I’m relatively new to podcasting and one of the things I am especially new to is having guests. My first guest was The Existential Ginger, which went very well. If anything, my lack of preparation was apparent. I never gave much thought about screening guests beforehand, which would fall under common sense. So, in this episode I talk about the interview that went badly, all the things I have been busy with, I touch on other things such as existential crisis’s, Bob Ross, and the right to repair movement. This is mostly just an update and will be back to the drawing board for future episodes. I do have some stuff coming up later this month, so stay tuned for that.

I had someone reach out who at first I thought they wanted to interview me, but wanted to come on my podcast for an interview. In short, the interview was a hot mess and is not something I will publish. Of course, you’re probably wondering how bad it could possibly be and perhaps that peaks your interest in regard to listening to the interview. Here’s what happened…

This person inquired about an interview on my personal social media under a fake name. I initially thought it was some sort of scam and was inclined to ignore it but I messaged this person back and began asking him questions and I got back that he wanted to discuss spirituality, history of religion and so forth. My mistake is going back to my bad habit of skimming over messages that are very long and the red flag was buried in his response in regards the “the truth” that he’s found and the lies and deception. Do you see where this is going? This person is a flat-earther. Now, the fact that he’s a flat-earther isn’t as much of a problem for me as that the interview turned into 2 hours and 30 minutes of incomplete thoughts, lack of understanding and rambling. He also cut me off or talked over me almost every time I spoke as if he had answers.

Here’s the thing, I could spend plenty of time explaining why flat earth is a bunch of nonsense, but that would be futile. He only provided other YouTube videos for me to watch as supposedly proof. That’s just not good enough for quality content. There was also a lot of wind noise as he was out hiking, not a good setup for a good recording. My problem is not so much with what a flat earther believes but the accompanying lack of critical thinking that seems to go along with it. I don’t claim to be an expert in any particular field, but I am not going to allow my podcast to become an echo chamber for things I do not value.

You can read more by going to my website at www.spiritualgardening.net

Links:

Flat Earthers Explain Philosophy - https://flatearth.ws/contextualism#more-1222

Existential Crisis - https://www.healthline.com/health/existential-crisis

Bob Ross - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxcnsr1R5Ge_fbTu5ajt8DQ

Louis Rossmann - https://www.youtube.com/user/rossmanngroup

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