Author: Jo
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Episode 5: Ziad Ghazi
What better way to start the year than with a podcast episode? Hello everyone! In this blog post, I’m announcing the release of my latest podcast episode, in which I interviewed my good friend, Ziad Ghazi, about his latest movie called Rewind. The episode can be viewed here. I would say that this has been…
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What does it mean to live a good life?
Hey everyone, To kick off the year with a bang, I thought I’d write a post about the question that is undeniably at the core of moral philosophy: what does it mean to live a good life? This is a question that moral philosophers have been asking each other for millennia, perhaps going all the…
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If the facts are just there, what does the brain do?
Hi everyone! In this blog post, I’ll articulate why I believe Sam Harris’ strongest argument dealing with the is-ought problem ultimately fails. One of the reasons I think Sam Harris is so popular is specifically because of how strong his arguments tend to be and how clear his thinking is. That being said, as correct…
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Episode 4: Casey
St. Augustine once said, “All truth is God’s truth.” Hey everyone! Very excited to finally publish this. On August 4, 2023, I recorded a conversation with my friend Casey on my podcast. Casey is a Christian who happens to disagree with a lot of the things that I believe in (and yes, the feeling is…
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What the hell have I been up to?
Hey everyone! Hope everyone is having a fun summer. Apologies for not writing more often. In addition to experiencing major changes to my personal life, including a new job for the thing I actually studied for in school (!), I had been preparing for a podcast episode with one of my good friends. Before saying…
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Episode 3: Amezerion
Hello readers! I’m very excited to finally share what I have been working on for the past few months with all of you! On March 10th, 2023, I had my good friend Amezerion over to my apartment to record my second conversation for my podcast. He used to be my game master back when I…
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On divinity and awareness
Hey guys! Hope everyone’s new year is going well. Okay, so I promised something special for this month… I’m actually hoping to kick off each year with a special blog post, so I’m pretty excited about that. In any case, I had two ideas for this month’s blog post. One of the two was more…
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On the deadly simplicity of Ben Shapiro’s arguments
Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone is enjoying (or have enjoyed) their holidays. I was hoping to have this blog post published last month, but unfortunately, I had less time than I expected last week. Apologies for this! As hard as I try to publish at least one post every month, I don’t want…
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