The Exchanges Podcast.

HIGHLIGHTS:

— Al Franken: Martyr for the Movement

— Sexual Harassment and Assault Semantics

— Hitler’s Skull

— Dimensional Reptiles

— Religiosity

— Tupac Alive and Well

— Gulf of Tonkin

— Nukes Versus Bio-Attacks

— Death of the Moderate

— Capacity of Mankind

— Bob Marley’s Empty Coffin

— Building 7

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HIGHLIGHTS:

@Somewhere – Brent Beef’s with NPR

@Everywhere – It’s Facebook’s World and we are just in it

@7:30 – Kwaku & Brent realize they have known Each other in another life

@9:00 – Lawrence’s roots

@19:00 – Lifestyles of the Rich and Saudi, with a little Tyranny

@40:00 – David versus Entitlement Culture

@29:00 – Globalization and First-World Problems.

@Somewhere – Brent and pet tigers

@25:00 – Matt and David talk Spain and Secession Politics

@1:00:00 – Black Facebook and the matrix about who wrote The Matrix.

@Somewhere – Subdivisions

@1:22:00 – Reality TV and David’s love of Rap Battles of History.

@1:23:00 – Angie and Brent battle over whether Social Media connections are real things.

@1:43:00 – Hates talking on the phone

@Somewhere – The Rise of Alexia

@1:44:00 – Dislike buttons

@Toward the end – Savannah hates talking on the phone and is more rational than all of us (in general).

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THIS PODCAST: Brent, Samantha (aka “Sam”), Ben, and Ryan:

 

0:06:32                And we are off … Introducing Ryan

0:07:06                Lookin’ Tired

0:07:36                Samantha aka “Sam”

0:07:48                … and Ben

0:08:12                Ben’s creepy laugh

0:08:46                Cloud Computing-Pimpin’ and Jitter Bugs

0:12:08                Ben and Ryan go back to school

0:15:03                Work, Work, Work, Work …

0:17:21                Being Grown Ups

0:20:24                The Great Healthcare Debate

0:23:53                Ben Reflects on Changes in Healthcare. Ryan and Evil Middlemen

0:25:51                Ryan ends up paying less for Healthcare by … not being Insurance

0:31:10                Sam and Political and Corporate Propaganda

0:32:49                Has the US always been a crappy place?

0:39:45                Brent on the US living up to its stated Ideals

0:41:53                Selfishness and Tribalism

0:43:24                Trump Supporters and Fact Immunity

0:45:32                Sam reflect on her FOX News Addiction

0:47:50                Rural Kansas and a Drought of Facts

0:48:50                Little Mexico.

0:51:17                Sam Masquerading as a Mexican

0:52:39                Can you blamed Rural America for Not Being as Informed?

0:54:38                Ryan question’s rural Kansas’ Internet Access

0:56:43                Brent: The World isn’t Harvard

0:57:39                Chinese Photographer: Racism or Nah?

0:59:51                Sam’s Ringtone

1:00:25                Brass Tax on Cultural Appropriation

1:01:04                China and Dogs

1:03:34                Brent Brings up the Hobby Lobby Incident Again

1:04:24                Ryan’s Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation

1:06:11                The Noose at our old Alma Mater

1:06:36                Ben Reminds us of the CSU Bomb threats

1:08:23                University and the Media

1:13:13                Weaponizing the Past and Comment sections “Evidence”

1:15:09                When does “it” become a problem

1:17:24                Ben, the New JFK Assignation Documents and US Government creditability

1:22:21                Question for Conspiracy Theorist

1:22:58                Ryan how bad “it” Already is

1:25:15                Do “Leaks” Change anything? WikiLeaks, Prism, and the bunch

1:31:33                How much corruption is enough corruption for change

1:34:19                Voting in Red States and the importance of voting locally

1:42:09                The ground floor of Power. Voter Suppression

1:44:20                Gerrymander Cubix Cube

1:46:32                Our perfect transition to Pup Play and Sexual Kinks

1:47:15                Samantha gives us the Skinny on the Appeal of Pup-Play

1:48:49                “Tugger” the Pup and International Mister Leather

1:49:57                Ryan – Get YOURS. Samantha – ” as long as you’re not hurting someone ..”

1:50:35                Pup Play and the LARP-ing connection

1:51:26                When do Kinks become “unhealthy”

1:52:55                Ben and Sub-Dominant Relationships

1:54:10                Role-play and the Fine Lines

1:55:48                Brent “Kink Shames”

1:57:43                What is a healthy Coping Mechanism

1:59:31                Pup Handlers

2:01:29                Surprised Abuse Kinks.

THIS PODCAST: This Day in History + Harvey Weinstein + Niger Mission:

0:05:54 Who is the tallest of them all?

0:08:21 What do women really want? Kwaku arrives.

0:11:17 Scandinavian Giants

0:12:52 Kwaku the caveman.

0:14:19 Brent’s fascination with the Exploration Age

0:14:47 Angie and David arrive

0:16:18 Happy Birthday Angie. Lawrence’s job hunt

0:17:35 Ed: Facebook News & the Internet

0:19:05 Pundits opinions vs actual News

0:19:51 Ed versus Technology. Wonders of smartphones.

0:22:13 Internet scammers

0:23:51 Equifax Hack. History of Credit Agencies

0:26:41 Actual start of the show!

0:28:44 Harvey Weinstein Sexual Assault/Harassment talk commences. Kwaku jumps us off

0:31:56 David’s initial thoughts on Weinstein.

0:33:05 Ed: why did it take so long? and standing up for yourself

0:38:58 Brent: something needs to stop these settlements. Bill O’Reilly and Roger Ailes

0:40:34 Angie play’s devil’s advocate

0:42:37 Kwaku: Male celebrities role in all this

0:44:36 Lupita Nyong’o’s encounter with Harvey Weinstein

0:47:14 The many faces of Bill O’Reilly

0:48:10 Angie opens the can on Michael Jackson’s allegation

0:49:15 David speculates on the future of non-closure agreements

0:54:08 Lawrence: these people being a product of their times

0:54:43 David: Power and Money allows this Machoism culture to persist

0:56:27 Where does this toxic culture come from?

0:57:15 David: social media making things worse.

0:59:18 Ed: trapping rich men?

1:01:08 Hook up culture

1:03:28 Pop culture’s role in sexual predation & hook up culture.

1:05:26 Lawrence and the idealization of masculinity

1:06:23 Rock vs. Hip Hop

1:09:02 Do we like hyper masculinity? Is this culture or biology?

1:10:03 Weinstein and O’Reilly victims?

1:11:16 What we teach about manhood

1:11:42 Taking out the trash.

1:13:43 David’s take on women expectations. Angie gives us a bit more insight.

1:17:02 Kwaku’s take on women’s expectations: biological coding

1:18:17 Niger Incident. Angie leads us off on what happened

1:19:40 Ed’s beef with how bad the military screwed up.

1:20:48 It’s “NIH – GEER”

1:22:04 Ed gives us the special forces MO. Some many unknown unknowns.

1:23:13 US military’s mysterious missions around the global. Our goals in Africa

1:27:59 Trump’s role in the Niger story. The tweets. Pointing fingers at Obama.

1:29:40 Media fanning the flaming. Trash stories. Stories about Nothing.

1:33:28 Advertisement dollars versus journalistic integrity

1:36:14 Paying for good News? Taking Information for granted.

1:37:18 David and Ed debate how big the Niger story is.

