I'm curious where I stand these days on the political spectrum. I identify as a radical centrist, giving both sides their due and chosing neither (most of the time). But I suppose our views are relative to one another, so my moderate thoughts might seem more leftist or conservative, depending on the populace I'm a part of. Anyways, you be the judge, based on my answers to each question.
\n\nA video version of this podcast is available on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/pew-research-98011067
\nI would love your support over there, where I have a lot more video content.
Martin Luther King dreamed that people would one day be judged not by the color of their skin, but the content of their character. How are we doing with that?
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\n\nIt is more just and virtuous to advance society through education, medicine and technology, to recognize the human rights and dignities of women, children and gays, to attract tourism of all sorts, and to defend an existing homeland... than to wage constant war against your neighbors, to pursue above all else their destruction, to fight for the spread of your religious zealotry, to insist on the utmost word of one's god, to use humans as shields, to continually advocate for war while also crying victimhood.
\n\nHere is my reasoning for supporting Isreal.
","summary":"Keith thinks through difficult issues of the day","date_published":"2023-10-18T21:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/16914df3-0a28-40ff-8611-48b081d1085a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":32241461,"duration_in_seconds":2794}]},{"id":"e4902c36-c877-4741-8cc0-061187d67d5e","title":"Politicizing Mainstream Things (a baseball/pride story)","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/dodgerspridenight","content_text":"The Los Angeles Dodgers have been going through quite an interesting set of controversies lately, surrounding their LGBTQ Pride Night in June. It's been pretty silly to watch. And it makes me wonder: why are things that are meant to be inclusive so often actually divisive? Is it wrong to focus on celebrating truly universal things? Given that people's interests and experiences vary so wildly in a pluralist society, what's the proper amount of compromise? ","content_html":"The Los Angeles Dodgers have been going through quite an interesting set of controversies lately, surrounding their LGBTQ Pride Night in June. It's been pretty silly to watch. And it makes me wonder: why are things that are meant to be inclusive so often actually divisive? Is it wrong to focus on celebrating truly universal things? Given that people's interests and experiences vary so wildly in a pluralist society, what's the proper amount of compromise?
","summary":"Keith thinks through difficult issues of the day","date_published":"2023-05-30T01:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/e4902c36-c877-4741-8cc0-061187d67d5e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":50558659,"duration_in_seconds":2106}]},{"id":"67629ae3-50da-4ce1-9ec6-eeed746bfb40","title":"The Case of Jordan Neely","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/jordanneely","content_text":"A New Yorker died on the subway recently. He was mentally unwell, and the city hadn't done anything productive to deal with his situation, which was ultimately decided in a complicated and controversial form of vigilante justice. This is a teaching opportunity for New York and our society - it'll be interesting to see how it plays out. Hopefully radical politics don't interfere with what can certainly be a rational and popular solution: mandatory institutionalization.","content_html":"A New Yorker died on the subway recently. He was mentally unwell, and the city hadn't done anything productive to deal with his situation, which was ultimately decided in a complicated and controversial form of vigilante justice. This is a teaching opportunity for New York and our society - it'll be interesting to see how it plays out. Hopefully radical politics don't interfere with what can certainly be a rational and popular solution: mandatory institutionalization.
","summary":"A death on the NYC subway","date_published":"2023-05-12T19:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/67629ae3-50da-4ce1-9ec6-eeed746bfb40.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":71958487,"duration_in_seconds":2998}]},{"id":"1a434f15-7d4b-4457-8241-fb5eba1b7506","title":"The Toxicity of Online Spaces","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/onlinespaces","content_text":"I was banned from several subreddits recently, for merely commenting in a totally separate community. Maybe you think it's a good thing, that certain voices be silenced in order to protect others from dangerous ideas, or something like that. But it must be recognized: an insidious trend is growing - people are power-tripping, possessed by idiology, and turning everything political. Conversations are getting harder, people more radical, and spaces less tolerant. I shouldn't be banned from participating in a photo community merely for having certain skepticism about lockdowns. That doesn't make sense. And dare I say it: it's something straight out of 1984 and Big Brother - all activity is being monitored and screened for wrongthink. I hate to sound paranoid, and I really don't care too much, but even if you're on the side of power, why would you want to alienate your \"enemies\" to this degree? Nothing good comes from it.","content_html":"I was banned from several subreddits recently, for merely commenting in a totally separate community. Maybe you think it's a good thing, that certain voices be silenced in order to protect others from dangerous ideas, or something like that. But it must be recognized: an insidious trend is growing - people are power-tripping, possessed by idiology, and turning everything political. Conversations are getting harder, people more radical, and spaces less tolerant. I shouldn't be banned from participating in a photo community merely for having certain skepticism about lockdowns. That doesn't make sense. And dare I say it: it's something straight out of 1984 and Big Brother - all activity is being monitored and screened for wrongthink. I hate to sound paranoid, and I really don't care too much, but even if you're on the side of power, why would you want to alienate your "enemies" to this degree? Nothing good comes from it.
