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The Debts We Owe

The Debts We Owe

Benjamin Rininger
Society & Culture

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    I've really enjoyed doing this project this semester. It's been wonderful to have had the conversations I've had. Much thanks to all my guests: Jacob Rosemeier, Brandon Allen, Ole Bjerg, Omar Syed, Theo Muller, Mason Lawlor, Lucille Eckrich, Govert Schuller and Nick Flowers.   

    It's a very interesting time to be alive, in ways both amazing and terrifying. I'm happy to have been able to talk about various issues of our time with a host of friends, coworkers and others. It has been good, and I look forward to being able to look back 10, 20, 30 years in the future at what I and the people around me were thinking in 2021.   

    In this last episode, I have on one more guest: myself. For my first and only monologue, I talk about debt. After all, the name of this podcast is "The Debts We Owe." So, what are the debts we owe? What are we obliged to give unto others (usually given the fact that they've given something to us)? What do we owe... the state? our families? our friends? our communities? ourselves?   

    In this episode, I just simply reflect: to get some closure on this podcasting adventure of mine, to preserve some of my thoughts for my future self, and for you to listen for your own interest & enjoyment, if you so choose.   

    Again, thanks to everyone who supported me in this project and got me into a lot of the subject matter I've discussed.   

    There are some debts you can't repay.

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    Tue, 30 Nov 2021 - 1h 12min
  • 9 - Debate and Civil Discourse in a Just Society, w/ Nick Flowers

    Greetings beautiful people! On this episode - Episode 8 of TDWO - I have on one of my best friends, Nick Flowers - Treasurer of the Kent State Speech and Debate Team. We discuss the purpose and merits of debate as a form of dialogue, as well as the role that debate has in American society.   How can we achieve a better discourse? When does it become immoral to give someone a platform to debate with you? What do we make of current trends in social media censorship of misinformation, as well as the polarization of the American body politic?   Listen as we answer all these questions and discuss politics, relationships and so much more!   

    “I don’t fear the man who’s won 100 debates. I fear the man who has lost 100 debates and learned something from each one.”   

    -Nick Flowers

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    Tue, 16 Nov 2021 - 2h 19min
  • 8 - The Meaning of Money and the Ethics of its Creation, w/ Lucille Eckrich and Govert Schuller

    Money… We often spend most of our waking hours working for it. It determines where we live. It shapes identities. It kills marriages. It is as ubiquitous as the air we breathe.   

    But who creates it? And how is it created? Is the way we create money… moral?    

    This is a question most people don’t spend time thinking about. My guests today - Lucille Eckrich and Govert Schuller - however, spend a great lot of time thinking about this question, and an even greater amount of time trying to change the system as it is.   

    Tune in to this episode of TDWO if you want to learn more about one of the greatest forces that shape our lives. Is our financial system rotten to the core? If so, what ought we to do about it?   

    Click play if you want to explore these questions and much, much more.


    Resources for Different Things Mentioned in the Episode:

    Alliance for Just Money https://www.monetaryalliance.org/ American Monetary Institute https://www.monetary.org/ The Lost Science of Moneyby Stephen Zarlenga https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1992942.The_Lost_Science_of_Money The National Emergency Employment Defense (N.E.E.D.) Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2990 The End of Bankingby Jonathan McMillan https://www.endofbanking.org/ Making Money: The Philosophy of Crisis Capitalismby Ole Bjerg https://www.monetaryalliance.org/making-money-the-philosophy-of-crisis-capitalism-by-ole-bjerg-a-review-and-recommendation/ What’s Modern Monetary Theory? https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/4/16/18251646/modern-monetary-theory-new-moment-explained Crisis and Leviathanby Robert Higgs https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16611.Crisis_and_Leviathan Banking on the State by Mark Cassell http://cup.columbia.edu/book/banking-on-the-state/9781788211963 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-rininger/support
    Tue, 26 Oct 2021 - 2h 42min
  • 7 - Covid and the Meaning of Liberty w/ Mason Lawlor

    Should you have the freedom to risk spreading a disease? To go places with many people and exhale, when you don't have a vaccine during a pandemic? If so, what are the parameters of said freedom? What are your rights and obligations?

    I know you're probably tired of hearing about the pandemic. I most certainly am. Yet, I wanted to sit down and record this episode with my longtime friend, dissident libertarian, Kent State journalism student, host at Black Squirrel Radio and reporter at 89.7 WKSU Mason Lawlor - to record this period in history and the philosophies that have shaped all our responses to it. To keep as a time capsule what our personal takes at this time were, so we can see how they age as time wears on.

    If you're interested, please click play, enjoy and subscribe. Regardless, I wish you peace and liberty.

    Upcoming Episodes:

    ◉ October:  The Meaning of Money and the Ethics of its Creation, with Monetary Reform Activists Govert Schuller and Lucille Eckrich

    ◉ November:   Truth, Media and Civics: How Americans Lost Their Shared Reality, w/ Two People w/ Different Senses of Reality: Nick Flowers and Nick De Windt

    ◉ December:  Addiction in America, The War on Drugs  and Unintended Consequences, with Kent State Professor of Psychology William Lechner

    "The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right."

    -Learned Hand

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    Tue, 12 Oct 2021 - 1h 53min
  • 6 - The Economics Discipline - Its History and Power w/ Theo Muller

    What do we value? And how should we, individually and collectively, apply our values when faced with limited time and scarce resources?

    Join my friend and Kent State Econ alum Theo Muller, as we discuss the economics discipline: a titanic force in the modern world. Ever since the Keynesian Revolution, economics has been the premier social science; “the economy” has been an animal the state has attempted to direct and control. Economists have been the high priests of our body politic, and what economists think has had profound effects on American society. Press play and keep watching if you want to learn more about the history, philosophy, and contemporary issues facing this academic discipline.

    Upcoming Episodes:     

    ◉ October:  

    Covid and the True Meaning of Liberty: Debating Libertarianism with Kent State Journalism Major Mason Lawlor   

    The Meaning of Money and the Ethics of its Creation, with Monetary Reform Activists Govert Schuller and Lucille Eckrich  

    ◉ November:   

    Truth, Media and Civics: How Americans Lost Their Shared Reality, w/ Two People w/ Different Senses of Reality: Nick Flowers and Nick De Windt

    ◉ December:  

    Addiction in America, The War on Drugs  and Unintended Consequences, with Kent State Professor of Psychology William Lechner

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    Tue, 05 Oct 2021 - 2h 13min
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