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In this episode Jad and Kevin discuss an article Kevin found about a kid getting expelled from his school for having a weapon in his car. Well maybe it wasn't a weapon. In fact, maybe the kid was a certified EMT and had a life-saving tool in his EMT bag. Okay that's exactly what happened, but he was still expelled from school.

We discuss the knee-jerk society that has become the United States and how this has drastically hurt the development of children, most specifically in the education process. We engage in a discussion about how there is nobody in power being held accountable and briefly get into no-knock raids, the Chris Dorner case, and a recent jay-walking case in Austin, Texas.

At last we reach the end of a five part series focused on the objectification of women. We've been joined for this entire conversation with local Austin artist, Adrienne Parker, and began our discussion around the Robin Thicke controversial music video, Blurred Lines.

In this final piece of the conversation we discuss how people around the western world are finally beginning to raise their daughters so that they are first class, independent, free-thinking citizens. Jad hypothesizes that we will likely see a massive change in how women are perceived in the Western world within about two more generations.

We consider some interesting psychology that all of us are likely contributing to, albeit unknowingly. Namely the psychology of how we interact with little boys versus how we interact with little girls. For example, it's well-documented that when interacting with a little boy, one will likely ask what toy he is playing with, what his interests are, and other similar topics related to developmental growth. Contrast that with how we commonly interact with little girls and we find that most people will instinctively comment on how pretty she looks, the clothes she is wearing, and not much more. Surely an entire childhood of this has an impact on the mind.

Finally, we discuss various topics around the idea of gender neutrality and ponder the immutable differences between males and females.

For our forth installment of Blurred Misogyny, we are joined again by local Austin artist, Adrienne Parker.

In this episode we turn our attention away from how the media specifically portrays the female form and rather to how education and upbringing are applied differently to females than males. We consider how women fare in the academic world as well as how they have been historically treated in this world. We discuss maths and science programs and question whether or not women getting involved in these kinds of fields will have an impact on how men see them in the future.

And like so many of our previous episodes have tended towards, we consider the idea of inculcation. If women are treated a certain, perhaps negative way their entire lives, then scientifically speaking how would we ever expect that them to rise above antiquated stereotypes moving forward?

We are joined once again by local Austin artist, Adrienne Parker as she discusses a controversial music video with us called Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke.

For our third part of this series we consider whether the video is a reflection of current cultural norms, or if it is videos like this that are effectively creating the cultural norms in the first place.

We consider the possibility that perhaps the media is not necessarily responsible for convincing women that they should be allow themselves to be objectified. Perhaps the ongoing misfortunes of education and upbringing in some people's lives are instead more likely culprits. Whatever the case may be, the question still remains as to what can be done about this? If it's not as simple as turning away from the media, then how do we begin to change the mindset that girls are presented with from an early age?

This week we continue our discussion with local Austin artist, Adrienne Parker on the topic of Robin Thicke's controversial music video Blurred Lines.

In this second of five parts we delve into the idea of objectification. We consider the qualities that society has deemed important to being a woman as well as the qualities that society has deemed important to being a man. Naturally these tend to be vastly different. One side focuses almost exclusively on appearances while the other focuses on mental abilities and status in the world.

We also consider some real-life scenarios centered around strippers and adult models. If men are willing to pay good money to see nothing more than the bare human form, is it possible to say that perhaps men are the fools and women are the one's with real power, not the other way around? And if that is possibly true, then what are the real ramifications to objectifying women in the first place?

Today we hit an amazing milestone in the history of the JKPodcast. From small and humble beginnings, we now stand in front of our our 100th episode!

To celebrate this occasion and to start the next 100 episodes off on the right foot, we have dedicated the next fives weeks to a discussion about the objectification of women in the media.

We're joined in the studio by a local Austin artist and recent college graduate, Adrienne Parker. Over the next five weeks, the three of us will discuss the topic of objectification focusing on last summer's hit music video, Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke.

If you haven't seen it, the video essentially follows the artist on a white set while naked models dance around him. It's not an especially complicated premise and while the video was very well-received by the general public, it was certainly not without its many criticisms.

In this first part we examine the overarching problem. How have music videos changed over the past 50 years? How is this affecting women? What influence does it have on younger women struggling to find an identify in the world? And what influence does it have on younger men who are struggling to understand women?

We want to be clear that because the JKPodcast focuses on Libertarian and Anarchist principles, we're certainly not in any way advocating that this type of material should not be permitted or otherwise censored in any way. We would not support any kind of authoritarian action to silence such expressions. Rather our discussion is around the psychology of this material and what long-term impact it could have on our society.

So sit back and enjoy the 100th episode of the JKPodcast. We certainly look forward to bringing you 100 more episodes!