Random Utopia Podcasts

Listen as we tackle the best and worst of reality TV and try to answer the eternal question, “Who put this on?”

Categories: TV & Film

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He was a trusted aide of Henry VIII, but when he supposedly opposed the monarch’s second marriage, he was thrown into prison and executed for treason. More than two hundred years later, he was canonized as the patron saint of statesmen and politicians by the Catholic Church. Philosopher, writer, diplomat, lawyer, Renaissance man, avid gardener, humanist thinker and statesman are only some of the words used to describe him. A lifelong opponent of Protestantism who was rumored to have had heretics imprisoned, murdered and burned at the stake, Thomas More is even today an enigmatic figure. Published in Latin in 1516, Utopia is Sir Thomas More’s best known and most debated work. It begins as an apparently real account of one of More’s diplomatic missions on behalf of his king. Some of the characters mentioned in this section are contemporary historical figures. In the course of his sojourn on board a ship to Antwerp, he meets a man called Raphael Hythloday who he assumes is the ship’s captain. Hythloday, a much traveled raconteur is glad to share stories of his experiences in various exotic lands. He tells of his voyages with the famous Amerigo Vespucci and one of the strange countries he visited was the Island of Utopia. The book is divided into two parts. Sir Thomas describes in great detail the history, geography, demographics and politics of his fictional country. It is portrayed as the ideal state in all ways. A welfare state, it does not allow its citizens to own private property. Agriculture is the most highly respected job on the island and crime is almost nonexistent. Men and women do the same kind of work. They are trained in at least one trade. However, slavery does exist and is actively practiced in Utopia. Euthanasia is allowed and indeed welcomed by older people and priests are allowed to marry. Though divorce is permitted, premarital relationships are punished under the law. There is a community dining room where every citizen takes meals and travel within the island is permissible only by means of an internal passport. There are no lawyers in Utopia! Religions are many, but atheists are condemned. There are several such interesting aspects in the book. Such is Thomas More’s vision of the ideal state. Scholars have attempted to understand his motive behind writing the treatise. Ideas such as euthanasia, noncelibate priesthood, divorce etc seem to have been diametrically opposite to the teachings of the Catholic Church in which he believed so strongly. Paradoxical also is his condemnation of the law and lawyers, since he was a brilliant one himself. In spite of these contradictions Utopia remains one of the most humane and interesting fantasies and a great addition to your repertoire.

Categories: Arts, Society & Culture

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Musing On Society, Technology, and Cybersecurity | Hosted by Marco Ciappelli Let’s face it: the future is now. We live in a hybrid analog-digital society, and it’s time to stop ignoring the profound impact technology has on our lives. The line between the physical and virtual worlds? It’s no longer real — just a figment of our imagination. We’re constantly juggling convenience, privacy, freedom, security, and even the future of humanity in a precarious balancing act. There’s no better place than here, and no better time than now, to reflect on our relationship with technology — and redefine what society means in this new age.

Categories: Science, Society & Culture, Technology

Tags: Advanced technology, ai, anthropology, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, autonomous vehicles, cybersecurity, cybersecurity and society, cybersecurity education, cybersecurity podcast, cybersecurity policies, cyberwarfare, digital society, digital transformation, dystopia, ethics, future, futurist, infosec podcast, internet, IoT, marco ciappelli, mass media, misinformation, Philosophy, Podcast about the Future, privacy, Psychology, robotics, smart cities, SmartCities, social engineering, social media, Society, society podcast, sociology, tech and society podcast, tech podcast, Technology, technology and society, technology and society podcast, technology podcast, Utopia

True Love. No limits, no obstacles, no miscommunications. Only Love. “Give up, let go, leave everything behind, follow your passions, and remember how to fly, and everything you’ve ever dreamed of can be yours.” –That’s how this story goes. There’s no arch villain, no dark conspiracy, not even a comedy of errors. This story goes straight to the heart of happily ever after and, like true love, it never strays. The Director’s Cut of Lost and Not Found begins where one person reaches that point of “enough is enough,” stops playing by the rules, and starts following his heart. Leaving behind everything that led to his decision, and restoring parts of the story that had once been left on the cutting-room floor, it delivers a new experience whether you’ve read the other editions or not. In these pages you’ll find a faerie, a two-headed monster, titans young and old, a flying city, amazing museums, unusual time mechanics, and many more wonders as they’re discovered by two people in love. This cut of the book was made for the lovers and the dreamers out there.

Categories: Arts

Tags: descriptive, ending, faerie, fantasy, fiction, happy, love, Pan, peter, romance, saccharine, science, scifi, Sweet, tink, Tinkerbell, true, Utopia

Fear and Loathing in Post Apocalyptic America. The future, after the genetic experiments of the great Doctor Patricia R. Durham, leaves all women on the planet with snakes instead of hair, and the unique and terrifying ability to blind, and even kill, a man with a simple stare. The birthrate is at an all-time low, the population dwindles, the world’s governments are all but disbanded. One woman walks across Amerika without a destination. College students get drunk and cause trouble. A man in a bar in the mid-west stops believing in love. A radio station broadcasts old Doctor Patricia R. Durham interviews all day, every day. An old out-of-commissioned factory crushes a tourist into an eight-inch cube of flesh and bone. Albino cobras. Alive, and deadly. See them, five dollars per guest. Pancakes for a dollar, a cup of coffee for seventy-five cents. It’s the future. Not much has changed.

Categories: Arts

Tags: anarchy, dystopia, fi, future, Matriarchy, Medusa, SCI, Utopia

The Aubrey Marcus Podcast is a destination for honest and vulnerable conversations about the deeper questions in life. The show blends humor with gravity and levity with depth, as we explore mindset, psychedelics, holistic health, spirituality, entrepreneurship, and relationship. Aubrey Marcus is the founder of the globally disruptive human optimization brand Onnit, the donation based coaching platform Fit For Service, and is the New York Times bestselling author of Own the Day, Own your Life. Top episodes with Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson, Joe Dispenza, Matthew McConaughey, Jamie Foxx, and more

Categories: Education

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Conversations at the leading edge of human intelligence & maturity – facing the darkness and alive to possibilities on the other side of it.

Categories: Society & Culture

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