Episode 0139: Dilemmas of Conscience

Recorded 02 May 2023.

(Devising) unqualified opinions; (Applying) filtered thoughts; (Discussing) distilled feelings.

Listen in to weekly conversations between Jesse and John about various topics, typically related to feelings about current events.

This week our hosts discuss the potential manifestations of behavior when other influences are lacking or nonexistent.

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Episode 0138: All Tucked Up

Recorded 25 April 2023.

(Devising) unqualified opinions; (Applying) filtered thoughts; (Discussing) distilled feelings.

Listen in to weekly conversations between Jesse and John about various topics, typically related to feelings about current events.

This week our hosts discuss the ousting of Tucker Carlson from Fox and theorize about the idea of the media serving as a fourth branch of government.

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Episode 0137: F**king Corporations

Recorded 18 April 2023.

(Devising) unqualified opinions; (Applying) filtered thoughts; (Discussing) distilled feelings.

Listen in to weekly conversations between Jesse and John about various topics, typically related to feelings about current events.

This week our hosts discuss the Fox/Dominion Settlement and the perceived level of trust the general public has of the Supreme Court.

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Episode 0136: Everything. Everywhere. All at once.

Recorded 11 April 2023.

(Devising) unqualified opinions; (Applying) filtered thoughts; (Discussing) distilled feelings.

Listen in to weekly conversations between Jesse and John about various topics, typically related to feelings about current events.

This week our hosts discuss recurring themes and how, seemingly overwhelmingly, hey repeated all at once.

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Episode 0135: When Worlds Collide

Recorded 04 April 2023.

(Devising) unqualified opinions; (Applying) filtered thoughts; (Discussing) distilled feelings.

Listen in to weekly conversations between Jesse and John about various topics, typically related to feelings about current events.

This week our hosts discuss the proliferation of aggressive discourse and how it shapes interactions everywhere.

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Episode 0134: The Devil Is In The Details, Part 02

Recorded 21 March 2023.

(Devising) unqualified opinions; (Applying) filtered thoughts; (Discussing) distilled feelings.

Listen in to weekly conversations between Jesse and John about various topics, typically related to feelings about current events.

This week our hosts discuss some of the more technical, often nerdy aspects of some current personal events. This is part two!

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Episode 0133: The Devil Is In The Details, Part 01

Recorded 21 March 2023.

(Devising) unqualified opinions; (Applying) filtered thoughts; (Discussing) distilled feelings.

Listen in to weekly conversations between Jesse and John about various topics, typically related to feelings about current events.

This week our hosts discuss some of the more technical, often nerdy aspects of some current personal events. This is part one!

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Episode 0132: Clever Family Guy Reference

Recorded 14 March 2023.

(Devising) unqualified opinions; (Applying) filtered thoughts; (Discussing) distilled feelings.

Listen in to weekly conversations between Jesse and John about various topics, typically related to feelings about current events.

This week our hosts discuss the hypocrisy that exists in top-down religion when choosing to back political leaders.

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Episode 0131: Misguided Arguments on Guns and Freedom

Recorded 07 March 2023.

(Devising) unqualified opinions; (Applying) filtered thoughts; (Discussing) distilled feelings.

Listen in to weekly conversations between Jesse and John about various topics, typically related to feelings about current events.

This week our hosts discuss Jesse’s search for a new home, redesigning the network again, and the lack of accountability surrounding Fox News thus far.

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Episode 0130: A Nomad and a Hero Walk Into A Bar...

Recorded 28 February 2023.

(Devising) unqualified opinions; (Applying) filtered thoughts; (Discussing) distilled feelings.

Listen in to weekly conversations between Jesse and John about various topics, typically related to feelings about current events.

This week our hosts discuss historical cycles of repetition. Fair warning, this one is difficult to listen to without the visual aids on the website.

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Reference Diagrams:

Jesse's Diagram Depicting Historical Turnings

Jesse’s Diagram

John’s Diagram

Episode 0129: The Fox Opinion Conglomerate

Recorded 21 February 2023.

