Alleee and Franc discuss what gives life meaning, and what meaning actually means, because, well, everyone's talking about a different thing, aren't they?
Does heaven, or everlasting life give one meaning? Does reproduction? Does heroic or memorable acts give life meaning? Or does life already have meaning?
This is from Margery Wakefield's online book, "The Road to Xenu," which is a lightly fictionalized account of her years in Scientology and the Sea Org.
Playlist
Road to Xenu 1 Alleee 1 Syd Dale * Stanley Steamer Jimmie Revard * Cake-Eating Man Road to Xenu 2 Keith Mansfield * Soul for Sale Cherokee Boogie Road to Xenu 3 Alan Parker and Alan Hawkshaw * Overdrive Kyle Jarrow * Mister Auditor Road to Xenu 4 Sid Phillips * Boogie Man Enturbulator 009 * Noots Road to Xenu 5 Kenny Wheeler * On Schedule John Fulker * She Knows How to Do the Doo-Dee-Do Road to Xenu 6 Rimsky-Korsakov * Russian Easter Festival Orchestra Nation for Marriage.org * I'm Confused! Norel Pref * Grampa Was a Girl Road to Xenu 7 Alan Hawkshaw and Keith Mansfield * Beat Boutique Emma Whitfield * Something Special Road to Xenu 8 Alan Hawkshaw and Keith Mansfield * Concord Kay Weaver * Junkies and Monkeys Road to Xenu 9 The Hell Raisers Magic Sam * 21 Days in Jail Road to Xenu 10 Alleee 2
Francois and I read listener mail, talk about belief in the State, and speak with our good friend Edward Greve, from his current residence in Taiwan. Edward will be re-entering a Buddhist monastery in Thailand.
Topic: when Christians talk about solving problems through prayer, could there be mitigating circumstances, when prayer is used to evaluate moral conundrums? Ed talked to us about the value of meditation. Could this kind of focused concentration have a value near to that of disciplined meditation?
Subtitle: The Baby Becomes State Property at Conception or Moral Tautology is Arbitrary
The show features Gil Boyne. He's going to hypnotize you!
Here's my rant: According to some, because China "doesn't have" freedom of speech, it's "right" for them to confiscate any books they want at customs, and no one has a "right" to complain about it. Apparently, an imaginary concept can create something out of thin air, rationalizing violence, because, well, laws aren't just "arbitrary," are they? Who can make a moral judgment (i.e. "whining") but an individual, the only entity that can act? Is "China" real, and are "its" laws not arbitrary, whether they came into being through democracy or blood...or both?
Show Playlist
Self-Hypnosis 1 Alleee 1 "Bald" Bill Hagan and his Trocaderos * Bumps and Grinds The Jetsons Self-Hypnosis 2 Enoch Light * Ja Da Cha-Cha Anita Kerr Singers * Never Leave Me Self-Hypnosis 3 Brenton Wood * Gimmee Little Sign Roy Brown * Mighty, Mighty Man Self-Hypnosis 4 Rob Randall * Whispering Hope Nappy-Headed Blues Self-Hypnosis 5 Gene Marshall * We are the Men Counting Sheep Flavia and the Motonets * Pecesito Self-Hypnosis 6 The Prisoner Norel Pref * In the Midst of a Cult Self-Hypnosis 7 Lois Wyse * Lines to an Unhandy Man Oscar Brand * The Codfish Song Self-Hypnosis 8 Randall & Hopkirk * Deceased Maimie Van Doren * The Bikini with No Top on Top Self-Hypnosis 9 Robin Sparkles * Let's go to the Mall (from "How I Met Your Mother") Flavia & the Motonets * Hombre Tomate Self-Hypnosis 10 Alleee 2
Carl Sagan's Cosmos is still relevant, still enlightening, and still entertaining after twenty-nine (!) years. I am fond of them all, but the one that sticks in my mind is the tale of the Heiki Crabs, which bear, ostensibly, miraculous markings on their shells. Carl explains why, and relates this artificially selected phenomenon with the theory of natural selection.
Playlist
Cosmos 1 Alleee 1 Instrumental Theme Sister Rosetta Tharpe * Strange Things Happen Every Day Cosmos 2 Mike Hurst & His Orchestra * Wednesday's Child Chester Wardell * Don't Let Go Cosmos 3 Apartment One * Step Inside Pimp Daddy Supreme * Pick Up the Phone Cosmos 4 John Baker * New Worlds Doye O'Dell * Countdown Cosmos 5 All-Star Orchestra * A Taste of Honey The National Cynical Network * Free Will Cosmos 6 David Snell * Windmills of Your Mind God's Kids * God's Kids Cosmos 7 Buddy Cole * I'm Beginning to See the Light Orlann Divo * Samba Toff Cosmos 8 Devo * Corporate Anthem Norel Pref * Slackness Left My Life Cosmos 9 Frédéric Mercier * The Child and the Tree TATU * Robot Cosmos 10 Alleee 2
