iNTv

Damien Terrence Dubose

iNTV is a conversation built on thinking things through—fully. Hosted by two Myers-Briggs INTPs, the show explores psychology, philosophy, culture, politics, relationships, and the deeper assumptions shaping modern life. Each episode breaks down cultural and philosophical ideas—testing them, questioning them, and following them where they lead through long-form discussion and guest conversations focused on understanding the psychological, cultural, and philosophical patterns underneath modern society.

  1. 8h ago

    Kids Are Taught to Spot Injustice. Who Teaches Them to Build a Life? | Philosophy Yap #19

    A teenager starts a job at McDonald’s. What should they come home with besides a paycheck? Damien and Josh ask what that first job can teach a young person about doing something well, earning trust, and deciding how to use what they earn. Those choices matter long after the money is spent. The episode opens with Eddie Glaude Jr. on James Baldwin and the price of belonging. Damien and Josh take seriously the ability to recognize injustice, then ask what it takes to practice justice yourself. They bring that question to Catherine Liu’s account of trauma and class, Cam Newton and Da’Vinchi’s disagreement about efficiency, and Glaude’s challenge to the idea that more Black millionaires will improve the lives of poorer Black families. A shortcut can save a child time while costing them the chance to learn. A successful person can open doors while leaving someone else with choices to make. Across those examples, the hosts return to the work of developing judgment, character, and integrity. Sources discussed Novara Media — Being 'Traumatized' Isn't An Identity | Ash Sarkar Meets Catherine Liu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kujdi4NcMms Cam Newton — Da'Vinchi Gets Real About BMF, Demetrius Flenory Jr. and the End of the Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7xM8ZNwD6o One54 Africa — Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. On African Americans vs Africans, Diaspora Wars, Immigrants & Blacks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mgs8Qd8Yew 00:00 Eddie Glaude, Baldwin, and the price of belonging 00:32 Can you be open-minded and still disagree? 12:21 Catherine Liu on trauma and political authority 40:00 What behavior do our incentives reward? 46:44 Cam Newton and Da’Vinchi on what efficiency costs 1:07:09 Race, injustice, and individual judgment 1:19:14 What can shared identity tell you about someone’s politics? 1:21:43 Who benefits when a Black billionaire succeeds? 1:36:04 What are kids learning about wealth? 1:44:33 What should a teenager learn at McDonald’s? 1:49:11 Does getting better at your work hurt someone else? 2:02:39 What helps us understand people? 2:05:35 AI and the skills people choose to develop #PhilosophyYap #Character #Education

  2. 3d ago

    Terry Bean on Building a Life Beyond Other People’s Expectations | iNTv Interviews

    Whose expectations are shaping the life you're building? Author and life and executive coach Terry Bean joins Damien and Josh to explore how family messages, relationships, and other people's judgments can influence what we believe we're worth—and what it takes to develop judgment of our own. Terry reflects on childhood bullying, growing up around arguments about money, and expecting a partner to provide the security she wanted. She describes reinvention, caring for her mother, and learning to respond with compassion without letting someone else's outlook define her life. Damien and Josh press on the difficult part: why do some people internalize other people's judgments, and how do we learn to trust ourselves while remaining connected to others? The conversation also turns to putting phones away at dinner, making room for joy, and helping children develop confidence without measuring themselves by outside approval. Terry discusses her children's book, ABRA*CA*DABRA, and her work to help independent authors reach readers through Pajama Ink. Learn more about Terry and her book at https://terrybeanauthor.com/ 00:00 Expecting someone else to save you 00:34 Terry Bean: learning to trust yourself 04:45 Reinvention and inner guidance 06:51 Growing up in a blended family 10:25 Money, marriage, and inherited expectations 19:49 Bullying, self-trust, and outside approval 22:19 When other people's judgments become your own 25:08 Putting the phones away 28:20 Making room for joy 31:45 Making a life of your own 32:40 Becoming your own best friend 35:30 Helping children build confidence 36:44 Getting heard as an independent author #TerryBean #SelfTrust #PersonalDevelopment #iNTvInterviews

  3. Nov 1

    When Should You Stop Going Along With Your Group? | Philosophy Yap #18

    When does staying loyal to your group mean giving up your own judgment? Damien and Josh respond to Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay’s discussion of Da’Vinchi’s work-ethic comments in Higher Learning’s “Da’Vinchi Speaks on Black Americans, Chris Rock Regrets a Decision, & Bobby Shmurda Gives Passes,” then ask what should guide us when criticism, belonging, and personal responsibility collide. The conversation separates the value of hard work and excellence from sweeping claims about Black Americans. Can you take a useful point from someone whose framing is unfair? When does solidarity help people grow, and when does it reward comfort or discourage honest judgment? From there, Damien and Josh examine when division is justified, what makes leadership worthy of trust, and why equal human dignity does not mean everyone has equal knowledge or skill. Their critique of communism focuses on concentrated power, individual rights, and control over what people produce. They also question how social feeds turn repeated opinions into apparent truth—and how to move from confident abstractions to evidence, reflection, and action. The episode closes with Michael Paxton’s documentary Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life and the difference between discussing ideas and seeing them lived out. Sources discussed Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay — “Da’Vinchi Speaks on Black Americans, Chris Rock Regrets a Decision, & Bobby Shmurda Gives Passes” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJQjy68grrw Michael Paxton — Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life https://aynrandasenseoflife.com/ Chapters 00:00 When is going along the wrong choice? 00:27 Responsibility, correction, and getting ahead 05:35 Da’Vinchi’s comments and the Higher Learning response 14:10 Hard work without sweeping generalizations 18:01 Can an unfair critic still have a point? 28:04 When division needs a moral standard 31:21 Are people motivated only by power and resources? 37:33 Communism, concentrated power, and individual rights 44:12 Equal dignity, different skills: who should lead? 52:03 Individual responsibility in a shared world 59:04 Criticizing institutions—and building alternatives 1:10:33 When your feed starts thinking for you 1:12:13 Turning reflection into action 1:24:29 Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life—and ideas people live #PhilosophyYap #CriticalThinking #PersonalResponsibility

  4. Oct 28

    Joel Rakow on the Judeo-Christian Values Behind American Rights | iNTv Interviews

    What supports your right to speak, disagree, and make your own choices? Author Joel Rakow argues that American rights and constitutional government rest on Judeo-Christian and Western traditions—especially the value of the individual and the pursuit of truth. Joel joins Damien and Josh to trace how he arrived at that view, from baseball and family life near the southern border to graduate study and research at Harvard. He explains why disagreement can be productive when people are trying to discover what is true, and why he believes political parties should answer to principles rather than become substitutes for them. The conversation also follows his concerns about the middle class, his distrust of institutions that protect themselves, and his departure from the Democratic Party. Discussing his novel, Life in Woke America, Joel explains how he uses “woke” to describe its cultural setting and connects an oppressor-versus-oppressed lens with Marxist and socialist thinking, while acknowledging that this is not a precise definition. He describes how those concerns shape his fictional characters, then returns to a more personal question: what do purpose, love, and hope make possible in a person's life? Find Joel's book, Life in Woke America, and more about his work: https://www.lifeinwokeamerica.com/book.html Chapters: 0:00 Preview: what are America's principles built on? 0:34 Meet Joel Rakow 2:04 Why the middle class matters to him 4:07 Baseball, family, and learning to bring value 12:25 Discovering Judeo-Christian and Western thought 13:44 The Constitution, individual rights, and truth 16:49 Voting across party lines 19:51 When institutions protect themselves 22:33 Why he left the Democratic Party 28:35 What Joel means by “woke” 31:04 Turning political concerns into fiction 41:08 Purpose, love, and a reason to hope 43:47 Where to find Life in Woke America #iNTvInterviews #JoelRakow #JudeoChristianValues #IndividualRights

  5. Oct 25

    You Called Me Arrogant. But Am I Wrong? | Philosophy Yap #17

    If someone calls you arrogant, have they shown that your argument is wrong? Responding to a viewer’s criticism of iNTv Podcast’s “When belonging outranks truth,” Josh and Damien ask what makes disagreement useful: challenging the evidence and reasoning, rather than treating confidence itself as proof of a mistake. Believing something does not mean claiming to know everything. The conversation follows that distinction into everyday life: choosing values and accepting their consequences, setting boundaries, giving children guidance as well as correction, and becoming the person everyone expects to remember things or rescue the project. What standards let you judge an idea—or an expert’s advice—without simply borrowing someone else’s confidence? Later, Josh and Damien respond to James Keena’s discussion of ideological dogma in Feasts of Reason’s “Money, Power & Freedom with Author James Keena.” They consider the appeal of different lenses on life, then question whether moving between capitalism, socialism, and Marxism can replace a coherent account of how to live. Their disagreement turns on a practical tension: you need principles stable enough to act on, but those principles still have to answer to reality. Openness to new evidence matters; so does giving an idea enough thought to understand and use it. Sources discussed: iNTv Podcast — “When belonging outranks truth” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uI74xaTicA Feasts of Reason — “Money, Power & Freedom with Author James Keena” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGKJOxkBVtI Chapters: 0:00 Preview 0:28 A viewer calls us arrogant 11:44 Your values have consequences 16:02 What guides you beyond politics? 25:15 If nothing matters, why do anything? 36:06 Moral rules and personal boundaries 41:16 Children need guidance as well as consequences 49:16 Remembering ideas and learning to think 57:30 When everyone relies on you to remember 59:14 Being good in a crisis can cost you 1:05:51 How do you judge an expert’s opinion? 1:07:47 James Keena on escaping ideological dogma 1:12:48 Can you see life without a worldview? 1:21:37 Marxism, socialism, and what guides your choices 1:29:37 Stable principles that can still change #PhilosophyYap #CriticalThinking #PersonalResponsibility #Philosophy

  6. Oct 18

    You Left Religion. What Guides Your Life Now? | Philosophy Yap #16

    Leaving religion still leaves you with choices about right and wrong, what matters, and how to live. Responding to The Saint’s “Black Christians MUST Be Defeated.”, Josh and Damien ask what should guide those choices when an inherited faith no longer does. Damien speaks from outside Christianity while arguing that rejecting a belief system does not remove the need for a moral foundation. The conversation examines why practical education, financial empowerment, and political change still need an account of what makes a life better. Damien connects that concern to some Black Marxist and leftist arguments that treat economics or a belief’s colonial history as a substitute for evaluating its principles. The question is what grounds the judgment—not whether an idea came from people you identify with. That problem appears in everyday life, too: doing useful work versus chasing recognition, interpreting an offensive image without assuming you know someone’s intent, and deciding when to trust expertise without handing over your judgment. The hosts respond to Elliott Connie’s Converse-ad commentary and discuss Lee Braver’s presentation of Kant on reason and moral responsibility. A debate on The Glenn Show with Nathan Cofnas, Glenn Loury, and John McWhorter brings the conversation to race, IQ, and the practical purpose of an argument. Josh and Damien distinguish intelligence from rational judgment and ask what it takes for people to live together justly. Sources discussed: • The Saint — “Black Christians MUST Be Defeated.” — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrAjmnxufRw • Elliott Connie — “Hey Converse, WTF were you thinking? Let’s decode this ad.” — https://www.facebook.com/reel/903381949303220 • Lee Braver / Ergo and Braver Philosophy — “Kant: Right and Wrong Aren’t Just Opinions — Socrates to Sartre (Lecture 5)” — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_9J-Yz7Uy8 • The Glenn Show — “Debating a Race Realist on IQ | Glenn Loury, John McWhorter & Nathan Cofnas | The Glenn Show” — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5o0JDqJIfQ 00:00 Preview 00:43 Doing the work versus playing office politics 11:50 The Converse ad: reaction, intent, and outrage 26:13 You already live by a belief system 32:58 Responding to The Saint’s critique of Christianity 42:05 Rules, judgment, and unwritten expectations 52:58 What replaces religion’s place in your life? 57:13 Kant, moral principles, and human life 1:08:28 Trusting experts without giving up judgment 1:13:41 The Glenn Show debate on race and IQ 1:23:28 What are we supposed to do with this argument? 1:29:14 Intelligence is not the same as rational judgment 1:34:24 Why living together justly matters #PhilosophyYap #MoralPhilosophy #IndependentThinking #Religion

