The Way

Toby Muse is a journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker. His work has appeared in The New York Times, CNN, BBC, and The Guardian among others. Not only that, but he has spent his life in Colombia from 2000-2017. Why you ask? To talk with the farmers and cartels members to follow the creation and expedition of a Kilo of cocaine. Using these experiences he wrote a book called Kilo: Inside the Cocaine Cartel. Tune into this episode to learn more about the people whose lives are created and ruined when cocaine comes to town.

To find more go to his website at TobyMuse.com.

This week we took a look at the philosophy of existentialism. In this episode, I sit down with philosopher Adam Godwin who discusses existential therapy, determinism, nihilism as well as other topics. Godwin holds a Masters in Philosophy and a Bachelor's in psychology. He now teaches courses in Udemy.  

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, a longtime journalist who covers fandom, film, and television. As a journalist, she has written for The Daily Dot and has recently started her fast-growing Behind the Seams channel on youtube. What knowledge surrounding film does she know you ask? Gavia has a lot of in-depth knowledge about what costume design tells us in film and television. Whether it's what is used or why it's used, we discuss plenty surrounding the costume design in films.

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Anderson Silver just released the third book of his Stoicism for a Better Life Series. When it comes to the fundamentals of Stoicism, its relation to Determinism as well as its overall impact, Silver is the perfect candidate to inform those interested.

Website - https://stoicismforabetterlife.com/

You can find his books here: Stoicism for a Better Life

Jack F. is in the top 9% of the United States Chess Federation league. Not only that, but he was impressive enough to beat me in only 16 moves (maybe that's not as big of an accomplishment). In this chess-related episode, we discuss everything from strategy, the Polgar sisters, the influence of robots and artificial intelligence, and quite a bit of philosophy.

With her co-authors, Tessie Castillo published the book Crimson Letters: Voices From Death Row. A story compiled of writings from prisoners on death row. One of her co-authors is Lyle May who has been facing death row for 21 years now; since the age of 19. In this episode, Lyle called in from death row to talk about what can only be shared with a history inside death row, facing the court systems, and prison research he has taken up to studying during his time incarcerated.

To talk with any of the inmates yourself or to find the book Crimson Letters: Voices From Death Row go to https://tessiecastillo.com/

Lyles blog he mentions can be found at https://www.beyondsteeldoors.com/blog 

Kaitlyn Bailey is an advocate for sex work decriminalization. Once a sex worker herself she is now the director of communications for a national advocacy organization, host of the oldest profession podcast, and has written numerous articles for newspapers such as Vice. In this episode, we discuss the evidence and stigma that can be found around decriminalizing sex work, or as Kaitlyn puts it "the oldest profession".

Adam Plant is an ugly artist. Founder of Easy Sleez and head of over 25+ other artists, Adam found his nitch creating what he calls "ugly art". Now don't get it confused with bad art, since it is very well crafted and put together. In this fun episode, I asked him about a variety of topics such as censorship in the art community,  traditionalism, and what his experiences have been in general. 

Website - https://www.eezysleez.com.au/

Max Mills is a liberal who has written numerous political journals and Charles Mills is a conservative who has done the same for names like Sean Hannity. Democrats and Republicans disagree on many topics in America and our economy is no exception. While there are some occasional agreements, this episode addresses a range of topics including Supply-Side Economics, Wealth Taxes, the Middle Class, and Medicare for All.

Thomas Derr in the process of writing a thesis on the history of video games; the history between the sexes to be more specific. This episode dives into the history of gaming from capitalism to the summer of love to even the cold war. Statistics and biology are brought up between the sexes to help understand how gaming culture got to where it is today.