David Boles: Human Meme
739 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis Human Meme podcast is the inflection point for what it means to live a life of knowing. We are in the critical moment of human induction. David Boles is a writer, publisher, teacher, lyricist and author living and working in New York City. He has dedicated his life to founding the irrevocable aesthetic. Be a Human Meme!
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Episodes
Protecting Your Mastodon Instance From Shameless Trolls
April 06, 2023 10:00 - 30 minutes - 42.5 MBTrolls survive online being shameless. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares his experience dealing with shameless Trolls on his Boles.xyz Mastodon instance when the Trolls try to shame others with their own bad behavior.
Sociopaths in Society
March 30, 2023 10:00 - 11 minutes - 15.8 MBSociopaths are everywhere now, how did they get in control of us? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares his unfortunate experience interacting in real like with these fake, scary, horrible, sociopathic creatures.
Gender Bias in Student Evaluations
March 23, 2023 10:00 - 16 minutes - 22.4 MBGender plays a role in student evaluations of instructors. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines the means, and the methods, of student evaluations in today's academic environment. Students have had a lot of power in determining the quality of their education and now, that may be changing, as discriminatory attitudes are proven with data sets.
America is Now Falling Down
March 16, 2023 10:00 - 17 minutes - 24.1 MBTo understand the rise of the MAGA movement, we only need to watch the 1993 movie, "Falling Down." In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines how the anger and hostility of the Trump voter has manifested itself in infecting the morality of the everyday American experience.
How NOT to Get Free Rent!
March 09, 2023 11:00 - 19 minutes - 26.4 MBThe criminal mind is the genius mind. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares the real life story of a rent scam gone wrong. It was an inside job done with the help of a resident -- or was it the other way around? Oh, well, all did not end well for the sub-genius culprits!
The Proud Boys Fare Jump the E Train
March 02, 2023 11:00 - 16 minutes - 22.9 MBWhat should the NYPD do when the Proud Boys invade Queens? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles discusses the Proud Boys invasion of the Queens Library to protest Drag Queen Story Hour and he investigates how the NYPD handled the situation to decompress a threat to The City.
The Poetry Anthology Scam
February 23, 2023 11:00 - 27 minutes - 37.2 MBIf you're a writer, you don't pay the publisher! In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles warns you against falling for -- The Poetry Anthology Scam -- where young, and amateur writers, are secretly squeezed for money in order to be published.
Protecting Your Ideas From Being Stolen
February 16, 2023 11:00 - 15 minutes - 20.9 MBYour ideas are you and they are valuable! In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares his experience with having good ideas stolen by bad people -- and he explains just how to protect your ideas from future theft, too.
Social Status Eugenics
February 09, 2023 11:00 - 18 minutes - 25.4 MBThe culling of social inequities lives in a subtle eugenics. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles argues that social status is a method of uncomfortable, if preplanned, form of human eugenics. "Born Good" takes on a whole new meaning when it comes to incompatible wealth and money.
Gov. Kathy Hochul Vetoes the Deaf in New York
February 02, 2023 11:00 - 26 minutes - 36 MBNew York State does not want a Commission for the Deaf. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines why New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed the Deaf. An Autistic Deaf woman who does not speak spent three weeks alone on a subway trying to get home after being dismissed from a Queens hospital. Deaf immigrants had in-person interpreters taken away -- all done while the Buffalo Bills get a whole new football stadium supported, and paid for, by the citizens of New York.
Life is Saying Goodbye
January 26, 2023 11:00 - 16 minutes - 23.1 MBWe are more our endings than our beginnings. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles discusses the necessity of creating proper moments of endings when there may be no next time, or the dawn of a new tomorrow. Closing a circle is more than just tying up loose ends; a goodbye is the essence of time.
When Actors Become Lost
January 19, 2023 11:00 - 9 minutes - 12.4 MBActors can often go so deep into a character that they forget who they are. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines the process actors use to lose themselves in a role -- but is there an inherent danger of forever becoming lost in both identity and named purpose?
Guillermo del Toro is Wrong about AI Art
January 12, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 15.3 MBAI Art is Human Art. Film director Guillermo del Toro doesn't believe AI Art is created by humans, but he appears to believe that adaptations of other artistic enterprises by him are not artificial and are artful. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles explains what is wrong with the del Toro take on things.
