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I received an education as to how Airbnb works, how entertaining

Stan Grant is a voice in Aboriginal Australia for all Australians

I like to visit space, at least in my imagination

My most recent reading introduced me to a new term and made me think about an hitherto unfamiliar subject: panpsychism

Behrouz Boochani's No Friend but the Mountains is the true story of an illegally imprisoned refugee 

Once again I got sucked in; oh, woe is me

Legalise drugs, make ethically sourced drugs available on prescription

This is an awful story, looking back at a horrific time in Germany's history

Crazy Rich Asians is a crazy good movie

This is vintage Maher; wear a nappy

A new angle on an old question

Donald Trump gives and gives ...

This is a speech by David Manne on Refugee Day

I went to Taylor Swift land, with very varying results

Is climate change an urgent issue? Generally it depends on who you ask, but here read from Ian Dunlop, a former oil, gas and coal industry executive.

this is an amazing climbing movie

Which countries are the happiest in the world?

Religion and Belief versus Reality and Facts is a challenging subject

Living in the Now is a Curse

More climate change denialism and mis-information on the internet

Do you use organic food whenever you can? 

60,000 or 13,898 - does it matter?

Albert Einstein was a pre-eminent scientist, but also a humanist and pacifist 

Not only sticks & stones hurt, words can be even more harmful and outright dangerous, especially for children

Being an atheist is so much easier than not

Our Grandma, Liz Felton, has turned 90

Albert Einstein - inspired by Baruch Spinoza - had a Cosmic Religion

Once again Bill Maher has the answer:

Apparently the US produce and sell more arms than the rest of the world combined

In 1954 Albert Einstein wrote a letter to my heart

The Path and The Sermon On The Mount are congruent in many ways, except one ...

Another TED talk about happiness?

Can humans avert falling victim to the fifth, the Great Filter?

More on the implications of meeting the Great Filter

Will humanity survive? 

Krishnamurti sheds light on a question you may not have an answer for: What is religion?

This is Don Caron's Parody Project; laugh until you cry

Leo Tolstoy was a proponent of truth and non-violence

Marisa dives with the Whales

The Intellectual Dark Web, if you're looking for conversations about controversial opinions

At the feet of the Master is a spiritual classic attributed to Jiddu Krishnamurti, written when he was fourteen years old

Welcome to Trump's America

Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" and "Objectivism" are not welcome in liberal circles

Spirituality and Intellectual Honesty is a talk at the KFA about whether spirituality can be considered secular 

Jerry Seinfeld: "Meditation gives me energy."

I revisited Life by Keith Richards, what a blast

Waves to soothe your mind, by Warren Keelan

What is it with belief ... is it good to have a belief?

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh is at the centre of a Netflix series about a utopian commune in Oregon, USA: Wild Wild Country