The Adam Bomb
By Adam Li Khan
The Adam BombJan 20, 2021
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Reliable, Unbiased News Sources
Would you like to get news that hasn't been tainted with bias or exaggeration or hidden agendas? There are such sources available if you know where to find them. You'll discover where they are in this episode.
Jan 20, 202103:36
27 Years Alone in the Woods - A True Story
What would it be like to be by yourself in a natural setting for decades? Somebody has done it, and his story is remarkable. Get the condensed version in this episode.
Jan 12, 202107:27
Nitric Oxide: A Unifying Principle of Health
Many of the things we know are good for us have something in common: They increase the amount of nitric oxide in our bodies. Find out what a difference this can make to your health in this episode.
Dec 04, 202007:42
Magic Mushrooms Make People More Liberal Politically
This is a brief description of research indicating that psilocybin can change a person's political leanings.
Oct 29, 202003:09
Why Do People Differ in Their Political Views?
Each of us is born with five moral foundations, and depending on our temperament, we will feel strongly inclined or less strongly inclined toward some of those foundations. This results in being either a liberal or conservative, or somewhere in between. When you fully understand this, you will see the political world very differently.
Oct 27, 202009:35
Why Evolution Created Republicans and Democrats
All around the world, there are the equivalent of conservatives and liberals. Why? What created this division? What possible evolutionary advantage could it be to the species to have two different kinds of people? Find the answers in this episode.
Oct 21, 202012:32
The Differences Between the Sexes Have Real Consequences
This is the book, "What Difference Does it Make: How the Sexes Differ and What We Can Do About It," read by the author. This is an interesting collection of research findings about some surprising differences between men and women.
Oct 14, 202001:37:08
Masculinity Has Been Neutered - Here's How it Happened
How has natural masculine behavior become vilified and stigmatized? And what impact is it having on intimate relationships? We explore these questions in this episode.
Oct 08, 202011:50
Breathing Through Your Mouth While You Sleep Could Make You Less Healthy and Less Intelligent
Some dentists and myofascial therapists recommend people tape their mouths shut while they sleep to make sure they breathe through their noses while they're sleeping because it has such tremendous potential positive benefits. We explore in this episode why it has the effects it does.
Oct 02, 202005:30
Live! Death Approaches
Thinking about your own death can be surprisingly enlivening. In this episode we explore this idea. This is the final chapter of the book, "How to Change the Way You Look at Things (in Plain English)," read by the author.
Sep 27, 202006:13
What Myth Do You Live By?
You live in a story where you are the main character. What kind of story is it? And if you were to choose what story you lived by, is that what you would choose? You do have a choice, and your choice has consequences. This episode is a chapter from the book, "How to Change the Way You Look at Things (in Plain English)," read by the author.
Sep 24, 202013:12
Reframe by Visualizing Goals
This is an entirely different way of reframing. And sometimes it works better than anything else. This is an excerpt from the book, "How to Change the Way You Look at Things (in Plain English)," read by the author.
Sep 19, 202007:27
A Lesson in Reframing From Groundhog Day
This is a chapter from the book, "How to Change the Way You Look at Things (in Plain English), read by the author. This episode illustrates the principle and power of reframing using an example from the classic movie, Groundhog Day.
Sep 14, 202004:44
How to Gain Perspective
One of the most valuable mental maneuvers you can make is to gain a perspective on something troubling you. In this episode we explore how this can be done. This is a chapter from the book, "How to Change the Way You Look at Things (in Plain English)," read by the author.
Sep 11, 202011:17
Reframing a Disadvantage
This is a chapter from the book, "How to Change the Way You Look at Things (in Plain English)," read by the author. When something is clearly a disadvantage, looking at it that way is the most natural thing in the world. But your point of view is not fixed, and seeing something as a disadvantage is not inevitable. There's always another way to look at things, and some of them are more helpful than others. This episode looks at the process of changing your point of view on something that you now see as a disadvantage.
