Hi everyone! Very excited to finally be able to post this.

This is the conversation I had with a good friend of mine, Karina Alce. We recorded this episode on March 11th, 2022. She and I discussed the COVID-19 pandemic, politics, philosophy, religion, and many more topics. Enjoy!

You can read my blog post about this episode here: https://mypeculiarblog.com/2022/03/27/episode-2-karina-alce/

Timestamps:

0:00:00: Introduction

0:01:08: Beginning of episode

0:01:49: Karina’s background

0:03:30: Karina’s previous media appearances

0:05:55: Karina’s experiences working in group homes

0:11:57: Karina’s interaction with TVA Nouvelles

0:15:48: Why do the media try to distort reality so much?

0:18:40: The Joe Rogan controversy

0:23:07: The Word of God and truth

0:26:48: The Pfizer clinical trial documents

0:29:56: Being afraid and being easily manipulated

0:32:23: CTV News’ coverage of the Pfizer clinical trial documents

0:36:25: Links between language and our perception of reality

0:38:00: Antiracism as per Ibram X. Kendi

0:40:19: Anti-vaxxer as per Merriam-Webster

0:44:23: Straw-manning in politics

0:48:21: Steel-manning (plus a plug to my blog 😉)

0:52:42: Robert Anton Wilson’s model-agnosticism

0:55:46: Jordan Peterson’s most commonly used conception of God

0:57:45: Karina’s conception of the glory of God

1:07:08: Intellectual laziness and the word “misinformation”

1:11:22: Video in the house of commons

1:13:35: Nuremberg Trials 2.0

1:15:33: The Streisand Effect

1:19:15: Karina recounting a memorable experience at the convoy

1:20:41: Karina’s plan for getting a tattoo

1:23:25: What can people do to prevent this kind of thing from ever happening again?

Hey everyone!

This is my first podcast episode, which is a solo episode in which I introduce myself and talk about the goals I am hoping to achieve with my podcast. Hope you like it!

You can read my blog post about this episode here: https://mypeculiarblog.com/2022/03/23/podcast-launch/