Aden Debord, 21, and Jim Newman, 73 agree that they are friends and that that's something to celebrate. The reassuring declaration doesn't really define their relationship, though, or say anything about what it actually means for any two people to be "friends". In this episode, Jim and Aden undertake a meandering journey through personal recollections, trying to define their individual experience of friendship. They don't necessarily wind up with a workable definition. They both conclude after heartfelt discussion that they'd be lost without their friends. ...
Aden Debord and Jim Newman, 20 and 72 years old respectively, share impressions of October's major holiday and weigh in on how Halloween compares with the other major celecrations on the calendar. This is the kind of conversation Inherently Human specializes in, the sort of open discussion you might enjoy with a neighbor. Or a best friend! ...
Haley Sage, Willis Homann, lifeguards at Portland State University's Recreation Center pool, join Inherently Human hosts Aden Debord and Jim Newman, in a broad-ranging discussion of human moralality. The question: are people led primarily by a moral sense, or instinct? ...