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FAQs about Stone Ape Podcast:How many episodes does Stone Ape Podcast have?The podcast currently has 208 episodes available.
January 09, 2015108: Keep On Shovelin' [January 9, 2015]Heron is in love with a font [Editorial Note: This is the shortest version of this topic so I have decided to leave it in.] Listener comments move Heron. They explore Thomas' question about minimizing survival time and Mike King's idea about surviving in the future. Tom's birthday present for Heron arrived and provides insights in Australian bath toys of the 1980s. Tom has been keeping Joe the Drummer's correspondence purely for shock value and there's some critical commentary on why Russell Brand and Wikileaks are too 'old narrative' for Tom and Heron. They return to a cliche of Heron and Tom. Tom explores if there is an interested in Noble Ape gene. Optimizing community positivity is the trick. Imagine no language monkeys, it's easy if you try. Tom gets political. Capitalism should be Apple versus the medical establishment. What will the world look like in forty years? Tom gives a brief interlude into his drug of choice - it's spicy. Everyone seems to have forgotten the 1970s in terms of terrorism in Europe. Heron has demanded live video for Model Rail Radio Show 100. Heron has watched Gremlins and his review might surprise you. Maybe. They conclude with a rambling film review session....more2h 2minPlay
January 02, 2015107: Treehouse Blueprint [January 2, 2015]Tom wishes Heron a Happy Birthday. The listeners have voted and Heron should watch Gremlins. Tom comprehends adoption. How do you deal with angry people? Russell Brand needs to find new insightful political allies. Constraints are tightening, how can we get information out? Tom recommends Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge and Howard Rheingold. They discuss new year's resolutions in the framing of low-light. What are the givens of cities? Tom raises tree-houses for living and ponders Amazon....more1h 32minPlay
December 26, 2014106: They Ran Out of Salsa [December 26, 2014]Heron is taking his job seriously. They talk about a loss of interest in movies. Heron returns to the alone and quiet. They expand into some broader discussion of Tom's exploration of the dream state. Tom outlines some lessons learnt and has lost faith in science fiction. They discuss a gift that never was and awareness. Heron needs to use Google Maps to get lost a little easier. Tom decompresses his vinyl. They wander into film reviews and talk about happenstance. Tom asks about Heron ongoing two-day-a-week saga. Just when you think the show is over they explore cussing....more2h 27minPlay
December 19, 2014105: Three Hundred Bucks [December 19, 2014]Heron starts the show asking about Tom's childhood friend who came to stay and living alone. Heron is heading out to resume a winter tradition and wants to talk about his memory. Tom explains how buying a meal for a cop leads into masked men on his doorstep. The videos: Lady Stealing Shoes http://youtu.be/66xwi7TxYak and Package Thief http://youtu.be/xR_-NkgwGe8 Tom thoroughly recommends nextdoor.com for addressing some of this problem. How can the term culture be used? Crack a book and you might be better on crack. The decade was so two decades ago. Joe the Drummer, Tim Jones and Mike King have some questions for the recording. They explore sexuality in cinema [Editorial note: the US censorship uses the term language to refer to coarse language and not adult concepts in language.] Tom knocks down the popularly referred to porn stats and talks about computation in popular writing versus his experience....more1h 56minPlay
December 03, 2014Special: Tom Barbalet talks at SRI [July 14, 2010]This historical audio is added to the Stone Ape feed for background on the Liz Swan talk. Tom Barbalet talks at SRI on Noble Ape, Biota and the artificial life community. Unfortunately the room mic failed, so the questions from the floor had to be amplified from the speaker mic. Slides from the talk are available at http://www.barbalet.com/talks/barbalet_sri_talk.pdf...more2h 4minPlay
November 26, 2014104: That Pizza is Too Greasy [November 26, 2014]Heron has been defecting and he wants to analyze it. For those who want to see some classic Single Muslim ads http://youtu.be/hFkG71Hu55I and a Juggalo anthropology documentary http://youtu.be/ulGaxBPk2jI is worth a Skype call. Tom has moved to a new level in terms of paying for listeners. Heron wants Liz Swan's conversations excluded from Stone Ape, eventually. Ferguson provides an abstract example of two non-mingling stories. Oh no, not hierarchies. What are the qualities of land that are worth settling? Videoing Tom is a curious thing. Heron returns to the problems of interaction. Tom and Heron discuss Thanksgiving traditions. Heron digresses into work discussions....more1h 51minPlay
November 25, 2014Untitled Project #3: Sophistry All the Way Down [November 25, 2014]Tom starts the discussion talking about the Forensics Science book. http://www.meetup.com/Conscious-in-the-Cloud/events/218785595/ is the meet-up for Tom's talk. What about the philosophy of the deteriorating mind? Don't look for qualia in the trees in Australia, they are in the National University. Hey hey hey, it's Folk Ethics. They digress into some discussion of race and homelessness....more1h 3minPlay
November 21, 2014103: High Wattage [November 21, 2014]Heron is clean shaven and wants to rap about Liz Swan's participation in the new podcast. Tom has been exploring the new Core mathematics in the US http://youtu.be/BxgQYvCPvXg . Tom has a job for the Noble Apes to do in the near future. Tom likes interpretive MC Hammer http://youtu.be/F9XTkMiYWR8 . What about the listener feedback? Tom will be have a house guest soon. Joe the Drummer asks about tarot: Heron thinks it is therapy and Tom thinks it is simulation. They digress into Mad magazine providing a blueprint for the past http://youtu.be/2etnO68wIS0 [Editorial note: some of the dates and the details on Mad magazine and William M. Gaines are off, this will be rectified in the feed shortly]. Tom doesn't recommend Constantine's Sword http://youtu.be/-1FDW7jyL0E but Heron still thinks military organizational structure has some purpose. Tom floats the idea of dying for the butterfly. Call Tom anytime but let's not discuss hierarchy. Low light depression can be treated very easily. Police are in short supply but what's new....more2h 8minPlay
November 14, 2014102: Traditional Metaphysical Deity Theology [November 14, 2014]They start talking about the Liz Swan podcast. Heron has some feedback for the feedback seekers. What about those old folks? Tom had a conversation that was a long time coming. They explore beaches and fiction. Heron has a birthday coming up. Are communities self nurturing or self aligning? The war to end all wars just isn't quitting. What about VICE and that Islamic State? Tom explores conscription as being the final tipping point....more1h 26minPlay
November 11, 2014Untitled Project #2: Kant or Won't [November 11, 2014]Liz and Tom start discussing an improved sound and recovered health. Liz plugs her next book project and Tom talks about his mis-spent yoof. Tom poses a metaphysics problem from simulation. They digress into Kant. Science fiction provide mixed blessings as does virtual reality. They explore applied philosophy and assistants versus publicists....more1h 6minPlay
FAQs about Stone Ape Podcast:How many episodes does Stone Ape Podcast have?The podcast currently has 208 episodes available.