The Great Ungaslighting
by Craig Boreth
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Ep54 -- Intrinsic Accounting
Ep54 -- Intrinsic Accounting
About this podcast
We've all been conned into accepting a human culture that's out of sync with human nature, but it's time to fight back and put the kind back into humankind.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 55 episodes
- Ep54 -- Intrinsic Accounting · 24 minFinding ways to accentuate the positive, and figuring out what those "Anti-Elon Tesla Club" stickers are really saying.
- Ep53 -- The Paths Not Taken · 39 minThe power and promise of imagining alternate realities: Remembering a pre-enshittified internet; revealing a less awful form of capitalism; and, considering a different type of…
- Ep52 -- The Extreme Center · 25 minIf playing to the center has brought us to this, shouldn't moderate Democrats more accurately be called Extreme Centrists? ------------------------------------------- Lennar…
- Ep51 -- Believing Is Seeing · 27 minOur views and experiences impact how we see the world. One man's take on a 19th-century anti-monopoly law changed the world entirely. Mentioned This Week: Tony Conrad's "The…
- Ep50 -- Excuses, Excuses · 23 minThis episode explores how we so often believe in something -- from who is the NBA GOAT, to the legitimacy of one's economic status -- and then work backward to figure out why…
- Ep49 -- Learning the Wrong Lesson · 18 minThey say that experience is the best teacher, but what if you're not a particularly great student and you learn the wrong lesson? I share a wrong-lesson experience from my…
- Ep48 -- Blame the Burrito · 17 minNext time you inhale a burrito and slip into a food coma, don't blame yourself, because the very nature of the burrito requires that it be eaten too quickly to maintain…
- Ep47 -- The Finger Butt Fallacy · 18 minThis week I discover how a NSFW photo trick -- that makes it appear as if a naked butt is above your head -- helps explain what's wrong with everything from our understanding of…
- Ep46 -- The Upside of Falling Down · 19 minThis week, an unsightly discovery while cleaning my house leads to some deep thinking about just how much truth about America I can handle. With a little help from Van Halen…
- Ep45 -- Unhealthy Assumptions · 16 min · Episode 45We've known for decades that our healthcare system is deeply flawed, so maybe the key to fixing it is figuring out what we actually want it to accomplish. Mentioned this week…
- Ep44 -- Of Mind Sounds · 20 minThere's been a line from a movie stuck in my head since election day, and it has forced me to re-examine everything my previous reaction to and understanding of so many things…
- Ep43 -- Breathtaking Failures · 17 minThe people of Libby, Montana have been left barely able to breathe by industrial pollution, and the company that Medicare contracted to provide breathing machines has been…
- Ep42 -- A Kindness Reminder · 3 minOn this election day, to remind everyone that most people are mostly decent, I'm re-playing the poem that inspired this podcast: "Small Kindnesses" by Danusha Laméris.
- Ep41 -- Not-So-Great Expectations · 13 minThis week, I'm reminding everyone that our brains don't just record reality, but interpret it based on prompts and expectations. This is especially relevant given we're near the…
- Ep40 -- Elf Delusions · 14 minThis week, we explore how one writer's habit of imagining that magical elves are making her morning yogurt just for her pleasure can help us all find a little more security and…
- Ep39 -- Time Band-Aids · 16 minThis week, we look at how we use our understanding of the variability of time to take some control over how we experience time, and use that sense of control to build up our…
- Ep38 -- Alien Evasion · 16 minThis week, we take a quick look at immigration, taking a moment to acknowledge the actual real human beings involved, and to push back on the anti-immigrant arguments that hold…
- Ep37 -- The Messenger Is the Message · 19 minThis week, we're reminded to heed Maya Angelou's warning, especially when it comes to politicians: "When people show you who they are, believe them." Mentioned this week: The…
- Ep36 -- The Education of a Good Value · 15 minThere are lots of things in life that we only notice when things go wrong. This week, we'll look at some public institutions that fit that description and remind ourselves not to…
- Ep35 -- The Meanings of Success · 13 minAre humans the most successful species in the history of the world, or is it too soon to tell? After all, we've only been around for 300,000 years or so, and our long-term…
