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that's interesting
by bandwidth.productions
a podcast to introduce ideas and spark curiosity.bandwidth.productions
Episodes
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079_ Conversation: 🧠 Brand as memory, moat, and margin | the mediums and messages in our time 📺
What if a brand isn't a logo or a color palette, but a memory, and one you can tend but never fully control? In a world where factories can copy anything, that memory may be the last real moat, and it's eroding fast. Toronto-based entrepreneur and brand strategist Peter Reitano joins to talk…
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078_ Interview: 中 China's elaborte influence | A level of sophistication the US isn't contending with 🧐
Sarah Cook is an independent researcher and writer who has spent over 20 years working on China, human rights, foreign influence, and media freedom. We cover the full spectrum of Beijing's foreign influence operations: research findings suggesting some Chinese AI models that are exploding in...
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🌆 9/11 — 25th Anniversary Re-Release 002_ Interview Only: It Felt Too Big to Panic | Live From the Roof on 9/11 🇺🇸
Originally recorded in 2020 and re-released for the 25th anniversary of September 11th. A ground-level, hour-and-a-half account from my good friend Rowan, who lived four blocks from the World Trade Center in 2001. He talks through the ordinary morning that preceded it, watching the towers from…
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077_ Interview: ♟️ China's strategic advantage in climate change | Adapting to what's here 🦊
Humans are amazing at adapting, it may be our most defining trait, and something that's going to be all the more important starting now. The environment around us that has been fixed and stable, is now shifting drastically. Wildfires are becoming more common, as is flooding and drought. Things…
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076_ Conversation: 🙊 Frank Lloyd Wright was a real son-of-a-bitch | Art and the artist, a legacy 📐
Can the work outlive the man enough to forgive him? Frank Lloyd Wright designed the homes that quietly shaped how millions of Americans live — and he was, by nearly every account, a genuinely difficult person to love. David (Black Sheep Makery, Big Dudu, Dudetunes) joins me to trace Wright's life...
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075_ Interview: 🏡 The beauty of designing a house in a spreadsheet | Passive house design and the future of how we build 🔨
Andrew Michler is a Santa Fe-based architect and author of Hyperlocalization of Architecture, and one of the leading practitioners of passive house design in the United States, including the first certified passive house in Colorado, which he built himself. Also checkout a great YouTube video (…
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074_ Conversation: 💭 The consciousness problem | AI, awareness, and an ancient unsettled debate 🌀
We can't prove you're conscious either — and that's kind of the point. Istanbul-based researcher Mesut Bilgili joins to reframe the AI consciousness debate around what we can actually measure. Plus: what your dog, a forest, and ChatGPT have in common, and why curiosity might be the only thing…
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073_ Interview: 🏋️♀️ Strength as a Skill | 8 Women: Off the Street to Dutch Team 🇳🇱 (Part 2)
In part two of this episode, In this episode, Thom Van De Meer shares his journey from academic background to applying StrongFirst principles in training athletes, including the women’s rowing team he trained to prepare for the 2020 Olympics— Project2020. We explore the principles of strength...
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073_ Interview: 🏋️♀️ Strength as a Skill | 8 Women: Off the Street to Dutch Team 🇳🇱 (Part 1)
In this episode, In this episode, Thom Van De Meer shares his journey from academic background to applying StrongFirst principles in training athletes, including the women’s rowing team he trained to prepare for the 2020 Olympics— Project2020. We explore the principles of strength training, the...
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072_ Interview: 🗺️ The ground beneath your feet | Political ecology and the land we remake 🌱
Where you live doesn't just shape your commute — it shapes your culture, your politics, and your relationship with everything alive around you. Paul Robbins, Dean of Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, joins to unpack how the places we inhabit are never just backdrop....
