As an avid motorcycle rider I feel I should inform you guys about the costs and situations that we riders have to deal with. This ranges from regular motorist maybe not being fully aware of us to even misconceptions and even behaviors done by other riders that gave the responsible ones like myself a really bad name. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gregory-lane/message

This will be the first in a series I am going to post regarding dating advice and even socialization advice. This comes after a year of social distancing and even analyzing some of the toxic social norms that make it difficult or even painful to want to open up to socialize and meet new people. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gregory-lane/message

Much like Facebook and public roadways nothing is ever truly free. Facebook floods us with ads and our tax dollars pay to make sure the roads aren’t fully littered with potholes. But what about the cost of free pornography? Well it turns out the cost may be a lot more severe than you may think, and if not to us the consumer then to those who are possibly forced to comply and create the content that you consume. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. ...

With Covid-19 coming to a slow down in certain states and the warmer seasons upon us, recreation and enjoyment is sure to be on a lot of people's minds in the coming months. With that coming as well as the plethora of "nothing" we've been doing the past year, I wanted to think about when productive recreation can be and how we may go about achieving it. This includes vacations, weekends from work (hopefully not at Bernie's), and of course just times we have for ourselves. --- This episode...

Oftentimes we find ourselves caught wondering if our innate thoughts in response to observations are instincts of warning or toxic assumptions. The line of separation is logical reasoning: instincts are typically based on past experiences backed up by evidence, whereas assumptions are often cleared up with context. While too much second thinking may open you up to rationalizing behaviors you think at first blush as toxic, never offering up your thoughts to context will lead down a path of...

Why is it that everyone has to somehow be a CEO in order to afford a decent living? We have politicians that are able to vote on their own salary increases but whenever minimum wage is debated they decides while we are left at their mercy. Don't buy the corporate excuses about how giving people enough pay to afford rent and food would "destroy" our economy. Me being paid $15 an hour to wash dishes didn't bankrupt the restaurant where I got my first job, so I'm sure the Sacklers, the Cargills,...

With the current issues we face as a country: Medical care being a deadly trap we all want to avoid, education not setting us up for success, and how economic and civic education can break oppressive systems. The question is, how can we take historic lessons, contemporary perspectives, and a collective consensus to action to make real progressive change? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gregory-lane/message

Pets can be a rich source of support for us humans, as judges of character and for emotional stability. Certain games that I am found of have been rather helpful in keeping entertained and could get a huge boost. Also, is anyone else was ticked as I am that we still have people who don’t want to learn from the spikes in Covid infection rates due to noncompliance with public health measures? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gregory-lane/message

Tonight I want to talk about how hyper sexuality and gender norms tend to negatively affect opposite sex relationships. This is solely based on my opinions and meant to provoke further debate and conversation for in order to overcome negative stereotypes and negative culture norms we must be willing to talk to each other about such things. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message:...

Given how difficult it is to trust some people nowadays it may be helpful to know who you should invest your time and energy in and who you should avoid like the plague. This can extend from professional networking relationships to advance your professional career to familiar relationships that you may or may not want to keep as well as even romantic partnerships. This is only meant to show my personal opinions on things as well as even some things that I’ve seen and experienced in my life so...

Sometimes we feel the need to push our opinions into conversations, however, sometimes that does much more harm than good. This episode discusses some examples of unwanted opinions and how to avoid them, and perhaps even improve upon them to become better rounded --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gregory-lane/message

Being an employee or employer can be a pain, especially when good help is hard to come by. So here’s some advice on how to deal with those issues I don’t have to be specific on but we all get it --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gregory-lane/message

American healthcare is often touted by Americans as the greatest healthcare system in the world, I disagree. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gregory-lane/message

There are a lot of things that frankly should be known to people at a certain age unfortunately because of circumstances regarding education as well as home upbringing those things are not always taught. These things range from home maintenance to cooking to basic human education and many many more things. And it is this main concept that inspires the name of my show Uncommon Sense --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app ---...

And a break from the serious subjects that I usually cover up to this point I want to talk about the entertainment questions that have been on my mind recently. Before Covid I remember certain things that may seem innocuous but frankly they used to give me a good deal of joy to see to hear and to enjoy. Those things will be Comedy Central roasts which I’ve been watching since I was a teenager, Live studio audience is in talk shows on the late night, but I’m also flowed in the idea of a Marvel...

Considering what happened today with myself and my younger brother I want to talk about the importance of maintaining yourself emotionally and physically as well as always being aware of the direction you find yourself going and correcting it when it is not helping you as you feel that shit --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gregory-lane/message

Sometimes emotions can get bottled up to avoid pain. However, this is not dealing with the pain it is merely stockpiling it, and the higher the pressure the bigger the explosion. So here I am sharing my perspective on the benefits of closure and some methods on how to go about achieving it --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gregory-lane/message

So after talking to my brother recently I have a renewed sense about certain political tools like the Electoral College and the Filibuster. Both used to keep power but also used to dominate certain demographics depending on where you live and what you believe --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gregory-lane/message

Sometimes you need to reflect to understand others. Not to mention having foundational understanding can help you navigate the shades of grey that color our country and even world --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gregory-lane/message

Common Sense it seems was once easy to come by, unfortunately it seems that it is getting harder and harder to find in others as well as ourselves. Join me as I ponder everything from politics, to economic trends, to culture, to even hypotheticals that just live in my head rent free. Suggestions always welcome and questions will always be answered truthfully and with the best research I can do. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gregory-lane/message

The start of 2021 I want to talk about how Covid denial, systemic problems, and lack of cohesive response has made us the worst place to be in the world compared to others. We could have done better, but the greater good isn’t the common goal in America, it’s individual gain and exoneration of public responsibility. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gregory-lane/message