Average CitiZen Podcast

Average CitiZen Podcast

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Average CitiZen Podcast episodes

  • Peace, with Kwabi Amoah-Forson

    Timm and Kwabi talk about his journey in creating The Peace Bus- what it's all about, his upcoming campaign "Manifest Humanity", and what peace among people might actually look like.

    Support The Peace Bus and find the "Manifest Humanity" book list at thepeacebus.org
    Follow The Peace Bus on Social Media
    https://www.facebook.com/thepeacebusorg
    Instagram @thepeacebus

    Send books or donations to
    The Peace Bus
    PO Box 862
    Tacoma, WA 98401

    References:
    The Nonviolence Handbook: A Guide for Practical Action by Michael N. Nagler

    Music
    Life by Markvard https://soundcloud.com/markvard
    Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0
    Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/-_life
    Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vDMlNGzV5VQ

    42 min
  • State of the Union 2021

    Catch up with Timm and Tom as they revisit the State of the Union and how we should orient ourselves moving forward with the Biden Administration.

    Follow us on Twitter
    @Timm_Dowling
    @tmcreighton


    Life by Markvard https://soundcloud.com/markvard
    Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0
    Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/-_life
    Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vDMlNGzV5VQ

    32 min
  • Mindfulness

    What is mindfulness? What is meditation? Timm and Tom touch on their personal experience with meditation and what it means to be mindful.

    References:
    Gail Stearns "Open Your Eyes Towards Living More Deeply in the Present"
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0160RTTU8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

    "Meditation & Monkey Mind"
    https://youtu.be/ksp3iSUDqfo

    Vipassana Meditation Retreat
    https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/index

    Music Credit
    Life by Markvard https://soundcloud.com/markvard​
    Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0
    Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/-_life​
    Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vDMlNGzV5VQ

    53 min
  • COVID-19

    Timm and Tom discuss the impact of COVID-19 on our lives and society.

    References:
    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/how-public-health-messaging-backfired/618147/

    https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22300827/years-potential-life-lost-covid 

    https://www.ftportfolios.com/blogs/EconBlog/COVID-19

    https://consumer.healthday.com/3-3-covid-death-rates-10-times-higher-in-countries-where-most-are-overweight-report-2650888507.html


    Music Credit:
    Life by Markvard https://soundcloud.com/markvard​
    Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0
    Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/-_life​
    Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vDMlNGzV5VQ

    1 hr 12 min
  • Capitalism vs Socialism

    Timm and Tom explore and discuss Capitalism, its origins, benefits, and downfalls, as well as dissect what socialism means in today's context.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k79wCaFgU40

    https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/employment-and-growth/a-new-look-at-the-declining-labor-share-of-income-in-the-united-states#

    https://fee.org/articles/listen-to-i-pencil-on-freakonomics-radio/

    https://cowles.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/pub/d20/d2089.pdf




    Life by Markvard https://soundcloud.com/markvard
    Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0
    Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/-_life
    Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vDMlNGzV5VQ

    1 hr 6 min
  • Social Media

    The pilot episode describes what this podcast aims to do and then dives right into where the majority of political discourse happens.. on social media. What are the ramifications and possible future of this?



    Life by Markvard https://soundcloud.com/markvard
    Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0
    Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/-_life
    Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vDMlNGzV5VQ

    58 min

About Average CitiZen Podcast

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Timm and Tom do their best to discuss political and cultural concepts with critical thinking and civil discourse.