#95 Marijuana, Momentum, and the Cost of Moving Too Fast
Send Jim a Topic to Explore We were told marijuana was basically harmless. Not perfect — but harmless enough. Now even some of the institutions that once championed legalization are adjusting their to...
13 Feb 16min
What Happened to Customer Service After COVID?
Send Jim a Topic to Explore Remember when stores were open 24/7, hotel rooms came with daily housekeeping, and tipping was a thank-you — not a ransom note? Since COVID, businesses keep promising that ...
11 Feb 6min
#93 Death Isn’t the Problem. Delay Is.
Send Jim a Topic to Explore We don’t talk about death very clearly. We whisper about it at funerals… then scroll past confident voices explaining how to manage it. This episode started with a conversa...
9 Feb 12min
When Feelings Replace Reality: The Danger of Narratives That Just "Feel True"
Send Jim a Topic to Explore What if the most powerful lies… don’t look like lies at all? In this episode of Think First, we unpack poetic truth — the kind of storytelling that sounds noble, feels righ...
3 Feb 7min
#91 A Year Later · Still Waiting on Justice
Send Jim a Topic to Explore A year later, many Americans are still waiting — not for vengeance, not for show trials, but for explanation. This episode of Think First isn’t about indictments. It’s abo...
23 Jan 17min
#90 When ChatGPT Boils Everything Down to God
Send Jim a Topic to Explore An AI-generated answer landed at the top of my Instagram feed — calmly explaining why, when intelligence strips away scripture, science, and human narrative, it still arriv...
21 Jan 9min
#88 Who’s Actually Conscious? The Animals That Complicate the Question.
Send Jim a Topic to Explore Some animals don’t just react. They anticipate. In this episode of Think First, we explore a quiet idea most of us already sense but rarely say out loud: animals may notice...
11 Jan 21min
#87 Las Vegas, Charlie Kirk, Trump · And the Questions That Stopped Getting Asked
Send Jim a Topic to Explore The deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history didn’t fade because it was resolved. It faded because asking questions became unwelcome. In this episode of Think First, we revi...
6 Jan 21min
