Skeptical Thinker Podcast

In today's podcast Leah and Jamie discuss the book: Ruin Their Crops on the Ground: The Politics of Food in the United States, from the Trail of Tears to School Lunch. The title says most of what the wide-ranging discussion was about, but we focus on how food was used as a way to subjugate and conquer indigenous cultures and the implications this had on tribes in today's world. We also look at the way food was used to as a way to keep Indigenous Africans under control as slaves in the early U.S. We discuss the way food insecurity still affects these two vulnerable communities even today.

Finally, we tackle the school lunches - something we all have had experience with. Click the link above to see a Good Reads reviews of this incredible book!

In this episode, Leah and I jump into the book "Cultish," by

Welcome Back to Season 2 of Skeptical Thinker!

I have asked my oldest daughter to join me on the Skeptical Thinker Podcast because we share so many incredibly interesting conversations! So a warm welcome to Leah!

Today's Discussion is how connected we can be to the natural world. We are discussing parts of a book by Tristan Gooley called How To Read Water . Another book that comes up in our discussion is Self-Compassion by Kristen Neff. I (Jamie) have not read How to Read Water, but I did read Self Compassion and I have learned a lot from it to use in my daily life!

Hope you enjoy our new format! I know there are audio issues with our discussion - we were using Discord for the recording, but I just got a new computer, and I think I forgot to change the microphone from computer to the mixing board, so I sound a little like I'm in a tin can!

Best Regards!

Jamie

Show Notes

This month, I look at a couple of areas of sociology. Enjoy! Check out my show notes, and be sure to subscribe!

Here's the two books I mentioned in the podcast today:

hÓgáin, O. D. (2001). The sacred isle: Belief and religion in pre-Christian Ireland. Boydell. 

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Sapa, H., & Brown, J. E. (1989). The Sacred Pipe Black Elk’s account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux. University of Oklahoma Press. 

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The Sum of All Our Experiences

Trigger Warning: This episode does have references to physical and emotional abuse.

This Skeptical Thinker Episode looks at my life as the sum of all my experiences.  

Some readings come from a journal I wrote in the summer of 2021 when I took a short trip on my bike to New Glarus Woods State Park in Wisconsin.  

It leads to some insights as to how even Skeptical Thinkers have to come from somewhere, and that the person we are today, might just be the sum of all our experiences.

In this episode, I have the honor of welcoming my oldest daughter, Leah!  While growing up in the late 1990s and 2000s, she was exposed to some unique experiences that shaped the way she thinks.  Leah fills me in on the origination of the term, “woke” while giving me some insight on how it is being co-opted to become the conservative talking point and “boogeyman” for the party.  If you are interested in learning more about the history of the woke movement, feel free to click on any of the links below.

https://www.naacpldf.org/woke-black-bad/

https://www.vox.com/culture/21437879/stay-woke-wokeness-history-origin-evolution-controversy

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/woke-meaning-word-history-b1790787.html

Join me in this episode as we look at why we have seasons on Earth!  

I found some interesting information about the seasons at NASA's website.

Some background on the podcast and a little bit of promo for what to expect on season one. 

Since I am new at this, I am still learning the audio settings.  So, you will be in the front seat of my evolution as a podcaster.  Thanks for joining me!

A new podcast is published the first Saturday of each month.

In this episode, we look at the idea of Faith.  There's not much to put in the show notes, this is mostly just some thoughts and musings that I have as a free thinker.  Of course, these things are always bouncing around my mind - looking for an outlet.  Let me know what you think!