The Bart DZ Podcast

Is it better to be a hopeless romantic, spiraling-when-you're-alone type?--or the type of dude who can hang out with himself in solitude all the time and be fine with it? Are both extreme behaviors? Let's peel back the layers... Check out my latest playlist "True Crime Party MIX 2" https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3DBkDxOenHnAGVqbYryTOY?si=Lz6jPrN8S3y-9CcSHIoF7w

In this episode I read one of my favorite Hemingway stories "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"... Check out the new playlist from the Bart DZ podcast--True Crime Party MIX #2: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3DBkDxOenHnAGVqbYryTOY?si=sH_8JDp6TJKPSre0ylk3VA

I'm looking through a spiritual window.... Storm chase from my YouTube channel:Live Storm Chase in Cape Girardeau 3/15/26! "Looking Through a Spiritual Window" by Ralph Stanley:https://open.spotify.com/track/5SXmyqTnPCbRC42mCeKpbn?si=36158765bf32410f 75 Hard Workout Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7IMcX2uqpu7gxJqrcqiuB0?si=ngAWArbRRmiJEGcErGGRJw

Here is an excerpt of me reading one of the better books I've read in recent times. Written by prominent tennis star of the 1990s, Andre Agassi, 'Open' explores what it feels like to win big.....and to lose big, in exhaustively intense detail. 'Going 75 Hard' workout playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7IMcX2uqpu7gxJqrcqiuB0?si=gFaBsts4RICtqeguY9M-_Q

Alright, I'm back! It's been so hard trying to record lately but I am back with some updates on the Nancy Guthrie case--part of my continuing coverage of true crime stories. And this one's a doozie... 'Going 75 Hard' workout playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7IMcX2uqpu7gxJqrcqiuB0?si=OlzCmOTtTYqocUOx1YlFOQ

This week we're checking out 'Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life's Work' by Steven Pressfield. All part of my deep-dive into self-productivity in 2026. 'Going 75 Hard' Workout Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7IMcX2uqpu7gxJqrcqiuB0?si=H7Due6XeQJKD8SpA4tWdcg

I've been stuck mostly digging snow when I'm not at work and it's all due to the recent "Snowmageddon" that shocked it's way through the Midwest, South, and East Coast of the United States. This storm left southern Illinois with at least 1' of snow, and this episode records the aftermath the next day after the main wave. Also, some readings from 'Winning' by Tim Grover about harnessing your dark side and your "darker" side. 'Going 75 Hard' workout playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7IMcX2uqpu7gxJqrcqiuB0?si=e5ngUMnbS6qiLeaI4TB0Ow

On this episode I read excerpts from 'Eat That Frog: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time' by Brian Tracy. It's not a particularly easy or fast-flowing read--but that's why you should just let me read some of it for you! I'll "eat the frog" for the both of us!..... Check out the latest playlist: 'Going 75 Hard' https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7IMcX2uqpu7gxJqrcqiuB0?si=DJDFLsGDTM6tx3Y85dH--g

It seems like the list of things you're not supposed to like, or admit that you like in public, keeps growing and growing in recent years. Jake Paul, country music, UFC, the state of Missouri, Taylor Swift, Joe Rogan podcast.... Is it woke culture? Social inference? Tribalism? I offer my reflections on this strange phenomenon, but I recommend sticking around until the end for the rather eye-opening Chat GPT response. Leave a comment--What's something that you like that you feel like you're not supposed to like socially? New playlist for your workouts! --"Going 75 Hard" https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7IMcX2uqpu7gxJqrcqiuB0?si=UCDHST4MQeenUpT8dZo9NQ

To help you stay on the path of your goals for 2026, I'm reading almost the entirety of '#Max Out Your Life: Strategies for Becoming an Elite Performer' by Ed Mylett. New workout playlist to get you pumped up! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7IMcX2uqpu7gxJqrcqiuB0?si=AGGDc7gHQ-KPPlKEMTUXfw

The day before New Year's Eve I decide to sit down and have an honest discussion with myself about how I did with money, relationships, physical fitness, podcasting, etc... in 2025. Happy New Year's from the Bart DZ Podcast! Here's a new workout playlist for when you hit the gym in the new year! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7IMcX2uqpu7gxJqrcqiuB0?si=092d98ff60eb49a0

Like always, the Bart DZ podcast NEVER shuts down on Christmas! Late Harvest Party playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3awPe5HOswM4xnqMfnPgyU?si=77ac00330b5747bd

Reacting to the Brown University shooting in Rhode Island where the killer (or killers) are still at large, the Bondi Beach Massacre in Australia, the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife with their son, Nick Reiner, as the main suspect..... Late Harvest Party playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3awPe5HOswM4xnqMfnPgyU?si=OZerlZo9SUijOGBsQ0IdRQ

Can you imagine a world where teams of AI robots do their own coding--on themselves? Or creating their own simulated societies full of nothing but geniuses? Entire planets that serve as giant computers, while Earth remains an abandoned nature preserve, telling the story of species that burned brightly before quickly vanishing? Yes, this episode is basically me recording myself while using Chat GPT, but if you like this kind of futuristic tech stuff you may enjoy this episode. Late Harvest Party playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3awPe5HOswM4xnqMfnPgyU?si=6Bct-tf5SoW6OTySWqQnUQ

From the recent attack on two national guardsmen in D.C., to the unsolved murder of Anna Kepner on a cruise ship--I discuss it all on my way to buy cheap gas on the other side of the river in Chester. Late Harvest Party playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3awPe5HOswM4xnqMfnPgyU?si=lmv9YjJaROCMpCWlvLVbMg

26-year-old woman set on fire on a Chicago CTA train, UK woman pays a Florida man to kill her for a violent sexual fetish, two men get caught planning to take over a Haitian island to enslave its women and children--What's it all mean? America is becoming less and less safe at an alarming rate.....and almost nothing is being done to stop it.

As the going gets tough I turn to 'Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness' by Tim Grover for inspiration. Tim Grover is known for working with athletic giants like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Dwayne Wade, amongst others. (Sorry if the audio cuts out here and there--currently working out some bugs while I switch to a better audio editing program). Late Harvest Party playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3awPe5HOswM4xnqMfnPgyU?si=b1181d3a7ebd4312

Is it just me or does it seem like all kinds of insanity took place in our nation's state parks this year? From the Devil's Den murders, my own encounter with a pack of aggressive coyotes, the black bear attacks in the Ozarks....join me as I take a look back. Late Harvest Party playlist for those who are harvesting out of their garden up until the bitter end! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3awPe5HOswM4xnqMfnPgyU?si=LPqtep_1QOeMkiR5BCf3QA

Here is a sample reading from a book I just picked up--'The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles' by Steven Pressfield. True Crime Party MIX: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7Gm5qwVrO6BFksSzGkmgnh?si=feJYCtT-T7eyeufOAFd5NA

Recapping recent news and hanging out by an awesome woodfire during a rainstorm...