Cult or Just Weird
187 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsJoin Chris & Kayla on their journeys
of humor, discovery, and the absurd as
they try to answer the question...
is it a cult, or just weird?
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Episodes
S6E13 - The Future of Humanity: TESCREAL
June 25, 2024 07:00 - 42 minutes - 30.6 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Making predictions is tough, especially about the future. -Niels Bohr Chris & Kayla put the L in TESCREAL. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom; Internet Culture --- *Topic Spoiler* TESCREAL & interview with Dr. Émile P. Torres --- Further Reading Dr. Émile P. Torres's Website Dr. Émile P. Torres Wikipedia Dr. Émil...
S6E12 - The Future of Humanity: TESCREAL
June 18, 2024 07:00 - 40 minutes - 31.1 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies. - Sam Altman Chris & Kayla talk about the future of humanity, in the long term. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom; Internet Culture --- *Topic Spoiler* TESCREAL & interview with Dr. Émile P. Torres --- Further Rea...
S6E11 - The Future of Humanity: Rationalists
June 11, 2024 07:00 - 54 minutes - 51 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- This podcast is Bayesd. Chris & Kayla update all of their priors about LessWrong and decide if it's a cult, or just weird. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom; Internet Culture --- *Topic Spoiler* LessWrong --- *Further Reading* https://www.lesswrong.com/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LessWrong/ https://rationalwiki.o...
S6E10 - The Future of Humanity: Rationalists
June 04, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- The Territory is not The Map. Chris & Kayla fall out of a coconut tree and continue their discussion of LessWrong. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom; Internet Culture --- *Topic Spoiler* LessWrong --- *Further Reading* https://www.lesswrong.com/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LessWrong/ https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/...
S6E9 - The Future of Humanity: Rationalists
May 28, 2024 07:00 - 41 minutes - 40.5 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Have not you read The Sequences? Chris & Kayla do their first ever CoJW topic revisit and discuss an online community dedicated to Rationalism. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom; Internet Culture --- *Topic Spoiler* LessWrong --- *Further Reading* https://www.lesswrong.com/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LessWrong/ h...
S6E8 - The Future of Humanity: Plus
May 21, 2024 07:00 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- What would you say you... do... here? Chris dunks on a doofy website for 40 minutes straight; it is also possible we learn some things about Transhumanism along the way. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom; New Religious Movement --- *Topic Spoiler* Humanity+ --- *Further Reading* https://www.britannica.com/topi...
S6E7 - The Future of Humanity: Prelude
May 14, 2024 07:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- To be what you want to be: isn't this the essence of being human? - David Zindell Chris and Kayla take the next steps on the path of the unfolding season...and the unfolding of humanity's future. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Transhumanism --- Further Reading https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-s...
S6E6 - The Terror (Terror Management Theory)
May 07, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level. - Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death Chris and Kayla talk about a theory that underpins everything we'll cover this season. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience --- *Topic Spoiler* Terror Management Theory --- *Further Reading* ...
S6E6 - The Terror
May 07, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level. - Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death Chris and Kayla talk about a theory that underpins everything we'll cover this season. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience --- *Topic Spoiler* Terror Management Theory --- *Further Reading* ...
S6E5 - The Cryonauts: Conclusion
April 30, 2024 07:00 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- The act of freezing a dead body and storing it indefinitely on the chance that some future generation may restore it to life is an act of faith, not science. - The Society for Cryobiology, official statement The chilling conclusion to CoJW's series on cryonics... but is it a cult, or just weird? --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic ...
S6E4 - The Cryonauts: Interview
April 23, 2024 07:00 - 58 minutes - 37.7 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Being cryopreserved after death is the second-worst thing that could happen. The worst thing is dying without being cryopreserved. - Ben Best Kayla dives deeper into the world of cryonics by talking to an actual cryonaut. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Cryonics --- Further Reading The Cryosphere discord ...
S6E3 - The Cryonauts: Guide
April 16, 2024 07:00 - 31 minutes - 30.2 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- You're not dead til you're warm and dead. Chris & Kayla finish their cryonics facility visit with the help of a VIP "tour guide." --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Cryonics --- Further Reading https://www.alcor.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics https://www.reddit.com/r/cryonics/ Michio Kaku cry...
S6E2 - The Cryonauts: Tour
April 09, 2024 07:00 - 29 minutes - 28.9 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- I am the mediocre architect of my afterlife. - Glen Nesbitt Chris & Kayla take a tour of the very cool place they were headed to last episode. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Cryonics --- Further Reading https://www.alcor.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics https://www.reddit.com/r/cryonics/ M...
S6E1 - The Cryonauts: Expedition
April 02, 2024 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- If a man die, shall he live again? - Book of Job 14:14 Chris and Kayla hotfoot it to a cold storage facility. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Cryonics --- Further Reading https://www.alcor.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics https://www.reddit.com/r/cryonics/ Michio Kaku cryonics video Alcor ...
S5-and-a-half: Patreon Discussion of Season 5
February 25, 2024 00:05 - 25 minutes - 22.8 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Chris & Kayla recap the experience of experiencing things for Season 5 of Cult or Just Weird. (previously published on CoJW's patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/season-5-bonus-95443966) --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex, Niklas ...
S5E11 - The Full Circle (Death Cafes)
November 21, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 84 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. -Albert Camus Chris and Kayla contemplate that one thing that joins us all. --- *Search Categories* Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Death Cafes --- *Further Reading* https://deathcafe.com/ https://www.talkdeath.com/what-is-death-cafe-my-experience-studying...
S5E11 - The Full Circle
November 21, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 84 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. -Albert Camus Chris and Kayla contemplate that one thing that joins us all. --- *Search Categories* Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Death Cafes --- *Further Reading* https://deathcafe.com/ https://www.talkdeath.com/what-is-death-cafe-my-experience-studying...
S5E10 - The Secret Knowledge (Theosophy)
October 24, 2023 07:00 - 2 hours - 156 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Thinking – the talking of the soul with itself. -Plato Chris and Kayla attend class at another small local group... whose presence & influence is worldwide & ubiquitous. --- *Search Categories* New Religious Movement; New Age --- *Topic Spoiler* Theosophy --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosophy https://www.britannica.com/topic/theosophy ...
S5E9 - The Criminals (Hare Krishnas, pt2)
October 10, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 73.2 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- "It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible." -David Brin Chris and Kayla explore the nature of power and learn some shocking stories about the group du jour in this part two. --- *Search Categories* New Religious Movement; Anthropological --- *Topic Spoiler* The Hare Krishnas / ISKCON --- *Further Reading* https...
S5E8 - The Chanters (Hare Krishnas, pt 1)
September 26, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- "Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces." - Martha Graham Chris and Kayla go to a restaurant. Kind of. Don't worry, we'll repeat ourselves. --- *Search Categories* New Religious Movement; Anthropological --- *Topic Spoiler* The Hare Krishnas / ISKCON --- *Further Reading* https://iskconla.com/Home.aspx https://www.iskcon.org/ https://en.wikipedia...
S5E7 - The Gambler's Meritocracy (American State-run Lotteries)
August 29, 2023 07:00 - 2 hours - 65 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- It's hard to detect good luck--it looks so much like something you've earned. - Frank A. Clark Chris and Kayla visit a liquor store to try and resurrect the American dream. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Destructive --- *Topic Spoiler* The American State-run Lottery System --- *Further Reading* https://www.amazon.com/Dollar-Dream-Lotteries-Modern-America/...
S5E6 - The Hams & Their Eggs
August 01, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 90.7 MBFVNEM? FVNEX? Kayla and Chris get up at the crack of dawn to try and solve a cryptogram from 1925. --- *Search Categories* Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* The Los Angeles Breakfast Club --- *Further Reading* https://twitter.com/labreakfastclub https://www.labreakfastclub.com/ https://www.latimes.com/california/breakfast-club-los-angeles-latt-123 https://www.labreakfastclub.com/podcast https://www.facebook.com/LABreakfastClub/ https...
S5E6 - The Hams & Their Eggs (the LA Breakfast Club)
August 01, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 90.7 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- FVNEM? FVNEX? Kayla and Chris get up at the crack of dawn to try and solve a cryptogram from 1925. --- *Search Categories* Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* The Los Angeles Breakfast Club --- *Further Reading* https://twitter.com/labreakfastclub https://www.labreakfastclub.com/ https://www.latimes.com/california/breakfast-club-los-angeles-latt-123 https...
S5E5 - The Collective's Legacy (Objectivism's reception & effects)
July 04, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 99.3 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices. - Theodor Adorno Chris tries to land this Ayn Rand plane in an objectively satisfying manner. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Objectivism & Ayn Rand --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism https://e...
S5E4 - The Collective's Architect (Ayn Rand's life)
June 20, 2023 07:00 - 2 hours - 127 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Who is Ayn Rand? Chris and Kayla try to answer this ocean of a question, exploring the many rivers and tributaries that feed it. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Objectivism & Ayn Rand --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand https://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
S5E3 - The Collective's Dogma (Objectivist beliefs)
June 06, 2023 07:01 - 2 hours - 142 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- I am evolving and it’s so damn beautiful. -Anonymous Chris ponders the philosophical orb with Kayla, and finally comes out as a cultist himself. Objectively speaking. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Objectivism & Ayn Rand --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
S5E2 - The Ecstatics & their DJ (Ecstatic Dance)
May 09, 2023 04:01 - 2 hours - 117 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- The body says what words cannot. --Martha Graham Kayla and Chris explore the roots of human bonding...set to music. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; New Religious Movement; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Ecstatic Dance --- *Further Reading* Professor Chill Spotify Electric Sufi Spotify https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecstatic_dance https://ar...
S5E1 - The Wives & Their Father (the Source Family)
April 11, 2023 06:49 - 2 hours - 123 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Experience is the teacher of all things. - Julius Caesar Kayla and Chris kick off Season 5 by going to a cult within a cult... culturducken. --- *Search Categories* New Age; New Religious Movement --- *Topic Spoiler* The Source Family --- *Further Reading* http://martinostimemachine.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-source-restaurant.html https://la.eater.com/2013/5/13/6...
S4E20 - The Religious Service (The Aetherius Society)
December 27, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 114 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. - Arthur C. Clarke Kayla and Chris end the season on a topic with a twist unlike many others covered on this show. --- *Search Categories* New Age; New Religious Movement --- *Topic Spoiler* The Aetherius Society --- *Further Reading* https://www.youtube.com/watc...
S4E19 - The Magic Eyes
December 13, 2022 08:08 - 1 hour - 86.7 MB"Correlation doesn’t imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing ‘look over there.'" - Randall Munroe Keep an eye on this one- Chris talks to Kayla about a particular type of therapy that has been gaining in popularity in the last few years. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Alt Medicine / Wellness --- *Topic Spoiler* EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) --- *Further Readin...
S4E19 - The Magic Eyes (EMDR)
December 13, 2022 08:08 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- "Correlation doesn’t imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing ‘look over there.'" - Randall Munroe Keep an eye on this one- Chris talks to Kayla about a particular type of therapy that has been gaining in popularity in the last few years. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Alt Medicine / Wellness --- *Topic Spoi...
S4E18 - The Heavy Weight (Fat Liberation & Acceptance)
November 29, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- "It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” -Audre Lorde Kayla & Chris have a healing conversation about a topic that weighs heavily on all of us. --- *Search Categories* Destructive; Science / Pseudoscience; Alt Medicine / Wellness --- *Topic Spoiler* Fat Liberation & Fat Acceptance --- *Further...
S4E17 - The Keening (Midsommar)
November 15, 2022 08:30 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Sometimes you want pain to be acknowledged and not whitewashed- or erased by some exceptionalist point of view. -Ari Aster Chris & Kayla mix things up a bit by analyzing a cult that doesn't even exist. --- *Search Categories* Internet Culture; Common interest/Fandom; Anthropological --- *Topic Spoiler* the film Midsommar's Harga community --- *Further Reading* https://...
