Episodes
July 23, 2024
S6E17 - The Immortalists' Conclusions
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- Time isn't the only thing the FDA is killing. - ACT UP slogan Chris & Kayla grapple with the intense nuance presented by the Church of Perpetual Life and the Life Exte…
July 16, 2024
S6E16 - The Immortalists' Founder
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- How could I enjoy a yacht if I know we're all going to die and disappear? - Bill Faloon Chris & Kayla head back to Church to learn more about the man behind the curtai…
July 9, 2024
S6E15 - The Immortalists' Church
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- Aging and Death can be Optional...We Choose Life & Health. Chris & Kayla head to church to learn how the Creator wants us to live forever. --- *Search Categories*...
July 2, 2024
S6E14 - The Future of Humanity: TESCREAL
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- 🎵 it's like 10^58 motes 🎵 when all you neeeed is a torture 🎵 Chris & Kayla discuss the third & final piece of Émile Torres's interview. --- *Search Categories*...
June 25, 2024
S6E13 - The Future of Humanity: TESCREAL
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- Making predictions is tough, especially about the future. -Niels Bohr Chris & Kayla put the L in TESCREAL. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science /...
June 18, 2024
S6E12 - The Future of Humanity: TESCREAL
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies. - Sam Altman Chris & Kayla talk about the future of humani…
June 11, 2024
S6E11 - The Future of Humanity: Rationalists
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- This podcast is Bayesd. Chris & Kayla update all of their priors about LessWrong and decide if it's a cult, or just weird. --- *Search Categories*...
June 4, 2024
S6E10 - The Future of Humanity: Rationalists
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- The Territory is not The Map. Chris & Kayla fall out of a coconut tree and continue their discussion of LessWrong. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science /…
May 28, 2024
S6E9 - The Future of Humanity: Rationalists
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- Have not you read The Sequences? Chris & Kayla do their first ever CoJW topic revisit and discuss an online community dedicated to Rationalism. --- *Search Categorie…
May 21, 2024
S6E8 - The Future of Humanity: Plus
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- What would you say you... do... here? Chris dunks on a doofy website for 40 minutes straight; it is also possible we learn some things about Transhumanism along the wa…
May 14, 2024
S6E7 - The Future of Humanity: Prelude
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- To be what you want to be: isn't this the essence of being human? - David Zindell Chris and Kayla take the next steps on the path of the unfolding season...and the u…
May 7, 2024
S6E6 - The Terror (Terror Management Theory)
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level. - Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death Chris and Kayla…
April 30, 2024
S6E5 - The Cryonauts: Conclusion
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- The act of freezing a dead body and storing it indefinitely on the chance that some future generation may restore it to life is an act of faith, not science. - The Soci…
April 23, 2024
S6E4 - The Cryonauts: Interview
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- Being cryopreserved after death is the second-worst thing that could happen. The worst thing is dying without being cryopreserved. - Ben Best Kayla dives deeper int…
April 16, 2024
S6E3 - The Cryonauts: Guide
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- You're not dead til you're warm and dead. Chris & Kayla finish their cryonics facility visit with the help of a VIP "tour guide." --- *Search Categories* Science /…
April 9, 2024
S6E2 - The Cryonauts: Tour
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- I am the mediocre architect of my afterlife. - Glen Nesbitt Chris & Kayla take a tour of the very cool place they were headed to last episode. --- *Search Categori…
April 2, 2024
S6E1 - The Cryonauts: Expedition
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- If a man die, shall he live again? - Book of Job 14:14 Chris and Kayla hotfoot it to a cold storage facility. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Commo…
Feb. 25, 2024
S5-and-a-half: Patreon Discussion of Season 5
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- Chris & Kayla recap the experience of experiencing things for Season 5 of Cult or Just Weird. (previously published on CoJW's patreon: ) --- *Patreon Credits*...
Nov. 21, 2023
S5E11 - The Full Circle (Death Cafes)
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. -Albert Camus Chris and Kayla contemplate that one thing that joins us al…
Oct. 24, 2023
S5E10 - The Secret Knowledge (Theosophy)
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- Thinking – the talking of the soul with itself. -Plato Chris and Kayla attend class at another small local group... whose presence & influence is worldwide & ubiquitou…
Oct. 10, 2023
S5E9 - The Criminals (Hare Krishnas, pt2)
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- "It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible." -David Brin Chris and Kayla explore the nature of power and learn …
Sept. 26, 2023
S5E8 - The Chanters (Hare Krishnas, pt 1)
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- "Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces." - Martha Graham Chris and Kayla go to a restaurant. Kind of. Don't worry, we'll repeat ourselves. --- *Se…
Aug. 29, 2023
S5E7 - The Gambler's Meritocracy (American State-run Lotteries)
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- It's hard to detect good luck--it looks so much like something you've earned. - Frank A. Clark Chris and Kayla visit a liquor store to try and resurrect the American…
Aug. 1, 2023
S5E6 - The Hams & Their Eggs (the LA Breakfast Club)
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- FVNEM? FVNEX? Kayla and Chris get up at the crack of dawn to try and solve a cryptogram from 1925. --- *Search Categories* Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoi…