# Episode 282 | The Barn Owl

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Podcast: [The Burt Selleck Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-burt-selleck-podcast-1245946)
Published: 2026-04-13T01:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://burtselleckpod.com/
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Duration seconds: 3731

## Resource

With John off chasing the sea, it’s just Alex and Nick holding things down—and things get weird fast. What starts as a simple chat about Orthodox Easter spirals into questions about religion, culture, and how much any of us actually understand what we celebrate. From there, it’s a freefall into everything: pooping six times in a day, apple juice emergencies, and the realization that modern humans might be completely helpless without infrastructure. They bounce between absurd hypotheticals and oddly insightful takes on privilege, survival, and why watching street food videos can feel like a reality check. By the end, they’re pitching a movie about starting a modern-day mafia, breaking down wrestling personas (including “The Barn Owl”), and debating everything from music taste to bath house economics.

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