Episodes
Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
S2 E12 The Freedom Contract - Part 1 on Oppression
Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
Episode discussion topics
- A recap on the car metaphor because we plan to keep using it in the discussion.
- This is a three-part series discussing freedom using a different perspective as you would expect us to. Peer through the lens of your pursuit of happiness. How empowered would you feel being free from oppression, poverty, and ignorance?
- The current state of the contract and the serious breaches by those not upholding their end of the bargain. Inequities, advantages, and entitlements, oh my!
- Playing by whose rules? Some get to stand their ground while others are run down.
Your hosts: Michael Piscitelli and Raymond Wong Jr.
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- The planks of the Freedom Contract Platform, "In Pursuit of Happiness" (our draft working name for it). The three parts of this series align to the following:
- Freedom from oppression including equal justice for all, digital ownership rights, state surveillance, and other violence.
- Freedom from poverty including a donut style economic model with a floor to stand on and a ceiling that protects the earth from greed and excess.
- Freedom from ignorance including the development of skills for lifelong learning and adaptability, to collaborate among different groups of people and achieve a common goal, and the value of civic society and science for the sake of knowledge.
- Lastly, a shout out to the "Behind the Bastards" podcast, they do their research and have fun serving it up! This episode kicks off a multi-part on the lesser-known history of the police: Behind the Police: Slavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of American Law Enforcement.
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- Our ongoing supporters, thank you!
- Our sponsor CitizenDoGood.com.
- Graphic design by SergeShop.com.
- Intro music sampled from “Okay Class” by Ozzy Jock under creative commons license through freemusicarchive.org.
- Other music provided royalty-free through Fesliyan Studios Inc.
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
S2 E12 Behind the Scenes: The Very Special Insurrection
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Discussion topics in this episode:
- The events that occurred at the Capitol in Washington D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021.
- The reality of true grievances warped by social media and an old foe of liberty and democracy: the lost cause.
- A total layman aside on the nature of our consciousness and placing faith where at the edge of science.
Your hosts: Michael Piscitelli and Raymond Wong Jr.
More info
- This episode was inspired by the spirit of trying something different. We will return to our prior format next week and only do these periodically.
- Let us know what you think about hearing the behind the scenes version by reaching out through our Contact Us page.
- If you're interested in learning more about how Italians and other later arrivals were discriminated against, check out The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America, by Daniel Okrent.
- Regarding the whole rant on dark energy, no I don't consider it the end-all-be-all of the "me" that's suspended in our heads. It is interesting however, the deeper we peer into our atoms, the less we find. All matter appears to be built upon nothing more than a weak energy field. Plus, we only call dark matter and energy those things simply because we have no idea what they are... or if they even exist at all. So far we only have hypothesis to test and no real knowledge as of yet.
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Special thanks
- Our ongoing supporters, thank you!
- Our sponsor CitizenDoGood.com.
- Graphic design by SergeShop.com.
- Intro music sampled from “Okay Class” by Ozzy Jock under creative commons license through freemusicarchive.org.
- Other music provided royalty-free through Fesliyan Studios Inc.
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
S2 E11 Climate is the Future of Everything
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
Discussion topics in this episode:
- The original too-big-to-fail: our dearly beloved hydrocarbon industry. Hopefully soon, we can be saying: "our dearly departed."
- Our heirs deserve to inherit a livable world with air to breathe, water to drink, and food to eat. After all, it was never ours to greedily squander.
- The tools we use to save our biosphere will also build a new way of life. We need to embrace a new vision and rise to the challenge of adaptation that is upon us all.
Your hosts: Michael Piscitelli and Raymond Wong Jr.
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- We will need to act big, in a systematic way, to save the best of our way of life and create an opportunity to transform it into something sustainable and cutting-edge.
- The Equitable and Just National Climate Platform presents one of the most comprehensive and bold visions for a healthy new way forward for our nation.
- Energy is everything. On the horizon of emerging technology are some exciting developments:
- A Tokamak fusion reactor in South Korea passed an unprecedented milestone. Yeah baby, it's star stuff! This ain't your grandmothers' nuclear fission.
- More magical properties found in graphene: it's a fantastically strong atomic material and a superconductor (no impedance or loss of energy in transmission) and now we see it can create topological quantum states. It also looks like a possible alternative to today's batteries too.
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Special thanks
- Our ongoing supporters, thank you!
- Our sponsor CitizenDoGood.com.
- Graphic design by SergeShop.com.
- Intro music sampled from “Okay Class” by Ozzy Jock under creative commons license through freemusicarchive.org.
- Other music provided royalty-free through Fesliyan Studios Inc.
Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
S1 E10 Small Business, the Lifeblood of American Capitalism
Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
Thank you for joining us to celebrate the virtues of self-rule and debate the state of our republic. Welcome to the Citizens Prerogative Podcast.
Episode discussion topics
- Small business is a key to helping America thrive again.
- Install a dang floor in this drafty economy!
- Silly Citizens, wealth is for capitalists! Except if it were democratized...
Your hosts: Michael Piscitelli and Raymond Wong Jr.
More info
- Insightful content supporting this episode inspired by a Nation.com article titled, "Why the Left Should Ally With Small Business" By Stacy Mitchell and Susan R. Holmberg; November 18, 2020.
- Business creation, ownership, operation, and growth are a lot to manage and it is understandable why only some people are attracted to this calling for a lot of reasons. It is important for those who choose this pursuit, to have a level playing field and a fair chance to play the game.
- We all win when the capitalist economy is sustainable and strong and a fair set of rules is being enforced, better yet followed (idealistic indeed). We also win when there is fair, abundant, and diverse competition at local and national levels.
- If running a business is not your calling, then you should not have to participate to such a degree or at all. Tradespeople, artisans, mystics, philosophers, and servants of the common good shall have the freedom to invest in their craft with only the most tenuous connections to the capital system.
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- Don't forget to join our free newsletter and get 10% off at our shop! Go the extra mile by supporting us through Patreon.
- Please contact us with any questions or suggestions.
Special thanks
- Our ongoing supporters, thank you!
- Our sponsor CitizenDoGood.com.
- Graphic design by SergeShop.com.
- Intro music sampled from “Okay Class” by Ozzy Jock under creative commons license through freemusicarchive.org.
- Other music provided royalty-free through Fesliyan Studios Inc.
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