Latest Illusions Podcast Episodes
EP 33 - The Post-Entertainment Culture of Addiction
Beautiful Illusions - June 23, 2024 17:14 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:25 - “The State of the Culture, 2024” by Ted Gioia (The Honest Broker, 2024) 4:10 - Gioia cites Huxley’s Brave New World, which takes place...
EP 32 - We Read So We Can Talk
Beautiful Illusions - April 14, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:26 - See “Something Went Terribly Wrong With Online Ads” (The Atlantic, 2024) and “Uber’s Ad Network Continues To Grow” (Marketing Brew, 202...
EP 31 - Life, Art, & Experience: A Conversation
Beautiful Illusions - January 14, 2024 14:42 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:30 - Listen to “Now And Then” by The Beatles (YouTube) 3:24 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 22 - What is Life? from March 2022 6:4...
EP 30 - What Does It Mean To Be A Man?
Beautiful Illusions - November 26, 2023 05:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 5:40 - See the toxic masculinity Wikipedia entry 6:04 - Listen to the August 7, 2023 episode of The Gray Area podcast, “The New Crisis of Mas...
EP 29 - Vacation Part 2: It's A Process
Beautiful Illusions - October 08, 2023 09:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 4:12 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 26 - Vacation: The Pedantics & Semantics from November 2022 8:40 - Sometimes vacations are the o...
EP 28 - Alcohol: To Drink, Or Not To Drink?
Beautiful Illusions - July 30, 2023 04:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:30 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 10 - Craft Beer Culture: A Personal History from January 2021 3:07 - Listen to Sean Carroll’s Mi...
EP 27 - A Gluten-Free Beautiful Illusion
Beautiful Illusions - February 26, 2023 06:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:05 - See “What is Celiac Disease?” and “What is Gluten?” (Celiac Disease Foundation) 9:24 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 16 - Part...
EP 26 - Vacation: The Pedantics & Semantics
Beautiful Illusions - January 01, 2023 05:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:50 - The “Hunting House” is in Clarendon, VT 7:10 - See “Are Burgers and Hot Dog Sandwiches?” (The Daily Meal, 2021) 7:40 - See “It Was Sh...
EP 25 - Living the Dream
Beautiful Illusions - November 06, 2022 19:41 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 7:28 - See “Negativity Bias” (The Decision Lab) and the abstract of “Not all emotions are created equal: The negativity bias in social-emotion...
EP 24 - Slaughterhouse Five: A Look Through the Cognitive Lens
Beautiful Illusions - July 03, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:00 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 15 - The Mind of Gatsby: A Look Through the Cognitive Lens from June 2021 2:16 - Watch Carol Tav...
EP 23 - The Church of Music
Beautiful Illusions - May 01, 2022 16:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:07 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 22 - What is Life? from March 2022 (but recorded in January 2022) 3:48 - Listen to Luciano Pavar...
EP 22 - What is Life?
Beautiful Illusions - March 06, 2022 09:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:20 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 21 - The Myth of the Desert Island Self from January 2022 4:30 - Listen to the excellent Strong ...
EP 21 - The Myth of the Desert Island Self
Beautiful Illusions - January 02, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:47 - Jeff’s 5 old desert island “favorite” books: Visions of Gerard by Jack Kerouac, Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins, Cat’s Cradle...
EP 20 - Reflections on a Year of Beautiful Illusions
Beautiful Illusions - November 07, 2021 19:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:43 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 10 - Craft Beer Culture: A Personal History from January 2021 5:10 - Athletic Brewing Company 6...
EP 19 - How We Learn Like A Scout: Critically Thinking About Critical Thinking
Beautiful Illusions - October 03, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:15 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 18 - Making Progress Better from September 2021 8:36 - AP English Language and Composition (Coll...
EP 18 - Making Progress Better
Beautiful Illusions - September 05, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:12 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 17 - BI Book Club 1: The Reality Bubble from July 2021, where we discuss Ziya Tong’s 2019 book Th...
EP 17 - BI Book Club 1: THE REALITY BUBBLE
Beautiful Illusions - August 01, 2021 10:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:23 - Listen to Mindscape Episode 133: Ziya Tong on Realities We Don’t See for an overview and discussion of ideas Tong presents in her 2019 ...
EP 16 - Partisan Pizza
Beautiful Illusions - July 04, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:12 - The “Big Mac” pizza is one of of many “Gourmet Pizzas” served at Illiano’s Pizza & Italian Cuisine in Middletown, CT 3:45 - See “The D...
EP 15 - The Mind of Gatsby: A Look Through the Cognitive Lens
Beautiful Illusions - June 06, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:00 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 12 - “A New Enlightenment: The Age of Cognitivism” from March 2021 2:09 - See Seven and a Half L...
EP 14 - Talkin' Baseball Stories & Beautiful Illusions
Beautiful Illusions - May 02, 2021 09:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:19 - The Yankees beat the Indians 1-0 in Game 3 of the 2017 American League Division Series, see “2017 American League Division Series (ALDS...
EP 13 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Politics Part 2: Just the Facts
Beautiful Illusions - April 04, 2021 09:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:10 - Listen to Beautiful Illusions Episode 06 - “What We Talk About When We Talk About Politics” 3:07 - See “U.S. Media Polarization and th...
EP 12 - A New Enlightenment: The Age of Cognitivism
Beautiful Illusions - March 07, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:07 - See “Literary Periods, Movements, and History” (The Literature Network) 5:10 - See “What is Enlightenment?” by Immanuel Kant - “Enligh...
EP 11 - Darwin & The Dude: Darron's Journey to Poetic Naturalism
Beautiful Illusions - February 07, 2021 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:41 - The Darwin Fish 2:59 - “...you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone” (BobDylan.com) from “The Times They Are A-Changin’” ...
EP 10 - Craft Beer Culture: A Personal History
Beautiful Illusions - January 03, 2021 13:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:05 - Treehouse Brewing Company 2:30 - The Brewers Association trade group, which represents the majority of American Brewing companies, def...
EP 09 - Lying About Santa: Naughty or Nice?
Beautiful Illusions - December 20, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode *A note about the audio in this episode - due to COVID this conversation was recorded in a large garage on a brisk 40 degree November Sunday, so there’s a bit of na...
EP 08 - System 2, Superman, & Simulacra: Jeff's Amateur Philosophy
Beautiful Illusions - December 06, 2020 11:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:03 - Existentialism entry from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP) and Existentialism: Crash Course Philosophy #16 (YouTube video)...
EP 07 - Boxing Aristotle
Beautiful Illusions - November 22, 2020 11:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:00 - See the Ten Year Reading Plan from The Great Conversation Reading Group 3:07 - A Game of Thrones Novel & HBO TV Series 4:34 - Bo Kno...
EP 06 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Politics
Beautiful Illusions - November 08, 2020 17:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 5:53 - See “This is why you get worked up about politics, according to science” (CNN, 2017) 7:58 - Difficult Conversations by by Douglas Ston...
EP 05 - It's Alive!
Beautiful Illusions - October 25, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:15 - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Wikipedia entry on Frankenstein) 2:25 - Google image search for Frankenstein (and for Herman Munster) 4...
EP 04 - Too Cultured
Beautiful Illusions - October 11, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsVisit our website BeautifulIllusions.org for a complete set of show notes and links to almost everything discussed in this episode Selected References: 2:00 - Context with Brad Harris podcast episode “The Two Cultures, by C.P. Snow” from November, 2018 2:06 - “The Two Cultures” by C.P. Snow ...
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