The Exchanges Podcast.

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The Exchanges Podcast.

The Exchanges Podcast is an outlet dedicated to fostering conversation between everyday people about the issues of our time. The majority of our time is spent making this beacon as bright as possible in the media sphere, in order to attract unique voices from all walks of life in any space on the globe. Once contacted, we gather those voices in a physical (or virtual) space and talk about what it means to be human. Philosophy, sociology, politics, current events, entertainment, arts, culture, history … it is all topics up for grabs. The guy checking out your groceries at the local supermarket may be on the podcast. The girl sitting next to you on the train may be on the podcast. The lady who always gives you a curt nod of acknowledgement while she walks her dog; the man who went to war and lived to tell about it; the corporate attorney operating in the shadows of giant conglomerates; the teenager aspiring to be a YouTube personality; the garbage man; an ex-convict. You get the point: The Exchanges Podcast has no limits.

Episodes

  1. 12/04/2017

    The Exchanges Podcast - E07 - Adulting + Cultural Appropriation + Government Corruption + Sexual Kinks + LARPing + Movies-TV The Exchanges Podcast – E07 – Adulting + Cultural Appropriation + Corruption + Kinks + LARPing

    THIS PODCAST: Brent, Samantha (aka “Sam”), Ben, and Ryan:   0:06:32                And we are off … Introducing Ryan 0:07:06                Lookin’ Tired 0:07:36                Samantha aka “Sam” 0:07:48                … and Ben 0:08:12                Ben’s creepy laugh 0:08:46                Cloud Computing-Pimpin’ and Jitter Bugs 0:12:08                Ben and Ryan go back to school 0:15:03                Work, Work, Work, Work … 0:17:21                Being Grown Ups 0:20:24                The Great Healthcare Debate 0:23:53                Ben Reflects on Changes in Healthcare. Ryan and Evil Middlemen 0:25:51                Ryan ends up paying less for Healthcare by … not being Insurance 0:31:10                Sam and Political and Corporate Propaganda 0:32:49                Has the US always been a crappy place? 0:39:45                Brent on the US living up to its stated Ideals 0:41:53                Selfishness and Tribalism 0:43:24                Trump Supporters and Fact Immunity 0:45:32                Sam reflect on her FOX News Addiction 0:47:50                Rural Kansas and a Drought of Facts 0:48:50                Little Mexico. 0:51:17                Sam Masquerading as a Mexican 0:52:39                Can you blamed Rural America for Not Being as Informed? 0:54:38                Ryan question’s rural Kansas’ Internet Access 0:56:43                Brent: The World isn’t Harvard 0:57:39                Chinese Photographer: Racism or Nah? 0:59:51                Sam’s Ringtone 1:00:25                Brass Tax on Cultural Appropriation 1:01:04                China and Dogs 1:03:34                Brent Brings up the Hobby Lobby Incident Again 1:04:24                Ryan’s Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation 1:06:11                The Noose at our old Alma Mater 1:06:36                Ben Reminds us of the CSU Bomb threats 1:08:23                University and the Media 1:13:13                Weaponizing the Past and Comment sections “Evidence” 1:15:09                When does “it” become a problem 1:17:24                Ben, the New JFK Assignation Documents and US Government creditability 1:22:21                Question for Conspiracy Theorist 1:22:58                Ryan how bad “it” Already is 1:25:15                Do “Leaks” Change anything? WikiLeaks, Prism, and the bunch 1:31:33                How much corruption is enough corruption for change 1:34:19                Voting in Red States and the importance of voting locally 1:42:09                The ground floor of Power. Voter Suppression 1:44:20                Gerrymander Cubix Cube 1:46:32                Our perfect transition to Pup Play and Sexual Kinks 1:47:15                Samantha gives us the Skinny on the Appeal of Pup-Play 1:48:49                “Tugger” the Pup and International Mister Leather 1:49:57                Ryan – Get YOURS. Samantha – ” as long as you’re not hurting someone ..” 1:50:35                Pup Play and the LARP-ing connection 1:51:26                When do Kinks become “unhealthy” 1:52:55                Ben and Sub-Dominant Relationships 1:54:10                Role-play and the Fine Lines 1:55:48                Brent “Kink Shames” 1:57:43                What is a healthy Coping Mechanism 1:59:31                Pup Handlers 2:01:29                Surprised Abuse Kinks.

