David Boles

Human Meme

Society EN ↓ 875 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...

Author

David Boles

Category

Society

Podcast website

humanmeme.com

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

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

Misapplying Mechanical Turk 28.07.2022

Taking one historic hoax and applying it to a future reality is common. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines the want to take one bad idea, and then applying it to a completely different, worse, notion with the name of the meme being the only connectoid. The Peer Gynt onion, Google AI, Eliza Redux and the Squid Game gameshow are all examples of this misapplication of memein...

Is Magnus Carlsen on the Spectrum? 20.07.2022

There's nothing wrong with being on the Spectrum. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles discusses the Magnus Carlsen decision to not compete in the next World Chess Championship. The conversation then turns to the curious notion that Magnus may be on the Spectrum.

1981 Was a Bloody Year 14.07.2022

1981 was the year of the assassin's bloodlust. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares his memories of one bloody year. In 1981, on March 30, President Regan was shot, on May 13, Pope John Paul II was shot, on October 06 of the same year, Anwar Sadat was murdered. Those "up close and personal" assassination attempts, and successes, were not new to the history of the world, but t...

Confirming the Murder of Marc Blitzstein 07.07.2022

Marc Blitzstein did not die in a car accident. Marc Blitzstein was murdered in Martinique on January 22, 1964. Blitzstein was the genius creator of "The Cradle Will Rock" with Orson Welles. Marc was also a collaborator with Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill on "Three Penny Opera." He also worked with Lillian Hellman's "Toys in the Attic." He was murdered for daring to be Gay in a foreign land.

The Balloon Loon Fetishist 30.06.2022

A balloon loon loves the bloom of a helium loom. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles discusses what it means when a viewer has a helium balloon fetish and then asks for compliance.

Judaism and Abortion, Plus Balloons 23.06.2022

Can Judaism save abortion rights? In this Boles.tv live stream, David Boles takes on the idea that Jews can save a woman's right to choose. Can the Supreme Court of the United States remove centuries of Talmudic law to try and reverse Roe v. Wade? Plus, balloons.

A Scam of the Deaf Against the Deaf 16.06.2022

There's a scam going around the Deaf community. There's an offer of big money in exchange for a little bit of money -- and Deaf people are getting ripped off by the scammers... who may also be Deaf people! There is no such thing as a government grant, community grant or not, that YOU have to pay for upfront. Don't touch your Cash. App, or your PayPal, or your 401K retirement fund! That money belon...

Drawing the Trigger on Non-Traditional Casting 09.06.2022

How do we form a context for triggering events? How do time and confluence influence the meaning of "non-traditional" casting and access to opportunity? Where does reality and reaction begin and then start to unnaturally compose decisions in the field?

Jessica Seinfeld Strikes Out, Again! 02.06.2022

Oh, the woe that is Jessica Seinfeld! Why write a book full of Vegan recipes and then promote the book as not being for Vegans? Huh? That's Seinfeld logic for you in play, and without action. A book about nothing. A text about never mind. A circus without a show.

The Aesthetic Allure of 1970's Movies 26.05.2022

You can feel the world as it was 45 years ago. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles takes you on a tour of three, excellent, movies from the 1970's: 3 Days of the Condor, The Parallax View and The Day of the Jackal. Through these movies, we find an aesthetic context with our childhood memes.

The Miserable Life of an Adjunct 19.05.2022

Not all university instructors are created equal. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles digs into the miserable life of the Adjunct instructor at major universities. There are no benefits. No job security. No appreciation. It's just a lingering life of misery brought on by hope, contentment, and dedication to education.

Who Has the Right to Edit Mark Twain? 12.05.2022

When a classis work of literature is complete, who has the right to edit? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles takes on those who have the gall, and the hubris, to think they know more about Mark Twain's original intention than he did as the creator of his own work.

Book Burning and Censored Communities 05.05.2022

We live in a world where some people don't want us to know everything. Instead of teaching us, they want to block our access to minds found in other books. Their solution is to burn away ideas they do not like instead of letting sunshine reveal any flaws. Their definition of community is not worldwide, or universal, or communal, but rather based on hardline infidelities, and narrow limits.

Abused Children Become Adult Empaths 28.04.2022

Children of Narcissistic parents suffer young, but excel with age. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines the reasons, and the causes, that create adult empaths out of traumatic childhood abuse at the hands of those responsible for caring for them.

When Culture Cancels Comedy 21.04.2022
American Authoritarianism 14.04.2022

People campaigning for power promise liberalism but deliver repression. In this Boles.tv highlight, David Boles digs into the terribleness of promising one thing and then delivering the opposite. Subscribe to Boles.tv and watch the live video stream every weekday at 9am Eastern!

Upgrade Misery of Windows 11 07.04.2022

After 27 years as a Mac man, Windows 11 erased me. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles walks you through the tar pit process of reinstalling Windows 11 from scratch after installing it for the first time 10 days ago.

The Bitch Slap Seen Around the World 28.03.2022

Some moments are not made for memory. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles takes a look at the monumental, and not inconsequential, bitch slap of Chris Rock by Will Smith. Plus, an examination on the gross virtue signaling of -- CODA -- this year's Best Picture.

Rebutting the William Hurt Defenders 25.03.2022

How do you respond to those who defend abusers? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles addresses the arguments some people make while defending rapists, murderers, and abusers.

Asperger's Starring on Naked and Afraid 22.03.2022

Communication is the essence of survival. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines the relationship between Naked and Afraid survivors when one has Asperger's and the other is trained in helping the disabled survive the wilderness.

William Hurt and the Rape of Marlee Matlin 15.03.2022

We always need to evaluate the person behind the talent. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines the talent of William Hurt in context against his abuse, and rape, of Marlee Matlin.

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