TMI with Aldous Tyler
TMI with Aldous Tyler
TMI with Aldous Tyler
The Cure for the Common Media
TMI 03/25/2022 - Records Simultaneously Broken at Both Poles, The Corruption of Gayle Manchin, Study Shows Little Harm from Unauthorized Downloads, the Limitations of Measurement
The temperature in parts of the Antarctic hit 70ºF above average - what makes that even more alarming is how at the SAME moment parts of the Arctic hit 50ºF above average! We discuss the ramifications. Next, while many are aware of the corrupt and corporate leanings of Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, his wife Gayle happens to have still OTHER corrupting forces that she merrily navigates for her husband's benefit. Then, we review how the EU commissioned a study to "prove" that unauthorized downloads have a negative effect on legitimate sales of various forms of media, only to have the study buried when it failed to show much of anything like that. Finally, we examine the idea "If you can't measure it, then it doesn't exist" and why this is a truly flawed concept. All that and more on TMI for Friday, March 25, 2022 - listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media! 
Mar 25, 2022
58 min
TMI 03/18/2022 - DeSantis Versus a Black Congressperson, Daylight Saved? and Why the Secret Service is Worried About Incels
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has aims to eliminate a Congressional district in his state that is primarily populated by black people. We will go over the legality of this, and how it is NO accident. Then, we go over the bill that has passed the US Senate, looking to end the madness of changing our clocks twice a year by making Daylight Saving Time a permanent state, beginning November 2023. Finally, we talk about a recent report from the US Secret Service, noting that a significant portion of domestic terrorist activity has been coming from the growing "incel community" online. We discuss all that and more on TMI for Friday, March 18, 2022 - listen in for your Cure for the Common Media!
Mar 18, 2022
58 min
TMI 03/11/2022 - Pre-empted! Tune in next week!
TMI with Aldous Tyler has been pre-empted for Friday, March 11, 2022. Please check back on Friday, March 18, 2022 for a new episode of TMI, YOUR Cure for the Common Media!
Mar 11, 2022
21 sec
TMI 03/04/2022 - Greg Palast on Putin's Russian Orthodox and Oil Price Motivations, How Russia's Geography Makes Invading Ukraine Attractive, Geothermal Startup Wants Cheap Renewable Energy Everywhere
We are joined by Greg Palast who outlines how both the sharp increase in oil prices and the Russian Orthodox Church are motivating Vladimir Putin to push further into Ukraine, causing untold chaos for both Russia and Ukraine. Then, I go over how Russia has a particular geographical feature that makes invading Ukraine even more attractive for Putin, along with a few other issues that weren't covered in our conversation with Palast. Finally, a Geothermal startup believes it has the recipe for making cheap renewable energy available almost anywhere on Earth! All this and more on TMI for Friday, March 4th, 2022 - listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!
Mar 4, 2022
58 min
TMI 02/25/2022 - View Source is Hacking, Right to Abortion is About Black Equality, Starbucks Loses Another Union Battle, More
The State of Missouri was badly embarrassed when a journalist discovered that the private details of thousands of Missouri teachers (including Social Security Numbers) was publicly accessible via the HTML code of a Missouri website, using the simple tool called "View Source" - this led to the journalist being labeled a "hacker" by the Governor. We discuss what happened in this gross misuse of political pressure. Next, we talk about how, for white women the right to have an abortion was ruled in favor of medical "privacy", making the legal grounds for it shaky and leaving out the number one factor that made it important to black women: equality. Finally, we give a briefing on how Starbucks has found itself on the losing end of another part of its employees' push for union representation. All this and much more on TMI for Friday, February 25, 2022 - listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!
Feb 25, 2022
58 min
TMI 02/18/2022 - Dave Black Passes, Southwest Megadrought, How PR Has Gaslit Us All on the Environment, Supercomputer Successfully Simulates Entire Universe, More
Dave Black, founder of WSUM here in Madison, Wisconsin, and one of the key people who helped get TMI on the airwaves, has died less than one year after his retirement. While we shall spend most of this episode on other topics, I refused to go further without honoring the passing of this dedicated media visionary. Thank you for humoring me. Then, we talk about the dry facts surrounding the drought the southwest United States has been suffering though, including how it can be considered the worst in recorded history by several measures. Next, we examine how the very framework we use on a daily basis to talk about environmental issues has been corrupted for over 50 years now to shift as much of the blame away from corporate responsibility as possible. Finally, we briefly go over how for the first time, computer modeling has been able to successfully simulate the universe from the Big Bang through to its present state. All this and much more on TMI for Friday, February 18, 2022 - listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!
