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Bye Bye Columbus, Hello New Funky Griot
In this episode Heers brings on his daughters to see what their understanding of history is, what the midnight removal of the Columbus statue indicates, and how our perception, really our understandi…
Published on 5 years ago
KANYE!, Eugenics, and Tasty Bacon
Kanye has been saying some very interesting things of late. Comments on Planned Parenthood and Margaret Sanger open the door to exploring the world view of Sanger: was she a racist as Kanye claims? O…
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
The Light-O-Meter
Heers dives deep into an "old world" description that includes the physical aspects in addition to the cultural and philosophical bits. We also bring on a special guest, Georgia, to test out the late…
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
Marriage, Gay Marriage and Body Parts
In this episode John takes a deeper look at the symbolic manifestations of man and woman in architecture, how it relates to the Old World understanding of marriage, and how the love match began to ch…
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
Marriage & Love So Fine
Much of today's show is culled from experiences with married folks in West Africa, Guatemala and the Caucuses. Those marriages and those people, including lovely couples who have come and shared thei…
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
Venmo Race Reparations and the Heart
Personal race reparations using Venmo? What are the payments for and why is this happening? And where is it coming from? The head? The heart? Or somewhere else... With an "Old World" lens I'll try to…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Let's Talk about Race
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How did we get to where we are? To make sense of the death of George Floyd and the riots and protests, I walk us back to the Enlightenment and the origins…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago