GenXtemporaneous

Last week, we discussed the series finale of Ted Lasso. Since then, we've seen the predictable kudos, laments, and discussions we would expect. That includes criticisms of people's genuine feelings about the show. Edge lords, in particular, seem to delight in yucking other's yums. We discuss this phenomena and explore the motivations behind it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

We have been enjoying and invested in the positivity of Ted Lasso for three seasons. Join Marc and Kristina for their take on the season finale. Shockingly, they do not entirely agree. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

Welcome to our continuing discussion of life coaching. This time, we discuss whether overused buzzwords are problematic. As Kristina says, if everyone is a Narcissist then is anyone a Narcissist? Sources Ciccarelli, Saundra K, and J Noland. 2013. Psychology : DSM 5. 5th ed. Boston: Pearson. Nast, Condé. 2016. “What Happens When We Decide Everyone Else Is a Narcissist.” The New Yorker. August 17, 2016. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/jia-tolentino/what-happens-when-we-decide-everyone-else-is-a-narcissist. Okoye, Helen . 2011. “Narcissistic Personality Disorder DSM-5 301.81 (F60.81) - Therapedia.” Theravive.com. 2011. https://www.theravive.com/therapedia/narcissistic-personality-disorder-dsm--5-301.81-(f60.81). Bitar, George. 2022. “3 Signs That You’re in a Relationship with a True Narcissist.” In Session Psych. September 21, 2022. https://insessionpsych.com/3-signs-that-youre-in-a-relationship-with-a-true-narcissist/. Washington Post. n.d. “Advice | Traumatized? Gaslit? How to Know If You’re Misusing Therapy Words.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/01/10/misuse-gaslighting-trauma-narcissism/. Mangan, Lucy. 2023. “A Very British Cult Review – an Unrelenting Investigation into the Worst of Humanity.” The Guardian, April 5, 2023, sec. Television & radio. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/apr/05/a-very-british-cult-review-lighthouse-bbc-documentary. “What Is Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Coaching?” n.d. The Coaching Academy. Accessed May 15, 2023. https://www.the-coaching-academy.com/blog/2022/05/narcissistic-abuse-recovery-coaching_3418#:~:text=Narcissistic%20Abuse%20Recovery%20Coaching%20means%20identifying%20unhealthy%20language%20patter “How to Spot Narcissistic Abuse.” n.d. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/toxic-relationships/201709/how-spot-narcissistic-abuse. Kapp, Diana. 2022. “TikTok’s Narcissism Obsession, and What It Says about Us.” MindSite News. March 21, 2022. https://mindsitenews.org/2022/03/20/whats-behind-the-narcissism-obsession-on-tiktok-and-what-does-it-says-about-us/. https://www.youtube.com/@DoctorRamani https://www.youtube.com/@SurvivingNarcissism https://www.youtube.com/@Psych2go https://www.youtube.com/@HealthyGamerGG https://www.youtube.com/@MentalHealness https://www.youtube.com/@anoushkamarcin https://www.youtube.com/@TamieMJoyce https://www.youtube.com/@LWHawksbyTheNarcissistHunter --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

This week, we continue our discussion of life coaching. This week, we focus on Lighthouse International, an organization in England ostensibly meant to enable personal growth and entrepreneurial success. It seems, however, that the only entrepreneur seeing success is the founder of Lighthouse. In fact, Lighthouse has come to note and not resemble a cult. Sources Washington Post. n.d. “Advice | Traumatized? Gaslit? How to Know If You’re Misusing Therapy Words.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/01/10/misuse-gaslighting-trauma-narcissism/. Mangan, Lucy. 2023. “A Very British Cult Review – an Unrelenting Investigation into the Worst of Humanity.” The Guardian, April 5, 2023, sec. Television & radio. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/apr/05/a-very-british-cult-review-lighthouse-bbc-documentary. Bitar, George. 2022. “3 Signs That You’re in a Relationship with a True Narcissist.” In Session Psych. September 21, 2022. https://insessionpsych.com/3-signs-that-youre-in-a-relationship-with-a-true-narcissist/. Nast, Condé. 2016. “What Happens When We Decide Everyone Else Is a Narcissist.” The New Yorker. August 17, 2016. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/jia-tolentino/what-happens-when-we-decide-everyone-else-is-a-narcissist. Okoye, Helen . 2011. “Narcissistic Personality Disorder DSM-5 301.81 (F60.81) - Therapedia.” Theravive.com. 2011. https://www.theravive.com/therapedia/narcissistic-personality-disorder-dsm--5-301.81-(f60.81). “A Very British Cult.” n.d. Www.youtube.com. Accessed May 12, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAyKIP3Dwq4&t=2050s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Pkc8FM5Xk “What Makes a Cult? A Very British Cult EXCLUSIVE TRAILER.” n.d. Www.youtube.com. Accessed May 12, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Pkc8FM5Xk. “Lighthouse Global - YouTube.” n.d. Www.youtube.com. Accessed May 12, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/@Lighthouse_Global. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

Life coaches serve a variety of functions that include career advancement, helping to develop strategies for living, improve relationships, and many other areas where the consumer believes coaching will improve their chances for success. With av lack of regulatory oversight, do customers always get the assistance they need? This is part one of at least two where we discuss this controversial but growing industry. Sources “E X E c U T I v E S U M M a RY.” n.d. https://coachfederation.org/app/uploads/2020/09/FINAL_ICF_GCS2020_ExecutiveSummary.pdf “The State of Coaching in 2023 - the Fully Booked Coach.” 2023. March 15, 2023. https://thefullybookedcoach.com/the-state-of-coaching/. Wright, Stephanie. n.d. “Find Coaching Education.” Become a Coach. Accessed April 27, 2023. https://becomea.coach/find-coaching-education/. “Life Coaching Statistics That Show It’s a Great Industry.” 2023. March 1, 2023. https://paperbell.com/blog/life-coaching-industry-statistics/#:~:text=Life%20coaching%20is%20one%20of. Tugend, Alina. 2015. “Before Starting as a Coach, It Helps to Go into Training.” The New York Times, March 6, 2015, sec. Your Money. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/07/your-money/training-to-become-a-life-coach.html. “How to Become a Life Coach - Life Purpose Institute.” 2022. Lifepurposeinstitute.com. August 30, 2022. https://lifepurposeinstitute.com/how-to-become-a-life-coach-2/. “What Is Life Coaching? | Psychology.org.” 2022. Psychology.org | Psychology’s Comprehensive Online Resource. March 16, 2022. Featured Expert: Jisun Sunny Fisher, Ph.D.https://www.psychology.org/resources/what-is-life-coaching/. Ashutosh Jogalekar. 2013. “Is Psychology a ‘Real’ Science? Does It Really Matter?” Scientific American Blog Network. August 13, 2013. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-curious-wavefunction/is-psychology-a-e2809creale2809d-science-does-it-really-matter/. Berezow, Alex B. 2012. “Why Psychology Isn’t Science.” Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times. July 13, 2012. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-jul-13-la-ol-blowback-pscyhology-science-20120713-story.html. Windy Tshepiso Maledu “The Art and Science behind Coaching.” Www.ft.com. Accessed May 1, 2023. https://www.ft.com/partnercontent/coachhub/the-art-and-science-behind-coaching.html. News, CBC. 2022. “Undercover Investigation: Life Coaches Caught on Camera (Marketplace).” YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FygdK--wT8. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

