Episodes

Giddy up for a fun episode that touches all the right topics to get your noddle going. How can we manage a fast-paced world that seems to increasingly change from what we’ve become used to? What changes when someone has immense wealth, or when someone is homeless? Both living completely different li...

This is my interview with author and historian Dr. James Gelvin , professor of Middle Eastern history at UCLA. [ This episode was originally released in December 2020. Professor Gelvin will be coming back for an episode next season to give an update o...

Is math an invention or a discovery? Given how time works at the scale of a galaxy, can a civilization across the stars exist? In this episode's conversation, I chat with Alex Cruikshank to come up with some interesting answers to those two questions. Along with the surprising role creativity plays ...

With the influx of AI running rapid across the internet, what is this going to do to it as a tool or cultural space? In this essay, I explore the concept of the 'Dead Internet Theory,' which posits that a significant portion of online content is generated by bots rather than humans. Is this valid? I...

Did you know there’s a mammal that can dive a mile down the ocean to hunt giant and colossal squid? And that same mammal was hunted until the 1970’s to extract the oil in their head for car transmissions? Well that creature is none other than the poorly named Sperm Whale, and the fascination with th...

A new, ancient, creature was discovered! And even stranger than it having existed for so long without us knowing, is that it actually has another creature inside of it. Nitroplasts, what this episode's cover art shows, are tiny little bacteria that within them have another creature that provides all...

An exploration into the unnoticed complexities of life, the impact of technology on our perceptions, and the paradox of reductionism in understanding the world. Observation and creation are two sides of the same coin, and what we need is a balance between the two to foster deeper understanding and w...

In this one we dive into the complexities surrounding the concept of cartels, particularly in the context of the drug trade. Do drug cartels in Latin America exist? In this interview we discuss how misconceptions about cartels have been shaped by narratives in media and government, leading to a dist...

Deep dive discussing Marshall McLuhan's idea of, "The medium is the message" with Dr. Aiden Hirshfield, Media Psychologist, Researcher, Tech Consultant and host of Media Psyched. 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝘼𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙤𝙏𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙧 Timestamps (0:00) - 🎬...

🍔 In this episode, we dive into the importance of understanding the source of things. 📊🔎🧠🌱 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 & 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝘼𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙤𝙏𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙧 Just like how whole, unprocessed foods are better for our health, understanding the chain that sprout an idea, or data directly from the s...

Korean farming techniques, why can't we remake the Midwest more like the land it was before, the amazing organisms trees eat with their roots, what defines regenerative agriculture, and a whole lot more get covered in this fun, fast- paced conversation. Reid Swenson, owner and founder of [Edaphon Fa...

🧠 What push and pull is there between the way we view AI, and the impact we perceive it has? 🧐 Surely at some point, if not now, "Artificial Intelligence" of some sort will bring about a massive change to the type of careers and the way we work every day. In the meantime though, what are the aspects...

David Foster Wallace gave this commencement speech to the graduating class of 2005 at Kenyon College, which completely breaks the commencement speech genre, while hitting everything he's supposed to do. A moving, insightful and unblushingly spiritual in such a casual way as to not even realize until...

Prepare to jam out to a new favorite. Musician Chalk Dinosaur joins this podcast to talk inspiration, creative process, and much more. John O'Hallaran hails from Pittsburgh and is the main person behind Chalk Dinos...

Curious about jazz? Ever wonder how musicians can learn so many songs by heart? Or are you one looking to expand your skill set? John Elliot has some ideas you might find interesting. He's the author of Insights in Jazz , which lays out a roadmap to learn over 200 ...

We don't have enough time in a day, always putting our personal desires, goals, hobbies-- the places we get most fulfillment from, last. What if you could flip that though? What if you could find just 10 minutes a day to spark yourself down a whole new track. Learning that thing you've been meaning ...

We have a completely untapped resource in the U.S. that would help reduce emissions, decrease supply chain strain, not to mention reduce energy costs for many regions of the country. Why the U.S. can't tap into that, is the subject of the Jones Act. A century plus old piece of legislation that bans ...

