A podcast about society, psychology, politics and history
Episodes
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
References in the Chapter 4:
- Machiavelli at 0:26:22
- Kant and Hegel at 0:48:05
- Feuerbach, Marx, Sterner and Nietzsche at 0:48:24
- Mickey Mouse metaphor at 1:11:15
- Kierkegaard at 1:13:07
- Franz Kafka's Castle at 1:13:59
- Julian Green at 1:14:35
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
References in Chapter 3, Part 2
- Augustine and Thomas Aquinas 0:19:27
- Bonaventura at 0:21:25
- Duns Scotus, Ockam, and Biel at 0:21:50
- Luther's pamphlet "De servo arbitrio" and Erasmus at 0:32:54
- Compulsive neurotics who count the windows of houses or trees while awaiting an answer at 1:11:40
- Max Weber at 1:15:32
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
References in Chapter 2:
- R. Hughes and A High Wind in Jamaica at 0:13:52
- Garden of Eden at 0:31:23
References in the first part of Chapter 3:
- Jacob Burckhardt at 0:54:41
- The Italian of the Renaissance in Burckhardt's words at 0:57:43
- J. Huizinga at 1:04:45
- Fuggers at 1:13:39
- Max Weber at 1:13:55
- Proffessor Tawney at 1:18:16
- Gratian's latin words at 1:23:02
- Schapiro at 1:30:23
- Martin Butzer at 1:33:38
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
References in Chapter 1:
-Talmudic saying at 0:06:30
-Thomas Jefferson at 0:06:47
- John Dewey quote at 0:32:03
- Hobbes at 0:37:36
- Nietzsche, Karl Marx and volcano metaphor at 0:40:14
- Sigmund Freud mentioned throughout the chapter starting at 0:40:31
- Balzac's The Inventor's Suffering and Paradise Lost (John Milton) at 1:10:24
- Robinson Crusoe at 1:12:57
Saturday Apr 17, 2021
Saturday Apr 17, 2021
A few words about my readings today. I recorded this to keep a record of my activities to expose the psychopath. So if you are only interested in the actual podcasts, you may want to skip this recording.
Saturday Apr 17, 2021
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Friday Apr 16, 2021
- The experience of being stalked and hacked on a daily basis- the personal account of one of the podcast's co hosts
- How monopolies create inferior customer service
- The mentality of 'Something For Nothing'
- The weaponization of abuse to abuse and exploit others
- BLM grifting
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Friday Apr 16, 2021
- How repetitive actions and continues flow can provide us with mental focus
- Walt Whitman's narration of Abraham Lincoln's assassination
- Why Abraham Lincoln matters. The importance of preserving history
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Observations on the natural world and our relationship as humans with it. Bald eagles, seals, turtles, snakes, chipmunks and so many other fascinating critters up close and personal
Link to documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEHEEEgsJic
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
>Observations on nature
>Christopher Hitchens quote on identity politics
>Trump's banning from Twitter
>Obama's betrayals of hopes in him: Public Image vs Reality
>Fracking(Gasland documentary), Flint water crisis
>Celebrity political culture in the US
>The Constant Gardener film analysis
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
We had a 40 minutes live conversation about the topics I mentioned in this recording but the live conversation just disappeared from the site due to the loss of internet connection so we are posting about it shortly again. We will talk about these topics in the upcoming episode.
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
-Americans Strongly Dislike PC Culture by The Atlantic : https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/large-majorities-dislike-political-correctness/572581/
-Analysis of electoral politics in terms of economics, race and ethnicity
-How statistics are cooked and manipulated to create certain outcomes
-Different class bases of the Democrats vs Republicans
-The rise of wokeness since the 2008 economic crash
- Example of Liberia- a real Wakanda
- American national level gaslighting
(Episode template picture is the political cartoon of Petar Pismestrovic)
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
-Analysis of Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
-Buddhism as a religion
-1970s counter culture
-How eastern mysticism is used by elites
-Slumming and poverty tourism
-Self-help culture
-Black on Asian hate crimes
-How media is pushing wokeness
-Shopping habits of women and Corona
Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Here are the websites mentioned in the podcast:
Free Ebook Sites (in the same order as mentioned in the podcast ):
bookboon.com
digilibraries.com
manybooks.net
pdfbooksworld.com
snewd.com
ebook3000.com
bookyards.com
readprint.com
online-literature.com
read.gov
dailylit.com
americanliterature.com
getty.edu
gutenberg.org
archive.org
openlibrary.org (part of archive.org)
openculture.com
Free Film Sites:
tubitv.com , Crackle, Popcornflix, The Roku Channel, Internet Archieve Movie Archive, Kanopy, Peacock
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Saturday Apr 03, 2021
Saturday Apr 03, 2021
-The actor Anthony Quinn and how his personal ideas affected his career
-Lion of the Desert (1980) film analysis
-The director Moustapha Akkad
-Omar Mukhtar and his legacy in Libya
-What makes a rebel against oppression
-US and western interventions in the Middle East
-The concept of Islamophobia and how it is used
-Political correctness
Saturday Apr 03, 2021
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
-Experience of getting vaccinated
-Conspiracy theories
-Rise of China
-American cultural hegemony
-Decline of the US middle class
-Comparisons of American Presidents
-Why political labels are often meaningless
-Sincerity over professed ideology
-Upcoming book and film recommendations(Siddhartha)
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
-The Reader (2008) film analysis in terms of socio-political conditions of the time of the story.