1:40:12 THIS. DAY. IN. HISTORY

1:41:01 Ed: Eisenhower gave support to the French is South Vietnam. The true beginning of the Vietnam War

1:41:31 Ed: The Russian Red Guards gained control of Russian Government

1:41:48 Ed: Founding of the UN

1:42:01 Any love for Eisenhower out there? Vietnam War Implications

1:45:48 David on Eisenhower. Democrat and Republican “Switch: history

1:46:51 Kwaku: The movie the Manchurian Candidate dropped

1:47:17 David: 2008 – Blood Friday

1:48:05 Kwaku: Russia “grooming” Trump?

1:49:33 David: First guy survives going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

1:50:38 YouTube videos of people climbing buildings. Anything for Clicks. Evel Knievel. Adrenaline Junkies.

1:52:09 Adrenaline Junkies have a mental illness? Angie and Pain Junkies

1:53:53 Crazy Wright Brothers

1:54:46 Badass European Explorers

2:04:07 Being poor in the 60s versus Today

THIS PODCAST: Las Vegas Shootings + Artificial Intelligence + Death and Taxes

Some before-show chit chat about the changes to the Masquerade in ATL @7:41

Podcast kickoff and introductions. Fantasy football and DnD talk @10:12

What we talkin about @11:59

Kwaku leads us off in discussing Las Vegas shootings and being desensitized @12:41

Davids dogs slurping up water in the background youll hear it a few more times @13:33

A new show idea for MTV @15:49

Davids thoughts on the Las Vegas shootings @16:37

Lawrences thoughts @17:29

David and media reporting on shootings by race @18:09

Brent tracks a bit of history of mass hooting events @22:52

Kwaku and false beliefs about the mental illness connection to shootings @24:56

Brent tracks recent mass shootings @26:12

David and doubts about mental illness connections to shootings @28:45

David: men and violence @32:36

Lawrence and the age of loneliness @34:03

Is our cultural and society sick? @34:26

Kwaku and his beef with medias misrepresentations of Life @36:19

Brent profiles the Virginia Tech shooter and the butterfly effect of the Columbine Massacre @38:37

Brent and The Grind of Western society @41:28

Brent and the coming generational storm. David reminds us of Sallie Maes misdeeds @42:25

David educates us on how we were bamboozled by the Student Loan business @43:57

Artificial Intelligence talk commences. Kwaku kicks us off again @46:16

Kwaku and Super Intelligence @47:06

Runway super computers @49:07

Brent spreads fake news about the Facebook AI experiment, David saves us with the real story @49:47

David and Facebooks bad programming @50:54

Lawrence: Humanity may be the real danger in the development of AI @52:26

Knowing what we want before we know we want it @53:36

David and why true AI is so far away from development right now. The End of the Second Industrial Age @54:55

3494.915042 3494.915042 Defining Intelligence sounds basic, but its not @58:14

Brent: the core programming of Humans. David and Buddhist philosophy of Self Actualization @59:29

Kwaku: Can technology and AI superseding us in importance @1:02:46

Kwaku and AI integral to human survival in the future. @1:04:05

The race for AI development between nations. Putins thoughts on AI @1:06:22

Brent stuck on whether humans are intelligent @1:07:30

AI and work. Are degrees worth anything these days? @1:08:48

Scary talk about genetic manipulation and what it means for our society @1:11:39

Age of Efficiency @1:16:28

Brent: we better not be doing the same shit 200 years from now @1:17:52

Brent and the creation of the perfect self-sustaining society on Earth. David has doubts @1:20:07

David and inescapable human behavior. Gulliver’s Travels @1:22:32

The Republican Tax Plan. David gives us a perfect summary @1:23:18

The Middle Class @1:26:38

Unionism in the Twilight Zone. @1:27:47

David: Intellectuals and Dependable Inaction @1:28:51

Brent and David Debate Unions vs. Lobbyist @1:29:42

We pretend like were done and go for another 30 minutes @1:31:05

Brent stuck on deciding a new topic maybe something light. @1:31:18

Davids thoughts on Bill Clinton as a Governor @1:32:58

YouTube Conspiracy Documentaries. David: Clinton Cash was actually legit @1:33:45

