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Ep48 : Trayvon Martin and the Media Blitz Part I
With the recent acquittal of George Zimmerman, the man accused ...
With the recent acquittal of George Zimmerman, the man accused of shooting and killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, Jad and Kevin dive into the philosophical sides surrounding the case. - We look at gun violence in the United States, police forces,
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Ep46 : The Invention of Governance Part II
In the first of a two-part series, Jad and I ...
In the first of a two-part series, Jad and I Discuss the many ways in which terrorism like that of the Boston Marathon Bombings could prevail if only people were really inclined to kill indiscriminately. - In other words,
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Ep45 : The Invention of Governance Part I
We start this episode by considering a recent supreme court ...
We start this episode by considering a recent supreme court case questioning whether or not remaining silent could potentially be used as admission of guilt. - We relaize this premise is amazingly absurd, but it's really happening nevertheless. -
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Ep44 : Election Day Results and the Vanguard
As a continuation of our Throwback Thursday series, we bring ...
As a continuation of our Throwback Thursday series, we bring you back to November 7th, 2012, just one day after the general presidential election whereby Barack Obama secured his second term in office. - We discuss the voting process and specifically ...
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Ep43 : Civil Disobedience and a Pavlovian Society
This week Kevin and Jad discuss the age old idea ...
This week Kevin and Jad discuss the age old idea of civil disobedience. Think Gandhi; think Martin Luther King. If you're into religion (which we're definitely not), you might even think of Jesus. - We consider how people have been conditioned,
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Ep42 : An Entrepreneurial Lifestyle and Pedagogy
This week Jad and I get into a short discussion ...
This week Jad and I get into a short discussion about children. - Jad and his wife are preparing for the birth of their first child and Jad is especially interested in avoiding a life of corporate slavery in hopes that he can provide a thorough educat...
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Ep41 : The Great Debate: Local Politics vs. Federal Power vs. Fuck it
Hey JKPodcast fans, it’s time for another Throwback Thursday! This ...
Hey JKPodcast fans, it’s time for another Throwback Thursday! This time, we travel back, way back, to one our earliest conversations. The date was Sept. 19. 2012--I remember it like it was yesterday . . . actually,
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Ep40 : Wendy Davis, Ron Paul, and Familiar GOP Rules
This week Jad and Kevin spend another episode talking about ...
This week Jad and Kevin spend another episode talking about the now famous Wendy Davis filibuster against the Texas Republicans. Our focus is less on the actual abortion bill that she was attempting to block and more so on the reality of how the Ameri...
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Ep39 : Wendy Davis, DOMA, and Why the Story Changes
On June 25th of 2013, Texas State Senator Wendy Davis ...
On June 25th of 2013, Texas State Senator Wendy Davis led what was, depending on your point of view, either a very famous or very notorious eleven-hour filibuster against a Republican bill restricting abortion access in Texas. -
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Ep38 : The Choice Between the Philosophical and the Pragmatic
This episode takes us, for the second time, back to ...
This episode takes us, for the second time, back to November 14th, 2012. After a discussion Jad and I had regarding abstract arguments, we diverged even further into the realm of pragmatic vs. philosophical arguments. -
