24 January 2016
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast, Weekly Why
Local poet Marc Powell joins Stephen for some high-frequency riffing on world systems, philosophy …and each other
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activism, Adam Smith, addiction, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Anarcho-Syndicalism, art, Austin, Beehive Collective, beer, bees, Capital Factory, capitalism, cartoons, celebrity, communication, conservative fusionism, culture, David Holmgren, death, EFF-Austin, environmentalism, Facebook, FarmVille, flooding, food, gentrification, Heidegger, hubris, humility, Iain McGilchrist, IMF, intellectualism, Ivan Illich, John Michael Greer, Jon Lebkowsky, language, Marc Powell, Masanobu Fukuoka, meta, mythology, Neal Postman, Neil Degrasse-Tyson, permaculture, poetry, politics, privilege, progress, reality, religion, Richard Dawkins, Roland Barthes, San Francisco, science, Silicon Valley, Socrates, somatic experience, Stephen, stereo, Taoism, technology, The Holy Mountain, The Internet, The Peripheral, The Singularity, Tony Robbins, TV, Wendell Berry, William Gibson, World Bank
09 August 2015
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Fan Fiction, cultural appropriation, and deep geekery with guest expert Katherine
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50 Shades of Grey, Barbie Life in the Dreamhouse, BDSM, Big Bang Theory, Cards Against Humanity, China Miéville, Colonialism, cultural appropriation, Dead Poet’s Society, Doctor Who, erotica, fan fiction, FanFiction.net, fiction, gender, gender bias, Ghost, Hannibal, Harry Potter, He-man, head cannon, historiography, Katherine, Kevin, language, Leonard Nemoy, Les Miserables, My Immortal, My Little Pony, Neil Gaiman, romance novels, Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes, smut, social justice, Star Trek, Stephen, Steven Universe, supernatural, The Highlander, The Tomorrow People, Twilight, writing
26 April 2015
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Special guest Dania Toth joins us to talk startups, success, and beer.
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Adelbert’s Brewery, beer, Center 61, consequentialism, corporate social responsibility, Dani, Dave Eggers, deontology, Dogfish Head Brewery, ecology, Elon Musk, entrepreneur, environmentalism, ethics, Facebook, John Mackey, Kevin, Marc Andreesen, Onion Talks, Peter Thiel, Philosophizer, Ruth Glendinning, Silicon Valley, social entrepreneurship, startups, Stephen, success, sustainability, Ten Acre Organics, uncertainty, Unltd USA, Whole Foods, Zero to One
20 March 2015
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Tackling Judith Butler, gender conceptions, and the complex contemporary web of thought around these subjects with Stephen and Kevin
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Action Philosophers, Apple, Capital Factory, capitalism, colonialization, continental philosophy, DSM, entropy, feminism, gender, germinal, Gone Girl, homosexuality, identity, Invisibilia, Judith Butler, Jupiter Ascending, Kevin, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr, meaning of life, pride, prime numbers, queer theory, sex, sexuality, Stephen, The Wachowskis, transgender
19 February 2015
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast, Rule Set Update
Kevin and Stephen reflect on episodes 157, 158, and 159, then refresh the rule framework of BF
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