[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: I got a really weird introduction to this. When I was running for Secretary General of Young Humanist International in 2019 in late May early June, I won; a bunch of people didn't go to the Whale Museum in Iceland, they didn't go to the volcanic vents or volcano events …
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[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: The future of currency. Somebody was asking a panel I was on this morning, of some bullshitters and some people actually know what they're talking about… I’m one of the bullshitters; if the dollar will remain the currency of record, what do you call it? I don't know. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: …
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[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: Pete Davidson is going out with another very pretty woman, Emily Ratajkowski. She is a model turned actress and author. She's the girl from Alan Thicke's kid , like from 10 years ago or eight years ago ‘Blurred Lines.’ Anyway, this has caused a lot of consternation among men in an …
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: I'm going to leave this one to you. Rick Rosner: Alright. So in your nicely appointed apartment you've assembled a small library of the religious beliefs of the world and I guess philosophical beliefs because you're very interested in those belief systems and in the people who have those beliefs, …
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[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: I mentioned that I thought there was bullshit going on with the polls. You're not supposed to think that there's bullshit going on with political polls, you're supposed to believe that pollsters are trying their best using the best methodologies to get the most accurate picture of what's going on. Then …
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Addendum. Rick Rosner: It's just crazy how young men like women and how old women like men; it's crazy but not surprising. Jacobsen: Yeah, it's kind of like having two separate curves with the fair one being for men because it's more gradual through an adult lifespan. It builds up, …
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Okay, so, what was the topic, belief systems or dating? Rick Rosner: Dating. We're talking about like before you started taping that you just completely made your apartment like a grownups apartment. Like you decorated it, you made it all nice. Jacobsen: Yeah. Rosner: I bet you it's like everything's …
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[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Okay, quick question. Do you think Aspartame is unhealthy or healthy? Rick Rosner: It's probably healthier than sugar. Years ago, when I started drinking lots of coffee with lots of fake sugar, I Googled this to see and as far as I could tell the jury's out, it can't be …
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: In U.S versus elsewhere? Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Yes, so I have a friend who left working for State media in China to come to Canada in their particular situation and describing it to me tonight over a call is that they felt it was very controlled. And I remarked that Chinese …
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[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This is an addendum to yesterday, please continue. Rick Rosner: Which was on following through… Jacobsen: [Laughing] continue. Rosner: All right. So I thought of one more huge area where I'm obsessive, which I guess falls under following through and that's working out. I haven't missed working out for a …
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