Category: Think Again

Think Again: Keith Whelpley on Blind Spots and Cognitive Dissonance

4/4/2022

Today, a conversation with Keith Whelpley follows a winding path, through considerations of blind spots and cognitive dissonance. How is it that we sometimes aren't aware of (don't see) what's right going on right in front of us - right now?

Sometimes perhaps it's attributable to the way our brains are hard-wired. Sometimes perhaps, our cognitive dissonance (discomfort with disparate "truths") prompts us to simply close the minds' eye to conflicting ideas that make us uncomfortable. Out of sight - out of mind - blind spot.

Think Again: David Chapman Talks About Cybersecurity

3/28/2022

Today, guest David Chapman shares his personal and professional experience and perspectives, on matters of "Cyber" concern; privacy, surveillance, security, hackers, weapons, war - and how we think about these considerations. Spanning the spectrum from personal to global cybersecurity, the conversation explores our fragile and vulnerable relationship with internet dependency and proposes basic practices that may help inform our personal and professional cyber-defenses.

Think Again: Keith Whelpley on Cognitive Dissonance

3/21/2022

Today, we welcome the always delightful Keith Whelpley, for a conversation about "Cognitive Dissonance". The term "Cognitive Dissonance" is used to describe the mental and/or emotional discomfort resulting from holding two conflicting beliefs, values, or attitudes. We explore how cognitive dissonance arises, how to recognize it, and how it influences our thinking, our feelings, our lives.

Think Again: Deidra Schaub on "Liminal Space"

3/14/2022

Our guest today is multi-talented, multi-dimensional Deidra Schaub, sharing some of her experience and considerations in the realms of "Liminal Space". Liminal space - the space, place and/or time of transition from the known and familiar, to a situation or circumstance that may be unfamiliar, unknown, or uncertain. A fun and insightful exploration of curiosity, creativity, and certainty - as well as humility, expectations, and assumptions. The conversation touches on being comfortable with the discomfort of liminal space and constant change as inherent elements of our lives and our universe.

Think Again: Phame Camarena - Dean of NMSU Honors College

3/7/2022

Our guest today, Phame Camarena (Dean of NMSU Honors College) opens a window to understanding the principles and practices of the Honors Program. He touches on the values that inform and drive the program, and how he personally approaches the processes of critical thinking and learning. He explores how we think about our thinking, and how that examination can help shape and inform both the perspectives and cognitive processes of students and our community.

Think Again: Keith Whelpley on the "Time Capsule Effect"

2/28/2022

Today's multi-dimensional conversation with Keith Whelpley touches on a significant number of considerations. The exploration includes matters like climate change, politics, war, survival instincts, black swans, liberalism, leadership, self-discovery, genetics, and more - as seen through the lens of our having recently emerged from our own human time capsule experience brought on by the personal and cultural impacts of the Covid 19 pandemic.

Think Again: Niki Harings on Grief

2/21/2022

Today's program with Niki Harings, Life Coach, explores aspects, characteristics and effects of grief on our lives, individually and collectively. The conversation touches on a few of the many events that prompt the presence of grief in our lives, how we can understand the experience, and how we can work toward managing the suffering.

Think Again: Charlton Taylor on "Busyness"

2/14/2022

In this conversation with Charlton Taylor, the business of "Busyness" takes front row in the considerations. We explored the influence of busyness, on our relationships, our culture, our health, our children, and how mind, body and spirit benefit from slow, quiet and contemplative times.

Think Again: Multi-talented Shahid Mustafa

2/7/2022

Think Again welcomes multi-talented Shahid Mustafa to the program. Shahid is well known in our community as the owner/operator of Taylorhood Farms - a local farming and Community Supported Agriculture food grower and distributor. Today, we share a conversation centered on his experience in the specific realm of music. Shahid is a talented musician, singer, songwriter, producer, visual artist, and frequent contributor to Edible NM magazine.

Think Again: Bob Hearn on "The True Believer"

1/31/2022

Today, guest Bob Hearn offers a thought-provoking peek into Eric Hoffer's groundbreaking 1951 book, The True Believer - Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements. Bob shares examples of current and historic conditions that encourage "True Believer" type movements, and suggests that simple "Compassion" may support us in moving past the inferno of anger, hate, and violence we see so much of today. Challenging material.

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