Factory Settings Podcast

Every worldview has an origin story.
  • 5.0 (85)
  • SOCIETY & CULTURE
  • UPDATED BIWEEKLY

Factory Settings is a podcast exploring politics, culture, relationships, mental health, addiction, and media, through the lens of how our built-in biases affect the way we consume information and form opinions. New episodes will launch bi-weekly. Episodes will remain open to the public for 2 weeks and then go behind the paywall. www.phetasy.com

  1. 06/25/2024

    Jeren’s True Love: D&D

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.phetasy.com In a hilarious return episode Jeren finally sits down and explains to Bridget how Dungeons & Dragons and other Role Playing Games work. Her endless questions include; Does sex come into the campaigns? What happens if I just walk up and stab the guy in the tavern? What does a Dungeon Master actually do? And so many more. Questions: Have you ever played a …

    1 min

  2. 04/23/2024

    Civil War and Cooking - Factory Settings 56

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.phetasy.com Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, have a fun catch up conversation about their lives lately, what they’ve been reading, what they’ve been watching, the general loss of our ability to focus, the different types of science fiction, and the form and function of art as a means of protest and in…

    2 min

  3. 03/05/2024

    Did The Boob Tube Ruin Us? - Factory Settings 55

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.phetasy.com Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, discuss technology this week. They cover what it’s like to raise a young child in today’s technology environment, the rise of AI, the debate about screen time, the number of technological shifts that occurred during their lifetimes, which new technologies b…

    1 min

  4. 11/14/2023

    Optimism Peddlers - Factory Settings 51

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.phetasy.com This episode will remain open to the public for 2 weeks and then go behind the paywall. Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, decided to talk about optimism this week to bring a little more positivity into the world. They discuss whether being in the real world is a more optimistic place than be…

    1 min

  5. 10/24/2023

    Does Discipline Equal Freedom? - Factory Settings 50

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.phetasy.com This episode will remain open to the public for 2 weeks and then go behind the paywall. Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, discuss discipline this week. They talk about their first exposure to the concept, what it looks like to them, whether they agree with the idea that discipline equals fre…

    1 min

  6. 10/10/2023

    Do We Deserve Pets? - Factory Settings 49

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.phetasy.com This episode will remain open to the public for 2 weeks and then go behind the paywall. Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, discuss pets this week. They talk about the ups and downs of pet ownership, their first pets, having traumatic experiences with pets, and how their dog Hope changed both …

    1 min

  7. 09/26/2023

    The Gifts of Sobriety - Factory Settings 48

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.phetasy.com Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, talk about the gifts they’ve found in sobriety. They discuss how they feel about the phrase “this too shall pass,” the relationship between stoicism and some of the AA teachings, recognizing that sobriety wouldn’t just automatically solve your problems, the…

    1 min

  8. 09/12/2023

    Self-Awareness vs. Self-Delusion - Factory Settings 47

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.phetasy.com Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, discuss self-awareness this week. They debate whether self-awareness alone will help you change your subconscious patterns, bad habits and things that hold you back, the importance of building trust with yourself, humility vs. low self-esteem, overcoming fe…

    1 min
See All (59)

5
out of 5
85 Ratings

About

Factory Settings is a podcast exploring politics, culture, relationships, mental health, addiction, and media, through the lens of how our built-in biases affect the way we consume information and form opinions. New episodes will launch bi-weekly. Episodes will remain open to the public for 2 weeks and then go behind the paywall. www.phetasy.com

Information

  • Creator
    Every worldview has an origin story.
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    59
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Phetasy, Inc.
  • Show Website
    Factory Settings Podcast