About this Episode

After some lengthy follow up about the cars, video games, and trees, Walther gives an update from February on how he fared in the cold Weather without power. Then the conversation gets on to self-reliance and, in part, what role the government should play in our lives. There is of course some talk of video games Jason and Carl where playing back in February, don’t worry there is follow up to come, as well as what exactly is transcendentalism.

Season 2 - Episode 3

2/21/21

There are Bigger Truths in the Butterfly.

Show Opening / Intro

Spoiler Alert, it took a bit longer to get this episode out then I said it would.

• M1 Macs, MKHB
• Teachers Be Video Editors
• The Podcast You Have, That a Reference
  • Runsfiled Clip
  • Wired Artical
• 10 Best Phish Songs
• Destiny
• Eve Online

Follow Up © John Siracusa

• Jason’s video of balancing the photosynthesis equation

Big Sky

Walther explains to Jason, Why Saturn?

• Pontiac Solstice / Saturn Sky -- Forgot to bring up.
  • Saturn Sky
  • Pontiac Solstice
• Honda History
• NUMMI
• Life and Death of Saturn
• Toyota / Subaru Sports Car Hybrid Baby

Game Talk

Of course we talk about Cyber Punk and Zelda again.

• So you like open world games, have you played BoTW?
  • StarDew Valley
  • Animal Crossing
• CyberPunk 2077
  • Shadowrun

Skyward Sword

• Zelda
  • Age of Calamity
  • Skyward Sword HD

Redbud, The Tree

I got me that tree moved and Snatch Blocks are great!

• Instagram Post on the Tree
• Pyramids and how they were made
• Move the World
  

Truth of the Bible

• Could not Remember the Book Title I was thinking of, but here a List of Books

Transcendentalism

Objects in our lives point to great truths.

• Transcendentalism
• What is it we know and don’t know, by D. Rumsfeld

Common Core Math End

What math does common core say that every high school graduate should know. Walther also promises that we will have an education episode.

• Where does Common Core have math end up?
• Markdown

Main Show Topics

Texas Weather

All ways timely with their content, Walther tells Jason of his experience of the big freeze in Texas

• Rolling black outs
• Short circuits
  • Not the Movie
• Climate Change
• Practical Engineering, texas Power Failuer
• Wind Power in Texas

On Self-Reliance

Here is a topic that been bugging Walther

• Market Systems
• Health Care
• What, Us, Political
  • A reminder to the audience taht part of Eudaimonia, living the good life, is to be political.
• Closing The Bracket
  • Wrapping up the ideas presented here.

Walther's Cancel Culture

• Walther rejects:
  • Moral Relativism
  • Postmodern Thinking

Talking in Absolutes

The conversation shifts to the dangers of dealing in absolute ideas.

• Aristotelian Virtues
• Goldilocks
• Talking in Absolutes
• How to own a Machine Gun
• The Second
• Berry Goldwater
• Social Contract

On-Line Education

A quick story about how Online education is going in the Walther household.

• Tyler Rablin

Closing

Sign Off

Spoiler Alert, it took two month to get this episode out.

Aftershow

Cats and Children, and the need for milk.

Credits

Show Email:

• [Contact Us]([email protected]) ## Host:
• Carl Walther
• Jason Aguilar ## Music:
• Mabel Bradly
  • Chagne1511
  • Macrocosm - EP

Editor:

• Me