    3h 4m
  2. 11/14/2017

    The Exchanges Podcast – E06 – This Day in History + Harvey Weinstein + Niger Mission + Equifax

    THIS PODCAST: This Day in History + Harvey Weinstein + Niger Mission: 0:05:54 Who is the tallest of them all? 0:08:21 What do women really want? Kwaku arrives. 0:11:17 Scandinavian Giants 0:12:52 Kwaku the caveman. 0:14:19 Brent’s fascination with the Exploration Age 0:14:47 Angie and David arrive 0:16:18 Happy Birthday Angie. Lawrence’s job hunt 0:17:35 Ed: Facebook News & the Internet 0:19:05 Pundits opinions vs actual News 0:19:51 Ed versus Technology. Wonders of smartphones. 0:22:13 Internet scammers 0:23:51 Equifax Hack. History of Credit Agencies 0:26:41 Actual start of the show! 0:28:44 Harvey Weinstein Sexual Assault/Harassment talk commences. Kwaku jumps us off 0:31:56 David’s initial thoughts on Weinstein. 0:33:05 Ed: why did it take so long? and standing up for yourself 0:38:58 Brent: something needs to stop these settlements. Bill O’Reilly and Roger Ailes 0:40:34 Angie play’s devil’s advocate 0:42:37 Kwaku: Male celebrities role in all this 0:44:36 Lupita Nyong’o’s encounter with Harvey Weinstein 0:47:14 The many faces of Bill O’Reilly 0:48:10 Angie opens the can on Michael Jackson’s allegation 0:49:15 David speculates on the future of non-closure agreements 0:54:08 Lawrence: these people being a product of their times 0:54:43 David: Power and Money allows this Machoism culture to persist 0:56:27 Where does this toxic culture come from? 0:57:15 David: social media making things worse. 0:59:18 Ed: trapping rich men? 1:01:08 Hook up culture 1:03:28 Pop culture’s role in sexual predation & hook up culture. 1:05:26 Lawrence and the idealization of masculinity 1:06:23 Rock vs. Hip Hop 1:09:02 Do we like hyper masculinity? Is this culture or biology? 1:10:03 Weinstein and O’Reilly victims? 1:11:16 What we teach about manhood 1:11:42 Taking out the trash. 1:13:43 David’s take on women expectations. Angie gives us a bit more insight. 1:17:02 Kwaku’s take on women’s expectations: biological coding 1:18:17 Niger Incident. Angie leads us off on what happened 1:19:40 Ed’s beef with how bad the military screwed up. 1:20:48 It’s “NIH – GEER” 1:22:04 Ed gives us the special forces MO. Some many unknown unknowns. 1:23:13 US military’s mysterious missions around the global. Our goals in Africa 1:27:59 Trump’s role in the Niger story. The tweets. Pointing fingers at Obama. 1:29:40 Media fanning the flaming. Trash stories. Stories about Nothing. 1:33:28 Advertisement dollars versus journalistic integrity 1:36:14 Paying for good News? Taking Information for granted. 1:37:18 David and Ed debate how big the Niger story is. 1:40:12 THIS. DAY. IN. HISTORY 1:41:01 Ed: Eisenhower gave support to the French is South Vietnam. The true beginning of the Vietnam War 1:41:31 Ed: The Russian Red Guards gained control of Russian Government 1:41:48 Ed: Founding of the UN 1:42:01 Any love for Eisenhower out there? Vietnam War Implications 1:45:48 David on Eisenhower. Democrat and Republican “Switch: history 1:46:51 Kwaku: The movie the Manchurian Candidate dropped 1:47:17 David: 2008 – Blood Friday 1:48:05 Kwaku: Russia “grooming” Trump? 1:49:33 David: First guy survives going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. 1:50:38 YouTube videos of people climbing buildings. Anything for Clicks. Evel Knievel. Adrenaline Junkies. 1:52:09 Adrenaline Junkies have a mental illness? Angie and Pain Junkies 1:53:53 Crazy Wright Brothers 1:54:46 Badass European Explorers 2:04:07 Being poor in the 60s versus Today

    2h 38m
  3. 10/16/2017

    The Exchanges Podcast – E05 – Las Vegas Shootings + Artificial Intelligence + Death and Taxes

