Intellectual Freedom Podcast
By David D. Hopkins, PhD
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Episodes: 156
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Intellectual freedom is not just a buzzword. It is a fundamental necessity for human civilization and your life's flourishing. It is the essence of the human spirit to question, explore, and seek answers to the most profound questions that confront us every day.
Without intellectual freedom, we are but slaves to the whims of those in power, unable to challenge authority, push boundaries, or pursue truth. In our post-modern world, ignorance and oppression weigh heavy on all of us, stifling creativity, innovation, and progress. The quest for knowledge is not a luxury. It is a basic human need. Only through intellectual freedom can we unlock the full potential of our collective intellect and build a brighter future for all.
This podcast explores topics in culture, philosophy, wisdom literature, and complex problems we all confront in life.
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#155: Exhausted by the machine? Stop Floating. Anchor Your Mind. | Against the Machine, Part 5
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May 12, 2026 |
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#154: Why Modern Life Feels Fake And How To Resist It | Against the Machine, Part 4
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May 05, 2026 |
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#153: AI, Capitalism, and the Machine That Trained You | Against the Machine, Part 3
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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#152: The Spiritual Vacuum at the Center of Modern Life | Against the Machine, Part 2
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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#151: The Death of Western Culture (And Why You Should Be Glad) | Against the Machine Part 1
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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#150: Seneca and the Dopamine Trap: Ancient Stoic Wisdom for the Modern Grind
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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#149: The Hall of Mirrors & How to Escape the Simulation (Plato's Republic, Book 10)
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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#148: Profiling the Mind of a Tyrant (Plato's Republic, Book 9)
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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#147: Suicide of the West & How Democracy Kills Itself (Plato's Republic, Book 8)
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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#146: The Original 'Red Pill':The Comfort of the Lie & Pain of Waking Up (Plato's Republic, Book 7)
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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#145: The Crisis of Competence: When Politics Becomes Performance Art (Plato's Republic, Book 6)
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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#144: The Nightmare of Comfort: Can You Handle the Truth? (Plato's Republic, Book 5)
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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#143: The Lizard Brain vs. The Lion: How to Build Unshakeable Discipline (Plato's Republic, Book 4)
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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#142: Soft vs. Savage: How to Build a Dangerous Mind (Plato's Republic, Book 3)
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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#141: Are You Moral, or Just Monitored? (Plato's Republic, Book 2)
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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#140: The 'Wild Beast' of Politics: Tribalism & Power (Plato's Republic Book I)
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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#139: Becoming Dangerous: Why Plato’s Republic is the Ultimate Guide to Intellectual Freedom
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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#138: The Dead Internet & Return of the Human
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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#137: The Velvet Cage: Why the Wisest People Opt Out of American Politics
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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#136: Your World Is Too Big. Shrink Your Life to What Matters.
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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#135: When Pleasure is the Weapon of Oppression
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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#134: How We Became the Shallowest Smart People in History
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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#133: Your Are Not Informed or Educated--You are Stimulated
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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#132: Your Brain Has Been Rewired—And They Called It Entertainment
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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#131: Scroll. Click. Forget. Repeat. How the Algorithm Made Us Shallow (And How to Fix It)
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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#130: Did We Get Scammed? 51% of Gen Z Say College Was a Waste
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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#129: Student Debt, Delusion, and Diplomas: How Bad Math and Big Promises Are Crushing a Generation
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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#128: Terrorized by Trivialities: Escaping the Modern Mind Trap
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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#127: If AI’s Taking the Jobs, What’s the Point of a Degree?
