Heterodox Americana

We hint and the dual traditions of thinking about what makes life worth living, but mostly look at contemporary manifestations of how to live a life of meaning and how to live a life of joy. They're not the same but they overlap. But in what way and how do they differ? Can you have Joy without meaning or meaning without joy? The works of Jordan Peterson and Martin Seligman help us to explore this dichotomy.

With so many systems breaking down, how do we best prepare for the future? We're talking not just thriving, but for some, actually survival. We explore the perils of homeostasis and talk a little about how our relationship with meat might be irrevocably altered.

Questions are perhaps the most powerful tool which allows us to interrogate the worlds inside and outside of us. Yet many of us don't ask enough question and end up trapped in our own thinking

We discuss how the 18th century conflict of slavery informed the way we cast states' rights and how the culture of "states' rights" informs our response to the pandemic

Less that 24 hours after the suspension of Bernie Sanders's campaign, his hold-out supporters were being shamed and mocked by 'vote-blue' people. In this episode we examine the complexity of political preferences and try to understand why what may seem like an obvious choice to some, becomes far less obvious to those in radically different circumstances

Does denying our social instinct and keeping our distance rock the boat? Does it disrupt our social norms? You bet it does! Part of why social distancing is so hard is because, as hyper-social creatures, it goes against our evolutionary instinct to congregate and cooperate as groups.

Here, we looking at the glaring failings in our healthcare system, our lack of preparedness and the general American apathy toward fighting for our basic rights.

It's the end of the world as we know it; and I feel fine.
Let's talk about the corona virus, our new reality and try to strike a balance between the fearmongering and pretending that it's business as usual.

We discuss why a certain candidate will be the best bet for 2020