What is Atheism? What are the ramifications of holding a belief?

References:

Four horsemen of the atheist apocalypse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Atheism

Music - 'Dreaming of Zeno' by Trevor Villwock: https://soundcloud.com/trevor-villwock/dreaming-of-zeno 

What duty do we have to protect others against their will? Does religion threaten our ability to make rational decisions about morality? We examine the ideas of Sam Harris, an American author, philosopher, neuroscientist, and host of the popular podcast Waking Up. 

Refrences:

Sam Harris TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8llkjvURyg

Sam Harris on Bill Maher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vln9D81eO60

Outro Music - Moss by Eric Mulhern: https://soundcloud.com/faero/

We speak with multi-disciplinary artist Alex White about the creative process - what inspires you? How do you motivate yourself to create?

References:

Andrew Huberman: https://profiles.stanford.edu/andrew-huberman

CU New Opera Workshop: https://www.colorado.edu/music/summer-college-music/cu-new-opera-workshop

Silent Night - Kevin Puts: http://silentnightopera.com/

Justin Roiland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Roiland

Eric Andre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Andre

Spectralism episode: https://www.post-wave.com/12-spectralism

Paul Hindemith - Symphony in B-flat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvVgCoORNHM

John Cage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cage

Leaf blowers are bad: https://www.zmescience.com/science/leaf-blowers-health-noise-hazards/#:~:text=The%20inefficient%20gas%20engines%20typically,loss%2C%20according%20to%20the%20CDC.

Tinnitus examples: https://www.soundrelief.com/tinnitus/sounds-tinnitus/

Sunn (0))): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IswnGaGxvRQ

What's it like to be a bat: https://www.post-wave.com/11-whats-it-like-to-be-a-bat

I am a strange loop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_a_Strange_Loop

Outro Music by Alex White: https://soundcloud.com/neonnightscloudydays/sets/background-music

What is a life worth? Does one person have an obligation to suffer to protect another? In this episode, we explore some of the costs of our response to covid-19 and examine the possibility that social distancing may be causing more harm than good. 

References:

KFF Article - The Implications of COVID-19 for Mental Health and Substance Use: https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/the-implications-of-covid-19-for-mental-health-and-substance-use/

Scinetific American Article: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-surprising-mental-toll-of-covid/

Social distancing will result in a backlash of sickness: https://www.pnas.org/content/117/48/30547

Music by Trevor Villwock

Jordan Peterson: radical luminary or raving bigot? We explore the ideas of public intellectual Jordan Peterson and why he has garnered so much criticism from trans right activists.

References:

Peterson interviews with Joe Rogan: 

Peterson motivational video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-oNXuLDIfU

Peterson on Psilopsybin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MnqXlmLGuc

Contrapoints on Jordan Peterson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LqZdkkBDas

Peterson opposed to gender neutral pronouns: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37875695

Music by Trevor Villwock: garbage patch kids (how to learn the art of being without lifting a single finger)

Matthew Farquharson, violin

Vela Farquharson, cello

Charles Lovell, marimba

We continue our discussion of the Intellectual Dark Web and how it relates to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Outro Music: Dopamine by Glossolalia Online (Trevor Villwock): https://soundcloud.com/glossolalia-online/dopamine

In the next episode of our multi-part series on the Intellectual Dark Web, or IDW, we continue to critique their ideas and give our opinions on why the movement has gained so much traction.

References:

Ben Shapiro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn1N3K7pqps&t=1650s

Eric Weinstein’s Geometric Unity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdW9XDBuxjU&t=404s

Brett Weinstein - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Weinstein

The Joe Rogan Experience - https://www.youtube.com/user/PowerfulJRE

Colorado gay wedding cake controversy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masterpiece_Cakeshop_v._Colorado_Civil_Rights_Commission

Critical Theory - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_theory

Christina Hoff-Sommers -  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Hoff_Sommers Tamler Sommers (Tamler Sommer’s stepmom)

Coleman Hughes - https://colemanhughes.org/

Stories and Data - https://www.city-journal.org/reflections-on-race-riots-and-police

Sam Harris disavows the intellectual dark web - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPc7r9LRxBE

Music - Broken Franglish by Trevor Villwock 

https://soundcloud.com/trevor-villwock/broken-franglish

***Originally uploaded January 14th***

We kick off 2021 with an episode recorded unusually close to its release! We give our thoughts on the recent storming of the Capitol especially as it relates to the Intellectual Dark Web, the topic of a multi-episode series we'll be releasing over the coming weeks. We also talk about conspiracies in general and about how all three of these topics intersect.

References:

Police letting rioters into Capitol is likely false -  

https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/jan/07/ask-politifact-did-capitol-police-let-mob-trump-su/

The Intellectual Dark Web - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_dark_web

Sean Carroll Episode - 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v7uZUQPtkk

Stories & Data by Coleman Hughes - https://www.city-journal.org/reflections-on-race-riots-and-police

Big Brains / U of Chicago Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF3vU6xnaEg

Conspiracies and the internet - https://theconversation.com/the-internet-fuels-conspiracy-theories-but-not-in-the-way-you-might-imagine-98037?fbclid=IwAR1A5UHKg_9S3rFwP3RVWeR9NjujTTLYRev5T1bckPgEtYjQoudhtwrmVTY

Q Anon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon

Pizzagate - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzagate_conspiracy_theory

Critical Theory - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_theory

Anti-vax movement - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine_hesitancy

Vaccines and POC - https://www.healthline.com/health-news/why-some-black-and-latinx-people-are-reluctant-to-get-the-covid-19-vaccine

5G Covid circuit diagram - 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/5g-covid-guitar-pedal-b1782573.html%3famp

Buzz Aldrin punches moon landing conspiracy theorist - https://953wdae.iheart.com/content/2019-07-17-video-buzz-aldrin-punches-a-guy-for-harassing-him-about-moon-landing/

Ufos - https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/us/pentagon-ufo-videos.amp.html

David Fravyr (navy ufo guy) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB8zcAttP1E&t=5479s

Hollow Earth - https://www.wired.com/2020/12/geeks-guide-owen-egerton/

Lizard people -https://www.insider.com/lizard-people-conspiracy-theory-origin-nashville-bomber-qanon-2021-1

Intro music - Broken Franglish by Trevor Villwock

https://soundcloud.com/trevor-villwock/broken-franglish

Bumper music - Floating by Glossolalia Online

https://soundcloud.com/glossolalia-online/floating

Outro Music - Glossolalia Online by Glossolalia Online

In our final episode of 2020, we talk about the holiday-cheer-filled topic of environmental and societal collapse as well as the possibility of near-term human extinction with Colorado multidisciplinary artist and friend of the show Alex White.

Articles:

https://guymcpherson.com/2013/04/the-irreconcilable-acceptance-of-near-term-extinction/

https://www.lifeworth.com/deepadaptation.pdf

References:

Overshoot - https://youtu.be/VIBIO1vywP4

Ecofascism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecofascism

Kurzgesagt: Geoengineering - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSu5sXmsur4&t=467s

Seveneves - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveneves

r/collapse - https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse

r/collapsesupport - https://www.reddit.com/r/CollapseSupport/

Antinatalism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinatalism

Active Hope by Joanna Macy - https://www.activehope.info/

Guy McPherson Stock Report - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bcsqqmFH00

“War is a Racket” by General Smedly D. Butler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket

Surveillance Valley by Jascha Levine - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jan/06/surveillance-valley-by-yasha-levine-review

Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inherent_Vice

Die Wise by Steven Jenkinson - https://orphanwisdom.com/shop/die-wise/

New York Times Doomscrolling article - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/technology/personaltech/youre-doomscrolling-again-heres-how-to-snap-out-of-it.html