Syllojism

Natasha Mott
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An irreverent, funny, science, culture, and philosophy challenge podcast teetering on the edge of chaos.

  1. S2 Ep11 - Stuperintelligence Season Finale

    01/25/2023

    S2 Ep11 - Stuperintelligence Season Finale

    Season 2 finale!! Challenge: Pull out your favorite moments from Season 2 and brainstorm ideas for Season 3. Originally, we planned on taking an IQ test, but our expert guest on human intelligence won’t be able to join us until the spring. So, we’ll do a special episode on IQ at that time. We'd love to hear your thoughts! Next season leave comments on the newsletter!

    1h 33m
  2. S2 Ep10 - The Existential Master Debaters Zizek + Peterson w/ Matt McManus

    01/11/2023

    S2 Ep10 - The Existential Master Debaters Zizek + Peterson w/ Matt McManus

    CHALLENGE: Watch the 2019 Zizek/Peterson debate on Communism, Capitalism, and Happiness. To explore the concept of Existential Intelligence, we invited Matt McManus to discuss the 2019 Peterson/Zizek debate on Communism, Capitalism, and Happiness. Matt's a self-described Liberal Democratic Socialist and a political science lecturer at the University of Michigan. He's also the author/editor of several books including The Emergence of Postmodernity, and the Politics of Reaction. For detailed show notes, subscribe to the Theory Gang newsletter.

    1h 6m
  3. S2 Ep9 - Kinesthetic Intelligence w/Skate Fantacee - The Rollerskating Renaissance

    12/29/2022

    S2 Ep9 - Kinesthetic Intelligence w/Skate Fantacee - The Rollerskating Renaissance

    Disclaimer - The audio for this episode is in my opinion, unusable, but I didn’t want to scrap the whole thing. Jonasz and I tried to salvage what we could of the audio. SORRY! Check out the newsletter for more on rhythm skating and our guest! Challenge: Go Rollerskating! This week Brett and I invited one of my favorite skaters Cece AKA Skate Fantacee to talk about kinesthetic or bodily intelligence.

    37 min
  4. S2 Ep8 - Linguistic Simp letons w/Language Simp

    12/14/2022

    S2 Ep8 - Linguistic Simp letons w/Language Simp

    CHALLENGE: Write a 500-word essay describing verbal intelligence. To explore the concept of linguistic intelligence we invited a 24-year-old Hyperpolyglot Gigachad known as Language Simp to talk about word smarts. Our guest simps for over 50 languages on his YouTube and TikTok channels where he’s amassed nearly 2 million viewers and probably double the number of haters. For detailed show notes subscribe to the Theory Gang newsletter!

    57 min
  5. E2 Ep7 - Mind over Music w/ Zachariah Witcher

    11/30/2022

    E2 Ep7 - Mind over Music w/ Zachariah Witcher

    CHALLENGE: Compose an original piece of music. We invited grammy nominated bassist Zachariah Witcher to help us explore the concept of musical intelligence. Zach is a performance artist which means he spends most of his time on tour with various artists, but when he’s not touring, writing, or recording, he’s helping other musicians coordinate and design live shows through his company Off Brand Entertainment. For detailed show notes and additional resources, subscribe to the Theory Gang newsletter.

    1h 1m
  6. S2 Ep6 - Intrapersonal Femmtelligence w/ Colleen Star Koch

    11/16/2022

    S2 Ep6 - Intrapersonal Femmtelligence w/ Colleen Star Koch

    CHALLENGE: Record your feelings and the surrounding context 3x/day for the next week. This week’s Intrapersonal Intelligence challenge was to record our feelings 3x/day for a week. To help us assess our Intrapersonal intelligence, Natasha and Brett brought in Collen Star Koch, founder of Rowan Coaching. Colleen is a friend of a friend who helped Natasha start down the path that led her to podcasting. For more on Colleen, show notes, bonus content, and more: TheoryGang newsletter.

    47 min
  7. S2 Ep5 - Canonical Visual/Spatial Intelligence - Playing like an Artist w/Cas3y White

    11/02/2022

    S2 Ep5 - Canonical Visual/Spatial Intelligence - Playing like an Artist w/Cas3y White

    CHALLENGE: Create an original work of visual art. We invited artist and comedian Cas3y White to help explore the idea of evaluating subjective qualities of art. Casey loves injecting a bit of science into his art to make all kinds of monsters, just like the one he created when he told Brett he loved his painting.

    52 min
  8. S2 Ep4 - Logical Amoebas + Mathematical Intelligence w/Noah Healy

    10/19/2022

    S2 Ep4 - Logical Amoebas + Mathematical Intelligence w/Noah Healy

    CHALLENGE: What question is its own answer? Brett and Natasha yuck it up with data scientist Noah Healy to discuss computing, economics, and mathematical intelligence. Noah created a technology that could potentially eliminate commodity transaction costs, but shares why communicating his ideas are a challenge. You don’t want to miss this one! For more on Noah, our tech snafus, and a few more laughs, subscribe to the newsletter.

    59 min
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An irreverent, funny, science, culture, and philosophy challenge podcast teetering on the edge of chaos.

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  • Creator
    Natasha Mott
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    23
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Syllojism 2022
  • Show Website
    Syllojism