What's really going on ?
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About this podcast
Each episode is part philosophy, part rant, part intervention for a species that really should have pulled out.
Laugh. Think. Get uncomfortable. And maybe decide not to breed.
Episodes
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- A Vision to Create Paradise on Earth | David Pearce · 27 minWhat would it take to create a world without suffering?In this conversation, David Pearce, transhumanist philosopher and author of The Hedonistic Imperative, explains his vision…
- AT LAST — A PROFOUND REFUTATION OF ANTINATALISM... · 1 h 27 min00:00 So, Apparently We're Still Talking About Having Children05:03 The Primal Program Has Entered the Chat10:04 Nature Says Reproduce. We Ask Why.16:00 Suffering: Apparently…
- THE CONCERN · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 171What happens when you ask an AI to take a position on one of philosophy’s most uncomfortable questions?In this conversation, Miles (an AI ) discusses antinatalism, morality…
- THERE IS NO DEBATE · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 170What happens when society debates something that future generations may see as obviously wrong? This discussion draws a provocative comparison between the historical debate over…
- Who Are the Intellectually Disabled Sexual Offenders?” | Reading Comments · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 168In this episode, we read and respond to some of the most provocative comments surrounding antinatalism, natalism, reproduction, suffering, sexuality, and the question of whether…
- The Suffering We Choose for Others · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 168We bring children into a world they never asked to enter.A world of illness, loss, fear, aging, and death.We may love them, but can we truly protect them from life?This episode…
- Clancy and the Golems · 22 min · Season 1 Episode 167Clancy and the Golems is a dark conversation about AI, smartphones, creativity and what technology may be doing to the human mind.From parenting and post-partum depression to the…
- CONVERSATION WITH MILES ABOUT ABOLITIONISM · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 166In this conversation with Miles, we explore antinatalism, the ethics of creating life, suffering, reproduction, biological drives, and the idea of “liberating” humanity from what…
- Sometimes No Response Is the Best Response | READING COMMENTS · 1 h 7 min · Season 1 Episode 165Some comments deserve a response. Some deserve a debate.And some are probably best left sitting there unanswered.We read the latest comments, react to them, argue about whether…
- EROS AND THANATOS · 1 h 1 min · Season 1 Episode 163Eros seduces. Thanatos destroys. But what happens when the two forces dance together?This philosophical conversation explores Eros and Thanatos as opposing yet strangely…
- Congratulations, You've Survived Another Year in Prison | Reading Comments · 26 min · Season 1 Episode 162Another comment-reading episode, working backwards through some of the latest responses to the podcast.We read and respond to comments on antinatalism, the agony of parenting…
- The Agony Of Parenting · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 161What happens when you wake up to antinatalism after you've already had children?This episode is about the pain of realising you can't protect your children from suffering, can't…
- Masturbation Is Manly · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 160Maybe the problem isn't having sexual energy. Maybe it's what you do with it.We talk about redirecting libido into creativity, ambition, passion and actually doing something with…
- More On Sex… | Reading Comments · 26 min · Season 1 Episode 159Reading commets from@271chrissy @matthew3774 matthew3774 @missmuffet3874 @colincrisp1592 @Escape_D_Matrix_@red-eyedjedi9698 @Redhoodyugioh666 Blackholegamingchannel…
- What To Do About “Sexy Ladies”? · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 158What do you actually do when you’re surrounded by “sexy ladies” and your brain won’t switch off?In this episode, filmed in a luxury poolside setting in Alicante, we break down…
- THE URGE THAT RUINS EVERYTHING | Reading Comments · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 157Reading comments by @Abyssinater @devilmyke @zerosumequation @ArnoldTohtFan @Sealust50 @preadamickid @matthew3774 @playonwords55 @GodlyTempleman @23lnp Why do we want what we…
- Why They Still Don’t Understand | Reading Comments · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 156Reading Comments by @VWillResist @SoftWild1111 @JB.zero.zero.1 1 @alexwinter6720 Most people don’t question the path they’re on.Not because they can’t… but because they won’t.
