Inquisitive Pontification

About Inquisitive Pontification

Inquisitive Pontification is an exploration of my understandings of different topics like Politics, Religion, Faith, Policy, film, television, popular culture, my crazy Uber rides (I'm a driver) and the people I meet, etc... And, hopefully, along the way, I'll be challenged on my ideas and paradigms of how I view the world and perhaps I'll grow. Maybe, just maybe, you'll want to grow with me too.

Publisher

Nathan Carlsen

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Mar 2020

Latest episode

5 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

34 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Dec 2025

   Mr. TIFF e6 - Finding Steve - John Buck (author)

   Peg (my aunt and former wife of Stephen Carlsen) sent me some papers she found in Steve's things. One of them was a correspondence between Steve and John Buck, with an email. I reached out and this is our conversation. Inventing The Future by John Buck https://books.by/john-buck

2. 

   22 Oct 2025

   Mr. TIFF e5 - Steve's coworker & Friend, Tim

   Steve's friend, Tim, shares his memories of what Steve was like as a coworker at Aldus, Adobe and as a friend. We also get to the bottom of one of the biggest questions I have, did Steve make the TIFF file himself, or did he have help?

3. 

   11 Oct 2025

   Mr. TIFF ep 4 - His Family - Wow

   On this episode of the Mr. TIFF miniseries, I talk to my aunt (Steve's wife for many years) and his 3 daughters about what he was like as a father and husband while working at Aldus and Adobe, how his desire to solve mathematical puzzles kept him so focused, how he enjoyed teaching math to his children, and how he started at Aldus in the first place. Other family stories have have nothing to do with technology are shared as well just because they're fun.

Who has been a guest on Inquisitive Pontification

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Kyle
• Adam Cade Gilson
• Matthew
• Ruth Moen
• Carmonel family members

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Apple Podcasts (US)

1.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 14 / 100

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Quality

28

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

0

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