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Dear Bluepoint Games: Your Demon’s Souls Remake is Perfection! Please Remake Dark Souls 1 ASAP! Thanks!!

Title. I mean, really, do I need to go any further? Bluepoint’s remake of Demon’s Souls is a near-perfect visual…

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ERP #26 – The Vest

Ephemeral Rift Podcast episode 26 where, after some ranting, I go over all the patches on the vest I made…

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ERP #25 – Anime

Ephemeral Rift Podcast episode 25 talking all things anime from the history and its characteristics to the various titles that…

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ERP #24 – Lo-fi music

Ephemeral Rift Podcast episode 24 talking Lo-Fi music, its history & characteristics, and all the various styles, artists, musicians, and…

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ERP #23 – Laziness, Stupidity, Work & Leisure

Talking all things lazy, stupid, work, leisure, being part lizard, and other related tangents. iTunes ► https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ephemeral-rift-podcast/id1559306449Spotify ► https://open.spotify.com/show/0mRcmWpk4bwXG8786mUrPxAmazon ►…

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ERP #22 – Fear (Part 1)

Ephemeral Rift Podcast Episode 22 – Fear (Part 1) Intro: taking input for Episode 23; what I consider evidence; being…

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Congrats! You’re Still With Us! Certificate of Award

In honor of you still being here with us, for enduring and persevering, I present you with my own homemade…

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ERP #21 – Movies & Films

Ephemeral Rift Podcast Episode 21 where I go over many of the various movies & films we’ve all seen over…

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ERP #20 – “Synchronicity” or “Population Growth, Food, Jobs, Housing, Environment”

Ephemeral Rift Podcast Episode 20 – “Synchronicity” or “Gaming PC Ban, Population Growth, Food, Jobs, Housing, Environment” Taking input for…

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ERP #19 – The Pseudoscience of Cryptozoology (Bigfoot & Other Cryptids)

Ephemeral Rift Podcast Episode 19: Discussing the pseudoscience of cryptozoology and various cryptids (Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster, etc.), the researchers,…

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ERP #18 – Hip Hop & Rap

Ephemeral Rift Podcast #18 I spend the entire episode responding to listener / viewner messages & comments from across the…

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ERP #17 – To Unknow the Known; Down the Wikipedia Rabbit Hole Part 1

Ephemeral Rift Podcast Episode 17 Intro: Taking input for Episode 18 Appetizers: living in nature; stock market manipulation; dead by…

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ERP #16 – Manga

Ephemeral Rift Podcast #16 – Manga Intro: characteristics of manga Appetizers: listener / viewner titles Main Course: manga (popular titles,…

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Ephemeral Rift Podcast Episode 15 – Renting vs Home Ownership

Intro: Taking input for Episode 16 Appetizers: psychopathy & empathy; making friends at a new school; believing in both science…

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Ephemeral Rift Podcast Episode 14: Video Games

Ephemeral Rift Podcast Episode 14:Appetizers: listener / viewner favoritesMain Course: video games (history, consoles, best sellers, etc.)Dessert: trailers for Elden…

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The Tiers of Wellness

My list of the various states of wellness / well being from the bottom of feeling just O.K. to the…

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Ephemeral Rift Podcast Episode 13 – Rational & Reasonable People Exist!

Intro: Taking input for episode 14  Leftovers: Comparing & self improvement Appetizers: Civilizations on other planets, space travel, Ephemeral Rift…

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Ephemeral Rift Podcast #12 – Special Guest: No One

Intro: 2nd COVID-19 vaccine; fevers; Achilles with a K Main course – Special Guest: No One– what is no one…

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Ephemeral Rift Podcast Episode 11 – Paradoxes; Questions for Our First Guest

Intro: questions for our first guest Leftovers: human evolution and the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event article: https://ephemeralrift.com/the-cretaceous-paleogene-extinction-event-meteor-a-blessing-or-a-curse/ Appetizers: comparing more vs…

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The Cretaceous–Paleogene Extinction Event Meteor – A Blessing or a Curse?

It’s most likely that the only reason we modern apes, the rest of our primate cousins, and all other “new”…

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Ephemeral Rift Podcast Episode 10 – Irreligions, Religions, Religious Parody & Satire

Intro: you don’t need (god, religion, faith, government, etc.) to be “good”; moral grey area, Ron Reagan FFRF.ORG TV ad;…

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Ephemeral Rift Podcast #9 – Boredom

Intro: Common Courtesy No Leftovers this week! Appetizers: The many ways in which some viewners & listeners deal with boredom…

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Ephemeral Rift Podcast Episode 8

Intro: boredom, The Tiers of Wellness Leftovers: Death Grips, King Crimson, Young Thug, Opeth, Rap genre, Bones, Vaporware genre, WhiteWoods,…

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Ephemeral Rift Podcast Episode 7

Intro: music as therapy Leftovers: My smartphone screen time, Wikipedia, Bob not Ben Appetizers: Ningen Isu, Nirvana, Black Sabbath, Primus,…

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Ephemeral Rift Podcast Episode 6

Leftovers: attraction and the Netflix documentary My Love Appetizers: music games anime religion paradoxes and other Main Course topics for…

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Ephemeral Rift Podcast Episode 5

Leftovers: pay-per-view group battle evenAppetizers: high school and beyond, superficial society, Bill Hicks, Pink FloydMain Course: free thought & freethinkingDessert:…

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Ephemeral Rift Podcast Episode 4

Once again we walk through the forest of the mind during this exercise in unfiltered freethinking: Intro: anger as motivation…

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Ephemeral Rift Podcast Episode 3

Leftovers: Interconnected society and if we are “Guilty by Association” which will get a deep dive and analysis in a…

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Ephemeral Rift Podcast – Episode 2

In this episode I primarily address listener/viewer questions & topics and didn’t get a chance to discuss others that I…

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Ephemeral Rift Podcast – Episode 1

The official Ephemeral Rift podcast is back (formally known as EphemRadio)! This is where I get to relax and unload…

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A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Making an ASMR Video about the Civil War

Most of the videos I make for my YouTube channel don’t often have any kind of interesting story behind the…

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I Called It: Why COVID-19 Won’t Be Going Away Any Time Soon..

Back around March 13 2020, when the Governor of Pennsylvania first declared shutting down schools for 2 weeks when COVID-19…

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What is ASMR? Why am I whispering?

ASMR is an acronym for the non-scientific term “Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response” which was coined by a layperson to describe…

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Open Letter to Those Battling Against Being Raised Religious

If you are mentally agonizing, struggling, and battling on an almost daily basis over the teachings of whatever religion you…

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The Poetry of Iggy Manley

Below are the “poems” (minus the poem “Meat”) from the “The Poetry of Iggy Manley” video. I just had fun…

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The Dystopian Story behind The Everything Man, The Candy Man, The Snack Man, etc.

In a dystopian future, the governments of the world joined together to form a united coalition in an effort to…

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The Whispering Fire of Savallach Manor

You find yourself unable to move and completely captivated by the warm, mesmerizing flames of a crackling fire as you…

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The Story Behind Rob Zombie Ross

Once upon a time, at Arkham Sanitarium, everyone’s favorite resident painter Rob Ross had some trouble sleeping. Rather than make…

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Letter to a Friend – Complete Text

Official text behind the letter written in the video: Hello My Friend! I hope this letter finds you fairing well!…

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Thoughts on Making a Murderer Season 2 Netflix Series

As of the time of this writing, I’ve completed watching Season 2 of the Netflix series Making a Murderer, and…

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Thoughts on Making a Murderer Season 1 Netflix Series

Innocent until proven guilty. First off, there are some spoilers ahead for those of you who haven’t yet watched the Netflix…

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The Flux Between Fantasy & Reality

There are 2 ways in which we go about our daily existence: sober on reality and drunk on fantasy. How…

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What About the Native Americans?

Hello dear stranger, I hope you are doing well. If you have a few moments of your time, this article…

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Grainding and While of Reslantering the

Approached will Handing but of? Linger has of is and it! When here piling seeded! Relieving whether sentence. Can September…

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How to Setup a Website in 7 Easy Steps Using WordPress

Let Your Voice Be Heard and Your Art Seen! I am a huge proponent of free knowledge, knowledge-sharing and empowering…

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All My Heroes are Dead

A week or so before this post, I was thinking about how all the people I have admired over the…

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New Margaret merch available!

You can now get Margaret on your socks, leggings, mug, smartphone case and more! This is a more recent design…

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Have a Splentastic Day!

A little message I created that just so happends to be the ultimate combo! Better than great, greater than splendid,…

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Modern Humans are Displaced Hunter Gatherers

You want to know why you’re bored and have nothing meaningful to do? Why you can’t sit still? Why certain…

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Why “Good People” in Today’s Society are the Only Ones Deserving of an Award (Essay & Analysis)

Ephemeral Rift: Please open your hand. Reader: [opens hand] ER: [Places salt grain into hand, then gently closes reader’s hand]. …

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The Story behind Alien Encounter ASMR

Once upon a time, back in October 2018, I was sitting down for lunch eating my usual beef pot pie,…

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The Myth of Community and How It Doesn’t Exist

Are we truly social creatures? Did community ever truly exist? Or are we simply driven by self-interest and that’s the…

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The Myth of the Adult and Why There is No Such Thing

All throughout our lives all we have ever heard as young people was “Grow up and act like an adult!”….

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ASMR gets a new home on YouTube (not really, but we can hope!)

On September 18, 2018, YouTube posted an article on their Creator Blog announcing a new look to a section of…

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New word: Gingle

As of this date, I am adding a new word to my own personal lexicon even if the editors at…

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Peace of Mind: The Light at the End of the Tunnel (Your Mileage May Vary) (ASMR)

In this video, I share my thoughts on how I hope, and like to think, that anyone out there may…

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All the Dad Jokes

Compiled from various sources: When does a joke become a dad joke? When the punch line becomes apparent. What do…

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Greed & Pro Sports: Fans & Their Communities Deserve Better

Once again another Super Bowl is upon us, and millions of people will be watching, and billions of dollars will…

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We Need to Reclaim Our Humanity – How Modern Humans Are No Longer Human

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away… There once lived an animal that walked upright, was self-sufficient,…

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EphemRadio Podcast #72 12-23-2017 Weekend Edition

In this episode of the podcast I ramble about the spirit of christmas compared with the commercialized aspect , kindness…

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EphemRadio Podcast #71 – Evacuation Earth

In this episode I take another break from the typical podcast format to try something new. I take the listener on…

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EphemRadio Podcast #70 – The man in a wheelchair waiting at the bus stop while it was snowing

I take a break from the typical podcast format to analyse, question, explore and rant a little bit (but not…

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EphemRadio Podcast Episode 68 12-9-2017 Weekend Edition

I ramble about electronic music, pursuing various creative outlets, stoner metal, smoking marijuana, when I bought marijuana from a coworker…

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EphemRadio Podacst Episode 67 12-5-2017 Weekday Edition

Topics include the lethargy of depression vs laziness, art vs junk, the Bethlehem Pennsylvania Christkindlmarkt, the type of indie art…

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EphemRadio Podcast #66 Weekend Edition 12-2-2017

I ramble about xmas and happiness (more detailed discussion about the holiday and its history in another episode and/or video),…

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EphemRadio Podcast #65 Weekday Edition 11-28-2017

I ramble about concerts I’ve attended and bands I haven’t seen, cassettes still being relevant, the plethora of music available…

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EphemRadio Podcast #64 Weekend Edition 11-25-2017

Topics include: people are the problem not the systems guns or religions, is there a “right” system, questioning if a…

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EphemRadio Podcast #63 Weekday Edition 11-21-2017

I start off this episode with some news regarding the potential to play more indie music on the podcast beyond…

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EphemRadio Podcast 62 Weekend Edition for 11-18-2017

In this episode I ramble about treating yourself well in regards to what you think of yourself and what you…

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Official Ephemeral Rift Merchandise Now Available via Spreadshirt.com

I have finally launched a shop via Spreadshirt.com starting with the “I hope you are doing well” phrase. In the coming…

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EphemRadio Podcast 61 Weekday Edition for 11-14-2017

In this episode I ramble about the sleepy effect of dentist offices and hospital waiting rooms; share my experiences of…

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EphemRadio Podcast 60 Weekend Edition for 11-11-2017

Starting with this episode going forward I will now be interjecting select music works from both ccmixter.org and freemusicarchive.org (links…

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EphemRadio Podcast Episode 59 Weekday Edition 11-7-2017

EphemRadio Podcast Episode 59 In this episode of the EphemRadio podcast I start off talking about the joys of suffering…

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EphemRadio Podcast Episode 58 Weekend Edition 11-4-2017

EphemRadio Podcast Episode 59 I start the podcast off about a thought I had when I drove past a multi-story…

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EphemRadio Podcast Episode 57 Weekday Edition 10-31-2017

EphemRadio Podcast Episode 57 EphemRadio podcast episode #57: I talk about halloween and go on various tangents such as consumerism…

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EphemRadio Podcast Episode 56 Weekend Edition 10-28-2017

EphemRadio Podcast Episode 56 In this weekend edition of the EphemRadio podcast #56 I talk about how we cannot rid…

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October 2017 Trip to Wooden Shoe Books in Philadelphia

Ever been to an anarchist book store? No? Well, read on! I’ve added some photos to my Flickr gallery taken…

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EphemRadio Podcast Episode 55 Weekday Edition 10-24-2017

EphemRadio Podcast Episode 55 I start the podcast by getting back to movies opening in major theaters and then go…

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EphemRadio Podcast Episode 54 Weekend Edition 10-21-2017

EphemRadio Podcast Episode 54 Saturday, October 21st I created the first weekend episode of the podcast which may become a…