There was no way I was not going to listen to this podcast episode. Had the plot of the film Her, starring Joaquin Phoenix, become a reality? Why had I not heard about this sooner? It turns out that, yes, there are apps dedicated to matching people with AI companions. Before listening I had already…
Category: Podcasts
Picasso: would he have been cancelled if he were creating today?
The podcast series, Legacy, dives deep into the life of Pablo Picasso. To be frank, there is not much good to say about him. With that said, I’ve never been more interested in looking at his art. The show does an excellent job discussing how his paintings are influenced by his life, more precisely, the…
Eve: the evolution of the female body and why it’s been largely ignored by science
Non-fiction is not always the easiest form of reading for me. I tend to make up for that by watching all the interviews and reading all the articles about whichever non-fiction catches my eye. However, this time might be different. This book is about female evolution and why the female body has been ignored by…
After a long summer hiatus, back in the swing of things with Naomi Klein’s latest book
I have always found Naomi Klein’s work urgent, necessary, and surprisingly easy to grasp for non-fiction. She has always been a fresh voice to listen to and read regarding anything in the climate and social justice sphere. In her latest book, she is at it again, but this time from an unexpected angle: the doppelgänger….
Touch: our only sense that is reciprocal
It is said that most humans require at least 45 cm of personal space in order not to feel invaded. However, that distance most likely varies significantly from one culture to another. One thing is for sure, most of us enjoy and thrive off desired touch. This podcast episode is about touch and what it…
Animals have superpowers!
When you share a home with an animal, you learn how to communicate with them, read their moods, and understand their needs through observation. You also get a glimpse into how they exist in this world and what stimulates their interest and why. Interspecies relationships are so special that I feel sorry for people who…
The misdiagnosis of ‘imposter syndrome’
Have you heard of it before? Imposter syndrome? Have you ‘suffered’ from it? If I’m really honest, I don’t actually think that I have. I feel as though I’ve spent most of my life trying to prove myself more than anything else. However, there are plenty of people, especially women, who have experienced it throughout…
No bad vibes. Really? Why not?
Have you ever read a positivity slogan such as, “Think positive, be positive”, and felt something close to revulsion? Maybe I’m being too harsh here, but it’s always struck me as misleading, even false. I didn’t really have the language to express exactly what I was feeling, but it turns out there is something called…
Old tactics, modern times: FBI infiltration in current-day social movements
Protesting out in the street has always been a way for the people to voice their opinion. Sometimes the protests are “legal” and organized. Other times they’re spontaneous and sparked by outrage. The media almost always skews them. And, police have been known to infiltrate them. This time, the FBI has been caught red-handed within…
Deconstructing white supremacy culture
I recently listened to a podcast episode where the guest being interviewed was Tema Okun. I learned from the interview that back in 1999, while facilitating workshops about racial equity in the workplace, Tema Okun wrote an article where she listed the ways in which white supremacy culture is manifested at work. That article has…