Confronting Consciousness
Discussing the meaning and origins of consciousness from multiple perspectives. Originally published on March 10, 2021.
A Message to Conservatives: Discussing the need for principled conservatives in the fight for our democracy. Originally published on February 4, 2021.
Fighting Climate Change: Discussing global warming, the impacts of climate change, and what we need to do to avert a climate disaster on a global scale. Originally published on September 6 2021.
The Portland Protests: Discussing the 90 days of protests in Portland, Oregon. Originally published on August 28, 2020.
Extraterrestrial Life and Alien Visitors: Analyzing recent ET stories in the news. Originally published August 15, 2020.
What Might Be: On this episode, we discuss the different threats that face humanity, including nuclear war, climate change, super-viruses, artificial intelligence, massive cyberattacks, monster meteors, super-volcanoes, global tyranny, plus who we might become and what we might accomplish, if we overcome them all. Originally published on January 1, 2022.
The Health Benefits of Faith: On this episode, Jordan and I discuss the overwhelming scientific evidence showing that having a spiritual faith in a benevolent creator along with regular church service attendance is strongly associated with better mental and physical health and talk about the different potential reasons for why this is the case. Originally published on Buzzsprout on January 3, 2024.
Political Terminologies and Other Misused and Misunderstood Words: On this episode, Jordan and discuss the definitions or many political terminologies, how they are often misused, and the widespread misunderstanding this creates. Originally published on Buzzsprout on December 6, 2023.
The Origins of Hate: On this episode, Jordan and I discuss the powerfully destructive long-term emotion of hate, why humans hate, the areas of the brain involved in hatred, its effects on the human body, genocide, the recent spike in hate crimes, and how to stop hating. Originally published on Buzzsprout on September 21, 2023.
Nuclear War Near Misses: On this episode, Jordan and I discuss the shockingly numerous nuclear war near misses the United States has had with Russia since the 1950s, as well as many disturbing nuclear weapons accidents (Broken Arrows) that have occurred in that time. We also discuss different options for eliminating or reducing the extreme dangers caused by possessing nuclear weapons. Originally published on Buzzsprout on August 19, 2023.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI): On this episode, Jordan and I discuss the four different types of AI, the difference between AI and AGI, the ubiquity of AI already in our lives, their benefits, costs and potential harms, and how we should proceed with these revolutionary technological advancements. Originally published on Buzzsprout on July 27, 2023.
Housing First: On this episode of The Breakdown, Jordan and I discuss the Housing First approach, where people experiencing homelessness are not required to be sober, employed, or to complete a treatment program to obtain housing. We talk about the success rates of the approach, how it works, as well as many other aspects regarding the US homeless crisis, and what needs to be done to house the nearly 600,000 homeless in America today. Originally published on Buzzsprout on June 30, 2023.
