The Two Tongues Podcast

S3E9 - From the Mouths of Babes

In this episode Chris discusses a nightmare that the psychologist Jordan Peterson's nephew shared with him. It was a typical childhood nightmare full of fear and frightening imagery, but it held a deeper meaning. Jordan describes the psychological meaning and symbolism of the dream and how he empowered his nephew to overcome his fear. I tell this story in order to tell another. My 6-year-old daughter told me a story about "fairies," which struck me with the same kind of psychological and philosophical force. It makes me ask the question, what is the Unconscious? And, is there something more to our dreams and fantasies than random, meaningless ideas and images? 

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S3E8 - We’ll Do it Live

This episode was the Two Tongues Pod's first ever live-stream. We talk Kyle's conversation with Jason from the 2Bit podcast, the always interesting subject of racism as well as our thoughts on Scott Adam's recent remarks on whether or not its ok to be "White." Chris coins the term "Opinion Scholarship" for this solo episodes and much, much more.

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S3E6 - Nothing Matters with Michio Kaku

This episode rounds out the "Nothing Matters" series, which began with Alan Watts. We delve into the mysterious world of quantum physics, the word of dark matter, dark energy and black holes. On this journey we are confronted with the "Nothingness" of the space-time vacuum with surprising results. As it turns out, "Nothingness" does not exist...or more correctly "Nothing" is "Something." Zero point energy, vacuum energy, something from nothing and the Big Bang. All this and more on this episode of the Two Tongues Podcast.

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S3E5 - The Lost Art of Debate

In this episode Chris and Kyle discuss the value of debate and the relative effectiveness of different debate styles. We focus in on a debate from the YouTube Channel "The Crucible" where George Martin of Carnism Debunked and Andrew Wilson debate whether it's moral to eat meat. Kyle and I disagree on much, but ultimately agree debate is more valuable to the audience than the participants. People only begrudgingly change their minds and dunking on folks ain't the best approach for mind-changing...but it is entertaining. 

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S3E4 - The Food of the Gods, Soma and Omnipresence

In this episode Chris begins his exploration of the Vedas--the oldest religious holy book we know of--the holy books of the Hindus. We read a series of hymns, which put tremendous emphasis on a ritual drink called "Soma," which seems in every way to be an ancient psychedelic brew. Soma was the food of the gods and was connected to both the gods and to immortality. It was consumed also the the Vedic priests who report out-of-body experiences, unfathomable joy and the ability to commune with the divine power. We discuss if Soma was psychedelic and how these mystical, psychedelic experiences relate to the development of religious ideas.

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S3E3 - The Epiphany Comes from Somewhere

In this episode Kyle and Chris discuss addiction, demonic possession and debate just what in the hell 'spirit' means. We discuss God, Nothingness and the vacuum of space. Chris tries dutifully to convince Kyle that "Nothing" is 'Something.' He goes with me part-way, but questions whether this is a word game or a real distinction. We agree that "Potentiality" works better than 'Nothingness.' Lastly we touch on the recent exploits of the U.S. Airforce in shooting UFOs from the sky.

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S3E2 - Jordan Peterson and the Joe Rogan Experience

In this episode Chris discusses a monologue from Dr. Jordan Peterson on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast (episode 1933), which struck him hard. In it Dr. Peterson describes how the ancient Hebrews were able to know the unknowable, to know God. His analysis struck me as identical to the intuition gained from mystical experience. It is a way of knowing the unknowable, which paradoxically relies on not-knowing. Jordan outlines the 'spirit' that runs through the Biblical stories of Adam and Eve, Cain and Able, the Tower of Babel, Noah and Abraham. By abstracting what connects each story together and chipping away the stories themselves, we are left with a kind of "knowing by inference, by elimination"... a knowing by not knowing. What the hell does this mean? Find out here...

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S3E1 - Sex Positivity and Digital Currency

Kyle and Chris kick off Season 3 with a discussion of the evolutionary significance of the head cheerleader and high school quarterback as the alpha-category. Chris then criticizes how these facts impact the sexual choices of adolescents. But, lessons learned...you know? The conversation shifts to Cosmo magazine, questionable sex advice and the unspoken implications of the term "sex positivity." Next, for good measure, we expertly tackle the topic of digital currency ;)

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S2E94 - Nothing Matters with Alan Watts

In this episode we get our first taste of Alan Watts from a few of his lectures posted to the Psychedlic podcast. I honed in on his discussion of "nothingness" and what it actually means. Contrary to common intuition, "nothing" is actually "something." What that something is Watts calls "the secret of the whole thing." It has ontological implications, religious implications and psychological implications. Let's dive in!

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S2E93 - Satanism and Witches

In this episode Chris reads from Rig Veda and compares ancient Hindu prayers to something like a Victorian séance (no disrespect). This gets us until a discussion of prayer, sacrifice, paganism and witches. We talk the Church of Satan, Scientology and Tom mother-f**king Cruse.

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