Stone Ape Podcast

Tom chats with Joe Hanson about juggalos, his time with CurrentTV and his brief time on Beauty and the Geek. Joe discusses the writing process on Equals 3 and whether the YouTube revenue model is broken.

Heron had internet problems for their usual recording time. By chance Tom grabbed a few minutes before Model Rail Radio to record an impromptu and short show with Heron. Tom raises theme from a listener about the regular discussion being (slightly) sexist. Tom explores his prison-phobia manifested in something real.

Heron has notes and his profundity is totally tubular. They rap on homosexuality. Heron reflects on language machine defects. [Editorial note: Liz Swan officially cancelled her podcast collaboration the day of the podcast recording. The email wasn't read until after the recording.] Tom is asked to talk about the Leicester YMCA. Tom quite likes Serial (the podcast), he talks about orthodox side dating and prison. From Spartan Keyes to City Hall, another life in San Jose update... Tom will get bags of cash for clueless societies because that's the kind of guy he is. They discuss a listener complaint. Heron starts digging a hole.

Heron was once raised a Catholic. Time traveling Heron is used as an example in terms of technology of consciousness. Heron has been attempting to court philosophy Facebook group participants. Heron wants listeners to get in contact. What should we do about retribution? Look at the slides to understand Tom's talk. They float through a few topics before they fall into ASMR and fetishisms. Where is nihilism for the youth these days? [Editorial note: the name of the film is The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden. The VICE/Korine collaboration is called The Legend of Cambo.] Tom renews the discussion of disgusting pizza.

Tom Barbalet presents a new project using Noble Ape to provide analysis of murder crimes with agent and language simulation.

Heron reflects on how single moments can define your life. Heron is fascinated by adaptive text. Tom reflects on the impact of his life on others and the death of a podcaster versus the death of a poet. Imagine no old media. They are interrupted by a panhandling police call. Tom shouts out a new listener and discusses some ideas from this listener. Computer repairs to the history of computation prefaces this rambling discussion. Who has the larger audience? [Editorial note: the missing linguist is David Wynn Miller.] Intelligence analysts please get in contact. Heron doesn't like email. Tom explores the future offered by a longtime listener. [Editorial note: Heron was correct about stem cells.] They discuss archery.

Heron picked up his artwork. Welcome Salon-ers! No Noble Ape gene unfortunately. Model Rail Radio 100 is extensively discussed. Tom wanders through a variety of topics hinging on what your body is worth, where privacy exists in this spectrum and if at all in the future. Tom attended a talk by Bruce Damer and David Deamer http://youtu.be/nk_R55O24t4 They explore maliciousness versus unconsciousness. Tom is pleased to have shared his library with a listener. Filming the neighborhood still holds some interest to Tom. What about granularity is like joining the military?

Heron is in love with a font [Editorial Note: This is the shortest version of this topic so I have decided to leave it in.] Listener comments move Heron. They explore Thomas' question about minimizing survival time and Mike King's idea about surviving in the future. Tom's birthday present for Heron arrived and provides insights in Australian bath toys of the 1980s. Tom has been keeping Joe the Drummer's correspondence purely for shock value and there's some critical commentary on why Russell Brand and Wikileaks are too 'old narrative' for Tom and Heron. They return to a cliche of Heron and Tom. Tom explores if there is an interested in Noble Ape gene. Optimizing community positivity is the trick. Imagine no language monkeys, it's easy if you try. Tom gets political. Capitalism should be Apple versus the medical establishment. What will the world look like in forty years? Tom gives a brief interlude into his drug of choice - it's spicy. Everyone seems to have forgotten the 1970s in terms of terrorism in Europe

Tom wishes Heron a Happy Birthday. The listeners have voted and Heron should watch Gremlins. Tom comprehends adoption. How do you deal with angry people? Russell Brand needs to find new insightful political allies. Constraints are tightening, how can we get information out? Tom recommends Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge and Howard Rheingold. They discuss new year's resolutions in the framing of low-light. What are the givens of cities? Tom raises tree-houses for living and ponders Amazon.

Heron is taking his job seriously. They talk about a loss of interest in movies. Heron returns to the alone and quiet. They expand into some broader discussion of Tom's exploration of the dream state. Tom outlines some lessons learnt and has lost faith in science fiction. They discuss a gift that never was and awareness. Heron needs to use Google Maps to get lost a little easier. Tom decompresses his vinyl. They wander into film reviews and talk about happenstance. Tom asks about Heron ongoing two-day-a-week saga. Just when you think the show is over they explore cussing.

Heron starts the show asking about Tom's childhood friend who came to stay and living alone. Heron is heading out to resume a winter tradition and wants to talk about his memory. Tom explains how buying a meal for a cop leads into masked men on his doorstep. The videos: Lady Stealing Shoes http://youtu.be/66xwi7TxYak and Package Thief http://youtu.be/xR_-NkgwGe8 Tom thoroughly recommends nextdoor.com for addressing some of this problem. How can the term culture be used? Crack a book and you might be better on crack. The decade was so two decades ago. Joe the Drummer, Tim Jones and Mike King have some questions for the recording. They explore sexuality in cinema [Editorial note: the US censorship uses the term language to refer to coarse language and not adult concepts in language.] Tom knocks down the popularly referred to porn stats and talks about computation in popular writing versus his experience.

