Ephemeral Rift Podcast

Intro: Taking input for Episode 16

Appetizers: psychopathy & empathy; making friends at a new school; believing in both science & god; simple wikipedia; anarchy & irony; physical reincarnation; future episodes on alien life & cryptids

Main Course: Renting vs Home Ownership (pros & cons, financial responsibilities, my experiences, etc.,)

Appetizers: some listener / viewner favorites

Main Course: video games (history, consoles, best sellers, etc.)

Dessert: trailers for Elden Ring & Horizon Forbidden West

Intro: Taking input for episode 14

Leftovers: Comparing & self improvement

Appetizers: Civilizations on other planets, space travel, Ephemeral Rift YouTube channel name origin, Iranian & Persian culture, the necessity of hair care products, lo-fi music episode, eyewitness encounters with unexplained phenomena, mental noise & inner peace, reincarnation

Main Course: Everyday rational and reasonable people; first beer in almost 4 years; cannabis as a cooking ingredient

Dessert: Sweet Tooth Netflix show and comic book; I like to talk

Intro: 2nd COVID-19 vaccine; fevers; Achilles with a K

Main course - Special Guest: No One - what is no one up to? - did no one get the COVID vaccine? - is no one in a relationship? - does no one believe in heaven & hell? - is no one religious? - does no one have kids? - how does no one like being the most powerful being alive? - is no one alive? - does no one like soda & ice cream? - who does no one think is the greatest american rock band of all time? - what is no one's opinion on nothing? - does no one have an interest in history? - what is no one's purpose in life & impact of life achievements? - would no one change the past knowing it would change the present? - who are "you" and what does it mean to be "you"? - why does everyone tell me to dance like you, no one, are watching? - a message from no one's father? - what is no one's favorite thing about non-existing? - which dinosaur would no one ride into battle and win? - why does no one love me? do you, no one, love me? - since you are no one, is there a no two? will your friends and family (no two, no three, no four, etc.) ever be on the podcast? - do you think we'll find microbial life on mars? - what do you think about the high gas prices? - what are no one's thoughts on debt and self-sufficiency? - how did no one survive the great filter? - what do you think will happen to you no one if you are dead? - I really like No One!!! - does no one think humans will destroy the earth or drive themselves to extinction? - if no one could be a kitchen appliance, which one and why? - what is no one's iq? how many chromosomes does no one have? - does no one think gen z is dumb, and why? - does no one have a battle jacket? - what is no one's thoughts on console wars? - does no one have a favorite vacation spot? - what is no one's political views on waffles? - if no one could have lunch with an actor dead or alive, who would it be? - how does no one think they affect people? - how's no one's mom? how's it like being nobody? - what does no one think the meaning of life is? - what is no one's greatest fear? - does no one have aspirations of becoming someone? - what is no one's thoughts on being patriotic? - does no one enjoy Nothing ASMR? How goes the Nothing Shop? - does no one know someone? - what is no one's take on UFO videos in the recent news? - does no one own the PS5? - how did no one lose hearing in their left ear? - what does no one like more: nuka cola or coka cola? - no one: how did the ephemeral rift universe start? - no one: where is Iggy Manley? - has no one ever felt more emotionally connected to animals than people and if so what does that mean? - what is stopping no one from living life to the fullest? - no one: does being widely recognized have its detriments? - how did no one come into existence and have the ability to answer questions? - how has no one managed to stay alive so long? - are there are video games that no one plays? - what are some movies that no one likes to watch? - no one's parting words for listeners and viewners

No leftovers or dessert this week :-(

Intro: questions for our first guest

Leftovers: human evolution and the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event article: https://ephemeralrift.com/the-cretaceous-paleogene-extinction-event-meteor-a-blessing-or-a-curse/

Appetizers: comparing more vs less, myers briggs personality types and tests, marxism communism capitalism and community

Main Course: introduction to paradoxes (crocodile paradox, what the tortoise said to achilles, ant on a rubber rope, low birth weight paradox, the two envelope paradox, buradin's ass, hedgehog's dilemma, the paradox of tolerance, the paradox of the grain of millet, paradox of the plankton

Dessert: M.C. Escher's optical illusions

Intro: you don't need (god, religion, faith, government, etc.) to be "good"; moral grey area, Ron Reagan FFRF.ORG TV ad; generalizing

Appetizers: listening to music loud, boredom & alone with your thoughts, cherry picking religions & philosophies, future videos like "Late Night ASMR", super volcanoes & another ice age event, human evolution and dinosaurs, playing sports, hunter gatherers and leisure time

Main Course: Irreligions, Religions, Parody Religions (evolutionary origin, agnostic atheism, atheism, agnosticism, antireligion, free thought, naturalism, secular humanism, secularism, world religions, nontheistic religion, pantheism, native american religion, inuit religion, transtheism, post-theism, taoism, confucianism, buddhism, yoga, sikhism, christianity, islam, sufism, judaism, cargo cult, rastafari, wicca, entheogenic religions, new age, UFO religion, church of the fFlying spaghetti monster, church of subGenius, dinkoism, discordianism, jediim, kibology, kopimism, landover baptist church, last thursdayism, 'pataphysics, silinism, sisters of perpetual united church of bacon, religious war, religious art, etc., etc.)

Dessert: Religious Satire (Brian Merriman, Bill Maher, George Carlin, Bill Hicks, Doug Stanhope, Lenny Bruce, Douglas Adams, Richard Pryor, Monty Python, The Kids in the Hall, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Orgazmo, Dogma, Religulous, The Canterbury Tales, Letters from Earth, The Screwtape Letters, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Cahrist's Childhood Pal, South Park, Family Guy, Boogyism, Flying Spaghetti Monster, Invisible Pink Unicorn, Church of the SubGenius, etc., etc.)