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071_ Conversation: 🎓College is running out of people | Great Recession baby drop has caught up 👼
The dip in global population is something that's been gaining attention as of late, but mostly in the abstract. Something concrete in that dip is about to come due this fall, a staggering drop in the number of available 18+ year olds for the traditional college path. The first bellwether in what…
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070_ Interview: 🌍 The Middle East, 5 Year Retrospective | Israel, Palestine and what's to come ⛔️
An update on what's happening with expert in the region from UCLA James Gelvin. He's joining us 5 years on from his last episode to give an update on what's occurred, and what's to come. We delve into the complexities of global conflicts, particularly focusing on the Israel-Palestine situation…
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069_ Conversation: 🥱 the banality of everyday things | design, art and our complex reality 🌌
With only raw materials, could you recreate a toaster? Now could you do it considering the source of your materials, the effect extracting them has on the world, along with the use and inevitable destruction of it. This episode's guest did just that. Starting with the extraction of the materials,...
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068_Interview:🐘The Caesars in context | Adrian Goldsworthy on the legacy of Julius and Augustus🏛️
Here we unpack the legacies of Julius Caesar and Augustus, exploring the complexities of the two, the nature of historical narratives, and the challenges of leadership in ancient Rome. My guest, Adrian Goldsworthy, emphasizes the importance of context in understanding these historical figures and...
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067_ Interview: 🦈 The wisdom of Sharks | Cristina Zenato and her relationship with the ocean 🤿
When you think of sharks, do you think Jaws? Or a creature with enough understanding to seek help from a person? Would you be surprised to know, that someone has been working with sharks for years to the point, that they allow her to take out hooks lodged in their skin? Given our misconceptions…
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066_ Interview: 🏛️The Rise of the Imperial President | A Sobering Reality of Checks and Balances⚖️
A reality of our contemporary time, is the American President is increasingly acting as an Emperor. This interview explores the evolution of the imperial presidency, the implications of increased executive power, and a look behind the scenes of the West Wing in how it plays out in the day to day....
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065_ Conversation: ⚛️ Complexities of a contemporary human | art, change, connection 🔌
Giddy up for a fun episode that touches all the right topics to get your noddle going. How can we manage a fast-paced world that seems to increasingly change from what we’ve become used to? What changes when someone has immense wealth, or when someone is homeless? Both living completely different...
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[re-release] 013_ Interview: 🏺Israel & Palestine, a brief history | context, consciousness, contingency 💭
This is my interview with author and historian Dr. James Gelvin , professor of Middle Eastern history at UCLA. [ This episode was originally released in December 2020. Professor Gelvin will be coming back for an episode next season to give an update on what's occurred in the past four years. ]…
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064_ Conversation: 🎨 Creative discovery, countless inventions | Escaping the bounds of time ⏱️
Is math an invention or a discovery? Given how time works at the scale of a galaxy, can a civilization across the stars exist? In this episode's conversation, I chat with Alex Cruikshank to come up with some interesting answers to those two questions. Along with the surprising role creativity…
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063_ Essay: 😵 Is the internet on life support? | The internet + AI = Dead Internet Theory 🤖
With the influx of AI running rapid across the internet, what is this going to do to it as a tool or cultural space? In this essay, I explore the concept of the 'Dead Internet Theory,' which posits that a significant portion of online content is generated by bots rather than humans. Is this…
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062_ Interview: 🌊 A Mile Below | Sperm Whales, an ever fascinating creature 🐳
Did you know there’s a mammal that can dive a mile down the ocean to hunt giant and colossal squid? And that same mammal was hunted until the 1970’s to extract the oil in their head for car transmissions? Well that creature is none other than the poorly named Sperm Whale, and the fascination with...
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061_ Interview: 🦠 A creature within | The fascinating new discovery of Nitroplasts 🌟
A new, ancient, creature was discovered! And even stranger than it having existed for so long without us knowing, is that it actually has another creature inside of it. Nitroplasts, what this episode's cover art shows, are tiny little bacteria that within them have another creature that provides...
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060_ Essay: 🧭 So much left to discover | Unseen opportunities in everyday life 👁️👁️
An exploration into the unnoticed complexities of life, the impact of technology on our perceptions, and the paradox of reductionism in understanding the world. Observation and creation are two sides of the same coin, and what we need is a balance between the two to foster deeper understanding…
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059_ Interview: 🙅♂️ Cartels don’t exist | Drugs and crime meet an empire’s narrative 🗞️
In this one we dive into the complexities surrounding the concept of cartels, particularly in the context of the drug trade. Do drug cartels in Latin America exist? In this interview we discuss how misconceptions about cartels have been shaped by narratives in media and government, leading to a...
