The Modest Rebel Podcast
107 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago -Join in the courageous pursuit of wisdom with fearless and honest discussions, and maybe a splash of insanity. www.mattymarch.com
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The Laws of Thought
January 28, 2024 22:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBMatt explains some important concepts in logic, including the three laws of thought, consistency, reason, axioms, proof and truth, while emphasizing their importance in combating arbitrary power. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swallow: Authenticity a...
#72 - A Threshold Existence
January 14, 2024 19:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBMatthew discusses 'A Threshold Existence,' a concept inspired by Janus, the God of Doors. Topics include New Year's resolutions, principles, meaning and responsibility, and inquires about the extent to which we occupy a space in between two places. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information a...
#71 - The Fourth Most Dangerous Conversation About Mental Health - Part 2
December 18, 2023 21:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBPart 2 of 2. Matt and Derek make their annual contribution to the conversation about mental health with an update on Matt's mental health and the value of therapy for most people. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swallow: Authenticity and Love, includ...
#71 - The Fourth Most Dangerous Conversation About Mental Health - Part 1
December 18, 2023 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBPart 1 of 2. Matt and Derek make their annual contribution to the conversation about mental health with an update on Derek's mental health and the popularization of trauma in culture. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swallow: Authenticity and Love, in...
PIG Knowledge: Baby Settlers
December 06, 2023 00:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBAn introduction to PIG Knowledge and an examination of commentary to exemplify how to recognize it. Featuring a small clip of a conversation between #hasanpiker and #ethanklein Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swallow: Authenticity and Love, includin...
Do Colleges Promote Victimhood?
August 12, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 51.7 MBMatt reviews a discussion between Douglas Murray and Vivek Ramaswamey about victimhood and heroism. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swallow: Authenticity and Love, including reviews and where you can buy it: https://www.mattymarch.com/
Assumptions - Modest Rebel Dictionary
June 30, 2023 14:00 - 36 seconds - 481 KBThe Modest Rebel Dictionary is a philosophical dictionary. Its purpose is to inspire independent and rational thought, not to prescribe truth. Read the complete dictionary here: https://www.mattymarch.com/mrdmain Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swal...
Asshole - Modest Rebel Dictionary
June 29, 2023 14:00 - 30 seconds - 406 KBThe Modest Rebel Dictionary is a philosophical dictionary. Its purpose is to inspire independent and rational thought, not to prescribe truth. Read the complete dictionary here: https://www.mattymarch.com/mrdmain Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swal...
Anxiety - Modest Rebel Dictionary
June 28, 2023 14:00 - 5 minutes - 3.66 MBThe Modest Rebel Dictionary is a philosophical dictionary. Its purpose is to inspire independent and rational thought, not to prescribe truth. Read the complete dictionary here: https://www.mattymarch.com/mrdmain Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swal...
Allegiance - Modest Rebel Dictionary
June 28, 2023 14:00 - 1 minute - 1.42 MBThe Modest Rebel Dictionary is a philosophical dictionary. Its purpose is to inspire independent and rational thought, not to prescribe truth. Read the complete dictionary here: https://www.mattymarch.com/mrdmain Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swal...
Activism - Modest Rebel Dictionary
June 26, 2023 14:00 - 34 seconds - 459 KBThe Modest Rebel Dictionary is a philosophical dictionary. Its purpose is to inspire independent and rational thought, not to prescribe truth. Read the complete dictionary here: https://www.mattymarch.com/mrdmain Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swal...
4 - Modest Rebel Dictionary
June 25, 2023 14:00 - 1 minute - 1.02 MBThe Modest Rebel Dictionary is a philosophical dictionary. Its purpose is to inspire independent and rational thought, not to prescribe truth. Read the complete dictionary here: https://www.mattymarch.com/mrdmain Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swal...
Activist - Modest Rebel Dictionary
June 25, 2023 14:00 - 30 seconds - 407 KBThe Modest Rebel Dictionary is a philosophical dictionary. Its purpose is to inspire independent and rational thought, not to prescribe truth. Read the complete dictionary here: https://www.mattymarch.com/mrdmain Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swal...
Dark Triad - Modest Rebel Dictionary
May 31, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 9.22 MBThe Modest Rebel Dictionary is a philosophical dictionary. Its purpose is to inspire independent and rational thought, not to prescribe truth. Read the complete dictionary here: https://www.mattymarch.com/mrdmain Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swal...
#70 - New WHO Treaty is Evil
April 26, 2023 20:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBMatt and Derek discuss the new WHO treaty that would provide them with far-reaching and legally binding powers over sovereign nations. They review a portion of a debate bought forward in the UK Parliament by outspoken MP Andrew Bridgen in order to lay out some of the highlights of the treaty. Topics include the structure of the WHO, the prospective changes to the existing treaty, and the concerns that arise with its implementation. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, ar...
#69 - Social Media Fallout
April 03, 2023 21:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBMatt and Derek discuss the harms of social media. Topics include recently released research regarding its harm on children, its effects on IQ, parental intuitions and inaction, the differences between television and the internet, attention and focus, and reward patterns. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written disco...
#68 - All About Hate
March 08, 2023 14:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBMatt and Derek discuss hate. Topics include the shift in how it is discussed and how it is to be addressed, causes, censorship, banned books, human worth, the conflation of criticism as hatred, and the misplaced view that hate is the worst human emotion. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and informa...
#67 - Social Contract Confusion
February 21, 2023 02:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBOn the first episode after rebranding to The Modest Rebel Podcast, Matt and Derek discuss the social contract. Topics include its original conceptualization, how it is currently being deceitfully misused, the absence of clarity and specificity when it is invoked, and the importance of having conversations about such things. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modes...
#66 - The 3rd Most Dangerous Conversation About Mental Health
December 04, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBOn the two year anniversary of their first episode, Matt and Derek re-visit the subject of mental health. They both share how their mental health has been doing this past year, including what helped and what aggravated their mental states. Take care of yourself and one another, and if you need help, please speak with someone who can help. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my websi...
Christopher Hitchens on Hate Speech Review
November 11, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBMatt reviews the arguments made by Christopher Hitchens in a debate at the Hart House at the University of Toronto in 2006. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swallow: Authenticity and Love, including reviews and where you can buy it: https://www.mattyma...
#65 - The Boy Crisis: Dad Deprivation
September 19, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 47.8 MB"Between the sexes, there is no such thing as “winning.” Whenever only one sex wins, both sexes lose. " -Warren Farrell, PhD Matt and Derek introduce the epidemic of suffering boys using the book The Boy Crisis by Dr. Warren Farrell and Dr. John Gray as a basis for guiding the discussion. Topics include the validity of one sex being able to "win," incoherent attitudes about the success of men vs women, clear and often surprising evidence that illustrates the problem, the disparities betw...
#64 - The West Failed Salman Rushdie
August 19, 2022 03:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBMatt and Derek discuss the recent attack on Salman Rushdie and how the West has failed to support Western values such as free speech in the modern era. Topics include the history of the Satanic Verses, the response of the West, whether words are violence, the criticism of ideas, and the implications of religious provincialism. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Mo...
#63 - Canadians Talk Smack About Americans
August 04, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBMatt (Canadian) shares the prevailing anti-American sentiment that many Canadians display and Derek (American) responds. Such criticisms and commentary include that Americans are boorish and rude, ignorant and uncultured, too prideful or patriotic, dumb with a low-quality public education system, they have a broken health care system, the individualistic versus collectivist mindset, a melting pot versus a multicultural approach to immigration, and their categorization as gun-loving rednecks...
#62 - Activist Phobias
July 24, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBMatt and Derek discuss the misuse of the term "phobia" in the modern era, and what is being inferred by those who direct it at others. Topics include xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, fatphobia, Islamophobia, what is trying to be achieved by those use these terms, the validity of the title "activist," and how to interpret what is meant by those who use these words. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original...
Confident Ignorance & Tyranny
July 17, 2022 18:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBIs this the hot take we need? Matt expresses his concerns with the connection between an uninformed citizenry and the imposition of tyranny. What do you actually know about Roe v Wade, vaccines and autism, gender and sex, climate change, democracy and human rights? How does our failure to adequately understand and discuss these issues openly encourage tyranny? Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original con...
#61 - Happiness is Found in Small Business
June 26, 2022 21:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBMatt and Derek discuss the value of small workplaces in contributing to happiness and mental well-being. Topics include entrepreneurship, the difference between small and large workplaces, competence and empowerment, reward for efforts, and mental health. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and inform...
A Reliable Definition of Truth
June 20, 2022 21:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBMatt shares an excerpt from The Song and the Swallow: Authenticity & Love, and he offers a reliable and useful definition of truth. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swallow: Authenticity and Love, including reviews and where you can buy it: https://www...
#60 - Are Governments Effective?
June 13, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 42 MBMatt and Derek discuss the efficacy of government. Topics include the assumptions about competence, bureaucracy, the government as a business, the tendency of tyranny, and the inappropriate off-loading of human responsibility to such an entity. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about...
#59 - Lessons from the Depp-Heard Trial
June 05, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBMatt and Derek share their thoughts about the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial. Topics include personality disorders, the case itself, media coverage, the failure of media to pivot, the clash of narratives from those who support one side or the other, the popularity of lawyer-guided content. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone...
Question for Jordan Peterson!
June 01, 2022 01:00 - 4 minutes - 3.22 MBMatt poses a question about the presence of dark triad personalities in academia. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swallow: Authenticity and Love, including reviews and where you can buy it: https://www.mattymarch.com/
#58 - The Super Power of Critical Thinking
May 24, 2022 18:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBMatt and Derek discuss the value and importance of critical thinking. Topics include cognitive behavioural therapy, introspection and self-reflection, success, personal priorities, and truth. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swallow: Authenticity and ...
The Best Advice I Never Took
May 20, 2022 01:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBMatt shares a story about his experience with vigilantism and redemption, and offers his thoughts on whether it is wiser to pursue your passions in life, or your talents. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swallow: Authenticity and Love, including review...
#57 - Elden Ring Rocks
May 09, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBMatt and Derek take a breather and discuss something fun: Elden Ring. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swallow: Authenticity and Love, including reviews and where you can buy it: https://www.mattymarch.com/
#56 - Equity in Euthanasia?
April 23, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBMatt and Derek discuss the implications and potential outcomes associated with the introduction of equity into euthanasia by virtue of Canada's Bill C-7. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swallow: Authenticity and Love, including reviews and where you c...
#55 - Stakeholder Theory is Communism
April 09, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour - 44.7 MBMatt and Derek examine the flagship approach of the World Economic Forum: Stakeholder Theory. The theory is covered using information from the Stakeholder Theory website, and a TEDx presentation by the originator of the theory, R. Edward Freeman, is dissected in order to draw some conclusions about the intentions, trustworthiness, plausibility, coherence, and legitimacy of the theory. Spoiler: It's Communism. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate ana...
Serpent Special: Conspiracies & Resets - Part 2 of 2
March 29, 2022 21:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBIn part two, Matt continues with his dissection of conspiracy theories and resets by focusing on the Fourth Industrial Revolution a.k.a. the Great Reset. Topics include the WEF, Davos, Young Global Leaders, the unethical nature of this approach, the values of ownership, privacy, and happiness, the social contract and leverage, individual autonomy, the erosion of value and worthiness, determining your degree of concern with respect to the Great Reset, and the troubling landscape in Canada an...
Serpent Special: Conspiracies & Resets - Part 1 of 2
March 29, 2022 18:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBMatt breakdowns conspiracies and resets as concepts, and elaborates on their value in human existence. Topics include defining conspiracy theories and resets, the parsing of the paranormal, Western complacency with respect to them, the human interest in conspiracy theories, the legitimacy of resets, and examples of resets in human history. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my websi...
Has Canada Lost Its Integrity?
March 19, 2022 18:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBMatt discusses his experience with the Office of the Public Service Integrity Commissioner. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swallow: Authenticity and Love, including reviews and where you can buy it: https://www.mattymarch.com/
#54 - The Nature of Truth
March 16, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour - 49.8 MBWhat is truth, if it's anything? Matt and Derek barely scratch the surface of this incredibly difficult and somewhat pedantic topic. Examinations include the precision of truth, contextualization of truth, what cannot be truth, why knowing the truth would be valuable, the incentive to prevent access to truth, and what may be concluded if truth no longer seems to matter on a broader social scale? Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary...
