ERP #45 - Electronic Music
Ephemeral Rift Podcast
I talk about electronic music from the genres and artists to its history.
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ERP #44 - Humans: Pest, Invasive Species, or Plague?
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Ephemeral Rift Podcast episode 44 where I talk about the destructive side and impact of our species, and if we humans can be considered a pest, invasive species, or even a plague.
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ERP #43 - Being Smart Financially, Physically, and Mentally
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Episode 43 of the Ephemeral Rift Podcast where I talk about being smart with our wallets, our physical health, and our brains by trying to make the best decisions and choices that we can. All in an effort to minimize anxiety, stress, illness, and debt, by exercising autonomy, agency, and control over our own lives as much as possible.
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ERP #42 - 42 and The Meaning of Life
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Episode 42 where, upon being reminded of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, I read a famous quote from the book, philosophize about the purpose of all lifeforms on earth, then go over all the examples of how the number 42 appears in the world from math and science to music, movies, and even highways.
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ERP #41 - Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
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Ephemeral Rift Podcast episode 41 where I talk about all things Post-Apocalyptic (and Apocalyptic) fiction, from its history to lists of fictional works in various mediums including books, films, video games and manga / anime.
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ERP #40 - Down the Wikipedia Rabbit Hole Part 3
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Once again I travel down the ever winding and twisting tunnels of Wikipedia to see what we'll come across in the off chance we might actually learn something, and maybe have a few laughs along the way.
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ERP #39 - Animals & Society (Pets, Zoos, Animals in Sports, Factory Farming, etc.)
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Episode 39 of the Ephemeral Rift Podcast where I try to cover almost every angle of animals in modern ape society from as an objective perspective as possible including pets & the pet industry, zoos, animals in sports, factory farming, circuses, and animals used for human assistance and in law enforcement. There might be a few outliers that I missed such as poaching.
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ERP #38 - Humor & Comedy
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Episode 38 of the Ephemeral Rift podcast where I talk almost all things humor & comedy from burps & farts to slips and falls; how humor & comedy strengthens, disarms, empowers and relieves stress; why we laugh; my run in with a seagull; and a few lists of funny books, movies, and tv shows.
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ERP #37 - The Holiday Blues, Psychedelic Santa, Anti-capitalist Attitudes
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Welcome to Ephemeral Rift Podcast episode 37 where I talk about: how the Christmas holiday can be tough for people for various reasons; briefly touching on the topic of the loss of loved ones; job loss & corporate layoffs (greed, exploitation, unions, loyalty, equality, etc.); anti-capitalist attitudes in a capitalist society (consumerism, commercialism, etc.); reasons I love & hate the Christmas holiday; the real story of Santa Claus and the fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) mushroom; Ari Aster's horror movies
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ERP #36 - Metal (the material)
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In a not-so-serious-yet-still-somewhat-serious-manner, I talk all things metal, the chemical elements and alloys, from how they are created to the ones that are found in our bodies.
info_outlineIntro: taking input for Episode 23; what I consider evidence; being skeptical of information; portmanteaus
Main Course: Discussing the various aspects of fear as an emotion and tool; responding to some listener and viewner submitted fears; my own childhood story concerning the power of fear.
I didn't get a chance to go over the educational side of fear or the various phobias, so in a couple months we'll follow up with part 2.