Best Mo Solomon Podcasts (2025)

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Beyond Belief: Conversations on Meaning, Growth, and the Journey of Life 53:50

15d ago53:50

53:50

For Feedbacks In this special episode, we sit down with Koray and Justin for an open, honest, and thought-provoking conversation about life itself. From the pursuit of meaning to the role of belief, from shaping our goals to how education influences who we become — we explore the questions that shape our identities and paths. It’s a real conversati…

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The Enlightenment: Thinking Our Way to Freedom 19:04

4M ago19:04

19:04

For Feedbacks "I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." — Voltaire. In this episode, we journey through the Enlightenment—an era that reshaped how we think, speak, and challenge the world around us. It's not just about history or philosophy; it's about the courage to question, to reason, and to value freedom o…

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The Renaissance Explained | History 101 49:44

4M ago49:44

49:44

For Feedbacks The Renaissance marked a turning point in human history — a time when art flourished, curiosity ignited, and the individual began to matter. In this episode, we explore how this cultural rebirth reshaped Europe’s values, challenged religious dominance, and laid the groundwork for modern thought. From the rise of humanism to the reviva…

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The Pursuit of Happiness | Virtue, Pleasure, and the Meaning of a Good Life... 27:26

4M ago27:26

27:26

For Feedbacks We hear it everywhere—"Just be happy." But what does that actually mean? In this episode, we dive into the many layers of happiness through a philosophical lens. From the Stoics to the skeptics, from virtue to pleasure, we explore how different schools of thought have tried to define happiness—and why it’s not the same for everyone. W…

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The Courage to Be You: Revealing Adler Alfred's Psychology 28:07

4M ago28:07

28:07

For Feedbacks In this episode, we dive into Alfred Adler’s groundbreaking ideas on inferiority, striving for significance, and the deep human need to belong. What does it mean to live authentically? And how can his psychology help us make sense of our patterns and relationships? Tune in for a practical yet philosophical exploration.🎙️ If you enjoye…

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Revolution, Philosophy, and Thought: The Power of Classic Books 19:10

4M ago19:10

19:10

For Feedbacks Classic books are more than just old stories—they are windows into history, philosophy, and the evolution of human thought. In this episode, we explore why reading classics is essential for understanding critical thinking, societal structures, revolutions, and the foundations of modern ideas. From literature to philosophy, we'll dive …

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Beyond Words: Unlocking The Key to Effective Communication | Episode 2 19:26

4M ago19:26

19:26

For Feedbacks Can the languages you speak shape your personality and confidence? In this episode, we dive deep into the fascinating connection between multilingualism and articulation, sharing insights, strategies, and real-life examples to help you become a better communicator.🎙️ If you enjoyed this episode, don’t forget to leave a 5-star review a…

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The Psychology of Articulation & Multilingualism | Episode 1 19:00

5M ago19:00

19:00

For Feedbacks Have you ever struggled to express yourself, even when you knew exactly what you wanted to say? In this episode of Beyond The Surface, we dive into the fascinating world of articulation—how we form words, the psychology behind speaking clearly, and the hidden impact of multilingualism on our thought process. From psycholinguistics to …

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Stoicism: The Art of Inner Strength 15:08

5M ago15:08

15:08

For Feedbacks In a world full of chaos and uncertainty, Stoicism offers a timeless guide to resilience, wisdom, and peace of mind. In this episode, we dive into the core principles of Stoicism, exploring insights from philosophers like Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus. How can we control our emotions, embrace discomfort, and find freedom in d…

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When Self-Love Becomes Self-Destruction: The Truth About Narcissism 40:02

5M ago40:02

40:02

For Feedbacks Narcissism is often painted in extremes—either as dangerous self-obsession or as a necessary trait for success. But what if the truth is somewhere in between? In this episode, we unravel the many shades of narcissism, exploring its psychological roots, its role in our lives, and how it can manifest in both healthy and destructive ways…

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Purpose: Found or Created? & How to Craft a Life Around It! 18:17

5M ago18:17

18:17

For Feedbacks Purpose—do we discover it, or do we create it? In this episode, I dive deep into what it really means to have a sense of purpose, sharing insights from psychology, philosophy, and even history. I talk about personal experiences, books that shaped my perspective (like Sapiens and The Courage to Be Disliked), and some science-backed tec…

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FPX08: Captain Marvel 1:01:59

6+ y ago1:01:59

1:01:59

Like everyone else in the world, we watched Captain Marvel this weekend. Is it the greatest most important movie ever? Who cares, as long as people keep throwing money Marvel's way!By Faint Praise

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FP36: Buckaroo Banzai vs. Dune 1:04:39

6+ y ago1:04:39

1:04:39

Listen to our brains melt after watching The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension within 24 hours of a David Lynch movie.By Faint Praise

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FP35: The Fog vs The Mist 1:06:37

6+ y ago1:06:37

1:06:37

After the biblical suffering from last episode, we decided to treat ourselves a little bit by reviewing a couple of decent movies this time around. We compare The Fog and The Mist, which have nothing in common except evil things hiding in mildly unpleasant weather.By Faint Praise

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FP34: Exodus: Gods and Kings vs Noah 1:09:40

6+ y ago1:09:40

1:09:40

Listen to Toni's remorse as she bemoans forcing Eric (and herself) to watch Exodus: Gods and Kings and Noah. This is the last Ridley Scott movie we'll talk about for a while, we promise.By Faint Praise

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FP33: King Solomon's Mines vs. Firewalker 59:24

6+ y ago59:24

59:24

We start off 2019 by talking about the movies Eric was most looking forward to watching, two Indiana Jones/Romancing the Stone ripoffs from Cannon films, King Solomon's Mines and Firewalker. Is it possible to find an actor so bad they make Chuck Norris look charismatic and relatable? