Jacob and Joel

Open Minded Podcast

Society EN ↓ 148 episodes

The only philosophy and psychology podcast you need. With Jacob’s curiosity, Joel’s brain, and a variety of knowledgable guests, we discuss life’s questions in the pursuit of the truth (or close to it)

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Jacob and Joel

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#99 Animal Ethics & The Psychology of The Self 10.06.2025 58:44

Expect to learn: How presenting animals in different contexts make us go from loving them, to killing them How the English made Sunday boring, so that the working class looked forward to work on monday What Carl Jung meant by ‘those who look outside dream, those who look inside awaken’ Joels exam advice - How to optimise your studying Find us on: Instagram - @openminded.podcast TikTok - @openminde...

#98 How To Treat Life Like a Work of Art & The Fool Archetype 03.06.2025 55:49

Expect to learn: Why you should be careful who you call a god how should we think of art What Kirkegaard means by life is lived forwards but can only be understood backwards why the artist is a fool and has no ego. Find us on: Instagram - @openminded.podcast TikTok - @openminded.pod Facebook - @open minded podcast Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal Joels Instagram @Joel. Clifton_ Jacob’s clothing lin...

#97 The Philosophy of Potential 28.05.2025 48:39

Expect to learn: Does potential actually exist? The similarities in believing in your potential and the existance of god Why you dont choose what youre interested in Exitatory vs inhitatory neurons the neuroscience behind taking drugs Find us on: Instagram - @openminded.podcast TikTok - @openminded.pod Facebook - @open minded podcast Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal Joels Instagram @Joel. Clifton_ ...

#96 Dr Shirley Koeh - How to Live to 120 Years Old 18.05.2025 24:36

Dr Shirley Koeh is a functional medicine doctor and reverse aging expert Expect to learn: How to improve your sleep if you have a busy schedule Why do centenarians have in common How to increase your healthspan and biohack yourself to 120 years old Find us on: Instagram - @openminded.podcast TikTok - @openminded.pod Facebook - @open minded podcast Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal Joels Instagram @Jo...

#95 Isabel Fang - The Pyschology of Clowns & How Human Nature Shapes marketing 12.05.2025 55:12

Expect to learn: why the arcetype of clowns resonates with us so much why you can please the world or the soul, but not both when does marketing become ethical? how human nature shapes marketing Find us on: Instagram - @openminded.podcast TikTok - @openminded.pod Facebook - @open minded podcast Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal Joels Instagram @Joel. Clifton_ Jacob’s clothing line Instagram @latunya...

#94 The Death of Socrates & Unconscious Virtues 05.05.2025 59:51

Expect to learn: how to have “a larger life” according to a jungian psychologist the wisdom and problems of the notion that right and wrong doesnt exist how to act morally without even knowing youre actiing morally how to sell yourself in a way that doesnt come across needy Find us on: Instagram - @openminded.podcast TikTok - @openminded.pod Facebook - @open minded podcast Jacobs Instagram @Jacobs...

#93 Kirkegaards Either/Or & Jungian Psychopathology 28.04.2025 54:51

Expect to learn why does exercise leave you feeling more energised? What Jung meant by “everyone lives out a myth” Why psychopathology translates to ‘the suffering of the soul’ in Greek or what James Hollis means of psychopaths The morality of lying Lessons from the book: A life of meaning Relocating your centre of spiritual gravity Find us on: Instagram - @openminded.podcast TikTok - @openminded....

#92 Metaphysical Skills And The Philosophy Of Knowledge 21.04.2025 51:45

Expect to learn: How to happen to life rather then life happen to you is all knowledge just beleifs that we accept as true? or can you know something for sure Nietzsche on cognitive biases Find us on: Instagram - @openminded.podcast TikTok - @openminded.pod Facebook - @open minded podcast Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal Joels Instagram @Joel. Clifton_ Jacob’s clothing line Instagram @latunya_o...

#91 Escaping Plato’s Cave And Living in the Unspeakable world 14.04.2025 1:18:13

Expect to learn the neuroplasticity of animal brains vs human brains the hierarchy of “what existsl” Why is architecture not beautiful anymore the psychology of living in the higher form ind us on: Instagram - @openminded.podcast TikTok - @openminded.pod Facebook - @open minded podcast Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal Joels Instagram @Joel. Clifton_ Jacob’s clothing line Instagram @latunya_ofc Web...

#90 Arcane Human - The Psychology Of Nihilism And The Book Of The 5 Rings 06.04.2025 39:36

Arcane Human is a philosophy content creator, find his instagram @arcanexhuman Expect to learn: Miyamoto Musashi Book of the 5 rings A subconscious might not exist Descartes thoughts on existance the history of German idealism Nietzsches birth of tragedy explained Find us on: Instagram - @openminded.podcast TikTok - @openminded.pod Facebook - @open minded podcast Jacob’s clothing line Instagram...

#89 Avinash Sai - If Free Will Doesn’t Exist, Then What? 31.03.2025 47:07

Expect to learn: - How to “work like a lion” - What is Robert Greene’s meta world ? - Naval ravikant’s measure of intelligence - What does it mean if we live in a deterministic reality? Find us on: Instagram - @openminded.podcast TikTok - @openminded.pod Facebook - @open minded podcast Jacob’s clothing line Instagram @latunya_ofc Visit Latunya.com Tiktok @Latunya Joel’s psychology videos YouTube -...

#88 Good and Evil, Hitler, and sub personalities 23.03.2025 1:08:51

Expect to learn: - Why Those Who Commit Evil Believe Their Actions Are Justified - the difference in theories from the moral philosophers Kant, Nietzsche, Socrates - why people wth higher IQ’s have less common sense - how emotional drives exist as religious sub personalities Find us on: Instagram - @openminded.podcast TikTok - @openminded.pod Facebook - @open minded podcast Jacob’s clothing line I...

#87 The missing shade of blue + The anti alter ego 14.03.2025 1:07:25

Expect to learn: - Should we get meaning internally through achievement or externally through religion? - Joel’s problems with sport psychologies like Mamba mentality - why Nietzsche thought religion was for the weak - Why knowledge looses its value after its communicated - Why people watching is meaningful Find us on: Instagram - @openminded.podcast TikTok - @openminded.pod Facebook - @open minde...

#86 The map is not the territory & the eternal student 10.03.2025 52:55

Expect to learn: - when extactly should the student become the teacher? - what is Platos cave ? - Why the physical world and the world portrayed by your brain are two different things - And much more Find us on: Instagram - @openminded.podcast TikTok - @openminded.pod Facebook - @open minded podcast Jacob’s clothing line Instagram @latunya_ofc Visit Latunya.com Tiktok @Latunya Joel’s psychology vi...

#85 Platonic love + the pscyhology of neuroticism 05.03.2025 41:10

Expect to learn: - All the speeches from Plato’s Symposium explained - why socrates believed love wasn’t a god - Why traits like depression and anxiety have persisted through natural selection - How to turn depression into a strength from a weakness Find us on: Instagram - @openminded.podcast TikTok - @openminded.pod Facebook - @open minded podcast Jacob’s clothing line Instagram @latunya_ofc Visi...

#84 The Death of God and Stoned Ape Theory 24.02.2025 57:17

Expect to learn: - Why is the Adam and Eve story symbolic - Why Nietzsches death of god resulted in a society that prioritises objective truth - Why Terrence Mckenas stoned ape theory could be true - Why invisible gorilla experiment is profound Find us on: Instagram - @openminded.podcast TikTok - @openminded.pod Facebook - @open minded podcast Jacob’s clothing line Instagram @latunya_ofc Visit Lat...

#83 Kate Ireland - your life isn’t about you 15.02.2025 1:14:36

Kate Ireland is a poet, and the founder of Blether Forever Expect to learn: - What exactly are Goosebumps? - What is Kate’s creative process when writing poetry - The power of being a part of a community - How to overcome a negative self image - And much more Thanks to @clairewraystudio for his interesting thoughts about people being like plants Find us on: Instagram - @openminded.podcast TikTok -...

