Cato’s Neal McCluskey discusses the current state of student loan forgiveness. But it brings up the question of just how fair the student loan system is to the rest of our young population and to the taxpayers. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
We continue the discussion about the diagnostic implications of the raid at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence. Dismissing both sides of this issue is a sign of problems in critical thinking, healthy skepticism, and logical analysis. We discuss clips from Bill Maher again and from Victor Davis Hanson. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
Was the FBI raid on the Trump residence a big deal? No and yes, depending on who you listen to. We compared the reactions of Bill Maher and Dave Smith. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
We discuss psychological principles in light of the FBI/DOJ behavior. We look at the unconscious way a group defends itself irrationally, embedded group principles, and the abuse of power. Julie concludes that there is no reasonable way to think that the DOJ can be helped. Wholesale organizational cuts, and new aggressive checks and balances, are the least that would be required for change of the organizational culture in the DOJ. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com...
The latest interaction between the United States and Taiwan seems eerily similar to the beginnings of other conflicts like Ukraine and Tibet. Our leaders never seem to learn from past experiences. They just double down with more of the same flawed strategies which require more money. There is a better way to do this. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
Julie reviews the ideas embedded in the movie Forrest Gump from the psychological standpoint and relates these to libertarian principles. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
Our news media seems to think that the proper use of pronouns is more important than issues like: war and war-time money laundering, Covid overreach, or the economy and inflation. In recognition of Milton Friedman’s birth 110 years ago, we address a few economic principles. Included are comments from Dave Smith’s interview of Jeremy Kauffman. https://youtu.be/7RO7d6y43sQ audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com...
Julie reviews a letter sent by the Louisiana governor who explains his position on a legislative matter. She points out the "feeling" value system that predominates in the letter and the style of the humanitarian-based, political left. We discuss how the four cognitive styles are needed to address any problem and point out why decisions are usually wrong-- because they over-emphasize one out of the four cognitive frames. All four are needed for balanced decisions. audio edited by: http://JayPres...
Here are the questions: *Is man-made climate change real? *Is it an emergency? *Who will suffer if we fix it, or if we do not fix it? *What is a reasonable solution to the problem? We include some comments from Tucker Carlson and from Dave Smith. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
Julie reviews some research that suggests people have a pro-Black bias, including those from the Conservative side of the political spectrum. This type of finding complicates issues when it comes to trying to be fair to one group-- without being unfair to another group. The finding is contrary to the idea of oppressors and victims seemingly put forth in Critical Race Theory. We also briefly discuss issues of selection testing. Follow Us : YouTube Twitter Facebook Tumblr or visit our website at C...
Is it possible to get rid of all of the guns? Is it possible to give therapeutic help to all of the potential mass murderers? Maybe the only realistic solution is for more responsible people to pack a weapon! Judge Napolitano reports on the school shooting and on the shopping center shooting. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
Is organized psychology helping us to deal scientifically with issues of gender and biological sex? When did gender roles become impossibly mixed with biological sex? Julie reviews some of these issues after Mike listened to Jordan Peterson and Frans de Wall In their recent interview. Follow Us : YouTube Twitter Facebook Tumblr or visit our website at CoffeeWithMikeAndJulie.com All audio & videos edited by: Jay Prescott Videography...
Comedian Bill Burr hilariously rejects the leadership of preachers when it comes to religion. This serves as a reminder that charismatic leaders can be wrong on issues that affect us more directly. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
Julie discusses the meaning of the concept embodied in the 10th amendment from a psychological standpoint. The idea of pushing the power and decision-making to the states is consistent with organizational psychology and principles of participative leadership. States must now contend with conflict, and attempt to reach consensus, which is a good thing for resolving problems socially. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
Dave Smith seems to agree with Julie as he talks about religious sounding support of the state. And, one way to make it seem as if the birth control pill does not sometimes cause abortions, is to change the precise definition of an abortion. In other words, conservatives have a lot of explaining to do concerning protections of early life, and liberals have a lot of explaining concerning fetal rights near the end of pregnancy. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com...
(This is a rebroadcast of a March 31, 2021 episode) Julie breaks down the issues around humor and how it relates to self deception by talking about a personal situation she has with the psychologists. Why is humor so important? What is the relationship between humor and self deception? We conclude that humor must be protected as part of free speech for psychological and political reasons. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
(rebroadcast of 39) Apparently the Supreme Court believes the individual states should be making the decisions about legal abortions. This rebroadcast offers some important considerations for those state lawmakers. Eventually we individual citizens will be deciding for ourselves if those new laws are acceptable. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
Mike and Julie discuss the psychological phenomena that impacts all groups and organizations--mission creep or goal substitution. This is an important psychological characteristic of human groups that all Libertarians need to keep in mind. Mission creep-- the replacement of the original mission with substitute goals is one major reason that organizations, and also countries, fail. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
Senator Rand Paul uses Dr. Fauci to expose the flawed science behind vaccinating children, and then the financial corruption of the pharmaceutical regulators. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
Julie discusses research about how humans have a natural copycat instinct and how it is connected to their group. This instinct means we're going to copy others regardless of whether it is a rational thing to do or not. Could social media be contributing to this phenomenon and expanding it, making us even more irrational than normal? audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
The Netflix series Narcos is focused on US involvement in killing or catching the Colombian bad guys selling cocaine. But after watching the show you have to wonder, was the US actually the driving force behind the whole problem? audio editing by: http://JayPrescott.com
Both tribes, liberal and conservative, are biased and passionate. In this environment can we get traction for the Libertarian message that includes and transcends both tribes? Julie reviews an article with evidence that both the left and the right are biased and both restrict information that would be essential for good decisions. We discuss how Libertarians can get more traction. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
Who are the worst whores, politicians or real prostitutes? We explore the subtleties of this important question! audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
We discussed the delightful movie, "Lars and the Real Girl," and its relevance to delusions, freedom of belief, and freedom of thought. We look at how the towns people in the movie fully embrace Lars's delusion in order to help him, but are not forced to change their beliefs. We discuss the importance of freedom of thought and belief -- as essential as free speech -- and that Libertarians need to concentrate on protecting all three. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com...
(This is a rebroadcast of an episode from February 14th, 2021) audio editing by: http://JayPrescott.com
George Bush completely failed in an attempt to criticize Russia. And Bill Maher brought a little reality to the LGBT discussion. The thing that is mind blowing about both of these elite’s statements is that it takes so long for people to see reality. Just like so many other issues of our day. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
We do not know how to distribute all the blame for the Civil War. But this movie does a good job of making us think about it, and making us think about the concept of equality under the law. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
Julie and Mike discuss the Libertarian view of aggression more fully in this look at what we mean by territory. We delve into the issue of private property when it comes to internal thoughts and motivations of a citizen. We also touch on the complexity of social games as described by the famous psychiatrist, Eric Berne. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
(This is a re-broadcast of an episode from January 4 2022) This episode was deleted from YouTube (presumably censored) so we decided to re-broadcast it here. Julie discusses the upside of the current dilemmas in the culture. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
Julie looks at the concept of micro-aggression, a concept that is popular in current psychological discussions of racial discrimination. We discuss the Libertarian view of aggression in light of this particular viewpoint of the progressive left. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
