Episodes (Page 19)
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Examines how offense-taking has become performative on social media
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Critiques self-commodification and personal branding culture as antithetical to authentic living
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Guest Jenny Pentland returns via Skype from Hawaii to discuss philosophical topics
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Solicits and discusses listener submissions about their deepest personal fears
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Traces humility from religious roots to its apparent absence in contemporary celebrity culture
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Guest Jessica shares her experience being brought into a cult by her parents at age 8 and the years of abuse that followed
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Examines why people struggle with saying no to unwanted commitments and obligations
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Explores the concept of the 'inner gremlin'
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Analyzes consumerism culture and society's pressure to constantly earn money and buy more possessions
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Host reflects while swimming on the fundamental question of identifying true desires and goals
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Guest Kevin Christy discusses losing his father in a hiking accident seven years prior
Kevin Christy
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Questions why one should maintain moral standards when others abandon ethics without consequences
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Host discusses personal experience with mother's death and explores grief
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Dave Reinitz joins to discuss the value and validity of optimism as a life philosophy
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Pat Keane and host discuss self-sabotage and motivation patterns
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Explores the personality traits and behaviors of narcissists and emotional vampires
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Explores philosophical concept of the self using Sam Harris and philosophical traditions
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Tom Segura and host analyze common success formulas found in self-help literature
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Amber Tozer and host discuss Nietzschean concept of ressentiment
Amber Tozer
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Host reveals a personal secret held for extended period