#82 The purpose of dreams, and the Will 07.02.2025 59:51

Expect to learn: - Freud, Jung and Fairbairn’s disagreements on dreams? - What is “the will” according to Nietzsche and Schopenhauer? - What Kafkas metamorphosis warns about relationships - Why do people sabotage themselves? Find us on: Instagram - @openminded.podcast TikTok - @openminded.pod Facebook - @open minded podcast Jacob’s clothing line Instagram @latunya_ofc Visit Latunya.com Tiktok @Lat...

#81 Isla & Leo Hill - Feminism Debate and Optimal Relationships 31.01.2025 1:09:32

Expect to learn: - What are problem with traditional values for women? - Should power dynamics in relationships exist? - The experiences of children raised by gay couples rather than straight couples - is it okay to flirt with someone while they’re working? - and much more Find us on: Instagram - @openminded.podcast TikTok - @openminded.pod Facebook - @open minded podcast Jacob’s clothing line Ins...

#80 Stories that symbolise the human experience 24.01.2025 1:11:04

Expect to learn: - Why having PTSD is like seeing Medusa - Why does Schoppenhauer criticise consumption? - The two hemispheres of the brain and why Jacob and Joel want to be more right hemisphered - Why children’s fables are fundermental to the human experience - Why getting it right first time is a curse - the difference between knowledge and wisdom Find us on: Instagram - @openminded.podcast Tik...

#79 the courage to be disliked & archetypes of the unconscious 16.01.2025 1:04:56

Expect to learn: - Alfred Adler’s psychology of courage - Why our conscious is linked to the divine - The danger of viewing life as a competition - Why play is the closest definition of good Find us on: Instagram - @openminded.podcast TikTok - @openminded.pod Facebook - @open minded podcast Jacob’s clothing line Instagram @latunya_ofc Visit Latunya.com Tiktok @Latunya Joel’s psychology videos YouT...

#78 how many doors of perception should you open? 27.12.2024 1:08:07

Expect to learn - why are dogs are so loyal - The philosophy of time - neuroplasticity in sport - How much external validation do you need to believe yourself Find us on: TikTok - @openminded.pod Instagram - @openminded.podcast Facebook - @open minded podcast Want to dress differently? Want your wardrobe to stand out? Visit Latunya.com Tiktok @Latunya Instagram @latunya.ofc Facebook @latunya Need...

#77 - the time is gonna pass. So create deep moments 20.12.2024 59:07

Expect to learn - is sport scripted? - Aristotle on happiness - The psychology of sport - Why self governance and the stoic idea of the inner citadel = freedom - Lessons from reading Sam Harris book lying Find us on: TikTok - @openminded.pod Instagram - @openminded.podcast Facebook - @open minded podcast Want to dress differently? Want your wardrobe to stand out? Visit Latunya.com Tiktok @Latunya...

#76 Kai Bilimoria - What Art, Philosophy, and Religion Taught Me About Life 13.12.2024 56:53

Kia is a theology grad who runs the instagram account @history_art_philosophy sharing his thoughts on deep ideas, timeless beuaty, and wisdom Expect to learn: - Existentialism vs Absurdism debate - Schopenhauer’s solution to a ‘life of suffering’ - A theology graduate’s thoughts on buddism and god - Kierkegaard thoughts on anxiety, and why it can be seen as a privilege - How the two hemispheres of...

#74 An unexamined life is not worth living 29.11.2024 1:01:36

Expect to learn - Why life is like chess - What Jacob has learnt from Socrates - How the sublime justifies the weight of existence - Plus 3 Listener questions Find us on: TikTok - @openminded.pod Instagram - @openminded.podcast Facebook - @open minded podcast Want to dress differently? Want your wardrobe to stand out? Visit Latunya.com Tiktok @Latunya Instagram @latunya.ofc Facebook @latunya Need...