Hypermentilating The Podcast

HI, welcome to Episode The Seventy-NinthAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.Hi,In this episode, a father and daughter discuss two of life's "huge mountains": opening up about personal struggles and navigating the loss of a pet. They share practical advice for kids on how to tell parents they are struggling without causing panic, emphasizing the need for directness and active listening.The conversation also covers the "first brush with death" most children face through pet loss, offering strategies like honesty and healing ceremonies to help process grief. It's a candid look at building family trust through patience and vulnerability.(0:00) In the vast emptiness of space, there are voids(13:31) Discussing the awesomeness of Mexico as a place to live(20:09) An accidental consideration of Scientology“And there I got my hurt; for a man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.“ J.R.R. TolkienHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Seventy-EighthAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.Hi,(0:00) In the vast emptiness of space, there are voids(13:31) Discussing the awesomeness of Mexico as a place to live(20:09) An accidental consideration of Scientology“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage—to move in the opposite direction.” E.F. SchumacherHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Seventy-SeventhAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.Hi,(0:00) Fourteen (14) countries worldwide have equal rights for women(11:39) We are constructed of fuzzy clouds of probability(23:01) Which is harder to understand: That woman are still largely not equals or that we are made of electron clouds?“Courage is what others can’t see, what is never affirmed. It is made of what you have thrown away and then come back for.” Leonard CohenHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Seventy-SixthAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.Hi,(0:00) Coachella is now a corporate meet and greet(15:30) Echolocation is a superpower(23:29) Do we really need a toilet in the car?“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.” Dale CarnegieHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Seventy-FifthAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.Hi,(0:00) Are school uniforms good, or bad?(11:33) Music is more than sound(23:18) What if you had to play one instrument for eternity?“The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world.” Carl Sagan, 1969Have an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Seventy-FourthAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.Hi,(0:00) What are the chances that we are the only life in the universe?(13:13) AI produces things that are not real(24:12) What do you think aliens would be like?“As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.” Josh BillingsHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Seventy-ThirdAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.Hi,(0:00) The ancient Romans had a good life(11:33) It’s shocking how much you can do with AI(23:04) What if you could live in an ancient time?“They are in you and me; they created us, body and mind; and their preservation is the ultimate rationale for our existence. They have come a long way, those replicators. Now they go by the name of genes, and we are their survival machines.” Richard DawkinsHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Seventy-SecondAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.Hi,(0:00) Are phones a gateway addiction?(10:02) Are we just accepting that teens don’t get enough sleep?(21:12) Can you imagine a life without your phone?“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. ClarkeHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Seventy-FirstAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.Hi,(0:00) Why are kids reading less?(11:33) We need to ask questions(21:42) What nonspiritual question would you like answered?“The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong“ Carl JungHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The SeventiethAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.Hi,(0:00) We are being watched, why?(12:09) Are we evolving, or devolving?(22:55) What if you could have one mutation?“I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.” Richard FeynmanHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Sixty-NinthAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.Hi,(0:00) What exactly is the Olympic village?(11:49) Partnerships that changed the world(24:00) What if we made our leaders live together?“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.” Johann Wolfgang von GoetheHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Sixty-EighthAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.Hi,(0:00) Removing the stigma from home schooling(11:11) Do animals have imaginations?(20:26) What would your school look like?“ We have met the enemy and he is us.” Walt KellyHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Sixty-SeventhAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.Hi,(0:00) The problems with subjective judging of sports(11:01) Discussing the reality of having more than five senses(19:12) Without limitations, how long would you want to live?First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out —because I was not a communist;Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out —because I was not a socialist;Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out —because I was not a trade unionist;Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out —because I was not a Jew;Then they came for me —and there was no one left to speak out for me.Martin NiemöllerHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Sixty-SixthAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.Hi,(0:00) We evolved for a much different life(10:12) Sharks are not a threat to humans(22:05) What would your designed city look like?“The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.” James BaldwinHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Sixty-FifthAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.Hi,(0:00) France follows Australia in introducing social media bans for kids(11:09) A discussion of the awfulness and mystery of migraine disorders(22:12) What if you could create your own vehicle“Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity.” Leonardo da VinciHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Sixty-FourthAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.Hi,(0:00) The awesomeness of volcanoes(10:09) Chinese wind farms are a growing thing(20:22) Discussing the worst potential natural disaster to live by“The greatest danger to our future is apathy.” Jane GoodallHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Sixty-ThirdAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) Roblox is changing it’s requirements for chat room participation(8:35) Iran is showing the world what no freedom means(16:54) What would your ideal social media look like?“I would unite with anybody to do right; and with nobody to do wrong.” Frederick DouglassHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Sixty-SecondAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) How do we decide where we want to live?