YouTube personality Philip DeFranco has asserted himself as one of the top creators on the platform, garnering a billion-plus views via The Philip Defranco Show since way back in '06.  Philip gets personal with Rhett & Link, sharing some stranger-than-fiction stories from his childhood and dating life, as well as his thoughts on marriage and his recent engagement.  

*NOTE:  This conversation contains adult themes and language.

Ep. 2 Philip DeFranco - Ear Biscuits

Read by Peter Zeihan

2019 was the last great year for the world economy.

For generations, everything has been getting faster, better, and cheaper. Finally, we reached the point that almost anything you could ever want could be sent to your home within days - even hours - of when you decided you wanted it.

America made that happen, but now America has lost interest in keeping it going.

Globe-spanning supply chains are only possible with the protection of the U.S. Navy. The American dollar underpins internationalized energy and financial markets. Complex, innovative industries were created to satisfy American consumers. American security policy forced warring nations to lay down their arms. Billions of people have been fed and educated as the American-led trade system spread across the globe.

All of this was artificial. All this was temporary. All this is ending.

In The End of the World is Just the Beginning, author and geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan maps out the next world: a world where countries or regions will have no choice but to make their own goods, grow their own food, secure their own energy, fight their own battles, and do it all with populations that are both shrinking and aging.

The list of countries that make it all work is smaller than you think. Which means everything about our interconnected world - from how we manufacture products, to how we grow food, to how we keep the lights on, to how we shuttle stuff about, to how we pay for it all - is about to change.

A world ending. A world beginning. Zeihan brings readers along for an illuminating (and a bit terrifying) ride packed with foresight, wit, and his trademark irreverence. 

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

The End of the World Is Just the Beginning

THE END OF THE WORLD IS JUST THE BEGINNING by Peter Zeihan

Shame, shame we know your name.

Do we own it? Being a woman that is. Do we f--k! We live in fear of how we look, what we eat, how we age and what we do. Wow, it's 2022 and we're still churning out that same old shit.

I've been told as you get older you care less. F--king great. I can't wait to be menopausal with skunk-like grey track lines in my hair, saggier tits and miserable as shit. I don't know about you, but I'd quite like to have that experience—the no-f--ks-experience that is—now, before that all happens. To have the confidence to believe in who I am.

It's a push we all have to make—whether it be in our confidence over our bodies, who we are as people or what goes on inside our mind—and we all have to work at it. It's baby steps. So let's take it back to those tiny steps, because all mountains that are climbed don't happen without practice, perseverance, self-belief and a f--k ton of work.

No Shame, Laura Belbin

Eesti riik on teatavasti täis digiväge, aga väe säilitamiseks tuleb seda pidevalt kasvatada. Samal ajal räägitakse riigis praegu palju IT konsolideerimisest. Küsime tänases saates oma külalistelt, mida nemad oma igapäevatöös teevad selleks, et digiväge arendada ja mida nad arvavad konsolideerimisest. Kas 1+1 kokku pannes on 2 või 1,5 või hoopis 6? Juttu tuleb sellest, millised on erinevate riigiasutuste kogmused konsolideerimise alal, kuidas seda tegevust mõõta, kui palju sellest on lõpuks efekt ainult paberil ja päriselus mitte ja muust säärasest. Külas on RITi direktor Ergo Tars ja TEHIKU direktor Margus Arm. Saadet juhivad Einar Laagriküll ja Janek Rozov SMITist.

13.09 Kriitiline intsident: Digiväe konsolideerimine

daydream

Never again...

Christofer lives by those words while Cloe would rather die by them....

Too many years living on the run, of always being seen as nothing more than a monster and a freak, has left Christofer cold and distant. He hates his life, his fate, but he's made promises, and nothing on earth will stop him from keeping them...except for the woman who invades his world, takes him by surprise, aggravates him, gives him hope, and makes him wish that things could be different, but they can't. Not unless he's willing to risk everything.

Cloe doesn't need anyone, doesn't want any complications, but things quickly change when she accepts a job that destroys her world and brings her the one thing that she never thought she'd find again...peace.

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Tall, Silent, and Lethal by R.L. Mathewson, Narrated by Celestine Wolf

This is a social meditation demonstration.  We suggest treating it in the same way you would a guided meditation.  If you'd like to participate in a live session, you can do so in the Buddhist Geeks Network (www.buddhistgeeks.network)

The Basic Instructions:

When it's your turn note aloud either "seeing", "hearing", or "feeling."  If you aren't sure what's happening you can note "don't know", "pass," "uncertain," or any variation on that theme.

Practice by: Vince Fakhoury Horn (www.vincehorn.space)

Special thanks to Shinzen Young, for the see-hear-feel model, and to Kenneth Folk, the originator of Social Noting.

Noting See-Hear-Feel (A Social Meditation)

We've all heard by now just how important strong relationships are to our health and well-being. But a lot of the common advice and conventional wisdom out there about how to build stronger relationships doesn't end up taking us closer to that goal.

My guest today has spent years sorting through what really builds better friendships, reignites love, and helps people get closer to others, and he shares these research-backed insights in his new book: Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong. Eric shares what he's learned today on the show, beginning with why we're good at figuring out someone's personality from the moment we meet them, but bad at reading their thoughts and feelings, and how to get better at the latter by making other people more readable, as well as how to make a better first impression yourself. We then turn to what makes friendship a unique relationship that makes us uniquely happy, and the two "costly signals" that most develop friendship. We also get into why friends we feel ambivalent about are actually worse for us than outright enemies. We spend the last part of our conversation on how the modern age is both the worst and the best time for marriage, and how the key to ensuring that yours is one of the happiest in history is maintaining positive sentiment override.

#808: The Surprising Science Behind Building Stronger Relationships

The least believable parts of this flick are the actual fantastical elements.

The Spin-Off Doctors: Ready Player One

Somehow, Billy Zane is in this film. Nothing else worth mentioning is, but we mention it all anyway.

The Spin-Off Doctors: Dead Rising Endgame

We feel confident saying, by way of comparison, that this podcast is very, very punk.

Games we played this week include: 
Demon's Souls (21:05)
Nullpointer (24:40)
Visual Out (27:05)
Grindstone (29:15)
Dead to Rights: Retribution (32:25)
Calico (38:10)
Spinnortality (44:30)
Dicey Dungeons (47:15)
Observer (50:45)
Among Us (54:45)
Fall Guys (58:15)

News things talked about in this episode:
Cyberpunk has too many dildos (2:00)
CDPR offers refunds on last-gen Cyberpunk without informing retailers (13:00)
CDPR paying out staff bonuses previously tied to review scores (18:45)
New Fortnite mode appropriates Among Us (1:03:19)
EA’s entire library added to console version of Xbox Game Pass (1:05:13)
Mass Effect trailer indicates canon ending for original trilogy (1:06:45)
Omen wins ‘worst commercial’ at The Game Adverts (1:10:30)
Twitch to ban hate content…in February (1:14:35)

Find Laura at LauraKBuzz on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon. All her content goes on LauraKBuzz.com, and you can catch Access-Ability on YouTube every Friday.

Follow Conrad at ConradZimmerman on Twitter and check out his Patreon (patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at pinfultruth.com.

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