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","summary":"Keith thinks through difficult issues of the day","date_published":"2023-03-23T17:45:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/f26d0d4c-b0d5-40ce-8f19-5220a586f4d3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":72456904,"duration_in_seconds":3018}]},{"id":"9ec9b190-f702-4a64-a08f-901120b45a2e","title":"Why I can't simply \"trust the science\"","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/3","content_text":"A new study shows that mask mandates were essentially ineffective. The lab-leak hypothosis is being strongly favored by a broad consensus. The impact of the actual corona virus seems less and less fatal, while draconian lockdown measures are proving worse and worse for individuals and society as a whole. And yet, throughout the havoc of the pandemic, we were told to \"trust the science\", as if science were some sort of authoritative monolith, not to be questioned. Ironically, that's the very opposite of what science teaches us to do. And in fact, there were plenty of scientists who doubted Faucci's policies, but who were effectively silenced by a mainstream narrative. What the hell happened?","content_html":"A new study shows that mask mandates were essentially ineffective. The lab-leak hypothosis is being strongly favored by a broad consensus. The impact of the actual corona virus seems less and less fatal, while draconian lockdown measures are proving worse and worse for individuals and society as a whole. And yet, throughout the havoc of the pandemic, we were told to "trust the science", as if science were some sort of authoritative monolith, not to be questioned. Ironically, that's the very opposite of what science teaches us to do. And in fact, there were plenty of scientists who doubted Faucci's policies, but who were effectively silenced by a mainstream narrative. What the hell happened?
","summary":"Keith thinks through difficult issues of the day","date_published":"2023-02-28T20:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/9ec9b190-f702-4a64-a08f-901120b45a2e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":50036319,"duration_in_seconds":2084}]},{"id":"7cfe2942-7373-44e3-bb00-b9420454bdbc","title":"How to think about violence ","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/violence","content_text":"What counts as violence? Certainly a mass shooting, but how about being bumped on the subway? How do we balance our sensitivities with the brutal facts about the world? Can we regulate away everything that offends us? Is it really possible to live in a safe world? I think not. And I wonder what the point even is to the whole gun control debate. The real issue to be dealing with, in my opinion, is mental health care and support. I'd rather work towards a more compassionate system for derranged people than to pretend than anything substantive can be done about gun culture (which, by and large, is harmless).","content_html":"What counts as violence? Certainly a mass shooting, but how about being bumped on the subway? How do we balance our sensitivities with the brutal facts about the world? Can we regulate away everything that offends us? Is it really possible to live in a safe world? I think not. And I wonder what the point even is to the whole gun control debate. The real issue to be dealing with, in my opinion, is mental health care and support. I'd rather work towards a more compassionate system for derranged people than to pretend than anything substantive can be done about gun culture (which, by and large, is harmless).
","summary":"Keith thinks through difficult issues of the day","date_published":"2023-01-31T10:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/7cfe2942-7373-44e3-bb00-b9420454bdbc.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":57198468,"duration_in_seconds":2383}]},{"id":"63aafa72-ddde-4848-8b81-f0704a271648","title":"How to think about value","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/value","content_text":"Determing the worth of something is difficult enough... we usually let markets decide for us. But value? There are so many more factors than price and quality. Opportunity costs, time and energy, other people's influences and perspectives - it's a tricky endeavor, and one I've been sort of obsessed with lately. Whether it's a commodity, experience or life decision, deciding on what I value - and how to best do that - is something I really need to think through.","content_html":"Determing the worth of something is difficult enough... we usually let markets decide for us. But value? There are so many more factors than price and quality. Opportunity costs, time and energy, other people's influences and perspectives - it's a tricky endeavor, and one I've been sort of obsessed with lately. Whether it's a commodity, experience or life decision, deciding on what I value - and how to best do that - is something I really need to think through.
","summary":"Keith thinks through difficult issues of the day","date_published":"2022-12-20T18:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/63aafa72-ddde-4848-8b81-f0704a271648.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":74254337,"duration_in_seconds":3093}]},{"id":"48b2f81c-46d6-45df-937a-5391d642cb66","title":"Travel Journal: Panama ","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/panama","content_text":"I recently returned from another trip to the Caribbean, this time centered on the Panama Canal. It wasn't the most amazing trip. In fact, I don't really even recommend going to Panama (unless you have a clear reason to).","content_html":"I recently returned from another trip to the Caribbean, this time centered on the Panama Canal. It wasn't the most amazing trip. In fact, I don't really even recommend going to Panama (unless you have a clear reason to).
","summary":"Keith thinks through difficult issues of the day","date_published":"2022-12-08T20:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/48b2f81c-46d6-45df-937a-5391d642cb66.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":73263147,"duration_in_seconds":3052}]},{"id":"93d6dbde-d01a-44ea-9351-321ceecf1c85","title":"Sex & Love Addiction","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/slaa","content_text":"I think of myself as a hedonist - I pursue instant gratifications, even at the risk of long-term goals. Does that make me an addict? \nI recently accompanied a friend to a sex+love addiction anonymous meeting. They gave me a pamphlet with 40 questions. I answer them now.","content_html":"I think of myself as a hedonist - I pursue instant gratifications, even at the risk of long-term goals. Does that make me an addict?
\nI recently accompanied a friend to a sex+love addiction anonymous meeting. They gave me a pamphlet with 40 questions. I answer them now.
California: 40 million people, 12% of the USA, 52 House Representatives (down from 53), 1 of 2 senators up for (re)election, a slew of top Democrats up for re-election, including Gavin Newsom. It's not always clear which way to go here, and of the nine offices, I'm splitting my vote somewhat evenly between Dems and Reps, because I think conservatives do have ideas and attitudes worth injecting to our suffering state. I value balance more than anything, and despise ideological indoctrination, so it's worth finding opportunities to side with people who see the world differently. I'll also be abstaining from a few races, including Governor, because neither candidate sits well with me.
\n\nCA Senator: Alex Padilla
\nUS Representative (30th District): Adam Schiff
\nGovernor: -
\nLieutenant Gov: -
\nSecretary of State: Shirley Weber
\nController: Lanhee Chen
\nTreasurer: Fiona Ma
\nAttorney General: Nathan Hochman
\nInsurance Commisioner: Ricardo Lara
\nMember State Board of Equalization: -
\nSuperintendent of Public Education: Lance Christensen
Everyone running for government positions in Los Angeles is left of center - there are no conservatives or Republicans in these races. That said, some candidates are more radically far left than others, and some are more sensible. This city has been plagued by homelessness for too long, all under the watch of the Democratic party. Crime is on the rise. Am I crazy for wanting a different perspective to hold public office? To balance things out a bit? I'm not eager for conservatives to take over at all, but I have no allegiance to tribal progressive thinking. Instead, I'm scouring the stances of each candidate for sensibility, concern for the commons, and action.
\n\nRick Caruso for Mayor
\nHydee Feldstein Soto for City Attorney
\nPaul Koretz for Controller
\nMitch O’Farrell for City Council (District 13)
\nAdam Schiff for US House of Representatives (District 30)
No on LH
\nNo on SP
\nYes on ULA
\nYes on LACC LA
No on County measure A
\nYes on County measure C
Liberty, efficiency and respect for the commons - these are my guiding principles as a voting citizen.
\nI don't believe in moralizing through legislation, and I prefer pragmatism over idealism for its own sake.
\nIt's also crucial to contextualize every policy decision, to consider its costs as well as benefits, and to scrutinize the players, profiteers and motives behind each argument.
\nAll that said, hopefully we can all appreciate our shared goal for the flourishing of humankind.
The California mid-term election ballot is here, and I offer an explanation for the seven propositions:
\n\nProp 1: Yes to officially legalizing reproductive autonomy
\nProp 26: Yes to decriminalizing sports betting on tribal lands
\nProp 27: Yes to decriminalizing sports betting online, taxed for state funds
\nProp 28: Unsure about $1 billion specifically for K-12 arts/music education
\nProp 29: No to overcomplicating dialysis clinics
\nProp 30: Yes to taxing multimillionaire earners to fund electric vehicle infrastructure and to fight wildfires
\nProp 31: No to prohibition on certain tobacco/nicotine products
I spoke last time about energy as fuel, and as a tradable, creatable commodity. Now I'd like to speak more to this amorphous, spiritual form of energy. This is a quick meditation on the invisible forces in our lives, and how we might perceive them.
","summary":"Keith thinks through difficult issues of the day","date_published":"2022-10-19T21:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/85540839-b9b4-491f-9276-0c4e2f03c094.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":58378786,"duration_in_seconds":1824}]},{"id":"1d903414-fa6d-4541-aa07-1370592a6b29","title":"Energy","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/energy","content_text":"en·er·gy /ˈenərjē/ \nnoun\n1.\nthe strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity. \"changes in the levels of vitamins can affect energy and well-being\" (Similar: vitality, vigor, life, liveliness, animation, vivacity, spirit)\n2.\npower derived from the utilization of physical or chemical resources, especially to provide light and heat or to work machines.\n\"nuclear energy\"","content_html":"en·er·gy /ˈenərjē/
\nnoun
\n1.
\nthe strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity. "changes in the levels of vitamins can affect energy and well-being" (Similar: vitality, vigor, life, liveliness, animation, vivacity, spirit)
\n2.
\npower derived from the utilization of physical or chemical resources, especially to provide light and heat or to work machines.
\n"nuclear energy"
I'm recuperating in my hometown at my parents' home, passing time with video games and other indulgences, wondering about life and what I should really be doing with myself. It's a balancing act, to be sure: being nice to yourself while also monitoring your habits for dangerous tendencies. We pursue what makes us feel good - that's not exactly pleasure, but more like flow and being present. All sorts of interests can accomplish this; some of us pursue one or two, others like me pursue many of them. It makes me wonder what I should really be doing at any given moment... Life is full of so many possibilities...
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","summary":"Keith thinks through difficult issues of the day","date_published":"2022-08-23T09:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/3f1aa2c1-2757-4566-a36a-902a7152e56c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":59732138,"duration_in_seconds":3733}]},{"id":"9a279f56-1b4a-4fb4-914d-e57965dd3201","title":"Disorganized Feelings","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/disorganizedfeelings","content_text":"Do our feelings matter? What's the point of them? I feel things, but I try not to talk about them too much, except as they pertain to useful thoughts. Maybe I complain about life as much as anyone, but does anyone want to hear about it? Lately I'm feeling especially disorganized and out of sorts. Maybe it's useful to think through this sort of feeling, this annoying feeling of not having things together. I would very much like to be a more organized person, for everything in its right place.","content_html":"Do our feelings matter? What's the point of them? I feel things, but I try not to talk about them too much, except as they pertain to useful thoughts. Maybe I complain about life as much as anyone, but does anyone want to hear about it? Lately I'm feeling especially disorganized and out of sorts. Maybe it's useful to think through this sort of feeling, this annoying feeling of not having things together. I would very much like to be a more organized person, for everything in its right place.