A hot discussion on web3, what it is, how it can be implemented, and all the conundrums between. This is a first for the series, as we have a discussion with previous guests, Josh founder of web3 travel platform stay365 & [Dr. Yusef Smith](...

This episode is an abridged version of the rise and embrace of Christianity into western society, and government with returning guest Associate Professor of History at The King’s College in New York City Steele Brand Starting near Christianity's inception, Steele walk...

🍄 Unlocking the Healing Power of Psychedelics with Dr. Ryan Westrum Psychedelics have been making a comeback in recent years, with studies showing their potential to treat conditions like depression and anxiety. In this episode, we talk to Dr. Ryan Westrom, a psychedelic integration therapist, about...

In this essay I'm trying something new, since this is neither my essay, nor my reading of it. I was inspired to post this after recording episode 44 with Tom Bennet and after hearing his story, it reminded me of the ideas within Self- Reliance. So I went looking for an audiobook of it, inspired to s...

my interview with Felipe Fernández-Armesto where we talk about... the role food has on our culture... a view on how to better understand the past... the reality of Magellan you've probably never heard, including his criminality and altering of his legacy, partially from the way he died... how to wre...

Want to know the current state of the fentanyl crisis in the US and how we got here?... there's been a rapid rise in overdoses, what's causing it?... what is fentanyl and how is it getting into illegal drugs?... along with a thought on how we can cut down our overdoses to a third of what they are no...

my interview with Tom Bennett, owner of Bennett's Farms, where he explains what regenerative agriculture is... his journey to starting it... how regenerative ag needs less input compared to factory farming, less overhead and thus, less barrier to entry... leasing farm land vs buying it... how fast t...

In this conversation I'm joined by a friend of mine Richard Crazythunder to talk all things Christianity, Jesus, religion, philosophy and what utilities all of those ancient ideas have for living in a modern society of silicone. We touch upon the complexity of our time, and the false security that w...

the following essay is nothing original, but everything we need that's essential to thrive now, and long into the future. both as individuals, and a species. because to think, plan and create a thriving existence a thousands years from now, it doesn't start with government programs, rapid industrial...

This episode is a conversation with repeat guest Dr Yusef Smith M.D. on how to maintain peak health with a simple program anyone can do... how difficult it is to be a doctor these days with social media and an information war on what is healthy... musings on how gatekeepers are losing their grip on ...

On December 4th 1969, a 21 year old man was assassinated by the status quo, because the powers that be wanted him gone in order to, 'prevent the rise of a messiah who could unify, and electrify, the black nationalist movement.' That man was Fred Hampton, and the status quo, was the Chicago Police De...

this interview, beyond trying to capture a truly mind-bending reality about the world we live in, gives a glimpse into the elephant in the brain stuck at the center of our scientific community. the assumption that we know all there is to know about water, how it forms on our planet or how it's used ...

JW is one of the founders of stay365, a website looking to take on airBnB with web3; where users own their data, and where stay365 takes the first crack at setting the standard smart contract for the rental and travel industry. I found stay365 from JW's brilliant twitter marketing strategy, turns ou...

my guest for this conversation i found from an incredibly insightful twitter thread about the healthcare system in the UK, and was a delight to talk to live. over the course of the conversation we hit on how life is a series of sisyphean efforts, who can we trust at this point online, the media in a...

For this episode, you’ll hear the second part of my conversation with returning guest Rowan Price, we go deep on all things web3, centering mostly on another great podcast episode from Tim Ferriss' show, where he's talking with Naval Ravikant and Chris Dixon ( link below ). As we talk, we go back an...

this conversation covers a healthy amount of ground, and unintentionally dovetails quite well with the previous episode on the Chinese government's external propaganda. it's with returning guest, Rowan Price. Rowan is an internet nomad, currently living in the EU and is a wealth of knowledge in ever...

In this episode, we will be talking about China's propaganda externally, how the Chinese Communist Party weaponizes access to their economy to police it abroad. As well as, how they masterfully create wire services to push stories they want out in the world, use what they make in their factories or ...

