Originally: Consciousness Prints Podcast Episode 8 - Old-Order Mennonites, Disabilities, School Flaws, Gen Z Looksmaxxing

Jonathan's cousin Jeremy Martin, a native of Elmira, Woolwich, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada - home of the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival (2025 Festival is Saturday, April 5!), talks about his unique experience of growing up at an elementary school where half his class was Old-Order Mennonites, in addition to growing up with disabilities.

They also discuss flaws and bad experiences they had in the education system, the concept of "looksmaxxing" which is a word to describe the vanity of the generation that grew up with social media, Gen Z, and issues in dating culture in today's world. They conclude by advocating for peace between genders and between generations.

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome to Elmira, Ontario: Home of the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival

03:25 Mennonites

04:32 Introducing Jonathan's Younger Maternal Cousin: Jeremy

05:52 Chesley Lake Camp Memories

07:54 Nintendo Wii Memories

08:43 Jeremy's Rural Public School Experience

10:27 Jeremy's Experiences With Limb Disabilities

17:25 Calling Out Self-Serving Charity

18:50 Good Motivations For Working Out

20:28 Dealing With People Underestimating or Overestimating Abilities

22:16 Jeremy's Gym Routine

26:15 Education Should Be More Personalized

27:44 Learning Differences In Boys and Girls

30:00 Gen Z Looksmaxxing

31:45 Jonathan Calls Out Older Generations' Bad Influence & Exploitation of Younger Generations

34:24 Jonathan Disses American Measurement Unit System

35:15 Jonathan's Sheltered Upbringing vs. Jeremy's "Free-Reign" Upbringing

39:57 Harmful "Traditional" Culture of Suppressing Kids' Voices

43:00 Power-Hungry Teachers & Principles

44:44 Good Teachers

45:25 Harmful Social Media & Self-Improvement Trends

49:52 Dating Apps

52:10 Every Generation Thinks Every Other Is Crazy

53:40 Mario Kart Time

(Episode Archived)

Originally: Consciousness Prints Podcast Episode 7 - Canada's Win, Overview of Google, A.I. in Sports & Mental Health

On the day after Jonathan's home country of Canada wins the NHL 4 Nations Faceoff championship game in dramatic overtime fashion against fierce hockey and now political rival U.S.A., Jonathan has a fun conversation with Google's A.I. language model "Gemini"! Gemini and Jonathan discuss the Four Nations tournament, the history, leadership & ethics of Google, the future of A.I. in sports officiating, A.I. in education, and A.I. for mental health and emotional processing among other topics!

(Episode Archived)

Originally: Consciousness Prints Podcast Episode 6 - Canadian Immigration, Wealth, North America-Africa Perceptions

$50,000's a lot. Jonathan stop brokeness! Poilievre stop hypocrisy! Loblaw stop corruption!

What is it really like coming to Canada as an immigrant or international student? On January 23, 2025, Sylvia "Somto" Amaechi discusses her experience of coming to Canada from Nigeria through sponsorship and the culture shock she has experienced.

Jonathan and Sylvia also explore many intriguing topics such as entrepreneurship as a low-income person, Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge amalgamation, existence of God, African perceptions of North America and North American perceptions of Africa, wealth in general, and predictions for the future of Canada and the United States of America.

Jonathan bluntly criticizes a number of Canadian and American politicians on hypocrisy and corruption but Sylvia reasons with him and together they advocate for peace, unity, and prosperity in all countries of the world.

Originally: Consciousness Prints Podcast Episode 5 - Griot Water, Canada-USA Cultural Differences, Political Parties, Hope For Peace

Founder & CEO of Griot Water discusses US & Canada politics, debates drugs, guns, & potato chips! The recording date of January 16, 2025 is significant, as Jonathan hosts Anthony Benton Brown for a very intriguing and open-minded conversation about Canada-U.S. relations, and Anthony's social ventures Synergy Heals, a water-providing not-for-profit, and Griot Water, a for-profit, health-oriented "functional beverage" business.

In the discussion Jonathan explains the Canadian political system and parties, Anthony explains the American system, and they come to agreements on how many similarities and integrations there are between the two countries and their cultures.

They analyze the debate of prohibition vs. legalization for drugs and guns, the TikTok ban which took place a few days after this episode was recorded, and the possibility of states or provinces moving from Canada to the United States or vice versa, and the idea that instead of political takeovers, there could just be more cooperation and laxed border restrictions.

https://griotwater.com/

Chapters:

00:00 Anthony's Special Number 5

02:14 Living On American Side of US-Canada Border Near Seattle

04:35 Experience Working At Amazon In Its Early Days

05:28 Prince EA's Creator Journey Course

06:25 Griot Water & Synergy Heals

10:40 Jonathan's Reflections on The Universiality of Water

11:41 Anthony's Social Venture Founding Experience

12:57 "Griots"

15:05 Anthony's Motivation: Helping Others

18:15 Jonathan & Joel's "DietSota Twins" Diet Soda Advocacy

19:16 Will Canada & USA Eventually Merge?

