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The feminist movement illustrated to me how men hurt society. - Men are almost entirely the perpetrators of sexual violence against women, girls, and boys. - Men commit violent crimes at much higher rates - Men are more likely to engage in riskier, dangerous behaviours at a high cost to society - Men and boys do worse in school and are not improving Mass shootings, sexual assault, and gang violence. Almost entirely male phenomena. I was drawn to the work of a guy named Jackson Katz. He gave a Ted Talk 5 or 6 years ago that highlighted the need for men to call out other men for the objectification of women. It was meant to empower men, to not be bystanders, to challenge the culture of "toxic masculinity". I started using his material in my work with men with some mixed success. Men in large part can admit these social problems are largely perpetrated by men and that men can and usually should be the ones to fight these issues. It was time for good men to stand up aga...

For today's episode found right here I got to sit down my cousin Braeden Crouse who played "Lonnie" in the ground breaking film "Indian Horse" based on the book by Richard Wagamese about the horrors of Canadian residential schools. Braeden talks about how he got the role as well as the various reactions to the film after his high school peers in Burns Lake, B.C. saw it. We then switch gears and talk Mixed Martial Arts. In particular we discuss UFC lightweight, Kajan Johnson who also hails from Burns Lake, and who also has a podcast called the Ragin' MMA Podcast http://raginmmapodcast.libsyn.com / and who went to high school in Prince George, as did I. We specifically touch on Kajan's episode in which he describes his upbringing and how at times he was not on the right side of the tracks so to speak. I share an altercation that I had with Kajan back in 2003 that was a near disaster. Thanks again to Braeden Crouse for joining me on the show and ge...

Episode three of my amateur podcast features Grade One teacher Erin Beekman who recommended to me the "Kwik Brain" podcast. We discuss speed reading and memory expert Jim Kwick's morning routine. You can find his podcast at the link here https://kwikbrain.com/podcast To listen to our podcast go to the google drive link here  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i1LEVIXqdLy6Qkgv9ozD0k5gs-vnTHQR/view?usp=sharing We discuss the suggestions that we have adopted and some that just seem like a gimmick. We touch on literacy and learning and how Kwik's suggestions could help anyone learn more efficiently. Please share, comment, and subscribe to this blog so you can be up to speed on every new podcast episode and blog post. Thanks for listening.

I have a bias. Well, I have many but I have one that may not be very popular. As a worldview I am skeptical and wary of Islam. I see a correlation between that ideology and heinous violence. This concerns me but there's something that keeps me from holding strongly to this belief and from converting this bias into adversarial action against Islam... and that is my personal interaction with Muslim people. Every single Muslim person I have ever met has been kind and humble. The Muslim students at my schools are bright and considerate and well, average. Sure they have problems, but they have them at the same rates as any other racial or religious demographic. My connections, albeit minimal, to the Islamic faith keep me from having a deep, unhealthy and unproductive bias, or at least it keeps that bias in check. It makes it difficult to paint the near 2 billion Muslims in the world with the stroke of "terrorist" or "misogynist" when virtually every real world ex...

I'm still amateuring the hell out of this podcast but have a listen as I sit down with my cousin Stephen and discuss an episode of "What Really Happened" by Andrew Jenks. This podcast is produced by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and dives into the lesser known aspects of huge stories in recent history such as the murder of Michael Jordan's father and whether it was related to Michael's gambling issues. He revisits the death of Princess Diana, the time Muhammad Ali talked a man down from jumping off a building, and how Winston Churchill may or may not have had a serious mental illness. In this episode we discuss how Jenks uncovers some aspects of Britney Spears' 2008 meltdown that might make you see her in a new light. I know I came away from the episode feeling like I had been harsh on her. And we start to discuss how critical we can often be of celebrities, especially females ones. Here is a link to our episode. https://drive.google.com/open?id=...

This is my attempt at podcasting and hosting it through google products. I hope it's user friendly for you. You can find this episode below. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dpeomGoP-QF1svFXqSFSc8UmYh_jQw9V This is the first episode of the Podcast Show Podcast. In today's episode I sit down with my nephew Seth and discuss topics from the live episode "Hidden Motives" of Sam Harris' podcast "Waking Up". In the episode Sam has a discussion with economist and author Robin Hansen about the hidden motives as to why we do what we do. In my discussion with Seth we reflect on the behaviour of Junior High students and how Hansen's theories are evident with teenagers. A few quick notes to those that listen. I am a provisional psychologist but any discussion heard on this episode or any other should not be seen as a replacement for counselling or psychological consultation. There is particularly a moment at the beginning of the discussion in which we tou...

We are not meant to minimize risk, but to optimize it. - Dr. Jordan Peterson There are so many threats to our children in the world today. We are well aware of the opioid problem, or increased violence that is racially, sexually, or religiously motivated. There are wars and child molesters, there are liberals and conservatives looking to persuade your children to their ideological side. And the video games! Have mercy on us all, the video games! Our dangerous human run world is full of proverbially hot irons for our children to burn their curious little hands on. And what should we do as parents? Well if our children are young enough we make stern warnings and we control the situation so that no hot iron will be readily available for play time. It's good to take precautions. But at what age should we be allowing our children to finally use the iron, lest their childhood dread of all things hot prevent them from ironing a shirt?  Isn't that what we are experiencing today? ...