Looking at ancient cultures and stories in the Bible through a lens of historical, cultural, ethical, moral, scientific, and archeological reality rather than superstition and tradition can offend many believers. I am here to offend while questioning the nature of reality itself. Meanwhile, a bird sings outside my studio window.

Humanity has always been very concerned about paradigm shifts. We do not take lightly the changing of our minds. Our most ancient myths and legends and religions attempt to help us understand change and how things came to be and how we can adapt to such changes. As we continue to grow in our own personal journeys in life are we ready and able to accept paradigm shifts?

Thoughts upon Kierkegaard, the anxiety of being self-absorbed, Othello, Macbeth, and the conversation between Pilate and Jesus.

I made this episode as a sort of apology to my younger brother and to my parents for attitudes I had for a brief spell as a teenager. I thought there was something wrong with being gay, an attitude that was surely taught to me, but that I must take complete responsibility for. 30 years later my understanding of masculinity, sexuality, gender, etc., are completely different as I continue to rid myself of (if you've been following along then you guessed it) binary thought.

Putting a bow on our four episode discussion of wisdom, today we examine The Book of Job, but, more specifically, the nature of infinite things and beings. In a world seemingly built on binary ideologies, defining our existence on the basis of Good and Evil, can we break free of such dogmatic thought patterns and imagine infinite possibilities?

In these revised excerpts of a book I started writing but have since thrown in the trash, we continue discussing wisdom, specifically, our search for wisdom. My search has been quite often via great wisdom literature of all kinds and from all parts of the world.

We often speak of the courage to do what is right and to never give up or give in, but what of the courage to do the wrong thing or to surrender? Is there wisdom to be found in choosing the wrong? In this episode are some of my hot takes on classic literature, Christianity, and kissing.