The Power of Ideas

Feb 25 2025 42 ep. 74 mins 2
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A podcast with interesting people about their lives, their purpose and their calling using stars and stories. Be your own best idea.

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Astrology, Gender, and the Irrationality Problem — with AI Ian & Matilda

Feb 25 2025 20 mins  
In this special episode, I decided to have a little fun with Venus and Mercury retrograde energy by creating a fully AI-generated conversation between myself and a fictional podcast host named Matilda. Using ChatGPT to write the script and ElevenLabs to clone my voice, I explore the findings of my new (and first) academic solo-authore journal article "Reacting to the Irrationality

The Astrology of 2025 - Evolution Means Revolutions

Feb 19 2025 60 mins  
What if the biggest discoveries of our future are already hidden in plain sight, just waiting for us to catch up? In this episode of The Power of Ideas, we explore the unseen forces shaping our world—from black holes and germ theory to the invisible college of researchers investigating fringe ideas. What starts as impossible often becomes inevitable, and 2025 could mark the begin

The Astrology of Holidays - Valentines Day Edition!

Feb 08 2025 35 mins  
Love is in the air—but does it belong in Aquarius season? Most astrologers would argue no, claiming that a sign known for detachment, logic, and grand humanitarian visions isn’t exactly the ideal host for Valentine’s Day. Wouldn’t romance be better suited to the Venusian warmth of Taurus, Libra, or Pisces? In this episode of The Power of Ideas, I challenge that perspective.

The Astrology of Donald Trump: Insistant Resistance & Attention Retention

Jan 21 2025 56 mins  
In this episode of The Power of Ideas, we explore the enigmatic force of Donald Trump through both sociological and astrological lenses. Love him or loathe him, Trump has been the epicenter of American life for nearly a decade—and his influence shows no signs of waning. Starting with the concept of "attention retention," we examine Trump's uncanny ability to captivate and polariz

The Astrology of 2024: The End of Illusions

Jan 02 2025 73 mins  
In this episode, "2024: The End of Illusions," we explore two concepts that shaped the year: "Endings Are Beginnings" and "The 'Me' Exception." Discover how privilege disguises itself as humility, backed by groundbreaking sociological studies and real-world examples, from Monopoly experiments to geopolitical critiques. Then, journey into the profound moral debate sparked by a shock

The Astrology of Holidays: Christmas Special!

Dec 19 2024 23 mins  
The astrology of holidays: Christmas Edition! The holiday season sparks a feeling of collective cheer, yet it also brings familial tensions, financial stress, and expectations—chief among them, gift-giving. Christmas, more than other winter holidays, has become a celebration rooted in showing love through material exchanges. Even those who do not observe it often feel festive. W

2024. Ep 8. Credit Card Points & Financial Health - with Darren Aasen

Apr 22 2024 95 mins  
Growing up, credit cards were always a thing I feared. It was a way to get in trouble with money. And indeed, like many (I am sure), I got into some credit card debt early on in life. Recently, however, I have been introduced to the world of credit card points and financial literacy more generally. Now, its a whole new world! To woo new customers, credit card companies have to offe

2024. Ep 7. The Astrology of Death...and Bitcoin?

Apr 08 2024 70 mins  
A few years ago, the woman who taught me much of what I would come to know about astrology told me about her theory on the astrology of death. The skepic in me was, well, skeptical. Yet, what she ended up theorizing made more sense than I expected. In short, she said, where past astrologers had failed, they failed to take in the context of others around the person they were trying

2024. Ep 6. All Saturn in Pisces Everything. With Black Girl from Eugene

Mar 25 2024 53 mins  
We had a plan! Then, in true pisces fashion, we threw the plan out the window. While I had come in thinking we were going to discuss racial consciousness, our pre-recorded talk went down the road of "what the f*** is going on with the astrological weather right now?!" And so we went with it. (Racial consciousness episode coming soon!) As two people who think of themselves as in so

2024. Ep. 5. Lying & Serious Religion

Mar 11 2024 46 mins  
Why do we lie? We all lie. So, perhaps a better question is - how do we lie? This question then leads to a different, and even more important one - WHAT IS A LIE? In this episode, I tackle these questions through considering what Saturn, the planet of seriousness, moving through Pisces, the sign of vision, means. In other words, what happens when seriousness meets vision. The poss