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  • Episode 33: Atheism

    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

    Tim Minchin - Thank you god: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZeWPScnolo
    Doomer episode: https://www.post-wave.com/24-ok-doomer
    Unitarian Universalism: https://www.uua.org/
    Alan Watts episode: https://www.post-wave.com/episode-10-alan-watts-this-is-it
    Marcus Aurelius: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius
    Sam Harris episodes: https://www.post-wave.com/31-sam-harris-1
    Maajid Nawaz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maajid_Nawaz
    The Atheist Experience: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCprs0DXUS-refN1i8FkQkdg

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

    1 hr 24 min
  • Episode 32: Sam Harris (pt. 2)
    When someone shares controversial ideas about race, the reaction by the public is predictable. But do personal attacks against the person help to quell the idea, or do they fuel the flames? We continue our exploration of the ideas of Sam Harris and his controversial interview with Charles Murray, author of the Bell Curve.
     References:
    Charles Murray on Waking Up with Sam Harris: https://samharris.org/podcasts/forbidden-knowledge/
    Sam Harris / Ezra Klien debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-VF4KCylKI
    Charles Murray Middlebury college: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/middlebury-free-speech-violence/518667/
    Analysis - how poverty can drive down intelligence (PBS): https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/analysis-how-poverty-can-drive-down-intelligence
    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
    1 hr 24 min
  • Episode 31: Sam Harris

    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

    David Hume: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hume/
    Sean Carroll & Sam Harris debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVZp4nWMphE
    Trolley problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem#:~:text=The%20trolley%20problem%20is%20a,to%20save%20a%20larger%20number.&text=If%20you%20pull%20this%20lever,person%20on%20the%20side%20track.
    Terrence McKenna: https://www.post-wave.com/21-terence-mckenna
    Ram Dass: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_Dass
    Joe Rogan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Rogan
    Alan Watts: https://www.post-wave.com/episode-10-alan-watts-this-is-it 
    Dzogchen meditation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzogchen
    Douglas Harding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Harding
    Rick and Morty 9/11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaQtC8Itb18
    Sam Harris Yasmine Mohammed interview: https://samharris.org/podcasts/175-leaving-faith/
    Correction: Eric describes the following scene from Genesis 19 as being from Ezekiel 8: https://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0119.htm#32
    Maajid Nawaz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maajid_Nawaz
    IDW Episode: https://www.post-wave.com/26-the-idw-part-1

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

    1 hr 9 min
  • Episode 30: Artistic Process (w/ Alex White)

    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

    1 hr 26 min
  • Episode 29: Anxiety, Depression, & Social Distancing

    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

    Motivation & Addiction episode: https://www.post-wave.com/13-motivation-addiction
    Doing Good Better episode: https://www.post-wave.com/20-doing-good-better
    Heroin use in Vietnam veterans: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12873239/
    Projected US Deaths: https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america?view=total-deaths&tab=trend
    South Korea, Hong Kong, Germany response to covid: https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-020-01791-8
    Eradication of Polio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio_eradication
    Sterile environment affects gut microbiome: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4080534/
    Boston homeless population disproportionately asymptomatic to covid: https://www.bhchp.org/sites/default/files/Asymptomatic%20cases%20pose%20challenge%20for%20Boston%20homeless%20shelters%20_%20Boston.com_.pdf

     

    Music by Trevor Villwock

    1 hr 30 min
  • Episode 28: Jordan Peterson

    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: 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIeFt88Hm8s
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xc7DN-noAc
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T7pUEZfgdI

    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

     

    1 hr 24 min
  • Episode 27: The Intellectual Dark Web (Part 2)

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


    References:
    Black lives matter protests during pandemic: https://www.healthline.com/health-news/black-lives-matter-protests-didnt-contribute-to-covid19-surge
    Police in favor of body cameras: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/body-cameras-are-seen-as-key-to-police-reform-but-do-they-increase-accountability
    Coleman Hughes - Stories & Data: https://www.city-journal.org/reflections-on-race-riots-and-police
    City Journal criticism: https://www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/comments/h9ryqq/stories_and_data_coleman_hughes_on_race_police/

     

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

    48 min
  • Episode 26: The Intellectual Dark Web (Part 1)

    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

    1 hr 26 min
  • Episode 25: The Intellectual Dark Web (Part 0)

    ***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

    1 hr 22 min
  • Episode 24: Ok, Doomer (w/ Alex White)

    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

    1 hr 43 min

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