19 :: MBTI Personality Types
A brief, non-expert discussion about the personality types as defined by Carl Jung. Definitely some poor audio here due to pandemic constraints. Be well.
May 08, 2020•58 min•Ep. 19
Sophistic Soliloquy
Hi, I'm Jim, a Silicon Valley software engineer in San Francisco. This podcast is a child of the sarsCov2 pandemic. While in isolation, I found it therapeutic to ramble into my Voice Memo app about life, philosophy, psychology, mythology, comparative religion, history, economics, finance, popular culture, books, music, and whatever else spills from my overactive mind. (Formerly titled "Prosaic Mosaic")
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18 :: Bonus Coffee Day
I double my daily dose of coffee and ramble about random esoterica. Expect the poor audio quality, due to pandemic constraints.
Apr 29, 2020•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 18
17 :: A New Global Mythology
A rambling on the oft-discussed relationship between religion and culture. Also I chat a bit about the 5K I ran in jeans once upon a time. Per the usual the audio is not great here due to pandemic circumstances.
Apr 29, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 17
16 :: You Lack Discipline!
In this episode I don't berate you like Arnold, promise. A discussion of the usual hodgepodge of science, psychology, books, and whatever else my subconscious sends up from the depths. Unintentionally trolling you with bad audio, due to pandemic situation, forewarned is forearmed.
Apr 27, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 16
15 :: Light and Dark
A free-form rambling on polarity in a few different domains. Brought to you by the limits of my quarantine life so excuse the poor audio.
Apr 27, 2020•46 min•Ep. 15
14 :: Don't Date Robots
I just came across an Alexa-like device coupled with a VR headset that you can bang. I talk about why this is deeply troubling to me. Damn you tech industry for making me have to rant about this. I'll put it bluntly this time: the audio sucks, I warned you, don't complain about it.
Apr 26, 2020•52 min•Ep. 14
13 :: The Green Light
A little bit about our personal mythologies, why the Internet is too harsh on some elements of popular culture, and I manage to get through an entire hour without revealing what my favorite kind of cheese is. A pandemic production, so this is brought to you in all its low-quality audio non-glory.
Apr 25, 2020•57 min•Ep. 13
12 :: Eclectic Pandemic Confabulation
Taking the time during the pandemic to go through the backlog of topics floating in the cytoplasm housed in my skull. Quantum computing, biotechnology, education in the age of the Internet, the rise of JavaScript, and a bunch of other random tidbits. As the general rule so far, dear listener, I'm doing this during quarantine without proper recording equipment, with just a tin can, piano wire, and a partially working answering machine from the 1980's, so forgive the audio quality.
Apr 23, 2020•3 hr 4 min•Ep. 12
11 :: Rebel with a Computer (and No Cause)
Free-form ramblings about how the pandemic shelter-in-place is going, the joys of passing the time, and where my next job might be. Still using the lo-fi, poor man's recording capabilities so pardon the third-world audio quality.
Apr 23, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 11
10 :: Did Christian Scripture Inseminate Western Civilization's Mother?
I discuss my thoughts around the question currently being debated in various circles on the Internet: if Christianity (and perhaps Judaism) were to disappear from western civilization altogether, or at the very least, if it waned to the point where it had a negligible influence on human behavior and culture, would that destabilize our existing political and social structures? This episode brought to you by the following sponsors: me being quarantined during coronavirus, and having no professiona...
Apr 20, 2020•45 min•Ep. 10
9 :: Pop Lit Coming of Age Soliloquy
This is a solipsistic tome about the popular fiction books that kicked off a lifelong reading habit and influenced me when I was growing up. This is largely autobiographical and less general interest. And, standard fair warning now: audio is suboptimal due to coronavirus quarantine arrangement.
Apr 20, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 9
8 :: San Francisco's Next Earthquake
A brief episode touching on some of the points of San Francisco history and The Next Big One. The constant caveat holds: I'm in quarantine with just some Airpods and a smart phone, so don't expect stellar audio.
Apr 20, 2020•17 min•Ep. 8
7 :: The Los Angeles Slap
A story about the last time I was in Los Angeles, how I tried to apply Christian scripture to my life when I actually believed in it, late-night debauchery in southern California, and the emotional benefits of Stoicism. As usual, quarantined without professional audio gear so brace yourself for the syrupy goodness of poor sound quality.
Apr 20, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 7
6 :: Pandemic Notes from Aboveground
Bits about the dating apps, coffee and tea, being hoodwinked by wine glasses, schizophrenia, the cancellation of potheadfest in San Francisco, and polyamorous pigeons. Quarantined with no recording equipment so please pardon the poor audio quality.
Apr 19, 2020•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 6
5 :: The Pandemic and Technology in Silicon Valley
In this episode I verbally wander through how technology and its relationship to our daily lives has changed in the last 15 years since I first started being a software developer, muse on some economic and political realities that we're dealing with during the coronavirus ordeal, and speculate on what things look like once we come out of this. I am a podcasting n00b without professional recording equipment, trying to make good use of my time during the quarantine, so please excuse the horrendous...
Apr 19, 2020•2 hr 21 min•Ep. 5
4 :: On Writing and Creativity
A discussion about writing, the creative process, and some scattered thoughts about the television shows that I'm watching during this whole pandemic situation. Yet again, no pro audio gear at hand, so excuse the fact that it sounds like I'm talking to you through a tin can.
Apr 18, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 4
3 :: Pandemic and the Political Landscape
In the midst of the shelter-in-place, I talk about some of my high-level thoughts on politics and the psychology surrounding it, partly as pertains to the current pandemic situation, and discuss how jurisprudence ties in. Free form, stream of consciousness structure. No pro audio gear, so pardon the poor audio quality.
Apr 18, 2020•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 3
2 :: How to Find Meaning in Your Life
I take a quotation from one of mythologist Joseph Campbell's more popular works and discuss it at some length. This one's a tad more serious than the first episode. I still do not have access to any professional audio gear, due to pandemic thingy going on, so please forgive the poor quality.
Apr 18, 2020•27 min•Ep. 2
1 :: The Pandemic Waltz
I'm kicking this off with some discussion about my pandemic shelter-in-place situation, some San Francisco history in broad strokes, and other random musings. I have no professional audio recording equipment so please excuse the abysmal recording quality.
Apr 18, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 1
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