Religion: To speak or remain silent.
As an agnostic atheist, do I have a moral imperative to speak to Believers about their faith? Or would I just be proselytizing my own beliefs?
Jul 21, 2020•15 min
SeekingPlumb
SeekingPlumb
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Murmurations & our awe inspiring planet!
I recently witnessed a wondrous display by a murmuration of birds. What do you think they're thinking while they fly? So closely aligned with each other, almost performing? Do you think they're just living in the moment? Flying for the love and joy of it? Resources: Stunning starling murmuration by Paul Dinning: https://youtu.be/4LDtvU8kymg Email: seekingplumbpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/SeekingPlumb
Jan 25, 2019•4 min
Follow up: "Trees: Maybe Fairy Tales Are True!"
Robbin Milne & I share in our excitement for this book & trees!
Jan 07, 2019•6 min
Trees: Maybe Fairy Tales Are True!
Trees! Did you know they can "smell" & "taste?" Or that they share & support each other? That they're stronger, healthier, & live longer when they live in community, aka in a forest? Resources: The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben Email: seekingplumbpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/SeekingPlumb
Jan 04, 2019•13 min
You can be a fashion model! No lie!
A new trend is emerging on social media; virtual models/influencers. What are they? What are the ramifications of their existence and growing popularity? Show Notes: link.medium.com/N1DrIKJv4S Email: seekingplumbpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/SeekingPlumb
Dec 30, 2018•12 min
WANTED: Order/Certainty
If our brains are "organic computers", if we were to look at our base coding/the operating system, what would we see? How would it affect our day to day? Show Notes: link.medium.com/WEqoHmpnkS Email: seekingplumbpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @seekingplumb
Dec 02, 2018•5 min
Discussion re "It isn't futile."
In this episode, we revisit "It isn't futile." From a valid point, to a poignant comment/question, to a book recommendation, to another area that needs sweeping change. Email: seekingplumbpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @seekingplumb
Nov 21, 2018•12 min
It isn't futile.
Famous last words: "we've always done it that way." There's a sense of helplessness or feeling stuck floating around. Some cling to the idea that change is impossible. Or if it can occur, it has to happen a particular way. But what about breaking the mold? What drives us? Can we use this to move off the game board, outside the playing field to create change? Show Notes: bit.ly/2A8HFbZ Email: seekingplumbpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @seekingplumb
Nov 19, 2018•13 min
AI-generated art: What is art? Creativity? Imagination?
Computers, more specifically Artificial Intelligence, have made a pretty significant stride, recently. Christie’s is auctioning off the first AI generated piece of art today, 25 October 2018, for between $7,000-$10,000. This sparks many questions! What is art? What does it mean to be creative? To use imagination? If AI can develop creativity and imagination, this significantly decreases areas where humans can compete competitively. Doesn’t it? Show Notes: link.medium.com/afwEu5RriR Email: seekin...
Oct 28, 2018•15 min
Hierarchies & Patriarchy
I read an intriguing theory for the basis of patriarchy, that seems to make sense. But if it’s true, there are some interesting observations in and around this framework. That said, how can we change this incredibly long lived behaviour? Can hierarchies exist in a productive and healthy way? Or is it possible to operate without hierarchies? Show Notes: medium.com/@SeekingPlumb/show-notes-hierarchies-patriarchy-69f53e32046d Email: seekingplumbpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @seekingplumb
Oct 12, 2018•1 hr 11 min
Discussing "A Family Secret"
Maybe more family secrets exist than we've ever considered! Fun, interesting, or tantalizing secrets! A few calls come in wondering about the origin of the word, "FUARO," with a never before shared secret of her own. 🤫 Email: seekingplumbpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @seekingplumb
Sep 04, 2018•7 min
Kindness: Born from a perceived need vs expected behaviour.
A few calls from a new listener encouraged me to understand kindness & politeness slightly differently. Another caller brings up questions around empathy & the role of social media/news in our culture. Email: seekingplumbpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @seekingplumb
Sep 01, 2018•27 min
A Family Secret...
It’s a family secret that's spanned decades & lifetimes, never to be uncovered. But curiosity still keeps us guessing. • Email: seekingplumbpodcast@gmail.com • Instagram: @seekingplumb • Music: "Touch of Ice" by Borrtex From the Free Music Archive CC BY NC https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Borrtex/Touch_of_Ice/
Aug 19, 2018•12 min
Discussion on kindness...
Follow up discussion from "Why are you kind? What motivates you?"
Aug 01, 2018•34 min
Why are you kind? What motivates you?
Seth Godin highlighted three motivators for learning in a recent Akimbo podcast. Although it may be debatable, whether being kind to each other is something we need to learn or something we already know how to do, I wonder if these motivators play a role in whether we actually behave kindly or not. Can this list of motivators be expanded upon? Or rather, must we be motivated to be kind? Email: seekingplumbpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @seekingplumb Music: "Memoir of Solitude" by Borrtex From the ...
Jul 29, 2018•18 min
The effects of a rutted education system.
From a young age we are trained to be cookie cutter workers, to give correct answers, to be compliant, and to follow the rules. The longer we're in the system or the more we seek to fit in, to be accepted or approved of, the more this system narrows our perspectives and squashes our innate curiosity, creativity, and imagination. The ability to consider ideas, people, the world more broadly. I think the future will require a different system. Show Notes: bit.ly/2JB1dsq Email: seekingplumbpodcast@...
Jul 19, 2018•21 min
Should we bring Mother Nature home?
Life is picking up speed like never before, because science and technology are advancing at an incredible pace. It’s shaping how we think, interact, and how we behave. Stopping a speeding bullet might be easier than slowing a culture. Instead, maybe we can adapt. Show Notes: bit.ly/2NcUmYz Instagram: @seekingplumb Email: seekingplumbpodcast@gmail.com Music: "We Are Saved" by Borrtex From the Free Music Archive CC BY NC https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Borrtex/We_Are_Saved/We_Are_Saved
Jul 12, 2018•13 min
A different way for society to operate.
I recollect my first impressions of Raj, a stranger in a random Starbucks, and the surprising and fascinating conversation that followed about the cultural and economic history of India. These communities didn't simply trade. They essentially served/altruistically gave to each other and their personal roles. Their way of thinking and behaving was built into their culture, their beliefs. It simply was the way it was. Instagram: @seekingplumb Email: seekingplumbpodcast@gmail.com Music: "Sense of M...
Jul 08, 2018•17 min
Change the rules; change the game.
With the constant influx of information & the set rules of government and rules of social engagement, we've fallen into default patterns of operation. We assume that things are done a certain way because someone else has told us so or because they've "always" been done that way. We're left feeling frustrated and impotent, because some have gamed the political system which has affected us socially, as well. It's long past time we adapt to now, today, and rewrite the "rule books." (Recorded th...
Jun 30, 2018•33 min
Can we deviate as a nation?
After a few weeks back in my birth country, it's taking some adjusting to. In Canada we do see a lot of US news, but there's still a lot we don't see. Almost as an outside observer but still invested, I see the overdramatization of the already disturbing news. I see patterns in what's being consumed, & wonder how it affects the brain - the individual and the societal. I also reflect on the difficulties faced in attempting to move towards change, let alone how it might be approached. Music: "...
Jun 22, 2018•15 min
Determining right & wrong.
The Sophists & Socrates had differing perspectives on how we determine right & wrong, while Aristotle saw things a little differently. Inadvertently, my journey seems to land me in Aristotle's neighborhood. Along the way, you'll hear snippets from my day to day here in Las Vegas.
Jun 16, 2018•28 min
2018 Arriving in Las Vegas
Just over 48 hours ago I arrived in Vegas for the 11th consecutive summer. This year feels very, very different.
Jun 15, 2018•6 min
What does it mean to be alive?
Live. Now. We all say it; know we should. Yet, we usually only begin to get serious about "seizing the day", when our days are suddenly numbered. Perhaps, it's because we do our best to avoid thinking about "the end." But if we don't consider it... how can we truly appreciate what it means to be alive? Email: seekingplumbpodcast@gmail.com Music: "Memoir of Solitude" by Borrtex From the Free Music Archive CC BY NC https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Borrtex/Memoir_of_Solitude/untitled_1306
May 30, 2018•7 min
Enforced Monogamy??
A phrase caught my eye this weekend: "Enforced Monogamy." To say it made me bristle even in the context presented would be an understatement. After recently hearing phrases like the "deregulation of the sexual marketplace", well, I needed to know more. How closely did each of these fit with the Red Pill Movement, "incels", & others of their ilk? Do the arguments of these groups make much or any sense? Are there other ways to look at their concerns? Email: seekingplumbpodcast@gmail.com Show N...
May 22, 2018•40 min
Vegas has lost its glamour...
Preparing for another summer, I share how the Vegas glamour has fallen away. But maybe I've been looking in all the wrong places, & the magic isn't completely absent from the city. Email: seekingplumbpodcast@gmail.com Music: "Come Fly With Me" by Frank Sinatra "Bewitched" by Frank Sinatra "Cheek to Cheek" by Frank Sinatra "That's Life" by Frank Sinatra "The Best Is Yet To Come" by Frank Sinatra
May 16, 2018•20 min
Where does the world come from?
In the book, Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder, Sophie Amundsen receives a question by mail: "Where does the world come from?" Sophie asks a couple of interesting questions. Can something be created out of nothing? Can something always exist? I have a few questions of my own to add to the mix, taking into consideration things like what type of expanding universe we might exist in, the "Arrow of Time," & a few other tid-bits. Email: seekingplumbpodcast...
May 13, 2018•10 min
Confessional: The Revolving Door
I've done us both a disservice under the guise of wanting to conquer misconceptions, but really it was done from a place of fear. I wanted to be seen, to be heard, to be accepted. Not labeled, dismissed, reviled or deemed despicable. I wanted to encourage & learn from conversation. I wanted to avoid painful situations, but I only set myself up. In this episode, I attempt to hit the re-set button, to determine a new way of doing things going forward. I hope you'll stick with me. So... this is...
May 11, 2018•13 min
A fox, some geese, & a visit to the park...
Yesterday's "dance", a la Alan Watts, took me to the park, to soak up the rich environment. A little later, Grimm's The Fox & The Geese make an appearance.
May 09, 2018•12 min
Why?
When & why do we decide to stop asking “why?” Why do we decide to stop investigating? Email: seekingplumbpodcast@gmail.com ShowNotes: bit.ly/2Ia8TVU Music: "Last Day of High School" by Borrtex From the Free Music Archive CC BY NC https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Borrtex/Last_Day_of_High_School
May 05, 2018•22 min
Frozen in time...
As Georgie Dee requested, two more stories from Alan Lightman's book, Einstein's Dreams. While the book's theme is time, these particular selections look at freezing or being stuck in time from slightly different angles. I rather enjoy the journeys into the imagination and the opportunities for reflection these tales offer. Twitter & Instagram: @SeekingPlumb Email: seekingplumbpodcast@gmail.com Music: "Sense of Music" by Borrtex From the Free Music Archive CC BY NC https://freemusicarchive.o...
May 02, 2018•11 min
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