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In this, the 19th of (hopefully) many episodes he offers up some thoughts on media representation, being a Westerner through and through, the nobility of being a writer, how much he hates insensitivity around mental illness (but is not surprised by it), and how much he loves Wes Anderson's 'The Darjeeling Limited.

Hopefully something in this podcast inspires you to act with a little more empathy today, or a bit more courage. Or, at the very least, makes you feel a little bit less alone in your confusion.

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1:48 - We just MADE UP numbers!

4:23 - My playlist tonight is just thoughts.

4:44 - On “Blasian Representation”

6:50 - How I felt seeing half White half Filipinos in the media

9:00 - How I DON’T think

11:25 - Race problem solved

12:50 - Jordan Peterson on the dangers of the arrogance of the intellect.

14:06 - Glenn Loury on identifying as a Westerner

15:30 - The media and ideas I was raised on.

17:05 - Tobias Wolff and Raymond Carver

17:45 - My creative writing class at Chabot

19:00 - That time I met Tobias Wolff

19:40 - The nobility of writing

20:00 - My published story and having Betsy Franco read it

21:30 - I’ll always come back to fiction, I’ll always make screenplays

23:10 - The feedback Betsy Franco gave my story

25:13 - At least I got “Bullet in the Brain” signed, hahaha

27:23 - I hate insensitive comments about mental illness, especially from loved ones

29:20 - You’ll always have all kinds of people

31:10 - How good is ‘The Darjeeling Limited’?

33:28 - The “Hotel Chevalier” Short Film

34:30 - On Nietzsche’s ‘Beyond Good and Evil’

35:40 - People will live and die and never grapple with ideas as lofty as these

36:22 - Why my former classmate’s mother loved Jon Stewart

37:30 - The value of art

40:25 - A Connoisseur of nuance

41:40 - The more sides you see, the more you understand truth

42:15 - Do we need lies to survive?

43:20 - The fragility of the average mind

44:40 - God is essential, if you can’t find Him, you must create Him

45:30 - Most belief systems are prejudices, notions, or inspirations defended after the fact

47:35 - Master morality v. Slave morality

49:10 - Being hyper-critical of great figures out of insecurity

52:05 - Detaching yourself from your culture

53:22 - Where do our thoughts come from?

56:30 - I’m such a genius

56:50 - You’re my tribe!