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Thursday, September 14, 2017
Once is Always Enough: To Punish You, I Will Do Without
A short history of Racism and Genderism in America. In this Human Meme podcast, David Boles takes on the notion that the majority power prefers to do without -- than to share their wealth and privilege -- with the poor and the genetically undeserving. From the "Whites Only" Pool, to the darkness of "Title IX" Voodoo Economics, no harbor is safe from the discrimination of the power majority against the basest, minority, interest.
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Oedipus Among Us: The Sad and Sorry State of Debralee Scott
If we only knew then what we know now, would we still want to live? That question has bedeviled the human mind for a millennia. In this Human Meme Podcast, David Boles travels back in time to meet the young actress Debralee Scott -- to ask her about the life, the tragic end, that would befall her in a few short years -- and to wonder, with her, and against her, if the rest of her life would have been worth living.
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Style is Substance: Design in Being
We can buy the banal, or we may invest in Beauty. In this Human Meme podcast, David Boles examines the idea of Beauty, and invention, by using reading glasses design as a theory exemplar. We can settle for ordinary, or we may celebrate the functional Divine.
Thursday, August 24, 2017
No Time for a Gracious Winner
The time for crushing Hate Speech is now! In this Human Meme podcast, David Boles tempts grace against ferocity -- as the world around us is divided between winners and losers. Humanity is cleaved into the moral and the immoral -- and knowing the difference is the key to spinning a right world.
Thursday, August 17, 2017
Golfing with My Grandfather
A small town is defined by its passions. In this Human Meme podcast, David Boles shares the story of his grandfather, William Henry Vodehnal, a small town pharmacist from North Loup, Nebraska, who made a difference in every life he knew. Plus, you'll learn the real perils of golfing and what it really means to die alone.
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Spending on the Dead
How much value do we place on a human life? Are all lives created equal? Or do some lives deserve more money, attention, love, and support? In this Human Meme podcast, David Boles shares the story of a wounded life that died too young -- and what was done to make the unpredictable end, bearable, in sorrow.