This is the second episode in our war on science series and we are looking at what's going on in the anti vax world (they prefer to be called vaccine hesitant) and it ain't good. Thanks for listening please come back and listen again. CDC “Birth-18 Years Immunization Schedule.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, February 3, 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolescent.html. Lanzarotta, Tess. “Perspective | How to Beat Anti-Vaxxers at Their Own Game.” The Washington Post. WP Company, December 9, 2019. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/12/10/how-beat-anti-vaxxers-their-own-game/. Mnookin, Seth. “How Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Distorted Vaccine Science.” Scientific American. Scientific American, January 11, 2017. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-robert-f-kennedy-jr-distorted-vaccine-science1/. Dickson, EJ. “A Guide to 17 Anti-Vaccination Celebrities.” Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone, June 14, 2019. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/celebrities-anti-vaxxers-jessica-biel-847779/. Lanese, Nicoletta. “'Crazymothers' Want You to Stop Calling Them 'Anti-Vaxxers'.” LiveScience. Purch, December 4, 2019. https://www.livescience.com/anti-vaxxers-try-to-change-name.html. Stern, Alexandra, and Howard Markel2. “The History Of Vaccines And Immunization: Familiar Patterns, New Challenges.” Health Affairs, 2005. https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.24.3.611. Medicine, Library. “Smallpox: Variolation.” U.S. National Library of Medicine. National Institutes of Health, July 30, 2013. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/smallpox/sp_variolation.html. Kaufman, Martin. “THE AMERICAN ANTI-VACCINATIONISTS AND THEIR ARGUMENTS.” Bulletin of the History of Medicine 41, no. 5 (1967): 463–78. Giffin, Robert, Kathleen Stratton, and Rosemary Chalk. “Childhood Vaccine Finance And Safety Issues.” Health Affairs, 2004. https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.23.5.98. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

Episode 5 description: This is the next installment in our war on science series and we're looking at the first episode of the Netflix documentary (un)Well "Essential Oils".  This trend is a little too soothing for us to go too hard at the concept, but never fear!  Marc and I have plenty to say about a couple of the key figures featured in this episode.  Dr. Z, my dude, we are coming to drag you!  Listen for digressions into gangster rap, a little bit of our personal experience with western medicine and as always, Marc tells jokes.   Thank you for listening to us each week.   Monroe, Rachel, Sheila Marikar, and Judith Thurman. “How Essential Oils Became the Cure for Our Age of Anxiety.” The New Yorker, 2017. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/09/how-essential-oils-became-the-cure-for-our-age-of-anxiety. Integrative, PDQ, Alternative, and Complementary Therapies Editorial Board. “Aromatherapy With Essential Oils (PDQ®).” PDQ Cancer Information Summaries [Internet]. U.S. National Library of Medicine, October 24, 2005. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK65874/. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlGCc99ZXjs Sashin, Erica. “(Un)Well.” Netflix Official Site, August 12, 2020. https://www.netflix.com/watch/81076172?trackId=14170289. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1Km6E_0sLg --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

This podcast began many many episodes ago exploring the theme of the "War on Science." We have returned to it in grand style with a great conversation about the war on Science as illustrated in the 2012 documentary, "Revisionaries." The film explores the Texas State Board of Education's efforts to impose an anti-science right wing agenda on education in Texas Public schools. Sources Metni, Jawad, ed. 2012. The RevisionariesFilm. Directed by Thurman Scott. United States: Kino Lorber. Andrew Albanese |. n.d. “PEN America Report Documents Massive Spike in Book Bans.” PublishersWeekly.com. Accessed April 13, 2023. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/88972-pen-america-report-documents-massive-spike-in-book-bans.html. Andrew Albanese |. n.d. “ALA Releases Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2021.” PublishersWeekly.com. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/88932-ala-releases-top-10-most-challenged-books-of-2021.html. Donegan, Moira. 2023. “Schools and Universities Are Ground Zero for America’s Culture War.” The Guardian, February 5, 2023, sec. Opinion. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/05/schools-and-universities-are-ground-zero-for-americas-culture-war. Gold, Daniel M. 2012. “Culture Wars in the School Board.” The New York Times, October 26, 2012, sec. Movies. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/26/movies/the-revisionaries-looks-at-textbooks-in-texas.html. Wikipedia Contributors. 2019. “History of Education in the United States.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. August 26, 2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_education_in_the_United_States. Kober, Nancy. 2020. “History and Evolution of Public Education in the US.” Center on Education Policy. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED606970.pdf. NPR.org. n.d. “‘Revisionaries’ Tells Story of Texas Textbook Battle.” https://www.npr.org/2012/06/20/155440679/revisionaries-tells-story-of-texas-textbook-battle. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

