180 - Keep Them on the Phone

We've got a slightly darker episode this time around. But there's lots of valuable insight to be had.

Kris meets a magician named Kent Axell.

Area 15 in Vegas. JDO vents about frustrations with adminstrators. Being a high school teacher is kind of like being Tyler Durden. Learning how to teach The Great Gatsby. The tragic figure of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

A potluck band. Tribal music making. Bighorn sheep at the lake. Is the universe top-down or bottom-up? JDO shares his line art with Kris.

BIG IDEAS! Where are we going in 2024?

Kris tells a story about the time he saw a man jump off a bridge. This leads to a longer discussion about suicide and the mass shooting phenomenon as a form of suicide.

People are seeking oblivion, although it might not look like you’d expect. Is social media driving teens to suicide? Society doesn’t want to look at what is causing these mass suicides.

The power of spooning. A little time by the river. Loneliness is killing society. People who are giant walking red flags. Sanity = the history of heresy.

The inability to map the weather. Huntsman spiders. Climate as a huge idea. Take some responsibility!

Have we reach a point of too much signal? There’s no noise if you have dedication to something. We seem unable to protect cargo. Stewardship. The importance of honor.

Meaning = decision/choice. Let things roll. Don’t take so much control. Let natural cycles take hold. Fall into the groove. Don’t accept scolds and nags.

The hanged man where the chandelier should be. Dreams about you as the observer.