Friday, March 30, 2018

Episode 56: Free Speech, Echo Chambers, and talking to people with opposing views with Grappling Ignorance: Atheist YouTubber and Spoken Word Poet






In this episode Sean Kneese has a conversation with Atheist YouTuber and spoken word poet Mitchell Reynolds AKA Grappling Ignorance. Mitch talks about how he became an atheist, his poetry, his experience moving to the bible belt and working in education, and how he got started with YouTube. Other topics discussed include the left/right paradigm, free speech, echo chambers, talking to people with opposing views, political correctness, and others. One of Mitch's poems entitled "I Laughed" is played at the end of the episode. Subscribe to Grappling Ignorance's channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/grapplingignorance

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Episode 55: Sebastian Belliard: Jazz Drummer, Martial Artist and Conservative Philosopher





In this episode Sean Kneese talks to Jazz drummer Sebastian Beliard. Sebastian talks about moving to the US from Chile when he was 12 and how he became interested in music and martial arts. He also talks about how he's been becoming more conservative with his politics lately and how that makes him feel isolated from many others in the music industry. Sean and Sebastian debate many controversial topics including abortion, the prison system and others.