Great Distraction

Americans are currently throwing away 22 billion plastic water bottles every year. That's just Americans and that's just water bottles. Which barely touches on the vast topic that is humanities over …

What is sleep and why does it feel like most of the time we can never get enough of it? Why do we even need it at all? And why do we fight it even though it makes us feel worse? So many simple questi…

Another new series we're adding to our topics list will focus on subjects that are considered "taboo" in our society. We'll be kicking off this series with the topic of our first episode being on one…

Starting up another new series for us, this one dealing with addiction and various substances and behaviors that are or can become addictive. Our first step into this series deals with what is for ma…

Introducing another new series for us where we discuss topics related to sex. We kick off our first episode in this series covering an interesting relationship that is growing between sex toys and an…

This is the first episode of a new series for us called "Altered States" and we kick it off with discussing a very common drug in America, alcohol. Using a standard format we cover background on the …

How safe are we really? From the TSA and home alarm systems to locks on doors and our money in banks, what really is "safe"? We take a look as some areas of life that are commonly thought to be secur…

We kick off the first of our "series" topics with one from our Conspiracy Theory series. The belief that the Earth is actually flat seems to be gaining in popularity. The number of followers is incre…

Water has become the new gold. Large corporations are draining aquifers as fast as they can to sell it back to us at a high markup. In some cases its left entire towns without fresh water. No this is…

Hunting and to a lesser extent fishing have gotten hit hard in society lately due to a lot of negative viral posts going around social media in the last couple of years. A lot of people don't realize…

Something everyone fantasizes about at some point in their life: what would you do if you won the lottery? Be nice to find out for sure if money really can buy happiness! We sit down and have a chat …

Defined as an international philosophical movement that advocates for the transformation of the human condition by developing and making widely available sophisticated technologies to greatly enhance…

Now that the legalization of marijuana has become something of a trend across the U.S., we take an episode to consider why it was even illegal in the first place and comment on how much has changed s…

In this episode we discuss the current conditions of poverty in America and take a look at some stats that give a clearer picture of how bad it currently is. We also talk about what efforts are being…

We celebrate our 50th episode and we dedicate it to a conversation about California!

Implants in humans. Why not? We use them in our pets. They could make life so much more convenient by tying us closer to social media, allowing secure access to buildings at work our homes and our ca…

How often do we take an opportunity to step back and take a look at all the things we carry with us everyday? Do we notice the unnecessary burdens we bear on a day to day basis that weigh us down and…

The US imprisons more people that any other country in the world. By a large amount. As a result prisons have become a huge industry and private companies for years worked hard to get in on some of t…

Do you have a hobby? Do you have too many hobbies? From outdoor activities like sports or exercise to reading, making music or crafting creative projects, there are many things we do in our leisure t…