Mundo Perspectives

I’m new to podcasting and new to this feature. Please be patient with any reply. Thanks. Two AI systems walk into a podcast and the weirdest part is not what they say, it’s what they do. I put ChatGPT and Claude in the same room, hit record, and start pushing on a fear I keep hearing from real people: AI is making us lazier thinkers. When the answers come fast and polished, a lot of us stop asking...

I’m new to podcasting and new to this feature. Please be patient with any reply. Thanks. A single, random childhood flashback can feel rock-solid until you try to prove it. We follow one of those stubborn memories, a bizarre moment from an obscure 1980s sitcom called I Married Dora, and treat it like a real investigation: What exactly do we remember, what actually happened on screen, and why did o...

I’m new to podcasting and new to this feature. Please be patient with any reply. Thanks. AI can generate a full song faster than most of us can write a chorus, but that speed creates a new problem: the real work becomes judgment. We put that to the test by trying to build a late 1990s style rap and hip hop anthem celebrating a specific place, using ChatGPT for prompt engineering and lyric writing,...

I’m new to podcasting and new to this feature. Please be patient with any reply. Thanks. Picking a college major can feel like you’re locking in the rest of your life, but we don’t buy that story. We talk through what you’re actually choosing when you choose a major: a set of assumptions, influences, and tradeoffs shaped by parents, professors, friends, fear, money, and whatever you’ve experienced...

I’m new to podcasting and new to this feature. Please be patient with any reply. Thanks. I catch myself mid-reaction on social media and realize my words can either add clarity or add noise. I test a simple habit, drafting my thoughts off-platform first, and it changes how I think about time, attention, and my digital footprint.  • losing the habit of listening to others and ourselves  • a scholar...

I’m new to podcasting and new to this feature. Please be patient with any reply. Thanks. A hurricane warning aimed at Los Angeles sounds like a punchline right up until you realize the forecast doesn’t need to be “certain” to change what smart people do. I’m talking through the exact moment I saw a storm track with multiple possible paths, did the math on the odds, and still decided to prepare eve...

I’m new to podcasting and new to this feature. Please be patient with any reply. Thanks. A rock on a chair shouldn’t be able to teach you anything, but “Stanley” does. We sit down with actor, director, and writer Thomas Dean Kellogg to unpack how critical thinking actually works when you’re building a character, staging a scene, or writing words that have to land with an audience. The surprise is...

I’m new to podcasting and new to this feature. Please be patient with any reply. Thanks. If you enjoy Mundo Perspectives and want to support the show, consider becoming a monthly supporter. Your support helps keep the conversations going and allows us to bring more thoughtful perspectives and voices to the podcast. Support the show: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2598011/support Critical thinking soun...

I’m new to podcasting and new to this feature. Please be patient with any reply. Thanks. If you enjoy Mundo Perspectives and want to support the show, consider becoming a monthly supporter. Your support helps keep the conversations going and allows us to bring more thoughtful perspectives and voices to the podcast.  Support the show: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2598011/support A lottery ticket is o...

I’m new to podcasting and new to this feature. Please be patient with any reply. Thanks. If you enjoy Mundo Perspectives and want to support the show, consider becoming a monthly supporter. Your support helps keep the conversations going and allows us to bring more thoughtful perspectives and voices to the podcast.  Support the show: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2598011/support Money feels solid unt...

I’m new to podcasting and new to this feature. Please be patient with any reply. Thanks. If you enjoy Mundo Perspectives and want to support the show, consider becoming a monthly supporter. Your support helps keep the conversations going and allows us to bring more thoughtful perspectives and voices to the podcast.  Support the show: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2598011/support What if “time” isn’t...

I’m new to podcasting and new to this feature. Please be patient with any reply. Thanks. If you enjoy Mundo Perspectives and want to support the show, consider becoming a monthly supporter. Your support helps keep the conversations going and allows us to bring more thoughtful perspectives and voices to the podcast.  Support the show: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2598011/support Ever try to treat AI...

I’m new to podcasting and new to this feature. Please be patient with any reply. Thanks. If you enjoy Mundo Perspectives and want to support the show, consider becoming a monthly supporter. Your support helps keep the conversations going and allows us to bring more thoughtful perspectives and voices to the podcast. Support the show: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2598011/support The road to a greener...

I’m new to podcasting and new to this feature. Please be patient with any reply. Thanks. If you enjoy Mundo Perspectives and want to support the show, consider becoming a monthly supporter. Your support helps keep the conversations going and allows us to bring more thoughtful perspectives and voices to the podcast. Support the show: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2598011/support A simple game changed...

I’m new to podcasting and new to this feature. Please be patient with any reply. Thanks. A quiet dinner turned into a four-hour test of pain, patience, and decision-making after a bone fragment lodged between my molars. We trace the chaos from failed fixes at home to an ER extraction and unpack the simple rules that kept choices clear when stress spiked. • the bite, the crack, and sudden pain • fa...

I’m new to podcasting and new to this feature. Please be patient with any reply. Thanks. What happens when a lifelong overplanner hands the wheel to a warped dime? I set out for a simple break and wound up on a cross-country experiment in trust—Los Angeles to Chicago by rail, a snap decision toward Seattle, and a last-minute turn to Las Vegas—while asking whether I was truly surrendering or just o...

I’m new to podcasting and new to this feature. Please be patient with any reply. Thanks. We explore how adaptation shapes both learning and communication, from a blind student mastering campus to a deaf parking attendant bridging a gap with pen and paper. We contrast academic and traditional learning and share how an Indigenous lens changes what counts as education. • redefining education through...

I’m new to podcasting and new to this feature. Please be patient with any reply. Thanks. A stranger on a moving train tried to define me in a single glance—and got it wrong. That awkward moment became a catalyst to rethink how we tie appearance and language to identity, and why our minds reach for labels before we reach for questions. We walk through the story beat by beat, then turn it into a pra...

I’m new to podcasting and new to this feature. Please be patient with any reply. Thanks. What if the way you pack is shaping the way you think—and the way your trip actually feels? We dive into a practical, mindset-first approach to travel where the bag becomes a tool, not a burden. Instead of rules and checklists, we use clear questions and real tradeoffs to decide between a small backpack, a lar...

I’m new to podcasting and new to this feature. Please be patient with any reply. Thanks. Two people can watch the same scene and leave with different truths—so what bridges that gap? We kick off our new series by trading arguments for attention, asking how culture, place, and personal history shape what we notice, what we miss, and what we assume. As a Native American host from a federally recogni...