Feb 18, 2022
58 min
TMI 02/11/2022 - How the USA Doesn't Realize it Is a Poor Country, Fin Whales Make a Return, How "Colorblindness" Is Racism, More
Here in the USA, we are very proud of ourselves as a nation, looking down on "third world" countries where the people face food insecurity, violence from corrupt or racist policing, mass homelessness... without realizing that what we are describing is also HERE. We find out what happened to bring us from the heights of a strong middle class to the point at which very few can truly make ends meet.  Then, in a heartwarming turn, thousands of Fin Whales have been spotted together in Antarctic waters - we'll tell you why this is even better than it may seem on the surface. Finally, we look at how, because it's not generally acceptable to be openly racist, the idea of being "colorblind" has spread far and wide. But this trend doesn't actually help anything - indeed, it may lead to more racism. We discuss all this and more on TMI for Friday, February 11, 2022 - listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media! 
Feb 11, 2022
58 min
TMI 02/04/2022 - Wordle Wants to be Free, Reign of the Space Lords, More
From its origins just a few months ago until now, Wordle has become the simple little online game that took over many people's Facebook newsfeeds and more - just in time for the New York Times to swoop in and buy it from Josh Wardle. Oh, the NYT promises it will remain free... for an introductory period. Mr. Wardle couldn't rightly turn down the money thrown at him, but wonders why we can't just have nice free things? Turns out you can - we explain how. Then, once the domain of governmental achievement, the space race has become the realm of - and plaything of - the hyper-wealthy. These "space lords" all have flowery language to describe their visions of the future, but a quick look at their own past and present shows that we may not enjoy the actual outcomes that result from their designs. We discuss all this and much more on TMI for Friday, February 4, 2022 - listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!
Feb 4, 2022
58 min
BEST OF TMI 01/28/2022 - Is It Really Community vs. "Freedom"?, World War III - Your Table is Ready, and There is No Absolute "Time", More
THIS IS A REBROADCAST OF TMI FROM 01/21/2022. Society seems pretty well torn in two, and the odd thing about it is that there appears to be mostly a conflict between those who want to focus on building and uplifting community between each other and those who prize, above all else, what they have been TOLD it means to be "free". We examine this fundamental breakdown in communication to hopefully better prepare you to help heal the rifts so we can focus on the billionocracy that is keeping us ALL down. Then, reports from Ukraine not the only things that are echoing the beginnings of historic, major wars. The fact that there are multiple major places of unrest boiling up simultaneously calls back to how wars like World War I, World War II and other major wars began. We discuss. Finally, we examine the most current understandings of the nature of time itself, which may surprise you. After all, it has been completely proven that the closer you get to the surface of the Earth, the SLOWER time moves. Can there be any absolute notion of time when it bends depending on your location? All this and much more on TMI for Friday, January 28, 2022 - listen in for your Cure for the Common Media!
Jan 28, 2022
58 min
TMI 01/21/2022 - Is It Really Community vs. "Freedom"?, World War III - Your Table is Ready, and There is No Absolute "Time", More
Society seems pretty well torn in two, and the odd thing about it is that there appears to be mostly a conflict between those who want to focus on building and uplifting community between each other and those who prize, above all else, what they have been TOLD it means to be "free". We examine this fundamental breakdown in communication to hopefully better prepare you to help heal the rifts so we can focus on the billionocracy that is keeping us ALL down. Then, reports from Ukraine not the only things that are echoing the beginnings of historic, major wars. The fact that there are multiple major places of unrest boiling up simultaneously calls back to how wars like World War I, World War II and other major wars began. We discuss. Finally, we examine the most current understandings of the nature of time itself, which may surprise you. After all, it has been completely proven that the closer you get to the surface of the Earth, the SLOWER time moves. Can there be any absolute notion of time when it bends depending on your location? All this and much more on TMI for Friday, January 21, 2022 - listen in for your Cure for the Common Media!
Jan 21, 2022
58 min
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