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Questions & Curiosities

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by Rusty Rushfeldt

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I've always been curious and question everything, but in today's world, I feel that I need to ramp up my curiosity and ask serious questions regarding topics which will have a huge impact to all of us. Curious topics like: Going Green, Climate Change, Unity, Social Media, Healthcare, Education, Recycling, Politics, Economy ... well, you get the idea, a little of everything. I'm based in Canada so most of my curiosity and questions relate to Canada, but we all know there are world-wide issues which affect everyone, regardless of your home-base country. My goal is to help others to "Explore and Grow Knowledge and Understanding", so you can make your own conclusions and develop your own beliefs. Enjoy the conversations. *Please note that this podcast will be non-confrontational, respectful, non-partisan, open-minded, and all-inclusive. Yes, we will probably have some disagreements, but they will never escalate into threats or anger because we will be civil, understanding and respectful to each other. So, let's share some knowledge and understanding. Oh, I forgot to mention, this podcast will not always be serious. In fact, humor and laughter will be a prerequisite to join in the conversations. www.rustyrushfeldt.com

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Recent Episodes

February 17, 2020

Weathering the Wetsuweten Wave

This is a brief discussion regarding the Wet'suwet'en (British Columbia First Nations) Hereditary Chiefs' issues with Coastal GasLink Pipeline.

January 3, 2020

Mental Health ... Please Help Me

Sadly, I read yet another news article about a young individual taking their own life. So, what is considered to be the Happiest time of the year, this young woman decided that Christmas Eve was going to be her last day on earth.I’m not going to talk about how successful this 26-year-old Inuk woman was, or the traumas she’s experienced, or the messages she tried to share in her music and songs, or all the good things she did for her Inuk family, friends and community.Her accomplishments and to-do-list are inspiring, so please take the time, do some research, and read up on Kelly Fraser.What I’m going to talk about is how we deal with individuals with mental health issues.Mental health is a huge topic, so I will narrow this discussion down to two types of mental health awareness and acknowledgement that is often brought to our attention. The first one that I will talk about I’ll use the story of Kelly Fraser, who confirmed acknowledgement and acceptance, in that she knew she had mental health challenges and bravely shared that with her family, friends, community and fans.I’m going to accentuate the words “bravely shared”, because to share, exposes vulnerabilities and weaknesses, which goes against everything we’re taught, while growing up.These vulnerabilities and weaknesses can be quickly and dangerously exploited, through the use of social media and the internet, which dramatically escalates the individual’s mental health challenges, to the point of a potential, impossible salvation.I’m not sure what her mental health care and support consisted of, so it is difficult to assess what could have been done better.All I know is that we failed her, and we will never know why she did what she did.That’s sad, because we will never learn from our mistakes or failings. The second mental health acknowledgement and acceptance I would like to talk about is the one where the struggling individual keeps everything to themselves.They don’t share or ask for help, because they may be afraid of being embarrassed, being teased, being bullied, being accused of vying for attention, or feeling that family and friends will view them as being weak. There may be some subtle hints and clues that the individual is suffering, especially with depression, but generally the acknowledgement and acceptance only happens after that individual takes their own life, then all you hear in the news is that the family and friends are shocked because they had no idea, that individual, had mental health issues.Then you would hear, “If only he would have come forwarded and shared his challenges, and asked for help, then all would have been better”.Well, we all know how well that process of support and treatment worked out for Kelly Fraser.I want to go back for a moment and continue discussing the individual that hides their challenges.Even though the world is working towards creating more awareness and acceptance of mental health issues and challenges, there still seems to be a gap in training, of all of us, to recognize and acknowledge who needs immediate help.We tend to dismiss some signs, especially depression, because in today’s world it’s starting to become more commonplace, so the one’s with chronic and deeper depression may be over-looked and dismissed.Treatment and support can be very individual case-to-case, but if the help is given soon enough, then maybe we could reduce the number of suicides.I’m all for the world-wide Mental Health acknowledgement and the plans to get better with support and treatments.Mental Health is a very complex issue which requires the talents of many highly trained professionals, to inform and teach to the masses, continually over the years.But, at the same time we need to reduce or ultimately eliminate some major influences and possible causes of depression...

December 30, 2019

When is History No Longer History

The other day I watched an interesting biographical drama film about American psychologist William Moulton Marston and the two important women in his life. William Marston invented the lie-detector, and he also created the fictional character Wonder Woman.Throughout the film there were under-lying hints around feminism, equal rights for women, equal power for both sexes, and an openness regarding personal choices for relationships.As Marston was developing Wonder Woman for comics, he was pushing the boundaries as to what was morally acceptable in that era of late 1930’s and early 1940’s.He pushed hard to create a persona of what a woman could do, which was based on his DISC theory, which meant: Dominance…Inducement…Submission…Compliance.The book got banned by an ethics group.Wonder Woman comics, as well as other comics, were now being burned in the streets.Wonder Woman comic survived, but the sexual and bondage imagery disappeared after William Marston’s death in 1947, along with Wonder Woman's superpowers. Wonder Woman was finally reclaimed by famous activist Gloria Steinem in 1972, when she put the character on the cover of the first issue of Ms. Magazine as the quintessential symbol of female empowerment. So, imagine what current history would look like if Wonder Woman’s creation and comic book existence was totally eradicated, in the 1940’s, because of the views and morals of a few elite and narrow-minded individuals.While watching this film I had no idea of the background behind Wonder Woman’s creation.I have learned that there is always a back-story to every story and that is usually where the truth is buried.That back-story history is what needs to be preserved, not ignored our eliminated, but, to be there for reference, knowledge, and understanding.As a child, I was only exposed to the re-formulated, transformed, milder version, of Wonder Woman.Even later in life, watching Wonder Women on TV, I never thought anything about this being a movement for woman’s rights.I just saw it as men and women superheroes doing what they could to protect mankind from evil.This movie made me think about our current state of acceptance, censorship, and compliance regarding history that may have been racist, inappropriate, discriminatory, or sexist in nature.We need to be very cautious as to how we think about our history.Without our history we would not be where we are today.Removing or eradicating history, so we only know the current history, will only lead to someday removing our current history, to make room for the new current history.That cycle would create a culture of young individuals, never learning from past beliefs, intolerances, and mistakes, because that history would have been all eradicated.So, when is History, No Longer History? Never

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What is Questions & Curiosities?: I've always been curious and question everything, but in today's world, I feel that I need to ramp up my curiosity and ask serious questions regarding topics which will have a huge impact to all of us. Curious topics like: Going Green, Climate Change, Unity, Social Media, Healthcare, Education, Recycling, Politics, Economy ... well, you get the idea, a little of everything. I'm based in Canada so most of my curiosity and questions relate to Canada, but we all know there are world-wide issues which affect everyone, regardless of your home-base country. My goal is to help others to "Explore and Grow Knowledge and Understanding", so you can make your own conclusions and develop your own beliefs. Enjoy the conversations.

*Please note that this podcast will be non-confrontational, respectful, non-partisan, open-minded, and all-inclusive.
Yes, we will probably have some disagreements, but they will never escalate into threats or anger because we will be civil, understanding and respectful to each other. So, let's share some knowledge and understanding.

Oh, I forgot to mention, this podcast will not always be serious. In fact, humor and laughter will be a prerequisite to join in the conversations.

www.rustyrushfeldt.com
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates daily.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
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