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ReGeneration Rising S2E9: Thinking Like a Mountain with John Seed & Skye Mandozay

RSA Conversations - July 12, 2024 04:44 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
In this episode, Daniel and Philipa discuss the practices that can help us reconnect with the living world with renowned author and activist, John Seed, and deep ecology practitioner, Skye Mandozay. John Seed  is the founder and director of the Rainforest Information Centre in Australia.  Since...

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ReGeneration Rising S2E8: Enlivenment with Andreas Weber

RSA Conversations - June 26, 2024 14:15 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
In this episode, Philipa and Daniel discuss the kindness at the heart of reality with author and biophilosopher, Dr Andreas Weber. Dr Andreas Weber is a Berlin-based author, biophilosopher & independent scholar. His work focuses on re-evaluating our understanding of the living world in which or...

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Social Media Platforms May Already Be Too Powerful for Warning Labels to Matter; Also, Louisiana Starts Another Ten Commandments Fight and Willie Mays and the Legacy of Baseball Integration

Call It Like I See It - June 25, 2024 20:15 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the U.S. Surgeon General’s recent push to get warning labels on social media platforms and the chances that it has any legs (2:03).  The guys also react to Louisiana’s new effort to require the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms despite similar eff...

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#123 Putin wants to strike the West, pt. 2

American Forked Podcast - June 25, 2024 17:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Recorded 6/5/24. Jeff hosted. Jeff and Amber were there, too. Straight from 6-Foot Studios. Get your hard-hitting news and help us bring America back together. American Fork: Home prices in @afcity are going down. Utah: Google finally changed the destination when navigating to Utah in Maps. Yo...

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#122 Putin wants to strike the West, pt. 1

American Forked Podcast - June 20, 2024 17:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Recorded 6/5/24. Jeff hosted. Jeff and Amber were there, too. Straight from 6-Foot Studios. Get your hard-hitting news and help us bring America back together. American Fork: Home prices in @afcity are going down. Utah: Google finally changed the destination when navigating to Utah in Maps. Yo...

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Is Tesla's Billion-dollar Pay Package For Elon Musk a Sign Of Success Or Trouble Ahead? Also, Texas School Board Fights and the Missing Indoctrination and the New Research that Says Alcohol is Not Good for You

Call It Like I See It - June 19, 2024 03:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana consider whether Tesla's shareholders voting to reinstate a pay package presently worth over $40+ billion to Elon Musk is indicative of things are going right, or wrong at Tesla, and in our society in general (1:41).  The guys also react to the story of the Texas re...

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Episode 33 (May/June 2024): TikTok—Is the Clock Really Ticking for TikTok?

Libraries Lead! - June 14, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
TikTok! Used regularly by over half the US population, why do so many either love or loathe TikTok? Is it simply a fun and terrific platform for creating, sharing, and consuming content? Is it an addictive, mental health hazard destroying America’s youth? Is it a major national security threat o...

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#121 The Provo Push is not giving rizz vibe, pt. 2

American Forked Podcast - June 12, 2024 17:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Recorded 5/22/24. Phil hosted. Jake, Jeff, Trent and Amber were there, too. Straight from 6-Foot Studios. Get your hard-hitting news and help us bring America back together. American Fork: Just Let the Parents Walk! No joke! Parents of Samantha Corey, American Fork High School student who died ...

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Culture Series: “Technofeudalism,” a Book by Yanis Varoufakis

Call It Like I See It - June 11, 2024 22:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss Yanis Varoufakis’s 2023 book “Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism,” a book that lays out the evolution of capitalism over the 20th century and how following the Great Financial Crisis, factors like the monetary policy of major central banks and the enclo...

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#120 The Provo Push is not giving rizz vibe, pt. 1

American Forked Podcast - June 05, 2024 17:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Recorded 5/22/24. Phil hosted. Jake, Jeff, Trent and Amber were there, too. Straight from 6-Foot Studios. Get your hard-hitting news and help us bring America back together. American Fork: Just Let the Parents Walk! No joke! Parents of Samantha Corey, American Fork High School student who died ...

