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That's today's Pain Point. Whether the time frame is days, weeks, months or years, Andrew sees himself cycling through several states of mind - from accomplished and optimistic, to overwhelmed and stressed, to inadequate and failing. How can he stop letting this effect others in his world and how can let himself enjoy anything, or ...
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The group takes on the challenge of dis-integration, in this discussion of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, addiction, medication, meditation, and the all-important journey inward. All loosely based around Dan Siegel's 2010 book Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation In the second half, many new topics are introduced; Web 3.0 and shitcoins The Fourth Turning post-Libertarians ...
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"You need to happen to the weather. The weather doesn't need to happen to you." -Andrew The group discusses the Strauss-Howe Generational Theory from the 1997 book, The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy - What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny and the 2021 related book, Pendulum: How Past ...
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Danny McCarthy, Kevin Cole, and I discuss a variety of topics Including The Crypto honey pot theory Bill Cooper and The Mysteries of Babylon Mandates Mob movies Mass Formation and Consequent Totalitarian Behavior in Homo Sapiens Universals vs. particulars: a different perspective on current health issues Confirmation bias, dopamine addiction, and "possession" in the the ...
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How do you get yourself started when you don't want to? How do you keep yourself going when you want to stop? Young Alex is in the hot seat for this discussion about purpose, goals, habits, values, and hookers. School Sucks Project · The Discomfort Zone (s05e03) No-mentum BRAND NEW! Get Access to Our Discord ...
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The final episode of the School Sucks Podcast. After a lengthy monologue about the past and the future, the audience speaks, at the Midwest Peace and Liberty Fest. MCed by Alex "Young Alex" Bell. Organized and introduced by Joe Moutard. This message has never been more relevant, and our work continues on in new forms! ...
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Drew Sample is so gregarious and friendly - everywhere he goes it's like he immediately becomes the mayor of that place. But like most mayors, he's not very good at being a manager. Alex, Andrew, and Brett offer support and advice. BRAND NEW! Get Access to Our Discord Community, Our Full List of Clubs, and ...
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Danny McCarthy and I discuss Mass Formation and Consequent Totalitarian Behavior in Homo Sapiens, with most of our conversation building around this quote: "Usually it is only about 30% [of a population that gets] grasped in a mass phenomenon or hypnosis. An additional 35-45% usually does not want to raise a dissonant voice in the ...
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We discuss my study of the No Agenda podcast, what I love about it and some criticisms, the value-for-value model, the future of podcasting generally, and the future of my content creation. The conversation also includes meeting the audience where they're at, and whether or not there's a market for what I'm planning to do ...
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Drew Sample, Nicky P, Danny McCarthy, and I discuss several topics - shipping crisis, happiness, podcasting, and optimism. Scott Hambrick quickly unmutes to drop the show's title line. We'll discuss that too. Part of the Un-iversity Weekly Discussion Group Series An ongoing conversation about applying the lessons and practices of The Ideas Into Action Summit ...
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This episode was originally planned as follow-up to our financial conversation. BUT it turns into beginning of a whole new adventure. Andrew and Brett welcome Drew Sample and Alex Bell as regular hosts of TDZ. This show is an orientation to our exciting new four-way dynamic! School Sucks Project · The Discomfort Zone (s05e01)Happiness Is ...
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Renee Hobbs is an internationally-recognized authority on media literacy education. Through community and global service and as a researcher, teacher, advocate and media professional, Hobbs has worked to advance the quality of digital and media literacy education in the United States and around the world. Author of 10 books and more than 150 scholarly articles, ...
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In this penultimate episode of School Sucks Podcast, we aim to offer some hope for the future. I am joined by three of the most optimistic gentlemen I know: Wes Bertrand, Joel Bein, and Kevin Koskella. We discuss the "immunity of awareness" in an age of "menticide," stages of societal development, cultural re-birth, resistance to ...
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(Emotional Manipulators For Hire, Episode 11) Friend, copywriter, marketer, and Facebook World Champion Nathan Fraser and I continue our monthly conversation about marketing and media manipulation. You'll learn more about the tactics politicians and propagandists use against you, and how you can re-purpose such tactics for good. Today: Confidence The mechanics and facades of confidence, ...
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In this fifth monthly meeting of the Un-iversity Book Club, participants discuss the timely and timeless Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini. I am very proud to announce this as the first (and only) episode of School Sucks that I am not in!! JOIN THE UN-IVERSITY! You are granted access to our Un-iversity ...
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A Special Free-For-All Episode of The Discomfort Zone (s04e07) Live At the Midwest Peace and Liberty Fest Danny McCarthy is 26 years old and he currently makes his living working on an assembly line at an American auto manufacturer that you've likely heard about. But Danny is not seeking a career there. He is instead ...
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A retrospective conversation about finding happiness and serenity in an unfree world (content) and the ripple effects of meaningful (content) creation. With Prof. CJ Killmer JOIN THE UN-IVERSITY! You are granted access to our Un-iversity private community (and all of its clubs!) when you purchase the downloadable version of The Ideas Into Action Summit. Visit ...
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"Next." With Andrew and Young Alex. A free-for-everyone livestream and release of The Discomfort Zone, Season 4 Episode 6. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SUMMIT IS NOW ON SEPTEMBER 11+12! Visit MindsetandMastery.com to learn more about this exciting new presentation, the topics, and bonuses JOIN THE UN-IVERSITY! You are granted access to our Un-iversity private community (and ...
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Today we'll discuss the possibility of departure from the First Realm of society (we'll explain) in pursuit of a peaceful and voluntary Second Realm. The latter is composed of temporary autonomous zones (TAZ) and permanent autonomous zones (PAZ). Joe is one of the organizers of The Midwest Peace and Liberty Fest. [An example of a ...
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A conversation about ethics and influence, and the emerging difficult choices between honesty and integrity. In media, what is the threshold for flying below the radar? In our personal and professional lives, the time for outreach has ended. The priority now is self-defense. But this does not mean influence has been capped in these situations. ...
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Part 2: "Death By Disinformation!" AN ANALYSIS - WITH SCOTT HAMBRICK Scott and I discuss a timely gem from the New York Times Opinion Dissemination Section. Today we'll finish up the article and move on to the Dirty Dozen of Disinformation "white" paper, written by The Center For Such and Fuck. Main article title: Don’t ...
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Here is the conclusion to Episode #724. It runs about 17 minutes. I have added an unreleased hour of Q&A with Scott from an Un-iversity Weekly Discussion Group, back in December 2020. This was a follow-up to our conversation in Episode #691 - 2020: The Year In Review. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SUMMIT IS NOW ON ...
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With Scott Hambrick and Lisa from AUTONOMY, interacting for the first time! This is a fast-paced and intense conversation that offers an ahead-of-time, behind-the-scenes look at what happened on the podcast this month. Before Scott arrives, I test my ideas against a large and energetic Un-iversity group. Theme: balancing outside-your-sphere-of-control cynicism with inside-your-sphere-of-control optimism. And ...
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This Is A Test, Part Six A continued update of our 2020 series on the pandemic, encouraging a deeper and broader look at both the ever-shifting scientific consensus and dissenting voices of our current age. Today Darrell and I are joined by our friend Tony Myers, who teaches logic and co-hosts the Grand Theft World ...
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AN ANALYSIS - WITH SCOTT HAMBRICK Scott and I discuss a timely gem from the New York Times Opinion Dissemination Section Tittle: Don’t Go Down the Rabbit Hole Subtitle: Critical thinking, as we’re taught to do it, isn’t helping in the fight against misinformation. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SUMMIT IS AUGUST 28+29 Visit MindsetandMastery.com to learn ...
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(Emotional Manipulators For Hire, Episode 10) Friend, copywriter, marketer, and Facebook World Champion Nathan Fraser and I continue our monthly conversation about marketing and media manipulation. You'll learn more about the tactics politicians and propagandists use against you, and how you can re-purpose such tactics for good. Today: At this point, we have to acknowledge ...
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This Is A Test, Part Five Darrell Becker returns to revisit our 2020 series on the pandemic, and to encourage a deeper and broader look at both the ever-shifting scientific consensus and dissenting voices of our current age. Darrell’s website notmedicaladvice.co is a growing collection of informative shows, interviews, and health resources. Not Medical Advice ...
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"Huh?" In this fourth monthly meeting of the Un-iversity Book Club, we discuss The Upside of Your Dark Side: Why Being Your Whole Self--Not Just Your "Good" Self--Drives Success and Fulfillment by Todd B. Kashdan and Robert Biswas-Diener. In a nutshell... WHAT IS IT? SAY YES TO IT. MOVE TOWARDS WHOLENESS. Music: "Searchlight" John Fogerty ...
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(FREE A/V - DISCOMFORT WEEK! - Part 3 of 4) Today you'll hear "The Discomfort Zone (s03e03) – Nick Hazelton Futures" December 4, 2019 - We're investing! Nick Hazelton is a 21-year-old entrepreneur, farmer, media creator, and a School Sucks favorite guest since he first appeared on the show several year ago. He also loves ...
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...or How Cherry-Picking Helped Ruin Science, the Economy, Race Relations, Higher Ed, America, and the World (BUT can you put it to work for you?!) (Emotional Manipulators For Hire, Episode 9) Friend, copywriter, marketer, and Facebook World Champion Nathan Fraser and I continue our monthly conversation about marketing and media manipulation. You'll learn more about ...
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(FREE A/V - DISCOMFORT WEEK! - Part 2 of 4) Recorded February 18, 2019 - How did our week of "do the more uncomfortable thing" go? What awkward social situations did it create? More discussion about block scheduling, the "stairway of influence," and how to identify and accentuate what's working in our business relationships. *This ...
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(FREE A/V - DISCOMFORT WEEK! - Part 1 of 4) Recorded January 11, 2019 - Back together in Pittsburgh, Brett and Andrew discuss a book called The E-Myth: Why Most Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It. The book was written decades ago and last updated at the dawn of the digital revolution, ...
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Part of the Un-iversity Weekly Discussion Group Series A weekly conversation about applying the lessons and practices of The Ideas Into Action Summit to the chaos of the current world. OUR NEXT VIRTUAL SUMMIT IS JUNE 7&8 Visit MindsetandMastery.com to learn more about this exciting new presentation, the topics, and bonuses School Sucks Project · ...
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Today a swap-cast with the young (24 years old) and ambitious Noah Blaylock, host of The Noah Blaylock Show and the creator of this helpful infographic: Noah's media mission is to promote the separation of school and state, so we'll discuss some of the lessons I've learned along the way with School Sucks Project. He ...
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Today: medical surveillance, lockdowns, the new segregation, and other crimes against science I am joined by an anonymous member of the SoundMind Creative Group to discuss their upcoming documentary film "Follow the Science: On Lockdowns and Liberty." A timely conversation as we move beyond lockdowns (for now) and on the the next phase of what ...
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(Emotional Manipulators For Hire, Episode 8) Friend, copywriter, marketer, and Facebook World Champion Nathan Fraser and I continue our monthly conversation about marketing and media manipulation. You'll learn more about the tactics politicians and propagandists use against you, and how you can re-purpose such tactics for good. Today: Building your own cult, for fun and ...
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In this third monthly meeting of the Un-iversity Book Club, we discuss Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road by Matthew B. Crawford. What appears to be a book celebrating driving as liberation is just as much a condemnation of the "safety-ism" that has so far defined the 21st century, and certainly ...
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(AUDIO, 94 Minutes) Brett, Andrew, and Young Alex discuss the future. MUSIC: "Good Feel" Boy Named Banjo "Start A Riot" Duckwrth, Shaboozey "Waiting For the End of the World" Elvis Costello School Sucks Project · The Discomfort Zone (s04e04) The End of School Sucks Special Invite-Only offer to Join the Un-iversity Private Community Related PostsThe ...
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Nick Rundlett returns to first recap and reflect on our March 2020 conversation, as we sat on the edge of our seats, watching and waiting to see what it would be like to live through a global pandemic. We turned out okay. Today we'll talk about what we did with the last year, as far ...
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Isaac Morehouse joins the second monthly meeting of the Un-iversity Book Club, to discuss his book, Don't Do Stuff You Hate. Isaac Morehouse is the CEO of Crash, the career launch platform, and the founder of Praxis, a startup apprenticeship program. We are now on Locals.com! When you join our Locals community, you'll get immediate ...
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(Emotional Manipulators For Hire, Episode 7) Friend, copywriter, marketer, and Facebook World Champion Nathan Fraser and I continue our monthly conversation about marketing and media manipulation. You'll learn more about the tactics politicians and propagandists use against you, and how you can re-purpose such tactics for good. Today we'll talk about what has been called ...
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In 2003, a group of lefties came together to make the case that conservatives control the mainstream media. Almost 20 years later, many of their concerns and criticisms actually seem pretty reasonable. In our first meeting of Documentary Club, we watch the first 30 minutes of the film (in 10-minute segments) and then we respond ...
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Plus much more! A follow-up about our Six Pillars of Self-Esteem, Brett's (not fun) drinking stories, medical surveillance, diversity hiring. The first 35 minutes of this audio are taken from the end; Bobby explains the basics of NFTs and DeFi. Part of the Un-iversity Weekly Discussion Group Series A new weekly conversation about applying the ...
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If you've enjoyed our past content on Getting Things Done, and you're looking ways to improve and/or simplify your organization system, this show is for you! Guest: Alex Bell was the teenager I had mind when I first started this whole School Sucks project. Struggling through school and variety of personal challenges, he was the ...
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Our first meeting! Huge thanks to Keri for taking the lead on this project. So...it turns out Nathaniel Branden's The Six Pillars of Self-Esttem is not the greatest personal development book of all time?? We'll discuss. The book club meets monthly; our next read and discussion is Isaac Morehouse's Don't Do Stuff You Hate. Happening ...
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If you've enjoyed our past content on Getting Things Done, and you're looking ways to improve and/or simplify your organization system, this show is for you! Guest: Alex Bell was the teenager I had mind when I first started this whole School Sucks project. Struggling through school and variety of personal challenges, he was the ...
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Diane Murphy taught in public schools for 30 years before she retired early to build BigFish, an innovative self-directed learning community in Dover, NH. I had the pleasure of speaking with Diane at the FreeCoast Festival in 2017, after hearing her presentation on BigFish. We reconnected today to discuss the growth of a self-directed learning ...
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(Emotional Manipulators For Hire, Episode 6) Friend, copywriter, marketer, and Facebook World Champion Nathan Fraser and I continue our monthly conversation about marketing and media manipulation. You'll learn more about the tactics politicians and propagandists use against you, and how you can re-purpose such tactics for good. Today: - How stories supersede reality. - How ...
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Introduced as "quite possibly most annoying episode of The Discomfort Zone ever." But do Andrew and Brett deliver?!?! You decide. Andrew has a romantic experience and declares himself "Fit Costanza." Brett understands what Andrew is saying; he is also fit, neurotic, and has had romantic experiences in his life too. Together they've taken the red ...
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This conversation has a very nice crescendo. On Sunday I hosted the weekly discussion group as I sat in a parking lot in what I call a very dystopian part of Pittsburgh - in the shadow of a giant Google complex watching people wait in line for food. (I'll explain more) It was very candid ...
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Isaac returns to discuss an addition-by-subtraction method both for finding a fulfilling career and for developing a healthier information diet. We'll also talk about leaving Facebook, why comedy sucks, and the importance of narrative creation. Isaac Morehouse is the CEO of Crash, the career launch platform, and the founder of Praxis, a startup apprenticeship program. ...
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The lost episode. Now available to the entire podcast audience. (Emotional Manipulators For Hire, Episode 2) Friend, copywriter, marketer, and Facebook World Champion Nathan Fraser and I continue our monthly conversation about marketing and media manipulation. You'll learn more about the tactics politicians and propagandists use against you, and how you can re-purpose such tactics ...
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Jay, The Honest Teacher returns almost exactly one year after our last conversation. A lot has changed - if you haven't heard - since February 2020, so I asked him to offer some up close and personal accounts (from students and from his observations) about how institutional schooling has become even more of a dystopian ...
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Listener and friend Jay joins us again, helping us launch our new rotating TDZ format (Brett's pain point -> Andrew's pain point -> listener pain point). It begins as a calm and constructive look at how to "get out of your own way," shame, The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem, and countering negative self-talk (like in ...
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A very large group convenes to discuss the recent viral Time Magazine article called "The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election." It was presented to me a "confession" but I see more as psychological warfare and demoralization. Scott Hambrick joined us for the discussion and called a "ritual humiliation" of ...
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John Bush returns to discuss expanding The Freedom Cell Network, localism, spheres of control, and counter-economics. John's work with this project over the last year has been very inspiring for me. We'll discuss that too. We are now on Locals.com! When you join our Locals community, you'll get immediate access to playlists of all our ...
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Image: The Young Pioneers, 1937 - a youth scout group in the USSR. One of the first images SSP ever used (episode 10) to illustrate the chilling nature of conformity as a virtue. But in their defense there was poison gas. But in our defense we all know how this kind of training turned out ...
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Cassidy Younghans is a former public school teacher and one of the founders of the EPIC Life Learning Community in Carrollton, Texas. I first heard Cassidy on Off-Trail Learning with Blake Boles; I was impressed with her enthusiastic advocacy for self-directed education and later with her mission at at EPIC. She joins me to discuss ...
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(but also for everyone else) Matt Beaudreau returns to map out a hero's journey for teens. We'll also discuss how students are guided through this process at Acton Academy, and how homeschooling and unschooling parents can help nurture this process in their own children. Plus much more on - goals, systems, habits and routines - ...
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Webmaster Tony makes a rare appearance to discuss the blessings bestowed upon us by the rapidly expanding social media purge. Come drink the lemonade we've made. INTO ACTION < Click when you get to the end. Want to pay with crypto? Email me at brett@schoolsucksproject.com, subject line "Myspace" Related PostsSchool Sucks Radio 5-31-1272This became podcasts ...
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Webmaster Tony makes a rare appearance to discuss the blessings bestowed upon us by the rapidly expanding social media purge. Come drink the lemonade we've made. As a supporting listener, you have this information 12 hours before the common folk. INTO ACTION < Click when you get to the end. School Sucks Project · ...
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Andrew is in the hot seat this time and we're talking about imposter syndrome. What is it? Why does Andrew have it? How do we cure it? We'll also discuss how knowing your core values aids in decision making. And then you'll enjoy a spot-on dream analysis. Nothing crazy, just the standard after a protest ...
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Favorite School Sucks neighbor Zak Slayback returns to offer some key 2021 updates to his past advice for young people at the beginning of their careers. Our previous conversation on this topic, called How High School Students Can Get Ahead In Their Careers [PODCAST #583], covered: - Why young people need to start personal websites ...
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We had a large turnout with much more optimism than you might expect. A discussion of the last week and some theorizing about what will play out over the next 10 days and beyond. Topics: We open with a discussion of digital self-defense, looking at founders vs. inheritors in the big data and tech world. ...
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(Emotional Manipulators For Hire, Episode 5, Free Again) Nathan and I discuss his strategies of "Social Media Shit-Posting For Fun and Profit" in the so-called "Age of Surveillance Capitalism." And we don't see eye-to-eye on everything in this show, and that's great. Music: "Finish Line" Daye Jack "Dark Harvest" Ghost Data "No Data" Daye Jack ...
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Jacki Dalsimer is well-respected Health Coach and a personal friend of mine. For years we have enjoyed nerding out on different exercise topics, with the expectation she'd eventually visit the show to share some of her wisdom with you. So we decided that January was the ideal time for a conversation about goal-setting and new ...
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(Recorded 12-20-20) Pete and I reconnect to reflect on the how the year played since our last conversation in April. Where were we right? Where were we wrong? What did we overlook? And what have we learned? And what happens next in our world, and beyond? Peter R. Quinones is the co-executive producer of the ...
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Relationships often strain and break because of what isn't being said, or because of what we don't even know how to say. So here we try to say it all. In late April 2020, we got into a very heated argument on Portmansheau podcast, seemingly over what would or wouldn't happen for the rest of ...
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(Exploring Integral Theory, Conclusion, With Wes Bertrand) Today Wes and I will discuss self-integration, and one of the most difficult polarities human beings have to reconcile, but sooner or later we all must do it. Also: - Dan Siegel's and Ken Wilber's insights on the power and practice of awareness - Manolis Kellis: Meaning of ...
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Scott returns to expand on topics in episode #691 and to take questions from Un-iversity participants. Split into two parts (only this one will ask for a contribution). pills applied to politics communication, inviting curiosity, and creating pattern interruptions setting the frame for conversations and bringing your own script Aristotle's Politics - the 5 regime ...
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Scott Hambrick returns to infuriate probably about half the audience. I wanted Scott's "clear pill" take on our recent "black pill" discussion (in what was supposed to be an Un-iversity-only chat), but we quickly expanded beyond pill heuristics to a reflection on the year and the state of the world. We disagree in several places, ...
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This Tuesday I was fortunate enough to be part of a group that went to Manhattan and saved the late John Taylor Gatto's entire collection of books and personal papers from being taken to a dump. John's apartment - where he had lived since the 1970s - is changing ownership at the end of the ...
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Wherein I attend a secret gathering and I am offered some pills. This is an important discussion about a new and rapidly spreading philosophy of hopelessness. It's something I feel needs to be acknowledged and integrated into our larger conversation. Is it actually the most realistic outlook available? And where most people might just see ...
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An Introduction To Integral Spirituality, With Wes Bertrand We know there are some tough topics here. Today we ask you to listen with an awareness of something that feels unsolved, unhealed, or with access to a painful memory that had great impact. WAS IS SPIRITUALITY? * Nathaniel Branden - raising the level of your consciousness ...
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A crescendo from habit, to routine, to goals, to motivation, to vision, to life purpose. I wasn't expecting this amazing conversation when I introduced the topic of a GTD yearly review. This is also only recording ever where I cry, so that costs a dollar to hear. (title is subjective) School Sucks Project · The ...
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...a public high school teacher asks. I have never posted one of these UN-IVERSITY discussion groups as a podcast, but this one felt a lot like a podcast, and I think it's an important discussion that ties much of our recent content together with some of my own personal explorations of late. My guest is ...
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Yesterday I posted on our Discord server I wrote "Please come share with me something you're grateful for. I would really appreciate this." Thank you to everyone who participated. Part of the Un-iversity Weekly Discussion Group Series A new weekly conversation about applying the lessons and practices of The Ideas Into Action Summit to the ...
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(Emotional Manipulators For Hire, Episode 4, Free Again) Today: Behaviorism from some surprising new angles. Friend, copywriter, marketer, and Facebook World Champion Nathan Fraser and I continue our (allegedly supporter-only) monthly conversation about marketing and media manipulation. You'll learn more about the tactics politicians and propagandists use against you, and how you can re-purpose such ...
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Richard Grove and I use the work of investigative journalist Matt Taibbi as a jumping off point to discuss how gatekeepers can be useful to help "on ramp" people stuck on the low roads of mainstream confirmation-bias media to ride on a better super highway of information, if you will. Furthermore, are we building (or ...
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For the record, Tim did not request our constructive criticism and I have great respect for him and for his work. Among other topics discussed, Kevin Cole and I talk about some things we'd like to see him do. Part of the Un-iversity Weekly Discussion Group Series A new weekly conversation about applying the lessons ...
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AND...found a fulfilling new career. Joel Bein is back for a follow-up conversation about his exit from school teaching, and his transition to working with our friends at Crash.co. Joel last appeared on episode 669, where we introduced his story. Today we'll talk about his journey in more detail. An important feature of our discussion ...
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A group discussion around (but also beyond) the problems, themes, and possible ulterior motives in the newish Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma. Part of the Un-iversity Weekly Discussion Group Series A new weekly conversation about applying the lessons and practices of The Ideas Into Action Summit to the chaos of the real world. School ...
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From Union of the Unwanted, November 2nd 2020 - A quick interaction with G. Edward Griffin (and Richard Grove and some woman who didn't like what I said) about principles, strategies, tactics, and what it will take to increase the market demand for individual liberty. I was also fortunate for the opportunity to thank him ...