Going Federated: Getting Rid of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram!
January 03, 2023 20:29 - 22 minutes - 30.3 MBIt's time to go Federated and other. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares his thoughts on getting rid of the big three: Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and replacing them with other social media options!
When AI Writes Your Essay
December 15, 2022 11:00 - 8 minutes - 12.2 MBArtificial Intelligence is arcing from art to text! In this Boles.tv live stream update, David Boles shares his thoughts on AI-created essay text, and he recalls the terror of a human essay writing evaluation that his students had to endure at a Jesuit university Freshman writing program.
Copyright Trolls and DMCA Takedown Notices
December 05, 2022 19:59 - 17 minutes - 23.8 MBCopyright trolls need to be stopped. In this Boles.tv highlight, David Boles shares the rage and the fury of being wrongly accused of restreaming audio that doesn't exist. The DMCA Trolls can silence you without curiosity or conclusion, and that needs to be stopped!
No More Streaming Music
December 01, 2022 11:00 - 7 minutes - 10.7 MBMusic streaming does not work for live broadcast. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles explains why music -- even background music and incidental interludes -- no longer works for use during a live stream event.
Cleanliness Next to Socialness
November 24, 2022 11:00 - 14 minutes - 19.5 MBIs social status determined by how, and why, we wash our private bits? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles takes a look at the soapy social issues in conflict, and at frothing play -- when it comes to washing your body into sublime cleanliness. Or not!
Lion King is the Biggest Bigot on Broadway!
November 15, 2022 20:19 - 31 minutes - 42.7 MBIn this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines the problem with the Broadway production of -- THE LION KING -- and the bigoted decision by Shelly Guy and Lisa Carling to remove a White American Sign Language Interpreter for the Deaf because he wasn't the correct skin color to perform the show. THE LION KING was written, on both the big screen and the musical stage, by White people. The decision to fire Keith Wann will live in infamy across the long, and oftentimes, misbegotten h...
AI Bot Thuggery: The Return of Racism in Art!
November 07, 2022 21:49 - 24 minutes - 33.8 MBNot all Art collections are created equal. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles grapples with the idea that AI Art may be intrinsically Racist, not because of programming, or ideas, or permissions -- but because of pre-existing data sets that are being used to render images. The presumption of bias of the AI is not in the collector, but in the collection.
Birthing the Blind Slave
November 03, 2022 10:00 - 9 minutes - 13.5 MBWill embryo eugenics create, not a new SuperRace, but a new Race of disabled slaves? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines the process of vetting embryos to create a specific sort of person for Racial and Cultural function. SuperBabies in one group and Blind Slaves in another?
Deadnaming for Profit
October 27, 2022 10:00 - 26 minutes - 36 MBIs there a religious exemption for Deadnaming? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles wonders about those who get paid to Deadname students as well as when the government decides to Deadname, and then rename. Plus, do religious schools deserve government money for only really teaching religion?
Instagram Falsely Accuses Me of Violating Community Standards
October 18, 2022 18:50 - 9 minutes - 12.8 MBWhere do you go to get your good name back? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares the blood-poisoning false accusation that Instagram made against him for somehow violating community standards and then suspending his account. Nothing was violated. No guideline was crossed. There's no way to know the reason for the suspension or how to heal the suspension. No communication. No insight. No caring. Only damage. Only woe.
Danger of Editing a Twitter Blue Tweet
October 11, 2022 18:53 - 13 minutes - 18 MBBeware of replying to those with Twitter Blue! In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares the danger of replying to someone who has the ability to change their post after your reply is posted. Screenshots are your salvation!
NYU Betrays Its Faculty by Surrendering to Student Terrorism
October 04, 2022 19:01 - 25 minutes - 35.1 MBNYU failed to support its faculty over student threats to the integrity of the learning system. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles digs into the gross negligence of NYU giving in to student threats by firing an Organic Chemistry professor who "wrote the textbook" for the course of study. This is the danger of what happens when a university does not sufficiently protect the value of the learning dyad by favoring student complaints over the authority of the education being taug...
How Far We've Fallen
September 29, 2022 10:00 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MBIn light of the fall of Roe; the fall of intellectualism in grief is worse. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines how far we've fallen intellectually as a people over the last half-century. Take note of the life of Bobby Kennedy in in 1968 invoking Aeschylus to assuage the grief of losing Martin Luther King, Jr. to the invocation of vaccine paranoia 50 years later in the anti-vaccine life of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Sometimes the fruit of life falls too far from the tree.
A Memory of Saul Kripke
September 19, 2022 16:07 - 16 minutes - 23 MBSaul Kripke, of Omaha, and of belonging to the world, is dead. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles honors the life, and memory, of a genius philosopher who gave intrinsic meaning from his life in Naming and Necessity.
Doctors Who Quiet Quit
September 15, 2022 10:00 - 16 minutes - 23.1 MBQuiet Quitting is all over the news today. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles takes a look at the real reasons behind Quiet Quitting. Even doctors Quiet Quit -- under the guise of not accepting your insurance.
A Walk Back into the Murder of Wendy Hile
September 07, 2022 00:21 - 11 minutes - 15.1 MBA murder lasts forever. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles walks back into the mysterious mist of the 1974 murder of Wendy Hile in Lincoln, Nebraska. The gruesome recovery of her remains made headlines while her killer neighbor stayed silent, feigning innocence.
American Origami: The Archeology of Murdered Children
September 06, 2022 23:14 - 16 minutes - 22 MBWe live in a time when the murder of children is ordinary and accepted. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles unfolds the American Origami book -- and discovers an archeology of murdered children, and those the dead leave behind. This is an examination of a dossier of death that requires the strong to say nothing until they see.
Who Owns a Suicide?
September 06, 2022 22:05 - 14 minutes - 20.2 MBWhen a person ends their life, does the context of survivor grief matter? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines the motivations of publicly remembering the dead who died by their own hand. How do we set the context of respect and remembering? Is grief sharing only a plot to get Facebook likes and stranger sympathy?
A Memory of Eric Bentley
September 06, 2022 21:08 - 31 minutes - 42.8 MBEric Bentley was a master of the live stage. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines the life of this master critic, author, and promoter of what we now consider, the modern drama.
Of Knowledge, Not Technique
September 06, 2022 19:38 - 9 minutes - 12.4 MBThe university is a place for ideas, not for skills. In this Boles.tv highlight, David Boles opens a conversation about the modern day university in the role of our ancient lives.
Who's Working?
September 06, 2022 18:29 - 13 minutes - 18.3 MBHere are the magic words to be spoken in the big city to unlock the secrets of the small town in the big wake. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares the key to surviving in a major metropolis when you are born in the Midwest and were raised to be -- seen and not heard.
Pre-Foetal Cochlear Implants
September 06, 2022 17:26 - 17 minutes - 24.6 MBCochlear Implants: They're not for everybody. Or are they? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles engages with the Medical View of Deafness that will eventually probably argue that Deaf foetuses can, should, and must, be implanted with cochlear devices to they can become Hearing in the womb and will no longer need to be born into Deaf Culture.
That Hole in Your Neck is a Melanoma!
September 06, 2022 16:33 - 13 minutes - 18.7 MBWho needs a hole in your head when you have a melanoma in your neck? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares his melanoma experience and how new medical interventions are saving more lives than ever from skin cancer!
Jesus Christ Superstar: 50 Years Post Facto!
September 06, 2022 15:43 - 26 minutes - 36.1 MBIt's been a half-century since Jesus Christ Superstar made its Broadway debut and impressive movie premier! In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles digs into the meaning of this historic sung-through musical by examining -- the religious ramifications of the storytelling, and the cultural impact of a condensed dramatic coil unwinding -- as God's son took his final steps on earth.
Eastern European Attraction Privilege
September 06, 2022 15:01 - 13 minutes - 18.7 MBThe Privilege of a hidden Superpower attraction is beguiling. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles reveals the attraction recipe beheld to him by those of Eastern European descent. If you look the look, you can divine your own way.
The NFT Future is Not Art
August 31, 2022 16:02 - 9 minutes - 13.6 MBNFTs must be more than an image file to find success. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles discusses the future of the NFT in the marketplace -- and that future function isn't embedded as a JPEG on the blockchain.
