Fred's Front Porch Podcast

Wimpy and Fred go for a bizarre space walk in considering the possibility of a fourth dimension.  If you pay attention long enough, we also discuss the shrinking attention span, and whether this is a good or an evil.  Finally, we'll have a power struggle about how to end a power struggle.

We're featuring the music of Corey Cottrell in this episode once again.  Thanks Corey!  https://www.amazon.com/Today-Tommorrow-Forever-Corey-Cottrell/dp/B005P381WG

This is Fred's view of being more wealthy than most of the population will ever consider.  This isn't the same as being a millionaire.  This is enough to live for the next 1900 years without ever having to earn any more money.  

Wimpy and Fred discuss the use of restraint against school children.  Is it ever an appropriate use of force?  Does it create more problems than it solves?  After the break, we talk about the fact that people must now be 21 to smoke.  This is another restraint of the young.  Is this a power play or is it protecting our youth?

The music on this episode comes from the incomparable Corey Cottrell.  The album can be found here:  https://www.amazon.com/Today-Tommorrow-Forever-Corey-Cottrell/dp/B005P381WG

The link to evidence for Wimpy's claim about dogs and children can be found here.  Turns out he was close, but missed the mark.  

Christmas is a time of Magic.  There must be something in the air at the Solstice that causes a strange change to come over all of us.  Complete strangers wish each other “Merry Christmas” or some version of “Happy Holidays.”  Charities are swamped with donor and volunteers.  Forgiveness comes more easily.  There seems to be a universal agreement that, at Christmas, love and kindness rule the day.

Fred and Wimpy discuss the rise of automation.  While it's wonderful that it can relieve humans of dangerous and mundane tasks, it also eliminates work that humans need in order to have some market value.  When it goes far enough, will automation simply wipe out humanity?

Fred and Wimpy discuss this generation's Generation Gaps (and there are several), as well as the question of whether our sense of security is really justifiable.

Has society become a sort of Borg Collective?  Have we been assimilated by the demands of money, stuck tightly in the hands of the few?  Actually... no, I don't think so.  Wimpy does, though.  Which of us is right?  Join the conversation.

I describe the world in which I would like to live.  This may require you to think, but I'm okay with that.

The music this week comes from my late friend, Kevin Quigley.

Wimpy and Fred discuss Greta once again, since she was Time's Person of the Year, and we get to what motivates human beings to do anything.  We don't get to discuss Fred's actual Idealism, but we talk about some of its perceived difficulties.  There's also a deeply insightful conversation about whether a hot dog is a sandwich.  

Thanks again to Corey Cottrell for the music!  

This is the missing episode!  Wimpy has resurfaced, and we are proud to present our Front Porch discussion of whether everyone is really entitled to an opinion, if all opinions are equally valuable, and you get a little (doubtful) Physics Lesson at the end.  Physicists please, I beseech you, feel free to correct any errors in the science.  

Corey Cottrell sings a complete song for us this week, and you can find it on his album (you should buy it), located here: