Sophistic Soliloquy

Jim casts from his car and rambles about the onset of cold in his first winter back in the midwest in 6 years, why he's reading Stephen King books, and other assorted bits as the snow starts to fall.

I'm moving away from San Francisco, back to the Detroit area, for the duration of this pandemic shelter-in-place. I muse about this, life away from the Bay Area, and other various things that help me stall on getting my packing done.

Wherein I discuss my current job hunt, speculate about working in the cannabis tech industry, the question about whether drugs lead to religion, and the metaphysics of the natural numbers. Namaste.

Notes from the pandemic life, in which I am looking for my next job, occasionally connecting on dating apps, and trying to be a good human being in general.

What idea have you encountered that has had the largest impact on your political perspective? I answer this question for myself here. As always, this was done with subpar audio equipment during our pandemic, so please pardon the so-so quality.

A chat about seeding music with mythos and other odds 'n' ends. 

Me making peace with much of the turmoil we're seeing out in the world these days, plus some discussion of politics, and other ramblings about God only knows what the hell else. Be well out there.

Recorded from the beach in my car. Reflections on the upcoming holiday and the current state of the world. Part 2 of 2.

Recorded from the beach in my car. Reflections on the upcoming holiday and the current state of the world. Part 1 of 2.

It's been a month since my last broadcast, so time for an update. A little bit more about my life after my last job and one of the primary reasons that I left, which has less to do with the company itself and more to do with the average understanding of science amidst the general public. I'm older than I once was, but also a tad less naïve. As per the usual, I don't have professional audio gear so the sound quality is lacking, to say the least. Be well.

A long-form discussion about how I always try to push for some middle ground in most conflicts, plus the story of how I accidentally acquired a Michael Jackson jacket. I think the audio quality on here is perfection.

A brief, non-expert discussion about the personality types as defined by Carl Jung. Definitely some poor audio here due to pandemic constraints. Be well.

I double my daily dose of coffee and ramble about random esoterica. Expect the poor audio quality, due to pandemic constraints.

A rambling on the oft-discussed relationship between religion and culture. Also I chat a bit about the 5K I ran in jeans once upon a time. Per the usual the audio is not great here due to pandemic circumstances.

In this episode I don't berate you like Arnold, promise. A discussion of the usual hodgepodge of science, psychology, books, and whatever else my subconscious sends up from the depths. Unintentionally trolling you with bad audio, due to pandemic situation, forewarned is forearmed.

A free-form rambling on polarity in a few different domains. Brought to you by the limits of my quarantine life so excuse the poor audio.

I just came across an Alexa-like device coupled with a VR headset that you can bang. I talk about why this is deeply troubling to me. Damn you tech industry for making me have to rant about this. I'll put it bluntly this time: the audio sucks, I warned you, don't complain about it.

A little bit about our personal mythologies, why the Internet is too harsh on some elements of popular culture, and I manage to get through an entire hour without revealing what my favorite kind of cheese is. A pandemic production, so this is brought to you in all its low-quality audio non-glory.

Taking the time during the pandemic to go through the backlog of topics floating in the cytoplasm housed in my skull. Quantum computing, biotechnology, education in the age of the Internet, the rise of JavaScript, and a bunch of other random tidbits. As the general rule so far, dear listener, I'm doing this during quarantine without proper recording equipment, with just a tin can, piano wire, and a partially working answering machine from the 1980's, so forgive the audio quality.

Free-form ramblings about how the pandemic shelter-in-place is going, the joys of passing the time, and where my next job might be. Still using the lo-fi, poor man's recording capabilities so pardon the third-world audio quality.

I discuss my thoughts around the question currently being debated in various circles on the Internet: if Christianity (and perhaps Judaism) were to disappear from western civilization altogether, or at the very least, if it waned to the point where it had a negligible influence on human behavior and culture, would that destabilize our existing political and social structures? This episode brought to you by the following sponsors: me being quarantined during coronavirus, and having no professional audio recording equipment. The sound quality is poor; you've been warned.

This is a solipsistic tome about the popular fiction books that kicked off a lifelong reading habit and influenced me when I was growing up. This is largely autobiographical and less general interest. And, standard fair warning now: audio is suboptimal due to coronavirus quarantine arrangement.

A brief episode touching on some of the points of San Francisco history and The Next Big One. The constant caveat holds: I'm in quarantine with just some Airpods and a smart phone, so don't expect stellar audio.

A story about the last time I was in Los Angeles, how I tried to apply Christian scripture to my life when I actually believed in it, late-night debauchery in southern California, and the emotional benefits of Stoicism. As usual, quarantined without professional audio gear so brace yourself for the syrupy goodness of poor sound quality.

Bits about the dating apps, coffee and tea, being hoodwinked by wine glasses, schizophrenia, the cancellation of potheadfest in San Francisco, and polyamorous pigeons. Quarantined with no recording equipment so please pardon the poor audio quality.

In this episode I verbally wander through how technology and its relationship to our daily lives has changed in the last 15 years since I first started being a software developer, muse on some economic and political realities that we're dealing with during the coronavirus ordeal, and speculate on what things look like once we come out of this. I am a podcasting n00b without professional recording equipment, trying to make good use of my time during the quarantine, so please excuse the horrendous audio quality.

A discussion about writing, the creative process, and some scattered thoughts about the television shows that I'm watching during this whole pandemic situation. Yet again, no pro audio gear at hand, so excuse the fact that it sounds like I'm talking to you through a tin can.

In the midst of the shelter-in-place, I talk about some of my high-level thoughts on politics and the psychology surrounding it, partly as pertains to the current pandemic situation, and discuss how jurisprudence ties in. Free form, stream of consciousness structure. No pro audio gear, so pardon the poor audio quality.

I take a quotation from one of mythologist Joseph Campbell's more popular works and discuss it at some length. This one's a tad more serious than the first episode. I still do not have access to any professional audio gear, due to pandemic thingy going on, so please forgive the poor quality.

I'm kicking this off with some discussion about my pandemic shelter-in-place situation, some San Francisco history in broad strokes, and other random musings. I have no professional audio recording equipment so please excuse the abysmal recording quality.