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(Integral Theory Part 5) Wes Bertrand is back for our continued exploration of Integral Theory and how to take human consciousness to the next level. We have covered integral theory principles applied to individuals, to organizations, and society and "governance." Opening Sequence: "Let the Healing Begin" Discussion: We'll move from the political back to the ...
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As it sounds, plus more. Recorded Monday morning 11-2-20. Part of the Un-iversity Weekly Discussion Group Series A new weekly conversation about applying the lessons and practices of The Ideas Into Action Summit to the chaos of the real world. School Sucks Project · Election Week Prediction Chat (with Richard Grove and Kevin Cole)
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(Emotional Manipulators For Hire, Episode 3) In 1938, a young thespian named Orson Welles exploited a new communications medium to scare the shit out of an entire country. Or...did his enemies simply exploit an old communications medium to make people think he did? It only gets more complicated from there, folks! Today: We discuss the ...
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Professor CJ invited me to do an informal exploration of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. I was so excited, I smashed through his door with an axe and asked "when?!?!" "For Halloween, and for 2020." CJ said. We'll cover some familiar ground and offer some new insights into the film. A joint production of Dangerous History ...
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A group discussion around (but also beyond) the problems, themes, and possible ulterior motives in the newish Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma. Part of the Un-iversity Weekly Discussion Group Series A new weekly conversation about applying the lessons and practices of The Ideas Into Action Summit to the chaos of the real world. School ...
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Landon Porter has taught me a lot over the last two years. He was the co-host (along with Nathan Fraser) of the superb Sales Gorilla Podcast. He is also the creator of a currently-launching personal advancement platform and community called Dude, It's A Game. Sales Gorilla focused on importance of relationship building in "doing sales ...
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A lesson in media literacy: how mainstream media uses facts to counterfeit understanding (audio, 2hr 14min) In three consecutive Un-iversity Monday meetings, we watch, deconstruct, and expand upon a New York Times video series from 2018 called Operation InfeKtion: Russian Disinformation From Cold War To Kanye. The series has three parts - 1. Meet the ...
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Wes Bertrand is back for our continued exploration of Integral Theory and how to take human consciousness to the next level. We have moved so far in this series from integral theory principles applied to individuals, to organizations, and now to society and "governance." Today we continue exploring panarchy and now counter-economics (or agorism); we'll ...
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(It's how the hero's journey begins) Once upon a time, Matt Beaudreau was deep inside the schooling Matrix - first as a teacher and then as an administrator. Today Matt is an in-demand and provocative education speaker and consultant, and a personal development coach to people all around the world. He is also the founder ...
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Wes Bertrand is back for our continued exploration of Integral Theory and how to take human consciousness to the next level. We have moved so far in this series from integral theory principles applied to individuals, to organizations, and now to society and "governance." The matrix discussed in the monologue: Today we discuss Bryan O'Doherty's ...
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I am excited to welcome Erin Huffstutter, a homeschooling mom and School Sucks listener who has just released an extrordinary outreach resource called Crisis Homeschool Handbook: Practical Home Education Through 2020 and Beyond. This un-intimidating book can be read in a day, but Erin has managed to pack in much of the important research, educational ...
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Scott Hambrick from Online Great Books joins our conversation. We talk about the economic concept of distributism, what's the difference between cults and cultures, the breakup of the United States, and why utopians are so dumb and dangerous. Part of the Un-iversity Weekly Discussion Group Series A new weekly conversation about applying the lessons and ...
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Professor CJ returns to discuss the history of divide-and-conquer and divide-and-rule strategies, and as a bonus, how to avoid being what the Russians called a "useful idiot" in one these schemes. Unanimity [literally of one mind] is a sad and dangerous thing on a national scale. But so is a civil war. This year the ...
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AUTONOMY MASTERMIND 9-16-20 Is our current society adaptable or collapsible? If it's the former, how will it happen? If it's the latter, has it been designed that way? More importantly, how much should such questions even matter to an optimistic and autonomous individual? The group discusses New England real estate opportunities or lack thereof, and ...
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The great Professor CJ returns to discuss the challenges of teaching and learning online. We'll trade some stories of our experiences with face-to-face vs. virtual instruction, and offer some advice to students and educators. I'll also get CJ's take on the bleak future of higher education, based on what he's experienced so far this year. ...
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