The podcast starts off with the song If I Only Had A Brain, from the 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz. The tune expresses the Scarecrow’s deep desire for intelligence, self-worth, and a purposeful life. The Scarecrow wants to understand the world. He dreams of talking to nature, solving riddles, and explaining why things happen (like why the ocean is near the shore). The truth of the matter is that the Scarecrow had a brain all along, he just needed the confidence to use it.
In a world that now seems to demean intelligence and refer to those with high intellect as what is wrong with society, it’s hard not to feel that we have lost our souls. It is difficult to muddle through the AI bot driven social platforms and deduce what is fact and what is fiction. The Fourth Estate, mainstream media, has acted as a cover to subvert societal norms. We need to use our collective brains to overcome the chaos! The media kowtows to the wizard, and it’s a miracle that anything gets done. We don’t seem to use our intelligence wisely, and many extreme political entities seem to blame and bash people with higher education as being the ones causing the world’s problems. We live in a time of remarkable scientific, educational, and technological achievements, yet we continue to struggle with misinformation, political hostility, environmental destruction, inequality, and indifference to human suffering. While society needs more knowledge; it also needs the wisdom, compassion, courage, and integrity to put its knowledge to good use.
There is an expression that fits this paradigm: “put brain in motion before moving mouth.” We have to stop the dumbing down of America. We must stop banning books, and learn history beyond the year 2000.
There is much that we don’t see, as the mainstream media outlets and social media focuses on terror and crime, while overlooking the positive things people are doing. We need to see the people that do good in the news cycle more often. Change agents, caregivers, scientists, teachers, medical personnel and those who fight for our safety and freedom must be recognized for the work they do on a daily basis to keep the world running. Now with AI, it’s hard to separate truth from lies. In the US we are facing a government not by the people or for the people, but one that bends to corporate interests, and a crime family. So now it’s up to the populous to use their brains and vote in numbers that will cause a tsunami to help reverse the curse. Charlotte Ghiorse joins us and we talk about the importance of brain power, youth powered environmental innovations and the Pearl Octopuses of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. We delve into how addiction affects the brain, especially with the rise in use of fentanyl and ketamine. Charlotte talks about her musical Bad Music for Bad People and her song Stealin’ which focuses on addiction and homelessness. Charlotte is our resident artist, eco-activist, song writer, comedian, super mom, astrologist and founder of House of ChoClet. https://www.houseofchoclet.com/ Check out the video of Bad Music For Bad People on Youtube misscherristrawberry https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWv68q7O6U38lCwsEnDEABw/videos
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A big shout out to Neil for all his engineering wizardry!