(6:15) Discussing the weirdness of trying to replicate extinct animals(16:00) The endless appeal for teenagers of walk about the mall(23:27) When acting is so bad that the movies becomes watchable"When you're a student, you're judged by how well you answer questions...But in life, you're judged by how good your questions are." Robert LangerHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Sixty-FirstAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) What is the nature of animal communication?(12:00) A consideration of the skill set necessary to make be a good actor(24:24) Review: Stranger Things 5(34:08) What if you could create your own farm“So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly rise and make them miserable.” Aldous HuxleyHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The SixtiethAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) Would the Olympics benefit from being held more often?(12:20) So much nonsense and trash online(28:00) We had no idea how long we have controlled fire(33:33) Video AI can stand in for reality“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.” Dale CarnegieHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Fifty-NinthAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) The necessary end to animals at the circus(12:30) Creating your own cruise ship(19:33) Recalling the first times in competition(30:15) That’s not right, that’s frostbite“Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity.” Leonardo da VinciHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Fifty-EighthAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) The importance of music being introduced in school(11:30) Is 16 the right age for being sanctioned to drive?(20:10) Movie Review: Zootopia, in honour of the release of Zootopia 2(27:45) What if you weirdly created your own disaster“In the fields of observation, chance favours only the prepared mind.” Louis PasteurHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Fifty-SixthAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) The value of learning another language at a young age(11:20) Trying to understand flat earthers(21:50) Remembering the joy of first pets(31:31) Discussing what gives a water bottle greatness The point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer." Rainer Maria RilkeHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Fifty-SixthAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) The value of learning another language at a young age(11:20) Trying to understand flat earthers(21:50) Remembering the joy of first pets(31:31) Discussing what gives a water bottle greatness The point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer." Rainer Maria RilkeHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Fifty-FifthAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) A consideration of the power of patience(10:20) We discuss the relative merits of living in the heat and/or the cold(22:22) TV Show Review: Stranger Things(28:50) Where would you live if you could live anywhere?"Courage is what others can't see, what is never affirmed. It is made of what you have thrown away and then come back for." Leonard CohenHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Fifty-FourthAn entertaining, thoughtful and informative podcast. We lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we discuss topics of interest from both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) Why aren’t we able to deal with bullies?(14:36) Nature or Nurture for gender norms(26:26) The great impact of moving pictures and recorded music(36:33) It doesn’t get weirder than a bucket of teeth"The greatest danger to our future is apathy." Jane GoodallHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Fifty-ThirdThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) A consideration of things ripping around in space(10:10) Shouldn’t we be outraged that tombs are raided?(20:01) Recalling the first time we realized that there was judgment attached to clothing(28:45) Irritated by people who complain about going 4500 kilometers in 9 hours"When you're a student, you're judged by how well you answer questions...But in life, you're judged by how good your questions are." Robert LangerHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Fifty-SecondThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) What would you do if aliens really showed up on earth?(13:00) Is it possible to memorize a taste?(26:30) Book Review: A Series Of Unfortunate Events(33:48) What if you could only wear one colour"An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation." Joseph ConradHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Fifty-FirstThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) A general consideration of the Louvre(19:16) Scout reveals her love for Billie Eilish(27:21) Remembering first times travelling(32:55) The odd beauty and grace of the Beluga whale“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” Nelson MandelaHave an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The FiftiethThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) What makes an animal mythical?(11:45) A consideration of the best time to eat(19:50) If you could turn back time(25:45) Discussing the over the top Stan-ness of certain fans“As an afterthought, it seems hardly proper to write of life without once mentioning happiness; so we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?” Hunter S. Thompson, 1955Have an awesome day,Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Forty-NinthThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) How toxic, or not, is social media?(10:57) The perception of the passage of time(20:03) TV Review: Modern Family(26:33) What if you could do anything without fear of dying“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd on.” VoltaireHave an awesome day, Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Forty-EighthThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) The everywhere of internet bullies(11:01) A consideration of the value of books in an a[apocalypse(18:54) Discussing the ease with which time disappears while online(26:39) Accents as a source of entertainment“We must all learn to live together as brothers or we will all perish together as fools.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Have an awesome day, Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Forty-SeventhThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) Discussing the limits of celebrity worship(11:03) The origins of sport(18:15) Have you ever imagined living in another person’s shoes(27:50) A Ron Weasley affliction is uncovered“And if that is not to be, let there still be, to the last, gratitude, unbounded, heartfelt gratitude, for having been granted a spell in this world of wonders.” J.M. CoetzeeHave an awesome day, Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Forty-SixthThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) Discussing the possible value of Snapchat(10:30) Should kids be allowed to use AI in a classroom?