This historical audio is added to the Stone Ape feed for background on the Liz Swan talk. Tom Barbalet talks at SRI on Noble Ape, Biota and the artificial life community. Unfortunately the room mic failed, so the questions from the floor had to be amplified from the speaker mic. Slides from the talk are available at http://www.barbalet.com/talks/barbalet_sri_talk.pdf

Heron has been defecting and he wants to analyze it. For those who want to see some classic Single Muslim ads http://youtu.be/hFkG71Hu55I and a Juggalo anthropology documentary http://youtu.be/ulGaxBPk2jI is worth a Skype call. Tom has moved to a new level in terms of paying for listeners. Heron wants Liz Swan's conversations excluded from Stone Ape, eventually. Ferguson provides an abstract example of two non-mingling stories. Oh no, not hierarchies. What are the qualities of land that are worth settling? Videoing Tom is a curious thing. Heron returns to the problems of interaction. Tom and Heron discuss Thanksgiving traditions. Heron digresses into work discussions.

Tom starts the discussion talking about the Forensics Science book. http://www.meetup.com/Conscious-in-the-Cloud/events/218785595/ is the meet-up for Tom's talk. What about the philosophy of the deteriorating mind? Don't look for qualia in the trees in Australia, they are in the National University. Hey hey hey, it's Folk Ethics. They digress into some discussion of race and homelessness.

Heron is clean shaven and wants to rap about Liz Swan's participation in the new podcast. Tom has been exploring the new Core mathematics in the US http://youtu.be/BxgQYvCPvXg . Tom has a job for the Noble Apes to do in the near future. Tom likes interpretive MC Hammer http://youtu.be/F9XTkMiYWR8 . What about the listener feedback? Tom will be have a house guest soon. Joe the Drummer asks about tarot: Heron thinks it is therapy and Tom thinks it is simulation. They digress into Mad magazine providing a blueprint for the past http://youtu.be/2etnO68wIS0 [Editorial note: some of the dates and the details on Mad magazine and William M. Gaines are off, this will be rectified in the feed shortly]. Tom doesn't recommend Constantine's Sword http://youtu.be/-1FDW7jyL0E but Heron still thinks military organizational structure has some purpose. Tom floats the idea of dying for the butterfly. Call Tom anytime but let's not discuss hierarchy. Low light depression can be treated very easily. Police are in short supply but

They start talking about the Liz Swan podcast. Heron has some feedback for the feedback seekers. What about those old folks? Tom had a conversation that was a long time coming. They explore beaches and fiction. Heron has a birthday coming up. Are communities self nurturing or self aligning? The war to end all wars just isn't quitting. What about VICE and that Islamic State? Tom explores conscription as being the final tipping point.

Liz and Tom start discussing an improved sound and recovered health. Liz plugs her next book project and Tom talks about his mis-spent yoof. Tom poses a metaphysics problem from simulation. They digress into Kant. Science fiction provide mixed blessings as does virtual reality. They explore applied philosophy and assistants versus publicists.

The McKenna talk (Podcast 421 in the Psychedelic Salon) referenced by Tom is discussed. Heron's pill popping is ritualized as is his alcohol consumption. Tom gives a capitalism 101 on podcast advertising and has given up on the unique IP address religion. How about the Crunch Book? Heron returns to the speed of his new machine. Tom has been trying BitCoins and it sucks. The trail of blood is one more story from Tom's past. Tom gives a basic sexual education class from his misspent yoof and how Tom helped out some water birds. Heron digresses into Mac operating systems and old software. Tom wants to be more positive and upgrades the world's microphones. Model Rail Radio 100 is discussed. Heron explores pandering and has professionally moved to Seal Beach.

Heron has a new shiny and he likes alarms. How about those Greek philosophers? Could Gendo be used for historical analysis? Tom explores house guests and he's injured himself. Heron is starting a revolution at red lights. Teenagers know how to make themselves legal. Tom explores what he would like to see from an intellectual community going forwards and what has been lacking to-date. Tom reflects on his pilot podcast with Liz Swan and thinks about two FB ideas of impact. The Murder of Fred Hampton is a must-see documentary. Why connect with communities that don't represent your interests? They wander through the futurist versus the artist versus Heron as an artist. How about that weather? Heron is the Oprah Winfrey of epistemology. Tshirts are a capitalist tool for evil: don't get it twisted. Tom wanders into the keyboard as an old familiar topic. [Editorial Note: Heron was baptized in his new blues name, 'Hurling' Heron Stone, following the conclusion of this recording.] Heron thinks the first series doesn't

Tom Barbalet and Liz Swan launch a pilot podcast exploring what happened to artificial life? What happened to Colorado? What happened to online identity? And what about those millenials?