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Seize the Moment Podcast

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by Alen D. Ulman, Leon Garber

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255 episodes
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Seize the Moment Podcast, hosted by Leon Garber and Alen Ulman, is a project centered around making the most important and useful ideas in psychology, philosophy, and personal development mainstream. We feature guests from all walks of life whether they be artists, musicians, comedians, entrepreneurs, philosophers, psychologists and many more. There is a saying, "the most essential knowledge is not yet made widely accessible." We want to make that information accessible and change as many lives for the better as possible. Leon Garber is a philosophical writer, contemplating and elucidating the deep recesses of man's soul. He is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor/Psychotherapist — specializing in Existential Psychotherapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and Trauma Therapy — and manages a blog exploring issues of death, self-esteem, love, freedom, life-meaning, and mental health/mental illness, from both empirical and personal viewpoints. Alen Ulman is a content creator and life long auto-didact. Alen manages the page Ego Ends Now which is a growing community for expanding consciousness with vital information about science, medicine, self actualization, philosophy, psychology and methods to overcome identification with compulsive thought. The purpose of Ego Ends Now is to make sure to give everyone in it's community every tool available to add levity in their own lives, making it a very real possibility for them to create a life of their own design, and help impact the world and our global community positively.

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August 2, 2026

J. Aaron Simmons & Benjamin W. McCraw - The Hidden Philosophy of Heavy Metal | STM Podcast #263

<p dir="ltr">On episode 263, we welcome J. Aaron Simmons and Benjamin McGraw to discuss the philosophy of heavy metal, the satanic panic and the Judas Priest trial, metal as an expression of liberty and individuality, the intellectual diversity in metal, challenging racist and misogynistic ideologies in the sphere, music as an expression of rebellion and critical thinking, the battle between reactionary and progressive beliefs and how it manifests in the war against the devil, the paradox of Christian metal, and transcending the need to transgress as an authentic expression of metal fandom.</p> <p dir="ltr">J. Aaron Simmons is a Professor of Philosophy who has published over a dozen books, the most recent is Camping with Kierkegaard. Simmons is the former President of the Søren Kierkegaard Society (USA) and writes regularly for his Substack, Philosophy in the Wild. Benjamin W. McCraw is Instructor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina Upstate and Research Associate at the African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (ACEPS), University of Johannesburg. He works in epistemology and philosophy of religion and has published in journals including Social Epistemology, Faith and Philosophy, Acta Analytica, and Religious Studies. Their new book, available now, is called The Heaviest Ideas in the Universe: A Philosophy of Heavy Metal.</p> <p dir="ltr">| J. Aaron Simmons & Benjamin W. McCraw|</p> <p dir="ltr">► Website | https://jaaronsimmons.com, https://philpeople.org/profiles/benjamin-mccraw </p> <p dir="ltr">► Youtube | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtktPVW5IrLx0772vl8znWQ</p> <p dir="ltr">► Substack | https://jaaronsimmons.substack.com</p> <p dir="ltr">► Twitter |  https://twitter.com/jaaronsimmons</p> <p dir="ltr">► Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090093484022</p> <p dir="ltr">► Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/simmonsphilosopher</p> <p dir="ltr">► Google Scholar | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kUbkQ8EAAAAJ&hl=en</p> <p dir="ltr">► The Heaviest Ideas in the Universe | https://amzn.to/4hI1IED</p> <p dir="ltr">Where you can find us:</p> <p dir="ltr">| Seize The Moment Podcast |</p> <p dir="ltr">► Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/SeizeTheMomentPodcast</p> <p dir="ltr">► Twitter | https://twitter.com/seize_podcast</p> <p dir="ltr">► Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/seizethemomentPodcast</p> <p dir="ltr">► TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@seizethemomentpodcast</p> <p dir="ltr">► Patreon |  patreon.com/user?u=32208666</p> <p> </p>

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<p dir="ltr">On episode 262, we welcome Mike McIntire to discuss American gun ownership, the Supreme Court's misinterpretation of the second amendment of the bill of rights, the proliferation of guns for both defense and conquest throughout American history, gun ownership as a symbol of responsibility and masculinity, the NRA's existential fear of gun reforms, the philosophical divide at the heart of the debate around gun ownership, how the founding fathers may have reacted to the current political climate, and the importance of popular messaging in alleviating gun violence.</p> <p dir="ltr">Mike McIntire is an investigative reporter, author, and editor. As a member of the investigations unit at The New York Times, he shared Pulitzer Prizes in 2022 for reporting on the hidden financial incentives behind police traffic stops, and in 2017 for reporting on covert Russian interference in the US presidential election. His new book, available July 21, 2026, is called Ricochet: Guns, Greed, and the American Way of Violence. </p> <p dir="ltr">| Mike McIntire |</p> <p dir="ltr">► Website | https://www.mikemcintire.com</p> <p dir="ltr">► The New York Times | https://nyti.ms/3TffsfU</p> <p dir="ltr">► Ricochet Book | https://bit.ly/read-ricochet-book</p> <p dir="ltr">Where you can find us:</p> <p dir="ltr">| Seize The Moment Podcast |</p> <p dir="ltr">► Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/SeizeTheMomentPodcast</p> <p dir="ltr">► Twitter | https://twitter.com/seize_podcast</p> <p dir="ltr">► Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/seizethemomentpodcast</p> <p dir="ltr">► TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@seizethemomentpodcast</p> <p> </p>

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What is Seize the Moment Podcast?

Seize the Moment Podcast, hosted by Leon Garber and Alen Ulman, is a project centered around making the most important and useful ideas in psychology, philosophy, and personal development mainstream. We feature guests from all walks of life whether they be artists, musicians, comedians, entrepreneurs, philosophers, psychologists and many more. There is a saying, "the most essential knowledge is not yet made widely accessible." We want to make that information accessible and change as many lives for the better as possible.

Leon Garber is a philosophical writer, contemplating and elucidating the deep recesses of man's soul. He is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor/Psychotherapist — specializing in Existential Psychotherapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and Trauma Therapy — and manages a blog exploring issues of death, self-esteem, love, freedom, life-meaning, and mental health/mental illness, from both empirical and personal viewpoints.

Alen Ulman is a content creator and life long auto-didact. Alen manages the page Ego Ends Now which is a growing community for expanding consciousness with vital information about science, medicine, self actualization, philosophy, psychology and methods to overcome identification with compulsive thought. The purpose of Ego Ends Now is to make sure to give everyone in it's community every tool available to add levity in their own lives, making it a very real possibility for them to create a life of their own design, and help impact the world and our global community positively.

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