Ben & Mr. A

Social Psycho

Society EN ↓ 68 episodes

Two brothers, Ben and Mr. A, discuss contemporary social issues and topics of interest spanning culture, ethics, psychology, philosophy, technology, and more.

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Author

Ben & Mr. A

Category

Society

Podcast website

ben.podbean.com

Latest episode

Oct 25, 2024

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Episodes

Music, Anti-Truths, Societal Trauma, & Harry Potter 28.04.2023

How do different musical styles develop? Why is some art literally garbage? What traumas might we be experiencing individually and societally? What lessons does Harry Potter have to teach us?

The Psychology of a Smoker & Indian Takeover 24.04.2023

Mr. A tells all about his experience with smoking, other drugs, and sobriety. What are the pros and cons of smoking versus not smoking? And what's going on with the Indians in Forsyth County?

Aphasias and FAS 21.04.2023

What is an aphasia? What are the different kinds? What is FAS? What is going on in the brain with language production?

Cobalt, False Sustainability, & Corporate Lies 17.04.2023

What is going on in the Cobalt mines? What monsters lie at the bottom of corporate supply chains? Who is responsible? Is "sustainability" all it claims to be?

Stories and the Nature of Things 14.04.2023

What are stories? What's going on with our conscious experience and that of other animals? What is human nature?

Boneless Wings, Plants, Evolution, & Intelligence 10.04.2023

Are boneless wings wings? Can plants talk? What does it mean that man is made in the image of god? What is intelligence? Does diversity and equity rhetoric actually celebrate differences?

The Hopelessness Crisis Facing Young People 07.04.2023

Why are young people increasingly lost and hopeless? What might independence have to do with it? What can be done to remedy the situation?

Viruses, Sterile Science, Power, & the Prisoner’s Dilemma 03.04.2023

Are viruses real? Can we have a holistic science? Why does power corrupt? Is life one large prisoner's dilemma?

Entrepreneurship and Motivation 31.03.2023

What lessons might we glean from starting a business? How does corporate life differ? What's the good, the bad, and the ugly of motivational speakers?

Scams, AI Art, & Jung vs Freud 27.03.2023

Is everything a scam? Can AI make art? What is art? What did Jung think? How did he differ from Freud?

Ukraine War, SVB Collapse, & Global Hegemony 24.03.2023

How much is the U.S. spending on the Ukraine war? How does it compare to other countries? Do we have the money? What happened with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)?

Schizophrenia, Bipolar, & Science as a Religion 20.03.2023

In this episode, we discuss schizophrenia, bipolar, and how certain aspects of those conditions might be generalized across the population. We also share hot takes on how science stands in as a religion when facing fundamental, mortal questions.

Motivation, Memory, & a Biblical Story 17.03.2023

Why is hard to get and stay motivated? Why does it feel like the pandemic started yesterday? What does the Bible have to teach us about gift giving? Seem unrelated... well it probably is.

CEO Pay & Higher Education as Corporate Training 13.03.2023

How much more does a CEO make than the average employee? And is higher education really just outsourced corporate training? 

AI, Subjectivism, Discrimination, & Population Decline 10.03.2023

In this episode, we start with reCAPTCHA, and from there, we share hot takes on topics spanning AI, perception, birth rates, and discrimination.

Workplace Dynamics, HR, and Diversity 04.03.2023

In this episode, we get into the weeds of corporate workplace dynamics regarding diversity, how HR might approach these issues, and what we think about them.

Are conspiracies the conspiracy? 24.02.2023

In this episode, we get meta about conspiracies. What are they? Where do they come from? Why do they take hold? What can we do about it?

Pets, Domestication, Darwin, & Designer Babies 17.02.2023

Should people have pets? What is domestication? What did Darwin think about it? Are designer babies like pets? We'll discuss.

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