-Nazi Germany and what makes a fascist
-How Nazi Germany extended its influence in the USA
-How manipulation and brainwashing works
-What fascists in the USA believe
-Is identity politics bringing the end of liberal democracy in the USA?
-The importance of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his policies
-What should be done to bring welfare and stability to American public today?
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Monday Mar 29, 2021
-COVID vaccines and how pandemic was politicized
-Andrew Cuomo and his policies
-Capitol hill January 6 insurrection
-Why identity politics fuels the rise of the far right
-Green Book movie analysis continued- class versus race
-Difference between humility and anti intellectualism
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
-Green Book (2018) movie analysis and its social and political messages.
(Green Book movie won 8 awards in 2019:
https://envelope.latimes.com/awards/titles/green-book/ )
-Identity politics and why films like Green Book are dismissed
- How to influence people
-Forgiveness. Should we forgive people for their mistakes and ignorance? Why and how?
-What is being critical? The difference between criticism and pessimism
-Climate change
-Indian food
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
-Dogman (2018) movie analysis: analysis of the characters, the plot, the setting and the story
-Matteo Garrone's other films
-Italian culture and cultures of physical aggression
-Finding humor in the hardest times
-Backyard animals-bunnies and hawks
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
- The concept of heroism and how it serves identity politics
- Dr.Seuss and the current controversy related to him
- Cancel culture
- History is tragedy, not a morality tale
- Mark Twain and what he stood for
- Ernest Hemingway, Christopher Hitchens, Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Nicknames and nazis
- Italian Renaissance and its masters
- Italian movie Dogman (2018) (we will critique this movie in the next episode)
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
- Heroism, the concept of heroes and Martin Luther King
- One-upmanship, people treating conversations as competitions
- The experience of poverty and deprivation versus entitlement
- The art of loving; the dynamic of romantic relationships, marriage, deception, mental and spiritual needs, control vs love, real love vs Hollywood image of love, being judgmental
- The life of Friedrich Nietzsche
- The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm
Saturday Mar 20, 2021
Saturday Mar 20, 2021
-Cyber security, hackers and many companies' security vulnerabilities across the USA and reasons for it
-Why people don't look at the big picture
-How identity politics changed the art world
-The ethics of talking to someone who speaks English as their second language.
-The new template of the new website of this podcast featuring Olympian Gods
- The Chamber of The Giants in Lombardy, Italy
(there is a short break in the recording due to my cat's interruption of the conversation)
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
-Why are we doing this podcast?
-Being an individual vs being individualistic
-American dream
-Arthur Miller and Death of A Salesman
- Why do women take things personal? How does identity politics work in many fronts?
- Beyonce, Oprah and the royal family
- Food culture
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
.American laid backness/standards vs European standards. How does acceptance of declining standards impact progress? Are we aware of it?
.The state of the service economy.
.Society's response to catastrophe Covid. Is it going to change Americans?
.Nazi Germany and its effects on Germans
.Saint Patrick's Day and Ireland. The significance of Oscar Wilde and James Joyce.
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Please keep in mind that this episode is a test episode rather than a real episode.
Some topics we talked about:
--Today's American society
.How internet culture will impact the society in the long run
.Indirect speech vs bluntness
.Do women take things more personal than men? Why?
--Bankruptcy and upcoming economic fall caused by covid
--Contractor culture is a reflection of the culture at large
--Zoos vs sanctuaries