(Devising) unqualified opinions; (Applying) filtered thoughts; (Discussing) distilled feelings.

Listen in to weekly conversations between Jesse and John about various topics, typically related to feelings about current events.

This week our hosts attempt to wrap their heads around the evidence surrounding just how bad Fox “News” has been.

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Episode 0128: Who Am I?

Recorded 14 February 2023.

(Devising) unqualified opinions; (Applying) filtered thoughts; (Discussing) distilled feelings.

Listen in to weekly conversations between Jesse and John about various topics, typically related to feelings about current events.

This week our hosts discuss a couple of takeaways from an interview with Harrison Ford before turning the conversation toward a discussion about the portrayal of aliens.

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Episode 0127: Bloodsuckers

Recorded 08 February 2023.

(Devising) unqualified opinions; (Applying) filtered thoughts; (Discussing) distilled feelings.

Listen in to weekly conversations between Jesse and John about various topics, typically related to feelings about current events.

This week our hosts discuss Vampire movies and television shows before discussing a really poor marketing campaign from the DVD days.

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Episode 0126: The Control Group

Recorded 01 February 2023.

(Devising) unqualified opinions; (Applying) filtered thoughts; (Discussing) distilled feelings.

Listen in to weekly conversations between Jesse and John about various topics, typically related to feelings about current events.

This week our hosts delve into understanding how people latch onto misinformation and the psychological impetus for delving further into conspiracies.

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Episode 0125: It Looks Nicer, But Its More Shi**y

Recorded 27 January 2023.

(Devising) unqualified opinions; (Applying) filtered thoughts; (Discussing) distilled feelings.

Listen in to weekly conversations between Jesse and John about various topics, typically related to feelings about current events. This week our hosts discuss a handful of topics, mostly surrounding automation, UI design, and social media.

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  • Intro Intro

  • An Abstract Arrangement of Topics

  • The Twitter App Is Pure Garbage

  • The Move Away From Algorithm-Based Social Media

  • Everyone Has Classified Documents

  • Another Abstract Arrangement of Topics

  • Where to Find Us

Episode 0124: Backward Legislation and Forward Science

Recorded 19 January 2023.

(Devising) unqualified opinions; (Applying) filtered thoughts; (Discussing) distilled feelings.

Listen in to weekly conversations between Jesse and John about various topics, typically related to feelings about current events. This week our hosts discuss the strange approach to legislation being taken in Wyoming against electric vehicles and the really neat news about fusion energy out of California.

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Episode 0123: Individual Agency

Recorded 10 January 2023.

(Devising) unqualified opinions; (Applying) filtered thoughts; (Discussing) distilled feelings.

Listen in to weekly conversations between Jesse and John about various topics, typically related to feelings about current events. This week our hosts briefly mention another example of how America’s approach to health and medicine is broken before diving into a conversation about ethical dilemmas when parents and teachers are at odds over the proper way to address some early childhood behaviors.

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Episode 0122: Project Updates

Recorded 03 January 2023.

(Devising) unqualified opinions; (Applying) filtered thoughts; (Discussing) distilled feelings.

Listen in to weekly conversations between Jesse and John about various topics, typically related to feelings about current events. This week our hosts take a break to discuss the state and direction of their assorted other projects for the next year.

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Episode 0121: Ok, But Why?

Recorded 27 December 2022.

(Devising) unqualified opinions; (Applying) filtered thoughts; (Discussing) distilled feelings.

Listen in to weekly conversations between Jesse and John about various topics, typically related to feelings about current events. This week sees a return to the wandering conversations you all know and love as Jesse and John discuss why step-person and sibling pornography is so prolific before discussing how delightful it is when actors break from being typecast.

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Episode 0120: The Platform Problem

Recorded 13 December 2022.

(Devising) unqualified opinions; (Applying) filtered thoughts; (Discussing) distilled feelings.

Listen in to weekly conversations between Jesse and John about various topics, typically related to feelings about current events. This week our hosts talk about the problem with social media platforms.

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