Dial It Back Or Die

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These be serious times. And this is a serious podcast. But it's not about politics. Rather it's about exactly how and exactly why it has come to pass that Western Culture is in its ever accelerating death spiral. And, after many episodes, what might be done about all of that. You can think of it…

Michael Folz


    • May 2, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    Episode 72: What Else Is Left To Say?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2021 44:48


    Finally...  A final summation.  As it were.

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    Episode 71: God As Default Setting

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2021 41:06


    Well, ya gotta start somewhere...

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    Episode 70: Sex Is Bad

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2021 43:17


    Yeah. You heard me right.

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    Episode 69: Love Is Good

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2020 41:04


    And, while we're at it, so is Social Harmony

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    Episode 68: A Strong Woman Is An Oxymoron

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 43:35


    Restoring the Feminine Principle, Part I

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    Episode 67: Crawling Back Up The Slippery Slope

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2020 43:11


    Hey! I never said that there were easy answers...

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    Episode 66: So You Say You Want A Revolution?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2020 42:51


    Well, then stop fighting the last one.

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    Episode 65: Dialing It Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 38:58


    Time to get to it...

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    Episode 64: Postmodern Derangement Syndrome

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 38:38


    And a feast of red herrings.

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    Episode 63: Short Of Utopia

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 39:55


    Which means we gotta get there slow and steady.

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    Episode 62: Democracy: Who Needs It?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2020 43:04


    No, seriously folks....

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    Episode 61: Whole Wheat Bread

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2020 37:32


    And Rockets to Pluto.

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    Episode 60: Writing A Sonnet

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2020 39:04


    And/Or Laying A Foundation

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    Episode 59: A Slight Pause

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020 37:25


    While we get ready to turn this sucker around.

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    Episode 58: Dopamine Nation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2020 46:29


    Winding our way to the end of the road.

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    Episode 57: Ebb Tide

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020 40:38


    First the tide rushes in...

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    Episode 56: New Morning

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2020 39:02


    It all seemed so easy.

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    Episode 55: This Endless Moment

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 43:01


    And then it happened.

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    Episode 54: Fake Everything

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2020 38:19


    Which is about as real as you can get these days.

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    Episode 53: From We To Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2020 36:51


    Mid Century Modern.

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    Episode 52: Between The Wars

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2020 39:15


    1910. 1920. 1930. 1940...

    Episode 51: Utopia/Dystopia

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 37:23


    How quickly it turned.

    Episode 50: Summarizing Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2020 38:33


    What we have learned from science so far.

    Episode 49: Manly Virtues

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2020 36:55


    Yes, they actually exist.

    Episode 48: Pair Bonding

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2020 36:29


    I give to you and you give to me...

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    Episode 47: Mother and Child

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 40:17


    How evolution intersects with big, giant heads

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    Episode 46: XX, XY

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2019 37:24


    Brains were made to be different.

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    Episode 45: Marshmallows & Dopamine

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2019 35:02


    Hint: Choose the marshmallows. But wait.

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    Episode 44: Being of Two Minds

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2019 38:09


    Or three or four or five. Depending how you count.

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    Episode 43: Natural Moral Law

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2019 38:42


    Didn't think it existed, did you?

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    Episode 42: The Social Glue That Binds

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2019 38:32


    Social harmony requires social glue.

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    Episode 41: Trust

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2019 39:59


    That warm, fuzzy feeling that comes from being agreeable.

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    Episode 40: Herding Humans

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2019 39:06


    There's a good reason why there aren't any wolverine armies.

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    Episode 39: This Cambrian Moment

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2019 39:43


    So different and so new.

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    Episode 38: The Hypersocial Animal

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2019 40:57


    150 chimps board a plane in New York...

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    Episode 37; Intelligence

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2019 33:48


    From poking for termites to flying past Pluto

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    Episode 36: Life Itself

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2019 43:21


    Turns out that the replication of self-sustaining oxidation equations ain't as easy as you might have thought.

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    Episode 35: The Universe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2019 46:13


    First, you start with 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000......000 atoms...

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    Episode 34: Non-Fake Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2019 37:20


    Assuming that Truth exists...

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    Episode 33: Fake Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2019 37:04


    Who or what can you believe these days?

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    Episode 32: Approaching the Cusp

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2019 50:23


    Making the world worse by trying to make it better.

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    Episode 31: Romance and Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2019 45:54


    We almost had it all...

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    Episode 30: Allons Enfants

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2019 36:00


    Les matieres fecales hit the fan.

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    Episode 29: The Head and the Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2019 37:11


    Wouldn't it be nice if the two learned to cooperate?

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    Episode 28: American Exceptionalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2019 37:57


    It turns out that we are different. Just maybe not like you thought.

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    Episode 27: Problems With The Logic

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2019 36:57


    Just like the title says...

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    Episode 26: The Utility of Nations

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2019 36:01


    Ever wonder where Economics came from?

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    Episode 25: Scientism

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2019 37:50


    The march of pretend science.

    Episode 24: Philosophes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2019 36:12


    I defend to your death my right to be a hedonist.

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    Episode 23: Gods and Parameters

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2019 34:17


    Bound thoughts and an unbound Deity.

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    Episode 22: Sugar & Sex

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2019 44:08


    Sex, drugs, and devil worship. Just what Martin Luther wanted!

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