This week, we continue our arc of new GenX authors. This week, we are talking with the engaging Chuck Suffel about his new comic, Sherlock Holmes and the Wonderland Conundrum, a delightful mash-up of two iconic universes that, amazingly, taste great together. Chuck Suffel is a comic book writer first published under the pseudonym Daniel Charles in the Harvey Award Nominated 27 Club Comic Anthology from Red Stylo Media. Since then he has appeared in several anthology projects from several indie publishers, most recently penning two stories in The Rockabilly Rambler anthology. Chuck is also the technology coordinator at a small private school in NYC, a husband, and the father of two insane teenagers. Chuck is tired. Find/follow on twitter @chuck_suffel and instagram @chucksuffel --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

Join us for a fascinating discussion of the War on Science. What is the history of this war? Why are French philosophers making things more difficult for us? This is one of our favorite discussion arcs. Sources “What’s behind the U.S. War on Science?” 2021. The MIT Press Reader. June 22, 2021. https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/whats-behind-the-u-s-war-on-science/. De Vrieze, Jop. 2017. Review of Bruno Latour, a Veteran of the “Science Wars,” Has a New Mission. Science.org. October 10, 2017. https://www.science.org/content/article/bruno-latour-veteran-science-wars-has-new-mission. Otto, Shawn. n.d. “A Plan to Defend against the War on Science.” Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-plan-to-defend-against-the-war-on-science/. Otto, Shawn Lawrence. 2012. “America’s Science Problem.” Scientific American 307 (5): 62–71. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican1112-62 CBS Documentary "The War on Science" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do-3WCKhdl0&t=984s --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

In this episode Marc and Kristitna welcome special guest Andrea to the discussion.  This is the first in a new segment that we will revisit from time to time, in which we discuss popular genX movies and examine the "life lessons" they try to impart.  Here we speak about some of the life lessons in the Breakfast Club (if you mess with the bull, you get the horns; don't judge a book by its cover) as well as dig into the stereotypes of each of the character and how and how they come to show us more of who they really are. Thanks for coming to listen to us each week!  Please join us on social media @kristinagenx and @marceatspeach on Twitter and @genxtemporaneous on facebook and instagram. Hughes, John. 1985. The Breakfast Club. United States: Universal Pictures. Gora, Susana. You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation. 2011. Crown. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

In this episode, Marc and Kristina discuss the concept of karma. What is it? Is it real? What's the difference between the colloquial use and the traditional meaning from Eastern religions? Join us for this lively discussion. Sources: Actualized.org What is Karma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2At8kzrwdNc&t=1464s Amber Felton: What is Karma https://www.webmd.com/balance/what-is-karma Jessica Estrada: There Are 12 Laws of Karma at Play in Your Life—Here’s What They Mean https://www.wellandgood.com/12-laws-of-karma/ Paul Ratner: Karma doesn’t work how most people think it does https://bigthink.com/thinking/karma-doesnt-work-how-most-people-think/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

How about a nice game of chess? Marc and Kristina discuss concerns with AI in our lives through the lens of the 1983 film, "War Games," starring Matthew Broderick. AI is with us to stay. How should we think about it? Is it likely to be C3PO or Hal or something completely different? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

Episode 127 is our latest interview with a first time GenX author. This narrative is about a man who falls in love with a woman he has never met. And he never really will because she's been dead for years. This is an autobiographical account of his personal spiritual and romantic journey. Join us for this fascinating discussion. Please find Michael's book here on Amazon:  https://a.co/d/5RQ0kFz --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

This week, we were inspired by another podcast, You Are Good, and their take on the 1984 film Amadeus. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/amadeus-w-maryanna-aster/id1527948382?i=1000598679966. Marc and Kristina will focus on the portrayal of genius in this film and discuss how it applies in other areas of life. Follow us on our Twitter @Xtemporaneous2. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support