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#025- Should You Prepare

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#025- Should You Prepare

It seems that since the inception of civilization, people have been predicting how it will collapse. A common trope in mythology, religion, and science fiction has been that of apocalypse and the ensuing struggle for survival in the aftermath. In the episode, hosts Dexter and Shannon explore evidence for possible cataclysms of the past and potential calamities of the future. The conversation ends in a debate that you are not going to want to miss.

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#017- Societal Guardrails

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#017- Societal Guardrails

Highways allow us to get where we’re going at high speeds, but this convenience doesn’t come without risk. We have the ability to easily travel between locations, but we now have to worry about high speed car wrecks. Our modern lifestyle creates new hazards. Thus, the guardrails were designed to offer protection and minimize risk, but what are other areas of society that need metaphorical guardrails? In this episode, we discuss societal trade-offs - trading in one risk for another. We talk about distinctions between Eastern and Western thought, the advancement of modern medicine, and the emergence of fitness centers. Have we traded in our humanity for the guise of progress?

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#016- Roald Dahl Censorship and More

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#016- Roald Dahl Censorship and More

Roald Dahl has recently become a hot topic of debate regarding censorship, sensitivity, and posthumous changes to art. At the start of 2023, Puffin Books decided to make hundreds of revisions to Dahl’s large collection of works due to feedback from sensitivity readers. Many of these revisions change or erase any text which discusses weight, race, gender, and violence. These changes have many people, including ourselves, asking, “What do we think about this?” In this episode, we discuss our opinions on these revisions, the implications of censorship, and if an author can be separated from his works.

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#015- Cultural Residue

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#015- Cultural Residue

Do you own your culture? Or does your culture own you? I have always been curious about the line between cultural characteristics and genuine persona. Where does your culture stop and the individual start? In this episode, we explore the way cultures around the world modify their bodies to participate and play a role within their culture. We then turn the lens onto our own post-internet culture to see the parallels and contradictions.

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References- We hope you will support a local book store with your purchase of any books

  • Born to Run- Christopher McDougall Here

  • 1984- George Orwell Here

  • Sex at Dawn- Dr. Christopher Ryan Here

  • Anarchist Handbook- Micheal Malice Here

  • The Prison Notebooks - Antonio Gramsci Here

  • Black Skin, White Masks - Franz Fanon Here

  • Chinua Achebe Here

Tribes-

  • Kayan people (Myanmar)- Neck Rings Here

  • The Crocodile Men (Papua New Guinea)- Scaring Here

  • Chinese (China 10th-20th centuries)- Foot binding Here

  • Body builders (Gym near you)- Massing out Here

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#013-Metrics

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#013-Metrics

This episode is following up on some concepts introduced in the last episode, The Zero. When people talk about metrics, it’s usually used to discuss something quantifiable…things like money or data. What if we instead applied it to other, less-quantifiable things as well - things like happiness or time well spent. Shannon and I explore how metric and data collection, when applied outside of the normal metrics, can reveal aspects about ourselves that are often hidden from view. Join us in rethinking some of the metrics around us as we head into 2023!

Thank you for the support over the past few years, we launched this podcast at possibly the worst time for us with living situation and life responsibilities, However… we are now ready to pursue The D_program Podcast with the enthusiasm that it, and you, deserve. We have goals for this next year which include more consistent content!

#008- Politically non-binary

#008- Politically non-binary

Left vs. Right. Pro-choice vs. Pro-Life. Pro-vaccine vs. Anti-vaccine. I always get a little weary when complex issues become reduced to binaries, as if those are the only two choices. Most of the time, binaries exist when there is a limitation of options or when your options stand to be limited. Because we are inundated with binaries in our lives, it’s important to know how these narratives shape our thoughts. In this episode, Shannon introduces and gives a brief history of binary oppositions. We have felt pulled towards the relevance of this concept and its application in contextualizing some of the prevailing mainstream narratives both politically and socially. Hope you enjoy this episode!

Show notes

  • 00:16:25- Intro music

  • 00:17:58- What is binary opposition?

  • 00:19:07- Quick history-

  • 00:26:31- The narrative of colonialism -duality as a means to incite -binarry narrative

  • 00:29:06- Spoiler alert

  • 00:35:40- Michael Malice: Anarchist Handbook

  • 00:38:20- Derek Walcott: Pantomime

  • 00:43:20- Why do you favor one over the other?

  • 00:46:30- Dividing by columns

  • 00:51:10- Binary reenforced

  • 00:53:10- Gender non-binary

  • 01:00:53- Political non-binary

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