David Boles

Human Meme

The Human Meme podcast examines what separates human consciousness from mere biological existence. Each episode investigates the inherited behaviors, cultural transmissions, and cognitive patterns that replicate across generations, shaping how we think, grieve, speak, and remember. David Boles, a New York City writer, publisher, and teacher, hosts these conversations as mindfulness with teeth: no production music, no easy comfort, only the direct inquiry into what makes us recognizably human. Since 2016, the podcast has asked why we weep emotional tears, how language emerged from gesture, and...

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David Boles

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2 paź 2026

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Lion King is the Biggest Bigot on Broadway! 15.11.2022

In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines the problem with the Broadway production of -- THE LION KING -- and the bigoted decision by Shelly Guy and Lisa Carling to remove a White American Sign Language Interpreter for the Deaf because he wasn't the correct skin color to perform the show. THE LION KING was written, on both the big screen and the musical stage, by White people. T...

AI Bot Thuggery: The Return of Racism in Art! 07.11.2022

Not all Art collections are created equal. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles grapples with the idea that AI Art may be intrinsically Racist, not because of programming, or ideas, or permissions -- but because of pre-existing data sets that are being used to render images. The presumption of bias of the AI is not in the collector, but in the collection.

Birthing the Blind Slave 03.11.2022

Will embryo eugenics create, not a new SuperRace, but a new Race of disabled slaves? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines the process of vetting embryos to create a specific sort of person for Racial and Cultural function. SuperBabies in one group and Blind Slaves in another?

Deadnaming for Profit 27.10.2022

Is there a religious exemption for Deadnaming? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles wonders about those who get paid to Deadname students as well as when the government decides to Deadname, and then rename. Plus, do religious schools deserve government money for only really teaching religion?

Instagram Falsely Accuses Me of Violating Community Standards 18.10.2022

Where do you go to get your good name back? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares the blood-poisoning false accusation that Instagram made against him for somehow violating community standards and then suspending his account. Nothing was violated. No guideline was crossed. There's no way to know the reason for the suspension or how to heal the suspension. No communication. No...

Danger of Editing a Twitter Blue Tweet 11.10.2022

Beware of replying to those with Twitter Blue! In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares the danger of replying to someone who has the ability to change their post after your reply is posted. Screenshots are your salvation!

NYU Betrays Its Faculty by Surrendering to Student Terrorism 04.10.2022

NYU failed to support its faculty over student threats to the integrity of the learning system. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles digs into the gross negligence of NYU giving in to student threats by firing an Organic Chemistry professor who "wrote the textbook" for the course of study. This is the danger of what happens when a university does not sufficiently protect the value o...

How Far We've Fallen 29.09.2022

In light of the fall of Roe; the fall of intellectualism in grief is worse. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines how far we've fallen intellectually as a people over the last half-century. Take note of the life of Bobby Kennedy in in 1968 invoking Aeschylus to assuage the grief of losing Martin Luther King, Jr. to the invocation of vaccine paranoia 50 years later in the ant...

A Memory of Saul Kripke 19.09.2022

Saul Kripke, of Omaha, and of belonging to the world, is dead. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles honors the life, and memory, of a genius philosopher who gave intrinsic meaning from his life in Naming and Necessity.

Doctors Who Quiet Quit 15.09.2022

Quiet Quitting is all over the news today. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles takes a look at the real reasons behind Quiet Quitting. Even doctors Quiet Quit -- under the guise of not accepting your insurance.

A Walk Back into the Murder of Wendy Hile 07.09.2022

A murder lasts forever. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles walks back into the mysterious mist of the 1974 murder of Wendy Hile in Lincoln, Nebraska. The gruesome recovery of her remains made headlines while her killer neighbor stayed silent, feigning innocence.

American Origami: The Archeology of Murdered Children 06.09.2022

We live in a time when the murder of children is ordinary and accepted. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles unfolds the American Origami book -- and discovers an archeology of murdered children, and those the dead leave behind. This is an examination of a dossier of death that requires the strong to say nothing until they see.

Who Owns a Suicide? 06.09.2022

When a person ends their life, does the context of survivor grief matter? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines the motivations of publicly remembering the dead who died by their own hand. How do we set the context of respect and remembering? Is grief sharing only a plot to get Facebook likes and stranger sympathy?

A Memory of Eric Bentley 06.09.2022

Eric Bentley was a master of the live stage. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines the life of this master critic, author, and promoter of what we now consider, the modern drama.

Of Knowledge, Not Technique 06.09.2022

The university is a place for ideas, not for skills. In this Boles.tv highlight, David Boles opens a conversation about the modern day university in the role of our ancient lives.

Who's Working? 06.09.2022

Here are the magic words to be spoken in the big city to unlock the secrets of the small town in the big wake. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares the key to surviving in a major metropolis when you are born in the Midwest and were raised to be -- seen and not heard.

Pre-Foetal Cochlear Implants 06.09.2022

Cochlear Implants: They're not for everybody. Or are they? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles engages with the Medical View of Deafness that will eventually probably argue that Deaf foetuses can, should, and must, be implanted with cochlear devices to they can become Hearing in the womb and will no longer need to be born into Deaf Culture.

That Hole in Your Neck is a Melanoma! 06.09.2022

Who needs a hole in your head when you have a melanoma in your neck? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares his melanoma experience and how new medical interventions are saving more lives than ever from skin cancer!

Jesus Christ Superstar: 50 Years Post Facto! 06.09.2022

It's been a half-century since Jesus Christ Superstar made its Broadway debut and impressive movie premier! In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles digs into the meaning of this historic sung-through musical by examining -- the religious ramifications of the storytelling, and the cultural impact of a condensed dramatic coil unwinding -- as God's son took his final steps on earth.

Eastern European Attraction Privilege 06.09.2022

The Privilege of a hidden Superpower attraction is beguiling. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles reveals the attraction recipe beheld to him by those of Eastern European descent. If you look the look, you can divine your own way.

The NFT Future is Not Art 31.08.2022

NFTs must be more than an image file to find success. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles discusses the future of the NFT in the marketplace -- and that future function isn't embedded as a JPEG on the blockchain.

Is American Sign Language a Communication Disorder? 25.08.2022

Is ASL a significant problem of understanding? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles wonders if American Sign Language is a Communication Disorder? Does the DSM-5 take precedence over the influence of comity in community? Is a "disorder" considered an inclusive label?

Performing the Cult of the Offended 15.08.2022

Jimmy Carter gave the offended the right to maim and murder. When the offended then grab a knife to take out your eye, or when the offended call in a bomb threat, or when the offended refuse to publish your work for fear of the other, more offended, being even more so highly offended so they make take up a gun and shoot you in the face -- something vital has been lost when the offended have the ri...

Facebook Complies to Help Prosecute Nebraska Abortion 10.08.2022

There is no guarantee of privacy on the internet. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles discusses the conflict between abortion rights, online privacy, and Republican government strongholds. Here is the story of a teenager's abortion gone wrong, Facebook's compliance with a lawful demand for information, and the State of Nebraska's want to punish women for having dominion over their...

A Waardenburg Syndrome Conversation 04.08.2022

Waardenburg Syndrome is a fascinating experience to live. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares a conversation with his friend, KathyHusker, who lives the life of Waardenburg without a moment of worry or regret. The living is in the life, not in the diagnosis. You can meet Kathy on our Discord server for more information: https://discord.gg/boles

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