David Boles: Human Meme
This Human Meme podcast is the inflection point for what it means to live a life of knowing. We are in the critical moment of human induction. David Boles is a writer, publisher, teacher, lyricist and author living and working in New York City. He has dedicated his life to founding the irrevocable aesthetic. Be a Human Meme!
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 14 minutes
- Episodes
- 801
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Not the Best or Most Talented
Being great is no guarantee of success. All too often we have seen the mediocre rise to the top, while the best, and the most talented, languish in the dark. Take up your own spark! Light up your lif…
00:10:05 |
Thu 02 Jan 2020
Shyness and Social Anxiety
Once we were quaintly shy, now were are merely anxious! Labeling conditions for the benefit of society has always been a human fascination. As terms grow, and conditions change, we tend to toss away …
00:11:13 |
Thu 26 Dec 2019
Soybean Revolution
There is glory in the bean. There is salvation in the nut! 40 years ago, some Midwestern farmers gave up growing alfalfa -- animal feed -- to instead grow soybeans to feed people. Today, dairy farms …
00:12:39 |
Thu 19 Dec 2019
The Blue Pencil
The mark of the editor is blue. Everything created faces some sort of editorial change in production. Do you honor the object? Or do you celebrate the creator? You cannot admire both without the othe…
00:13:23 |
Thu 12 Dec 2019
Respond. Don't React.
Too often, we act in haste and not hegemony. We are instinctually programmed to react to pressure -- while the better of us choose, instead, to respond to danger instead of becoming part of the tensi…
00:10:20 |
Thu 05 Dec 2019
Education vs. Allegiance
Are we our thoughts, or are we our vows? In the everlasting battle between mind and country, we struggle to define our private lives against our best public interests. Do we owe ourselves to our mora…
00:10:16 |
Thu 28 Nov 2019
The Fonda Effect
Henry Fonda never stopped being where he was from. He was always an up-from-the-dirt Nebraskan, and the consequence of that fatality was an effect on his performances that was always influenced, and …
00:15:04 |
Thu 21 Nov 2019
Knowing by Mistake
We don't need to know better; we need to know differently. We must always be aware of challenging our past experiences against a future memory in amber. Do we really know everything required to live …
00:12:34 |
Thu 14 Nov 2019
The Bookstore
Reading used to mean something of value was exchanged for the experience. Today, a book is but a memory of what it once meant to huddle your mind in a safe haven against a toxic sea.
00:09:07 |
Thu 07 Nov 2019
The Abused Child
All children deserve our protection. Our children are abused every day by overeating, lack of sleep, and media exploitation. Let's address, and fight back against, this sort of abuse-by-proxy!
00:11:23 |
Thu 31 Oct 2019
Harold Bloom and the American Aesthetic
We want our aesthetic to be universal; but it is framed by us where we stand. SuperGenius literary critic Harold Bloom urged us, before he died this week, to ask beyond "What is it for?" -- and to mo…
00:12:18 |
Thu 24 Oct 2019
Recognizing Skeletons
We add definition to what we know by the skeletons we see. We recognize on the horizon the difference between a Church Steeple and an armored tank by processing a precognitive understanding of the mi…
00:11:41 |
Thu 17 Oct 2019
Letter to Bob Lefsetz
Even our SuperGeniuses can sometimes be wrong. Let there be no doubt Bob Lefsetz is an intellectual giant among us. Several times a week, he implores us to be better people in his ubiquitous "Lefsetz…
00:09:55 |
Thu 10 Oct 2019
The Babysitting Figurehead
We make a difference by not trying. At least that's the idea of the game we play against money and power. We're hired to think, and act, but in the end, the authority above us only wants stasis and n…
00:10:37 |
Thu 03 Oct 2019
Outrage Fatigue
We are constantly bombarded with negativity. How can we escape this whirlwind of insecurity, and cruelty, that surrounds us from all sides? We must ignore the inevitable, and celebrate the possible. …
00:10:14 |
Thu 26 Sep 2019
Elastic Emotional Residue
We lead sticky and wet lives! The residue of our emotional responses never leaves us -- and that can be both good and bad. We examine three terms of residual emotion: Lenticular, Electrical, and Modu…
00:12:22 |
Thu 19 Sep 2019
Malignant Skin Cancer and E. Coli Poisoning
Have a double-healthcare-whammy: Bleeding and Pooping! Welcome to the world of malignant skin cancer and E. coli food poisoning! Plus, we talk about Shingles, and why you must, absolutely, get a year…
00:13:21 |
Thu 12 Sep 2019
What You Think Is Not What You Know
We often believe without knowing. Here's the true story of a young, Lily-White Boy from Nebraska who sought to attend -- and was accepted by -- Howard University in Washington, D.C., a traditional Bl…
00:12:44 |
Thu 05 Sep 2019
There is No Destination
If change is the vitality of life, then we must wish for change to never end. We prefer to carve our lives into subsets of accomplishments, but what if there is no end to us until we are no longer? W…
00:09:19 |
Thu 29 Aug 2019
How to Write a Contract
Contracts codify relationships. Many of us have no idea how to write a relationship, or how to save the human condition from a legal crumbling. Yes, you can, and must, write your own contract. Know t…
00:12:30 |
Thu 22 Aug 2019
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