Elucidate No. 39 - Mitchell Knight

Mitchell is interested in society, politics, arts, philosophy, good books, technology, and media. At the time of this podcast he works as a server at a Thai restaurant. - We talk about politics, read-only and read/write technology, social media, and some about books.

Direct link to video: https://youtu.be/bN6X6sCYC8s

Audio of this podcast can be downloaded here: http://off.li/Zrssn

Show notes: 

- Mitchell Knights facebook page: facebook.com/mitchellcoreyknight

Things we talked about:

- Media consolidation: http://www.freepress.net/ownership/chart

- Dan Carlin's Blueprint for Armageddon: http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-50-blueprint-for-armageddon-i/
- Dog Whistle Politics: http://billmoyers.com/episode/ian-haney-lopez-on-the-dog-whistle-politics-of-race/

- What Social Media Is Doing To Our Brains: http://www.cnet.com/news/this-is-what-social-media-is-doing-to-your-brain/

- Facebook's trust engineers: http://www.radiolab.org/story/trust-engineers/

- Why social media makes us unhappy: http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2015/04/08/new-study-links-facebook-to-depression-but-now-we-actually-understand-why/

- Blood Meridian book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Meridian

- Ismael book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael_(novel)

Elucidate No. 17 - Casey Welch 2

In this episode we talk with professor of sociology and criminology at Flagler College and published author Casey Welch.



Direct link to video: https://youtu.be/tKQ7mBvakmI
Audio of this episode can be downloaded here: http://off.li/D6SQl



Show notes:
Casey's profile at Flagler College: http://www.flagler.edu/about-flagler/faculty-staff/casey-welch



Things we talked about:
- The Lost City of Z (book): http://www.davidgrann.com/books/the_lost_city_of_z/
- The Cyclic Oligopoly Complex: http://goliathflores.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-cyclic-oligopoly-complex.html

Elucidate No.13 - Social Systems

In this audio episode I talk about different types of societal systems, and about living in our current society.



Check this out on Chirbit

Music by Goliath Flores of course.


Show notes:

- Russlle Means - Americans Are the New Indian: https://youtu.be/t3IUnFq3U0Y
- The Zeitgeist Films: http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/