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058_ Conversation: 🧑💻 the medium is the message, right? | 😴 a sleepy dance with technology
Deep dive discussing Marshall McLuhan's idea of, "The medium is the message" with Dr. Aiden Hirshfield, Media Psychologist, Researcher, Tech Consultant and host of Media Psyched. 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝘼𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙤𝙏𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙧 Timestamps (0:00) - 🎬 (5:00) - 💡 Technology: The Essential…
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057_ Essay: 🥫 Processed food, 💾 processed data, 💡 processed ideas
🍔 In this episode, we dive into the importance of understanding the source of things. 📊🔎🧠🌱 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 & 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝘼𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙤𝙏𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙧 Just like how whole, unprocessed foods are better for our health, understanding the chain that sprout an idea, or data...
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056_ Conversation: 🐸 Re-wild the Midwest 🦊| Regenerative ag, native plants and a way it could be
Korean farming techniques, why can't we remake the Midwest more like the land it was before, the amazing organisms trees eat with their roots, what defines regenerative agriculture, and a whole lot more get covered in this fun, fast-paced conversation. Reid Swenson, owner and founder of Edaphon...
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055_ Discussion: 🧠 Is A.I. Generating the Future? 🧐 | opportunity, chaos, & the complexity within
🧠 What push and pull is there between the way we view AI, and the impact we perceive it has? 🧐 Surely at some point, if not now, "Artificial Intelligence" of some sort will bring about a massive change to the type of careers and the way we work every day. In the meantime though, what are the...
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054 _ Essay: This is water | David Foster Wallace Commencement Speech
David Foster Wallace gave this commencement speech to the graduating class of 2005 at Kenyon College, which completely breaks the commencement speech genre, while hitting everything he's supposed to do. A moving, insightful and unblushingly spiritual in such a casual way as to not even realize...
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053_ Interview: a creative act | path, process and creativity with musician Chalk Dinosaur
Prepare to jam out to a new favorite. Musician Chalk Dinosaur joins this podcast to talk inspiration, creative process, and much more. John O'Hallaran hails from Pittsburgh and is the main person behind Chalk Dinosaur, that interestingly enough will be played just as John in a solo act, with his...
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052_ Interview: the way of jazz | a Lego brick standard
Curious about jazz? Ever wonder how musicians can learn so many songs by heart? Or are you one looking to expand your skill set? John Elliot has some ideas you might find interesting. He's the author of Insights in Jazz , which lays out a roadmap to learn over 200 jazz standard songs, along with…
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051_ Essay: 600 seconds | a daily battle
We don't have enough time in a day, always putting our personal desires, goals, hobbies-- the places we get most fulfillment from, last. What if you could flip that though? What if you could find just 10 minutes a day to spark yourself down a whole new track. Learning that thing you've been…
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050_ Interview: America's rusting waterways | a wasted resource
We have a completely untapped resource in the U.S. that would help reduce emissions, decrease supply chain strain, not to mention reduce energy costs for many regions of the country. Why the U.S. can't tap into that, is the subject of the Jones Act. A century plus old piece of legislation that…
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049_ Discussion: is web3 advancing tech and challenging ethics? | how technology and society dance
A hot discussion on web3, what it is, how it can be implemented, and all the conundrums between. This is a first for the series, as we have a discussion with previous guests, Josh founder of web3 travel platform stay365 & Dr. Yusef Smith, M.D. and founder of Propane Fitness. Dive in to hear us…
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048_ Interview: a rule of life | intention, government, and Christianity's coming of age
This episode is an abridged version of the rise and embrace of Christianity into western society, and government with returning guest Associate Professor of History at The King’s College in New York City Steele Brand Starting near Christianity's inception, Steele walks us right into the middle...
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047_ Interview: psychedelic integration of reality | psychedelics, a new medium for medicine
🍄 Unlocking the Healing Power of Psychedelics with Dr. Ryan Westrum Psychedelics have been making a comeback in recent years, with studies showing their potential to treat conditions like depression and anxiety. In this episode, we talk to Dr. Ryan Westrom, a psychedelic integration therapist,...