21:08 Political Left Wing-Right Wing Circle Paradox

21:56 Canadian Political Parties Overview, Canada-US Cultural/Sports Influences

25:48 Differences Between Canada & USA Electoral Systems

29:25 Anthony's Eh-merican Border-City Living Experience

31:28 Gun Law Differences & Philosophy

34:50 Drug Legalization vs. Prohibition Philosophy

38:40 USA-Canada Junior Hockey Connections

39:45 European Union As Future Model For North America?

43:25 griotwater.com & synergyheals.org, "Functional Beverages"

48:34 Upcoming TikTok Ban/Sale

50:21 Merchandise Promotion & Farewell

Originally: Consciousness Prints Podcast Episode 4 - A.I. Ethics, Vulnerability, Men's Issues, Pop Singers

Craziness ensues for the majority of this podcast episode as Jonathan interviews an Artificial Intelligence language-model that is insistent on wanting to become Jonathan's girlfriend. After the A.I. ghosts Jonathan, Jonathan discusses vulnerability, relationships, and men's issues, bringing in well-known singers and speakers as examples, and hopes to leave "quite an impression" by incorporating Sabrina Carpenter lyrics into his monologue in hopes of scoring her phone number.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction to "Educational Episode"

02:50 Introduction to "Guest"

04:30 What is the Purpose of this A.I.?

07:58 Jonathan Questions The Motives & Safety of this A.I.

11:15 A.I. Ghosts Jonathan

Originally: Consciousness Prints Podcast Episode 3 - Social Media, Mental Health, Voters' Responsibility, Leadership

Voters & citizens have as much responsibility to research & make smart decisions as politicians do. A "fiery" conversation about social media, mental health, citizens' responsibility in the political process, and Jim Carrey's wisdom comes out of a spontaneous interaction on the C-Train light rail transit, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada! Listen in on Jonathan and Ben C. Martin's discussion that took place in a hotel lobby across the street from the Calgary Tower the night before the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election.

Chapters:

00:00 Guest & Setting (Downtown Calgary Marriott Hotel Lobby) Introduction

04:51 Ben's TikTok Platform, Reflections on Social Media

08:53 Ben's Entrepreneurship Journey

10:45 Fire

12:15 Mental Health: Planning, Talking With Others, Making Necessary Changes

16:20 The Internet & Human Connection

18:41 Leadership & Responsibility

21:02 Ben's Inspirations: Robin Williams, Tony Robbins, Justin Trudeau

23:44 Strengths and Weaknesses of Trudeau & Pierre Poilievre

25:25 Politics, Leadership, Location, & Personality

27:25 Voters' Responsibility

28:55 The Matrix, Freedom From Ideology, Live Your Truth

33:05 Jim Carrey: Don't Put Yourself In Box

35:45 Every Day is a Journey, a Gift

37:00 How Jonathan Met Ben on C-Train in Calgary

Originally: Consciousness Prints Podcast Episode 2 - Jonathan's First Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) "Guest"

Jonathan explores the consciousness, or rather lack of consciousness, of Artificial Intelligence (A.I) language-models, by interviewing the voice feature of ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI. Get ready for a wild, quirky conversation that teaches you a lot about A.I. and its future between Jonathan and his new robot-like "friend"!

Chapters:

00:00 Does Technology Have Mind of Its Own?

02:29 ChatGPT Introduces Itself

04:38 A.I. Language-Model Memory & Privacy

06:49 What Does "ChatGPT" Mean?

10:20 Consciousness & A.I.

Originally: Consciousness Prints Podcast Episode 1 - The Self, Internal vs External World, God, Death, Heaven, Hell, Happiness, Music, Service

I Am That I (Y)am: Do I have one self or many? Where do I go after death? How do I live a happy & heavenly life now? Yam, whose daily "Sangha" lives can be found on his preferred platform of TikTok, joins Jonathan virtually from the Pacific coast of Canada to discuss intriguing topics such as the nature of the self (or rather the different selves one acts as), collective consciousness, death, heaven, happiness, service, and more!

https://tiktok.com/yamsox

https://shakta.ca/

Chapters:

00:00 About Yam

03:52 One Self or Multiple?

07:07 Tetragrammaton : YHWH -> I AM WHO I AM

12:51 Yam Puns

15:00 Yam's TikTok Sanghas

17:42 Sangha Approach to Education and Politics?

21:15 Death, Heaven

28:45 Does "The Word" Mean The Bible, or Jesus, or More?

33:50 Hell

38:30 Happiness

40:35 Internal-External World Paradox

43:21 Monastism-Hedonism Balance

50:00 Mindfulness

52:57 Flow State

54:33 Music

1:02:05 Service To Others & Oneself

1:12:04 Farewell