    THIS PODCAST: Las Vegas Shootings + Artificial Intelligence + Death and Taxes Some before-show chit chat about the changes to the Masquerade in ATL @7:41 Podcast kickoff and introductions. Fantasy football and DnD talk @10:12 What we talkin about @11:59 Kwaku leads us off in discussing Las Vegas shootings and being desensitized @12:41 Davids dogs slurping up water in the background youll hear it a few more times @13:33 A new show idea for MTV @15:49 Davids thoughts on the Las Vegas shootings @16:37 Lawrences thoughts @17:29 David and media reporting on shootings by race @18:09 Brent tracks a bit of history of mass hooting events @22:52 Kwaku and false beliefs about the mental illness connection to shootings @24:56 Brent tracks recent mass shootings @26:12 David and doubts about mental illness connections to shootings @28:45 David: men and violence @32:36 Lawrence and the age of loneliness @34:03 Is our cultural and society sick? @34:26 Kwaku and his beef with medias misrepresentations of Life @36:19 Brent profiles the Virginia Tech shooter and the butterfly effect of the Columbine Massacre @38:37 Brent and The Grind of Western society @41:28 Brent and the coming generational storm. David reminds us of Sallie Maes misdeeds @42:25 David educates us on how we were bamboozled by the Student Loan business @43:57 Artificial Intelligence talk commences. Kwaku kicks us off again @46:16 Kwaku and Super Intelligence @47:06 Runway super computers @49:07 Brent spreads fake news about the Facebook AI experiment, David saves us with the real story @49:47 David and Facebooks bad programming @50:54 Lawrence: Humanity may be the real danger in the development of AI @52:26 Knowing what we want before we know we want it @53:36 David and why true AI is so far away from development right now. The End of the Second Industrial Age @54:55 3494.915042 3494.915042 Defining Intelligence sounds basic, but its not @58:14 Brent: the core programming of Humans. David and Buddhist philosophy of Self Actualization @59:29 Kwaku: Can technology and AI superseding us in importance @1:02:46 Kwaku and AI integral to human survival in the future. @1:04:05 The race for AI development between nations. Putins thoughts on AI @1:06:22 Brent stuck on whether humans are intelligent @1:07:30 AI and work. Are degrees worth anything these days? @1:08:48 Scary talk about genetic manipulation and what it means for our society @1:11:39 Age of Efficiency @1:16:28 Brent: we better not be doing the same shit 200 years from now @1:17:52 Brent and the creation of the perfect self-sustaining society on Earth. David has doubts @1:20:07 David and inescapable human behavior. Gulliver’s Travels @1:22:32 The Republican Tax Plan. David gives us a perfect summary @1:23:18 The Middle Class @1:26:38 Unionism in the Twilight Zone. @1:27:47 David: Intellectuals and Dependable Inaction @1:28:51 Brent and David Debate Unions vs. Lobbyist @1:29:42 We pretend like were done and go for another 30 minutes @1:31:05 Brent stuck on deciding a new topic maybe something light. @1:31:18 Davids thoughts on Bill Clinton as a Governor @1:32:58 YouTube Conspiracy Documentaries. David: Clinton Cash was actually legit @1:33:45 Facebook political debate trolling @1:36:24 Political extremism today. Elisabeth Warren. Bernie Sanders not making any sense @1:37:07 More political extremism in the future. Hyper-partisanism on social media @1:39:09 Radical Obama People promising Hillary Clinton the Presidency. @1:41:24 Trump supporters on social media. David: Undercover liberals on Breitbart @1:42:26 What is Romney up to? @1:44:09 Thoughts on the Russia Investigation @1:45:57 ...

    1h 56m
  4. 10/16/2017

    The Exchanges Podcast – E04 – NFL Protests + UN Summit + Basic Income + US Education System

