THE BOREDOM EXPERIMENT

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The Boredom Experiment is co-hosted by us: married couple photographers Jeremy and Ashley Parsons of wearetheparsons.com. Every month we share an honest chronicle of our thoughts, relationships, and creative endeavors as we take a year off social media and embrace a resurgence of boredom...and whatever it leads to.

Episodes

  1. 04/21/2017

    The Good The Bad & The Ugly (Part 2)

    This is Par 2 of our two year anniversary episode special.. we enlisted the help of our people and we love what happened. musical genius in this episode: Whot’s Happenin’ - The Mar-Keys Back That Thang Up - Juvenile Dearly Departed - Shakey Graves Early Morning Light - Sarah Jarosz Joy - Talib Kweli Wanna be happy - Kirk Franklin

    39 min

  2. 04/20/2017

    The Good The Bad & The Ugly (Part 1)

    It's been two. years. y'all. This is part one of a two episode anniversary special.. we enlisted the help of our people and we love what happened. musical genius in this episode: Death with Dignity - Sufjan Stevens All We Got - Chance The Rapper Brandi Carlisle - The Eye

    25 min
  3. Lifeguard

    07/07/2016

    Lifeguard

    Season Two . Episode Two In this second episode of Season two of the Boredom Experiment, we talk about our move, living a more simple life, and interview a seventeen year old lifeguard about cell phones. Music by the following geniuses: Big Rock Candy Mountain: Harry McClintock Changes: Lanhorne Slim & The Law This Magic Moment: The Drifters Hotline Bling: Drake Breakable: Ingrid Michaelson

    24 min
  4. dos!

    06/29/2016

    dos!

    The Boredom Experiment is back for our second season - dos! in this short episode we gather our family of five in our little shasta trailer to share about what's coming this season.. it's going to be a fun one, and we hope you'll join us! music thanks/credit to the following geniuses: intro: excerpt from My Fair Lady Big Rock Candy Mountain: Harry McClintock Intro to "Sorry": Beyonce' High-Speed French Train: Alexandre Desplat Shine: Leon Bridges Move, Move, Move: Alan Hawkshaw & Alan Parker

    9 min
  5. THE YEAR IS UP

    04/01/2016

    THE YEAR IS UP

    It's been one year since we vacated social media and began the boredom experiment. In this episode, we write a letter to you and let you know what happens next.

    9 min
  6. Aware

    09/16/2015

    Aware

    It's been SIX MONTHS since we vacated social media. find out some of the things we have become increasingly aware of in this time, as well as answers to FAQ's from others. music with thanks to: Art Tatum (Night and Day) The Welcome Wagon (I'm Not Fine) The Wood Brothers (Postcards from Hell) Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (S.O.B.)

    20 min
  7. Play

    05/07/2015

    Play

    Creativity in adults and play in children both use the same parts of the brain. What happened this month without social media as a focal point of our lives? New creativity...and play!

    23 min
  8. Preteen

    04/09/2015

    Preteen

    In this episode of the boredom experiment, we interview our two oldest kids. What affect has our social media use had on them, what regrets do we have, and can we embrace joy in its wake?

    17 min
  9. THE BOREDOM EXPERIMENT PREVIEW

    04/03/2015

    THE BOREDOM EXPERIMENT PREVIEW

    On April fools day, 2015, Jeremy and Ashley Parsons sat in a coffee shop and decided to give up social media for a year. This is the beginning of the boredom experiment. music used this episode thanks to: “Take me to the water” The Blind Boys of Alabama “Put on your sunday clothes” Michael Crawford & Company “From the mouth of Gabriel” Sufjan Stevens

    9 min
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The Boredom Experiment is co-hosted by us: married couple photographers Jeremy and Ashley Parsons of wearetheparsons.com. Every month we share an honest chronicle of our thoughts, relationships, and creative endeavors as we take a year off social media and embrace a resurgence of boredom...and whatever it leads to.

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