Rik's Mind Podcast

It’s a fireside chat, baby! Rik and Jon chop it up in their first conversation of the year. The boys get caught in their ‘fi fis’ and mourn Bob Saget, talk New Year’s resolutions, stand up comedy and Jon blows Rik’s mind again with Matrix lore. Don’t be an L7 weenie and get on in here and embrace the chaos.

Show Notes:

Comedian-actor Bob Saget found dead inside Orlando hotel room, deputies say | Fox 35 Orlando

Chelsea Peretti | IMDb

Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats Official Trailer | Netflix

Jordan Peele | IMDb

Joanna Newsom | Drag City Records

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear | Official Website

J. Krishnamurti | Official Website

Reflections on the Self by Jiddu Krishnamurti | Goodreads

The Wachowskis | Wikipedia

‘The Matrix’ has always been a trans story, and now audiences can’t ignore it by Olivia McCormack | The Lily

Grave Encounters (2011) | IMDb

Life After People | Wikipedia

Don't Look Up (2021) | IMDb

Today we are joined by Eric Ross. Eric lives in Washington, DC and is a Star Trek fan, a Dungeon Master, a Taco Bell enthusiast and a PhD candidate in Cultural Studies at George Mason University. He writes about museums, and conflicts over history and memory. Since 2017, he has also been an instructor teaching intro to Social Justice classes to first year college students.

Additionally, Mr. Ross is an active member of the George Mason chapter of the Association of American University Professors (AAUP). Before graduate school, he spent two years working with Americorps in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Eric is not on social media, so don’t expect to fine him anywhere but at George Mason Univ.

Show Notes:

Americorps | Official Website

American Studies | Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies, University of South Florida

Stuart Hall and the Rise of Cultural Studies | The New Yorker

Museum of the Bible | Wikipedia

A Bible museum is a good idea. The one that's opening is not. | Vox

After 'Missteps' And Controversies, Museum Of The Bible Works To Clean Up Its Act | NPR

Met Museum Removes Sackler Name From Wing Over Opioid Ties | The New York Times

Sackler family | Wikipedia

The Temple Of Dendur | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Montana seeks to lift protections for bears around Glacier | NBC Montana

Police: Armed carjacking suspect committed string of crimes leading up to Monday morning shooting | KGW8 Portland

Today we are joined by Olin Hannum. Olin currently serves as Associate Director of Bands at Oregon State University where he oversees and directs all aspects of the OSU Marching and Athletics Bands program. Hannum is a sought-after arranger for marching ensemble. His arrangements have been performed by competitive and non-competitive groups at the middle school, high school, and collegiate level, across the west coast but primarily in California. His charts have a reputation for being audience accessible and artistically impactful, with a consciousness to the needs of individual musicians through thoughtful choices of line. You can learn more about Olin on his website OlinHannum.com

Show Notes:

Olin Hannum | Official Website

AMusEd | A Music Educators' Podcast & Blog

List of marching bands | Wikipedia

Wind instrument | Wikipedia

What does a conductor actually do? | BBC

Chattanooga High School Dynamo Marching band - 1958-59 - AR Casavant | Youtube

Precision Drill by A.R. Casavant | Amazon

A Brief History of Marching Band | The Daily Chomp

Marching Band: an in depth look at the history of the sport | The LaSabre

The Ohio State University Marching Band Marching Fundamentals Rev. 2009 | The Ohio State University

Chet Baker: The Life And Legacy Of 'The James Dean Of Jazz' | uDiscover Music

A tragic plane crash denied horn-rock juggernaut Chase their legacy | The Chicago Reader

Patto – Patto/Hold Your Fire | The Progressive Aspect

Searching for Sugar Man (2021) | IMDb

Harper Lee, Author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Dies at 89 | The New York Times

Johann Sebastian Bach | Baroque Composers and Musicians

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy | Mendelssohn Gesellschaft

How Well Do Dogs and Other Animals Hear? | Louisiana State university

The Spirit and Sound of OSU | The Oregon State Marching Band

Today we are joined by 1st LT Darian Kauffman. 1st LT Kauffman is an AH-64 Apache helicopter pilot in the US Army. Darian tells us all about practical life in the army as well as shares fun stores of his experiences as an Apache attack helicopter pilot.

Show Notes:

Apache Attack Helicopter (AH-64A/D) | Army Technology

Ranks | US Army

From pilots to ramp agents - U.S. airlines go all out to staff up | Reuters

Tank Commander Couse | US Army Base Fort Benning Official Website

United States Air Force | Wikipedia

Officer Candidate School | US Army

Counterinsurgency | Wikipedia

Armed Forces of Ukraine | Wikipedia

Atlas News reporting on Ukrainian Military Drones | Instagram

Today it’s a classic Fireside chat. Rik and Jon chop it up over some shop talk, Jon goes off on a rant about the Bush family (shocker, we know), Rik reads a book about Hitler, and Jon serves up some hot takes. Come for the laughs and knowledge, stick around for the chaos.

As requested by Rik, here are

“Jon’s Top 5 Books that Radicalized Me Into The Disenfranchised Leftist I Am Today”

Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil by Michael C. Rupert

Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces That Put It in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America by Russ Baker

The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives by Zbigniew Brzezinski

I Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern War Story by Michael Hastings

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner

Show Notes:

Spanish-American War | HISTORY

Operation Paperclip | Jewish Virtual Library

In Cold War, U.S. Spy Agencies Used 1,000 Nazis | The New York Times

A US Coast Guard patrol unexpectedly encountered Chinese warships near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands | Artic Today

When The CIA Recruited Nazis To Fight The Cold War | Nazis In The CIA | Timeline

George H.W. Bush, American War Criminal | The Intercept

Truth, War and Consequences (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

What if Russia invaded the Baltics? | CaspianReport

Interview: San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin on Surge in Looting, Smash-and-Grab Robberie | KPIX SF Bay Area

The Baltic Tragedy - Nazi and Soviet occupation in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania | Youtube

Today we are joined by Connor Laubenstein. Connor, along with Bradford Wilson and Drew Westphal, host Group Golf Therapy Podcast. Group Golf Therapy is a podcast about the intersection of golf and mental health: how the sport makes us laugh, cry, and bubble with rage. You can find more about Connor on his blog TheBagBandit.com and Instagram @thebagbandit and the Group Golf Therapy Podcast on Spotify their Instagram @groupgolftherapy.

Show Notes:

Requirements for NZ citizenship | New Zealand Government

Golf Attire Etiquette | Golfweek

PGA Tour | Official Website

LPGA Tour | Official Website

Under the Bib: Sun Shades and Golf Dresses | The Bag Bandit

History of Woman’s Professional Golf | Professional Golfers Career College

Today we are joined by Dr. Andrea Haverkamp. Dr. Haverkamp (she/her) recently completed her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering with a doctoral minor in Queer Studies at Oregon State University. Her research explores the experiences of transgender and gender nonconforming students in engineering and computer science, such as their sources of community support and collective resiliency in the face of adversity.

Dr. Haverkamp serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace, an open-source scholarly publication exploring the intersections of engineering and inequity across the globe. She also has involvement in American Society for Engineering Education and Society of Women Engineers. Before her Ph.D., Dr. Haverkamp has worked as an engineer in the Federal government and served as a science education volunteer with the Peace Corps in Liberia.

She is currently a labor organizer supporting healthcare and hospital workers in Seattle with United Food & Commercial Workers Local 21, and previously served as President of Coalition of Graduate Employees, American Federation of Teachers Local 6069 at Oregon State University. She is a dual-card International Workers of the World union member and also a member of Socialist Alternative. You can find more about Dr. Haverkamp on her twitter, instagram, LinkedIn and her blog sjengineers.blog.

Show Notes:

Hoyte, Kansas | Wikipedia

Battle of Blair Mountain | Wikipedia

The Great Battle of Blair Mountain | Youtube

Sacco and Vanzetti | Wikipedia

2021 Union Members Summary | United State Bureau of Labor Statistics

Starbucks Union Vote Sets Up a Watershed Moment for U.S. Labor | Bloomberg

David Graeber | Wikipedia

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber | Goodreads

The Labor Day Graph That Says It All | Jacobin Magazine

John Deere tried replacing union workers with scabs — and immediately had tractor crash in their plant: report | RawStory

Farmers Fight John Deere Over Who Gets to Fix an $800,000 Tractor | Bloomberg

Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays | University of California at Berkeley

Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Wikipedia

Why unions are good for workers—especially in a crisis like COVID-19: 12 policies that would boost worker rights, safety, and wages | Economic Policy Institute

The Death and Life of American Labor: Toward a New Workers’ Movement by Stanley Aronowitz | Verso Books

Anarchism, Or The Revolutionary Movement of the Twenty-first Century by Andrej Grubacic and David Graeber | The Anarchist Library

What is the future of capitalism? by Conrad Cartmell, Josh Decker, Andrea Haverkamp, and Doug Lain | The Platypus Affiliated Society

Shop Floor Organizing at Amazon w/ Amazonians United Chicagoland | Laborwave Radio Podcast

Today we are joined by Isaac Hegge. Isaac is an amature stock and cryptocurrency trader. Isaac in his own words is an Aspiring Stonk & Cryptocurrency Soothsayer. Isaac continues: ‘Crypto? I barely know her. I've been traditionally investing for years & self-taught everything I know...I may not always be right, but that doesn't use alchemy on Money👌.’ Disclaimer: This podcast is NOT financial advice. We are not licensed financial advisers. This is all for fun. Don’t be a dumbass, do your due diligence 🚀💎👐.

Show Notes:

Dogecoin | Coindesk

Algorand | Coindesk

Shiba Inu | Coindesk

Compound | Coinbase

Polkadot | Coinbase

Parachains | Polkadot Network

Cardano | Coindesk

What are smart contracts on blockchain? | IBM

An Introduction to Smart Contracts and Their Potential and Inherent Limitations by Stuart D. Levi and Alex B. Lipton, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance

How Crypto Staking Works | NerdWallet

Squid Game Token Crashes; Developers Say They’ve Left the Project | Coindesk

Internet Computer | CoinGecko

Robinhood Markets | Wikipedia

Robinhood, and its role in the GameStop saga, explained | Vox

Robinhood claims it ONLY forced the sale of GameStop shares if they were bought with borrowed funds - after trading restrictions and mandatory share liquidations drew outrage | The Daily Mail

Jack Henry & Associates Inc. | Official Website

Blockchain, explained | MIT Sloan

4chan | Wikipedia

WallStreetBets GameStop Short Squeeze - DM me feet and/or (hairy only) armpit pics if you’d like me to explain the GameStop situation | Know Your Meme

r/wallstreebets | Reddit

r/SecurityAnalysis | Reddit

Farming Simulation Blockchain games | Medium

Today we are joined by Dr. Avi Loeb. Dr. Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard University and a bestselling author (in lists of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, L'Express and more). He received a PhD in Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel at age 24 (1980-1986), led the first international project supported by the Strategic Defense Initiative (1983-1988), and was subsequently a long-term member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton (1988-1993). Loeb has written 8 books, including most recently, Extraterrestrial (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021), and about 800 papers (with an h-index of 117) on a wide range of topics, including black holes, the first stars, the search for extraterrestrial life and the future of the Universe. Loeb is the Director of the Institute for Theory and Computation (2007-present) within the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics , and also serves as the Head of the Galileo Project (2021-present). He had been the longest serving Chair of Harvard's Department of Astronomy (2011-2020) and the Founding Director of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative (2016-2021). He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the American Physical Society, and the International Academy of Astronautics. Loeb is a former member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) at the White House, a former chair of the Board on Physics and Astronomy of the National Academies (2018-2021) and a current member of the Advisory Board for "Einstein: Visualize the Impossible" of the Hebrew University. He also chairs the Advisory Committee for the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative (2016-present) and serves as the Science Theory Director for all Initiatives of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. In 2012, TIME magazine selected Loeb as one of the 25 most influential people in space and in 2020 Loeb was selected among the 14 most inspiring Israelis of the last decade. You can find more about Dr. Loeb, including his commentaries on innovation and diversity here.  

Show Notes:

Talpiot program | Wikipedia

Princeton University | Official Website

Department of Astronomy | Harvard University

Black Hole Initiative | Harvard University

Galileo Galilei | Wikipedia

The natural history of ‘Oumuamua by The ‘Oumuamua ISSI Team | Nature Astronomy

Why Oumuamua, the Interstellar Visitor, Looks Eerily Familiar | The New York Times

2020 Mars Mission Perseverance Rover | NASA

Was Our Universe Created in a Laboratory? by Avi Loeb | Scientific American

Dark Matter | Wikipedia

Variable Speed of Light | Wikipedia

João Magueijo | Wikipedia

New Horizons | NASA

2020 SO | Wikipedia

New Data Confirm 2020 SO to Be the Upper Centaur Rocket Booster From the 1960's | NASA JPL at CalTech

Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth by Avi Loeb | HMH Books

Big Bang | Wikipedia

Panspermia | Wikipedia

Famous Mars Meteorite's 'Fossils': What Arctic Rocks Can Tell Us | Space.com

Fermi paradox | Wikipedia

Noah’s Spaceship by Avi Loeb | Scientific American

The Galileo Project for the Systematic Scientific Search for Evidence of Extraterrestrial Technological Artifacts | Harvard University

Was the Interstellar Object ‘Oumuamua a Nitrogen Iceberg? by Avi Loeb | Scientific American

/‘Oumuamua as an N2 ice fragment of an exo-Pluto

surface: I. Size and Compositional Constraints by Alan P. Jackson and Steven J. Desch | arvix.org

Today is a spooky Halloween fireside chat featuring Rik, Jon and our newest RMP team member Sammy Ramirez. The RMP crew hash it out about movies and movie scores! Be sure to stick around!

Show Notes:

Casino Royale | IMDb

Skyfall | IMDb

GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game) | Wikipedia

As Above, So Below (2014) | IMDb

Star Wars | Wookipedia

Khan Noonien Singh | Wikipedia

Star Trek (2009) | Wikipedia

Suicide Squad (2016) | IMDb

John Williams | Wikipedia

Hans Zimmer | Wikipedia