The Episodikal Podcast
Episodes
15 episodes
Net Zero ability to pay your bills
In this episode, we continued talking about the importance of having reliable energy sources, and why we already can’t fallback to them because of the lack of water, touched upon the hypocrisy of mentioning climate change at Burning Man, the ne...
Glorified solar charger
In this episode, we started talking about the book “Fossil Future” by Alex Epstein, the importance of having abundant and cheap energy, asked the question of why we are being told to reduce our energy consumption instead of looking for alternat...
Go buy candles
In this episode, we started with an apology to Professor George Kent, whom we had a chance to interview to talk about his article “The Benefits of World Hunger” and his books. We drew some parallels between what’s happening in the world today a...
I'd start asking questions
In this episode, we started talking about the video message from a Dutch farmer that Jordan Peterson posted on his channel, explaining why this is important to everyone not intending to change their diet based on false pretexts and, most import...
I would get out of here
In this episode, we started talking about heavy rains in the UAE, wildfires and the lack of water in California, the lack of media coverage of such once-in-a-thousand years events that are now frequently happening around the globe, the new menu...
You should just stop breathing for a while
In this episode, we started talking about the Green New Deal and how going green leads countries into a future without energy even to grow food, how rising energy costs affect people in Europe and the US, surprisingly honest article in the LA T...
Get inside. Stay inside. Stay tuned.
In this episode, we started talking about New York City Emergency Management releasing a video entitled Nuclear Preparedness PSA, how we happily celebrate the freedom to shorten our lifespan through new ways that recently became available to us...
Eat bugs, pay for water, offset your CO2, own nothing and be happy
In this episode, we started talking about the article by George Kent “The Benefits of World Hunger” which was hastily removed from the United Nations website, Nicole Kidman enjoying eating bugs and suggesting we do the same, UK kids being fed s...
The next best thing
In this episode, we started talking about the things that break sooner than they used to, how infinite growth requires planned obsolescence, the pursuit of the next best thing, and the role that influencers play in this system. We then pondered...
We are performing artists, and you should know that
In this episode, we started talking about the expectation gap, which brought us to the lack of trust that is plaguing our society, and the necessity of taking responsibility for our lives. At the end of our conversation, as an added bonus, we f...
Human Bitcoin mining rigs
In this episode, we asked ourselves and tried to answer the question: why do we, as a society, not consider our everyday comfort, why do we continue doing unnecessary work that could have been automated a long time ago? Finding, as usual, strik...
Accidental voting mechanism
In this episode, wondering where green energy is, we talk about the energy crisis, the not-so-new electric cars, and finally discover the hidden functionality your power switch manufacturer didn’t tell you this multipurpose device has. You will...
Feasting on metacrops
In this episode, we talked about the strange inclination our society has for exploring dead-ends, like the obsession to colonize the dead planet Mars, followed by a discussion on the inexplicable desire to replicate the failing world we live in...
Transparency is not about you living in a glass box
In this episode, we continued our discussion about the Climategate emails, which brought us to talk about the transparency of information, taxation, and other societal "subscriptions" and how we began paying to offset our carbon footprint.<...