Sep 05, 202010:01
One Good Reframing Process
This is a chapter from the book, "How to Change the Way You Look at Things (in Plain English)," read by the author. This episode is about a simple and direct method for changing your perspective.
Aug 31, 202003:55
How to Create a Reframe
This is a chapter from the book, "How to Change the Way You Look at Things (in Plain English)," read by the author. This episode has some practical advice about making reframes for yourself.
Aug 27, 202014:14
Comparison Reframes
This is a chapter from the book, "How to Change the Way You Look at Things (in Plain English)," read by the author. This episode is about one of the most powerful ways to reframe circumstances.
Aug 22, 202019:19
The Classic Reframe
This is a chapter from the book, "How to Change the Way You Look at Things (in Plain English)," read by the author. This episode talks about one tried-and-true method to reframe just about anything.
Aug 17, 202011:14
Different Ways to Create Reframes
This is a chapter from the book, "How to Change the Way You Look at Things (in Plain English)," read by the author. This episode has some practical methods you can use to help you see something differently.
Aug 10, 202021:56
Persistence and Determination
This is a chapter from the book, "How to Change the Way You Look at Things (in Plain English)," read by the author. This episode has some historical examples of reframes.
Aug 09, 202014:30
Behold the Power of Reframing
This is a chapter from the book, "How to Change the Way You Look at Things (in Plain English)," read by the author. You will hear some good examples how effective reframing can be.
Aug 08, 202011:15
The Creation of Inner Strength
This is a chapter of the book, How to Change the Way You Look at Things (in Plain English), read by the author.
Aug 07, 202010:27
The Game Reframe
This is the introduction of the book, "How to Change the Way You Look at Things (in Plain English), read by the author.
Aug 04, 202008:00
Ruthless River Reframe
This is an example of a shift in perspective from a true story of a couple's experience surviving an ordeal in a South American jungle.
Aug 03, 202008:35
Turning a Disadvantage Into an Advantage
It's worth taking the time to think about how you can turn a disadvantage into an advantage. This podcast episode is a brief illustration of that principle.
Aug 03, 202002:56
The Five Love Languages Explained
If you can communicate to your spouse in her or his love language, she or he will feel loved in a way that is not possible using any other love language. Find out all about it in this episode.
Jul 30, 202013:05
The Strange Story of How Microbes Were Discovered
The man who first discovered the invisible world of microbes was not a scientist. He was the owner of a drapery shop, and he never knew that microbes had anything to do with everyday life. To his dying day, he thought they were inconsequential curiosities.
Jul 23, 202007:37
What's So Great About Changing Your Perspective?
By changing the way you look at something, you can quickly change the way you feel about it, change the way you interact with it, and, depending on how important it is, you can completely change the trajectory of your life. Your perspective (or the way you look at something) is very powerful, and largely in your control if you know what you're doing, which is what you will learn in this episode.
Jul 22, 202022:16
How to Change the Way You Look at Things (in Plain English)
A change in your perspective on something can make a huge difference in how you feel about it and what you do about it. This episode is an exploration in ways to find a new, more powerful perspective on an issue that's important to you.
Jul 21, 202025:42
Self-Reliance, Applied
These are some examples of how the principles from Emerson's essay, Self-Reliance, have been applied in real life to overcome the main barriers to creativity and integrity (the two main things that impede those are conformity and a drive to appear consistent).
Jul 14, 202027:29
Self-Reliance, Translated
This is Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay, Self-Reliance, translated into modern English by Adam Li Khan. It is Khan's book, unabridged, read by the author. It's a manifesto on personal integrity and creativity.
Jul 13, 202001:09:39
If You're Young and Shy and Think Your Shyness is a Problem
Is there anything you can do about being shy? Is there anything you ought to do? Adam Li Khan shares his own experience in getting over his shyness, and talks about what worked and what didn't work.
Jul 10, 202020:30
Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson
This is the entire essay, read by Adam Li Khan, and includes the dictionary definitions of some of the words that are no longer commonly used.
Jul 09, 202001:27:29
How Dogs Changed History
There are many significant historical events that you already know about, but the role dogs played in those historical events are generally unknown. We talked about a few of them in this episode.
