The Propound Podcast

Recorded: February 26, 2026

Concepts mentioned:

Solipsism

Collective Unconscious – Carl Jung

Primary Emotions

Indian Jones (Character)

Professor archetype

Rock Star archetype

Jim Morrison – Dionysus

Prototypes

Irish Harp as National Symbol

Triskel and perichoresis

Newgrange archeological site

Tinnitus

Bats and use of infrared

Cartesian dualism

Blindboy Boatclub Podcast: Gabor Mate episode

Choral Singing and Energy

Obama – “you did not build that”

Arbitrary salary figures

Cars speed above speed limits

Posture

Polylogue

Polyphonic

Alterity

Recorded 19th of February, 2026

Sources Mentioned:

Windows for warmth

Maslow Hierarchy of Needs

Crete, Chania

Patrickswell, Limerick

Mulligans Bar, Dubliin

James Joyce

The White House Bar, Limerick

Salon

Tertulia

No Politics, No Religion

McCarthyism

The Crucible

Tavern

Tabernacle

Cantinas

Saloon

Mother Macs, Peggy’ Parlour

Neary’s Bar, Dublin

Limerick Art Gallery

The Inklings

Harvey C. Mansfield, Harvard

Communism as one state

Short-term capitalism

Wittiness

Hiccup cures from thinking a certain way

Hiccups Guinness book

RECORDED FEBRUARY 10TH, 2026

Concepts mentioned:

"THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGGS" – AESOP

GOLDILOCKS EFFECT (PLANET EARTH)

GOLDILOCKS AND THREE BEARS

GOLD STANDARD

ARISTOTLE AND THE GOLDEN MEAN

DONOVAN – "THERE IS A MOUNTAIN" (SONG)

THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS – "I’M AN ADULT NOW" (SONG)

PRUDENCE

DECORUM

NOBEL SAVAGE (J.J. ROUSSEAU)

TARZAN (CHARACTER)

THE INFINITE MONKEY THEOREM

THE HEROES JOURNEY – JOSEPH CAMPBELL

CARL JUNG – PRIMARY AND SECONDARY FUNCTIONS

BRETTON WOODS SYSTEM

GOLD STANDARD (MONEY)

IMF

WORLD BANK

J.D. SALINGER, "THE CATCHER IN THE RYE" (BOOK)

JACK WEATHERFORD, "INDIAN GIVERS" (BOOK AND CONCEPT)

WAMPUM

MENS REA

GURPREET RATTAN (PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR)

THOMAND PARK (LIMERICK)

THE EMPTY BOAT PARABLE

Recorded December, 16th, 2025.

Concepts Mentioned:

Tribe of Dan

Kukulkan (Mayan God)

Lugh (Celtic God)

Conan the Barbarian

Cú Chulainn – Riastrad – warp spasm

Black Out Rage

Kant – Sublime Mountain

Endoctrine system

Usage of brain percentage

Tonsils, appendix removal

Andropause

Ectomorph, endomorph

Porn and decreased aggression

Genie the wild child

Human Instinct by Robert Winston, Book (2002)

Samson

Hair length and Sikhs

Egyptian crown (vulture, cobra) intellect, intuition (Diadem)

Galenon bile and the heart more important than brain

Chakras

Prudence

Recorded: NOVEMBER 27TH 2025

Mentioned References:

Speaker Startled by Sparkling Sphere - Canada's History

See: https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/religion-spirituality/speaker-startled-by-sparkling-sphere

The History of Crystal Balls and Witches | Uncovering the Truth

See: https://historiesandcastles.com/blogs/witches/the-history-of-crystal-balls-and-witches-uncovering-the-truth#:~:text=From%20the%20ancient%20Celts%20to%20Victorian%20s%C3%A9ances%2C%20its,reflective%20surfaces%20%E2%80%94%20a%20method%20known%20as%20scrying

Automatic Writing and WB Yeats

William Lyon McKenzie King (Canadian Prime Minister)

Michael Longley (Poet)

The Artist's Way (book) by: Julia Cameron

To intuit (verb)

Freestyling (Rap music)

Mediumship

"Ireland’s Welcome to the Stranger" (book) by: Asenath Nicholson, lilliputpress, 2002

La quemada of Galicia and aguardiente (drink)

"Hand with reflecting sphere" by: MC Escher (1935)

I Ching

Recoderd: NOVEMBER 13TH 2025

In this episode we explore the concept of intellect in terms of recognition. This comes up in ideas around how memory functions when it comes to influence and also in the example of how land ownership has influenced human progress. We also explore the notion of ‘psyching out’ other human beings and how this intellectual game has impacted our understanding of intellectual virtue.

Mentioned References:

Brain in vat, vat in brain

Anticipatory understanding

The Lockean proviso

The importance of potatoes and horses. See: Indian Givers: How Native Americans Transformed the World (Book) by Jack Weatherford 2010

Michaelangelos Sistine chapel

Stones as markers

Space junk

Gleann na nGealt West Kerry

Damiana

Civilization (Book) by Kenneth Clarke 1969

Venus of Willendorf

Carl Rogers – nucelar power, psychology on verge of explosion of knowledge

Hooliganism

Recorded: OCTOBER 21ST 2025.

In this episode we focus on the theme of Innocence. We start by looking at the concept in legal and political terms, especially when it comes to immigration and rights. We also look at the role of innocence in relation to learning but also the responsibility it entails with reference to holding on to information. We explore the oral tradition and consider ideas like reverse learning, artificial intelligence, reading internally rather than out loud, and how music can assist in memorization. Some of the works mentioned are Robert Frost’s “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, S.E. Hinton’s book and F.F. Coppola’s film “The Outsiders”, Irene Vallejo’s “Papyrus”, Christopher McQuarrie’s “Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning and the Final Reckoning.” For more information on the Propeller Model Approach the book "Living With(in) Your Ends: An Approach to a Novel Life" is a reference for this as well as other articles by Kev. See also: Brian Cox (actor) on the inner child, Intergenerational Trauma, Reverse learning, Reversal learning. Music and post-production by 'A Serious Happening'.