Our Foundations Podcast

11. Updates and Value Judgments vs Objectivity

This is a shorter interlude episode focused mainly on how the conversation in today's society has become divisive and toxic without much true intellectual debate and discussion, especially among us "common citizens". We'll look at value judgments vs perspectives, ideas vs beliefs, emotional arguments vs logical, etc. This preludes an upcoming episode that will be specifically on divisive politics and will cover the hottest topics circulating today... abortion, racism, guns, and more. I also give an update on the podcast and forecast for the next few episodes. 
 
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10. Modern Education and The Public School System

The Public School System has some issues. Modern education in general has some structural flaws. Some are unavoidable and some are not. What are they? Where did they come from? Why are they there? What effects do they have on our kids? What effects did they unknowingly have on us when we were formally being educated? Who is John Taylor Gatto? Let's find out.
 
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9. The Federal Reserve and Modern Banking

It's time to understand your money and your bank. You will likely be surprised if this is your first time looking into these topics, so I'm sorry if your world view shifts a little darker after listening. The biggest influence on monetary policy and our money as a whole is the Federal Reserve in America, and Central Banks elsewhere. We are all on a fractional reserve with fiat money and fraudulent practices. How did we get here and how do these aspects actually work? 
 
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8. Modern Political Theory

It's time to touch on the relatively modern approaches to political systems... socialism, democracy, communism, fascism and more with their pros and cons, perceptions of society, moral prerogatives, and more. 
 
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7. Podcast Update

This is a brief update on what's going on behind the scenes and what the future plans are for the podcast. I go over the schedule, changes on the website, the Patreon page, and more. Thank you for listening.
 
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6. Governance > Government: Case Study on Ancient Israel

The Israelites had a very progressive and successful society before they had a centralized government and kings. Let's look at their law code and governance model to see how they stood out among their neighbors and even compared to many modern governments. This is our first Case Study episode and gives us a real world example and analysis of some of the concepts we have been discussing through our Origins episodes.
 
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5. Early Themes in Society

Religion, Economics, The Great Conversation... There are many themes for us to look at as we progress from the origins of society's foundational systems to a more recent past. Let's draw out some of the overarching concepts that have weaved through the institutions of Government, Money, and Education through their formative years.
 
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4. Origins of Education

What did learning and education look like in early civilizations? How did we get here from there? What methods and subjects have been the most important through history? We go from the family unit to apprenticeships to the first universities and early state schools. There has been progress but has it all been good?
 
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3. Origins of Money

Bartering to commodities to credit and how banking and currencies began out of this process. What is money? Where did the concept come from? How does it really work? Who has controlled this system through history and how have they used this power? Let's look at early trading and the first large scale economies and world markets.
 
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2. Origins of Government

How and why did governments evolve in early societies? What were some of the common philosophies on political thought? What different governmental structures were prevalent? Theocracy to Monarchy to Constitutions and Democracy. We'll dive into the good and the bad in all these structures and how they've been implemented and discussed through early eras.
 
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1. Systems of Our Society

This is an overview of our society's biggest influencers... Government, Money, and Education and how they impact us all. Introduction to podcast and host as well. Let's look closely at these systems and pick out some of the issues, problems, and questions associated with them. They effect us all in a major way but often not in a positive way. How? Why? Let's dig in.
 
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Podcast Overview

This is a brief overview of Our Foundations. I go over the themes, topics, format, etc. of the show to give a broad overview that extends out through Season 3. Although episode 1,"Systems of Our Society", is the true introductory episode, I have gone back and recorded this episode for a shorter and more specific presentation of what is covered in the show in its entirety. 
 
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