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Escaping Imperialism: Where Does Darth Vader Get His Lithium?

Crazy Town - May 15, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour
Perhaps no community has undergone more versions of imperialism than the tiny island nation of Nauru, which has morphed from being "Pleasant Island" to the mined-out home of offshore banks, discarded refugees, and deep sea mining interests. Jason, Rob, and Asher take a bad trip to wrap their hea...

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Fill Me In #442: Permanently distanced from perfection.

Fill Me In - May 14, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 101 ratings
This week, Ryan and Brian review the days of the months, attempt to choreograph a song that doesn't exist, and learn a few letters of Morse code. Yikes, was that a woodpecker? If you get bored (how could you?!), write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, do...

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Avoid Therapy: Here Is How To Change Your Feelings

Rabbi Daniel Lapin's podcast - May 13, 2024 02:37 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 217 ratings
The great anthropological hoax that launched feminism. How Margaret Meade and her gang of ideological thugs ruined the lives of countless young women. You can change how you feel--about anything but use this powerful tool with great care. Why so many more women are now perpetrating acts of crimi...

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Escaping Capitalism: How to Replace the "Logic" of Psychopaths, Pharma Bros, and Private Prisons

Crazy Town - May 08, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour
Capitalism ruins SO many things, from key sectors like college sports all the way down to novelties like people's health and the environment. Jason, Rob, and Asher rely on their keen insight and otherworldly investigative talents to somehow unearth a few flaws of capitalism. But rather than wall...

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Escaping Capitalism: How to Replace the "Logic" of Psychopaths, Pharma Bros, and Private Prisons

Crazy Town - May 08, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
Capitalism ruins SO many things, from key sectors like college sports all the way down to novelties like people's health and the environment. Jason, Rob, and Asher rely on their keen insight and otherworldly investigative talents to somehow unearth a few flaws of capitalism. But rather than wall...

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Fill Me In #441: Protected vellum out of a sleeve.

Fill Me In - May 07, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 101 ratings
This week, Ryan and Brian are each a little pestier than usual, and ... okay, being real, Brian was super grumpy and Ryan wasn't making things any better. No Kealoa this week, but there is a useless fact, plus a Thunder Round of non-NYT puzzles: "Permanent Record" by Daniel Bodily (Universal, A...

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Episode 319: #206 Reflections on Socialism w/ Nick Rogers

From Alpha To Omega - May 07, 2024 00:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratings
This week I am delighted to welcome Nick Rogers to the podcast to talk about his recent paper “Reflections on the Economics of Socialism” that he wrote for a recent special issue of the Journal of Global Faultlines.  Nicks Paper: https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169...

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Surviving and Thriving in the Coming Crisis With Doug Casey

Outer Limits Of Inner Truth - May 02, 2024 03:29 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 724 ratings
Surviving and Thriving in the Coming Crisis With Doug Casey Doug Casey has garnered a well-earned reputation for his erudite (and often controversial) insights into politics, economics, and investment markets. Doug is widely respected as one of the preeminent authorities on “rational speculation,...

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Surviving and Thriving in the Coming Crisis With Doug Casey

Outer Limits Of Inner Truth - May 02, 2024 03:29 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Surviving and Thriving in the Coming Crisis With Doug Casey Doug Casey has garnered a well-earned reputation for his erudite (and often controversial) insights into politics, economics, and investment markets. Doug is widely respected as one of the preeminent authorities on “rational speculation,...

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Escaping Growthism: Wendigo Economics, Mystery Houses, and Becoming the Bear

Crazy Town - May 01, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour
Grow or die. It's the governing principle of companies, investment portfolios, national economies, and even philanthropic foundations. Oh, and cancer. Asher, Jason, and Rob lay bare the stats on everything from human population, energy consumption, global GDP, greenhouse gas emissions, and the s...

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Escaping Growthism: Wendigo Economics, Mystery Houses, and Becoming the Bear

Crazy Town - May 01, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
Grow or die. It's the governing principle of companies, investment portfolios, national economies, and even philanthropic foundations. Oh, and cancer. Asher, Jason, and Rob lay bare the stats on everything from human population, energy consumption, global GDP, greenhouse gas emissions, and the s...

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Production Lab: Experiment 1 - The Jugger

Mike Garrigan Podcast - May 01, 2024 04:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
www.mikegarrigan.com - Singer/songwriter Mike Garrigan shares the first experiment from his Production Lab.  Given the prompt "Record a song using a 2000s approach (LCD Soundsystem)" and a month in which to work, Mike produced "The Jugger." Hear the song and a detailed description of the entire ...

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Fill Me In #440: They mask their torpidity in a veneer of cleverness.

Fill Me In - April 30, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 101 ratings
This week, Ryan and Brian don't have iPads, don't have endorsement deals, don't enjoy meaningless facts or guessing games, and don't really like most of the puzzles they solved. Honestly, if you're looking to take a week off from FMI, this might be the week to take. If you get bored (how coul...

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Separation: The Strange Secret of Marital Togetherness

Rabbi Daniel Lapin's podcast - April 26, 2024 20:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 217 ratings
Unless you're the Post Office or a University, you do not offer lifetime employment to new hires. It is a bad business practice. So why do we marry and say to each other, "this is forever" or "till death us do part"? Tenure is not good at the post office and not good at universities, so why does...

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Escaping Globalism: Rebuilding the Local Economy One Pig Thyroid at a Time

Crazy Town - April 24, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
From the top of a skyscraper in Dubai, Jason, Rob, and Asher chug margaritas made from the purest Greenland glacier ice as they cover the "merits" of globalism. International trade brings so many things, like murder hornets, piles of plastic tchotchkes, and deadly supply chain disruptions. The o...

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Escaping Globalism: Rebuilding the Local Economy One Pig Thyroid at a Time

Crazy Town - April 24, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour
From the top of a skyscraper in Dubai, Jason, Rob, and Asher chug margaritas made from the purest Greenland glacier ice as they cover the "merits" of globalism. International trade brings so many things, like murder hornets, piles of plastic tchotchkes, and deadly supply chain disruptions. The o...

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Fill Me In #439: I am not going to enjoy the end of this.

Fill Me In - April 23, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 101 ratings
This week, Ryan and Brian speak over music, customize their burgers, share more McCartneys than Jesuses, and offer one of the most nail-biting thrillers Kealoa has ever known -- but we won't harp on it, give a listen yourself. If you get bored (how could you?!), write something for the Fill ...

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The Whole Truth About Aliens-Finally!

Rabbi Daniel Lapin's podcast - April 19, 2024 20:14 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 217 ratings
Because of all the controversy about Unidentified Flying Objects being spotted and the debates about whether aliens from another planet walk on Earth, your rabbi had decided that, as a public service, the whole truth about aliens will today be shared. In today's show, you will find out the entir...

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Escaping Technologyism: Dreams of AI Sheep and the Deadliest Word in Film History

Crazy Town - April 17, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
Modern humans have a Stockholm Syndrome relationship to technology, which has kidnapped us while convincing us it has our best interests in mind. But when one looks back at the history of plastics or the current frenzy around AI, it isn't hard to see the insanity of doubling down on new technolo...

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Escaping Technologyism: Dreams of AI Sheep and the Deadliest Word in Film History

Crazy Town - April 17, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour
Modern humans have a Stockholm Syndrome relationship to technology, which has kidnapped us while convincing us it has our best interests in mind. But when one looks back at the history of plastics or the current frenzy around AI, it isn't hard to see the insanity of doubling down on new technolo...

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Fill Me In #438: Once the tiger goes extinct, you’re left with Gena Rowlands.

