David Kelly

Ponderland

Society EN ↓ 61 episodes

Join David on Ponderland, the podcast where a curious mind tackles the vast spectrum of life – from the deeply personal to global complexities. Each episode offers a unique blend of candid reflection, insightful commentary, and genuine curiosity, inviting you to engage with the world's most compelling topics alongside your host. Dive into David's unique perspective as he explores:Current Events & Geopolitics: From the intricacies of international relations and political developments to the human impact of global conflicts, David offers a reasoned and personal take on the news that shapes ou

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David Kelly

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Pondering Climate Change, a trip to the Netherlands, and a conversation with Bard 27.07.2023 29:44

This goes from the bizarre to the surreal. While David acknowledges the current climate crisis, his attention turns to a school trip to Amsterdam, a NSFW pen, and then he engages Google Bard in a strange conversation around simulation theory and a super intelligent duck who wears a T-Shirt and waves a spoon! Connect with Ponderland: Visit David's Substack for more insights & writing: The Ponde...

Pondering E.T.'s Revenge 12.07.2023 16:52

David goes out on more than a limb on this one. One chapter of the book Sapiens, the one where the question is asked, "Did Sapiens domesticate Wheat or did Wheat domesticate Sapiens?", David sees a distant tangent of an explanation and goes all in on a rogue bacteria from a galaxy far far away! Connect with Ponderland: Visit David's Substack for more insights & writing: The Ponderings | David...

Pondering Buckfast Tonic Wine 05.07.2023 7:13

The less said about David's accents the better but he does share a funny anecdote about a very familiar drink from his youth, an ungodly concoction seemingly made by godly men. Connect with Ponderland: Visit David's Substack for more insights & writing: The Ponderings | David Kelly | Substack Follow David on X (Twitter): @PonderlandLife Join the conversation on Instagram: @PonderlandLife Catch...

Pondering Gaelic Football, Suffering & Thoughts Themselves 03.07.2023 15:48

On this episode of the podcast, David contemplates County Armagh's failure, the value of suffering (if any), and the origin of thoughts themselves, with a little bit of hope around a green industrial revolution Connect with Ponderland: Visit David's Substack for more insights & writing: The Ponderings | David Kelly | Substack Follow David on X (Twitter): @PonderlandLife Join the conversation o...

Pondering the sub, migrants, Brexit and a cage fight 22.06.2023 9:27

On this short, and somewhat downbeat episode of Ponderland, David thinks about the missing sub, and ponders the fate of thousands of migrants, in the context of Brexit and how that's impacting the economy of the UK. He also ponders a certain social media cage fight that could be in the offing Connect with Ponderland: Visit David's Substack for more insights & writing: The Ponderings | David Ke...

Pondering Fasting & Food 13.06.2023 16:38

David talks about the health benefits of fasting but the thought of food makes him fixated upon pasties, both Cornish and those of a more local Northern Ireland origin Connect with Ponderland: Visit David's Substack for more insights & writing: The Ponderings | David Kelly | Substack Follow David on X (Twitter): @PonderlandLife Join the conversation on Instagram: @PonderlandLife Catch the visu...

Pondering UFOs and UAPs 06.06.2023 20:54

David devotes all of his thinking to UFOs and UAPs. After NASA's recent press conference, Patrick Jackson claims to be able to link UAPs to Poltergeist activity, and as recording was coming to an end, a whistleblower claims to have evidence that the US has recovered intact and partially intact vehicles of non-human origin. Connect with Ponderland: Visit David's Substack for more insights & wri...

Pondering Grief Bots! 30.05.2023 9:49

David couldn't not create a new episode when he saw a headline about how the dead are being resurrected in China, using AI Connect with Ponderland: Visit David's Substack for more insights & writing: The Ponderings | David Kelly | Substack Follow David on X (Twitter): @PonderlandLife Join the conversation on Instagram: @PonderlandLife Catch the visual ponderings on TikTok: @ponderlandlife emai...

Pondering Matriphagy, Milk Drinking, and Magic Carpets 29.05.2023 17:29

On the show today, David shares his guilt at having moved that box, pondering who thought it was a good idea to drink milk from a cow and reveals how he wouldn't be a fan of magic carpets, not the flying kind anyhow. Connect with Ponderland: Visit David's Substack for more insights & writing: The Ponderings | David Kelly | Substack Follow David on X (Twitter): @PonderlandLife Join the conversa...

Pondering Football and Super Yachts 25.05.2023 16:15

Pondering Manchester United, Amazon Vans, Super Yachts and Inequality Connect with Ponderland: Visit David's Substack for more insights & writing: The Ponderings | David Kelly | Substack Follow David on X (Twitter): @PonderlandLife Join the conversation on Instagram: @PonderlandLife Catch the visual ponderings on TikTok: @ponderlandlife email: david@ponderland.life Support Ponderland: Subscrib...

Ponder This Ponder That 22.05.2023 15:07

On this show, David thinks aloud, outwards in almost concentric circles of thought. He does so from a place in his mind called Ponderland. Connect with Ponderland: Visit David's Substack for more insights & writing: The Ponderings | David Kelly | Substack Follow David on X (Twitter): @PonderlandLife Join the conversation on Instagram: @PonderlandLife Catch the visual ponderings on TikTok: @pon...