Episode Themes

Brief List of 30 Episode Themes

• #1 Science Communicator

  1. Carl Edward Sagan - American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator. 

  2. Michio Kaku is an American physicist, science communicator, futurologist, and writer of popular-science.

  3. Neil deGrasse Tyson - American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator.

  4. Bill Nye, the Science Guy - American science communicator, television presenter, and former mechanical engineer.

• #2 Philosophy

  1. Main lesson of the “The Allegory of the Cave” by the Greek philosopher Plato,  around 380 BC. This allegory serves as a wake-up call for people to seek the truth and not settle for what they see in front of them as reality and truth. In the allegory, the prisoners in the cave, seeing only their shadows, symbolize what our human existence is like if we do not question things and seek the truth.

  2. Building on this tradition, French philosopher René Descartes’ radical skepticism profoundly shaped modern philosophy. His famous declaration and philosophical statement, “I think, therefore I am” (originally in French, but best known by its Latin translation: "Cogito, ergo sum”). Written in 1637, this statement emphasizes that thought and consciousness are the essence of existence. 

     • This idea is essentially the basis for the movie the Matrix and The Simulation Hypothesis solution to the Fermi Paradox.

     • By questioning everything, from sensory experiences to preconceived beliefs, Descartes paved the way for new approaches to understanding reality, sparking a philosophical revolution that reverberates to this day. 

     • His work underscores the importance of doubt as a means to uncover truth.

• #3 Fermi Paradox

• Fermi Paradox 

  1. Enrico Fermi - awarded the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on induced radioactivity. Also know as the father of The Fermi paradox, which is the discrepancy between the lack of conclusive evidence of advanced extraterrestrial life and the apparently high likelihood of its existence.

  2. A few of the many Possible Solutions:

     • 1. The Zoo Hypothesis - 

     • 2. The Simulation Hypothesis". We’re living in a simulated universe -

     • 3. The “Rare Earth” hypothesis - 

     • 4. The Great Filter - 

• #4 Famous Germans

• Albert Einstein is known in popular culture for his famous E = mc2 formula. 

• Heisenberg's name will always be associated with his theory of quantum mechanics, published in 1925, when he was only 23 years old. 

• Johann Sebastian Bach is regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. 

• Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher and one of the foremost thinkers of the Enlightenment. 

• Martin Luther (1483—1546) German theologian, professor, pastor, and church reformer. 

• Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist of the Romantic period, but he was more a disciple of the Classical tradition

• Ludwig van Beethoven. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest composers of the Western European music tradition. 

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was one of the most influential, popular and prolific composers of the classical period.

• #5 History

• #6 Anthropology

• #7 Earth, Geology

• #8 Astrophysics, JWST

• #9 Cosmology, Big Bang 

• #10 Epistemology 

• #11 Religious Eschatology for 7 World Faiths:

  1.  Biblical Christianity Eschatology 

  2. Eschatology for the Mormons, Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints

  3. Eschatology of Jehovah's Witnesses

  4. Eschatology of Judaism

  5. Eschatology of Buddhism

  6. Eschatology of Muslims

  7. Eschatology of Hinduism

• #12 Spirituality 

  1. Arguments for God's existence

     • Pascal's wager is a philosophical argument that posits that people are essentially gambling about whether or not to believe in God.

  2. Arguments against God's existence

     • Divine Hiddenness

     • Religious Confusion

• # 13 Purpose + Meaning

• # 14 Great Songs: 

  1. Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

  2. Imagine - John Lennon

• # 15 Classical Piano

• # 16 Languages:

  1. Latin

  2. French

  3. Spanish

  4. Hebrew

  5. Greek

  6. Japanese

  7. HTML

• # 17 Music Theory

• # 18 Podcasts - Long Form Discussions

• # 19 YouTube Channels, 35 so far...

• # 20 Art, Oil Painting Sunsets

• # 21 Waldorf Philosophy

• # 22 Addiction

• #23 Mental Health Counseling - LMHC

• #24 Psychotherapy

• my Dx: Disabled Veteran

  1. 1.1. PTSD

  2. 1.2. Bipolar

  3. 1.3. Depression

  4. 1.4. Anxiety

  5. 1.5. Dissociative / Depersonalization

  6. 1.6. Addiction

  7. 1.7. TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)

  8. 1.8. ADHD / ADHBD

• # 25 Divorced 

  1. Losing my family is the worst, saddest thing ever.

  2. Narcissistic Abuse 3 Hour Documentary

• #26 Hopeless without God.

• #27 Nihilism is the belief that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.

• #28 Posterity

• #29 Holy Bible - Jewish Old Testament

• #30 Holy Bible - Christianity New Testament