After hosting JIALIO's first guest on the previous episode, Aaron and Ira hash out how that decision was made back in episode 5, and how it might impact the direction of the podcast going forward. At issue, in part, is the value of centralizing difference and conflict versus prioritizing solutions, a tension which has characterized much of the collaboration between Aaron and Ira over the years.

Their conversation veers between the metaphysical and the pragmatic, touching on the eschatalogical hypotheses of Architect Paolo Soleri and Jesuit/Paleontologist Teilhard de Chardin, before concluding with the seductive, but empty, pleasures of The Amazing Race.

Music:

“Open Up Your Heart” by Roger Miller (a song which features the show’s namesake lyric). arranged and recorded especially for JIALIO by 80 Foots, Chicago’s only End Times Vocal Trio.

“Open Up Your Heart” by Buddy Killen + Roger Miller

Arranged and recorded by: 80 Foots (https://www.facebook.com/80FPM)