","summary":"Keith thinks through difficult issues of the day","date_published":"2022-08-18T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/9a279f56-1b4a-4fb4-914d-e57965dd3201.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":33001557,"duration_in_seconds":2062}]},{"id":"c64b6b39-e1bd-4afa-b97d-49fe1115b283","title":"Inclusivity: What's the Point, Really?","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/inclusivity","content_text":"I'm currently disabled from a recent injury, and thinking a lot about what it means to be \"able-bodied\", and this idea of ableism. And that gets me thinking about the tremendous social pressure these days to use \"inclusive language\". No one likes to feel excluded, and I can say now with experience that it's no fun to feel like the world was designed without you in mind... But is it really possible to help marginalized people with language? Is that the sort of help people really need? Or might we be enforcing such language for more nefarious reasons, like promoting our own self-satisfaction? Ultimately, it is inevitable that we all feel excluded from time to time, alienated very fundamentally from the world and others, and I just wonder what the point is to use nicer language around hard truths. I, for one, don't feel much better to be coddled and pandered to through language. I'd much prefer real help, like through attention, love, medicine, encouragement, etc. Ultimately, our lives are much more impacted by interpersonal relationships, not through any sort of hegemon of language and systemization. So why don't we work to be more inclusive where it actually matters?","content_html":"I'm currently disabled from a recent injury, and thinking a lot about what it means to be "able-bodied", and this idea of ableism. And that gets me thinking about the tremendous social pressure these days to use "inclusive language". No one likes to feel excluded, and I can say now with experience that it's no fun to feel like the world was designed without you in mind... But is it really possible to help marginalized people with language? Is that the sort of help people really need? Or might we be enforcing such language for more nefarious reasons, like promoting our own self-satisfaction? Ultimately, it is inevitable that we all feel excluded from time to time, alienated very fundamentally from the world and others, and I just wonder what the point is to use nicer language around hard truths. I, for one, don't feel much better to be coddled and pandered to through language. I'd much prefer real help, like through attention, love, medicine, encouragement, etc. Ultimately, our lives are much more impacted by interpersonal relationships, not through any sort of hegemon of language and systemization. So why don't we work to be more inclusive where it actually matters?
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\n\n"(Die Humanisten) see themselves as a social, liberal and progressive party that focuses on the freedom of the individual. In doing so, she invokes evolutionary humanism and advocates a critical-rational political approach that relies particularly on scientific knowledge and - regardless of the political trend - is open to all effective political concepts."
\n\nI go through the 38 questions and compare my answers to the Humanists, as well as the SPD, and also the AfD, just out of curiosity.
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\n\n"A flâneur is an ambivalent figure of urban affluence and modernity, representing the ability to wander detached from society with no other purpose than to be an acute observer of industrialized, contemporary life."
\n\nI am a flaneur.
\n\n"The flâneur was, first of all, a literary type from 19th-century France, essential to any picture of the streets of Paris. The word carried a set of rich associations: the man of leisure, the idler, the urban explorer, the connoisseur of the street. It was Walter Benjamin, drawing on the poetry of Charles Baudelaire, who made this figure the object of scholarly interest in the 20th century, as an emblematic archetype of urban, modern (even modernist) experience.[1] Following Benjamin, the flâneur has become an important symbol for scholars, artists, and writers. ... The term has acquired an additional architecture and urban planning sense, referring to passers-by who experience incidental or intentional psychological effects from the design of a structure."
\n\n"The flâneur's tendency toward detached but aesthetically attuned observation has brought the term into the literature of photography, particularly street photography. The street photographer is seen as one modern extension of the urban observer described by nineteenth century journalist Victor Fournel before the advent of the hand-held camera."
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\n\nThis is part 2of 2 episodes, in which I take this Moral Foundations test: https://www.idrlabs.com/morality/6/test.php
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\n\nThis is part 1of 2 episodes, in which I take this test: https://www.idrlabs.com/morality/6/test.php
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","summary":"Keith thinks through difficult issues of the day","date_published":"2021-03-12T20:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/27433a07-6e64-4f78-a264-22379e028191.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":53468809,"duration_in_seconds":2227}]},{"id":"aedab130-3f6c-4caa-bdda-980f2936e141","title":"Ideas Are Real","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/ideasarereal","content_text":"Do you believe in magic? Fate, destiny, astrology, tarot? When are weird events more than just coincidences? Maybe the energy we put into the world manifests in tangible ways. Or are we just imagining things?","content_html":"Do you believe in magic? Fate, destiny, astrology, tarot? When are weird events more than just coincidences? Maybe the energy we put into the world manifests in tangible ways. Or are we just imagining things?
","summary":"Keith thinks through difficult issues of the day","date_published":"2021-03-02T21:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/aedab130-3f6c-4caa-bdda-980f2936e141.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":76963759,"duration_in_seconds":2404}]},{"id":"a46086db-3935-48ea-ab91-3cbfad6ac2f4","title":"On Age","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/age","content_text":"Ok I admit it: I'm getting older. I care a little less about new music, career obsessions and even girls! Us millennials are no longer the \"young people\". And I'm noticing small things in Zoomers (Gen Z, born post 1996) that make me conscious of a subtle generation gap. Is it possible teens and college kids care way more about the pandemic, for instance? Are more supportive of a nanny state and authoritarianism? That's probably too vague, but they're coming of age in this very time.\n\nAlso, \"ageism\" (as discrimination) is real. I didn't talk about this, but wanted to put it out there!","content_html":"Ok I admit it: I'm getting older. I care a little less about new music, career obsessions and even girls! Us millennials are no longer the "young people". And I'm noticing small things in Zoomers (Gen Z, born post 1996) that make me conscious of a subtle generation gap. Is it possible teens and college kids care way more about the pandemic, for instance? Are more supportive of a nanny state and authoritarianism? That's probably too vague, but they're coming of age in this very time.
\n\nAlso, "ageism" (as discrimination) is real. I didn't talk about this, but wanted to put it out there!
