Intimate Discourse

Dimitri and Jason do a post-US election roundup, analyzing where it all went wrong for the Democrats, and how a Trump presidency could impact Canada, and the rest of the world.

This episode was recorded on November 17, 2024, in Toronto, Canada.

In this solo episode, Jason examines our culture as it relates to our use of mobile phones. He also looks at how this culture has produced the breathtakingly cringe phenomenon of using our phone cameras to threaten one another with public humiliation, along with other behavioural indignities.

This episode was recorded on November 10, 2024, in Toronto, Canada.

In this episode, Jason and Dimitri explore doing one's own research in a health context. Joining the discussion today is a gentleman known, simply, as "Bob". Bob has assisted two individuals in overcoming medical afflictions that had hitherto been either misdiagnosed or mistreated. Bob discusses the tools he used and the research he did to achieve what the experts could not. The trio also explore a plethora of peripheral subjects, such as food addiction, best health practices, the Covid-19 response from the medical establishment, among others.

This episode was recorded in Toronto, Canada, on September 22, 2024.

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In this episode, Jason and Dimitri dive into Bill-C63, a Canadian bill that seeks to protect people online from everything from child exploitation to offensive language.

The duo examine the potential repercussions of what this law could mean for the average citizen, and put it into context of an overall wider expanse of government power.

This episode was recorded on August 11, 2024, in Toronto, Canada.

Jason and Dimitri speak with author and educator Chris Soda on the subject of alien intelligence.

This episode was recorded on May 19, 2024 in Windsor, Canada.

In this solo episode, Jason explores the topic of Artificial Intelligence, including the dangerous trajectory that we're currently on as a society; the concept of Superintelligence, and the inherent dangers in this evolution. He discusses Generative AI, and how it is transforming both artistic creators and artistic consumers. He also asks where we're going with many of these endeavours, and questions whether we all actually want to go there in the first place.

This episode was recorded on February 2, 2024, in Toronto, Canada.

In this episode, Jason and Dimitri discuss the benefits and perils of doing your own research, on everything from current events to medical issues. They stress the importance of examining this option, particularly as we enter into a new paradigm whereby trust in conventional institutions appears to be failing. Jason and Dimitri also discuss the risk vs reward of following the status quo; the dangers of placing one's trust in new, emerging monolithic Truth oracles; Sam Harris; and Braveheart.

This episode was recorded on February 4, 2024 in Toronto, Canada.

In this episode, Jason and Dimitri discuss the ongoing crisis in Israel and Gaza, and explore how Wokeism in the West has influenced reactions to the war.

This conversation was recorded on December 26, 2023, in Toronto, Canada.

In this episode, we postulate that the west is sinking into another Dark Age, and point to various markers leading us to this hypothesis.  We discuss free speech, the hegemony of Big Tech, the adherence to tribalism, the reliance on institutional authority, the problems with putting ideology before reality, the hubris coming off the heels of society’s massive technological achievements, and ultimately the downside of democracy.

This episode was recorded on October 16th and October 23rd, 2022, in Toronto, Canada.  We hope you enjoy the show!

In this episode, Jason and Dimitri explore the state of Canada's military with their special guest, Richard. They discuss problems facing recruitment; whether test standards are being lowered and, if so, why? The three men suggest improvements and strategies to attract higher quality recruits; and they also look at the overall place of Canada's military on the world stage today.

This episode was recorded on March 19, 2023, in Toronto, Canada.