So many questions left unanswered about our "Ask a Communist" episode. Here we try to tackle some of the realities of violence perpetrated by communist regimes... and by the United States and separate those acts of violence from the ideals espoused therein. Is it hypocritical to focus on the violence of one country and then turn a blind eye to the violence at home? Or is there something that they have in common? Something in the system. Let's find out!

What's the plan for your life? In this episode, we examine the pitfalls of not examining the conventional, standard Life Plan that most follow and talk about the benefits of designing your own life plan to get more out of life.

What stops us from living the lives that we really want to be living? A few questions that walk us down to path of self-discovery and living a life of absolute joy.

What happens if you test your limits? Two stories about defying external limitations and re-writing the narratives around what things are possible. Deeply personal and yet, universal.

We attempt to flesh out some of the ideas that were not fully developed in previous episodes. We also ask an important new question: How are we hiding? How do we integrate the Self. That and more. You ready for this?

What does it mean when we copy elements from a culture that is not our own? Is it stealing another person's culture? Is it wrong? Here we debate the idea of "cultural appropriation" and try to make sense of this often controversial tendency.

Context is important! It's part of the raw data we use to sculpt our idea of the world. We take a BRIEF historical tour of the Silk Road, power, wealth, and ultimately how we end up with riots in Ferguson and Baltimore. Are these events connected? Absolutely, here's how...

Capitalism has allowed us to leverage more human talent and ingenuity than perhaps any force in history. But how does it hurt us? In this episode we talk about two forces, that we generally call capitalism, that I argue are actually two different phenomena. Our identity as Americans is so tied to the idea of capitalism, however, that we cannot see how this "shadow capitalism" destroys our lives. Let's explore!

How does our model of the world affect what we see and understand? How do we escape this most essential of traps?

Here's how

What does it mean to be kind and how does that relate to our freedom? Here we explore the relationship between freedom, pain, and kindness. Can freedom exist without justice? Can justice exist without punishment? The answer is clear, but you'll have to tune in