Curious Discussions: Recent Episodes
Jeremiah Cutright & Jacob Landis
The Curious Discussions Podcast is hosted by Jeremiah Cutright & Jacob Landis. Each week the hosts focus on a different topic, whether that be politics, science, deep questions, or just two idiots thinking out-loud.
This episode the hosts sit down to talk about all the bad takes on gun control from the media and potential actual solutions. Key talking points include Uvalde, Founding Fathers, Aristotle, the WHO, and Jacob NOT defunding the Department of Education.
This week the hosts have a short discussion about some of the current news. Key talking points include an upcoming recession, future politics, world peace and world hunger, and President Bush's Freudian Slip.
This week the hosts talk about a range of topics. Key talking points include how much Trump changed between 2016-2022, the failure of the two-party system, unkept promises from Biden and other politicians, and Marvel movies.
This week the hosts discuss an array of topics. Key talking points include Elon Musk buying Twitter, Media Self-Censorship, the Judiciary System, and DINOs (Democrats In Name Only).
This week the hosts discuss a variety of topics with the central theme of regulating morality. Key talking points include Elon Musk and Twitter, Transgenderism Debate, Nature vs Nurture, Mental Immune Systems, and Utopia.
This week the hosts discuss a variety of topics, mostly about the paradoxical nature of the world we currently live in. Key talking points include Ukraine, Modern Slavery, Elon Musk, Company Towns, and Monkeys playing Pong
This week the hosts discuss political in-fighting. Key talking points include Covid, J.K Rowling, Will Smith & Chris Rock, and a Twitter account for the podcast.
This week the hosts continue their conversation on healthcare. Key talking points include healthcare philosophy, pharmaceutical corruption, nationalizing healthcare, and insulin prices between countries.
This week the hosts debate on healthcare and will finish the debate in part 2 of this episode. Key talking points include Ukraine update at the beginning of the episode, measuring quality of care, male suicide rate and male mental health, comparing healthcare outcomes between countries, and killing Hitler.
This week the hosts talk about several different topics, beginning with the lack of Russian progress made in Ukraine. Key talking points include Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, the results from our polling last episode, and a debate on healthcare.
This episode the hosts discuss the invasion of Ukraine. Key talking points include where the war currently stands, the international response with sanctions, NATO's response, the insanity of Vladimir Putin, energy, and how the education system misrepresents classic dystopian novels.
Disclaimer: The war in Ukraine is ever evolving and some things said in this podcast may become outdated as the situation changes. We both hope that the conflict in Ukraine can come to a peaceful ending as quickly as possible.
This episode Travis Zweibel joins the hosts again on the podcast. Key talking points include Joe Rogan, should disinformation be illegal, Big Tabacco, and a debate around the flaws of centrism.
This episode the hosts have a discussion about recent events and a couple hour rabbit hole on the value of a life. Key talking points include Ukraine, Joe Rogan, Whoopie Goldberg, how life is given value, and Jacob's predictions for the Superbowl and the upcoming Sate of the Union Adress.
This episode the hosts talk about getting over Covid. Key talking points include the relative safety of Omicron, mainstream media, Joe Rogan, and what they don't teach you about WW2 in school.
This episode the hosts take the Percival Index political test and discuss each of the questions as they go along. Key talking points include how political views have changed over the pandemic, a multitude of classic political issues, and our results at the end.
You can check out the Percival Index test here: itsperceval.github.io
This episode the hosts discuss how the past year felt. Key talking points include the January 6th Capital Riot, Elon Musk, Trump vs Biden, Afghanistan, and the number of times the word "Ye" is used in the Bible.
This episode the hosts discuss the history of who Time Magazine has named "Person of the Year". Key talking points include Elon Musk being the newest recipient, social media, conspiracy theories, and some very controversial and surprising past recipients.
This episode the hosts discuss the US being the world's police force. Key talking points include Ukraine, Taiwan, Covid, Democracy, Native Americans, and global superpowers.
This episode the hosts get completely sidetracked off their originally intended topic, gun control. Key talking points include corporate disinformation, Rittenhouse, social media consumption, and the ideal age of politicians.
This episode the hosts discuss the Metaverse. Key talking points include positives and negatives, religion, the meaning of life, our robot overlord to-be Mark Zuckerberg, and YOLO philosophy.
This episode the hosts have a discussion with Travis Zwiebel. Key talking points include crypto currency, China, minimum wage, and corporate moralism.
You can support Travis by checking out the Youtube channel that he and his girlfriend started, where they create videos about her trip through getting her Cochlear implant. (Click here)
This episode the hosts discuss the idea of needing to be pro nuclear power in order to truly be an environmentalist. Key talking points include public opinions, Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, uranium enrichment, thorium, gun safety, and The Muppets.
This week the hosts discuss some current global energy issues, as well as some other political information. Key talking points include the high gasoline prices, the current natural gas crisis in Europe, politicians using emotional and inflammatory speech to garner to the masses instead of intellectual and reasoned talk, North Korea, Elon Musk (not) solving world hunger, and California falling into the ocean.
This week the hosts discuss an array of topics, including Taiwan-China-US relations, wealth inequality and the idea of a wealth tax, technocracy, and toxic twitter.
This episode the hosts continue the conversation from last episode. Key talking points include discussing environmental impacts on gender, what types of parents might make for the most optimally developed child, and being reasonable with your opinions.
This episode the hosts have a smooth flow of topics. Starting with the current situation of family leave, they transition over to gender theory while also covering personal responsibilities, traditional gender roles, risk reward analysis, and The Rock being the epitome of male masculinity.
This week the hosts look at many of the specific details relating to the newly founded "Forward" party, led by Andrew Yang. Key talking points include ranked-choice voting, universal basic income, a Value-Added Tax (VAT) and Jeremiah completely butchering his explanation of open primaries.
This week the hosts discuss one of our favorite paradoxes, The Fermi Paradox. Key talking points include extraterrestrial life, the Great Filter, existential risks, and sex shops (naturally).
This week the hosts have a jovial conversation about various topics. Key talking points include outrage at comedy, dark humor, war between Taiwan and China, and a spicy hot take at the beginning.
This week the hosts go on rants about various topics. Key talking points include the looming government shutdown, free college, getting jobs to recognize the value in self-taught skills, and coconuts.
Disclaimer: The audio in this episode got messed up due to technical issues. It is good until about halfway into the episode and then the hosts audio falls out of sync with eachother.
This week the hosts discuss the automation of the workforce. Key talking points include the automation of trucking and various other industries, the Tesla Bot, and robo-cops.
This week the hosts discuss a variety of topics around how much a life is worth, inspired by the recent Texas abortion laws. Key talking points include the buying of organs, prostitution, how to determine if something/someone is net societally positive or negative, and the trolley problem.
Freeform Discussion. Key talking points include Afghanistan, Marvel movies, China's new law restricting the amount of time its people can play video games, cars, and "stealing the moon".
This week the hosts are joined by Kensha Bell. Kensha is the author of The Movement and head of his company: Pure Oddity. Key talking points include Afghanistan, military spending, how to listen to other perspectives, and censorship.
This week the hosts discuss whether the practice of lobbying has a place in our democracy. Key talking points include searching the internet for reasons why lobbying is good, lobbying against lobbying, governmental changes that could reduce lobbying's impacts, and how science is awesome.
Freeform Discussion. Key talking points include recent Covid news, Bezos going to space, late-stage democracy, and wealth inequalities.
This week the hosts attempt to break the fourth wall and discuss simulation theory. Key talking points include wondering if we are just in a Petri dish, living in a computer, if there is actually any substantial difference between simulation theory and religion, and some current news.
This week the hosts have a discussion about Anarchism and its potential future for society. Key talking points include drawbacks, future potential, its relationship to socialism, and getting philosophical on memes.
This week the hosts talk about wind power, getting sidetracked several times along the way. Key talking points include the comparison of jobs from wind power to other forms of energy production, various misconceptions such as the devastating Texas Freeze being blamed on wind, sustainability, as well as immigration, 2024 candidates, and Wikipedia.
This week the hosts hold a freeform discussion with topics ranging from history to current events. Key talking points include Bill Cosby being released from prison, the dangers of mob rule via McCarthyism, and how California has banned state funded travel to a total of 34% of the country.
This episode the hosts cheer on the death of "Big Media". Key talking points include public distrust of news, generational cultural shift towards decentralized news outlets, and how the media can't survive without Donald Trump (or someone comparable).
This week the hosts discuss Universal Basic Income (UBI), which also obviously includes talk about Andrew Yang. Key talking points include UBI studies, Juneteenth, and a debate about the proposed global corporate tax plan.
This week the hosts discuss the relationship of religion and politics. Key talking points include various political topics such as abortion and student debt, how important it is to be able to admit you're wrong about something, as well as "MAGAism" and "Wokeism".
This week the hosts have an intriguing freeform discussion. Key talking points include the upcoming government reports on Unidentified Ariel Phenomenon (UAP, its the same thing as UFO), the action going on in the Supreme Court discussing Roe v Wade, and how we should have listened to George Washington.
This week the hosts focus on the topic of whether or not nuclear weapons make the world safer. Key talking points include counterarguments, Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), and how nuclear weapons may have helped prevent the Cold War from turning "Hot".
This week the hosts continue the conversation from last episode and discuss the US military spending. Key talking points include comparisons in the military budget to other countries, if it is appropriate for the US to act as the worlds peacekeepers, and how statistics can be used as "math for liars".
This week the hosts focus on a couple topics. First, the ongoing question of the question whether space exploration should be prioritized is discussed and then some time is taken to discuss the ongoing Israel/Palestine conflict. Key talking points include NASA budget, Military spending, and UN interferences in global conflicts.
This week the hosts discuss whether or not we should be worrying about overpopulation. Key talking points include the Earth's carrying capacity, psychology among average individuals, and how it would be unsustainable if every person "lived like an American".
Freeform Discussion #4. Key talking points include the Ship of Theseus philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, and Biden's recent speech to congress.
This week the hosts discuss the future of agriculture. Key talking points include lab-grown meat, vertical farming, and two white guys mansplaining racial injustice.
This week the hosts discuss aspects of why people have uninformed opinions. Key talking points include examples, consequences, some unrelated news, and UFOs.
This week the hosts talk about social media. Key talking points include positives and negatives, platforms vs publishers, and flat earthers.
This week the hosts have a nice long random chat. Key talking points include President Biden's new infrastructure plan, electric vehicles, creating a habitat on Mars, how we like our steak, and...making crab cakes?
This week the hosts discuss The United States' stunted political spectrum. Key talking points include current issues, comparisons to the rest of the world, and building the wall.
This week the hosts have a conversation about the legalization of drugs in the United States. Key talking points include discussions about specific drugs, the messed up drug scheduling system, and the WAP preformance at the Grammys.
This week the hosts discuss the differences of spirituality and religion. Key talking points include the decrease in religions popularity, how religion interacts with the modern view of science, and the Christmas magic mushroom.
Freeform Discussion. Key talking points include nuclear weapons, the relationship between religion and the government, and the new HR-1 bill that recently passed through congress.
This week the hosts have an all around discussion about the importance of maintaining free speech. Key talking points include conservative censorship, media polarization, and world war 2.
This week the hosts have a conversation revolving around the U.S. education system. Key talking points include comparisons to other countries, what is wrong with how the system is set up, and (randomly) electric cars.
This episode kicks off what will be a recurring series of talks where the hosts sit down for a conversation with no particular subject in mind. Key talking points from this discussion include how Reddit meemed on Wall Street, filibuster talks, and how traveling to Mars is the stupidest thing we could do; so lets go do it.
This week the hosts get a little existential and talk about our warming planet. As the earth continues to warm there is increasing worry about how we can mitigate global warming and better adapt, but how bad could it really get? Key talking points include a look at the planet Venus, discussions about the last major Ice Age, and the lack of progress being made to address this issue. Stay until the end for a short discussion about Gamestop being the economies biggest meme.
This weeks episode, the hosts focus on how the United States handled the Covid-19 pandemic. Seeing as there is much discussion over how well/poorly the U.S. has handled the crisis, and with the vaccines now being rolled out, it seemed like the right time to have a discussion about this. Key talking points include comparisons to other countries, worry about government overreach, China's lack of help addressing the issue, concerns about the vaccines, and how Plague Inc.© was the best mobile game ever.
This week, the hosts discuss the potential of a ranked-choice voting system in the United States and how it might affect the current political system. Key talking points include pros & cons, the political duopoly, and making fun of the state of Montana.
Hosts Jeremiah Cutright & Jacob Landis begin the first episode of the podcast by discussing the ongoing debate of American "Late-Stage Democracy". Key talking points include the polarization of the USA , the recent attack on the US Capital Building, and other related topics.