#53 - Tobias Schnitzhofer
March 06, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBMatt welcomes Tobias Schnitzhofer to the podcast! Tobi composed the intro and outro themes for the podcast, and they discuss a litany of topics including the value of philosophy, national identities, cynicism and positivity, helping others, fear, beer, and human vulnerability.
#53 - Toby
March 06, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBMatt welcomes Toby to the podcast! Toby composed the intro and outro themes for the podcast, and they discuss a litany of topics including the value of philosophy, national identities, cynicism and positivity, helping others, fear, beer, and human vulnerability. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and...
#52 - Geoff Taylor
March 02, 2022 00:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MBMatt welcomes childhood friend Geoff to this Pantstastic Podcast Episode! Geoff shares important aspects of his life including his upbringing, schooling, struggles with addiction, cardiovascular health, parenting and family, and the adoption of responsibility as an orienting force. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, wr...
Canada: Courtesans & Confusion
February 24, 2022 01:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBMatt shares why he became a public servant and what it means to him to serve the public interest, government values, courtesan public servants, and the demoralization of public servants. Additionally, he shares his thoughts on this past week with respect to the Emergencies Act invocation, the confusion of the citizenry and their role in democracy, how this history will be remembered, post-truth politics and the difference between lying and bullshit. Please subscribe to this channel for pod...
#51 - The Myth of Representation
February 22, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBMatt and Derek discuss the precarious topic of equity through representation. Matt attempts to outline the features of this approach, and he characterizes it as a myth, and Derek shares his frustrations with the effects of representative models on art and entertainment. Topics include the deceitful pitch of such models, the confusing anti-progressive nature of them, the concerns with social engineering, and the thrust of egotism that lays beneath most projects of similar ilk. Please subsc...
#50 - Hazar Alsabagh
February 14, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBMatt welcomes linguist Hazar Alsabagh to the podcast where they discuss linguistics, the individualistic nature and value of education, her experience running for political office, and some insights into the Canadian political landscape. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book...
Philosophical Breakdown: COVID Democracy & Government
February 11, 2022 04:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBIn this breakdown, Matt shares his thoughts on the state of democracy during the pandemic, and the role of government in daily life. Topics include modern expectations of medicine, representative modelling, the Freedom Convoy, the right to protest, the social contract, and he challenges the extent to which free citizens actually enjoy democracy. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out m...
Philosophical Breakdown: COVID & Human Nature
February 11, 2022 04:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBIn this breakdown, Matt shares his thoughts on the clash of pandemic life and our natures as human beings. Topics include immorality and amorality, cynicism about others, justifications for our conduct, the prioritization of convenience, the fear of death and risk, and the human condition. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone co...
Philosophical Breakdown: COVID Information & Truth
February 11, 2022 04:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBIn this breakdown, Matt shares his thoughts on classifications of information during the pandemic, and whether truth can be extrapolated from them. Topics include misinformation and disinformation, weaponizing rhetoric, the nature of truth and evidence, the purpose of science, free speech and persuasion, and the fuss about Joe Rogan. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for...
#49 Covid - Canada vs USA
February 10, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBDerek returns home! He and Matt discuss their respective experiences visiting both Canada and the United States, and the cultural similarities and differences that both unite and divide these countries with respect to politics, identity, and the handling of the current pandemic. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, writt...
#48 - Jon D'Orazio
January 12, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 82.3 MBArtist and Tattooer Jon D'Orazio joins Matt to discuss his personal life, escapism, drug abuse, ranking the Deftones albums, and his obsession with Hot Wheels. Please subscribe to this channel for podcast episodes, argument and debate analysis, dictionary entries, and other original content. Check out my website for The Modest Rebel Dictionary, Hardly Alone comics, written discourse, and information about my book, The Song and the Swallow: Authenticity and Love, including reviews and where...