Open Loops with Greg Bornstein: Conversations That Bend

SHOW BUSINESS  Addie Doyle met your host Greg when they were both in college at NYU Tisch School of Drama doing the Summer 2010 Commonwealth Shakespeare Apprenticeship in Boston.  She was Cleopatra. He was the comic relief. Figures.    She's now an LA-based actress and filmmaker whose work has been featured at the Oscar-Qualifying LA International Short Film Festival, New York International Short Film Festival, and Chelsea Film Festival. Her short film, The Ceremony, was a Semi-Finalist at the 2020 Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival.  Last fall 2019, Addie invited Greg to play a recording studio manager in a short film that's a love letter to their hometown, Boston.  Greg took the role immediately. And pretended to smoke herbal cigarettes for weeks in preparation (now he's addicted to herbs).    And to paraphrase the Bard himself, what did Addie learn through all of this?  "A short film doth made in Boston can sometimes be  'Sbloody hell."  "''Tis worth the struggle."  Addie joins Greg to talk about her new short film "Punch Me In," among other trade secrets about making it in Hollywood, including:     -The difference between type-casting and essence, and how figuring that out as an actor changed her life    -Why absolute humiliation can lead you to creative enlightenment   -Addie alchemizes NIXVM into great art?   Greg was in her movie. His scenes: to screen or not to screen?   That is the question.   Find out in this episode if he makes the cut.   Addie's Links:    Personal Website- theaddiedoyle.com   Instagram- @theaddiedoyle   More here: https://linktr.ee/theaddiedoyle  Let Greg know how you like the show. Write your review, soliloquy, Haiku or whatever twisted thoughts you want to share at https://ratethispodcast.com/openloops

GHOSTS  Finding out the woman you love regularly communicates with her blood relatives on the other side.  Dealbreaker?  Not for this guy.  He hosts a podcast about it instead!  Greg welcomes Ben Axe, host of Paranormal Axetivities, a podcast on the All Everything Entertainment network.  Ben explores all things paranormal and he joins Greg to talk about what he's experienced that makes him just the right person for the job.  Find out:  How lifelong commitment to a psychic medium you love GUARANTEES you're going to experience spirits  Ben and his wife Dena's real-life haunted tale,  "The Ribbon In The Woods," which would make Stephen King shriek  Social etiquette for dealing with living and non-living house guests  Oh, and how about this for an Open Loops Exclusive:  You'll actually get to hear CAPTURED FOOTAGE OF A GHOST from Ben's Spirit Box this episode that he's NEVER BEFORE BEEN RELEASED to the public.  CAPITAL LETTERS! CAPITAL LETTERS! AND MORE CAPITAL LETTERS!  Scared, yet?  --------------------------------- Ben's Links: Paranormal Axetivities- Available at https://www.buzzsprout.com/920299, all major podcasting platforms (Apple, Spotify) and http://alleverythingentertainment.com/podcasts/entertainment-pods/paranormal-axetivities/ Let Greg know how you like the show. Write your review, soliloquy, Haiku or whatever twisted thoughts you want to share at https://ratethispodcast.com/openloops

SHAMANISM Put on your 7D glasses for this episode. You'll need 'em.  (Just take two pairs of IMAX glasses and wear them on top of each other, and then put those on top of your regular prescription lenses, and mathematically that should work, right?) Anyways... Greg brings on a fantastic guest, and they're talking lucid dreams and astral projections and slipping in between realities by accident!  And it all starts with nudist parents?  Yes and YES! Greg welcomes Tjasa Ferme, a New York City-based Shaman, Actress. and the Founder/Artistic Director of Transforma Theatre Inc.  It gets weird. But that's by design.  This might be a podcast episode.  You also might just be dreaming... --------------------------- Tjasa's links:  The Art of Lucid Dreaming on October 8th: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-of-lucid-dreaming-intro-induction-tickets-123268987861 Facebook: @shamanwomannyc Instagram: @femrolemodel ------------------------- If you enjoy this podcast, please go to ratethispodcast.com/openloops and leave a review!  Let Greg know how you like the show. Write your review, soliloquy, Haiku or whatever twisted thoughts you want to share at https://ratethispodcast.com/openloops

NLP and HYPNOSIS  WARNING: DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE WHILE DRIVING OR OPERATING HEAVY MACHINERY.  If you've ever wanted to experience hypnosis, this is THE episode to listen to.  This entire hour is designed to transform all your lives at the unconscious level.  It won't sound like hypnosis, on the surface. But that's just a testament to how skilled our guest (and Master Looper) Jocelyn Bellows is.  Greg tried to escape her trancing ways multiple times but he couldn't do it.  He really did try.  Jocelyn Bellows is the host of Leap podcast and is known for her work as the Break Up to Wake Up Coach.  Jocelyn leads Greg (and all of you) through an awakening process that involves proving that the Force from Star Wars is real, that your heart emotes 6 ft beyond your physical body, that your core values are the same as the things you admire about your heroes, and that you're probably not to blame for anything bad that happened between ages 1-7.  So everything after 7---that's on you, you idiot.  Just kidding.  Also:  -Why is self-care NOT selfish?  -How long does it take to get over your ex-husband once you wake up? -How can changing your physiology make you more attractive? At one point, Jocelyn delivers a baby that Greg didn't even realize he was pregnant with...  Talk about a wakeup call!  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jocelyn's Links:  Work with Jocelyn: https://www.facebook.com/jocelyn.bellows24 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatsyourleap Instagram: @whatsyourleap Podcast: Leap ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ratethispodcast.com/openloops Let Greg know how you like the show. Write your review, soliloquy, Haiku or whatever twisted thoughts you want to share at https://ratethispodcast.com/openloops

PSYCHIC MEDIUMSHIP  Yeah, yeah, Open Loops brought you a psychic, and of course, we ask about the election... But that aside: Dean McMurray, the world-renowned Military Medium, joins Greg this episode to discuss if we should hand psychics military-grade weaponry, but also if we should spend time during Basic Training teaching soldiers how to align their chakras. And of course, your host Greg gets scared when psychics come on the show. Is Greg going to turn out okay, Dean? Is he? That's all he wants to know on this episode, and he's right to ask. Because Dean senses those things. Dean McMurray is clairvoyant, clairsentient, claircognizant, clairgustant, and even experiences clairtangency. He has mediumship abilities, he can remote view, he's dowsed, he's found missing people, he does intuitive real estate consulting, and he has communicated with extraterrestrial entities. And he also happens to be a 24 year Army Veteran. When military rigidity meets midnight hauntings, you know you're in for a treat. Also, Project Stargate. Secret Military Undercover Ops. UFOS. Exorcisms. All in this episode. Dean McMurray serves it up. And it definitely tastes better than the army food they show in the movies. .....But like, is Greg gonna be ok? -------------------------- Dean's Links: Dean McMurray, Military Medium Official Website: www.deanmcmurray.com The Red, White and You Show: https://www.facebook.com/theredwhiteandyoushow/ --------------------------- If you enjoy Open Loops, please subscribe, rate, and review this podcast at www.ratethispodcast.com/openloops Episode analytics Let Greg know how you like the show. Write your review, soliloquy, Haiku or whatever twisted thoughts you want to share at https://ratethispodcast.com/openloops

LOVE & SHOW BUSINESS  Jessi Jordan is a dynamic musical force.  Beyonce, Pink, and Jessica Simpson, all of whom she's done releases for, definitely think so.  She's also has an amazingly fun podcast called #LoveTalkTuesday where she goes live, takes questions from the audience, and spills the honest truth about love with her closest friends from all over the world.  She also released a new single called "Circles" that's extremely catchy.  She has a book on holistic skin care.  She also went to Columbia for engineering.  Are you intimidated yet?  Greg was.  And then he had this AMAZING conversation.  We discover: ---Should Myers-Briggs types date other Myers-Briggs? ---What are practical steps to actually loving yourself? ---Is the music industry one big scam? ---Is Beyonce in the Illuminati? One INTJ meets one ENFP.....but let's be real, this episode is ALL ENFP.  Come, Sugar Children. Daddy's home.  Jessi's Links:  New Single: Circles Website: Jessijordan.com Podcast: #LoveTalkTuesday Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jessijordan Please rate and review this podcast at https://ratethispodcast.com/openloops  Let Greg know how you like the show. Write your review, soliloquy, Haiku or whatever twisted thoughts you want to share at https://ratethispodcast.com/openloops

LAW OF ATTRACTION  Greg's not into sports, but he knows when he's lost a game.   Casey Edward, Life Coach, Podcaster, Entrepreneur, Meditation Junkie, Avid Adventurer, and Manifestor-Extraordinaire joins Greg in a discussion where despite his attempt to connect with her "on the level"...he just doesn't.   One strike. He's out.   Among other things:   -Casey gives Greg's subconscious "girl advice."  -Social media as a tool for spiritual teaching, as well as covertly influencing your exes  -The Secret of The Secret that's different than what everyone else is saying about The Secret  Casey brings it. Greg tries. We all learn something.  Maybe there is crying in baseball.  Casey's Links:   Podcast: I Can't Wait To Tell You with Casey Edward, https://open.spotify.com/episode/61UaIXCTxLfzwvxACVeZCG  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/casey_edward/  Website: https://www.caseyedward.com/  Course: https://mindfulmanifesto.teachable.com/p/manifesting-your-dreams If you enjoy this show, please go to ratethispodcast.com/openloops Let Greg know how you like the show. Write your review, soliloquy, Haiku or whatever twisted thoughts you want to share at https://ratethispodcast.com/openloops

She taught Greg about existentialism before he even knew he was having an "existential crisis."  Ricki directed Greg in plays and musicals in high school.  He was her Mayor of Who in Seussical, her Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple, and when she directed Les Mis Greg's Junior year, Greg played the Master of the House.  Also Greg once wrote a musical number to Catcher in the Rye because of her class. She gave Greg an A.  J.D. Salinger woulda been piiiiiiiissed..... Ricki Lombardo was a legendary English teacher and theatre director at Dover-Sherborn High School in Dover, Massachusetts for 37 years and  she happens to be one of the most naturally gifted communicators and storytellers anyone in that community (parents and students) ever had the chance to encounter.  She changed lives.  And continues to with all her life lessons. She taught to the heart before the mind. And it shows in this interview.  "Seize the day."  Listen in and she might transform your life, too.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shows are dropping like Kingda Ka, but there's always room for a new attraction.  We love making this show for you. If you're enjoying Open Loops, please go to https://ratethispodcast.com/openloops! Stay forever. We really do love you. For more Greg insanity, follow him on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thegregbornstein/ Let Greg know how you like the show. Write your review, soliloquy, Haiku or whatever twisted thoughts you want to share at https://ratethispodcast.com/openloops

MANIFESTATION  Around ten years ago, Samantha Colicchio used the Law of Attraction to manifest an iPod out of thin air in a New York City taxicab.  Now she's not sure if there's an evil cabal in charge of enslaving the masses or if meditation is the stuff of Satan.  One thing's for sure: she's one of Greg's best friends from college. And if there's anything these two aspire to have, beyond entertaining these very deep and tangential conversations for rest of their friendship, it's to have the wisdom of an old bearded mystic in an art gallery on a completely free 10 day trip to Israel.  They love those guys.  Find out:  How does the ego relate to success with The Law of Attraction?  How does Samantha know that there is a higher power?  Is Judaism designed for people with OCD?  Put your listening ears in a chair and hold on tight.  It's Hava Nagila time.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Shows are dropping like Kingda Ka, but there's always room for a new attraction.  We love making this show for you. If you're enjoying Open Loops, please go to https://ratethispodcast.com/openloops! Stay forever. We really do love you. —For more Greg insanity, follow him on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thegregbornstein/ Let Greg know how you like the show. Write your review, soliloquy, Haiku or whatever twisted thoughts you want to share at https://ratethispodcast.com/openloops

ROCK N’ ROLL Podcast Paul is his name. And making Greg feel guilty about the temptations of living the rockstar lifestyle is DEFINITELY his game.  He plays it well.  Paul was a local celebrity in a rock band. Paul told Greg the conversation could be about anything, as Paul studies religious philosophy.  What do we cover?  Drugs, sex, self-destruction.  Welcome to Church.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Shows are dropping like Kingda Ka, but there's always room for a new attraction.  We love making this show for you. If you're enjoying Open Loops, please go to https://ratethispodcast.com/openloops! Stay forever. We really do love you. -For more Greg insanity, follow him on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thegregbornstein/ Let Greg know how you like the show. Write your review, soliloquy, Haiku or whatever twisted thoughts you want to share at https://ratethispodcast.com/openloops