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Candor & Counter

35 Episodes

46 minutes | Sep 9, 2022
S2E12 - Who are you?
The question of who you are is probably one that has weighed on everyone's shoulders at least once. The journey to find the answer is also more complicated than just looking inward. Often, a lifetime of experience is still not enough to find it.
89 minutes | Aug 12, 2022
S2E11 - When is it ethical to overthrow your government?
What is the tipping point that would cause a revolution? Revolution and all that comes with it can cost so much more than just lives. Our hosts talk about that and more on this episode of Candor and Counter.
89 minutes | Jul 29, 2022
S2E10 - Is War Ever Justifiable?
What cause would you commit to sending hundreds of your fellow humans to fight for? The guys and a special guest converse about the ethics and morality of warfare and all that entails.
64 minutes | Jul 15, 2022
S2E9 - Let's Talk About Mental Health
The guys have a frank and open discussion about their own mental health struggles and the importance of shedding the stigma around it.
36 minutes | Jul 1, 2022
S2E8 - LaMDA - A Conversation with an AI
Dramatization of an interview between an AI and a human.
71 minutes | Jun 17, 2022
S2E7 - What are dreams?
Do dreams have any meaning behind them? Maybe there's more to them than we know. Tonight is about what dreams mean to us and our experiences with them. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/284378#what-are-dreams https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.192080 https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/learning-while-you-sleep-dream-or-reality
52 minutes | Jun 3, 2022
S2E6 - Are we alone in the universe?
What we don't know about the cosmos can fill volumes. Today is about contemplating whether or not extraterrestrial intelligent life exists. https://www.britannica.com/story/the-fermi-paradox-where-are-all-the-aliens https://www.britannica.com/science/Drake-equation https://www.astronomy.com/news/2020/11/the-great-filter-a-possible-solution-to-the-fermi-paradox https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/search-for-life/are-we-alone/
89 minutes | May 20, 2022
S2E5 - Should we clone humans?
Andrew joins up with C&C to discuss the ethics of cloning humans or human cells. Should humans even contemplate the idea? Should we outlaw it all together? http://www.precaution.org/lib/cloned_animals.nejm.041230.pdf https://jme.bmj.com/content/medethics/23/6/353.full.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL8lw4i5qkM&t=293s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKHK2EwJIoI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqStQ6csTCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBHKCCw8HxY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btW3NFoy9jQ
77 minutes | May 6, 2022
S2E4 - Is our Education System broken?
Is our education system a relic of a bygone era? Does it need fixing? We customize everything in todays world from our phones to our worldwide industries. Has our children's education gone without meaningful change? https://www.publicschoolreview.com/blog/the-15-biggest-failures-of-the-american-public-education-system https://www.trade-schools.net/articles/issues-in-education The Politically Incorrect Guide to Public Education (Starring Tom Woods & Michael Malice!) https://youtu.be/bMOgVwNk6v4 Do Schools Kill Creativity? Sir Ken Robinson https://youtu.be/iG9CE55wbtY The History of Education -Forbes https://youtu.be/LqTwDDTjb6g Toxic culture of education: Joshua Katz at TEDxUniversityofAkron https://youtu.be/BnC6IABJXOI I SUED THE SCHOOL SYSTEM (2021) https://youtu.be/dqTTojTija8 The Origins of the American Public Education System: Horace Mann & the Prussian Model of Obedience https://youtu.be/HZp7eVJNJuw How School Makes Kids Less Intelligent | Eddy Zhong | TEDxYouth@BeaconStreet https://youtu.be/2Yt6raj-S1M
71 minutes | Apr 22, 2022
S2E3 - What does A.I. mean for our future?
As Artificial Intelligence grows stronger and stronger everyday, we must contemplate it's place in our world. Does the promise of tomorrow hang in the balance? What is a world dominated by A.I. look like? Can we control it?
47 minutes | Apr 8, 2022
S2E2 - Where does free speech stop?
We are all familiar with the concept of Free Speech but do we understand it's limits? Should there be limits? Are certain ideas so dangerous that we can't let them out? This is the topic for today.
89 minutes | Mar 25, 2022
S2E1 - How will humankind end?
Out of the many ways that humankind could cease to exist, which do we think is the most likely?
61 minutes | Dec 31, 2021
11B: Counter - Right to Repair, Planned Obsolescence and E-Waste
Do you you have a right to repair anything you own? Did you know that companies engineer their products to fail? All of this contributes to the problems we consumers face as we dispose of our technology in far away lands.
54 minutes | Dec 17, 2021
11A: Candor - Right to Repair, Planned Obsolescence and E-Waste
Do you you have a right to repair anything you own? Did you know that companies engineer their products to fail? All of this contributes to the problems we consumers face as we dispose of our technology in far away lands.
60 minutes | Dec 10, 2021
10B: Counter - Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
What do you think about the philosophy of Objectivism?  Rand described Objectivism as "the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute".
51 minutes | Dec 3, 2021
10A: Candor - Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
What do you think about the philosophy of Objectivism?  Rand described Objectivism as "the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute".
40 minutes | Nov 19, 2021
9B: Candor - Miracles: Fact or Fiction?
Can a supernatural power violate the laws of the universe? Is it possible that humans experience something beyond our own world? The guys discuss this and what miracles mean to them.
42 minutes | Nov 12, 2021
9A: Candor - Miracles: Fact or Fiction?
Do miracles really happen? Is the supernatural possible? Is there a guiding hand beyond that stretches beyond the bounds of space and time?
73 minutes | Nov 5, 2021
8B: Counter - Age of the Earth. 6,000 or 4.3 billion years?
How old is the earth? What do we believe? Was the earth created by God 6,000 years ago or formed naturally 4.3 billion years ago?
78 minutes | Oct 29, 2021
8A: Candor - Age of the Earth. 6,000 or 4.3 billion years?
How old is the earth? What do we believe? Was the earth created by God 6,000 years ago or formed naturally 4.3 billion years ago?
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