Natty shares his struggle to balance getting his life organized with his creative need to make content, comparing the process to spinning expensive plates overhead. He reflects on how he goes "crazy" and "verklempt" when he doesn't create regularly, and discusses the delicate equilibrium between life organization and his threshold for creative pain. The episode showcases Natty's signature rambling, improvisational style as he contemplates emotions, friendship, and the word "please."
Memorable Quotes
“A lot of podcasters would do something for you like run a test listen back see how it looks but where's the adventure in that where's the fun.”
— Natty Bumpercar
“When I don't make things I go crazy I go bananas I get verklempt I get I start spitzing these are all words that I learned on the subway.”
— Natty Bumpercar
“It's all a bunch of plates that are spinning over my head and plates are expensive and they break when they fall.”
— Natty Bumpercar
Topics: #podcasting #creativity #moving #organization #work-lifebalance #improvisation #basementrecording
Featuring: Natty Bumpercar
Full Transcript
Natty Bumpercar: hey bumper podcast it's me natty bumper car how are you doing today i am in the basement and the uh there's a thing what is it the there's a dehumidifier yeah i was gonna say there's a box that makes noise that's next to me can you hear it it sounds like i'm in a wind tunnel at least to me i don't know how it's coming through in the audio feed a lot of podcasters would do something for you like i don't know run a test listen back see how it looks but where's the adventure in that where's the fun i'd rather make something go back listen to it after i've posted it and be annoyed that it doesn't sound the way i want it to we throw it to the wind and by it i mean adventure we throw adventure to the wind no we throw ourselves into the wind and let it the wind take us to the adventure that the wind will take us to wind adventure this month on windy channel you guys are gonna watch probably right i think you should it sounds like it's gonna be a great show especially if you love wind and adventure um so anyway there's a dehumidifier down here clearly something i need to figure out yet another hurdle that's coming in between you the bumper podcast kateers and me natty bumper car and this boat that we're living on right now the bumper podcast so people were asking me like people were annoyed they were like oh yeah we're glad you're back but you know why do you all you like every so often you just disappear and like this time it's like well i moved we moved headquarters and it was a big move and it was like it really just i don't deal with discombobulation and i don't deal with tumult very well like i need to uh i need to reorganize and reconfigure and and get stuff back together and to be honest like we're not back together there's the the i can't even my desk is in front of me my computer's on my lap uh the microphone is being held up by what is that like a coat hanger like it's we're not together yet we're trying to get together but we're not together um and but so what happened was basically like i was trying to get everything together as quick as i could and was failing miserably and um then finally there's like different levels like on the left hand side we'll say is the level to get everything ready so that i can then start making stuff again on the right hand side is my threshold for pain when i haven't made stuff that just grows and grows so when i don't make things i go crazy i go bananas i get verklempt i get i start spitzing these are all words that i learned on the subway and um so there's like i try to keep a balance between all right where is my life organization wise where's my life pain threshold haven't made stuff wise and i try to keep those as level as possible because i mean like if i start making too much stuff oh look all of a sudden life's getting better and better and better and better and better and better and better and better less less organized so it's all a balance it's all a bunch of plates that are spinning over my head and plates are expensive and they break when they fall and then when the plates fall you have to put them back together which just shoots the organization column all the way up to the sky and you know what happens then well i'm not making stuff that's what happens you know i hope that make sense to you it made sense to me a lot of things make sense to me though that don't make sense to a lot of other people for instance when i say there's a box next to me oh all right box how's it going i um want to know more about you though that look in your eyes tells me that tells me there's something there is it happiness is it sadness is it excitement is it sorrow is it sadness is it happiness is it sadness is it happiness is it sadness is it sadness is it is it please is it please that's not an emotion is it i don't know i'm gonna see how please i can act today please please listen to me please be my friend please oh please oh please does that work like if i walk around and today and i'm just like please listen to the nanny bumper car bumper podcast
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