Jul 07, 202015:59
The Roots of Inequality
The world is unequal, and it has been for hundreds of years. Much of the inequality seems to be divided by race. Where did it come from? How did it start? In this episode, we explore how it came to be this way.
Jul 04, 202010:38
Conspiracy Thinkers Are LESS Likely to Wash Their Hands If The Government Recommends It
This is a short podcast about a recent study showing that conspiracy thinkers were using protective measures like hand washing and social distancing until their government recommended they do so, and then they stop doing it.
Jul 03, 202002:21
Why You Shouldn't Argue on Facebook
Arguing with someone on Facebook is very likely to have the exact opposite result from what you're looking for, and it's not anybody's fault. It's just the way the human brain works. Find out how it happens and what ingenious experiment discovered it.
Jun 24, 202007:50
Racism is Only Part of a Much Bigger Problem
Our brains evolved to divide the world into us and them. This fundamental element of our psychological makeup is the problem. One of the many ways it manifests itself is as racism. But even though we can't get rid of our own evolutionary biology, we can still do something about it. That's what we will explore in this episode.
Jun 24, 202018:49
The Underlying Driver of World History: Soil Erosion
Why did the Roman empire keep expanding? What caused the Civil War? The surprising answer to these and many other big historical events is soil erosion. Find out how soil erosion drives human history in this episode.
Jun 23, 202010:01
The Fundamental Key to Great Relationships: The Bid
The bid is the most basic element of a relationship. In this episode, you will learn what it is and how to use it to make your relationships better than they have ever been. You will understand relationships in a whole new way.
Jun 23, 202006:40
The Man Who Invented Peanut Butter
This is a short tribute to a childhood hero, a man I still admire.
Jun 22, 202002:31
Fuel Competition Would Change the World
Although you can buy an electric car, a hydrogen car, a CNG car, etc., there are very few cars on the road that allow any fuels to compete directly with gasoline. And until petroleum has a direct competitor that can be chosen on the spot, we do not have true fuel competition. But it is possible. Find out more in this episode.
Jun 17, 202017:07
Chop and Drop: A Permaculture Idea Explained
Chop and drop is a technique to help your plants grow without costing you any money. You can help reduce the amount of water you need to put on the plants, it can help protect the plants from heat stress, it can fertilize your plants, and it will feed the microbes that will help your plant. Learn all about it in this episode.
Jun 17, 202013:49
How One Man Discovered That Trees Aren't Made of Dirt
Back in the 1600s, people thought that trees consumed soil, and that's what they were made of. But one man did an experiment showing that was not the case. And he did another experiment that gave an important clue to the real source of the material trees are made of.
Jun 16, 202003:16
Why Africa Has So Much Wildlife
When we see the Serengeti plains teeming with wildebeest and giraffes and lions, we are not looking at an ancient wild area, we're looking at something that has only come into existence in the last hundred and thirty years. How did it come about? Find out in this episode.
Jun 15, 202008:24
Do You Know Someone Going Through Chemotherapy? They Need to Hear This
If you are going through chemotherapy (or know someone who is) this episode talks about something you personally can do that might increase the effectiveness of your chemotherapy, and could possibly reduce the negative side effects of the treatment.
Jun 14, 202009:18
Does Your Body Hurt Even Though You're Not Injured?
Even if you haven't been working out lately, even if you've been taking it easy, it's possible that your body feels sore. Why? It might be a lack of motion variety. Your body might be literally aching to move.
Jun 13, 202003:24
What Natural Activity is Meditation an Artificial Substitute For?
Meditation has many positive effects, but it is an unnatural act. Is it a substitute for something more natural that can produce the same effects? Find out one proposed answer to this question in this episode.
Jun 07, 202012:11
Himalayan Blackberry Vines: Are They Good or Bad?
The Himalayan blackberry is well-known as an invasive species. Why is it so successful? And what should we do with invasive species? There are massive efforts around the world to eliminate them where they don't belong. Is this the best approach?
Jun 05, 202023:20