Is American Sign Language a Communication Disorder?
August 25, 2022 10:00 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBIs ASL a significant problem of understanding? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles wonders if American Sign Language is a Communication Disorder? Does the DSM-5 take precedence over the influence of comity in community? Is a "disorder" considered an inclusive label?
Performing the Cult of the Offended
August 15, 2022 15:46 - 14 minutes - 19.4 MBJimmy Carter gave the offended the right to maim and murder. When the offended then grab a knife to take out your eye, or when the offended call in a bomb threat, or when the offended refuse to publish your work for fear of the other, more offended, being even more so highly offended so they make take up a gun and shoot you in the face -- something vital has been lost when the offended have the right to destroy whatever they do not like in the name of their God and their wounded feelings.
Facebook Complies to Help Prosecute Nebraska Abortion
August 10, 2022 16:03 - 23 minutes - 32 MBThere is no guarantee of privacy on the internet. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles discusses the conflict between abortion rights, online privacy, and Republican government strongholds. Here is the story of a teenager's abortion gone wrong, Facebook's compliance with a lawful demand for information, and the State of Nebraska's want to punish women for having dominion over their bodies.
A Waardenburg Syndrome Conversation
August 04, 2022 10:00 - 13 minutes - 18.2 MBWaardenburg Syndrome is a fascinating experience to live. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares a conversation with his friend, KathyHusker, who lives the life of Waardenburg without a moment of worry or regret. The living is in the life, not in the diagnosis. You can meet Kathy on our Discord server for more information:
Misapplying Mechanical Turk
July 28, 2022 10:00 - 20 minutes - 28.8 MBTaking one historic hoax and applying it to a future reality is common. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines the want to take one bad idea, and then applying it to a completely different, worse, notion with the name of the meme being the only connectoid. The Peer Gynt onion, Google AI, Eliza Redux and the Squid Game gameshow are all examples of this misapplication of memeing.
Is Magnus Carlsen on the Spectrum?
July 20, 2022 16:00 - 32 minutes - 45.1 MBThere's nothing wrong with being on the Spectrum. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles discusses the Magnus Carlsen decision to not compete in the next World Chess Championship. The conversation then turns to the curious notion that Magnus may be on the Spectrum.
1981 Was a Bloody Year
July 14, 2022 10:00 - 18 minutes - 24.9 MB1981 was the year of the assassin's bloodlust. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares his memories of one bloody year. In 1981, on March 30, President Regan was shot, on May 13, Pope John Paul II was shot, on October 06 of the same year, Anwar Sadat was murdered. Those "up close and personal" assassination attempts, and successes, were not new to the history of the world, but their cluster effect was raw, fresh, and frightening.
Confirming the Murder of Marc Blitzstein
July 07, 2022 10:00 - 25 minutes - 35 MBMarc Blitzstein did not die in a car accident. Marc Blitzstein was murdered in Martinique on January 22, 1964. Blitzstein was the genius creator of "The Cradle Will Rock" with Orson Welles. Marc was also a collaborator with Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill on "Three Penny Opera." He also worked with Lillian Hellman's "Toys in the Attic." He was murdered for daring to be Gay in a foreign land.
The Balloon Loon Fetishist
June 30, 2022 10:00 - 10 minutes - 14.6 MBA balloon loon loves the bloom of a helium loom. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles discusses what it means when a viewer has a helium balloon fetish and then asks for compliance.
Judaism and Abortion, Plus Balloons
June 23, 2022 10:00 - 18 minutes - 25.4 MBCan Judaism save abortion rights? In this Boles.tv live stream, David Boles takes on the idea that Jews can save a woman's right to choose. Can the Supreme Court of the United States remove centuries of Talmudic law to try and reverse Roe v. Wade? Plus, balloons.
A Scam of the Deaf Against the Deaf
June 16, 2022 10:00 - 37 minutes - 51.4 MBThere's a scam going around the Deaf community. There's an offer of big money in exchange for a little bit of money -- and Deaf people are getting ripped off by the scammers... who may also be Deaf people! There is no such thing as a government grant, community grant or not, that YOU have to pay for upfront. Don't touch your Cash.App, or your PayPal, or your 401K retirement fund! That money belongs to you, not the scammers!