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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#126: Student Loans Don’t Care About Your "Dream College" Feelings
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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#125: From Dream to Scam? Rethinking College in America
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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#124: Echoes of Tyranny: The Seduction of Safety and the Price of Freedom (Part 7)
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Episode #123: Echoes of Tyranny: Why Rebellion Matters (Part 6)
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Episode #122: Echoes of Tyranny: From Tinder to Totalitarianism--The Struggle for Authentic Connection (Part 5)
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Episode #121: Echoes of Tyranny: The Silent War Between Conformity and Courage (Part 4)
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Episode #120: Echoes of Tyranny: Truth Subject to Change Without Notice (Part 3)
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Episode #119: Echoes of Tyranny: Fear, Pleasure, and the Art of Government Control (Part 2)
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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#118: Echoes of Tyranny: How Fiction Became Our Reality (Part 1)
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Episode #117: The Uniparty's Dirty Game: Create a Problem to Solve a Problem
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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#116: Democracy is Dead While the Plutocracy and Uniparty are Thriving
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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#115: Degrees of Freedom: Navigating the College Maze
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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#114: Are You a Monothinker? The Democrats and Republicans Hope So.
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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#113: Conditioned for Mediocrity: Reclaiming Your Life in a Sedated and Superficial World
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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# 112: The Doctor of Philosophy Committed Suicide. Nobody Noticed.
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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#111: Next Level Your Life: Be Process Oriented Not Goal Oriented
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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#110: The Horror Show of a Trump vs. Biden Rematch in 2024
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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#109: The Power of Your Social Circle: Where Your Mind Goes, You Go
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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#108: The AI Revolution: Will Machines Outthink Humanity?
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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#107: Embracing Unpleasant Truths: Why Erasing History Isn’t the Answer
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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#106: Whispers from the Grave: Life's Most Profound Lessons, Shared Simply
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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#105: Shared Values: Exploring the Common Ground of Abrahamic Religions
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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#104: The Tragic Loss of the Foundation for Justice and Morality
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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#103: Banning Tik Tok: National Security Risk or Another Big Government Power Grab?
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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#102: The Decline of Religion: Why Faith Is So Hard in the Postmodern World
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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#101: What the **Bleep** was I Thinking!?! Using Medieval Wisdom to Revolutionize Your Decision-Making in Three Simple Steps
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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#100: The American Dream Isn't Just Dead--It Was the Wrong Dream to Begin With
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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#99: Ignorance is NOT Bliss! Why Civilizations Degrade Towards Evil & Division.
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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#98: How Protestant Prosperity Gospel Pastors are Killing Christianity
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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#97: Beyond Christianity: How the teachings of Jesus Christ apply to everyone.
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Feb 18, 2023 |
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#96: Stoicism in the Age of Woke Culture
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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#95: The Antidote to Pain and Suffering in our Modern World
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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#94: How practicing skepticism will make you a powerful thinker
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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# 93: "But I just want to be happy..."
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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#92: Moral Relativism, Culture Wars and the Sophists
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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#91: Is the Life You are Living REAL?
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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#90: Question Everything! Socrates and the path to becoming your best self.
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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#89: The Mystical Wisdom in Fables
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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#88: Finding Peace in a Violent and Unsettled World
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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#87: Tapping into the God Within-The Philosophy of Mencius
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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#86: The Master Sage of China-Confucius
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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#85: Finding ”The Way” in Daoism
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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#84: The Wisdom in Indigenous Stories
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May 27, 2022 |
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#83: The Warrior Ethic
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May 20, 2022 |
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#82: The Wisdom in Proverbs
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May 13, 2022 |
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#81: The Wisdom in Customary Laws
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May 06, 2022 |
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#80: Moral Wisdom Past & Present
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May 05, 2022 |
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#79: Talk with Ben Tanner--The Value of Intermittent Fasting
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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#78: What will your ‘digital legacy‘ be when you die?
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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#77: Talk with Deborah Driggs--from cover girl to broke to grace
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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#76: Luxury Beliefs and the Wealthy: Rich, Privileged, and “Friend of the Oppressed”
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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#75: Interview with Erik Allen
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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#74: How to Create Your Ideal Life
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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#73: Confessions of an Ethical Drug Dealer
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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#72: You are Running Out of Time!
