Frivolous Gravitas Podcast

What makes something "authentic"?

Is it its uniqueness, that which it resembles, or does it correspond to a particularly ideal subject? We as humans respond innately to authenticity. It informs our judgments and our actions.

Join us as we discuss NFTs, news media, trophies, and film, in our exploration of authenticity.

QUOTE: “Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.” ~ Margaret Thatcher

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Jordan takes this episode to examine something that has been on his mind as of late. We have new gods and we are making new ones everyday through modern story-telling and the creation of legends.

We discuss what makes a myth, how we tell them, and the impact they have on our lives.

QUOTE: "After all, I believe that legends and myths are largely made of 'truth'." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien, The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien

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Today Kris makes a case for government sponsored programs. This is not a narrow topic as allocation of resources is always a complicated mess of interests. Universities, corporations, the media, the general public, and those finding themselves at the bottom, all take part.

Join us for this debate as we discuss what might work to lift up the less fortunate in our society so that we may all benefit.

QUOTE: “The 25% of Spaniards who are presently without work simply don’t (by Milton’s presumption) want to work at the prevailing wage and are on vacation.” - Mark Blyth, Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea

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It is hard to argue that charity is anything but good, but it is not always evident that our offerings are indeed worthwhile. Many who donate don't give much thought beyond the act itself, but charity is not so simple.

It can be seen as a gamble, a waste, or a necessity depending on the point of view. We hope you will join us as we look at what makes a good, and bad, act of charity.

QUOTE: "Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered." - Proverbs 21:13

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Today Kris takes Jordan and the viewers on an exploration of hip hop. This genre of music is often seen as just music from 'the hood', but there is much more to it than that.

A variety of flavours always improves the meal. Spending some time with rap will add a bit of novel flavour to your diet, and help you to see music in a new light.

QUOTE: "Don't wanna make excuses cause this is how it is, what's the use? Unless we're shooting no one notices the youth." ~ Tupac Shakur, me against the world

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Today's episode looks at John Locke's The Second Treatise of Government, written in 1689. This is a foundational text written by the esteemed enlightenment philosopher, that attempts to lay out the principles of a yet unseen form of government.

This piece underpins the structure of modern governments, making it a pertinent study concerning today's adaptations of his socio-political philosophies.

QUOTE: “Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.” ~ John Locke, 2nd Treatise of Government (2:6)

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Back from hiatus we dive right into modern media. We have new tools to engage with each other and our world - complex and multifaceted ones which give our words a reach and power never before seen.

We have the opportunity to use them to better ourselves and enrich the lives of humans everywhere or we can use them to live a pleasant fiction opting to ignore our mind's corruption... ironically, we are doing both.

QUOTE: “If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you'll never learn.” ~ Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

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How much time have you wasted, or experiences have you let pass you by? Today, Kris and Jordan talk about making every moment count.

It's hard because it's not always evident what we should be doing. So we took some of our time to explore what it means to be an actor in life with a finite amount of time on the stage.

QUOTE: "... medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life; but poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for." ~ Robin Williams, in Dead Poets Society

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In keeping with the season we thought it would be fun to give something to you our viewers. We can't give you much as a channel, so we decided that we could maybe share some of the books, movies, and music that we enjoy. We hope you find something here that you may not have thought of or encountered yet.

QUOTE: "I read to my kid, but I can't stand reading" - Adam Sandler

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Recommended Books:

Alan Watts - Being in the Way and Philosophy of the Tao

Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The Idiot

Stephen R Platt - Imperial Twilight

David Epstein - Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

Samuel Stein - Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State

J.A Morrison - Martin Luther

Norman Finkelstein - An Issue of Justice: Origins of the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Ludwig Von Mises - Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War

Jake Sherman, Anna Palmer - The Hill To Die on: The Battle for Congress and the Future of Trumps America

Henry David Thoreau - Civil Disobedience

Rory Sutherland - Alchemy: the Surprising Power of Ideas that Don’t Make Sense

Christopher Hitchens - Arguably: Essays by Chris Hitchens

George Soros - The Alchemy of Finance

Joel Kotkin - The Coming of Neo-Feudalism

John M Ellis - The Breakdown of Higher Education

Richard Feynman - Surely You’re Joking Mr. Feynman!

Brian Cox - Why Does E=mc2

Brian Greene - The Hidden Reality

Trevor Aaronson - The Terror Factory: Inside the FBIs Manufactured War on Terrorism

Christopher Butler - Postmodernism - A Very Short Introduction

Michael Scheuer - Marching Toward Hell

Dale Carnegie – Leader in You

John Perkins - Confessions of an Economic Hitman

Dean Buonomano - Your Brain is a Time Machine: The Neuroscience and Physics of Time

John Maxwell - The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, The 22 immutable laws of marketing

Thomas Bulfinch - Bulfinch’s Mythology

Allan Bloom - the Closing of the American Mind

Steven Weinberg - Dreams of a Final Theory

Simon Singh – Fermat’s Last Theorem

William James - the Meaning of Truth

Kevin d Williamson - The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism

Clayton M Christensen - The Innovators Dilemma

Dalai lama - the Universe in a Single Atom

Lao Tzu - Tao Te Ching

The Teaching Company:

John Searle: Philosophy of Mind

Robert C Solomon - The Passions: Philosophy and the Intelligence of Emotions

Sean Carroll - Dark Matter

Daniel Robinson - Great Ideas of Philosophy

Video:

Blow

The Wire

Rouruni Kenshin

Peaky Blinders

Scarface

Requiem for a Dream

Crash

The Gambler (1974)

Billions

Taboo

Gomorrah

West Wing

Comey Rule

Phantom: Requiem for a Phantom

We're all adults here... or are we? Just because one may reach a certain age does not automatically confer one's maturity.

Today the duo discuss the journey to adulthood by comparing and contrasting it with childhood / adolescence to see what it takes to truly become a Man or Woman. We lose a lot along the journey, but we also gain so very much.

QUOTE: "If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older." ~ Tom Stoppard

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