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- EP65: Mental ResilienceEpisodEP65: Mental Resiliance
4/5/19
The “Junto” is a club Benjamin Franklin founded way back when America was Great. The purpose of the Junto was to debate questions of morals, politics, and natural philosophy. Our show’s not quite that stuffy, but here and there we stumble upon something profound between the geeky jokes.
The Junto Show is three friends, one black, one white, and one Asian who get together and discuss the news of the day, leadership, pop culture, and whatever else comes to mind. We bring our unique perspectives to the table and hash it all out.
Real fans donate! https://www.patreon.com/juntoshow
We have a jam-packed episode for you guys tonight!
Johnny’s back from his hiking trip, how did he do?
Lance, much like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson officially needs to lose a few lbs.Hot Take News (00:05:20)
NYC is imposing a congestion tax.What do you think of #Brexit?Burger King is offering a coffee subscription.Florida’s legislature is trying to make it harder for felons to get their voting rights back.On top of that, we talk about the tens of thousands of dollars in fines that people in the criminal justice system are being hit with.Good News: The Great Green Wall of Africa.Captain’s Ready Room (00:27:01)
Mental Resilience - how do you find that extra little bit within you to push through?Pop Culture (00:47:33)
Johnny reviews Netflix’s The HighwaymenShrill on Hulu is goodRussian Doll, do you have to like Orange is the New Black to like Russian Doll?Beau Recommends another eclectic movie: Enter The VoidLance is here to remind you that the Walking Dead is Good again!The game discusses the Joker Movie.Is it a good idea to make the Joker relatable?Useful Links
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1 hr 6 min - EP64: A Kafkaesque System Of Polcing
EP64: A Kafkaesque System of Policing
3/22/19
The “Junto” is a club Benjamin Franklin founded way back when America was Great. The purpose of the Junto was to debate questions of morals, politics, and natural philosophy. Our show’s not quite that stuffy, but here and there we stumble upon something profound between the geeky jokes.
The Junto Show is three friends, one black, one white, and one Asian who get together and discuss the news of the day, leadership, pop culture, and whatever else comes to mind. We bring our unique perspectives to the table and hash it all out.
Real fans donate! https://www.patreon.com/juntoshow
Johnny’s hiking up a snowy mountain, wish him luck!
Hot Take News (00:05:20)
How do we feel about Facebook censoring the New Zealand shooting videos?New Zealand reacts fast to ban guns after their tragic shooting.
An act to lower the voting age to 16 is up for a vote, do you support it?
Trump admin is trying to fast track facial recognition technology at airports.
There are reports of the administration singling out immigration reporters for additional searches and scrutiny at the border. (See youtube link for reference for what Lance cites)
Florida Man receives $37k settlement after police mistake Krispy Kreme residue for Methamphetamine.
It turns out that police can and do arrest people for false positives tens of thousands of times a year.
Captain’s Ready Room (00:33:43)
Mental Models - an explanation of how we process the world.The Map is Not the Territory.Circle of Competence.First Principles thinking.Thought Experiments.Hanlon’s Razor.Pop Culture (00:51:33)
Beau finished the Sci-Fi Classic: Stranger in a Strange LandShould you finish a book that you find boring?We talk about Metamorphosis by Kafka.Triple Frontier Review.Love, Death, and Robots on Netflix is a gem and we highly recommend It.Captive State movie review.Lance finished and loved Insecure on HBO.Useful Links
Study shows how race impacts people’s partisan (and likely policy views)
Lance Said 30%, The actual number was closer to 15%.https://youtu.be/2z3s2pERqWQ?t=299Candidate Trump calls for Police/ICE to abuse people in their custody
https://youtu.be/NFgjNPiq9CwCandidate Trump says he is looking into paying legal fees of man who assaulted a protestor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMiyDAroWikPolice False Positives
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/the-drug-whisperer-drivers-arrested-while-stone-cold-sober/85-437061710https://www.forbes.com/sites/jacobsullum/2016/07/14/lying-drug-tests-incriminate-innocent-people/#60ad92913247
Lady licking Cotton Swabs
https://locardslab.com/2015/04/02/forensic-fails-dna-evidence-and-the-phantom-of-heilbronn/Selective Attention Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGQmdoK_ZfYShow some love: https://www.patreon.com/juntoshow
1 hr 16 min - EP63: Is John Mulaney…Good?
