The Wait What If Podcast

Savanna, Moses and myself talk about the way technology is battling the Zika virus and should we be concerned. We also delve into the controversial world of designer babies life extension via freezing our brains. And of course there are a lot of tangents we go off on. We had a good time with this podcast! I hope you enjoy!

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Mike and I had a telephone conversation with Joe Hollis of mountaingardensherbs.com. Joe is an amateur ethnobotanist who lives on 4 acres of land in Western North Carolina and caters his  Joe came of age during the Vietnam War. He spent the later part of the 1960s living in Borneo with the Peace Corp. His experiences with the river people brought him to seek peace and oneness with Gaia (mother earth). He felt that a major force of destruction, war, turmoil and suffering was due to an imbalance with civilization and Gaia. As such, he took up "refuge" in his Mountain Garden in NC back in 1973 and has been cultivating his Paradise Garden ever since.

This is the first episode in a series of interviews with folks who came of age in the turbulent 1960's. Stay Tuned to the next episode in this particular series when I interview Vietnam helicopter Pilot Mark "Pigpen" Garrison.

 

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This is our first LIVE Periscope unedited show (which saves me lots of time in the editing room). We got together tonight to talk about everything future tech from trees that filter CO2, plants that are hard wired to the net and cars that drive themselves. We had a lot of fun with this episode! Oh, and our new *explicit* tag means I don't need that damn "beep" button. Savanna (@savysteele) christens the show with it's first F-bomb! Well done ; )

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Forrest Fischer and Moses Mitzner join todays discussion of TIME. Time ticks by slowly, second after second, minute after minute, hour after hour... you get the idea. It's a slow trickle that if left un-checked can pass faster than you's imagine possible. Time is often taken for granted and yet the present is only a very small percentage of our lives. The majority has already happened or will happen.

And of course, thanks to our filled whiskey tumblers, we find ourselves on tangents completely unrelated ; ) So crack open a drink, pull up a bar-stool and lets philosophize!

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Music Interlude by Cranston "Ticking Away"

I invited Kris Millington and Mike Stojic on to talk about the crazy violent world we live in. Are we truly living in a world plagued by an epidemic of gun violence or are we living in a world which is more aware of such events. Statistically, we live in the safest era of human existence but if you listen to the various talking heads, you'd believe there is violence on every street corner. We try to keep a dark topic light and approach some ideas in a practical manner. Of course we don't solve anything but we have some fun trying. So crack open some booze, pull up a barstool and lets philosophize!

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This week we record outside the studio as Mike and I head to Durham, NC to visit the Rhine Research Center and submit to a barrage of tests to determine if we have psychic abilities such as pre-cognition, mind reading, and psychokinesis! The Rhine's mission: "The Rhine Research Center explores the frontiers of consciousness and exceptional human experiences in the context of unusual and unexplained phenomena.  The Rhine’s mission is to advance the science of parapsychology, to provide education and resources for the public, and to foster a community for individuals with personal and professional interest in PSI."

We had a lot of fun and even tried to bend spoons with the power of our minds. Did we succeed? Listen to find out!

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Savanna Steele had so much fun last month that she returned to the show to talk about a whole host of topics. We discuss Elon Musk's cool new hyperloop which is currently being constructed. Are jet packs a good idea? Will future humans be nothing more than avatars? Will we be a bunch of brains in jars living out our existence in eternal bliss? What does the future hold for DNA editing? And most importantly, why don't astronauts have a holiday???

Stay tuned for the next episode when Mike and I head over to the Rhine Research Center to have our psychic abilities tested! I predict that I fail miserably ;)

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Cara and Bobbi try and convince me that ghosts are real. I share some stories about growing up in "scary" New England with a superstitious family and how being locked in the basement of a supposed haunted house may have pushed me to the side of the skeptics. Then Cara and Bobbi share personal stories of their ghostly encounters! Can they convince me that there are visitors from the other side or will I continue to be a party pooper???

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What better way for a skeptic to bring on Halloween than to bring on a

psychic medium! I interview Ms. Lassiter to try and better understand

what it is that psychics do and how they do it. Will she convert me to a

believer? Probably not  ; ) Was she interesting... absolutely! From

her website "Cherie is an internationally known and respected

clairvoyant psychic medium based in Raleigh, NC. Cherie gives

spiritually based psychic guidance, helping to empower you in finding

your highest and best path along with your own intuitive gifts.  She

covers every aspect of your soul's journey past, present and future."

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Ever wonder what society will look like in the next fifty years? The truth is that the way technology grows exponentially, you may not have to wait that long. Most futurists believe our society is on the verge of major changes in as little as a decade from now. What will it look like? Who will we be? And how will everything change? These are questions that individuals like Dr. Savanna Steele enjoy contemplating and trying to answer. She is here to share her insights with us as we travel into the near future.

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