Why do smart people do stupid things? This is the question asked by Laurence Gonzales, author of “Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why” and “Everyday Survival: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things.” Gonzales examines the mental scripts we follow as we live our lives and how these scripts prescribe our response to a situation based upon our past experiences. The problem is that sometimes these scripts result in wrong and possibly dangerous actions based on insufficient evidence or memory in our past experience. Gonzales’ work demonstrates how these scripts can sometimes lead to us being our own worst enemy.
To break from this cycle and encourage full understanding of a situation and wise decision making, Gonzales encourages “curiosity, awareness, and attention.” He writes, “Those are the tools of our everyday survival… we must all be scientists at heart, or be victims of forces that we don’t understand.”
In a series of two Radio Curious visits with Laurence Gonzales we discuss how our mental scripts are created both genetically and from our personal experiences and how to keep them from getting us in trouble.
I spoke with Laurence Gonzales from his home near Chicago Illinois on January, 19 2009. Our conversation began when I asked him how human behavior today has been shaped by that of our ancestors many thousands of years ago.
The book he recommends is “Survival in Auschwitz” by Primo Levi
Keith Ellis Presente! A great scholar, poet, and translator of Marti, Guillen has passed and CIUT Taylor Report listeners will remember him as knowledgeable commentator on South American history and culture and a brilliant champion of Fidelismo and the Cuban revolution.
Jimmy Carter was elected as an honest and "clean" President in contrast to "Tricky Dick" Nixon and would set America on a less bellicose path but after four years the U.S. returned to its natural path of bombing and mayhem. Carter returned the Panama Canal to Panama, despite Ronald Reagan saying "we stole it fair and square" and now Trump is announcing America should take it back. Bringing us to the important fact that the "good cop, bad cop" act of the Democrats & Republicans means that no US leader can be trusted. One gives, the other takes back.
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. France 24, Japan, Cuba, and Germany.
Roddy MacDonald leaves 2024 on a Bullet Train, The Mahones and Tiller's Folly ponder death, and taxes, plus a peerless vocal performance from Landless and Inchmurrin honour a Scottish Warrior. Make the New Year a celebration of Celtivity with Celt In A Twist!
We begin the New Year the way we ended the old one, with another challenging listen from Avalanche Kaito on Glitterbeat Records, the label that continues to push the possibilities of global music. Sonova is treated to an Eccodek remix, Arturo Bergmann reveals Tinariwen's influence while Tinariwen dig into the past for an album of rarities. World Beat Canada, always up to date in rapidly changing times.
We were recently asked ‘What is Allyship and why is it important?’ This question sparked a stream of consciousness that we tried to capture in today’s episode. Often many folks consider themselves to be allies or are trying to learn and do more, but we break down our thoughts on what this means and just how far allyship can go!
Our Way Black History Fact covers the story behind the Rosewood massacre.
A new year, a new theme, but your same old hosts and yeah, all kinds of cheeze we can call Daffy's favs for another birthday show...yeah, it's that time of the year!
Trump-GOP Attack on Transgender Community met with Disturbingly Weak Democratic Party Response; Understanding America's Broken Media Landscape that Promotes Rightwing Disinformation & Impacts Election Outcomes; Last Chance Campaign Asks Pres. Biden to Release Leonard Peltier Before he Leaves Office.
The Appalachian Sunday Morning is a two hour all Gospel Music Radio program with radio station & program host Danny Hensley. The program is recorded live each Sunday morning while being broadcast on 91.7 FM Community radio and streamed world wide on www.sbbradio.org and/or www.sbbradio.net
This program is uploaded to SoundCloud, RSS.com, radio4all, Podbean and iTunes to mention a few.
In 2014, Michael Slate interviewed Ilan Pappe, Israeli historian, and author of many works, including The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. The interview was conducted during an earlier Israeli assault. The horrors then inflicted on Palestinians are multiplied in daily videos on social media of the slaughter of Palestinians carried out by the US and Israel. This is a powerful truth that some try hard to cover up, and some are simply ignoring.
Chas Freeman’s knowledge of the area and history is personal and professional and detailed. Freeman served in the United States Foreign Service, and the State and Defense Departments over the course of thirty years. He was the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1989 to 1992, and dealt with the Gulf War.
On Friday, December 27th, he was interviewed by Nima Alkhorshid, an Iranian-Brazilian university lecturer, on his podcast “Dialogue Works”. The channel is dedicated to peace. These are excerpts from their 53 minute long conversation.
You can watch the full 53 minute long video on the YouTube channel Dialogue Works under the title: Amb. Chas Freeman: America's Problematic Policies
DATE: Dec. 27, 2024
An evening in remembrance of Refaat Alareer and in honor of the publication of his book of poetry and prose, If I Must Die.
Recorded on December 4, 2024 at the Francis Kite Club in NYC, which is also home to OR Books, the publisher of If I Must Die.
https://www.franciskiteclub.com/
https://www.orbooks.com/
Refaat Alareer was killed, along with his brother, sister, and 4 of his nephews, by an Israeli airstrike on December 6, 2023.
Queer-supportive Lai Ching-te is elected Taiwan’s next president, Rabbi Daniel Bogard fights anti-trans bills in Missouri, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban renews his feud with the European Union, 263 parents and kids set the Guinness World Record for most people at a Drag Queen Story Time in Philadelphia, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s wife Martha Ann flies her true insurrectionist-support anti-queer flag, Thailand lawmakers finally approve a marriage equality bill after a 2-decade struggle, U.S. Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman welcomes queer families to the residence he shares with his husband and children to celebrate Pride, Republicans predictably pick on queers at their national convention, Democrats scramble to nominate Kamala Harris to lead their presidential ticket, the Australian government bows to pressure and says they’ll include questions about sexual orientation and gender identity in the 2026 Census, the U.S. Supreme Court hears a historic challenge to Tennessee’s ban on pediatric gender-affirming health care, and Sir Elton John two-word quip brings the house down on CBS-TV’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”.
Those stories and more this week when you choose “This Way Out”.
NOTE: The “NewsWrap” crew is taking the holiday season off to enjoy the festivities. They’ll return on the This Way Out program of 13 January 2025. Special newly-produced programming will fill this and the week of 1/6/25 shows.
