It's Not So Black & White (society, culture and politics)
By Jonathan McLernon
Join us on a journey to understand why we think and feel the way we do.
Censorship does not change hearts and minds, it only divides and fosters extremism.
If we can hear and challenge ideas in a public forum, and get to know the human experience behind the ideas, perhaps this is where change might begin.
Critical thinking and compassion for the human experience are getting lost. Let's try to restore this.
It's Not So Black & White (society, culture and politics)May 17, 2022
Wisdom: Is it being lost? With Jason Merchey (Investor and Author)
Jason A. Merchey is a philosophical thinker and independent scholar, as well as founder of Values of the Wise.com.
Jason earned a bachelor’s in psychology and social behavior and went on to obtain a master’s degree in clinical psychology. He then obtained thousands of hours of experience counseling clients of all types.
Jason also earned a graduate certificate in philosophy and ethics from Harvard University in 2018.
Since 2004, via his blog, podcasting, and book publishing has been interested in what values and virtues "wise people" tend to be interested in, and how wisdom can play a fundamental role in both improving the lives of individuals (e.g., happiness, success, well-being, etc.) as well as on a societal level (e.g., less tribalism, more critical thinking, fewer extreme positions on religion, politics, and so on).
Jason's fourth book (out in March of 2022) is entitled WISDOM: A VERY VALUABLE VIRTUE THAT CANNOT BE BOUGHT.
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The Identity Archaeologist: Minimum Standard of Living
The Identity Achaeologist: Debating Minimum Standard of Living & Civility
Josh Zepess makes his argument for what he calls an MSL - Minimum Standard of Living.
It isn't tied to money and instead provides basic human services that satisfy the D-Needs (Maslow) so that people can now produce out of purpose and not survival - something that would benefit society as a whole.
Money can now be used as a reward for providing value.
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Ep. 12 Opioids, Cancel Culture and Mental Health
Sal is an ambitious young man, host of the "We The Patriots" podcast, passionate about creating a positive impact.
On this episode, we're talking about tough topics from the perspective of a young American.
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Ep. 11 Justified Violence with TikTok Influencer Dylan Sessler
Dylan Sessler is a mental health coach, professional speaker, podcast host of The Dylan Experience, entrepreneur and combat veteran.
He is also the author of the book, Defy the Darkness: A Story of Suicide, Mental Health, and Overcoming Your Hardest Battles.
His daily content centers around having a realistic conversation about things like mental health, abuse, trauma, self-harm, and suicide.
He is using his platform to help society rethink human connection and mental health.
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Ep. 10 Saving Innocence: Fighting for the Voiceless with Alan Smyth
Alan Smyth is the Executive Director of Saving Innocence, and organization dedicated to fighting child victims of sex trafficking.
He's also the author of Men! Fight For Me!, a book about ending sexual exploitation of children.
This is a very uncomfortable topic, as most people would rather not know it exists.
But it's a deeply important one. So, today, we're going there.
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Ep. 09 Kyle, Jon and Anne Speckhard talk conspiracy and extremism!
What would it be like to interview a terrorist? Where do conspiracy theories come from?
Anne joins the conversation at approximately 27 minutes.
Dr. Anne Speckhard has been in some very fascinating conversations. She is the Director at International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism.
She is also a professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University and author of "Talking to Terrorists"
Her work includes interviewing extremists from a variety of groups in order to understand how people get to the place where this is what they do.
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Ep. 08 Butchered by Healthcare: Interview with a Medical Whistleblower
Dr. Robert Yoho is a retired physician, cosmetic surgeon and healthcare whistleblower who wrote Butchered by Healthcare, an Amazon bestselling book about medical corruption.
Controversial, to say the least, but with decades in the US medical system, he has plenty of thought-provoking insight to offer.
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Ep. 07 - Caleb Maupin: An unapologetic radical who praises communism
Caleb Maupin is not afraid to be called "radical" or "fanatic". He is the founder and director for the Center for Political Innovation.
He doesn’t shy away from the word “Communism” when explaining his political views, and advocates that the USA move toward some form of “socialism with American characteristics” rooted in the democratic and egalitarian traditions often found in American history.
Socialism and Communism are two words that create highly charged debates, given the history of past regimes that enacted them. This will be a very interesting conversation!
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Ep. 6 Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon: Author and Master of Change Psychology
Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon, author and Director of Curriculum at Precision Nutrition knows a thing or two about behavior change.
But in this episode, we're not talking veggies and protein. We're talking human beings, and the things we struggle with.
Why is change so hard? Why do we get stuck in ideological traps?
Patriarchy, academia, diversity ... all the buzzwords, we dig deeper into their roots and complexity.
It feels like we just scratched the surface of the fascinating and completely illogical facets of human behavior in this brilliant conversation!
*Language warning: Dr KSD has no issue using colorful language to illustrate a point.
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Ep. 5 - Breaking Bread, bridging differences and weird food we've eaten
Reyshan Parker is an American Filmmaker, Producer, Writer, Director and Television Personality.
He is the Executive Producer and Host of the Food & Travel Docu-Series “Beyond the Check” about Chef Owned and Operated Restaurants on Fox’s TUBI TV, and Amazon Video, as well as the Beyond the Check Podcast where he dives deeper into all things service industry related and more.
Reyshan is the Director and Producer of the feature film "Odie, Based on the Odyssey by Homer.” As well as a dozen short films, web series, commercials and music videos.
He is the Author of fictional novel "Noir, The Good Girl, The Detective and the Femme Fatale", as well a guide to low budget filmmaking, "The Independents Guide to the Micro-Feature Film".
Reyshan currently resides in Savannah Ga, with his wife Jordan and their two adorable fur babies, Sugar and Bones.
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S01E04 - PsyOps and Propaganda: The lessons from 7 operational tours
Having spent most of his adult life under the Colours in the British Army from being an infantry soldier to being an experienced PSYOPS Operator on 7 operational deployments, Tim Heale has seen and done a lot.
We'll chat about everything from current affairs, politics, the state of the world and some of the conflicts he's been involved in but not started. Tim also has a military sense of humour which can be a bit on the dark side.
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S01E03 From being Barack Obama on Twitter to agent for innovative change: Caleb Gardner
Caleb’s career has spanned from consulting with Fortune 100 CEOs to running President Obama’s Twitter account.
His insights are regularly featured in publications such as NBC News, WIRED, Crain’s, BBC News, Cheddar TV, and more.
And tonight, his insights are featured on "It's Not So Black & White"
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S01E02 Russia ... Ukraine ... It's not so black and white
Unfortunately, this is dominating the news cycle, and whenever this starts to happen, so does the spin, the agendas, the propaganda ... And, sadly, it's the ordinary citizens just trying to live their lives that suffer and even end up losing their lives
Casualties of an ongoing (formerly) proxy war that has claimed more than 15,000 lives over the last 8 years.
What is this really about?
Money? Power? Defense of borders? A bloodthirsty tryrant?
While we might not have answers, we're going to have a conversation.
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S01E01 - Jonathan, Lamarr and Kyle break down pandemic failures
We don't agree on everything, but we keep it civil as we break down the failures we see happening in the government and institutional responses to an unprecedented crisis.
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