EP63: Is John Mulaney…Good?
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3/7/18
The “Junto” is a club Benjamin Franklin founded way back when America was Great. The purpose of the Junto was to debate questions of morals, politics, and natural philosophy. Our show’s not quite that stuffy, but here and there we stumble upon something profound between the geeky jokes.
The Junto Show is three friends, one black, one white, and one Asian who get together and discuss the news of the day, leadership, pop culture, and whatever else comes to mind. We bring our unique perspectives to the table and hash it all out.
Real fans donate! https://www.patreon.com/juntoshow
Hot Take News (00:04:10)
Delivery Drones are coming!80% of the biomass of insects have died off in the last 25 years.Papa John is DONE.Orlando is getting driverless shuttle busses.Captain’s Ready Room(00:15:35 )
How do compromise and forgiveness play into your life.Would you forgive someone based on words alone?Pop Culture (00:41:33)
They’re TRYING to make John Mulaney work.Netflix’ Russian Doll is a winnerLance Saw BlindspottingLance Grapples with the possibility of having to give up Michael Jackson due to the Leaving Neverland Documentary coming out.Useful Links
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56 min - EP62: Putting Venezuela in Perspective
EP62: Putting Venezuela in Perspective
Thanks for listening to the Junto Show!
The “Junto” is a club Benjamin Franklin founded way back when America was Great. The purpose of the Junto was to debate questions of morals, politics, and natural philosophy. Our show’s not quite that stuffy, but here and there we stumble upon something profound between the geeky jokes.
The Junto Show is three friends, one black, one white, and one Asian who get together and discuss the news of the day, leadership, pop culture, and whatever else comes to mind. We bring our unique perspectives to the table and hash it all out.
Real fans donate! https://www.patreon.com/juntoshow
This episode is ALL about what’s going on in Venezuela.
We talk about the what we think the reason is for the bad economy.
We talk about what the USA should do, if anything.We talk about keeping the Venezuelan government’s actions in perspective.Its a great discussion.
Useful Links
Oil was the only thing keeping Venezuela afloat. Now the government is too dysfunctional to even pump it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/05/18/oil-was-the-only-thing-keeping-venezuela-afloat-now-the-government-is-too-dysfunctional-to-even-pump-it/?utm_term=.81c4220449ccVenezuela’s oil revenues account for about 98 per cent of export earnings. Apart from petroleum, the country’s natural resources include natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, diamonds and other minerals. The national currency is the bolivar.
https://www.opec.org/opecweb/en/aboutus/171.htm
How Nicolás Maduro went from bus driver to Venezuelan president
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/08/03/how-nicolas-maduro-went-from-a-bus-driver-to-venezuelan-president/?utm_term=.0ec5ef7701fbThe ‘smoking gun’ proving North Carolina Republicans tried to disenfranchise black voters
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/29/the-smoking-gun-proving-north-carolina-republicans-tried-to-disenfranchise-black-voters/?utm_term=.a1a1a02fecaa(It does look like in North Carolina, the voter disenfranchisement scheme was struck down before the election.)Dodge City Voter suppression was in Kansas, not Montana
https://www.apnews.com/e1b4e441d4a448b98f129fcde0556a98Chicago University Trained the Dictators of Chile
Chicago Boys - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_BoysShow some love: https://www.patreon.com/juntoshow
48 min - EP61:With Great Power, Comes…What Exactly?
EP61:With Great Power, Comes…What Exactly?
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2/27/18
The “Junto” is a club Benjamin Franklin founded way back when America was Great. The purpose of the Junto was to debate questions of morals, politics, and natural philosophy. Our show’s not quite that stuffy, but here and there we stumble upon something profound between the geeky jokes.
The Junto Show is three friends, one black, one white, and one Asian who get together and discuss the news of the day, leadership, pop culture, and whatever else comes to mind. We bring our unique perspectives to the table and hash it all out.
Real fans donate! https://www.patreon.com/juntoshow
Hot Take News (00:03:10)
Only 1/3 of Citizens could pass the US Citizenship test.We talk about Jussie Smollett and believing victims.
The Phones of the Phuture are HERE.
Shocker! Google can’t be trusted with your privacy.
A Japanese spacecraft collected a sample from an asteroid.
Captain’s Ready Room(00:20:38)
Currently the world’s richest man and the president of the United States are feuding. Which one is actually more powerful?Then we talk about Venezuela. Oh boy do we talk about Venezuela.
Pop Culture (00:41:33)
We talk the Academy Awards #OscarsTurns out, Johnny has t thing for Submarine movies.
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1 hr 7 min - EP60:The Venezuelan Chicken and Egg
EP60:You Mad(uro), Bro?
Thanks for listening to the Junto Show!
2/19/18
The “Junto” is a club Benjamin Franklin founded way back when America was Great. The purpose of the Junto was to debate questions of morals, politics, and natural philosophy. Our show’s not quite that stuffy, but here and there we stumble upon something profound between the geeky jokes.
The Junto Show is three friends, one black, one white, and one Asian who get together and discuss the news of the day, leadership, pop culture, and whatever else comes to mind. We bring our unique perspectives to the table and hash it all out.
Real fans donate! https://www.patreon.com/juntoshow
Happy Lunar (Chinese) New Year!
Johnny teaches us about his Vietnamese Lunar New Year traditions and history.Hot Take News (00:04:30)
Cattle ranchers are trying to make it illegal to call anything that isn’t explicitly from animals “meat”. Can/should plant based proteins be allowed to be called “meat.”?TSA Found a striking number of loaded guns in people’s checked baggage. #ThanksObama
We talk about the Green New Deal, or at least we tried to. We actually ended up having a great discussion about being ambitious vs pragmatic about your policy aspirations.
Why are all the clothing companies racist? This black history month has been awful.
Captain’s Ready Room(00:31:38)
Currently the world’s richest man and the president of the United States are feuding. Which one is actually more powerful?Then we talk about Venezuela. Oh boy do we talk about Venezuela.
Pop Culture (00:55:33)
Umbrella Academy leaves room for improvement.Alita: Battle Angel
Useful Links
List of racist clothing blunders
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/gucci-katy-perry-blackface-racist-design-apology-fashion-industry-racism-a8778006.htmlPrimer on Venezuela
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1 hr 18 min - EP59: TAKEN...It Too Far
EP59:TAKEN...It Too Far
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2/08/18
The “Junto” is a club Benjamin Franklin founded way back when America was Great. The purpose of the Junto was to debate questions of morals, politics, and natural philosophy. Our show’s not quite that stuffy, but here and there we stumble upon something profound between the geeky jokes.
The Junto Show is three friends, one black, one white, and one Asian who get together and discuss the news of the day, leadership, pop culture, and whatever else comes to mind. We bring our unique perspectives to the table and hash it all out.
Real fans donate! https://www.patreon.com/juntoshow
Happy Lunar (Chinese) New Year!
Johnny teaches us about his Vietnamese Lunar New Year traditions and history.Hot Take News (00:07:07)
We talk about the polar vortexWe talk about the Director of National Intelligence’s 2019 National Threat assessment.We talk about Liam Neeson and his would be racist revenge rampage.Conservative judges are making it harder to overturn discriminatory laws.FamilyTree DNA testing company gave its full DNA database to the FBI…that’s how they get ya .Captain’s Ready Room(00:26:38)
Financial literacy is very important. The Junto gives you their tips for getting your money right.Pop Culture (00:55:33)
Lance and Johnny saw HAMILTON!!We review Netflix’s Velvet Buzzsaw.The Oscar’s are going Hostless this year…Good luck.Useful Links
It must be cold in herehttps://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8318634/us-weather-forecast-map-polar-vortex-midwest-antartica-viral/Ukrainian Power Grid Hacked
https://jsis.washington.edu/news/cyberattack-critical-infrastructure-russia-ukrainian-power-grid-attacks/Show some love: https://www.patreon.com/juntoshow
1 hr 19 min - EP58: Get Rich and Die Lying
EP58: Get Rich and Die Lying
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1/29/18
The “Junto” is a club Benjamin Franklin founded way back when America was Great. The purpose of the Junto was to debate questions of morals, politics, and natural philosophy. Our show’s not quite that stuffy, but here and there we stumble upon something profound between the geeky jokes.
The Junto Show is three friends, one black, one white, and one Asian who get together and discuss the news of the day, leadership, pop culture, and whatever else comes to mind. We bring our unique perspectives to the table and hash it all out.
Real fans donate! https://www.patreon.com/juntoshow
Hot Take News (00:08:19)
Fyre Festival GoFundMe Provides restitution to a Bahamian woman that got screwed over by the Fyre Festival.Space Tourism Company Orion Span is selling a trip to their luxury space station.
