How curvy paths deepen our thoughts

Neuroscience behind the sound of water

Water permeates our lives and our minds in more ways than we think. How nature was demystified in the West over time. Why science should combine with art to retain awe in nature. References: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9517665/ [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9517665/] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8702154/ [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8702154/] https://pubs.aip.org/asa/jasa/article/152/1/172/2838285/Effects-of-spatialized-water-sound-sequences-for [https://pubs.aip.org/asa/jasa/article/152/1/172/2838285/Effects-of-spatialized-water-sound-sequences-for] https://www.healthyhearing.com/report/53430-Noise-colors-white-pink-brown-tinnitus-hearing [https://www.healthyhearing.com/report/53430-Noise-colors-white-pink-brown-tinnitus-hearing] https://www.history.com/topics/early-us/whiskey-rebellion [https://www.history.com/topics/early-us/whiskey-rebellion] https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/906269001 [https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/906269001]  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

How curvy paths deepen our thoughts

Can a wavy line change our entire society? In this episode, I speak perhaps too quickly about the way curved edges in park paths give us deeper, more spiritual thoughts than straight paths. As the Midwestern states of the US are filled with straight highways and gridline subdivisions, our way of life is structurally at odds with nature. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3502202/ [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3502202/] https://www.britannica.com/animal/mastodon [https://www.britannica.com/animal/mastodon] https://www.nps.gov/natr/learn/historyculture/chickasaw-history-a-summary.htm [https://www.nps.gov/natr/learn/historyculture/chickasaw-history-a-summary.htm] https://www.chickasaw.tv/events/the-creek-war [https://www.chickasaw.tv/events/the-creek-war] https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/voices.uchicago.edu/dist/d/1690/files/2019/10/61A-thought-in-the-park_The-influence-of-naturalness-and-low-level-visual-features-on-expressed-thoughts.pdf [https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/voices.uchicago.edu/dist/d/1690/files/2019/10/61A-thought-in-the-park_The-influence-of-naturalness-and-low-level-visual-features-on-expressed-thoughts.pdf] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Self Empathy 2.0: Unraveling My Past Selves

What is something someone has done that you cannot understand? What is something you have done that you are struggling to understand? This episode divulges my personal story of learning to understand myself, through the bad and the ugly, in order to lead a more bountiful and genuine existence. This episode was expanded from my short essay given to the Wisconsin Empathy Project Spring class of 2024 through the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee's Honors College. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Goth Prom

TW: Rape, eating disorders, AIDS I discuss the goths: Germanic, Victorian era, and modern goth subculture along with the way we perceive shadows. MACFARLANE, ROBERT. The Wild Places. GRANTA BOOKS, 2023.  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/shadows-and-illusions/ [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/shadows-and-illusions/] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28285176/ [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28285176/] https://www.atmostfear-entertainment.com/lifestyle/fashion/origin-development-creative-goth-subculture/ [https://www.atmostfear-entertainment.com/lifestyle/fashion/origin-development-creative-goth-subculture/] https://www.artsy.net/gene/shadows [https://www.artsy.net/gene/shadows] https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/how-you-think-about-death-may-affect-how-you-act.html#:~:text=Researchers%20had%20people%20either%20think,for%20society%20by%20donating%20blood. [https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/how-you-think-about-death-may-affect-how-you-act.html#:~:text=Researchers%20had%20people%20either%20think,for%20society%20by%20donating%20blood.] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giselle [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giselle] https://www.britannica.com/biography/P-T-Barnum [https://www.britannica.com/biography/P-T-Barnum] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Plants Know Sex Sells

Learn about how the tasteful sexuality of flowers reminds us to live bountiful and productive lives. This episode also discusses the comparison of flaunting plant reproductive parts and shaming human reproductive parts, the giant Earth brain, bouquet making and the Victorian language of flowers, the Palm Springs airport, and an uplifting interaction on an airplane. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.