Show summary
We’re excited to welcome you to our first podcast episode. Today we discuss a wide range of nagging social issues. We make a few observations about independent kids in Germany vs. kids in Canada, your online freedom and personal privacy, low-sugar diets, gut bacteria, the supermarket scene in Germany and yes... goose fat.
Show notes
0:55 - Independent German kids
3:20 - Parenting styles (authoritarian, anti-authoritarian and helicopter)
5:00 - Discussion at NYU School of Law with Jonathan Haidt (YouTube link)
6:45 - "News doesn't tell you what you need to hear, it tells you what you want to hear"
11:15 - James Damore and Heather Heying at Portland State University "Should we be paranoid about Google?"
13:30 - ProtonMail: Secure, free and encrypted email based in Switzerland (ProtonMail’s homepage)
17:05 - The monopoly of information by private enterprise: Black boxes like Microsoft, Yahoo and Google
18:25 - The Edward Snowden revelation (recommended documentary)
20:00 - Concern about privacy and social media practices in Germany
23:30 - German protests against a national census and the Canadian long-form census
28:15 - WHO guideline for added sugar consumption (press release)
29:15 - Dr. Rhonda Patrick Joe on Rogan’s podcast - How a high-sugar, low-fibre diet can cause inflammation (Joe Rogan Experience #1054 - Dr. Rhonda Patrick)
31:40 - "Your immune system is really affected by your gut bacteria"
33:03 - A better brand of pasta (Barilla’s homepage)
35:15 - "You think Europeans are healthy... I think that's a prejudice"
36:35 - Canada is a land of imported food
38:10 - Discount super market chains galore in Germany
39:00 - "I like goose fat... Should you say that on the podcast?" (Schmaltz)
41:40 - "Public enemy number one... one bear, it was treated like Godzilla" (First bear in Germany in 170 years)
43:20 - Why can't we buy wild game in stores in Canada? (News article)
46:10 - Vilifying food and outdated food guides
48:30 - "This whole anti-fat thing is based on flawed research"
53:10 - "I somehow learned to take a shower without this class lol!"