The Disconnect

Since COVID 19, people have reported experiencing much more vivid and intense dreams. With the world changing around us, its no surprise that our stress and anxiety is influencing how our sub conscious forms our thoughts while we sleep. There are many types of dreams that can be interpreted in a variety of ways, but why do we all tend to experience similar themes? Are your dreams recurring? Are they pleasant or terrifying? Have you experienced sleep paralysis? What would it look like if we could live stream our dreams and is this the future of analyzing our consciousness?

Zack and Phil Disconnect from reality on this week's episode of the podcast as we dive down a rabbit hole of dreams and what they might mean.

The crypto market is in a freefall...and stocks aren't doing much better. Large corporations are posting quarterly losses and layoffs are coming in droves. Inflation on the rise...interest rates increasing...the great resignation is over and people are dusting off their resumes in search of a new job. Are these all indicators of a looming recession (that we all know is coming) or will you take advantage and "buy the dip"?

Zack and Phil dive into this and more on this week's episode of The Disconnect.

Mr. Tesla/Space X himself is nearing completion of his hostile takeover of the social media platform Twitter and the Blue Check Mark Mafia is not having it. Accounts are being re-instated and the opportunity for an opposing point of view will soon change the way Twitter is used.

While it may not affect our day to day lives for those of us that don't find ourselves getting lost in this social media haze, it will undoubtedly play a roll in how the 2024 Presidential Election is ran.

Are we moving closer to freedom of speech on these platforms that were previously silenced or will we be bombarded with even more fake news and misinformation, making it even more difficult to determine where the truth lies?

Zack Hayes and Phil Hayes discuss on this week's episode of The Disconnect.

Since January 1, 2022, America has seen fires, explosions, and multiple plane crashes in plants and distribution centers. In the Internet age, you can imagine how this can spawn a variety of conspiracy theories. But when these stories are being underreported by traditional news outlets, people begin to draw their own conclusions.

Is this the beginning stages of a nationwide food shortage, Russian cyber attacks, Insurance fraud or just massive negligence due to an overwhelmed system?

Zack and Phil ponder all possible scenarios in this week's episode of The Disconnect.

Yes, we all know it's the year 2022. But did you know other countries operate under different calendars where their year is much different than ours? One calendar though is especially interesting though with the way its year lines up with 2012 and the start of the COVID outbreak. Maybe the Mayans were right all along and 2012 was the beginning of the end of the world...

Time stands still here on The Disconnect as Zack and Phil discuss this and many other topics.

As Americans, we eat more fast food than any other nation. Cheap, fast, and devastating to our long term health. Variations of the fast food model seem to line every new complex with a new concept disguising themselves as healthy alternatives to the traditional fast food chains we grew up with.

But has the lure of the fast food model once reserved for grabbing a quick bite on the go spilled over to every aspect of our lives? The media we consume, the products we purchase, even our relationships have all been given the Fast Food Makeover as we long for quick takes on tradition that used to make this country great. We're slowly transforming into a Fast Food Nation.

Have you had your break today? It's time to Disconnect.

As kids our imaginations run wild. Our minds are filled with ideas and concepts of what adulthood would be like if we were in charge. So as Zack sets out to design his future home, he wonders...what was that one thing as a kid that you wish you had in your house growing up? Our answers might surprise you...

Let your inner child run wild in this week's episode of The Disconnect with the Hayes Brothers.

We know the Internet exists, but do we really know who...or what is pulling the strings and causing you to spend more and more of your time in the grasps of its pixelated glow? The Dead Internet Theory explores the idea that the majority of what exists online is created by AI, designed to engage, divide and possibly even conquer.

Is this a simple algorithm designed by Corporate America to bring users flocking to their product or is this the beginning stages of the robot revolution that will eventually take over mankind?

Zack and Phil speculate on this week's episode of The Disconnect.

In the mid-’90s, the internet took the world by storm. For the first time in history, everyone had access to an unprecedented amount of information. In those early years, the entire web was curated by skilled webmasters who understood the inner workings of the internet. Over time, new technologies allowed everyone to share their thoughts and ideas with the world.

Recently, bots were let loose online to fulfill a variety of tasks. Most of these robots perform necessary and helpful tasks. Unfortunately, however, some were deployed for malicious purposes. Major sites across the web have documented the rapid increase in bot traffic on their platform over the past few years. The increased A.i. traffic has led some people to theorize that the internet is dead and the bots have taken over. The theory that we’ve lost control of the world wide web is known as Dead Internet Theory, and this is its story.

Spring is in the air which means we're heading outside to tackle some spring projects. The conversation quickly turns from building a garden to fond memories of what we enjoyed doing as kids and how we can instill some of the same feelings in our own kids for their childhood...and maybe give them a skill or two that we lacked when growing up.

And find out how Phil got bamboozled on what should have been a simple trip to Meijer on this week's episode of The Disconnect.

On this week's episode of The Disconnect, we mess with the Algorithm, debate whether there is a middle ground anymore in our country, and ponder whether or not our Government should be sending billions of dollars to Ukraine when parts of our country look like war torn states.

This and why Trump being silenced on YouTube for just having a conversation is bad for society on this week's episode of The Disconnect.