Intro: Taking input for Episode 16 Appetizers: psychopathy & empathy; making friends at a new school; believing in both science & god; simple wikipedia; anarchy & irony; physical reincarnation; future episodes on alien life & cryptids Main Course: Renting vs Home Ownership (pros & cons, financial responsibilities, my experiences, etc.,)
Jun 29, 2021•1 hr 29 min
Appetizers: some listener / viewner favorites Main Course: video games (history, consoles, best sellers, etc.) Dessert: trailers for Elden Ring & Horizon Forbidden West
Jun 22, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 14
Intro: Taking input for episode 14 Leftovers: Comparing & self improvement Appetizers: Civilizations on other planets, space travel, Ephemeral Rift YouTube channel name origin, Iranian & Persian culture, the necessity of hair care products, lo-fi music episode, eyewitness encounters with unexplained phenomena, mental noise & inner peace, reincarnation Main Course: Everyday rational and reasonable people; first beer in almost 4 years; cannabis as a cooking ingredient Dessert: Sweet To...
Jun 15, 2021•1 hr 33 min
Intro: 2nd COVID-19 vaccine; fevers; Achilles with a K Main course - Special Guest: No One - what is no one up to? - did no one get the COVID vaccine? - is no one in a relationship? - does no one believe in heaven & hell? - is no one religious? - does no one have kids? - how does no one like being the most powerful being alive? - is no one alive? - does no one like soda & ice cream? - who does no one think is the greatest american rock band of all time? - what is no one's opinion on noth...
Jun 08, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 12
Intro: questions for our first guest Leftovers: human evolution and the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event article: https://ephemeralrift.com/the-cretaceous-paleogene-extinction-event-meteor-a-blessing-or-a-curse/ Appetizers: comparing more vs less, myers briggs personality types and tests, marxism communism capitalism and community Main Course: introduction to paradoxes (crocodile paradox, what the tortoise said to achilles, ant on a rubber rope, low birth weight paradox, the two envelope pa...
Jun 01, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 11
Intro: you don't need (god, religion, faith, government, etc.) to be "good"; moral grey area, Ron Reagan FFRF.ORG TV ad; generalizing Appetizers: listening to music loud, boredom & alone with your thoughts, cherry picking religions & philosophies, future videos like "Late Night ASMR", super volcanoes & another ice age event, human evolution and dinosaurs, playing sports, hunter gatherers and leisure time Main Course: Irreligions, Religions, Parody Religions (evolutionary origin, agno...
May 25, 2021•2 hr 11 min•Ep. 10
Intro: Common Courtesy No Leftovers Appetizers: The many ways to deal with boredom: sleep, video games, gym, biking, hiking, legos, miniature painting, chess, ASMR, shopping, talking with friends, staring at the crush's texts, cleaning, music, fishing, drawing, sports, musical instruments, daydream, TV, tea, think, tending animals, eat, YouTube, gardening, word games, cooking, etc., etc. Main Course: Boredom Dessert: Psycho Goreman; sobriety & entertainment
May 18, 2021•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 9
Intro: boredom, The Tiers of Wellness Leftovers: Death Grips, King Crimson, Young Thug, Opeth, Rap genre, Bones, Vaporware genre, WhiteWoods, Ayreon, Wilderun, Qantice, Tobu, Waterflame, Gunnar Olsen, Styx, AC/DC, Foo Fighters, Descendents, Code Orange, Snoop Dogg, D'Angelo, Music Scenes, Ariana Grande, Migos, Afrobeats, Alternative R&B, Reggae, Sauti Sol, Mereba, Lil Lk, Relient K, Najubes, Chance the Rapper, Chilly Gonzales, The Cinematic Orchestra, Heilung, Appetizers: dealing with stress...
May 11, 2021•2 hr 5 min
Intro: music as therapy Leftovers: My smartphone screen time, Wikipedia, Bob not Ben Appetizers: Ningen Isu, Nirvana, Black Sabbath, Primus, Daft Punk, Basshunter, Sonata Artica, Linkin Park, Ghost, Green Day, Apes of the State, Thank you Scientist, Rammstein, Oomph!, Megaherz, Eisbrecher, The Neighbourhood, Queen, Blackbriar, Portgual. The Man, Foster the People, The Shins, I Prevail, A Day To Remember, Bring Me The Horizon, Our Last Night, Falling In Reverse, Death Grips, Slayer, MF DOOM, Bach...
May 04, 2021•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 7
Leftovers: attraction and the Netflix documentary My Love Appetizers: music games religion paradoxes & other Main Course topics for future episodes, discord, dreams & the brain relieving itself, vegan vegetarian and climate change, mars & alien experiments, shame guilt & living unapologetically, Palestine and Israel, psychedelics and ego death, internet phones local vs global & mental health Main Course: Food & cuisines across the world Dessert: independent sci-fi horror ...
Apr 27, 2021•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 6
Leftovers: pay-per-view group battle event Appetizers: high school and beyond, superficial society, Bill Hicks, Pink Floyd Main Course: free thought & freethinking Dessert: United Nations World Happiness Report 2021
Apr 20, 2021•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 5
Leftovers: individual histories and relationships; do personality opposites attract (i.e. the introvert & extrovert); meaning in a meaningless universe Appetizers: apolitical and anarchism; growing up today vs the past; political correctness and censorship; groups and herd mentality; Math Rock Main Course: anxiety & nightmares, dreams, sleepwalking, etc.; is everything cyclical Dessert: The Walking Dead; The Midnight Diner Have a topic for the podcast? Submit it for consideration here: h...
Apr 13, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 4
Leftovers: Interconnected society and if we are "Guilty by Association" which will get a deep dive in a future episode. Appetizers (Viewer/listener topics): Why I left Christianity, How I got into ASMR (having an interest in sound), and Political Punk music. Main Course: In-depth discussion and insight into various aspects of a long term relationship (the "best friend", differences, arguments, compromise, etc.) and parenting / fatherhood (responsibility, guidance, affection, being supportive, et...
Apr 03, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 3
In this episode I primarily address listener/viewer questions & topics and didn't get a chance to discuss others that I'll address in the next episode. In this episode I chat about livestreams, guests/interviews, YouTube video post-production, nihilism, philosophy, advice & life lessons for young people, genetics and mental health, anger, patience, getting burned, Arkham Sanitarium and "The Men", Japanese society, religion-free world, psychedelics and laws, tangential and circumstantial ...
Mar 27, 2021•1 hr 40 min
Welcome (back) to the official Ephemeral Rift podcast formally known as EphemRadio where I get to relax and unload whatever is on my mind and YOU get to hear the real me without a filter. In this episode I touch on the topics of the Coronavirus, its impact on society and technology, trying to obtain a PS5 or Nvidia graphics card, alcohol and being alcohol free, patience and anger, cannabis and laws in the United States, losing interest in things once passionate about, and an idea if you are tryi...
Mar 19, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 1