(21:03) Book review: To Kill A Mockingbird(30:27) What if you had to give up a body part“Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice.” Wislawa SzymborskaHave an awesome day, Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Forty-FifthThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) We have a serial costume changer among us(9:45) Rational vs irrational fears(24:00) Remembering to learn to swim(32:31) Bugs Bunny is weirder than you“While wandering down the path of wonder, I briefly escape the world of separation and enter the world of unity.” Hermann HesseHave an awesome day, Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Forty-FourthThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) A consideration of heroism(11:01) Why would you want to be famous?(23:27) When doing what you can helps others(28:28) The awesomeness of fresh clean sheets"People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in." Rosa ParksHave an awesome day, Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Forty-ThirdThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) We would treat talking animals much differently(11:49) Trying to understand believing in a flat earth (22:47) TV Review: Young Sheldon, nerd(31:13) Inventing a new planet to call homeTell me I’m clever,Tell me I’m kind,Tell me I’m talented,Tell me I’m cute,Tell me I’m sensitive,Graceful and wise,Tell me I’m perfect–But tell me the truth. Shel SilversteinHave an awesome day, Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Forty-SecondThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) What is this Mr. Beast?(12:00) The relative value of art is considered(23:12) The first time a book changed your way of thinking(33:45) The weirdness of poncy fashion"A book read by a thousand different people is a thousand different books." Andrei TarkovskyHave an awesome day, Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Forty-FirstThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) Is MMA a skilled undertaking?(10:09) Money has no value in an apocalypse(21:21) The dreams of legend(29:03) Trying to understand goofs who litter"We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love — first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage." Albert CamusHave an awesome day, Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The FortiethThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) Is ignorance worse than awareness when it comes to bad behaviour?(13:30) A discussion of the possibility of free food for all(20:39) Reviewing season 1 of the show Wednesday(27:12) An imaginary fairy tale world is imagined"If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence. " Charles BukowskiHave an awesome day, Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Thirty-EighthThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) Is Hollywood the home of fame?(10:11) The best time to eat(18:30) The normalization of video game carnage(27:54) A consideration of what it means to be funny"Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end." Henry David ThoreauHave an awesome day, Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Thirty-EighthThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) Why are tech toys so expensive?(12:12) Discussing the merits of books vs movies(23:29) Helping to bring a ship back to shore(34:26) Wondering why people straighten their curls“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts” Sign in Einstein’s Princeton officeHave an awesome day, Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Thirty-SeventhThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) Trying to imagine the vastness of space(13:26) A consideration of what makes someone famous(21:54) Book review: Sunrise on the Reaping(32:09) Deciding upon a useless talent" Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience. " Harper Lee Have an awesome day, Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Thirty-SixthThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) The enduring popularity of Roblox(9:27) Should everyone have to wait tables at some point?(18:54) When you first realize music is more than noise(27:00) The weird vastness of spaceThe universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper." Eden PhillpottsHave an awesome day, Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Thirty-FifthThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) If you had to commit long term to learning, could you?(11:00) A consideration of dumb questions(18:33) What would a dream date look like(25:09) A great disgust with commercials appears"There is no better, there is no more open door by which you can enter into the study of natural philosophy, than by considering the physical phenomena of a candle." Michael FaradayHave an awesome day, Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Thirty-FourthThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) What if you could travel to any time(11:18) What if you could invent a new species of human(18:36) What if you had the ole three wishes(28:28) What if you could live underwater"Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all." Douglas AdamsHave an awesome day, Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Thirty-ThirdThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) The unlikely nature of time travel(9:06) The fine art of the sleepover(18:50) When you realize the bigness of earth(27:13) How weirdly we collect"Never forget! The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly." Friedrich NietzscheHave an awesome day, Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Thirty-SecondThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) Is art subjective?(10:44) Some pets should not be pets(23:09) First time you had a meltdown(30:24) When nostalgia meets déjà vu“What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.” Werner HeisenbergHave an awesome day, Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The Thirty-FirstThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) Wherein we try to define magic(11:40) Are athletes born or made?(20:36) Review: The Last Of Us(28:54) Inventing a creature“Brilliant thinking is rare, but courage is in even shorter supply than genius.” Peter ThielHave an awesome day, Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe

HI, welcome to Episode The ThirtiethThe podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and informative. Our intention is to lead and encourage conversation between adults, young adults and kids. Every Wednesday, we will discuss different topics that we find interesting from the both the younger and the older point of view.We hope you find something of value here.(0:00) How should laws be determined?(12:06) A discussion about the uninformed doctoring of others(20:45) When did you realize that people could be two-faced?(28:39) The ultimate weirdness of space"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do." EpictetusHave an awesome day, Scout and WilliamFor anyone looking, it's a new day alwaysHypermentilating is reader and listener supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Hypermentilating at hypermentilating.substack.com/subscribe