Didactic SynCast Eric S. Piotrowski

Hawaii's Tragedy, UK Beer, Floreda Psychology, and 50 Years of Hip-Hop
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First Things
Hello, Floreda!
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story
Current Events
Hawaii and climate change
Biden administration announces $1.2B in funding for projects to pull carbon from the air
IEA flags risk of higher oil prices, cuts 2024 demand view
The 2024 US Presidential Election
Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is barred from running for office until 2030

Coup in Niger
Operation Lone Star 
Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says: "Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution."
It is not illegal to seek asylum in the US
Economics
UK alcohol tax changes
Linda Yaccarino says brands are coming back to "X"Elon Musk and unions

Education
Florida now says AP Psychology allowed in schools
DeSantis and New College
Killer Robots, etc
Robotaxis in San FranciscoSEIU Local 87 President Olga Miranda in favor, most other labor leaders against
War in the Age of Intelligent Machines
The Smart Wife

Hip-Hop
Kool Herc’s first block party was 11 August 1973Call of Duty “celebrates” 50 years of hip-hop

A special treat on the day before my new scifi novel Delivery to Nimbus X drops. Here's Chapter 1 of the audiobook, exclusively released to my awesome SynCast audience.
The other chapters will appear on this feed in the weeks ahead. Thanks for listening, and enjoy!

On this very special episode, I give thanks for my mom Linda and step-dad Rob! Listen as we discuss their lives and loves, their jobs and journeys. We recorded these conversations in Florida during the summer of 2021.
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!

A discussion of fake binaries, the need to resist oversimplification, and how to sustain the complexity. Featuring audio from Alan Watts.
Plus: A first look at the Nimbus X book!
Links
Alan Watts: Prickles & Goo
ESP: Resisting Oversimplification
Facebook Live video of this episode

A short little SynCast, especially aimed at my teacher friends. As some of you know, Teacher Appreciation Week is a sick joke. But I was inspired by Sarah Kay to share some of my teaching-related poems. So … enjoy!
Facebook Live video
Poem Titles:
Shove Yer Appreciation
Pandemic Polemic
Get Off My Cape!
Mental Salary
The Hardest Thing I've Ever Done
I Should Have Learned By Now

or: How Scientology Helped Me Better Understand #BLM
On this episode I dig through a documentary about Scientology, how it connects to my fascination with NXIVM, and what it can teach us about the psychological torment of Black folks (and people of color) all over the United States.