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The Court of Law Remains an Obstacle in Donald Trump’s Effort to Bend Reality to His Will; Also, Debating Seinfeld’s Call Back to an “Agreed-Upon Hierarchy” and Whether Misogyny Enlivens Rap Music or Makes it Harder to Enjoy

Call It Like I See It - June 04, 2024 20:15 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss how quickly followers of Donald Trump were to attack the pillars of the American system like courts and a jury following Trump’s conviction and the almost religious manner in which Trump defines reality for his followers (1:24).  The guys also consider Jerry...

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ReGeneration Rising S2E7: Patterns of Meaning with Jeremy Lent & Morag Gamble

RSA Conversations - June 03, 2024 12:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
In this episode, Daniel and Philipa are joined by award-winning permaculture teacher and designer, Morag Gamble, and best-selling author and integrator, Jeremy Lent. Together, they discuss the urgent need to realign our patterns of meaning with the life-sustaining patterns of our planet to creat...

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Justice Alito’s Flag Display Turns Supreme Court Legitimacy Upside Down; Also, NCAA Revenue Sharing, Evidence We Live in a Simulation, and Finding Addiction Everywhere We Look

Call It Like I See It - May 28, 2024 22:42 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana consider the extent to which Justice Samuel Alito’s flag flying controversy undermines the Supreme Court as an institution and whether that may be the point (1:16).  The guys also discuss the NCAA’s history settlement that will result in revenue sharing with college...

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America’s Persistent Culture of Illiberalism and the Blind Eye Many Turn to It; Also, Fluoride in Tap Water a Danger to Fetuses & Protesting Imperialism in New Caledonia

Call It Like I See It - May 21, 2024 21:30 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss illiberalism, which is the opposite of the liberalism ideal that forms the philosophical basis of the American constitutional setup, and some recent articles that suggest that home grown illiberalism has been a central feature and not a periodic diversion in...

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#119 Perspective from the Little Grand Canyon

American Forked Podcast - May 21, 2024 17:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Recorded 5/3/24. Jeff hosted. Jake was there, too. Straight from the Little Grand Canyon in southern Utah, compliments of @peakrefuel. Get your hard-hitting news and help us bring America back together. American Fork: Jake's Hat Trick. Jake forgot the story and couldn’t look it up due to no int...

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“Tradwife” Influencer’s Reversal and the Difficulty of Living Out Ideological Abstractions; Also, Appreciating Freedom of Speech in Light of Iranian Rapper’s (Literal) Death Sentence

Call It Like I See It - May 14, 2024 20:50 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the story of Lauren Southern, the right wing influencer whose life experiences now have her publicly questioning the “tradwife” mindset she once was a big promoter of (1:25).  The guys also react to the death sentence given to Iranian hip hop hero Toomaj Sal...

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Lauren Southern's “Tradwife” Reversal and the Difficulty of Living Out Ideological Abstractions; Also, Appreciating Freedom of Speech in Light of Iranian Rapper’s (Literal) Death Sentence

Call It Like I See It - May 14, 2024 20:50 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the story of Lauren Southern, the right wing influencer whose life experiences now have her publicly questioning the “tradwife” mindset she once was a big promoter of (1:25).  The guys also react to the death sentence given to Iranian hip hop hero Toomaj Sal...

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Trump’s Effort to Bend America’s Legal and Electoral System to His Will; Also, Is Entropy Responsible for Human Consciousness

Call It Like I See It - May 07, 2024 20:15 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss what appears to be a transparent and ongoing attempt by former president Donald Trump to exert dominion over American legal and electoral system (1:19). The guys also consider whether human consciousness may be a byproduct of entropy (40:27).   Judge Cites...

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ReGeneration Rising S2E6: The Systems View of Life with Fritjof Capra

RSA Conversations - May 07, 2024 16:39 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
In this episode, Daniel and Philipa talk with best-selling author author, physicist, and educator, Dr Fritjof Capra about how adopting a systems view of life can help to address our current crisis of perception.   Fritjof Capra, Ph.D., is a scientist, educator, activist, author and systems theo...

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Episode 32 (April 2024): Optimistically Realistic (or Realistically Optimistic) About AI?