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","summary":"Keith thinks through difficult issues of the day","date_published":"2021-02-10T20:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/d5964b70-d66a-4155-8540-eec8ab18e62c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":81452848,"duration_in_seconds":3393}]},{"id":"78164656-af84-44c4-a0b5-a65a9b9c9398","title":"How to Heal Homelessness","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/homelessness","content_text":"Homelessness is bad. That shouldn't be a controversial statement. Why aren't we doing more to solve it?? Is this really a politically divisive or difficult topic? The morality of it is clear: to let more and more people live in the streets is pathetic - it's an embarrassment! Let's honestly address this.","content_html":"Homelessness is bad. That shouldn't be a controversial statement. Why aren't we doing more to solve it?? Is this really a politically divisive or difficult topic? The morality of it is clear: to let more and more people live in the streets is pathetic - it's an embarrassment! Let's honestly address this.
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\n\nI'm embracing contrarian thinking. I've never thought of myself as controversial, but people tell me I am. I just appreciate nuance, and despise groupthink. It's important to seriously consider facts and goals before forming opinions, and this podcast offers a space to do that.
\n\nLibLefts get made fun of a lot on reddit.com/politicalcompassmemes, and maybe that's fair. But it's how I identify, despite my contrarian attitudes toward other leftists, and my appreciation for centrism and other ways of thinking. Still, this is where I land. In this episode, I take the political compass quiz and talk through my answers.
","summary":"Keith thinks through the political compass","date_published":"2020-11-25T19:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/28b4eabc-d965-4ca0-8807-7dd873b8556b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":102520499,"duration_in_seconds":4271}]},{"id":"9f77d5b8-1a76-4913-ad47-2d504d71cea7","title":"Fake News","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/fakenews","content_text":"Topics covered in this one: \n\n\nPodcasting as writing\nWhat is real? What can we trust?\nCovid news, election controversies\nThe Social Dilemma and our individual realities\nFake news masquerades generic ideas as facts\nPrivacy vs vulnerability\nThe Great Hack and weaponizing data\nWe must be better at discerning information \nThe psychology of conspiracy theories \nVigilance against corruption\nReality is satire \nThe continued drama of the presidential election \nThe current COVID lockdown\nFailures in journalism\nPsychology of isolation and online life\nSympathies and responsibilities \nRussian hackers and the Mueller report \nThe psychology of belief\n9/11 as a meme\nThe Overton window\nBig tech as nanny state\nJonathan Haidt and the Coddling of the American Mind\nBlack Lives Matter as a psy op\nThe difficulty of dialogue in this world\n","content_html":"Topics covered in this one:
\n\nHow are you feeling? I've been better, and I want to talk through it. Society doesn't really know how to address the topic of mental health - not intrapersonally, not interpersonally, not more broadly, regarding the least fortunate on our city streets. And we're not quite aware enough of our typical behaviors and socio-political attitudes, and how our mental health contributes to such topics. So let's reflect on all this.
","summary":"Keith thinks through difficult issues of the day","date_published":"2020-11-12T19:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/87beeab2-856e-4c00-aa45-5d7eba1ed0b7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":79397743,"duration_in_seconds":3308}]},{"id":"65b4cb67-c018-4298-82b8-bccf9418e482","title":"I Voted (for Myself)","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/ivoted","content_text":"Some thoughts post election:\n\nI voted from Berlin, and I’m proud of that, even if my vote in New York doesn’t mean much.\n\nI really expected Biden to win easily, so again I have to eat my words, as the election remains too close to call. Too much deja vu, for sure.\n\nThe Dems are pathetic. Regardless of what happens.\n\nI’m not too worried about Trump’s wild authoritarian LARPing. \n\nLeftists need to understand better why the’yre unappealing to average/swing voters. I wish we did more introspection and legit discourse about that, instead of demonizing our political opponents.","content_html":"Some thoughts post election:
\n\nI voted from Berlin, and I’m proud of that, even if my vote in New York doesn’t mean much.
\n\nI really expected Biden to win easily, so again I have to eat my words, as the election remains too close to call. Too much deja vu, for sure.
\n\nThe Dems are pathetic. Regardless of what happens.
\n\nI’m not too worried about Trump’s wild authoritarian LARPing.
\n\nLeftists need to understand better why the’yre unappealing to average/swing voters. I wish we did more introspection and legit discourse about that, instead of demonizing our political opponents.
","summary":"Thoughts on the day after the election","date_published":"2020-11-04T14:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/65b4cb67-c018-4298-82b8-bccf9418e482.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":52966500,"duration_in_seconds":2160}]},{"id":"9def3d2c-63b2-4864-8523-d95ee5433973","title":"The LA Dodgers are Baseball Champions","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/dodgers","content_text":"I'm not a big sports fan. I think sports are an imperfect entertainment, an emotionally draining investment and a poor substitute for narrative fiction. But we love sports as a society for deep psychological reasons, and it IS satisfying when our team wins. The Los Angeles Dodgers are my favorite sports team, and they've (finally) won the world series. I'm especially happy for my dad, to whom this episode is dedicated. He's overjoyed. Me? I'm just relieved, happy that I'm not disappointed.","content_html":"I'm not a big sports fan. I think sports are an imperfect entertainment, an emotionally draining investment and a poor substitute for narrative fiction. But we love sports as a society for deep psychological reasons, and it IS satisfying when our team wins. The Los Angeles Dodgers are my favorite sports team, and they've (finally) won the world series. I'm especially happy for my dad, to whom this episode is dedicated. He's overjoyed. Me? I'm just relieved, happy that I'm not disappointed.
","summary":"Keith thinks about sports, and his lifelong ambivalence for his favorite team","date_published":"2020-10-28T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/9def3d2c-63b2-4864-8523-d95ee5433973.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":84561211,"duration_in_seconds":3523}]},{"id":"93a440a9-0f8b-4faa-b371-0fa965e2d19b","title":"Do I Really Have to Vote?","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/vote","content_text":"Civic duty is important. But how much is voting a civic duty, really? Maybe it depends... Depending on your particular circumstances, voting can be really tricky, actually. One might wonder if it's even worth it... It probably depends on the urgency of the particular election, the details of your district, and the social pressure involved. Isn’t stigma a major factor in this decision? I'm personally having a tough time with all of it. There are quite few barriers for some, and apathy doesn't help. And whose fault is that?","content_html":"Civic duty is important. But how much is voting a civic duty, really? Maybe it depends... Depending on your particular circumstances, voting can be really tricky, actually. One might wonder if it's even worth it... It probably depends on the urgency of the particular election, the details of your district, and the social pressure involved. Isn’t stigma a major factor in this decision? I'm personally having a tough time with all of it. There are quite few barriers for some, and apathy doesn't help. And whose fault is that?
","summary":"Civic duty is important. How much is voting a civic duty?","date_published":"2020-10-21T09:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/93a440a9-0f8b-4faa-b371-0fa965e2d19b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":80152909,"duration_in_seconds":2469}]},{"id":"f00812bb-8ede-481b-b599-d4b4c0e75f29","title":"Am I Getting Canceled? ","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/cancel-culture","content_text":"I keep getting canceled. Not \"officially\" - I have no boss that can fire me. But I feel it all around, in so many of my social interactions and conversations. I feel the cold shoulder of prominent opinion turning on my provocative nature. Society doesn't seem to embrace contrarian thinking these days, and the room for challenging questions keep dwindling. ","content_html":"I keep getting canceled. Not "officially" - I have no boss that can fire me. But I feel it all around, in so many of my social interactions and conversations. I feel the cold shoulder of prominent opinion turning on my provocative nature. Society doesn't seem to embrace contrarian thinking these days, and the room for challenging questions keep dwindling.
","summary":"Keith thinks through cancel culture, and his experiences with it","date_published":"2020-10-15T16:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/f00812bb-8ede-481b-b599-d4b4c0e75f29.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":86178086,"duration_in_seconds":3590}]},{"id":"920c3e93-ea35-45d7-980f-d146fea002d2","title":"End the War on Drugs","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/drugwar","content_text":"Our modern political fight is full of tired slogans, ambiguous chants and outlandish demands. Let's get specific, and target a true enemy of the people: the war on drugs. This policy - American and global - unjustly targets minorities and the poor, it costs billions of dollars a year, and it infringes on the personal liberties of citizens. Insofar as the war on drugs aims to ameliorate the problem of drug abuse, it turns what is clearly a health issue, into a criminal issue, solving nothing. It in fact exacerbates the social problems it purports to solve. \n\nIn this episode, I expound on these main arguments against this stupid and wayward federal initiative: it is socially unjust, it is a fiscally irrepsonsible, it is antithetical to our sense of personal freedom, and it turns a health issue into a criminal issue. \n\nThis episode also appears on YouTube as a videocast. I recorded this (for the first time) in front of a camera:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEiLO3glCLU","content_html":"Our modern political fight is full of tired slogans, ambiguous chants and outlandish demands. Let's get specific, and target a true enemy of the people: the war on drugs. This policy - American and global - unjustly targets minorities and the poor, it costs billions of dollars a year, and it infringes on the personal liberties of citizens. Insofar as the war on drugs aims to ameliorate the problem of drug abuse, it turns what is clearly a health issue, into a criminal issue, solving nothing. It in fact exacerbates the social problems it purports to solve.
\n\nIn this episode, I expound on these main arguments against this stupid and wayward federal initiative: it is socially unjust, it is a fiscally irrepsonsible, it is antithetical to our sense of personal freedom, and it turns a health issue into a criminal issue.
\n\nThis episode also appears on YouTube as a videocast. I recorded this (for the first time) in front of a camera:
\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEiLO3glCLU
I'm looking forward to Donald Trump no longer being president, for many reasons. For that to happen, Joe Biden must be elected in November. If you live in a swing state, please vote for him. If you don't, I can't blame you at all if you don't feel like it. I outline the reasons why Biden - and the Democratic party generally - is hard for me to support these days.
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","summary":"Utah police shoot 13yo autist boy in response to mother's call for help","date_published":"2020-09-08T18:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/330407f0-2d6f-49a3-859d-be65716feea2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":47784355,"duration_in_seconds":1990}]},{"id":"344ba257-62b0-40be-a247-84311641017e","title":"Feminism is too big a word","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/feminism","content_text":"What is feminism? Are you or I am feminist? It depends on the meaning of this word, and on context. Let's explore the ideas of this political movement over time, and also ponder its more personal, psychological implications. ","content_html":"What is feminism? Are you or I am feminist? It depends on the meaning of this word, and on context. Let's explore the ideas of this political movement over time, and also ponder its more personal, psychological implications.
","summary":"Keith thinks through difficult issues of the day","date_published":"2020-08-31T14:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/344ba257-62b0-40be-a247-84311641017e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":84488393,"duration_in_seconds":3473}]},{"id":"d60022d0-7273-43aa-82a3-cf816bd2c4aa","title":"White Fragility is Propaganda","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/whitefragility","content_text":"Despite continual progress, the USA remains unequal and unjust across a variety of metrics. Insofar as race remains a major issue in the fight for social justice, we should be dealing with it. But is \"White Fragility\" a productive way to confront such issues? I answer a 20-question test to figure that out.","content_html":"Despite continual progress, the USA remains unequal and unjust across a variety of metrics. Insofar as race remains a major issue in the fight for social justice, we should be dealing with it. But is "White Fragility" a productive way to confront such issues? I answer a 20-question test to figure that out.