Intro: Common Courtesy

No Leftovers

Appetizers: The many ways to deal with boredom: sleep, video games, gym, biking, hiking, legos, miniature painting, chess, ASMR, shopping, talking with friends, staring at the crush's texts, cleaning, music, fishing, drawing, sports, musical instruments, daydream, TV, tea, think, tending animals, eat, YouTube, gardening, word games, cooking, etc., etc.

Main Course: Boredom

Dessert: Psycho Goreman; sobriety & entertainment

Intro: boredom, The Tiers of Wellness

Leftovers: Death Grips, King Crimson, Young Thug, Opeth, Rap genre, Bones, Vaporware genre, WhiteWoods, Ayreon, Wilderun, Qantice, Tobu, Waterflame, Gunnar Olsen, Styx, AC/DC, Foo Fighters, Descendents, Code Orange, Snoop Dogg, D'Angelo, Music Scenes, Ariana Grande, Migos, Afrobeats, Alternative R&B, Reggae, Sauti Sol, Mereba, Lil Lk, Relient K, Najubes, Chance the Rapper, Chilly Gonzales, The Cinematic Orchestra, Heilung,

Appetizers: dealing with stress during difficult times, UFO's and world governments' acknowledgement, how to live life properly & information overload, college being forced as necessary, the answer to laughing during ASMR videos, Margaret, cryptocurrencies and NFT's, rational vs emotional & the impact on society, what's the point if life is meaningless, opinion on people who are religious, evolution without religion & if god's hard-wired into us

Main Course: progressive school reform (mental health education, practical knowledge, smaller classes/more teachers, free education at all levels / no tuition / no student debt, etc., etc.); the creative cycle of consumption & creation

Dessert: documentary "Happy People: A Year in the Taiga" (ideal way of life, self reliant, true freedom, no government, collective, community, individual values)

Intro: music as therapy

Leftovers: My smartphone screen time, Wikipedia, Bob not Ben

Appetizers: Ningen Isu, Nirvana, Black Sabbath, Primus, Daft Punk, Basshunter, Sonata Artica, Linkin Park, Ghost, Green Day, Apes of the State, Thank you Scientist, Rammstein, Oomph!, Megaherz, Eisbrecher, The Neighbourhood, Queen, Blackbriar, Portgual. The Man, Foster the People, The Shins, I Prevail, A Day To Remember, Bring Me The Horizon, Our Last Night, Falling In Reverse, Death Grips, Slayer, MF DOOM, Bach, Kaveret, Grandson, 80's, Bossa Nova, Naked Eyes, The Alan Parsons Project, Michael Jackson, System of a Down, The Beatles, The Ink Spots, Eddie Meduza, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Vehemence, Dimmu Borgir, Mac Miller, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Oasis, James Taylor, Jim Croce, Boston, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Tom Petty, Hellyeah, Finntroll, In Flames, Igorrr, Gojira, Ott, Guns N Roses, Korpiklaani, Nick Shoulders, Shellac, Burial, Daughters, Akira Yamaoka, Swans, Devo, Pink Floyd, Black Flagg, The Police, Metallica, Allman Brothers Band, Eric Clapton, Slipknot, Wavves, Mgmt, Rise Against, Tool, Liquid Drum N Bass genre, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Goth Rock, Death Rock, Cold wave, Melodic Death Metal, David Bowie, Gorillaz, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Bartok Bela, Car Bomb, Humanity's Last Breath, Bring Me The Horizon, Annisokay, Three Days Grace, Shinedown, Puscifer, A Perfect Circle, White Zombie, Unleash the Archers, Flatbush Zombies, Freddie Dredd, Ice Nine Kills, Motionless In White, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, While She Sleeps, Home Free, The Great Divide, Younger Hunger, Fever the Ghost, 90's Alternative, Soundgarden, Skillet, Stigmata, Avril Lavigne, Blink 182, Pantera, Muse, Avenged Sevenfold, Ayreon, Genesis, Dream Theater, 100 gecs, Cage the Elephant, Arctic Monkeys, Dschingis Khan, Lord of the Lost, Ensiferum, Hell Boulevard, Fleetwood Mac, Heart, Beach House, Jefferson Airplane, Motley Crue, Marilyn Manson, Korn, Witch House genre, Everything But the Girl, Blanco White, Inabakumori, Logic, Bon Iver, Christine and The Queens, Blur, Pulp, My Chemical Romance, Twenty One Pilots, Math Rock genre, Funk genre, Jazz genre, Enter Shikari, Psychedelic Rock genre, Alternative genre, Country genre, Sturgil Simpson, Death, The Notorious B.I.G., Explosions in the Sky, System of a Down, Etta James, The Taxpayers, Folk Punk genre, War Drums genre, Sticky Fingers, The Smashing Pumpkins, Incubus, Thrice, Seether, Mike Shinoda, Elvis Costello, Rush, Sting, Bob Dylan, Madeon, Snail's House, Emil Rottmayer, Van Halen, Crosby Stills and Nash, Imagine Dragons, George Strait, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Helloween, D12, Kamelot, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Nightwish, Agalloch

Main Course: An introduction to Music and all of its styles

No Dessert this week! :(

Leftovers: attraction and the Netflix documentary My Love

Appetizers: music games religion paradoxes & other Main Course topics for future episodes, discord, dreams & the brain relieving itself, vegan vegetarian and climate change, mars & alien experiments, shame guilt & living unapologetically, Palestine and Israel, psychedelics and ego death, internet phones local vs global & mental health

Main Course: Food & cuisines across the world

Dessert: independent sci-fi horror film Come True

I was also a guest on the 8PL8S podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1540201/8394416