Facebook political debate trolling @1:36:24

Political extremism today. Elisabeth Warren. Bernie Sanders not making any sense @1:37:07

More political extremism in the future. Hyper-partisanism on social media @1:39:09

Radical Obama People promising Hillary Clinton the Presidency. @1:41:24

Trump supporters on social media. David: Undercover liberals on Breitbart @1:42:26

What is Romney up to? @1:44:09

Thoughts on the Russia Investigation @1:45:57

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THIS PODCAST: NFL Protests + UN Summit + Basic Income + US Education System

Going Live. Show Info @4:33

The skinny on the Trumps Alabama NFL Protests Speech. Luther Strange @5:29

Introductions @7:26

Elephant in the Room: NFL Protests. Dave starts us off. Mastermind Trump. @8:24

Kyles take Are we surprised? Nice People vs SOBs @9:34

Linda and Trump stirring the pot @10:28

Savannah on Trumps Strategy @11:10

Trump, Genius? @11:40

Brent: Auto-pilot Trump. @12:19

Kwakus thoughts on Trump saying anything @13:34

Eds thoughts on the NFL speech @14:36

What the hell was that noise??? @15:22

Dave: An underestimated Trump @16:51

Same message, different target. Medias place in the Rise of Trump. Winding up the Monkey. @19:44

You laugh now @21:00

Angies thoughts: Team wide, unified protests the way to go @21:22

Ed on Jerry Jones, Cowboys owner @22:22

Kyles take on NFL owners protesting with players. Ed on regional

Brent: Its all about the money @24:56

Angie and Barack Obamas statements on the protests. @26:33

Ed: The NFL protests issue as a whole didnt have much to do with race issues @28:01

We get lost in Eds argument @28:53

Helene: what did our Veterans fight for? @29:56

Kwaku and and the strawman of Patriotism @30:57

Who are these people who disagree with the protest? @31:43

Kyle and the dynamics of Privilege @33:02

They @33:15

MLKs hate mail @39:18

Savannah and the Pendulum of Progress @41:19

Hobby Lobby Selling cotton sticks and right-wing medias hunt for juicy liberal overreactionism @41:40

Dave and the oversaturation of Liberal anger @44:27

Kyle: Germanys anti-Nazism and hate speech laws a model for the US @49:29

Savannah: difference between free speech and hate speech @50:15

Limits to free speech debate kicks off @51:45

Helene and Linda and how hate speech can be interoperated @54:12

Brent: where should the speech line be drawn? @55:52

Savannah: does the speech/group incite violence? @56:44

Angie: A higher legal bar? Brent: outright banning groups that incite violence and hatred. @57:56

Dave and Brent and the Black Panthers @58:36

Savannah: different treatment for different groups @59:25

Eds solution: Media blackout of hate groups @59:56

Slippery Slopes. @1:02:24

Dave: Banning hate groups making things worse @1:03:42

Matt: how we realistically ban these groups? @1:06:37

Ed: how would social media speech work in identifying hate groups to ban? @1:07:01

Linda: hate speech exposes to the bad ideology to the public @1:07:35

Matt: How Boston handled hate groups @1:09:19

Dave and Trumps distractions @1:10:53

Switching Gears: North Korea and Trumps Master Strategy @1:13:20

Ed: Trump and Un too toxic to Tango @1:15:17

Kwaku and US talking with Kim Jong Un. Un Protecting rather than Projecting? @1:16:13

Dave: North Korea living in 1950s propaganda and desperate for respect and recognition. @1:17:28

