Whatslacking Podcast

Lautaro Fate
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  • SOCIETY & CULTURE
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Casual conversations with common people.

  1. 09/23/2025

    Narrated Essay: From Gutenberg to Berkeley - A Brief History of Free Speech

    In this solo pod, I give a brief history of free speech and make the case for its importance in the rise of Western civilization. Blog: whatslacking.wordpress.com Liked the episode? Please like, rate, share and subscribe. Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@whatslackingpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whatslacking-podcast/id1197837203

    6 min

  2. 08/23/2025

    Ep. 38: Conversation with Henry Duran, Pt. 2

    In part two of our conversation, Henry discusses video games as escapism but also as important didactic tool; choosing health, longevity and fitness after being obese; blogs and useful information; having to stop being a wine aficionado to stay as sharp as possible during medical school and jujutsu competitions; Fight Club and movies that are better than their source books; sequels and their usual disappointment; learning to play the guitar by obsessively listening to Interpol...Enjoy! Liked the episode? Please like, rate, share and subscribe. Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@whatslackingpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whatslacking-podcast/id1197837203

    15 min

  3. 07/21/2025

    Ep. 37: Conversation with Henry Duran, Pt. 1

    Henry Duran is a medical doctor from San Bernardino, CA. We discussed his long journey and inspiration to become a doctor, health, nutrition and longevity, his passion for jujutsu, marrying a fellow doctor and expecting his first child, first names and assimilation, his immigrant parents, his father's hardness, getting along with him as an adult, hating his high school experience, moving from community college to the University of California, learning how to be a college student, the role of grit, hard work, diligence and maturity in professional success, centrism, MLK jr. and political moderation, and appreciating religion for its historical, anthropological and architectural significance...Enjoy! Liked the episode? Please like, rate, share and subscribe. Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@whatslackingpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whatslacking-podcast/id1197837203

    23 min

  4. 06/11/2025

    Ep. 36: Conversation with Elsa Figueroa, Pt. 2

    In part two of our conversation, Elsa and I discuss Puerto Rico's colonial status, bilingual education on the island, how she became fluent in English, neither party offering solutions she's comfortable with, the transitional phase in our politics, optimism in the face of tremendous change, societal collapse, problems with Puerto Rico's electrical grid and infrastructure, proxemics, Madame Bovary and Lake on Fire, French experimental pop, Alice Coltrane, and the takeover of popular Latin music by reggaeton...Enjoy! Liked the episode? Please like, rate, share and subscribe. Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@whatslackingpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whatslacking-podcast/id1197837203

    23 min

  5. 05/18/2025

    Ep. 35: Conversation with Elsa Figueroa, Pt. 1

    Elsa Figueroa is a digital marketer, translator, writer and belly dancer from San Juan, Puerto Rico. We talk about her journey from Puerto Rico to Oakland and back, hobbies versus passions, writing and dancing as a beautiful struggle, her love of stories and reading, equality of outcome vs. equality of opportunity vs. equality of permission, writing as a passion and not a job, Substack, audience capture, patronage, artists and the business of art, the importance of of financial stability for having children, her chaotic childhood, and bargain hunting for school books with her father...Enjoy! Liked the episode? Please like, rate, share and subscribe. Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@whatslackingpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whatslacking-podcast/id1197837203

    25 min

  6. 04/21/2025

    Ep. 34: Conversation with Malik Bennett

    Malik Bennett is a teacher and coach from Philadelphia. We talk about family life, his love of sports, the existence of good and evil, his dislike for Donald trump, how he became a teacher, Slam! by Walter Dean Myers, Spike Lee's Malcolm X, Adam Sandler's Billy madison and Cam'ron. Enjoy! Liked the episode? Please like, rate, share and subscribe. Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@whatslackingpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whatslacking-podcast/id1197837203

    16 min

  7. 04/10/2025

    Narrated Essay: What's Lacking?

    In this solo pod, I examine our modern crisis of meaning after the decline of religion and grand political narratives. I evaluate responses like spiritual practices and virtue ethics before arguing that we should embrace rather than lament modernity. By recommitting to classical liberalism and Enlightenment values, and appreciating the unprecedented freedoms and material progress we've made, we can find personal and collective meaning from a position of rational optimism. Liked the episode? Please like, rate, share and subscribe. Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@whatslackingpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whatslacking-podcast/id1197837203

    8 min

  8. 03/19/2025

    Ep. 33: Conversation with Nigel Hill, Pt. 2

    In the 2nd part of our conversation, Nigel and I talk about his and his mother's conversion to Islam and his desire to rediscover and recommit to it, the dual uses of of religion, religion as the foundation for morality, Nietzsche's critique of slave morality, balance and synthesis as the key to life, therapy and self-healing, masculinity and authenticity, exploring the outside world as a way of expanding the self, his fondness and interest in Japanese culture, Frank Ocean's "Blonde" saving his life and Simon & Garfunkel...Enjoy! Liked the episode? Please like, rate, share and subscribe. Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@whatslackingpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whatslacking-podcast/id1197837203

    25 min
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Casual conversations with common people.

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  • Creator
    Lautaro Fate
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2025
  • Episodes
    42
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Lautaro Fate
  • Show Website
    Whatslacking Podcast