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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#71: Racial Healing-Interview w/ Milagros Phillips
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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#70: The Rise of Psychological Man
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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# 69: Still Beautiful-Interview w/ Kelly Falardeau
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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#68: Know Thyself
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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#67: Political Upheaval in Latin America w/ Ricardo Vargas
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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#66: The Crab Mentality: Haters Gonna Hate
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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#65: Discussion with Deven Rodriguez
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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#64 Politicians Behaving Badly
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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#63: The Most Important Thing You Can Do For Your Brain
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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#62: Intellectual Freedom in an Age of Control
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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#61: Life Is Good
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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#60: Navigating a Decaying Education System
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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#59: Shift Happens-How & Why Cancel Culture Became "A Thing"
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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#58: How Complexity Bias Can Derail Your Success
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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#57: Joe Rogan Podcast & the Theory "Pain is Good"
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May 25, 2021 |
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#56: The Yin and the Yang: Prosperity, Perspective, and Gratitude in America
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May 18, 2021 |
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#55: Blast Through Mental Strongholds
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May 11, 2021 |
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#54: Political Extremists & the Rhetoric of Division
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May 04, 2021 |
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Episode #53: Political Division & Meme Culture
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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Episode #52: Bill Gates, Fake Mate, and Marketing Deception
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Episode #51: Politics & When to Disengage
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Episode 50: A Prisoner No More
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Episode #49: DC Riots-Consequences of the Political Divide & Conquer Strategy
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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Episode #48: Be Subversive
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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Episode 47: I'm Offended!!!
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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Episode #46: A Message of Strength--"She Tried"
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Dec 30, 2020 |
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Episode #45: Future of the American Dream?
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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Episode #44: The Greatest Gift to Give or Receive: Trust
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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Episode #43: Mechanisms of Power & Control in American Culture
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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Episode #42: Case Study in Mediation-The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Episode #41: Get Your Mind Right, Get Your Life Right
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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Episode #40: American Civil War 2.0 - Is it possible?
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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Episode #39: Hit Peak Performance-Why You Do What You Do
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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Episode #38: Cancel the Cancel Culture Mob
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Episode #37: Super Charge Your Mind & Body
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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Episode #36: The New Political Class: America's Best & Brightest Need Not Apply
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Episode #35: The Real Value of College in the Age of Coronavirus
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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Episode #34: When Democracy Fails
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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Episode #33: The Greatest Weapon of Control
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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Episode #32: Walk Away from the Mainstream Media
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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Episode #31: Freedom of Speech & Section 230
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Episode #30: Post Election-Worry About Tomorrow Tomorrow
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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Episode #29: The Irrelevant Citizen--A story of the Disengaged
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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Episode #28: Why you do the things you do.
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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Episode #27: Positive Election News-Most Voters are not Political Junkies
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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Episode #26: Why You So Mad Bro?
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Episode #25: Politicians and the Doomsday Rhetoric of ‘What If’
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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Episode #24: The Power of Simplicity
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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Episode #23: Re-Imagining the Two Party Political System
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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Episode #22: Know Your Enemy--Political Propaganda & Emotion
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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Episode #21: You Are Running Out of Time
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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Episode #20: That was a Presidential Debate?!?
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Episode #19: AI & Human Behavior Modification
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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Episode #18: How to Reach Your Highest Intellectual Potential
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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Episode #17: The Dark Web Goes Mainstream
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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Episode #16: Being 'Educated' vs Earning a Degree
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Episode #15: Election 2020: Persuasion Principles that Work
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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Episode #14: Death of the Main Stream Media
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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Episode 13: Deceived: How Politicians Manipulate Voters in the Age of Technology
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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Episode #12: You are being watched. The American Surveillance State
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Episode #11: The Real Reason College is so Expensive
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Aug 30, 2020 |
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Episode #10: Open Conversation with High School Seniors
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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Episode #9: Politics and Marketing the Mind to Stupid
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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Episode #8:The Herd Mentality in Society and the American Education System
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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Episode #7: Internet Trolls, Online Language, and Expert Communication
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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Episode #6: Political Dysfunction, Sanctuary Cites, and the New America
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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Episode #5: American Culture: Obese, In-Debt, Addicted and Medicated
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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Episode #4: I just want to be happy.
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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Episode #3: Us Versus Them
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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Episode #2: Democracy is not Working
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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Episode #1: Other Minds, Drew Brees, and the National Anthem
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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Introduction to Intellectual Freedom Podcast
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Jul 29, 2020 |