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Human Meme episodes
- Misapplying Mechanical TurkTaking one historic hoax and applying it to a future reality is common. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines the want to take one bad idea, and then applying it to a completely different, worse, notion with the name of the meme being the only connectoid. The Peer Gynt onion, Google AI, Eliza Redux and the Squid Game gameshow are all examples of this misapplication of memeing.21 min
- Is Magnus Carlsen on the Spectrum?There's nothing wrong with being on the Spectrum. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles discusses the Magnus Carlsen decision to not compete in the next World Chess Championship. The conversation then turns to the curious notion that Magnus may be on the Spectrum.33 min
- 1981 Was a Bloody Year1981 was the year of the assassin's bloodlust. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares his memories of one bloody year. In 1981, on March 30, President Regan was shot, on May 13, Pope John Paul II was shot, on October 06 of the same year, Anwar Sadat was murdered. Those "up close and personal" assassination attempts, and successes, were not new to the history of the world, but their cluster effect was raw, fresh, and frightening.19 min
- Confirming the Murder of Marc BlitzsteinMarc Blitzstein did not die in a car accident. Marc Blitzstein was murdered in Martinique on January 22, 1964. Blitzstein was the genius creator of "The Cradle Will Rock" with Orson Welles. Marc was also a collaborator with Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill on "Three Penny Opera." He also worked with Lillian Hellman's "Toys in the Attic." He was murdered for daring to be Gay in a foreign land.26 min
- The Balloon Loon FetishistA balloon loon loves the bloom of a helium loom. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles discusses what it means when a viewer has a helium balloon fetish and then asks for compliance.11 min
- Judaism and Abortion, Plus BalloonsCan Judaism save abortion rights? In this Boles.tv live stream, David Boles takes on the idea that Jews can save a woman's right to choose. Can the Supreme Court of the United States remove centuries of Talmudic law to try and reverse Roe v. Wade? Plus, balloons.19 min
- A Scam of the Deaf Against the DeafThere's a scam going around the Deaf community. There's an offer of big money in exchange for a little bit of money -- and Deaf people are getting ripped off by the scammers... who may also be Deaf people! There is no such thing as a government grant, community grant or not, that YOU have to pay for upfront. Don't touch your Cash.App, or your PayPal, or your 401K retirement fund! That money belongs to you, not the scammers!38 min
- Drawing the Trigger on Non-Traditional CastingHow do we form a context for triggering events? How do time and confluence influence the meaning of "non-traditional" casting and access to opportunity? Where does reality and reaction begin and then start to unnaturally compose decisions in the field?27 min
- Jessica Seinfeld Strikes Out, Again!Oh, the woe that is Jessica Seinfeld! Why write a book full of Vegan recipes and then promote the book as not being for Vegans? Huh? That's Seinfeld logic for you in play, and without action. A book about nothing. A text about never mind. A circus without a show.1 hr 32 min
- The Aesthetic Allure of 1970's MoviesYou can feel the world as it was 45 years ago. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles takes you on a tour of three, excellent, movies from the 1970's: 3 Days of the Condor, The Parallax View and The Day of the Jackal. Through these movies, we find an aesthetic context with our childhood memes.2 hr 55 min
About Human Meme
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The Human Meme podcast examines what separates human consciousness from mere biological existence. Each episode investigates the inherited behaviors, cultural transmissions, and cognitive patterns…
that replicate across generations, shaping how we think, grieve, speak, and remember. David Boles, a New York City writer, publisher, and teacher, hosts these conversations as mindfulness with teeth: no production music, no easy comfort, only the direct inquiry into what makes us recognizably human. Since 2016, the podcast has asked why we weep emotional tears, how language emerged from gesture, and whether memory constructs or reveals the self. The irrevocable aesthetic is the commitment to answers that, once understood, cannot be unknown. Be a Human Meme.