More Important Things

A mini-episode about The Beatle's Birthday Song and the time The Turtles played at the White House. Follow me @MoreImportantThingsPod on Instagram Or follow my blog: MoreImportantThings.blog Email me at AboutMoreImportantThings@gmail.com with any questions, comments, or if you would to recommend a topic for me to cover in a future episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

This episode includes stories about Hawaii and Hawaii football. I look at the history of challenges people faced while traveling to and from Hawaii. I take a look at the football teams who came to Hawaii in 1941 and then had their seasons and lives changed by the bombing of Pearl Harbor and WW2. Finally I talk about the game between Nebraska and Hawaii in 1955 and why this game is part of why I st...

This week I provide thoughts on the idea of Historical Arsonists, I compare Andrew Jackson to Donald Trump, I talk about the theory of Accelerationism, and finally I close with why it is so important that those of us who believe in a free and democratic society must resist the urge to fight violence with violence. Follow me @MoreImportantThingsPod on Instagram Or follow my blog: MoreImportantThing...

This week I look at the Paul-Is-Dead conspiracy theory. Time has made this a silly theory but its beats are still worth understanding as we try to understand our world today. Everything from "Swifties" to conspiracies beginning to swirl around the attempt on Trump's life. Every conspiracy has similarities that are easier to see when we think about one we're no longer emotionally invested in. Follo...

An episode about the creation of the middle class in America as a response to violence and to hold off the rise of Communism. Follow me @MoreImportantThingsPod on Instagram Or follow my blog: MoreImportantThings.blog Email me at AboutMoreImportantThings@gmail.com with any questions, comments, or if you would to recommend a topic for me to cover in a future episode. Additional Reading: The Wages of...

On this episode of More Important Things we look back at the violent summer of 1919 and the tragic story of Will Brown who was murdered by a mob on behalf of Tom Dennison in Omaha, Nebraska. Follow me @MoreImportantThingsPod on Instagram Or follow my blog: MoreImportantThings.blog Email me at AboutMoreImportantThings@gmail.com with any questions, comments, or if you would to recommend a topic for...

This week I look at Donald Trump's claim that he was the victim of a Kangaroo Court by comparing his experience with those of the British people sent to Australia in the 1700s and 1800s. I also look at how Australians were treated when they went to California in the 1850s seeking gold. Follow me @MoreImportantThingsPod on Instagram Or follow my blog: MoreImportantThings.blog Email me at AboutMoreI...

In this episode of More Important Things I look at three conspiracy theories of someone who was supposed to come back from the dead to rule the world. Follow me @MoreImportantThingsPod on Instagram Or follow my blog: MoreImportantThings.blog Email me at AboutMoreImportantThings@gmail.com with any questions, comments, or if you would to recommend a topic for me to cover in a future episode. Additio...

This week I take a look in to the history of America mistreating Mexico. And then we look at how those events led Jorge Pasquel to try to conquer the baseball world; and how that would change American baseball forever. Follow me @MoreImportantThingsPod on Instagram Or follow my blog: MoreImportantThings.blog Email me at AboutMoreImportantThings@gmail.com with any questions, comments, or if you wou...

This week I discuss America's "Democracy" and suggest some radical ideas on how to fix federal elections. Follow me @MoreImportantThingsPod on Instagram Or follow my blog: MoreImportantThings.blog Email me at AboutMoreImportantThings@gmail.com with any questions, comments, or if you would to recommend a topic for me to cover in a future episode. Links used in this episode: https://www.pbs.org/news...

In this episode of More Important Things I talk about what people in the US can do if they have been the victim of a Natural Disaster. If you need help with recovery you should call "2-1-1" for assistance. Follow me @MoreImportantThingsPod on Instagram Or follow my blog: MoreImportantThings.blog Email me at AboutMoreImportantThings@gmail.com with any questions, comments, or if you would to recomme...

This week we talk about running long-distances and why you too should become a runner... even if you run on your heels! The episode picture is of the bridge where lizards surrender to my mighty skills at persistence hunting as mentioned in today's episode Follow me @MoreImportantThingsPod on Instagram Or follow my blog: MoreImportantThings.blog Email me at AboutMoreImportantThings@gmail.com with a...

Does the debt matter? What is money? Can you buy a house with Bitcoin? Follow me @MoreImportantThingsPod on Instagram Or follow my blog: MoreImportantThings.blog Email me at AboutMoreImportantThings@gmail.com with any questions, comments, or if you would to recommend a topic for me to cover in a future episode. Additional Reading: 1) Check out the full story of William Duer: https://www.forbes.com...

This time we try to get to a higher level and about more important things while going down in to the gutter for our topic. Everybody poops and all of it stinks. Follow me @MoreImportantThingsPod on Instagram Or follow my blog: MoreImportantThings.blog Email me at AboutMoreImportantThings@gmail.com with any questions, comments, or if you would to recommend a topic for me to cover in a future episod...

Episode 1 of More Important Things. A story in three parts: Part 1: Thinking like Bill James and how Moneyball has impacted the world.  Part 2: Taoism and how to think like Laozi and the Wheelwright Part 3: Literalism and another way to think about the Gospel stories of The Bible   Follow me @MoreImportantThingsPod on Instagram Or follow my blog: MoreImportantThings.blog Email me at Abou...

Scott and Gil talk about the extinction of the dinosaurs, when plants took over the world 4 billion years ago, and some other fun stuff. Picture is of Morrill Hall at the University of Nebraska. The coolest dinosaur museum in the country! Follow me @MoreImportantThingsPod on Instagram Or follow my blog: MoreImportantThings.blog Email me at AboutMoreImportantThings@gmail.com with any questions, com...

Scott and Gil discuss the history of Homesteading from the 1800s in America to the 2020's in Israel/Palestine. It is a very complicated history where, not surprisingly, the only sure winner is the State who uses people to get what it really wants. Follow me @MoreImportantThingsPod on Instagram Or follow my blog: MoreImportantThings.blog Email me at AboutMoreImportantThings@gmail.com with any quest...

I fully realize that I have not succeeded in answering all of your questions. Indeed, I feel I have not answered any of them completely. The answers I have found only serve to raise a whole new set of questions, which only lead to more problems, some of which we weren't even aware were problems. To sum it all up: I feel we are confused as ever. But we are confused on a higher level, and about more...