The Thought Matrix

In this Episode we Discuss:

• Mikey's Rants on his Favorite Trashy Podcasts
• Strategies for our Podcast
• Reason's we consent in research
• CIA's MK-ULTRA experiments (LSD)
• Government's Research on Remote Viewing and The Man Who Stare at Goats
• Possibilities of Science Fiction (walking through walls)
• Progression of Society (Technologically based)
• What to teach in Schools
• The Future of Automation 
• Future Pay Wages

On this Episode we Discuss:

• Intro to Mikey the Truck Driver
• Mikey's Babblings
• What is Philosophy
• Wu Wei - Going with the flow
• Applied Philosophy
• Stoicism
• Taking our Softness Away
• Free Will
• The Multiverse
• Rowan the Psychonaut
• Can Words Effect Physical Events
• Brendan on Synchronicity
• What is Coincidence
• How our Brains Fill in Gaps
• Quantum Mechanics 
•  Unified theory of Everything
• The Great Filter
• Exploring the Universe
• So Many Theories
• How to Verify that Something Works in the Physical World
• Aliens and Ultraterrestrials
• The Turing Test
• Black Holes
• Are Humans the Top of the Food Chain?
• Covid what is it good For?

On today's episode we discussed:

• Comic Con Rhode Island
• Listening how stupid we sound
• How we are trying to be better podcasters
• Interview Strategies
• What it's like to be a medic in the Army
• Tips on Dating in foreign country
• Rowan's relationship with his mom
• Igor's best friend growing up story
• Rowan's Homeless Story

In this Episode we Discuss:

• Yuri Bezmenov's Ideas
• Progression of Society
• The media and the future of it
• Censorship
• What is creating Division in America
• Social Media Bubbles
• Religion
• Drugs
• Festival Kids
• Sexual Active kids in Elementary School

On this Episode we Discuss:

-Josh's "Getting beat up on the highway"  Story

-Igor's "Getting Jumped" Story

-Rowan's "Family Dollar Stealing Diaper" Story

- Buying weed with Food Stamps

- The Spotlight Effect

- Symbols and Their Meanings

- Gangs

- Police Debate

- Homeless Debate

- Liberals Vs. Conservatives debate

- Unconscious Bias

- Products of Your Environment

In this episode we introduce our Co-host Josh and discuss:

• Jesus and Religion
• Law and Order
• The real fairy tales
• Racism
• The New Movie Dune
• What Are Teenage Sex Novels
• Sexual Experiences
• Combat Experience
• PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
• Military Psychological Testing
• What it take to be Army's Special Forces
• Stresses of Combat based on Rowan's Experiences
• Bodily Functions During Combat
• CIA Role in Combat
• Josh's Job at Raytheon
• Weapons of Mass Destruction and how they work
• What is the value of Life when calculating casualties in war.
• Igor's Experience in the Police Academy
• What it's like to be a cop
• Reasons People Join the Military
• White Privilege
• How we met each other
• What it is to be half black in our culture based on Josh's Experiences

Rowan and Igor start a new podcast. Listen to these guys share their life experiences. They are both military vets-- one is a combat vet and the other is a POG (person other than grunt). They are drinking whiskey and philosophizing on everything, especially the military in this episode.