","summary":"\"White Fragility\" by Robin DiAngelo furthers a strange and dubious political agenda.","date_published":"2020-08-22T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/d60022d0-7273-43aa-82a3-cf816bd2c4aa.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":73191260,"duration_in_seconds":4574}]},{"id":"0edb99e3-cfba-473e-addc-dd7eaafd18f4","title":"My Enneagram","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/enneagram","content_text":"The Enneagram is a model of nine personality types. It is commonly used in self-help, business management, and spiritual development. ","content_html":"The Enneagram is a model of nine personality types. It is commonly used in self-help, business management, and spiritual development.
","summary":"Keith takes an enneagram test. He's a 7-5","date_published":"2020-08-16T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/0edb99e3-cfba-473e-addc-dd7eaafd18f4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":79870455,"duration_in_seconds":3327}]},{"id":"d0339c38-3695-4903-9b35-638771bfe047","title":"Equality (Opportunity, Outcome and Morality)","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/equality","content_text":"The abstract concept of equality has become probably the number one virtue for many of us, especially in the current protest movement. But what is equality, exactly? How do we do we measure it? And at what costs should it be pursued? \n\nIt's helpful to think of equality in at least two key ways: equality of opportunity, and equality of outcome. I advocate for the liberal freedom of equal opportunity, for which we must continually strive. I denounce the pursuit of equal outcomes, which is a radical Marxist impossibility.","content_html":"The abstract concept of equality has become probably the number one virtue for many of us, especially in the current protest movement. But what is equality, exactly? How do we do we measure it? And at what costs should it be pursued?
\n\nIt's helpful to think of equality in at least two key ways: equality of opportunity, and equality of outcome. I advocate for the liberal freedom of equal opportunity, for which we must continually strive. I denounce the pursuit of equal outcomes, which is a radical Marxist impossibility.
","summary":"What do we mean by \"equality\"? Is it our master virtue? And at what cost?","date_published":"2020-07-30T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/d0339c38-3695-4903-9b35-638771bfe047.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":81659197,"duration_in_seconds":3388}]},{"id":"6fdb5e0a-970a-4368-b190-0526885d7a8a","title":"Critical Race Theory","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/racism-introspection","content_text":"We need to think openly and collaboratively about the hard issues surrounding race inequality. We also need police reform. But the academic movement of Critical Race Theory asks us to do something else: look inward, into our murky souls, and ask for something like redemption. \n\nI’m skeptical of intersectionality and modern social justice. I think these movements miss the point, and careen way past our political goals. But my cousin studies this topic and sent me some introspective questions, so I'll answer them now. Maybe it will help the national dialogue.","content_html":"We need to think openly and collaboratively about the hard issues surrounding race inequality. We also need police reform. But the academic movement of Critical Race Theory asks us to do something else: look inward, into our murky souls, and ask for something like redemption.
\n\nI’m skeptical of intersectionality and modern social justice. I think these movements miss the point, and careen way past our political goals. But my cousin studies this topic and sent me some introspective questions, so I'll answer them now. Maybe it will help the national dialogue.
","summary":"Critical Race Theory asks us to introspect about our biases. Ok, let's do that.","date_published":"2020-07-10T16:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/6fdb5e0a-970a-4368-b190-0526885d7a8a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":102292295,"duration_in_seconds":4215}]},{"id":"bc009a0f-c394-485f-b245-bccc5a31fb6d","title":"What can we know?","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/what-can-we-know","content_text":"This is an epistemological look at current events: health, masks, epidemiology and ongoing virus issues - contextuslized as an ominous backdrop to the protest movement. What can we even know about the details of the protests, and of the fundamental bases for them? ","content_html":"This is an epistemological look at current events: health, masks, epidemiology and ongoing virus issues - contextuslized as an ominous backdrop to the protest movement. What can we even know about the details of the protests, and of the fundamental bases for them?
","summary":"How much of our beliefs are based on actual knowledge? And how much is ideology? Is it also ok to not know certain things?\r\n","date_published":"2020-06-29T21:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/bc009a0f-c394-485f-b245-bccc5a31fb6d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":61211066,"duration_in_seconds":3756}]},{"id":"78e8099f-9e20-4e31-a998-d772c99ca751","title":"Police Brutality vs Race vs Class ","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/georgefloyd","content_text":"We react to injustice with outrage, appropriately enough. But would it make sense to temper our enflamed emotions with some reason and rationality? I'm not sure, but I'm gonna put it out there.","content_html":"We react to injustice with outrage, appropriately enough. But would it make sense to temper our enflamed emotions with some reason and rationality? I'm not sure, but I'm gonna put it out there.
","summary":"In light of recent events, mostly the death of George Floyd in May 2020","date_published":"2020-06-04T21:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/78e8099f-9e20-4e31-a998-d772c99ca751.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":84819510,"duration_in_seconds":3533}]},{"id":"2a367e7e-d28c-4408-bb69-2023d1e5d2c1","title":"Chernobyl (vs Coronavirus)","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/chernobyl","content_text":"Chernobyl (2019) is an HBO miniseries about the 1986 Soviet nuclear power plant disaster. It's excellent. Here's why.\n\nNote: the original file has been updated. The proper version is 58 min.","content_html":"Chernobyl (2019) is an HBO miniseries about the 1986 Soviet nuclear power plant disaster. It's excellent. Here's why.
\n\nNote: the original file has been updated. The proper version is 58 min.
