Collected Thoughts

Keshawn Harper
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For years, society has always told you how to think. We are constantly bombarded with different points of views, all screaming at the top of their lungs on how right they are. Sometimes, you just have to sift through the bull, and figure out for yourself what works in your life. Collected Thoughts is an attempt to do just that...with a microphone of course

  1. 08/02/2022

    Am I Adulting Yet?

    "Am I adulting yet?" is usually something we say when we do something big in our lives. While usually in a joking manner, the fact that we ask the question reflects on how complicated being an adult really is. In this episode, we discuss what it means to be an adult and why it has changed overtime.

    16 min

  2. 08/04/2021

    Would You Join a Cult?: How Our Circumstances Can Betray Our Wills

    What would it take for you to join a cult? We see different documentaries on how cults get started and how they find followers, but most of the time we feel as though we would never get caught up in something like that. And yet, we still see people committing mass suicide, or giving up their life savings in the name of a cult. Today we explore why people follow cults and I will try to convince you that believe or not, you are susceptible too.

    20 min

  3. 06/30/2021

    Apathetic Ambition: Why do we lose motivation?

    In today's high paced society, ambition and progression is king. We all want to grow and achieve the next thing. But what do you do when simply wanting something becomes too much? When you don't have the energy to want anything? Recently I've found myself facing these questions and wanting to figure out what factors keep me in such an apathetic headspace? Allow me to tell you what I've found.

    16 min

  4. 04/01/2021

    New Faces in New Places: How Pretending Drains Us of Our Identity

    To get through hard times, people can adopt personas that are nothing like their true selves. But what happens when we wear that persona for too long? How do we learn to become ourselves again? I had this very problem after I graduated from the police academy. But luckily an experience at a car show, along with  the help of a great officer showed me how to take off my mask.

    20 min

  5. 03/04/2021

    Love is Patient. Love is Kind. Love is Selfish

    Love is a powerful emotion that can inspire someone to do the most selfless things. However there is a dark side that looms in the name of love that leads to a darker path. How can the same force result in both life and death? And is the idea of love truly selfish in nature? Listen and find out.

    22 min
  6. What Can Be Lost in Pursuit of Love

    02/15/2021

    What Can Be Lost in Pursuit of Love

    We change for the people we love...or rather we change to get our crushes to like us. We are groomed and conditioned to do this, but what is there a line? How much change is too much? How nice is too nice when trying to impress someone you have feelings for? In this episode we talk about the sad truth about attractive people, what we do for them, and what it does to us in the process.

    19 min
  7. Is Redemption Achievable?

    01/15/2021

    Is Redemption Achievable?

    Although we don't like to hear it, there are times in life when we are the bad guy. Maybe you said something you shouldn't have or went too far with how you treated someone. Whatever the case may be, most of us feel horrible afterwards. But what can we do when we feel this way? Our initial thoughts are to apologize and try to make up for it, but can that really happen? In this episode we examine the idea of redemption, how to achieve it, and why it's easier for some than others.

    32 min
  8. Lessons from 2020: What Makes a Person Essential?

    12/30/2020

    Lessons from 2020: What Makes a Person Essential?

    In the final installment of our three part series, we explore what 2020 has taught us about people and how we evaluate them in society. Join us as we speak about the trolley dilemma, caste systems, essential workers , the Black Lives Matter movement and how it all blends together to ask the question, "What is the value of life?"

    21 min
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For years, society has always told you how to think. We are constantly bombarded with different points of views, all screaming at the top of their lungs on how right they are. Sometimes, you just have to sift through the bull, and figure out for yourself what works in your life. Collected Thoughts is an attempt to do just that...with a microphone of course

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  • Creator
    Keshawn Harper
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    23
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Collected Thoughts