Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue

Episode 95: Why You Really Want A Relationship

Companionship, affection, romance, sex; it can all come from casual connections. But a true long-term relationship offers all this and more: not only in spite of, but also because of the difficulties of adjusting one’s ego and habits to the ways of another wilful individual, living together inevitably means learning and growing together. Not only from inspiration and example but from the necessary patience, negotiation, empathy, kindness and respect that a relationship demands in order to remain happy and nourishing. Where a couple is out of sync, they must determine if the subject of disagreement is merely divergent wants or if it relates to needs; does it relate to the non-negotiable core essence of one’s nature? These we must accept, or else walk away. But where mere wants are concerned, through honest conversation in search of truth, harmony can always be found; and so we grow.

Episode 94: What’s So Good About The World?

Let's find something nice and heartfelt to say about as many different countries as we can. What a world! Verily overflowing with charming characteristics.

Episode 93: Seven Podcast Recommendations

It’s as simple as it sounds! I offer you seven podcasts which I find incredibly valuable, uplifting, informative, insightful and generally awesome. Can you dig it?
The Joe Rogan Experience
RFK Jr Podcast
Part Of The Problem, with Dave Smith
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
Aubrey Marcus Podcast
Stay Free, with Russel Brand
Kosmographia – The Randall Carlson Podcast

Episode 92: Why Nihilism Doesn't Make Sense

Nihilists argue nothing really matters; there is no right and wrong, no meaning, no love. It is all a grand and pointless illusion, they say. But there are three problems with this. One, they don’t act like they believe it – for they get unhappy if you cause them pain. Two, the costs of nihilism greatly outweigh the benefits to oneself and the world. Three, nihilism is an assumption lacking enough evidence for its claims; it makes no better sense of the data of experience than belief systems professing meaning, love, purpose, goodness and beauty, and in fact a closer look at what we know indicates far more reason to believe Good exists.

Episode 91: Silence

There’s a surprisingly large amount to be said about silence.

Episode 90: Are Surnames Sexist?

Why do we take the family name of our father, rather than our mother? Is that unfair? This episode looks at the arguments on both sides and concludes . . . well, give me five minutes and I'll tell you!

Episode 89: 5 Fun Facts About The Czech Republic

Here come some cool things you probably didn’t know about the land of the Czech people! Ten minutes from now you could know all these secrets, if your heart does dare to dream.

Episode 88: What Is Culture? (& Why Should You Care?)

Culture is the beliefs and behaviours of a society. What do we think is true or false, and good or bad? How do we convert such thinking into action, habit, custom, etiquette? But one’s own personality is in essence an individual culture, while the family, community, town or city, country, continent and world constitute larger scale cultures. Each person within a culture is unique, yet far more similar to their fellows than those on the outside. Just as it is usually impossible to rank best-to-worst the various personalities in a friend circle, the same is true for cultures at large: we have our intuitions, but mostly these are open-ended experiments in what does and doesn’t work for our survival and flourishing. I contend that absorbing and integrating culture (especially true art) is not only in our self-interest but also a responsibility for any human being wishing to uplift existence. Culture must always be adapting, keeping the wise and letting go off that which no longer serves. You and I can be beautiful servants in this sacred mission, in ways big and small, to help.

Episode 87: Spontaneity

There is a time and place to be spontaneous.
 
It might just be NOW!

Episode 86: Learning From Other Cultures

Just as individuals in a circle of friends help one another grow by supporting but daring to draw attention to blindspots, cultures at large (families, creeds, cities, countries, regions) too can strike this joyful and enriching balance of being inspired by friends and inspiring in turn, each offering and accepting the gifts of our unique angle on belief and behaviour; and crucially, refraining from judging others as inferior simply by virtue of being different. Some things are clearly right or wrong, but so much is just a matter of personal expression.