Break It Down with Matt Carter

It seems like everyone these days is talking about artificial intelligence, but James Barrat literally wrote the book on it. His book "Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era" describes the potential dangers of humans developing artificial intelligence that could eclipse that of humans. Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking, just to name a few, have all warned of these dangers. Links & Sponsors:breakitdownpod.comFacebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mainstream media seems to be the worst place to find real information about politics and policy, including gun control and terrorism. Today I'm talking to Steven V Miller, Political Scientist at Clemson University. Let's change the source of how we think about and learn about politics to come from people who write papers and do the actual research. Links & Sponsors:breakitdownpod.comFacebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you have a band, podcast, product, or platform, you probably know that digital marketing is important, but it certainly isn't simple. It's something this podcast, The BadChristian Podcast, and Emery have struggled to do well, and largely haven't done. Today I thought I'd have a conversation on air with a new acquaintance, Joe Kalis. So sit in as I ask questions and try to learn some better techniques and habits. Links & Sponsors:breakitdownpod.comFacebookSudio Sweden: BREAKITDOWN15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host of Matt's new favorite podcast "After On" Rob Reid, joins to discuss his new Sci-Fi book of the same name and themes including: augmented reality, consciousness, government privacy, artificial intelligence, Fermi paradox, synthetic biology, and belief and terrorism. Links & Sponsors:breakitdownpod.comFacebookAfter On Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Senior Interaction Designer at Google, Joel Beukelman shares some insider secrets of the state of the tech industry and where he sees it going in the next few years, or at least what he's allowed to share. He also confirms Matt's bias that formal education won't be necessary for the success of the next generation.Follow Joel on Twitter: @_bklmnand at https://www.youtube.com/bklmn Links & Sponsors:breakitdownpod.comFacebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Opinion often makes its way into doctrines like The Nashville Statement, and it's our job to do the work of figuring out which is which. Dan Koch comes on to dissect this new doctrine to explain what The Nashville Statement is, and break down how it effects both Christians and non-Christians alike. Links & Sponsors:breakitdownpod.comFacebookhttps://www.patreon.com/depolarizehttps://www.reconstructpodcast.com/That's It: thatsitfruit.com code DOWNBarkBox: barkbox.com/DOWN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2006, Underoath self-destructed and left Warped Tour amid rumor of drug use among other things. This is the full uncut interview with drummer Aaron Gillespie about that summer and the events surrounding it. Some of this audio was used in the Labeled (Tooth and Nail) Podcast that Matt produces. Go listen to that full episode first, and come back here for more details from Aaron's point of view. Links & Sponsors:breakitdownpod.comFacebookThat's It: thatsitfruit.com promo code DOWNLabeled Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kings Kaleidoscope is one of the few bands that has experienced that breakout success every new artist asks about. Lead man Chad Gardner joins to discuss their new mixtape, "The Beauty Between," which is a collage of hip hop, rappers, chamber choirs, and worship music featuring rappers Andy Mineo and Propaganda. They break down a couple songs' themes and inspirations with his unique style of organized chaos. Links & Sponsors:breakitdownpod.comFacebookAway: awaytravel.com/down promo code DOWNKings Kaleidoscope Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Koch joins today to discuss the weekend's events in Charlottesville, Virginia. Matt wonders how we know who is in what group, and what's worse, a hate-filled person or a violent actor? While white-supremacist are repugnant, do they deserve any protection? They also discuss the results of a poll Dan conducted on Facebook asking about roadblocks to faith and issues with making it stick. Links & Sponsors:breakitdownpod.comFacebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt has explored the Ketogenic diet for the past couple years, in part due to his friend and producer Aaron Sprinkle, who has made some major life changes, including a LCHF (low-carb, high-fat) diet after discovering he was at risk for Type 2 Diabetes. They bring clarity to the ketogenic lifestyle and discuss some advantages and common struggles that come with such a change. Links & Sponsors:breakitdownpod.comCasper.com/down Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices