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The Friendly Neighborhood Philosopher Podcast

The Friendly Neighborhood Philosopher Podcast

By: Adam Swenson
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In this show we wil think philosophically about ... pretty much everything. If you have needed more deep conversations in your life about everything from current events to great thinkers, this show is for you.


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Episodes
  • Signal To Noise Ratio - Filtering Out Noise, Finding The Music

    Signal To Noise Ratio - Filtering Out Noise, Finding The Music
    Aug 17 2025

    As a on again/off again live sound engineer, we are always thinking about signal to noise ratio. Or, why is that speaker humming? It's keeping me from hearing the vocals clearly!

    In daily life we are bombarded with influencers and newscasts designed to promote outrage and/or to generally obscure facts and data that don't look good.

    Here's how to maximize "signal" (the good) while minimizing "noise" (the extraneous).

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    36 mins
  • What Is a Man? (In Memory of Zach McCann)

    What Is a Man? (In Memory of Zach McCann)
    Aug 11 2025

    The cancer community that I am part of lost a friend last weekend. This podcast is an essay that I wrote about his memory and the loss. The topic is what healthy manhood looks like, and how that is different for different people. In this we contemplate Plato's theory of the forms, and how this theory affects how we see ourselves.

    Much love Zach. See you on the other side.

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    12 mins
  • Hyperfocus: Disability, Superpower, or Survival Tool?

    Hyperfocus: Disability, Superpower, or Survival Tool?
    Aug 6 2025

    An ability to hyperfocus has long been one of my defining characteristics.

    In this episode I explore why we hyperfocus, the neurochemicals involved, when it becomes a special interest, and if this is a Golden Age of hyperfocus.

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    36 mins
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