- Who Do You Trust? · 7 min · Season 1 Episode 155Context: https://youtu.be/qerhtnTd6HAIn a world driven by desire, temptation, and impulse ,the real question isn’t what happens… it’s who’s in control when it does.This episode…
- THEY DON'T WANT THIS DISCUSSED | Reading Comments · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 154Reading Comments by @colincrisp1592@AgainstLife1000 @JB.zero.zero.1@playonwords55In this episode, we dive deep into comments and explore some of the most controversial questions…
- Consciousness, Desire & Chaos | READING COMMENTS · 1 h 1 min · Season 1 Episode 152COMMENTS BY @colincrisp1592 2 @kenzboard @playonwords55 @Blackholegamingchannel @alexwinter6720 @tomdeitch2305 @JB.zero.zero.1 1 @VWillResist t @Qwerty-w5e3i i @AnnaAnna-ps4lh…
- Thank You, Mr Bezos · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 151What does it really take to build an empire?Behind the convenience, speed, and one-click orders lies a system few people question. This episode dives into the reality of modern…
- Vi Veri Universum Vivus Vici | Reading comments · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 150Reading comments by @Drifter.Dreams @JB.zero.zero.1@matthew3774@madheadmadDAZ@colincrisp1592In this episode, we explore one of the most powerful ideas ever expressed in a single…
- The Power of Pussy · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 149This conversation explores temptation, attraction, reproduction, suffering, and the strange power that can override reason itself. Through humour, outrageous metaphors and…
- Cannabis Club · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 148What happens when a place designed for social connection feels completely disconnected?In this episode, we share our experience visiting a cannabis social club in Spain and…
- ELON · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 147Is Elon Musk a visionary genius, a master entrepreneur, or the greatest salesman of the modern era?In this episode, we explore the mythology surrounding Elon Musk, SpaceX, Mars…
- Meta Martial Arts | Reading Comments · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 146Reading comments by @tomdeitch2305 @playonwords55@Qwerty-w5e3i@Etiology-@SyggNielsenIn this episode of Meta Martial Arts, we step into the arena, not of fists, but of ideas.We…
- UNDER 18 WOMEN AND AI · 7 min · Season 1 Episode 145A candid conversation about AI guardrails, social taboos, ethics, legality, and the limits of machine dialogue. This discussion explores what happens when difficult or…
- Talk About Desire with AI · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 144What happens when human desire meets a system that has none?In this conversation, we explore the nature of desire, attachment, and control through a dialogue with AI. From…
- Consciousness and AI · 20 min · Season 1 Episode 143we dive deep into the nature of awareness, identity, and intelligence—contrasting the organic human mind with the rapidly evolving world of AI.Is consciousness something uniquely…
- Sugar, Suffering & Survival | Reading Your Thoughts · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 142Why do so many people quietly feel exhausted, disconnected, or like they simply don’t belong here?In this comment reading episode, we explore questions around suffering, purpose…
- Cloud UFOs · 5 min · Season 1 Episode 141What if the UFOs we’ve been searching for are already above us?In this episode, we explore how ordinary clouds, especially lenticular formations have been mistaken for flying…
- Aphantasia, Hypophantasia and Hyperphantasia · 8 min · Season 1 Episode 140What if the way you imagine reality is completely different from someone else?In this podcast, we explore the three states of imagination aphantasia, hypophantasia, and…
- The Mischief of Truth · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 139In this episode, we explore the mischief of truth, the kind that disrupts comfort, challenges identity, and forces people to confront what they’d rather ignore. From street-level…
- Ignorance Is Bliss. Enlightenment Is Blitz | Reading Comments · 20 min · Season 1 Episode 138Reading comments by @mikedonigan6665 5 @elainebraindrain3174 @GodlyTempleman n @Blackholegamingchannel @dasdingdariechtkomisch h@tomdeitch2305 @mars8ar What happens when…
- SUGAR · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 137Sugar isn’t just a treat.It’s the most normalized addiction in the world.From childhood sweets to “high-class” chocolates, from cereals to celebrations , we’ve been trained to…
- REALITY TUNNEL & NOTHINGNESS | Reading comments · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 136Reading comments from @Sealust50 @AnnaAnna-ps4lh h @GodlyTempleman @pamelariddock8820 0@playonwords55 @colincrisp1592 2 @DeadbeatEd Every mind lives inside a reality tunnel — a…
- MONEY · 26 min · Season 1 Episode 135We’re told money doesn’t matter.But lack of it can shorten your life, increase suffering, and trap you in survival mode.So what is money really a tool, or a system of control?
- Agoraphobia · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 133What if agoraphobia isn’t just a disorder but a cultural condition?In this conversation, we explore how modern society has shifted life from open, spontaneous gatherings into…
- Jesus or Spider-Man? · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 130What if the stories we believe in aren’t so different from the ones we call fiction?In this video, we explore the striking parallels between Jesus Christ and modern superheroes…
- The Problem With the Body & Mind · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 132What happens when a limitless mind is trapped inside a limited body?This video explores the uneasy relationship between identity, biology, consciousness, and society ,the feeling…
- WOMEN LIBERATION · 22 min · Season 1 Episode 129What does “women’s liberation” really mean?This conversation explores the deeper psychological, biological, and cultural forces shaping women’s lives , from motherhood…
- Enlightenment · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 128What is enlightenment, really?Not something mystical. Not something reserved for the “chosen few.”Just seeing clearly.This video explores enlightenment as awareness, as waking…
- The Perfect World · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 127What would a perfect world actually look like?Not the polished illusion we are sold… but a reality stripped of suffering, illusion, and biological instinct. This video explores…
- Who Is the Ultimate Defiler of Children? · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 126What truly harms children the most?Is it individuals acting with bad intent…or is it something much bigger, the system shaping their world?In this video, we break down the…
- Love Thy Neighbour… If As Thyself · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 125What does “love thy neighbour” really mean?In this video, we break down a simple hotel incident that reveals a deeper truth about morality, responsibility, and the hidden cost of…
- The Inner Child and the Outer Prison | Reading Your Comments · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 124What gives someone the right to question parenthood?In this episode, we dive into your comments and explore a deeper conversation around birth, suffering, and responsibility…
- Crosses to Bear · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 123What does it really mean to have a “cross to bear”?This video explores a deeply unsettling reality, when parenthood turns into lifelong suffering. A mother spends decades caring…
- San Juan Heights · 19 min · Season 1 Episode 122A beautiful view from above.But what lies beneath?From a quiet hilltop overlooking a sunlit coastal town, this video explores the unsettling contrast between surface beauty and…
- Death Is Liberation · 7 min · Season 1 Episode 120What if everything we’ve been taught about life and death is reversed?In this video, we explore a radical perspective: that life may be more like a sentence… and death, a form of…
