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Studious
by Stuart Byers
The Studious Podcast is an exploration of our known universe, as well as our theoretical musings on it. Our aim is to examine these theories without biases, but inherent biases are kinda hard to avoid.
Episodes
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Theodore
Welcome to Season 2 of Studious! We are switching up the format a bit, and leaning into the power of narrative. Let me know your thoughts in the comments section.
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Kairos: Chapter 11
Horseshoes and corndogs... I swear it isn't a metaphor. Is it? https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kairos-stuart-byers/1145254993?ean=2940186175650
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Kairos: Chapter 10
What's with the cat stuff? (Is this clickbait because of the popularity of cats on the interwebs?). Make a mountain out of your mashed potatoes, this might mean something. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kairos-stuart-byers/1145254993?ean=2940186175650
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Kairos: Chapter 9
Bots are his friends...
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Kairos: Chapter 8
Grzegorz is given instructions on how to proceed with the anomaly. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kairos-stuart-byers/1145254993?ean=2940186175650
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Kairos: Chapter 7
Grzegorz works to unwrap the enigma around his current subject, Rex. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kairos-stuart-byers/1145254993?ean=2940186175650
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Kairos: Chapter 6
Who's the looky-loo checkin' out you know who? https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kairos-stuart-byers/1145254993?ean=2940186175650
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Kairos: Chapter 5
Rex enlists the sage advice of his favorite author to help himself begin The Novel that may just save the fate of humanity. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kairos-stuart-byers/1145254993?ean=2940186175650
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Kairos Chapter 4
Well, after that bizarre encounter, Rex spends this whole chapter penning his big opus. Not really, he eschews the call and goes out drinking instead. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kairos-stuart-byers/1145254993?ean=2940186175650
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Kairos: Chapter 3
How strong was that weed Rex was smoking? Is he about to lose his mind, like James Cole, the protagonist of 12 Monkeys? We'll discover that and so much more, on this episode of Kairos. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kairos-stuart-byers/1145254993?ean=2940186175650
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Kairos: Chapter 2
You know in Fight Club when that guy keeps talking about taking human fat and rendering soap? Well, our protagonist doesn't make soap, he makes chilli. And he doesn't use human fat, just the tallow from beef kidneys. But yeah, feel free to draw parallels if you so desire......
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Kairos: Chapter 1
Welcome back to Studious! We've taken a break here to write a novel, one I'd like to share with you today. Kairos is a greek word that relates to moments that are ripe for opportunity, but historically, one could view Kairos as limitless or eternal time. If we break our bonds to linear time, what...
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Highly Illogical: An Introduction to Logical Fallacies (with special guest, Ivonne Darias!)
If you wanna debate, do it right. Don't come at me with some bullshit. Hone your skills, son! These are just the basic 15 logical fallacies that plague us in everyday life. If it isn't apparent, alcohol perhaps fueled this podcast a bit too much. Ivonne was saying, "ancient people," not "Asian...
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Free Will Part Deux: Deux You, Boo Boo.
This week on Studious, we return to our discussion on free will and see if there’s anything we can do to combat our fixed trajectories. Spoiler alert: hopefully we can. Tune in and find out. Side Note: Not only is the essay a metaphor for life, but it also follows the logical rules of the…
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Sapir-Whorf!?!
This week on Studious, we explore the concept of linguistic relativity. Can the language we learn shape our experiences and perspectives? How much of our perspective hinges conceptually, and how much of it is culturally influenced. All this and more, this week on Studious. We also talk about...
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You Da Man? No, Eudaimonia.
In this week's episode, we talk virtue with Aristotle. Wanna know more? Listen to the episode, ya dingus.
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NFTs: Art in the Age of Digitization
Maybe you're into art or NFTs or both. Maybe you could give two shits about art. Well, this conversation is broader than just art or just NFTs, and delves into Walter Benjamin's The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Benjamin saw the writing on the wall when it came to this new...
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Aye, Yai, Yai, AI.
It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel, meh. I’ve always been a big fan of humanity, and hopefully we’ll step up to the plate once again, but if not, you can’t say I didn’t warn you.
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I'll be Back... to the Future!
Remember that time I did an episode on time travel, and you couldn't get through it fast enough? It's a lot of time to cover in not a lot of time. We're painting with broad strokes here, trying to focus on the key elements.
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We Could Be Heroes
How do you follow that episode about PK? Well, you just keep treading water. We follow the previous narrative with our introduction into Grand or Meta Narratives. We'll examine Joseph Campbell's Hero's journey, particularly through our modern myths of Star Wars, Harry Potter, and The Lord of the...
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Double Dickin': The Metaphysical World of Philip K. Dick. Part 2:
We continue with our deep dive on Dick's How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart 2 Days Later here on part 2. We ended the last part on a bit of a cliffhanger. Truth, or someone's perception of truth here, seems stranger than fiction, and it is coming from a serial fiction writer. It's…
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Double Dickin': The Metaphysical Reality of Philip K. Dick. Part 1:
Greetings one and all, and from PK, it's greetings from Disneyland. I myself used to live Magic Kingdom adjacent in nearby Costa Mesa. Today, we begin our exploration of PK's speech, How to Build a Universe that Doesn't Fall Apart 2 Days Later. It is eerily precogniscent, precogniscant(?) of our...
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Representations of Evil, Part III: Post-Modern Evil
OMG, this is like, soooooo post-modern. We talk about American Psycho and Blue Velvet, but probably not at any great length for you super-fans of the two. We glean Post-Modern Evil through the lens of our current zeitgeist and our relation to the concept of evil through media, and thusly, our...
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Representations of Evil 2: The Easter Existential Evil Eggstravaganza, or the 4 E's of Evil
To the listener, this doesn't really have to do with Easter at all, but Christ did die for your evil ways if that helps you relate it to our topic this week. No eggs were harmed in the making of this podcast, unless of course you count the Popeye's chicken I consumed before editing this just now,...
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So Bad, it's Good: Metaphysical and Post-Metaphysical Representations of Evil
Are you looking to absolve some of that old Catholic guilt bothering you? If so, do it elsewhere. Here we explore the notion of evil through the lens of the metaphysical. What does evil mean in relation to the Judeo-Christian tradition? We'll tackle that looking at The Book of Job, as well as...
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Ain't Nuthin' Free... and Your Will Ain't Either (REMASTERED)
Life's hard. Sometimes it's hard to determine. Sometimes, it's due to hard determinism. We all want to make the right choices in life, but are we really capable of making any genuine choices? I mean, we're all the captains of our own ships here. We are the ones in control. Right!?! Please tell…
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So Simple, a Caveman Could Illustrate it.
Today on Studious, we are gonna harken back to the old school... of rational thought. I used to bristle against the teachings of Plato, but maybe I've actually convinced myself here that there's merit to his musings; particularly in his teachings about the Allegory of the Cave. I probably was so...
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Mimetic Theory and Scaping 'em Goats
We touch very briefly on Rene Girard's Mimetic Theory in this episode. We could probably explore more about how this concept affects us in every day life, and especially in conjunction with cancel culture, social media, and politics. In the least, I hope this encourages you to learn more about...
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Setting Sail on the Ship of Theseus (REMASTERED)
In this episode, we explore the thought experiment, The Ship of Theseus. What is it, exactly? Why should we care? It has more ramifications than you previously thought. Like the Ship of Theseus, this episode isn't the same one as when it was first incepted. Inceptiones? Nothing is impervious to...
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The Studious Podcast is an exploration of our known universe, as well as our theoretical musings on it. Our aim is to examine these theories without biases, but inherent biases are kinda hard to avoid.
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Stuart Byers
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