S4E16 - The Fandom (Furries & Fur Science)
November 01, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food. -Dean Ornish Kayla & Chris explore a much-maligned fandom on the internet, and learn a little bit about themselves and humanity along the way. --- *Search Categories* Internet Culture; Common interest/Fandom; Anthropological --- *Topic Spoiler* The Furry Fandom (Furries) --- *...
S4E15 - The Basics
October 18, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 83 MBIn my estimation, the only thing that is more to be guarded against than bad taste is good taste. - Russell Lynes Chris & Kayla partake of an ancient (relatively speaking) autumnal ritual. --- *Search Categories* Business; Internet Culture; Common interest/Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Pumpkin Spice Fandom --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin_pie_spice https://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/pictures-that-prove-this-whole-pumpkin-spice-thing-ha...
S4E15 - The Basics (Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Lattes)
October 18, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 83 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- In my estimation, the only thing that is more to be guarded against than bad taste is good taste. - Russell Lynes Chris & Kayla partake of an ancient (relatively speaking) autumnal ritual. --- *Search Categories* Business; Internet Culture; Common interest/Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Pumpkin Spice Fandom --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin_pie_spice ...
S4E14 - The Bean Counters (Pythagoreanism)
October 04, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 73.8 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- All is Number. Chris helps Kayla square her understanding of a well known but little understood historical character. --- *Search Categories* New Religious Movement; Science/Pseudoscience; Anthropological --- *Topic Spoiler* Pythagoreanism --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoreanism https://plato.stanford.edu/entrie...
S4E13 - The Partners (Starbucks Workers Unions)
September 20, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 96.8 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- When you’re surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible." -Howard Schultz Grab your favorite iced, sugary, coffee-adjacent beverage, because Kayla and Chris have an episode brewing, featuring a conversation with some partners who are helping their corporate overlords walk the walk. --- *Search Categories* Business --- *Topic Spoiler...
S4E13 - The Partners
September 20, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 96.8 MBWhen you’re surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible." -Howard Schultz Grab your favorite iced, sugary, coffee-adjacent beverage, because Kayla and Chris have an episode brewing, featuring a conversation with some partners who are helping their corporate overlords walk the walk. --- *Search Categories* Business --- *Topic Spoiler* Starbucks Workers Unions --- *Further Reading* https://sbworkersunited.org/ ...
S4E12 - The Dirt (Black Oxygen Organics takedown)
September 06, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 75.3 MB"Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things." - Vernor Vinge Kayla and Chris tell another side of the classic MLM story - the downfall. And we've got a special interview here to give us all the dirt. --- *Search Categories* MLM; Internet culture; Business; Science/Pseudoscience; Alt Medicine/Wellness --- *Topic Spoiler* Black Oxygen Organics aka BOO --- *Further Reading* https://mombie-antimlm.com/ https://www.facebook.com/MLMombie/ https://www.instagram....
S4E11 - The Antidote (suicidality & Teal Swan)
August 23, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MB“Human connection is the suicide killer." Chris and Kayla revisit a former topic that's reared its head in mainstream culture again to talk about why this person continues to amass power...and what the other options are. --- *Search Categories* New Age; Internet culture --- *Topic Spoiler* Teal Swan and suicidality --- *Further Reading* Emmengard suicide scale The North Wind & the Sun parable David Foster Wallace quote 988 Suicide Prevention Lifeline The Trevor...
S4E11 - The Antidote
August 23, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MB“Human connection is the suicide killer." Chris and Kayla revisit a former topic that's reared its head in mainstream culture again to talk about why this person continues to amass power...and what the other options are. --- *Search Categories* New Age; Internet culture --- *Topic Spoiler* Teal Swan and suicidality --- *Further Reading* Emmengard suicide scale The North Wind & the Sun parable David Foster Wallace quote 988 Suicide Prevention Lifeline The Trevor...
