{"id":2,"date":"2018-08-11T18:53:36","date_gmt":"2018-08-11T18:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebenwoodjohnsonpodcast.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2021-02-17T18:53:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T23:53:29","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebenwoodjohnsonpodcast.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<div  class=\"tt-title-block style1\"><h3 class=\"tt-title-text\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_self\">The Ben Wood Johnson Podcast<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"empty-space  marg-lg-b25\"><\/div><div class=\"text-block\" ><div class=\"simple-text \"><h2><strong>The Ben Wood Johnson Podcast<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Welcome to the official website of <em>The Ben Wood Johnson Podcast (TBWJP).<\/em> This project is a collaboration between Eduka Solutions and Tesko Publishing. Episodes are supported by <em>BWEC, LLC<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The TBWJP is a weekly podcast. It includes several seasons. Each season contains approximately 10 to 12 Episodes. However, some seasons may be shorter or longer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The podcast discusses a contemporaneous issue in society. Episodes are based on philosophical writings or other ideas. The podcast discusses other subjects of interest. For ten to twenty minutes (10 to 20 min), the host (Dr. Ben Wood Johnson) offers insightful analyses about the chosen topic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This podcast does not feature news or news articles. However, it explores current events, which might be in the news. This podcast is not a revisionist approach to history or past events. It does not make predictions about future events. But it offers a critique of social issues.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column][vc_zigzag]<div class=\"simple-text\"><blockquote  class=\"magplus-pro-quote\"><p>\u201cCogito, ergo philosophus. Je pense, donc je philosophe. I think, therefore I philosophize.\u201d<\/p><footer><cite title=\"Ben Wood Johnson\">Ben Wood Johnson<\/cite><\/footer><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"text-block\" ><div class=\"simple-text \"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_zigzag][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-g_sfJ0cquA&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column][vc_zigzag][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_zigzag][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-g_sfJ0cquA&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"libsyn-item-id":0,"libsyn-show-id":0,"libsyn-post-error":"","libsyn-post-error_post-type":"","libsyn-post-error_post-permissions":"","libsyn-post-error_api":"","playlist-podcast-url":"","libsyn-episode-thumbnail":"","libsyn-episode-widescreen_image":"","libsyn-episode-blog_image":"","libsyn-episode-background_image":"","libsyn-post-episode-category-selection":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_thumbnail":"none","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_theme":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_height":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_width":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_placement":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link_text":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_custom_color":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-explicit":"","libsyn-post-episode":"","libsyn-post-episode-update-id3":"","libsyn-post-episode-release-date":"","libsyn-post-episode-simple-download":"","libsyn-release-date":"","libsyn-post-update-release-date":"","libsyn-is_draft":"","isLibsynPost":"","libsyn-new-media-media":"","libsyn-post-episode-subtitle":"","libsyn-new-media-image":"","libsyn-post-episode-keywords":"","libsyn-post-itunes":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-season-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-type":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-summary":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-title":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-author":"","libsyn-destination-releases":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data":"[]","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-enabled":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-input-enabled":false,"libsyn-post-episode-premium_state":"","libsyn-episode-shortcode":"","libsyn-episode-embedurl":"","spay_email":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.0.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>About - The Ben Wood Johnson Podcast<\/title>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebenwoodjohnsonpodcast.com\/about\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebenwoodjohnsonpodcast.com\/#\/schema\/person\/345da47055b24dfc8b21db4398bb05e0\",\"name\":\"Ben Wood Johnson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebenwoodjohnsonpodcast.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thebenwoodjohnsonpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ben-Wood-Johnson.jpg\",\"width\":299,\"height\":299,\"caption\":\"Ben Wood Johnson\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebenwoodjohnsonpodcast.com\/#personlogo\"},\"description\":\"Ben Wood Johnson is an author, educator, and philosopher. 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