In this episode, we talk about how the Great Recession motivated a ghost to develop the next metamorphosis in finance, the web, and ground truth. With so much going on in the world, so much content to consume, it's easier than ever to miss major changes that are re-writing the foundations of what po...

This episode was a delight for me, not only for the company I had for this conversation, but that it was able to be recorded in person. A luxury I rarely have for this show. Having moved back to the Midwest, i was able to take my guest up on an offer to visit them when they're teaching at Notre Dame...

For this installment, I asked a previous guest at the University of Leicester to come back on and talk more about the programming tools he uses, and ways he uses them for his analysis of satellite data to track climate change. There are parts of this episode that get a bit technical, even with that ...

In this episode I'm joined by returning guest, professor of theology at Emory University, Dr. Dianne Stewart. We talk about one of my favorite thoughts, if Jesus was Christ, along with questions if social media movements could be a religion, where do we go as beings as we further march down the tech...

In this episode NASA Scientists Dr. Norman Loeb, spends time explaining the means and mechanisms scientists have to understand climate data, what he’s been working on as it relates to the earth trapping more heat and how that translates to our planet in the coming century. (0:00) - Introduction: Cli...

Listen to Alson Kelen in this episode talk about how teaching ancient skills helps root people in today’s world. Even if they’re starting down a bad path. How building a connection to their ancestors, helps them get better connected with themselves. What they’re capable of, and a sense of community ...

This episode I interview my friend Rowan about his experience living and working, just a few blocks away from the Twin Towers on September 11th, 2001. Rowan talks about the lasting effect that day had on his life, the trauma of living through that moment and a whole lot of perspective along the way....

How would an industry react if there was such an artificial control on where something could be made? Well look no further than this episode and America’s domestic shipping industry, more specifically the Jones Act, that mandates all ships being used to transport goods domestically in the US, be bui...

Dan Grec, has gone fully up and down the length of North America, and completely around the whole of the continent of Africa. He's now in Australia planning for his next adventure rounding the whole country. We talk about how Dan got started on his adventures, some stories of his time in Africa, whe...

Each time I’ve talked with him, Ron Goode, the Tribal Chair of the North Fork Mono Tribe, he deposits wide chunks of previously unknown history and wisdom. In this exchange, little has changed, with the exception of us driving out of the known, and into the mystic, unexplainable, yet real. Ron in th...

As more people itch to travel from a year spent with Covid, and 10 years past the time a dirt road took claim to the skin off my knee, I reflect back on what I wrote about the experience backpacking through the Philippines. ...

How did it come to be that there's a coordinated effort involving many actors within our government, to fix the price, supply and trade of sugar within the borders of the United States? My interview today is with Colin Grabow, Policy Analyst at the Cato Institute. Who's work focuses on domestic form...

I spend a lot of my free time reading some truly startling things in an attempt to better understand the reality I find myself caught within. But I cannot recall another time in recent memory, where I had to pause what I was reading after finding myself so overwhelmed with emotion and an inescapable...

Mexico’s drug cartels make billions of dollars a year on illegal drugs, what emerges out of those dollars is the focus of this episode’s interview. My guest, is author and journalist Ioan Grillo, who’s spent the past 20 years in Mexico reporting and authoring books on the cartels in Latin America. I...

This is a fun, free flowing conversation with Joshua Lord, Assistant professor of Biology at Moravian College, where he helps break down how a changing climate and air chemistry is affecting the oceans. We cover a lot of topics, from what ocean warming means for ecosystems, how coral reefs can still...

Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Chernobyl, Fukushima-- but how much do you know about the Bikini Atoll? Or the "Bravo shot," and "Operation Crossroads"? In this episode, Chair of the Marshall Islands Nuclear Commission Rhea Moss-Christian, gives us an overview on the Runit Dome, the history of nuclear testing ...

Something I think about a lot, and even has as my handle for whatever media platform, is how all things in reality are efforts in trying. In this episode, we explore how once a person or culture stop the effort of trying to reach the next success and rest for a moment, is the moment they are at most...