  7. Oct 14

    Albert Bramante on When Fear Talks You Out of Trying | iNTv Interviews

    When is quitting a genuine change of direction—and when is fear talking you out of something you still want? Dr. Albert Bramante, talent agent and acting coach, joins Damien DuBose and Josh to explore how self-doubt, rejection, and the pressure to succeed shape the choices performers make. Drawing on his work with actors, Albert describes the gap between wanting a career and showing up for it. The conversation moves from fear of failure and fear of success to building confidence before the next booking, questioning inherited beliefs, and recognizing progress during a quiet stretch. They also discuss keeping a record of useful feedback, deciding which roles fit your values, leaving a character behind after a performance, and receiving criticism without accepting every judgment. Albert’s distinction matters throughout: choosing to close a chapter is not automatically self-sabotage, and taking a chance does not guarantee success. Explore Albert’s work, book, social links, and Mental Rehearsal show at https://albertbramante.com/ Chapters 00:00 Preview and introduction 01:24 When actors get in their own way 04:41 The stories that undermine confidence 07:23 Why success can feel frightening 08:03 Choosing to quit—or avoiding fear? 12:19 How identity shapes performance 15:47 Confidence before the next booking 22:12 Questioning the beliefs you inherited 23:53 When fear sounds like a sensible reason 27:23 Affirmations, belief, and action 31:09 Keeping proof of your progress 34:31 Roles, boundaries, and personal values 35:59 What happens when a character stays with you 40:17 Leaving the character at work 42:50 Taking criticism without believing all of it 47:22 Where to find Albert #AlbertBramante #ActingConfidence #iNTv

  8. Oct 11

    Black Excellence Is More Than Making Money | Philosophy Yap #15

    You made the money, earned the credentials, and built a comfortable life. What makes that success worth respecting? In Philosophy Yap #15, Damien and Josh respond to Irami Osei-Frimpong of The Funky Academic and his video “Black Excellence: Jack and Jill and The New House Negro,” examining where his criticism of status and materialism lands—and where it overlooks the value of productive work and ordinary responsibility. Their discussion connects ethics, developmental psychology, and political philosophy to recognizable choices: keeping your word, raising children, contributing through your work, and deciding whether fitting in is enough. They consider Madam C. J. Walker, Booker T. Washington, Robert Kegan’s socialized mind, and the people who sustain communities without becoming celebrities. Money and credentials cannot substitute for character, but financial stability and dependable work are achievements worth taking seriously. Damien also connects this question to Marxism through his reading of Marx and the Communist Manifesto, arguing that social cooperation and stability are stages of development rather than its endpoint, with further growth toward individual autonomy. Later, a clip from Jared Ball’s iMixWhatiLike! channel turns the conversation toward organizing, labor, and political power. Damien and Josh challenge the reduction of power to violence and consider what reason, trust, and cooperation make possible. Throughout, they return to a practical test for criticism: what would actually make people’s lives better, and who is willing to do the work? Listen to or watch the full conversation, and subscribe to iNTv for more discussions about the ideas behind everyday life. Sources discussed Irami Osei-Frimpong — The Funky Academic: “Black Excellence: Jack and Jill and The New House Negro” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRbPoR_o40c iMixWhatiLike! (@jaredaball): “How Power Is Built: Organize! Unionize! Withhold Labor! #financialliteracy #donutking #eyl” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEd1SPF2Zig CHAPTERS 00:00 You made it. What have you contributed? 07:28 Where the critique of Black excellence falls short 17:05 Judging character beyond wealth and status 26:46 The people building communities out of the spotlight 40:42 A job, bills, and a family: why ordinary responsibility matters 54:24 Criticism needs context—and a way forward 1:09:39 Making money and becoming someone people can trust 1:21:38 Organizing, labor, and the argument about power 1:34:06 Trust, freedom, and the work of keeping society together 1:41:44 Different roles, shared responsibilities #iNTv #PhilosophyYap

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iNTV is a conversation built on thinking things through—fully. Hosted by two Myers-Briggs INTPs, the show explores psychology, philosophy, culture, politics, relationships, and the deeper assumptions shaping modern life. Each episode breaks down cultural and philosophical ideas—testing them, questioning them, and following them where they lead through long-form discussion and guest conversations focused on understanding the psychological, cultural, and philosophical patterns underneath modern society.

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  • Creator
    Damien Terrence Dubose
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    32
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Damien Terrence Dubose
  • Show Website
    iNTv

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