Episode 0079: Racial Tensions

Recorded 08 March 2022.

Jesse and John discuss interpreting and inffluencing behaviors of others with regard to racially insensitive actions and conversations.

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Episode 0078: Putin's Kind of a Dick

Recorded 01 March 2022.

Join Jesse and John as they sit down and talk through the atrocity that is the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the remarkable resilience of the Ukrainian people in the face of such adversity.

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  • Intro & Follow-Up

  • A Guitar Digression

  • Bytes

  • DISCLAIMER

  • Ukraine is game to you?

  • Show Topic: Ukrainian Resiliency

  • Wrap-Up

  • Where to Find Us

  • Bonus

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Episode 0077: Textbook Propoganda

Recorded 22 February 2022.

Jesse and John talk about the proliferation of conspiracies and the mentality behind them. This is a classic Jesse and John conversation, so pull up a chair and listen in!

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Episode 0076: Not Even A Licensed Investigator

Recorded 15 February 2022.

Jesse and John explore some thoughts on similarities and differences between (predominantly) the Christopher Nolan film arc of Batman and the Daniel Craig portrayal of James Bond. Pour youself a Vesper and enjpy!

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Episode 0075: Illegitimate Political Assault

Recorded 8 February 2022.

Jesse and John talk a bit about words in this week's show, especially surrounding the choice of words used to describe an event wherein the people selecting the words to use must not have known what those words meant.

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Episode 0074: Pseudointellectual

Recorded 01 February 2022.

Jesse and John talk a bit about Peak Design gear, follow-up on the previous episode, and end up discussing tea a lot more than expected. Oh, and there's a bit about Spotify as well. Grab a drink, sit back, and enjoy!

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Episode 0072: Let The Sky Fall

Recorded 18 January 2022.

Jesse and John discuss their favorite actor to have portrayed James Bond, what about their portrayal of the character draws us to them, and more. Grab a drink and enjoy listening to two guys have a random conversation about random things!

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Episode 0069: What About Tea?

Recorded 28 December 2021.

Closing out 2021, Jesse and John discuss a couple of highlights of the past year's shows, some thoughts on where things go from this point, and the problem with men.

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  • Intro & Follow-Up

  • A Meta Conversation

  • A Tangential Conversation About The Problem With Men

  • A Technical Blip

  • WTF?

  • Back To The Tangent

  • Wrap-Up

  • Where to Find Us

Episode 0067: Love Is Thicker Than Blood

Recorded 14 December 2021.

Jesse and John discuss the differing standards we hold people to depending on our relationship to them, focusing more on what drives us to try to maintain familial bonds even when they become toxic.

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Thoughts: Republican. Democrat. Independent. Christian. Atheist. Muslim. Jew. We use these words to identify with a philosophical view, a perspective, a belief about the world in which we reside. A way in which we make sense of the actions and events we watch unfold, believing they serve some greater purpose or framework in which the world makes sense. We fold these ideas into our identity; we become an embodiment of these principles in ways that we cannot always articulate or explain. We become labels in an effort to be understood. 

An unfortunate result of accepting labels is the binary quantification such labels ascribe to our views. We become the stereotypical embodiment of the label instead of the nuanced existence of the individual. We are placed in the category of socialist, insurrectionist, American, Christian, fanatic. Take your pick. 

I wholeheartedly believe in a better version of tomorrow. A day in which all people are treated with the basic dignity and respect that should be afforded any human being existing in this world. A day in which we proclaim humanity first, and ideology last. A day that seems so far out of reach that it perplexes even the most pessimistic of perspectives. A day that, at this point, seems destined to never exist. 

Yet I still posit that the day will come that we awake from this recurring nightmare. That we eventually realize the only truth that can exist: that above all else we are human beings. That we all should be afforded the same basic rights of existence that the founding fathers envisioned in creating the framework from which we are afforded the luxury of questioning today’s shortcomings. 

The United States of America was founded on the idea that all people, regardless of background, are created equal. We have not, unfortunately, lived up to that ideal in a variety of ways. Yet we are in an unique place where we are provided a clear and direct opportunity to make such a statement ring throughout the world, to set the example so to speak, that the formation of a society and its subsequent refinements are a core component of existence, a requisite framework for understanding and evolving the world in which we live. 

I dare to dream of the day that we look upon one another with compassion and a desire for understanding. A day in which we recognize the basic existence of another human, not a label. A day of recognition. A day of peaceful coexistence. 

Episode 0066: Show Me The Money

Recorded 07 December November 2021.

Jesse and John discuss the current “climate” in the United States surrounding reproductive rights, how understanding the efforts against vaccine mandates help illustrate some interesting notions about reproductive rights from a judicial system perspective, and general observations about the current state of government.

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Episode 0065: Idiots or Idioms?

Recorded 30 November 2021.

This week Jesse and John discuss the intricacies surrounding messaging and how the national stage is dominated by extremist views and hyperbole. Oh, and there is an interesting set of observations to close out the show from a non-American.

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  • Intro & Follow-Up

  • Show Topic: Phraseology

  • A Digression on Measurements & Generations

  • Back To The Topic

  • Wrap-Up

  • America's Blindness

  • Where to Find Us

Episode 0064: We Have Ritten Off Justice

Recorded 23 November 2021.

Jesse and John provide some quick bits of interesting information before delving into recent issues surrounding justice and violence that create cause for concern looking forward.

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Episode 0063: Anti-Intellectualism and Education

Recorded 16 November 2021.

Join Jesse and John for a discussion that winds through the concepts of education and learning in an effort to understand why anti-intellectualism is such a pervasive component of society.

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Episode 0062: Branded Superiority

Recorded 09 November 2021.

Jesse and John circle back to the Patriot Act after forgetting to do so last week, discuss how they demonstrated first-world privilege without realizing it at the time, and delve into the arguments surrounding the loss of rights.

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Episode 0060: What Is Truth?

Recorded 26 October 2021.

This week Jesse and John go back to the proverbial topic well, discussing the concepts of types of information we are exposed to, our relation to reality, and ways in which to form a framework for discussion about such abstract topics.

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