Thinking Out Loud: Recent Episodes
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Our lives are shaped by different philosophies that we espouse, and as such we have very diverse views and ways of relating or responding to similar things. Here at Thinking Out Loud, we endeavor to investigate these philosophies in an objective spirit as we possibly can. We believe that one can shape their destiny by exercising their mental faculty and think out loud.
In this episode we will learn how analyze arguments, and the two general types of arguments.
Relevant and Irrelevant Reasons. This episode is about how to determine whether a reason is relevant or irrelevant in an argument.
In this episode, we define some terms that are critical to understand in order to be a good listener and a critical thinker.
A discussion of the two systems of critical thinking and the basic rules of engagement common to both.
In this episode we continue our discussion on the common types of cognitive biases. Thank you.
The human brain is powerful but subject to limitations. Cognitive biases are often a result of your brain's attempt to simplify information processing. Biases often work as rules of thumb that help you make sense of the world and reach decisions with relative speed.In this episode we discuss the core of cognitive biases.
What propels and fuels the Feminist Ideology? In this episode we uncover the sinister foundational ideology to Feminism, Marxism, and the French Revolution.
In its fight against male dominion/domination, Feminism employs some tactics that are antithetical to the Biblical principles. In this episode we look at some of those tactics.
What happens when male headship rots and turns to male domination? In this episode we learn how the feminine world reacts to this anomaly.
What purpose does the "strengths" and "weaknesses" of men and women serve? Do they make one gender more valuable than the other? Or they are there by design, and therefore not a bad thing altogether? This episode is just the right one to get answers to these questions.
What does mature femininity look like? I'm this episode we seek to answer this question.
In this episode we continue and conclude what we learnt about masculinity from our last episode.
What is masculinity? What does it look like? In this episode we will tackle these questions and more.
Negativity is contagious and deadly, it taints the atmosphere and the character. In this episode we discuss negativity/pessimism/paranoia as an emotional baggage. Also we consider how to combat it.
"Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you." Horace. In this episode we discuss anger as an emotional baggage, and how to deal with it.
I could have, should have...Regret makes one live in the past, and blinds their eyes to what is, and and what could be. In this episode we discuss how to deal with regret as an emotional baggage.
Guilt can be a very evil emotion. It can make you imagine things that aren't really there. It can enslave you to your past. In this episode we discuss how guilt, as an emotional baggage, can adversely affect a romantic relationship. We also discuss how to deal with it.
Fear is one of the most essential human emotions. It triggers our survival instinct...But when we fail to heal from a traumatic experience, fear can become a foe. In this episode we discuss fear as a type of emotional baggage, and how one can overcome it.
In this episode we discuss what emotional baggage can result from a dysfunctional family.
Unresolved emotional baggage has the capacity to sabotage relationships, and it will definitely do so. In this episode we discuss and identify signs that show that a relationship is being sabotaged.
We collect a lot of emotional junk as we go through life from words said or unsaid, actions done or not done, expectations that were never met, and many other things - and all this piles up to be a wall of offense to progress. In this episode we briefly discuss the significance of emotions and define the phrase "emotional baggage".
In this episode we discuss the style of leadership that Jesus taught by precept and example - servant leadership.
The scriptural qualifications for elders can be divided into three broad categories relating to: moral and spiritual character, abilities, and Spirit given motivation. In this episode we conclude our discussion on the qualifications of an elder by exploring the aspect of abilities.
A biblical eldership requires biblically qualified elders. The overriding concern of the New Testament in relation to church leadership is for the right kind of men to serve as elders and deacons. In this episode we discuss this issue from a biblical viewpoint.
Is the concept of male leadership an ancient custom that has no relevance in the contemporary world and Christianity? Or is it a timeless Biblical principle? In this episode we discuss this evidence in pursuit of the truth.
In this episode, we are discussing the concept of "leaders among leaders" or "first among equals".
The concept of shared leadership is found in both the Old and the New Testament. What are the advantages of shared leadership? What does shared leadership look like? In this episode we discuss these questions.
What does leading the flock mean, and how it it done? How about caring for the flock? Does it really matter how all this is done? In this episode we address these questions and more as we learn more about Biblical Eldership.
One of the duties or responsibilities of an elder is to feed the church ("flock"). How is that supposed to be done? In this episode we discuss this issue from a Biblical perspective.
What does the Bible say about eldership? Is it a position just like that of a company CEO, or a king or a lord? In this episode we will learn from the Christian creed, the Bible, about what the office of eldership entails,and also about one of the duties of an elder.
Church government is an extremely practical and theologically significant issue. In this episode, we will learn about a Leadership Structure that's Bible based.
A special episode that features our friends' experience with Thinking Out Loud podcast.
In this episode we will learn about the spiritual philosophy that influenced Dr Alfred Kinsey's research and publicised data on human sexuality.
"Kinsey would have done business with the devil if it helped the research - - and he did." Dr. Wardell B. Pomeroy (Kinsey's co-author). In this episode we will discover the lengths to which Dr Alfred Kinsey went just to get data that he used in his publications. The data that revolutionized sexuality on a grand scale.
Homosexuality is a very ancient phenomenon. But in the 1960s it reached a level of popularity such that movements were organized and laws were made to favor the homosexuals. What caused this revolution? What happened to warrant such a drastic change with regards to society's attitude towards homosexuality? In this episode we will learn how Dr Alfred Kingsey is largely responsible for this.
How did Dr Alfred Kinsey and his team gather information that resulted in publication of the childhood sexuality findings in his publications in the 1940s? In this episode we will learn how this information was gathered. Listener discretion is advised.
What would you think if you learnt that some of the most important scientific research of the century may have been based on fraud, or if not fraud, criminal experimentation on children? What if you learnt that the results of this research are exerting a profound influence on our society today - ranging from how we deal with sex offenders to how, when, what, and why children are being taught about sex? In this episode we will begin our search for Kinsey's methods of obtaining the data that changed how childhood sexuality is understood.
We shudder, and even get infuriated, when we hear of cases where children are sexually abused. This sexual aberration is known as pedophilia.
There are some places where this is counted as an acceptable thing, and laws are being drafted to legalize it. One would wonder how society got to the point of accepting this uncouth, strange, disgusting, and diabolic practice.
In this episode we will look at a significant part of history that explains this state of things.
Since the "discovery" of Edward Bernays in the 1920s - that humans can be manipulated into buying things that they don't necessarily need -, the marketing industry has spent a lot of money and effort in a more refined and efficient way of manipulating the masses to get their products and services. One of the most successful tools used up to date is sexuality. Sex is the biggest salesman of the age, and this has dire consequences... In this final episode we will be answering the question from episode 1 - Can you change someone's reality by what you give them, visually, to watch?
The big question from our previous episode was: "Can you change someone's reality by what you give them, visually, to watch?" I'm this episode we will not only learn that it is so, but also as to how it is done.
We all know that entertainment TV is fake. However, what we entertain ourselves with more than often leaves an indelible effect on our emotions and general view of reality. Are there any physical changes to our brains that result from this? In this episode we will learn how TV, entertainment TV, affects the human brain.
"It still remains a fact that thousands are suffocating under a pool of digital tools. Coexisting with digital reality is proving elusive. We seem to have admitted defeat and have given up our lives, our children, our potentials, our dreams to the machines. But it is within the dark tunnel of confusion and struggle that light precedes from the end, echoing hope to overcome." Bogosi Phuti
Technology has changed. Now we are so much addicted to mobile phones that we often ignore people around us. But somewhere there are people who still want people more than the social sites and games. But the sad part is that they are alone.
Social media addiction /disorder is a menace - it breeds procrastination, kills productivity, suffocates meaningful relationships, and affects attention span. Is there a way to undo the neurological transformation imposed by social media addiction?
How has the digital world taken over our minds? How is social media - a tool that we are supposed to be using - using us as its slaves?
How can one avoid a cycle of going in and out of rehab over some form of addiction? What's the key component in overcoming any form of addiction? In this episode we will learn about the role of the will in getting over addiction.
Since addiction changes how the brain is wired, and by extension the psychology of the brain, is there a way to undo the neurological transformation imposed by an addiction? In this episode we will be learning about how to overcome an addiction at a psychological level.
What is addiction? How does one get to be an addict? What are the psychological and physiological processes that are involved in the process of addiction? This episode addresses these questions.
Religion is one of the things that people divide themselves over. It can divide families. A belief in the existence of God, or a belief in the non-existence of God has a great bearing on how one lives their life. In this episode we are mainly discussing views that relativise (at best) God's existence.
Your philosophical worldview affects your social and / spiritual life. An understanding of the philosophical worldviews is therefore imperative in being a balanced individual.
Our worldview shapes how we deal with ourselves and our environment. It shapes our destiny, it forms our character, it dictates our habits.