Libraries Lead! - May 03, 2024 20:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
In this episode, we return to one of our favorite topics– the new AI. But rather than focus on the latest “gee whiz” or OMG capabilities, we turn to the societal implications and impact side of the topic. Dave raised this topic wondering if it’s another case of, “this is why we can't have nice t...

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Discussing “The Joy Strategist” with Author Grace Harry; Also, Is Seinfeld Right to Blame the “Extreme Left” for TV Comedy Failings?

Call It Like I See It - April 30, 2024 20:25 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana are joined by Grace Harry, author of the 2023 book “The Joy Strategist,” and discuss notable items from the book and what’s next for her (1:39). The James, Tunde, and Grace also react to Jerry Seinfeld’s recent assertions that the “extreme left” and PC crap” are res...

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#118 Val Kilmer for President, pt.2

American Forked Podcast - April 30, 2024 17:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Recorded 4/13/24. Phil hosted. Jeff and Jake were there, too. Get your hard-hitting news and help us bring America back together. American Fork: We played Elleigh Francom’s @americanidol audition clip and gave an update on where she’s at in the competition. Spoiler: she’s still in the running. ...

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GOP Congressman Tony Gonzales attacks party peers

Party Politics - April 26, 2024 16:52 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFxwX7r4nTY This week, Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina discuss President Biden's remarks on abortion in Florida, U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales' attacks on his GOP colleagues, and the upcoming elections in Texas, among other stories. NATIONAL TOPICS ...

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Campus Anti War Protests Illustrate Both American Values and Perils of Painting with a Broad Brush; Also, Caitlin Clark’s WNBA Salary is Unfair, but Not Sexist

Call It Like I See It - April 23, 2024 20:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at what's going on at Columbia University and other college campuses where so called peaceful protests on campuses over Israel’s actions in Gaza are creating quite a stir on campus (1:22).  The guys also weigh in on whether the slotted salary for former ...

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#117 Val Kilmer for President, pt.1

American Forked Podcast - April 23, 2024 17:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Recorded 4/13/24. Phil hosted. Jeff and Jake were there, too. Get your hard-hitting news and help us bring America back together. American Fork: We played Elleigh Francom’s @americanidol audition clip and gave an update on where she’s at in the competition. Spoiler: she’s still in the running. ...

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ReGeneration Rising S2E5: Indirect Work with Carol Sanford

RSA Conversations - April 23, 2024 10:11 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
In this episode, Daniel and Philipa talk with award-winning author and regenerative leadership expert, Carol Sanford. In this episode, Daniel and Philipa are in conversation with award-winning author and regenerative leadership expert, Carol Sanford. Carol draws on her experience working with bu...

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Is Mike Johnson’s job in jeopardy?

Party Politics - April 19, 2024 15:35 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPXEIzFAM54 This week, Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina discuss the security of Mike Johnson's speakership, Trump's hush-money trial, and the campaign war chests of Ted Cruz and Colin Allred, among other stories. NATIONAL TOPICS Johnson speaker...

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Scientists’ Fear of Backlash Chills the Study of Transgender Medicine; Also, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and the Lost High Profile Rap Beef

Call It Like I See It - April 16, 2024 20:30 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at the “culture of fear” that many scientists are saying has developed around gender medicine research (1:32).  The guys also react to the rap beef involving Drake, Kendrick Lamar and other heavyweights that recently exploded and consider why it seems we...

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#116 That’s a lot of fentanyl pt.2 (Ft. Amber Manning)

American Forked Podcast - April 16, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Recorded 3/30/24. Jake hosted. Jeff, Phil, Trent and Amber were there, too. Amber's 40th birthday. Get your hard-hitting news and help us bring America back together. American Fork: 20 year-old resident from AF, Elleigh Marie Francom made it to Hollywood on @americanidol. House explosion on th...

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A look at John Whitmire’s first 100 days as Houston mayor

Party Politics - April 12, 2024 14:53 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=affCq4r0cpY This week, Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina discuss the recent near-total ban on abortion in Arizona, Ken Paxton's lawsuit against Harris County, and the first 100 days of John Whitmire's inaugural term as Houston mayor, among other s...

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