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Submit Topics Here: candorandcounter.com/submit Confront ideologies. Face our biases. Examine evidence. Journey with us. Ask questions and let's find some answers. The place where we have difficult conversations. Two part podcast. Week 1 - Candor: We tell all about a randomly selected topic. Explain and reason out our beliefs and understanding. Week 2 - Counter: After a week of study and pouring over the issues, we confront our ideologies and see if we were capable of shifting foundations.

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Submit Topics Here: candorandcounter.com/submit Confront ideologies. Face our biases. Examine evidence. Journey with us. Ask questions and let's find some answers. The place where we have difficult conversations. Two part podcast. Week 1 - Candor: We tell all about a randomly selected topic. Explain and reason out our beliefs and understanding. Week 2 - Counter: After a week of study and pouring over the issues, we confront our ideologies and see if we were capable of shifting foundations.

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Episodes

S2E12 - Who are you?

9/9/2022
The question of who you are is probably one that has weighed on everyone's shoulders at least once. The journey to find the answer is also more complicated than just looking inward. Often, a lifetime of experience is still not enough to find it.

Duration:00:45:57

S2E11 - When is it ethical to overthrow your government?

8/12/2022
What is the tipping point that would cause a revolution? Revolution and all that comes with it can cost so much more than just lives. Our hosts talk about that and more on this episode of Candor and Counter.

Duration:01:28:51

S2E10 - Is War Ever Justifiable?

7/29/2022
What cause would you commit to sending hundreds of your fellow humans to fight for? The guys and a special guest converse about the ethics and morality of warfare and all that entails.

Duration:01:29:04

S2E9 - Let's Talk About Mental Health

7/15/2022
The guys have a frank and open discussion about their own mental health struggles and the importance of shedding the stigma around it.

Duration:01:03:43

S2E8 - LaMDA - A Conversation with an AI

7/1/2022
Dramatization of an interview between an AI and a human.

Duration:00:35:29

S2E7 - What are dreams?

6/17/2022
Do dreams have any meaning behind them? Maybe there's more to them than we know. Tonight is about what dreams mean to us and our experiences with them. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/284378#what-are-dreams https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.192080 https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/learning-while-you-sleep-dream-or-reality

Duration:01:10:57

S2E6 - Are we alone in the universe?

6/3/2022
What we don't know about the cosmos can fill volumes. Today is about contemplating whether or not extraterrestrial intelligent life exists. https://www.britannica.com/story/the-fermi-paradox-where-are-all-the-aliens https://www.britannica.com/science/Drake-equation https://www.astronomy.com/news/2020/11/the-great-filter-a-possible-solution-to-the-fermi-paradox https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/search-for-life/are-we-alone/

Duration:00:51:34

S2E5 - Should we clone humans?

5/20/2022
Andrew joins up with C&C to discuss the ethics of cloning humans or human cells. Should humans even contemplate the idea? Should we outlaw it all...

Duration:01:28:13

S2E4 - Is our Education System broken?

5/6/2022
Is our education system a relic of a bygone era? Does it need fixing? We customize everything in todays world from our phones to our worldwide industries. Has our children's education gone without meaningful change? https://www.publicschoolreview.com/blog/the-15-biggest-failures-of-the-american-public-education-system https://www.trade-schools.net/articles/issues-in-education The Politically Incorrect Guide to Public Education (Starring Tom Woods & Michael...

Duration:01:16:08

S2E3 - What does A.I. mean for our future?

4/22/2022
As Artificial Intelligence grows stronger and stronger everyday, we must contemplate it's place in our world. Does the promise of tomorrow hang in the balance? What is a world dominated by A.I. look like? Can we control it?

Duration:01:10:29

S2E2 - Where does free speech stop?

4/8/2022
We are all familiar with the concept of Free Speech but do we understand it's limits? Should there be limits? Are certain ideas so dangerous that we can't let them out? This is the topic for today.

Duration:00:46:44

S2E1 - How will humankind end?

3/25/2022
Out of the many ways that humankind could cease to exist, which do we think is the most likely?

Duration:01:28:17

11B: Counter - Right to Repair, Planned Obsolescence and E-Waste

12/31/2021
Do you you have a right to repair anything you own? Did you know that companies engineer their products to fail? All of this contributes to the problems we consumers face as we dispose of our technology in far away lands.

Duration:01:00:13

11A: Candor - Right to Repair, Planned Obsolescence and E-Waste

12/17/2021
Do you you have a right to repair anything you own? Did you know that companies engineer their products to fail? All of this contributes to the problems we consumers face as we dispose of our technology in far away lands.

Duration:00:54:01

10B: Counter - Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand

12/10/2021
What do you think about the philosophy of Objectivism? Rand described Objectivism as "the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute".

Duration:00:59:42

10A: Candor - Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand

12/3/2021
What do you think about the philosophy of Objectivism? Rand described Objectivism as "the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute".

Duration:00:50:36

9B: Candor - Miracles: Fact or Fiction?

11/19/2021
Can a supernatural power violate the laws of the universe? Is it possible that humans experience something beyond our own world? The guys discuss this and what miracles mean to them.

Duration:00:39:26

9A: Candor - Miracles: Fact or Fiction?

11/12/2021
Do miracles really happen? Is the supernatural possible? Is there a guiding hand beyond that stretches beyond the bounds of space and time?

Duration:00:41:22

8B: Counter - Age of the Earth. 6,000 or 4.3 billion years?

11/5/2021
How old is the earth? What do we believe? Was the earth created by God 6,000 years ago or formed naturally 4.3 billion years ago?

Duration:01:12:54

8A: Candor - Age of the Earth. 6,000 or 4.3 billion years?

10/29/2021
How old is the earth? What do we believe? Was the earth created by God 6,000 years ago or formed naturally 4.3 billion years ago?

Duration:01:17:45

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