The Dissonance Podcast

There are seven final declarations of Jesus recorded in the four gospels in the Bible. Each, having been covered by scholars and theologians for centuries have no end of meaning and depth and complexity upon them. In this episode, we'll take a quick look at the seven last words of Jesus and talk about why Jesus said them, and what they mean. Apologies for being under the weather, there are a few sniffles and coughs heard. But not too bad.

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Does the world need a designated "police force" making sure everyone does what they're supposed to? And if it does, should that police force be the United States? What was supposed to be a conversation about the Evangelical Movement quickly turns into a discussion about foreign affairs with my old friend Caleb Ellingson. (Note: due to technical difficulties, roughly 20 minutes of the beginning of the conversation has been cut. You didn’t miss much besides ramblings about the Trump Administration and my own inherit mistrust of institutions).

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In this second part of my interview with Trent Johnson, we talk about Social Media and the dangers that it presents. How we could be trading our independence, freedom, privacy and self-determination away for the comfort that Social Media brings, and how our opinions could subtlety be manipulated by people behind the scenes. All in the name of creating a unified, cohesive society of likeminded individuals. If only we could get rid of that pesky other side.

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I talk with Pastor Trent Johnson about the 1967 series The Prisoner, and what it has to say about how we as a society often trade our privacy, freedom, identity for comfort. As well, we’ll discuss the divide in our political spectrum, the Mueller Report and more. 

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What does The Democratic Party, Pastors, Musicians, Actors and any or all celebrities have in common? They can all he idolized. And that’s not good. Learn how to Kill Your Idols with Justine Kopischke.

In this finale episode of our Integral Consciousness series, we talk about the final centrism: Worldcentrism. How we all need to do our part to care for the people outside our communities, while not forgetting about said communities or our own personhood. Cheers!

In this episode I sit down and talk with Mental Health and Sex Therapist Contessa Johnson about her work with juveniles with sexual harming behaviors, as well as an in-depth look at the talk she gave at the first Dissonance Night in October, where she discussed Freud’s theory of the death drive and how good things can sometimes try to kill us.

In this episode we will discuss the upsides and downsides of Tribalcentrism. How we all need to give up some of our individual independence to join together with others so that we both move forward father together. However, without balance, we can forsake the ego (our humanity) or see the world as an “Us vs. Them” mentality that is dependent on hurting others to get ahead.

In this episode we’ll start discussing a portion of the theory of Integral Consciousness (by Ken Wilbur) based on Centrisms. Or, more plainly, where do you invest your focus? I’ll give a brief intro to the theory and then dive into the first Centrism: The Egocentric.