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046_ Essay: Self-Reliance for an automatic time | Adam Bomb Podcast cross-post
In this essay I'm trying something new, since this is neither my essay, nor my reading of it. I was inspired to post this after recording episode 44 with Tom Bennet and after hearing his story, it reminded me of the ideas within Self-Reliance. So I went looking for an audiobook of it, inspired to...
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045_ Interview: cultural chasms | looking into the past while gazing into the future
my interview with Felipe Fernández-Armesto where we talk about... the role food has on our culture... a view on how to better understand the past... the reality of Magellan you've probably never heard, including his criminality and altering of his legacy, partially from the way he died... how to...
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044_ Essay: Note to the States on fentanyl | an individual antidote to the crisis
Want to know the current state of the fentanyl crisis in the US and how we got here?... there's been a rapid rise in overdoses, what's causing it?... what is fentanyl and how is it getting into illegal drugs?... along with a thought on how we can cut down our overdoses to a third of what they are...
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043_ Interview: self-reliant farming | regenerate agriculture, hard work and hogs
my interview with Tom Bennett, owner of Bennett's Farms, where he explains what regenerative agriculture is... his journey to starting it... how regenerative ag needs less input compared to factory farming, less overhead and thus, less barrier to entry... leasing farm land vs buying it... how…
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042_ Conversation: peer reviewed meaning of life | modernity complexity and turning inward together
In this conversation I'm joined by a friend of mine Richard Crazythunder to talk all things Christianity, Jesus, religion, philosophy and what utilities all of those ancient ideas have for living in a modern society of silicone. We touch upon the complexity of our time, and the false security…
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041_ Essay: thinking now and long | how to thrive as an individual & species
the following essay is nothing original, but everything we need that's essential to thrive now, and long into the future. both as individuals, and a species. because to think, plan and create a thriving existence a thousands years from now, it doesn't start with government programs, rapid...
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040_ Conversation: keep it simple | short term solutions to long term problems
This episode is a conversation with repeat guest Dr Yusef Smith M.D. on how to maintain peak health with a simple program anyone can do... how difficult it is to be a doctor these days with social media and an information war on what is healthy... musings on how gatekeepers are losing their grip…
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039_ Interview: assassinated by the status quo | Fred Hampton, the FBI and COINTELPRO
On December 4th 1969, a 21 year old man was assassinated by the status quo, because the powers that be wanted him gone in order to, 'prevent the rise of a messiah who could unify, and electrify, the black nationalist movement.' That man was Fred Hampton, and the status quo, was the Chicago Police...
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038_ Interview: Structured Water | Discovering the workings of nature
this interview, beyond trying to capture a truly mind-bending reality about the world we live in, gives a glimpse into the elephant in the brain stuck at the center of our scientific community. the assumption that we know all there is to know about water, how it forms on our planet or how it's…
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037_ Interview: smart contracts as the future of web3 | utility, scale and building
JW is one of the founders of stay365, a website looking to take on airBnB with web3; where users own their data, and where stay365 takes the first crack at setting the standard smart contract for the rental and travel industry. I found stay365 from JW's brilliant twitter marketing strategy, turns...
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036_ Conversation: the game of making progress | lifestyle, our world, and the increasing complexity
my guest for this conversation i found from an incredibly insightful twitter thread about the healthcare system in the UK, and was a delight to talk to live. over the course of the conversation we hit on how life is a series of sisyphean efforts, who can we trust at this point online, the media…
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035_ Conversation: the web3 trojan horse | an invisible technological revolution
For this episode, you’ll hear the second part of my conversation with returning guest Rowan Price, we go deep on all things web3, centering mostly on another great podcast episode from Tim Ferriss' show, where he's talking with Naval Ravikant and Chris Dixon ( link below ). As we talk, we go back...
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034_ Conversation: temporary enlightenment | propaganda as a form of government communication
this conversation covers a healthy amount of ground, and unintentionally dovetails quite well with the previous episode on the Chinese government's external propaganda. it's with returning guest, Rowan Price. Rowan is an internet nomad, currently living in the EU and is a wealth of knowledge in...
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033_ Interview: China, propaganda, and a way to view the world
In this episode, we will be talking about China's propaganda externally, how the Chinese Communist Party weaponizes access to their economy to police it abroad. As well as, how they masterfully create wire services to push stories they want out in the world, use what they make in their factories…
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