Latest Assumption Podcast Episodes
131. Regretting Parenthood
Preconceived - November 02, 2021 05:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsFew would admit to regretting their decision to become parents. But that doesn't mean there are not people who do indeed regret the choice to have kids. Is it possible to still love your children while regretting the choice to have had them? Is the admission of regret necessarily a bad thing? Or...
How To Be An Adult
Preconceived - October 26, 2021 05:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe boundary between adolescence and adulthood is naturally blurred. Usually, there is no distinct moment in which you seize to be a “youth” and begin to be an “adult”. But more important than identifying a key moment in time when this transition occurs, what does it actually mean to “become an...
130. How To Be An Adult
Preconceived - October 26, 2021 05:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe boundary between adolescence and adulthood is naturally blurred. Usually, there is no distinct moment in which you seize to be a “youth” and begin to be an “adult”. But more important than identifying a key moment in time when this transition occurs, what does it actually mean to “become an...
Questioning Christianity
Preconceived - October 19, 2021 05:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsChristianity is the most commonly practiced religion in the world, with over 2.3 billion people identifying as Christians. Not surprisingly, the life of Jesus Christ is at the core of Christianity. Many of Christianity’s rituals, philosophies and belief systems are based on the events of his li...
129. Questioning Christianity
Preconceived - October 19, 2021 05:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsChristianity is the most commonly practiced religion in the world, with over 2.3 billion people identifying as Christians. Not surprisingly, the life of Jesus Christ is at the core of Christianity. Many of Christianity’s rituals, philosophies and belief systems are based on the events of his li...
128. Money - The True Story of a Made-Up Thing
Preconceived - October 12, 2021 05:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsMoney did not always exist in its current form. There was a time when goods and services were just exchanged for one another, without actual coins or cash changing hands. The preconception is that our current monetary system, the status quo, makes complete sense. But as millennia of history ha...
Money - The True Story of a Made-Up Thing
Preconceived - October 12, 2021 05:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsMoney did not always exist in its current form. There was a time when goods and services were just exchanged for one another, without actual coins or cash changing hands. The preconception is that our current monetary system, the status quo, makes complete sense. But as millennia of history ha...
Selling Sex (Repost)
Preconceived - October 05, 2021 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsBoth the legality of prostitution and the ethics of sex work are highly debated topics worldwide. Is there anything inherently wrong with a person deciding to sell sex for money? Beyond this, what is the relationship between sex work, and the very different but often conflated topic of sex traf...
Selling Sex (Repost)
Preconceived - October 05, 2021 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsBoth the legality of prostitution and the ethics of sex work are highly debated topics worldwide. Is there anything inherently wrong with a person deciding to sell sex for money? Beyond this, what is the relationship between sex work, and the very different but often conflated topic of sex traffi...
127. The Psychedelic Trip
Preconceived - September 28, 2021 05:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWhat is like to be on a psychedelic "trip", and what can it teach one about life's meaning and purpose? What kind of alternate form of reality and consciousness, if any, do psychedelics tap into?Jon Folak, who goes by the moniker, The Traveling Nobody, joins the podcast to discuss his psychedeli...
The Psychedelic Trip
Preconceived - September 28, 2021 05:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWhat is like to be on a psychedelic "trip", and what can it teach one about life's meaning and purpose? What kind of alternate form of reality and consciousness, if any, do psychedelics tap into?Jon Folak, who goes by the moniker, The Traveling Nobody, joins the podcast to discuss his psychedeli...
126. Medieval Times
Preconceived - September 21, 2021 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWorld-renowned author and historian Susan Wise Bauer rejoins the podcast to shed some "light" on the "dark ages", more commonly known as the Middle Ages. Why is this 1,000 year period of human history considered with generally negative regard? Is the Middle Ages even a real thing, or just somethi...
Medieval Times
Preconceived - September 21, 2021 05:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWorld-renowned author and historian Susan Wise Bauer rejoins the podcast to shed some "light" on the "dark ages", more commonly known as the Middle Ages. Why is this 1,000 year period of human history considered with generally negative regard? Is the Middle Ages even a real thing, or just somethi...
The 'Middle Ages'
Preconceived - September 21, 2021 05:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWorld-renowned author and historian Susan Wise Bauer rejoins the podcast to shed some "light" on the "dark ages", more commonly known as the Middle Ages. Why is this 1,000 year period of human history considered with generally negative regard? Is the Middle Ages even a real thing, or just somet...
125. Reimagining Education
Preconceived - September 14, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsOur younger years are dominated by education. The foundation of our daily routine is attending school, and the overarching purpose of our lives, so to speak, is to become educated before entering the “real world”. But for all the hours, days and years spent sitting in classrooms, is our conventio...
Reimagining Education
Preconceived - September 14, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSusan Wise Bauer's Website https://susanwisebauer.com/
Reimagining Education
Preconceived - September 14, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsOur younger years are dominated by education. The foundation of our daily routine is attending school, and the overarching purpose of our lives, so to speak, is to become educated before entering the “real world”. But for all the hours, days and years spent sitting in classrooms, is our convent...
124. The Choice Paradox
Preconceived - September 07, 2021 09:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe choices available to humans have perhaps never been as widespread as they are in the 21st century. This can apply to the simple things like our choice in restaurants, tv shows, and books, and to the more serious life decisions, like which career to pursue, which partner to choose, and trying ...
The Choice Paradox
Preconceived - September 07, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe choices available to humans have perhaps never been as widespread as they are in the 21st century. This can apply to the simple things like our choice in restaurants, tv shows, and books, and to the more serious life decisions, like which career to pursue, which partner to choose, and trying...
The Choice Paradox
Preconceived - September 07, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsDr. Eva Krockow https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/npb/people/emk12 https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/contributors/eva-m-krockow-phd
123. Alzheimer's
Preconceived - August 31, 2021 09:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsAlzheimer’s and other forms of dementia can be devastating diseases for both the patients and families affected. What is it like in the early stages of dementia, when one is aware of the further cognitive decline that is to come? When the disease becomes more advanced, is there any benefit in reo...
Alzheimer's
Preconceived - August 31, 2021 09:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsAlzheimer’s and other forms of dementia can be devastating diseases for both the patients and families affected. What is it like in the early stages of dementia, when one is aware of the further cognitive decline that is to come? When the disease becomes more advanced, is there any benefit in r...
Alzheimer's
Preconceived - August 31, 2021 09:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsAlzheimer’s and other forms of dementia can be devastating diseases for both the patients and families affected. What is it like in the early stages of dementia, when one is aware of the further cognitive decline that is to come? When the disease becomes more advanced, is there any benefit in...
The American Military - 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' (Part 2)
Preconceived - August 26, 2021 17:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn this sequel episode, former American infantryman Alan Leggitt shares his experience of serving in the military as bisexual during the era of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". Under this policy, which was only lifted in 2011, members of the American military were not allowed to reveal or ask questions ...
The American Military - 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' (Part 2)
Preconceived - August 26, 2021 17:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn this sequel episode, former American infantryman Alan Leggitt shares his experience of serving in the military as bisexual during the era of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". Under this policy, which was only lifted in 2011, members of the American military were not allowed to reveal or ask question...
122. The American Military - 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' (Part 2)
Preconceived - August 26, 2021 17:30 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn this sequel episode, former American infantryman Alan Leggitt shares his experience of serving in the military as bisexual during the era of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". Under this policy, which was only lifted in 2011, members of the American military were not allowed to reveal or ask questions r...
The American Military - "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (Part 2)
Preconceived - August 26, 2021 17:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn this sequel episode, former American infantryman Alan Leggitt shares his experience of serving in the military as bisexual during the era of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". Under this policy, which was only lifted in 2011, members of the American military were not allowed to reveal or ask questions ...
The American Military - Chasing Ghosts (Part 1)
Preconceived - August 23, 2021 09:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsBeing part of the military is widely viewed as something honorable, dutiful and patriotic. But as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have endured for so long over the past two decades, many questions have arisen. Are the sacrifices that American citizens have been asked to make for their country ...
121. The American Military - Chasing Ghosts (Part 1)
Preconceived - August 23, 2021 09:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsBeing part of the military is widely viewed as something honorable, dutiful and patriotic. But as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have endured for so long over the past two decades, many questions have arisen. Are the sacrifices that American citizens have been asked to make for their country al...
The American Military - Chasing Ghosts (Part 1)
Preconceived - August 23, 2021 09:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsBeing part of the military is widely viewed as something honorable, dutiful and patriotic. But as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have endured for so long over the past two decades, many questions have arisen. Are the sacrifices that American citizens have been asked to make for their countr...
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