    THIS PODCAST: NFL Protests + UN Summit + Basic Income + US Education System Going Live. Show Info @4:33 The skinny on the Trumps Alabama NFL Protests Speech. Luther Strange @5:29 Introductions @7:26 Elephant in the Room: NFL Protests. Dave starts us off. Mastermind Trump. @8:24 Kyles take Are we surprised? Nice People vs SOBs @9:34 Linda and Trump stirring the pot @10:28 Savannah on Trumps Strategy @11:10 Trump, Genius? @11:40 Brent: Auto-pilot Trump. @12:19 Kwakus thoughts on Trump saying anything @13:34 Eds thoughts on the NFL speech @14:36 What the hell was that noise??? @15:22 Dave: An underestimated Trump @16:51 Same message, different target. Medias place in the Rise of Trump. Winding up the Monkey. @19:44 You laugh now @21:00 Angies thoughts: Team wide, unified protests the way to go @21:22 Ed on Jerry Jones, Cowboys owner @22:22 Kyles take on NFL owners protesting with players. Ed on regional Brent: Its all about the money @24:56 Angie and Barack Obamas statements on the protests. @26:33 Ed: The NFL protests issue as a whole didnt have much to do with race issues @28:01 We get lost in Eds argument @28:53 Helene: what did our Veterans fight for? @29:56 Kwaku and and the strawman of Patriotism @30:57 Who are these people who disagree with the protest? @31:43 Kyle and the dynamics of Privilege @33:02 They @33:15 MLKs hate mail @39:18 Savannah and the Pendulum of Progress @41:19 Hobby Lobby Selling cotton sticks and right-wing medias hunt for juicy liberal overreactionism @41:40 Dave and the oversaturation of Liberal anger @44:27 Kyle: Germanys anti-Nazism and hate speech laws a model for the US @49:29 Savannah: difference between free speech and hate speech @50:15 Limits to free speech debate kicks off @51:45 Helene and Linda and how hate speech can be interoperated @54:12 Brent: where should the speech line be drawn? @55:52 Savannah: does the speech/group incite violence? @56:44 Angie: A higher legal bar? Brent: outright banning groups that incite violence and hatred. @57:56 Dave and Brent and the Black Panthers @58:36 Savannah: different treatment for different groups @59:25 Eds solution: Media blackout of hate groups @59:56 Slippery Slopes. @1:02:24 Dave: Banning hate groups making things worse @1:03:42 Matt: how we realistically ban these groups? @1:06:37 Ed: how would social media speech work in identifying hate groups to ban? @1:07:01 Linda: hate speech exposes to the bad ideology to the public @1:07:35 Matt: How Boston handled hate groups @1:09:19 Dave and Trumps distractions @1:10:53 Switching Gears: North Korea and Trumps Master Strategy @1:13:20 Ed: Trump and Un too toxic to Tango @1:15:17 Kwaku and US talking with Kim Jong Un. Un Protecting rather than Projecting? @1:16:13 Dave: North Korea living in 1950s propaganda and desperate for respect and recognition. @1:17:28 Irrational Actors in an Irrational World @1:19:26 Is Kim Jong Un that bad of a guy? @1:22:12 Grading Kim Jon Uns dictatorship @1:23:54 Selfish Motivations @1:25:36 Helene humanizing Kim Jong Un for a moment @1:26:16 Universal Basic Income time Kyle starts us off. Defining Daves thoughts on Universal Basic Income @1:32:11 Matt: despite Income, people are still incentivized to do better @1:33:05 AI @1:36:51 Dave and the Chess Effect @1:37:04 Brent: Overcoming human nature @1:39:08 Matt and the invention of Privacy @1:43:58 Savannah: Our focus has to be the next generation. Lastly: US Education System @1:44:41 Linda and Savannah debates the concept the Education @1:45:55 The importance of Environment and connecting Education to Human Nature @1:47:54br ...

    2h 5m
  5. 10/16/2017

    The Exchanges Podcast – E03 – Modern Family + Race + Divorce + Children + Education

    THIS PODCAST: Modern Family + Interracial Families + Mental Healthcare + Montessori School Show Info @8:23 Mysterious Missing Hoon @8:41 Roll call and Logistics @9:28 Topic @10:02 Hurricane Irma lack luster performance in GA. Barbuda @10:36 Hurricane Juan @11:47 Climate Change @12:15 Politics is everything @12:36 Savannah talking politic among friends @ 13:24 Helene’s parents secretive nature @13:41 Helene: What the heel did we talk about growing @14:28 Small worlds @15:05 Brent’s New Jersey days @15:46 Kyle’s rural Arizona upbringing @17:15 Arizona militias @18:27 Hispanic immigrants in Arizona @19:15 Kyle’s Family makeup @19:50 Hating Southern Arizona @20:49 Escaping the desert to Georgia @22:26 Brent’s Family makeup @23:02 Brent’s grandfather’s toe @24:29 Brent’s grandmother exiled out the family. How I happened @25:12 Kyle on mixed race families and their children @26:48 Kyle: We’re Mexican right? Kyle reconnecting with his roots @27:04 What does it mean to be in a racial family @28:46 Brent’s racial adoption paranoia @29:26 Brent’s mother’s colorism experience @30:28 What are you? @31:09 Kyle bonding with other racially ambiguous kids @33:00 Kyle and the absence of mixed race communities @34:19 Limbo @34:45 Having things gotten better? @35:07 The Melting Pot @35:14 Savannah and Mosaic America @36:21 Helene gets introspective. Savanah’s family Italian and Jewish roots @36:21 North vs South perspective on ethnic identities @37:53 1/13th Cherokee @38:38 People who claim to be part Native America @39:07 Helene’s Native American friend @39:19 Colonial America and Racial mixing @41:02 Arizona Native American Reservations @41:42 What does Blackness and Whiteness mean? @44:03 Savannah educates us on history of body types @46:26 Skin lighting practices. Brent forgets Sammy Sosa’s name @47:03 Slavery and racism tooled to control the masses @49:15 Ta Nehisi Coates article – First White President @50:19 Terrified American Aristocrats @51:44 Mixing races fixing bigotry @52:49 Brent: Technological innovation breaking down the Nuclear Family @53:34 Breakdown of generational households @54:45 Mexican, Korean, Indian Family Units @55:58 Charlie and the Chocolate Family @56:33 Helenes Brothers family taking in bi-racial grandchildren @57:34 Raising bi-racial children and needed conversations @58:48 Hair Texture @1:00:32 When Brent processed the biracial element in his family @1:01:19 Dropping babies off at the airport @1:05:56 I don’t see color @1:07:11 Inescapable conversations of the future @1:08:4 Savannah and bias Awareness @1:09:02 Savannah and the importance of diversity in teaching @1:09:23 Hind-brain Tribalism @1:10:40 Divorce @1:14:02 Surviving in the world today vs yesteryears @1:16:34 Invention of the Teenager @1:17:43 Savannah and the Anxiety of Life @1:18:30 Adam Curtis and Hypernormalization. Watch It! @1:19:43 The Birth of modern Psychiatry and a mess up case study @1:20:26 Data of Processing Normal. Mental Health Ads @1:22:35 Popping Pills @1:23:54 Kyle in being diagnosed @1:25:06 Savannah and the progress of mental health diagnosis @1:26:19 Brent: what are these medicines doing? Lexapro withdrawals @1:26:53 Brent’s experience with Therapy @1:28:39 Evilgram @1:31:42 Helene and love-handle holding @1:32:07 Savannah: Children and a faster world @1:32:38 Working Parents @1:33:16 Eccentric Helene @1:35:34 Savannah: Where are the dinosaurs? @1:38:20 Giving children credit @1:40:05 Savannah on Montessori education @1:42:34

