Talking About The Big Stuff

Mike and Matthew continue their discussion of anniversaries and commemorations, this time with less focus on the personal, and more focus on groups and societal anniversaries. Support the show You can get these episodes 4 days early on Mondays, and uncensored, if you go over to our Patreon and subscribe! http://www.patreon.com/talkingaboutthebigstuffIf you're looking to create your own podcast, or...

We hit our 50th episode, and Mike and Matthew are talking about anniversaries and commemorations! Mike and Matthew discuss the concept of enjoying art from problematic artists once they're dead and profit motive is no longer a factor. Support the show You can get these episodes 4 days early on Mondays, and uncensored, if you go over to our Patreon and subscribe! http://www.patreon.com/talkingabout...

Mike and Matthew discuss the concept of enjoying art from problematic artists once they're dead and profit motive is no longer a factor. Support the show You can get these episodes 4 days early on Mondays, and uncensored, if you go over to our Patreon and subscribe! http://www.patreon.com/talkingaboutthebigstuffIf you're looking to create your own podcast, or YouTube videos and have conversations...

Mike and Matthew discuss Suicide, and suicide prevention. They dive into the topic from several different directions, including death with dignity, mental healthcare, and personal experiences. If you are in crisis you can dial 988 for emergency care especially for mental health. If you're looking for a secular therapist you can go to https://www.seculartherapy.org You can get these episodes 4 days...

Matthew and Michael talk about advertising, how to read it, how to interact with it, and how to parent for it. Support the showYou can get these episodes 4 days early on Mondays, and uncensored, if you go over to our Patreon and subscribe! http://www.patreon.com/talkingaboutthebigstuffIf you're looking to create your own podcast, or YouTube videos and have conversations from multiple locations, ch...

Matthew tells us about his involvement in the secular community, and how important it can be for people, as well as how people interested in secular communities can find them. For listeners in the Raleigh area, Matthew was talking about the Triangle Freethought Society: https://www.trianglefreethought.org, and their event calendar is at: https://www.trianglefreethought.org/meet-upsFor non-Raleigh...

In this episode, Mike and Matthew talk about Internet culture, and the effects that they're seeing on the greater culture. Support the showYou can get these episodes 4 days early on Mondays, and uncensored, if you go over to our Patreon and subscribe! http://www.patreon.com/talkingaboutthebigstuffIf you're looking to create your own podcast, or YouTube videos and have conversations from multiple l...

In this episode, Matthew and Michael talk about the idea of victimhood, and how it has become a vilified term in some circles, and how this only helps to further victimization. Support the showYou can get these episodes 4 days early on Mondays, and uncensored, if you go over to our Patreon and subscribe! http://www.patreon.com/talkingaboutthebigstuffIf you're looking to create your own podcast, or...

The name is kind of a mislead, because it's not the first time we've had a 'shoot the shit' episode, but it just seemed fitting to name it that, and then I thought this would be a good way for you as the audience to know we're not tackling a big topic this week. Some of the things that we plugged on this week's episode are:Brooklyn Brothers Food Reviews: https://www.youtube.com/@BrooklynBrothersFo...

On this episode, Mike and Matthew talk with Wes Wennerstrom about people who risked their careers to make controversial but important political points in the entertainment industry. If you want to learn how you can help Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in the US, go to MMIWUSA.org. If you're looking for movies about indigenous people and their stories, Matthew suggested "Catch the Fair One" f...

In this episode, Matthew and Michael talk about purity culture, abstinence, and pre-marital sex. Support the showYou can get these episodes 4 days early on Mondays, and uncensored, if you go over to our Patreon and subscribe! http://www.patreon.com/talkingaboutthebigstuffIf you're looking to create your own podcast, or YouTube videos and have conversations from multiple locations, check out the we...

In this episode, Mike and Matthew talk about patriotism, and nationalism, and dick size. But despite that last part, there was nothing that needed to be cut out of the standard feed version, so this is the full version! Support the showYou can get these episodes 4 days early on Mondays, and uncensored, if you go over to our Patreon and subscribe! http://www.patreon.com/talkingaboutthebigstuffIf yo...

In this episode, Matthew and Michael talk about unions. With the SAG and WGA strikes currently going on, they thought it would be a good time to talk about unions, their benefits, downsides, and their place in a capitalist society. Support the showYou can get these episodes 4 days early on Mondays, and uncensored, if you go over to our Patreon and subscribe! http://www.patreon.com/talkingabouttheb...

On this week's episode, Mike and Matthew talk with Pat Brennan about whether or not being a leftist, and holding leftist beliefs is a bit of a buzzkill socially. They talk about boycotting, and how it can be difficult to stand firm when people around you don't want to. Support the showYou can get these episodes 4 days early on Mondays, and uncensored, if you go over to our Patreon and subscribe! h...

In this episode, Mike talks with Quentin, Nicole, Alissa, and Saba about whether or not happiness is achievable for adults, if it's a good goal, and perhaps some methods of achieving it. Support the showYou can get these episodes 4 days early on Mondays, and uncensored, if you go over to our Patreon and subscribe! http://www.patreon.com/talkingaboutthebigstuffIf you're looking to create your own p...

In this episode, Mike and Matthew talk about nepotism. They talk about the good and the bad, the practicalities, and the pitfalls. Support the showYou can get these episodes 4 days early on Mondays, and uncensored, if you go over to our Patreon and subscribe! http://www.patreon.com/talkingaboutthebigstuffIf you're looking to create your own podcast, or YouTube videos and have conversations from mu...

A few weeks ago, I mislabeled a different episode, with the title and description I planned on giving this one. I've gone back and fixed that, but I wanted you all to know this is a different episode in case you listened when that last one was similarly titled. This episode is about the importance of changing your mind when presented with new evidence. It's a difficult thing to do but in order for...

In this episode, Mike and Matthew talk about mythicism, and whether or not Jesus was a real person, regardless of divinity. Support the showYou can get these episodes 4 days early on Mondays, and uncensored, if you go over to our Patreon and subscribe! http://www.patreon.com/talkingaboutthebigstuffIf you're looking to create your own podcast, or YouTube videos and have conversations from multiple...

Mike talks about the idea of mid-life crisis, and Matthew talks him down off a ledge about it all. Support the showYou can get these episodes 4 days early on Mondays, and uncensored, if you go over to our Patreon and subscribe! http://www.patreon.com/talkingaboutthebigstuffIf you're looking to create your own podcast, or YouTube videos and have conversations from multiple locations, check out the...

I don't know why, but originally, I mislabeled this episode, base on a topic we were recording a get ahead for. This episode we talk about how sometimes our visceral reactions to things cannot catch up to our intellectual takes on those same things. Support the showYou can get these episodes 4 days early on Mondays, and uncensored, if you go over to our Patreon and subscribe! http://www.patreon.co...

This episode's title is straight forward, but sounds like it's a fucked up pun or something. Jokes on those who don't read the description. It's about how we often talk about victimless crimes, but never consider the opposite side. In the rush to blame, we often feel like we can't acknowledge victims without perpetrators. Support the showYou can get these episodes 4 days early on Mondays, and unce...

Michael and Matthew discuss the ownership that some parents express over their children, and all that comes with. Support the showYou can get these episodes 4 days early on Mondays, and uncensored, if you go over to our Patreon and subscribe! http://www.patreon.com/talkingaboutthebigstuffIf you're looking to create your own podcast, or YouTube videos and have conversations from multiple locations,...

In this episode, Michael and Matthew, talk about what they would do if they were to retire tomorrow. Support the showYou can get these episodes 4 days early on Mondays, and uncensored, if you go over to our Patreon and subscribe! http://www.patreon.com/talkingaboutthebigstuffIf you're looking to create your own podcast, or YouTube videos and have conversations from multiple locations, check out th...

In this episode Matthew and Michael start off by talking about their plans for their own remains when they're dead, and it goes downhill from there. Support the showYou can get these episodes 4 days early on Mondays, and uncensored, if you go over to our Patreon and subscribe! http://www.patreon.com/talkingaboutthebigstuffIf you're looking to create your own podcast, or YouTube videos and have con...

Mike and Matthew talk about nihilism, and Michael's psyche breaks a tiny bit more in front of your very ears. Check out our Toxic Masculinity video from a few years ago that we reference several times in the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdwZYwAp41wSupport the showYou can get these episodes 4 days early on Mondays, and uncensored, if you go over to our Patreon and subscribe! http://www....