","summary":"Commentary on a great miniseries, and how it relates to the current pandemic and shutdown","date_published":"2020-05-04T22:45:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/2a367e7e-d28c-4408-bb69-2023d1e5d2c1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":85809458,"duration_in_seconds":3528}]},{"id":"c30b4d30-1dc1-4a60-bd7b-20b882a6e6ff","title":"Thoughts on the Virus","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/coronavirus","content_text":"","content_html":"","summary":"I wasn't going to do a Coronavirus episode because, well, what should I say. But I decided I did have things I wanted to put on the record.","date_published":"2020-04-15T21:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/c30b4d30-1dc1-4a60-bd7b-20b882a6e6ff.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":65628286,"duration_in_seconds":2734}]},{"id":"fbd4a0fd-2ab0-479a-9b35-90fcad070113","title":"Nerdom ","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/nerdom","content_text":"","content_html":"","summary":"I just watched The Big Year (2011) and I'm thinking about bird nerds, and nerds of all sorts. They're kind of wonderful..!","date_published":"2020-03-09T22:45:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/fbd4a0fd-2ab0-479a-9b35-90fcad070113.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":27337373,"duration_in_seconds":1138}]},{"id":"2e0a6d8f-b77e-4d65-828a-7823147b978f","title":"Why I don't like Arizona","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/arizona","content_text":"","content_html":"","summary":"A casual critique of this US state","date_published":"2020-03-06T17:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/2e0a6d8f-b77e-4d65-828a-7823147b978f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":28359911,"duration_in_seconds":1181}]},{"id":"dae4655a-125a-4563-b838-b011103dbf5f","title":"Immigration","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/immigration","content_text":"","content_html":"","summary":"Why is this topic so controversial? Is it too much to ask for a sensible immigration policy? ","date_published":"2020-02-26T16:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/dae4655a-125a-4563-b838-b011103dbf5f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":68694644,"duration_in_seconds":2862}]},{"id":"bba14da4-6822-4316-8156-7eb63439c7ab","title":"Winter Depression","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/winterdepression","content_text":"","content_html":"","summary":"Feeling low, procrastinating, making excuses, reflecting on all that","date_published":"2020-02-17T07:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/bba14da4-6822-4316-8156-7eb63439c7ab.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":45909181,"duration_in_seconds":1912}]},{"id":"a1aec63f-35c8-42ab-8f19-2c51373d260c","title":"All of the Holidays","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/holidays","content_text":"","content_html":"","summary":"Hope everyone had good holidays. Which holidays are your favorites? Mine are the ones rooted in paganism.","date_published":"2020-01-09T19:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/a1aec63f-35c8-42ab-8f19-2c51373d260c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":72014912,"duration_in_seconds":3000}]},{"id":"4ac80370-b3c1-4eaa-bc2d-8f68bcfc823f","title":"The Caribbean, explained","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/the-caribbean","content_text":"In preparation for a holiday to the Lesser Antilles, I thought I'd try and explain what this place even is.\n\nThis episode is in conjunction with a more detailed article, with maps: https://www.journalofthere.com/content/2019/the-caribbean","content_html":"In preparation for a holiday to the Lesser Antilles, I thought I'd try and explain what this place even is.
\n\nThis episode is in conjunction with a more detailed article, with maps: https://www.journalofthere.com/content/2019/the-caribbean
","summary":"Do you know much about this region of the world? ","date_published":"2019-12-14T18:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/4ac80370-b3c1-4eaa-bc2d-8f68bcfc823f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":50549155,"duration_in_seconds":2106}]},{"id":"1ab2a66f-4711-4daa-bb9c-0cc5b3ba0d51","title":"Cultural Relativism","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/culturalrelativism","content_text":"Let's start with a post on reddit about solo travel in Egypt...","content_html":"Let's start with a post on reddit about solo travel in Egypt...
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","summary":"What is your stance on abortion? ","date_published":"2019-09-10T07:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/3e2f3ac8-d609-4a1d-a7ee-3eea80faac36.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":71677585,"duration_in_seconds":2891}]},{"id":"d527a3b2-ee86-4233-aa4d-8d65cdb5bd55","title":"National Security","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/2-isidewith-natlsecurity","content_text":"Should the President be able to authorize military force against Al-Qaeda without Congressional approval?Should the US assassinate suspected terrorists in foreign countries? \n\nIt's important to think carefully about complex issues. There's nuance to all of them, and even if the answer seems clear, I'd like to consider the other points of view.","content_html":"Should the President be able to authorize military force against Al-Qaeda without Congressional approval?Should the US assassinate suspected terrorists in foreign countries?
\n\nIt's important to think carefully about complex issues. There's nuance to all of them, and even if the answer seems clear, I'd like to consider the other points of view.
","summary":"I'm taking an online quiz: isidewith.com. This episode deals with national security issues.","date_published":"2019-08-09T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cce7584b-6976-41d8-997d-405b02fe746f/d527a3b2-ee86-4233-aa4d-8d65cdb5bd55.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":18029092,"duration_in_seconds":1506}]},{"id":"3f9472f9-1e01-43bd-8579-5b9920d10706","title":"Welcome to the podcast","url":"https://keythinking.fireside.fm/1orientation","content_text":"Hi everyone, my name is Keith. I'm an artist and writer from California, living in Berlin. I am embarking on a public thinking through of various issues - political, psycholgicial, philosophical. This is episode 1: an introduction, and a bit of background about me.","content_html":"Hi everyone, my name is Keith. I'm an artist and writer from California, living in Berlin. I am embarking on a public thinking through of various issues - political, psycholgicial, philosophical. This is episode 1: an introduction, and a bit of background about me.
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