Irrational Actors in an Irrational World @1:19:26

Is Kim Jong Un that bad of a guy? @1:22:12

Grading Kim Jon Uns dictatorship @1:23:54

Selfish Motivations @1:25:36

Helene humanizing Kim Jong Un for a moment @1:26:16

Universal Basic Income time Kyle starts us off. Defining

Daves thoughts on Universal Basic Income @1:32:11

Matt: despite Income, people are still incentivized to do better @1:33:05

AI @1:36:51

Dave and the Chess Effect @1:37:04

Brent: Overcoming human nature @1:39:08

Matt and the invention of Privacy @1:43:58

Savannah: Our focus has to be the next generation. Lastly: US Education System @1:44:41

Linda and Savannah debates the concept the Education @1:45:55

The importance of Environment and connecting Education to Human Nature @1:47:54

THIS PODCAST: Modern Family + Interracial Families + Mental Healthcare + Montessori School

Show Info @8:23

Mysterious Missing Hoon @8:41

Roll call and Logistics @9:28

Topic @10:02

Hurricane Irma lack luster performance in GA. Barbuda @10:36

Hurricane Juan @11:47

Climate Change @12:15

Politics is everything @12:36

Savannah talking politic among friends @ 13:24

Helene’s parents secretive nature @13:41

Helene: What the heel did we talk about growing @14:28

Small worlds @15:05

Brent’s New Jersey days @15:46

Kyle’s rural Arizona upbringing @17:15

Arizona militias @18:27

Hispanic immigrants in Arizona @19:15

Kyle’s Family makeup @19:50

Hating Southern Arizona @20:49

Escaping the desert to Georgia @22:26

Brent’s Family makeup @23:02

Brent’s grandfather’s toe @24:29

Brent’s grandmother exiled out the family. How I happened @25:12

Kyle on mixed race families and their children @26:48

Kyle: We’re Mexican right? Kyle reconnecting with his roots @27:04

What does it mean to be in a racial family @28:46

Brent’s racial adoption paranoia @29:26

Brent’s mother’s colorism experience @30:28

What are you? @31:09

Kyle bonding with other racially ambiguous kids @33:00

Kyle and the absence of mixed race communities @34:19

Limbo @34:45

Having things gotten better? @35:07

The Melting Pot @35:14

Savannah and Mosaic America @36:21

Helene gets introspective. Savanah’s family Italian and Jewish roots @36:21

North vs South perspective on ethnic identities @37:53

1/13th Cherokee @38:38

People who claim to be part Native America @39:07

Helene’s Native American friend @39:19

Colonial America and Racial mixing @41:02

Arizona Native American Reservations @41:42

What does Blackness and Whiteness mean? @44:03

Savannah educates us on history of body types @46:26

Skin lighting practices. Brent forgets Sammy Sosa’s name @47:03

Slavery and racism tooled to control the masses @49:15

Ta Nehisi Coates article – First White President @50:19

Terrified American Aristocrats @51:44

Mixing races fixing bigotry @52:49

Brent: Technological innovation breaking down the Nuclear Family @53:34

Breakdown of generational households @54:45

Mexican, Korean, Indian Family Units @55:58

Charlie and the Chocolate Family @56:33

Helenes Brothers family taking in bi-racial grandchildren @57:34

Raising bi-racial children and needed conversations @58:48

Hair Texture @1:00:32

When Brent processed the biracial element in his family @1:01:19

Dropping babies off at the airport @1:05:56

I don’t see color @1:07:11

Inescapable conversations of the future @1:08:4

Savannah and bias Awareness @1:09:02

Savannah and the importance of diversity in teaching @1:09:23

Hind-brain Tribalism @1:10:40

Divorce @1:14:02

Surviving in the world today vs yesteryears @1:16:34

Invention of the Teenager @1:17:43

Savannah and the Anxiety of Life @1:18:30

Adam Curtis and Hypernormalization. Watch It! @1:19:43

The Birth of modern Psychiatry and a mess up case study @1:20:26

Data of Processing Normal. Mental Health Ads @1:22:35

Popping Pills @1:23:54

Kyle in being diagnosed @1:25:06

Savannah and the progress of mental health diagnosis @1:26:19

Brent: what are these medicines doing? Lexapro withdrawals @1:26:53

Brent’s experience with Therapy @1:28:39

Evilgram @1:31:42

Helene and love-handle holding @1:32:07

Savannah: Children and a faster world @1:32:38

Working Parents @1:33:16

Eccentric Helene @1:35:34

Savannah: Where are the dinosaurs? @1:38:20

Giving children credit @1:40:05

Savannah on Montessori education @1:42:34

THIS PODCAST:

Double Feature: Torture and Enhanced Interrogation + Events @ Charlottesville, VA HIGHLIGHTS (estimated times): Setting the Agenda @3:01

Brent grills Avery. Avery tips off his aspirations @4:19

Study Abroad. Mexico City @5:01

Spain Economics @6:22

Death of a Mexican Mayor. Gruesome Cartels @7:09

Brents story about US Gov. kidnapping and torturing Afghan college students @8:16

Ed: A Vietnam Vets take on morals of torture @11:59

Ed: Youre Animal in combat @13:11

white collar Brass setting the torture Agenda? @13:58

Savannahs WWII tales: A Soliders bluff @15:50

Avery: Tortures Effectiveness @16:28

Matt: interrogation techniques. Enhanced Interrogation. @18:23

How do you break a person? Avery: Pain or Pleasure @19:09

The design of torture. Rationalizations @21:53

Nazis @23:00

Brent somehow forgets Averys name @23:45

Torture as a theory and discipline @24:04

Ignorance is bliss @24:35

Matt: Drones and Depersonalization @25:11

Bavery being out of range @25:44

Alexandras WWI tales: futbol in Xmas @26:28

Avery and the Efficacy of torture @27:00

Helene call out Alexandras dark mind @27:22

Ed: Difference between fight civilians and fighting soldiers @27:42

Helene reminds us average citizens got dirty in WWII @28:21

How far would Helene go in WWII? @28:47

THIS PODCAST: Corporations and Political Power

HIGHLIGHTS (estimated times):

Citizens United. Weird Comment’s Section Analogy @5:10

Loud 80s Music. Alexandra tells us about Managers Throwing Pizza Pans @9:45

Wikipedia Defines Citizens United @10:50

Kwaku Plays Devil’s Advocate @13:40

Dan Tells a story about being a jerk to Jim Martin. 5 Disadvantage Groups of Society @15:25

Why Citizen United passed? @17:48

The Michael Moore argument @19:50

The Koch argument & Corporate Stewards of society @27:10

Dazed and Confused @29:10

Are corporations people? Individual contributions. Brent’s position evolves @32:10

Never-ending election cycle @35:40

Savannah’s common sense vs. Libertarian arguments @40:00

Brent pretends to be a Libertarian @41:50

Kwaku mentions Tesla, crowd goes wild @45:56

Mark Zuckerberg for President? @49:34

Dan weighs his options: Zuckerberg or Dwayne Johnson @50:06

Kwaku endorses Kid Rock @51.08

Brent’s beef with John McCain @53:15

Brent’s weak IT Jobs conspiracy theory gets shutdown @1:02:10

Dan gets very wise @ 1:12:10

Savannah and her father paints the future @1:14:00

We slowly wade into Universal Basic Income @1:16:05

Kwaku clues us in on prisoners working in Fast Food @1:18:20

We revisit Foxcomm. Conflict-free phones? @ 1:19:00

Dan lets us know what’s the worst thing to happen to a third world country @1:20:14

Politicians are a reflect of us. How will these times be taught in school history @1:24:30

Alexandra tell us about bad teachers and give us our next topic: @ 1:30:00

 

Intro Music Credit:

Artist – William Ross; Song – Ahmed; Album – William Ross Chernoof’s Nomads

Link: https://bandcamp.com/signup?new_domain=williamross

Outro Music Credit:

Artist – Milton Arias; Song – Vidala en Verde; Album – Antes del Fin

Link: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Milton_Arias/