    2h 15m
  6. 10/16/2017

    The Exchanges Podcast – E01 – Corporations and Political Power

    THIS PODCAST: Corporations and Political Power HIGHLIGHTS (estimated times): Citizens United. Weird Comment’s Section Analogy @5:10 Loud 80s Music. Alexandra tells us about Managers Throwing Pizza Pans @9:45 Wikipedia Defines Citizens United @10:50 Kwaku Plays Devil’s Advocate @13:40 Dan Tells a story about being a jerk to Jim Martin. 5 Disadvantage Groups of Society @15:25 Why Citizen United passed? @17:48 The Michael Moore argument @19:50 The Koch argument & Corporate Stewards of society @27:10 Dazed and Confused @29:10 Are corporations people? Individual contributions. Brent’s position evolves @32:10 Never-ending election cycle @35:40 Savannah’s common sense vs. Libertarian arguments @40:00 Brent pretends to be a Libertarian @41:50 Kwaku mentions Tesla, crowd goes wild @45:56 Mark Zuckerberg for President? @49:34 Dan weighs his options: Zuckerberg or Dwayne Johnson @50:06 Kwaku endorses Kid Rock @51.08 Brent’s beef with John McCain @53:15 Brent’s weak IT Jobs conspiracy theory gets shutdown @1:02:10 Dan gets very wise @ 1:12:10 Savannah and her father paints the future @1:14:00 We slowly wade into Universal Basic Income @1:16:05 Kwaku clues us in on prisoners working in Fast Food @1:18:20 We revisit Foxcomm. Conflict-free phones? @ 1:19:00 Dan lets us know what’s the worst thing to happen to a third world country @1:20:14 Politicians are a reflect of us. How will these times be taught in school history @1:24:30 Alexandra tell us about bad teachers and give us our next topic: @ 1:30:00   Intro Music Credit: Artist – William Ross; Song – Ahmed; Album – William Ross Chernoof’s Nomads Link: https://bandcamp.com/signup?new_domain=williamross Outro Music Credit: Artist – Milton Arias; Song – Vidala en Verde; Album – Antes del Fin Link: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Milton_Arias/

    1h 35m

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The Exchanges Podcast is an outlet dedicated to fostering conversation between everyday people about the issues of our time. The majority of our time is spent making this beacon as bright as possible in the media sphere, in order to attract unique voices from all walks of life in any space on the globe. Once contacted, we gather those voices in a physical (or virtual) space and talk about what it means to be human. Philosophy, sociology, politics, current events, entertainment, arts, culture, history … it is all topics up for grabs. The guy checking out your groceries at the local supermarket may be on the podcast. The girl sitting next to you on the train may be on the podcast. The lady who always gives you a curt nod of acknowledgement while she walks her dog; the man who went to war and lived to tell about it; the corporate attorney operating in the shadows of giant conglomerates; the teenager aspiring to be a YouTube personality; the garbage man; an ex-convict. You get the point: The Exchanges Podcast has no limits.

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