Fill Me In - April 16, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 101 ratings
This week, reigning ACPT champion Paolo Pasco stops by for a chat, but not before Ryan and Brian learn a few new facts about defiant bagel slingers, George Lopez, and the curious lives of Captain and Tennille. Here are links to Paolo's work at the Atlantic, The New Yorker, his XWordInfo profil...

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Romance and Reality-Money and Marriage

Rabbi Daniel Lapin's podcast - April 14, 2024 18:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 217 ratings
The writing on the wall: Playboy Magazine in 1966. "Friends" sitcom in 1996. "Two and a Half Men" sitcom in 2006. What really happened during those 40 years. "Find a husband on campus before you graduate" wrote Princeton alumna Susan Patton in 2014 to her daughter, a Princeton coed. She generate...

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Multiple worlds, containing multitudes

COMPLEXITY: Physics of Life - April 10, 2024 18:42 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 239 ratings
Guests:  Heather Graham, Research Associate at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Hosts: Abha Eli Phoboo & Chris Kempes Producer: Katherine Moncure Podcast theme music by: Mitch Mignano Additional sound credits: Digifish music; “Determination of Azimuth,” written by Heather Graham, staged at ...

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Escaping Speedism: How to Slow Down and Enjoy the Collapse

Crazy Town - April 10, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
Consult your inner tortoise to find novel ways of slowing down and living the good life. In a world haunted by just-in-time delivery, hyperactive business, accelerating environmental calamities, and metric tons of stress, Jason, Rob, and Asher work at a fast and furious pace to savor the moments...

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Escaping Speedism: How to Slow Down and Enjoy the Collapse

Crazy Town - April 10, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour
Consult your inner tortoise to find novel ways of slowing down and living the good life. In a world haunted by just-in-time delivery, hyperactive business, accelerating environmental calamities, and metric tons of stress, Jason, Rob, and Asher work at a fast and furious pace to savor the moments...

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Fill Me In #437: The theme is the pimento.

Fill Me In - April 09, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 101 ratings
This week, Brian returns from the ACPT with all the news (but none of the puzzles), and Ryan hacks and coughs his way through another Thunder Round with all the puzzles (but none of the news?). Look, just because we don't think Alex Eaton-Salners is actually Will Shortz doesn't mean that he coul...

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How To Turn Gaza Into Singapore & Fix Your Finances

Rabbi Daniel Lapin's podcast - April 05, 2024 22:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 217 ratings
Though far smaller than the failed economies of Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Somalia, or Haiti, success stories like Singapore, Dubai, and Malta stand out as bright beacons of peace and prosperity. Why, since 2005, has Gaza resembled the former? We learn the main reasons why some countries thrive financ...

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Leaving The Matrix with Jeff Berwick

Outer Limits Of Inner Truth - April 04, 2024 02:20 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 724 ratings
Anarcho-Capitalist. Libertarian. Freedom fighter against mankind’s two biggest enemies, the State and the Central Banks. Jeff Berwick founded  (TDV) in 2010 with Ed Bugos. Jeff is a prominent speaker at many of the world’s freedom, investment and cryptocurrency conferences including , his own ann...

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Leaving The Matrix with Jeff Berwick

Outer Limits Of Inner Truth - April 04, 2024 02:20 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Anarcho-Capitalist. Libertarian. Freedom fighter against mankind’s two biggest enemies, the State and the Central Banks. Jeff Berwick founded  (TDV) in 2010 with Ed Bugos. Jeff is a prominent speaker at many of the world’s freedom, investment and cryptocurrency conferences including , his own ann...

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Escaping Urbanism: Green Acres, Climate Migration, and the End of the Megacity

Crazy Town - April 03, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour
Did a whimsical 1960s TV sitcom presage climate migration and a reversal of urban growth? We're not calling for a Godzilla-esque teardown of cities, but climate change is forcing a serious urban rethink. Jason, Rob, and Asher offer visions of better infrastructure, policies, and culture that you...