S4E10 - I Didn't Know it Was Wrong[tm]! (how abusers react to accountability)
August 09, 2022 07:00 - 23 minutes - 23.3 MBKayla and Chris are on vacation this week! But we still want to bring you some sweet sweet content, so here is a bonus episode from the CoJW patreon last season, where we discuss how weird it is that abusers from disparate communities all use the same refrain when facing accountability: "I didn't know it was wrong!" --- *Search Categories* Destructive --- *Topic Spoiler* S3E19 Patreon Bonus episode --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David W...
S4E9 - The Vibes
July 26, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 79.6 MB“Sometimes reality is too complex. Stories give it form.” - Jean Luc Godard Kayla and Chris fall down the dollhole into an online world of unstable meaning and multilayered storytelling. --- *Search Categories* Internet culture; Common interest/Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Empty Spaces --- *Further Reading* https://litreactor.com/columns/the-art-of-microfiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_fiction An Empty Introduction from @maybeElse List of Empty Spaces writ...
S4E9 - The Vibes (Empty Spaces)
July 26, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 79.6 MB“Sometimes reality is too complex. Stories give it form.” - Jean Luc Godard Kayla and Chris fall down the dollhole into an online world of unstable meaning and multilayered storytelling. --- *Search Categories* Internet culture; Common interest/Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Empty Spaces --- *Further Reading* https://litreactor.com/columns/the-art-of-microfiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_fiction An Empty Introduction from @maybeElse List of Empty Spaces writ...
S4E8 - The Magic Formula (Long Term Capital Management)
July 12, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 97.5 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- “Before you attempt to beat the odds, be sure you could survive the odds beating you.” - Larry Kersten Chris takes us back to the 90s... a decade of neon green baseball hats, Crystal Pepsi, Michael Jordan, Alanis Morrisette. And hedge fund disasters. --- *Search Categories* Business; Destructive --- *Topic Spoiler* Long Term Capital Management --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia...
S4E8 - The Magic Formula
July 12, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 97.5 MB“Before you attempt to beat the odds, be sure you could survive the odds beating you.” - Larry Kersten Chris takes us back to the 90s... a decade of neon green baseball hats, Crystal Pepsi, Michael Jordan, Alanis Morrisette. And hedge fund disasters. --- *Search Categories* Business; Destructive --- *Topic Spoiler* Long Term Capital Management --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-Term_Capital_Management https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedge_fund ht...
S4E7 - The Abortion Conversation
June 28, 2022 07:00 - 50 minutes - 44.8 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- “Let this radicalize you rather than lead you to despair.” - Mariame Kaba With the tragic June 24th reversal of Roe v Wade, Chris & Kayla eschew the usual format and lean hard into talking about helpers. --- *Search Categories* Destructive --- *Topic Spoiler* Abortion Justice & Access --- *Further Reading* For those seeking abortion access (PLEASE access these while using a VPN): Digi...
S4E6 - The Scheme
June 14, 2022 07:00 - 57 minutes - 54.1 MB"The worm is not to be trusted" - William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra Chris & Kayla "dig in" to an unlikely but prolific Ponzi scheme in this week's episode. --- *Search Categories* Business; MLM --- *Topic Spoiler* B&B Worm Farm Ponzi scheme --- *Further Reading* https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/06/30/crawling-with-trouble https://www.thedailyscoop.com/news/agricultures-darkest-fraud-hidden-under-dirt-and-lies https://www.wave3.com/story/1296095...
S4E6 - The Scheme (B&B Worm Farm Ponzi)
June 14, 2022 07:00 - 57 minutes - 54.1 MBWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- "The worm is not to be trusted" - William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra Chris & Kayla "dig in" to an unlikely but prolific Ponzi scheme in this week's episode. --- *Search Categories* Business; MLM --- *Topic Spoiler* B&B Worm Farm Ponzi scheme --- *Further Reading* https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/06/30/crawling-with-trouble https://www.thedailyscoop.com/news/agricul...