JACCAST Jack Leonard

In this JACCAST Jack talks with Luke, a childhood friend. Luke, grew up with Jack in the same Latter-day Saint (or Mormon) congregation, talks with Jack about his views of his own faith before he leaves on an LDS mission for the Ivory Coast. Jack also talks a little about his experience being Mormon. They discuss Mormon culture and theology in general. 

In this CCAST Jac talks with a professor of philosophy, Dr. Megan Fritts, about why she is in academia, about some of her philosophical positions, and discusses the idea of 'communitarianism', a social philosophy that, as it sounds, emphasizes the community. Some of the inquiries brought up briefly include: technology ethics and how the internet has harmed us, the role of community and our view of 'the good' in the social sphere, and how exactly human action is possible.  

The CCAST about technology opens with a discussion with one friend who always seems to be on top of the tech scene, Jose. Jose is a friend of mine who shoots and edits great photo and video. He and I met in high school digital media classes, and like me, he also tries to keep up with all sorts of types of technology. This CCAST focuses on his thoughts about the current smartphone market, as well as inquires into why he gets excited about technology and if modern technology and smartphones are a good thing or not. 

In this first CCAST about art, I discuss literature with my friend William. William is the most well read person I know when it comes to literature. William explains what he views to be the difference between literature, philosophy, and other forms of art, his views on literature, why he is not majoring in English at university, who he thinks literature is for, his book recommendations for the CCAST audience, among other things. 

The first episode of the CCAST explains the central question of the CCAST, explores its relation to philosophy and if philosophy is important, and details why Jac is interested in it.