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In Fool View
by Mike and Max
We are undertaking the fool's errand of trying to better understand everything we know and do not know...
Episodes
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Math?...Never heard of her.
An unbelievably thrilling and enthralling conversation about Andrew Hacker's The Math Myth, a book that questions why sometimes the numbers just don't add up.
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Atlas Has Shrugged And So Have We (Part 2 of discussion)
And now... the thrilling conclusion to our discussion of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged!
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Carrying a Conversation on the Back of Our Shoulders (Part 1)
We sat down to talk about Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" and seeing as the novel is over a thousand pages, our conversation ran a few hours. We discuss both elements of the book's plot along with many of the greater ideas that were presented within. In this episode we only cover parts one and two of...
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Red Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark
Welcome back! We kick the second season off with a long, winding road that we confused with a discussion of the Communist Manifesto.
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Is Some Art Better Than Other Art?
On this very special episode of In Fool View, we discuss the literary merit of young adult fiction, the concept of artistic gatekeeping, what gives stories value... and we break down Hpmer's Odyssey a little bit somewhere in between.
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Black Intellectual and White Idiots
Max and I discuss Thomas Sowell's work, "Black Rednecks and White Liberals" which touches on topics ranging from the origins of redneck culture in America, minority middlemen, the American education system, and how we tend to view history without context.
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Que sera, sera?
This episode we talk a little bit about Alan Watts, hypocrisy, and consider whether or not things will be what they will be... oh, and something about Miley Cyrus and what it means to be a role model as well.
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Persona Non Grata
A discussion of the HBO documentary "Persona" and the topic of personality tests in general. Also, some conversation about the credibility of some other recent documentaries.
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Vaccines, Team Sports, and the Fundamentals of Identity
On this very special episode of In Fool View we discuss the shifting points of view on the COVID vaccine, how different perspectives are shaped by personal politics, and then dip our toes into the water of a conversation about "identity." **This episode was recorded on March 28th, 2021, and...
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Wrestling With Why We Watch...Wrestling
Ring the bell! It's go time on a conversation about professional wrestling and why two men in their 30s returned to a childhood guilty pleasure within the last year or so.
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Another Book Club: Two Dudes Don't Understand Jane Austen... or Women
Two men desperately try to understand Jane Austen's Emma... and ultimately fail. Enjoy the ride as it slowly crashes.
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If You Can't Be Kind...Just Don't Be an Asshole.
Recorded on February 21st, 2021. We talk about Rush Limbaugh, the winter storm that hit Texas, the general lack of kindness in society and Teddy Cruz's bad looks.
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Hollyweird, Cancel Culture, and Other Nonsense in a Galaxy Far Away
We discuss The Daily Wire's attempt to get a corner of the Hollywood market, multiple instances of social cancellation, maybe too much Star Wars, and the fate of morality as we know it.
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Peace In Our Time (or What's for lunch?)
Is world peace an illusion? Tune in to listen to a couple of "Low Energy" Jebs try to answer the ole question. Enjoy.
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This. Is. Book Club!- Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
We do a deep dive into the world of Oceania and discuss George Orwell's 1984. We cover the merit of the book itself, the many ideas presented within it, and it's relevance in today's world. *I apologize for the audio quality in portions of this episode as we had some connection issues while...
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Help Yourself!
A discussion of James Clear's "Atomic Habits" as well as other topics that relate to the "self-help" genre, with passing references to Robert Greene, Instafluencers, pick-up artists, and Jordan Peterson. Another entry they may need to be revisited at some point down the road.
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A Cornucopia Conversation?
The talk of the week ranged from a discussion of Ta-Nehisi Coates's "Between the World and Me," a very smooth transition into a conversation about the cult of personality, as we struggled to make a connection between Elizabeth Holmes and Donald Trump, the riots at the Capitol Building, and then…
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Musings on Education
We talk about Fredrik deBoer's book "The Cult of Smart" and the broader state of education in America. We barely scratched the surface in the allotted time, but this is a topic we are sure to return to. So, consider this perhaps volume one of our "Musings on Education."
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An Introduction
The inaugural episode. A rough and rambling conversation about conversations. We discuss what we hope to accomplish with this podcast and dip our toes into the pool of potential topics of discussion. First time at most of this, so I hope to refine the format and technical aspects of the podcast…
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We are undertaking the fool's errand of trying to better understand everything we know and do not know...
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In Fool View is created and hosted by Mike and Max.
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