Sometimes starting with a simple "Happy Birthday" can lead to an extended conversation about civility, society, the uncertainty of the future and our own mortality. Sometimes it leads to thoughts on jobs, leadership, mentoring and dietary and exercise choices of middle-aged persons. This time it was both.

Believe it or not...this is how we actually talk to each other all the time.

There's plenty of fun in here. Enjoy.

On location in Jorge's dining room, this is our Halloween Special. An interesting discussion brought about by the sign-off Trent uses on his solo podcast TrentTakesOn 2.0 "Be Good Humans". We discuss just what that means.

Then we talk fear...not of monsters and ghosts, but big picture fears. Finally we wrap it up with talk of management vs. leadership, and the importance of process vs. product.

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A wide-ranging discussion on AI Chatbots, young people interactions, extraterrestrials, comic books, Liverpool swag, daredevils and more.

When you've got no plan, anything can happen...and when you put your mind to it, you won't have any problem with it.

Cheers,

J & T

At what point do we go from letting go of the little stuff to actual intervention?

A surprisingly large amount of parenting discussion leads to more and more questions...and Trent actually realized he has no idea what it's like to be an only child and what that means to one's psyche.

Oh...and what role does AI and social media play in our lives...just a light-hearted jam on chill topics. (Seriously, we kept it light!)

Jorge sends us into deep dive on distractions and modern society that takes some amazing twists and turns along the way.

Are distractions good for the soul? Are they bad for our society? Or are they a whole lot of both and much more?

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An update on a failed recording session (bad cable), and when we'll be back (Friday).

-T

WE'VE FIXED OUR AUDIO!!! Special thanks to my partner for her assistance.

In this episode, Jorge and Trent sit down and discuss social media and its continued dominance in capturing our society's attention, the polarizing power of the algorithm and the brazenness of an anonymous user base. (Ed. note: That might be the smartest sentence I've ever constructed...SMORT!)

Then, as with any discussion about social media's ills, the dialogue turns to politics and democracy itself. Jorge shares a personal experience with how much a proposition can change between conception and the ballot before Trent attempts to prescribe the right medicine for our ailing government.

All without a hint of anger and many legitimately funny moments.

Co-hosts Trent and Jorge open their first ever podcast with plenty of laughs and some seriousness on how grieving can be different for each of us. Then they share thoughts regarding their phones, before finishing with a flourish no one saw coming.