This is my interview from 2016 with the Catholic Charities in Flint Michigan during the peak of their water crisis. The first part of this interview we get a look into how widespread the problem was at the time, and how much uncertainty they were living in. Before Vicki Schultz, the CEO of Catholic ...

A thought I cannot escape anymore, is just how much culture is the water we live in each day, without realizing we’re swimming. With technology more and more, creating and influencing the currents within. In this conversation, Yotam Ophir and I talk about a wide range of topics relating to our prese...

At the end of this month, extended unemployment benefits and the CDC eviction moratorium end. When almost half of all renters in America can’t pay rent, what’s going to happen to those people? My guest today is a lawyer with Lone Star Legal in Houston, Jonna Treble. Right now Jonna is spending her t...

This is my interview with author and historian Dr. James Gelvin, professor of Middle Eastern history at UCLA. The episode is centered around the Israel and Palestine conundrum, but touches upon the rich and ancient culture of the region known as Palestine and the recent normalization of relations th...

In this episode I interview historian and author of Killing for the Republic, Steele Brand. We talk about what made the Roman Republic so successful, what glued it all together, briefly introduced the intentional myth building framed by the founding fathers of the USA and how they appropriated from ...

This is my interview with Dr. Heiko Balzter, Copernicus Award winner, Professor of Physical Geography and Director of the Centre for Landscape and Climate Research at the University of Leicester. We talk about a lot, but some of the highlights are him shedding light on the forest fires in Siberia, w...

This is my conversation with Dr. Ari Novy, author, biologist and CEO of the San Diego Botanic Garden. It was a fun conversation that covers a lot of ground, introduces a few new ways of looking at our time, the fascinating nature of plants, what is science and what is it good for, and how given the ...

This is the start to an ongoing arch dedicated to the anthropocene. Here I lend some thoughts as to what it is, what the purpose of this arch will be and hopefully a little entertainment along the way. ...

This episode I interview Felipe Fernández-Armesto, one of the most authored in volume, width and breadth, historian of our time. We talk about the paradox of truth, comfort being the enemy of well-being, the wonder of imagination, if Europe is really a continent or just a plateau out of Asia, and a ...

I interview Nathanael Johnson, author and senior writer at grist.org. We talk about the current state of forest management in California, how it got to be this way, and what is being done to improve the state of it. With a whole lot of faith in the future along the way. http://www.nathanaeljohnson.o...

A thought on how we can use lessons from fluid dynamics, as a framework to understand the world of ideas around us. ...

I interviewed musician, author, poet, activist, lawyer, and Congressional Candidate Shahid Buttar. We talked healthcare, corporate consolidation, the PATRIOT act, his love of music, and how I figured out why Speaker Nancy Pelosi won’t agree to a debate. https://shahidforchange.us/ (0:00) - Introduct...

This episode I interview my friend Rowan about his experience living and working, just a few blocks away from the Twin Towers on September 11th, 2001. [ note: this is the interview only of the podcast, for the full discussion check the feed ] Guest: Rowan Price from The Art of Ideation www.rowanpric...

On this episode, I speak with Tribal Chairmen of the North Fork Mono Tribe Ron Goode, about his culture, traditions that extend beyond Sapiens, the terrible state of meadows in California ( where only 5% are healthy), and how to make sense of our relationship to "nature" in an increasingly polarized...

This episode I talk with Rob Anderson, Congressional Candidate for Louisiana's 3rd district, about his uniquely American story, why he entered politics and the effects from hurricane Laura. ...

This episode of the podcast I talk with my friend Rowan about his experience living and working just a few blocks away from the Twin Towers on September 11th, 2001. We start by talking about how fast everything can change, and how most of what we take for granted are very recent inventions, before h...

a brief introduction to _bandwidth: coast to coast ...

Teaser trailer from the first episode of coast to coast for International Podcast Day. Guest: Rowan Price from The Art of Ideation https://www.rowanprice.com/the-art-of-ideation/ ...