Education Funding nationwide is being neglected.
Humanitarians were arrested for leaving food and water in the desert in an attempt to save lives.
Philosophal (00:26:38)
Lance read the book “Winners Take All” and poses to the Junto concept that the power brokers of the world only allow solutions to big problems that don’t affect their money and power.Pop Culture (00:50:33)
Johnny Watched GeoStorm…for some reason.Beau delves into Sci Fi and Independent movies, like he does.Escape Room is better than you think.Useful Links
They left food and water for migrants in the desert. Now they might go to prison.https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/20/they-left-food-water-migrants-desert-now-they-might-go-prison/?utm_term=.0a91f85bd54eBill Gates on the critics of his Philanthropy
https://twitter.com/_waleedshahid/status/1087767731041112064Show some love: https://www.patreon.com/juntoshow
Davos #Inequality #FyreFestival #Netflix #WEF #BillGates #News #Podsin #PopCulture #Philosphy1 hr 3 min - EP57:To Compromise Or Not?
EP57: To Compromise Or Not?
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1/20/18
The “Junto” is a club Benjamin Franklin founded way back when America was Great. The purpose of the Junto was to debate questions of morals, politics, and natural philosophy. Our show’s not quite that stuffy, but here and there we stumble upon something profound between the geeky jokes.
The Junto Show is three friends, one black, one white, and one Asian who get together and discuss the news of the day, leadership, pop culture, and whatever else comes to mind. We bring our unique perspectives to the table and hash it all out.
Real fans donate! https://www.patreon.com/juntoshow
Lance bought a bike, Protip- don’t buy cheap bikes.
Hot Take News (00:09:00)
Gas Pipeline explosion in Mexico kills 70+people. People in Mexico drill holes in gas pipelines and then fill buckets with the gas that rains down, with disastrous results.Gasoline is a major issue worldwide. There are gas-related protests in France that have been going on for 10 weeks.
Hambeders, the dinner of champions.
World Renown Chef Jose Andres has given out over 10,000 meals to furloughed government employees and as part of his humanitarian efforts he is nominated for the Nobel Peace Price.
Philosophal (00:31:50)
Is it justifiable to allow 10% more evil in the world in exchange for 10% more good?Where is the threshold for compromise? We go deep on this philosophical discussion.Pop Culture (01:00:33)
True Detective S3 is off to a good start!Netflix’s “Close” was close, but no cigar.Eighth Grade is a good movieUseful Links
At least 73 killed, dozens injured in Mexico gas pipeline explosion ...https://fox5sandiego.com/.../at-least-66-people-killed-dozens-injured-in-mexico-gasoline...Show some love: https://www.patreon.com/juntoshow
1 hr 24 min - EP56:Build the (Northern) Border Wall!
EP56: Build the (Northern Border) Wall! Orange Costanza
Thanks for listening to the Junto Show!
1/8/18
The “Junto” is a club Benjamin Franklin founded way back when America was Great. The purpose of the Junto was to debate questions of morals, politics, and natural philosophy. Our show’s not quite that stuffy, but here and there we stumble upon something profound between the geeky jokes.
The Junto Show is three friends, one black, one white, and one Asian who get together and discuss the news of the day, leadership, pop culture, and whatever else comes to mind. We bring our unique perspectives to the table and hash it all out.
Real fans donate! https://www.patreon.com/juntoshow
Hot Take News (00:02:22)
The Government Shutdown is headed towards being the longest ever. The gang talks about the wall, the shutdown and more.The Trump admin is understaffed, is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Florida Felon voting rights have been restored…or have they?
Kevin Spacey is spiraling out of control.
Captain’s Ready Room (00:23:23)
We talk about when you know a budding relationship should proceed or let go. And give Johnny our vast insight into love.Captain’s Ready Room (00:37:33)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseAquaman reviewBeau Read Isaac Asimov’s” #Foundation
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The “Junto”is a club Benjamin Franklin founded way back when America was Great. The purpose of the Junto was to debate questions of morals, politics, and natural philosophy. Our show’s not quite that…
stuffy, but here and there we stumble upon something profound between the geeky jokes. The Junto Show is three friends, one black, one white, and one asian who get together and discuss the news of the day, leadership, pop culture, and whatever else comes to mind. We bring our unique perspectives to the table and hash it all out.