David Boles

Human Meme

Society EN ↓ 896 episodes

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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Author

David Boles

Category

Society

Podcast website

humanmeme.com

Latest episode

Oct 2, 2026

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Episodes

Why We are No Longer Friends 24.05.2023

Friendship is not being friendly. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares his experiences with friendships gone wrong, friendships that have been only one sided, and friendships that were nothing more than friendly experiences. How does this happen? What is the cause? David Boles finds out!

AI and Medical Interventions 17.05.2023

Artificial Intelligence will change how we approach medicine. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares insight into AI and the medical community, plus other interesting uses for AI in artwork, study, enjoyment and the university.

AI Robert Frost Poems 10.05.2023

The AI analysis of Robert Frost is an empty desire. ChatGPT-4 has no memory of Robert Frost's poem, "The Strong Are Saying Nothing" and in this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles works to explain -- to the AI -- the purpose and meaning of understanding this "lost" (but not lost!) historic poem.

Color Blind in Context 03.05.2023

Red. Green. Blue. Yellow. Those are the color blind contexts. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares research, observations, and stories about dealing with color blindness in a world that doesn't always provide proper context.

The Newport Strangler 26.04.2023

Why are young women, who walk alone, always a point for attack? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles discusses "The Newport Strangler" who harasses women outside the Newport Mall and near the PATH train station in Jersey City.

Streamer Shakedown Between Twitch and Kick 19.04.2023

The streamer wars are on! In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles takes a look at the new streamer wars between Twitch and Kick! Gambling appears to be the notorious underling in the streaming mudslinging!

The Uber Street Scam 13.04.2023

Beware of those on the street who ask you to call them an Uber. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares the tricks of the trade used on the street to scam money out of you. Don't call an Uber for a stranger -- because if you do, you're about to be scammed out of a lot of money!

Protecting Your Mastodon Instance From Shameless Trolls 06.04.2023

Trolls survive online being shameless. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares his experience dealing with shameless Trolls on his Boles.xyz Mastodon instance when the Trolls try to shame others with their own bad behavior.

Sociopaths in Society 30.03.2023

Sociopaths are everywhere now, how did they get in control of us? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares his unfortunate experience interacting in real like with these fake, scary, horrible, sociopathic creatures.

Gender Bias in Student Evaluations 23.03.2023

Gender plays a role in student evaluations of instructors. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines the means, and the methods, of student evaluations in today's academic environment. Students have had a lot of power in determining the quality of their education and now, that may be changing, as discriminatory attitudes are proven with data sets.

America is Now Falling Down 16.03.2023

To understand the rise of the MAGA movement, we only need to watch the 1993 movie, "Falling Down." In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines how the anger and hostility of the Trump voter has manifested itself in infecting the morality of the everyday American experience.

How NOT to Get Free Rent! 09.03.2023

The criminal mind is the genius mind. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares the real life story of a rent scam gone wrong. It was an inside job done with the help of a resident -- or was it the other way around? Oh, well, all did not end well for the sub-genius culprits!

The Proud Boys Fare Jump the E Train 02.03.2023

What should the NYPD do when the Proud Boys invade Queens? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles discusses the Proud Boys invasion of the Queens Library to protest Drag Queen Story Hour and he investigates how the NYPD handled the situation to decompress a threat to The City.

The Poetry Anthology Scam 23.02.2023

If you're a writer, you don't pay the publisher! In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles warns you against falling for -- The Poetry Anthology Scam -- where young, and amateur writers, are secretly squeezed for money in order to be published.

Protecting Your Ideas From Being Stolen 16.02.2023

Your ideas are you and they are valuable! In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares his experience with having good ideas stolen by bad people -- and he explains just how to protect your ideas from future theft, too.

Social Status Eugenics 09.02.2023

The culling of social inequities lives in a subtle eugenics. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles argues that social status is a method of uncomfortable, if preplanned, form of human eugenics. "Born Good" takes on a whole new meaning when it comes to incompatible wealth and money.

Gov. Kathy Hochul Vetoes the Deaf in New York 02.02.2023

New York State does not want a Commission for the Deaf. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines why New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed the Deaf. An Autistic Deaf woman who does not speak spent three weeks alone on a subway trying to get home after being dismissed from a Queens hospital. Deaf immigrants had in-person interpreters taken away -- all done while the Buffalo Bi...

Life is Saying Goodbye 26.01.2023

We are more our endings than our beginnings. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles discusses the necessity of creating proper moments of endings when there may be no next time, or the dawn of a new tomorrow. Closing a circle is more than just tying up loose ends; a goodbye is the essence of time.

When Actors Become Lost 19.01.2023

Actors can often go so deep into a character that they forget who they are. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines the process actors use to lose themselves in a role -- but is there an inherent danger of forever becoming lost in both identity and named purpose?

Guillermo del Toro is Wrong about AI Art 12.01.2023

AI Art is Human Art. Film director Guillermo del Toro doesn't believe AI Art is created by humans, but he appears to believe that adaptations of other artistic enterprises by him are not artificial and are artful. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles explains what is wrong with the del Toro take on things.

Going Federated: Getting Rid of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram! 03.01.2023

It's time to go Federated and other. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares his thoughts on getting rid of the big three: Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and replacing them with other social media options!

When AI Writes Your Essay 15.12.2022

Artificial Intelligence is arcing from art to text! In this Boles.tv live stream update, David Boles shares his thoughts on AI-created essay text, and he recalls the terror of a human essay writing evaluation that his students had to endure at a Jesuit university Freshman writing program.

Copyright Trolls and DMCA Takedown Notices 05.12.2022

Copyright trolls need to be stopped. In this Boles.tv highlight, David Boles shares the rage and the fury of being wrongly accused of restreaming audio that doesn't exist. The DMCA Trolls can silence you without curiosity or conclusion, and that needs to be stopped!

No More Streaming Music 01.12.2022

Music streaming does not work for live broadcast. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles explains why music -- even background music and incidental interludes -- no longer works for use during a live stream event.

Cleanliness Next to Socialness 24.11.2022

Is social status determined by how, and why, we wash our private bits? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles takes a look at the soapy social issues in conflict, and at frothing play -- when it comes to washing your body into sublime cleanliness. Or not!

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