Intersecting Ideas

Intersecting Ideas

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Intersecting Ideas episodes

  • #7 - Questioning Christianity - Part 1

    Bill and Mike talk about Bill’s faith journey, from a confessing evangelical to walking away from the faith (deconstruction) and the road that led him there. This is an interactive discussion and Bill questions Mike about his Christian beliefs and vice versa.

    1 hr 6 min
  • #6 - Technology & Culture

    Russ White joined Intersecting Ideas to talk through history of tech, it psychological impact, and its impact on culture. 

    Russ holds a Ph.D, 44 publications, 49 patents, and 30+ years in the technology space. 

    Contact Russ:

    Info: https://www.linkedin.com/in/riw777/

    Russ Podcast: https://rule11.tech/

    41 min
  • #5 - Flat Earth or Sphere? - Part 2 - Mike& Wes evaluate the ideas

    Mike & Wes critically talk through the flat earth model presented in Part 1 and examine it throughout the history of ideas. We even dive into tensions between heliocentricity, the church and the scientific revolution and examine Galileo's four points to resolve the tension. 

    We address thinkers such as;

    Pythagoras, Aristotle, Plato, Augustin, Eratosthenes, Copernicus, Galileo etc.

     

    58 min
  • #4 - Flat Earth or Sphere? - Part 1

    On this episode, we brought on Jen White, a Flight Dynamics Engineer and Aaron Harley to talk through the topic of flat earth vs round earth. It is a lost art to talk through topics with people who hold diametrically opposed view points, but we brought it back. You don't want to miss this one! 

    We cover multiple topics such as;

    • Epistemology
  • Flat earth movement
  • History, Math and Science
  • 1 hr 21 min
  • #3 - Mushin Combat with Shihan Khalil & Hasani Burns

    Mike and Wes interview Shihan Khalil & Hasani Burns of Mushin Combat and tackle;

    • How Khalil & Hasani got into Martial Arts
  • Jiu-jitsu & MMA
  • How athletics in general curve depression and anxiety
  • What are some misconceptions about fighting?
  • How does character carry over into Martial Arts?
  • Is there beauty in fighting?
  • How do Martial Arts impact discipline?
  • 59 min
  • #2 - Memes & clickbait culture

    Mike and Wes are accompanied by special guest Alexander Andreosatos, with a background in anthropology. We tackle memes and clickbait culture, Huxley and Orwell, education and being a critical thinker. 

    1 hr 3 min
  • #1 - Waking up passion & navigating careers

    Episode 1 - Mike and Wes tackle the topic of passion and careers and address topics such as;

    What is passion?

    Why do some people lack passion & others have massive amounts? 
    What about passion and careers?
    Changing careers? 

    Note: Have mercy on the audio quality, still working things out. 

    38 min

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Podcast dedicated to talking about life and culture, though an interview and discussion based format. -- Hosted by Mike Parks, M.A. + Master Certificate from St. John's College. Enterprise Solutions…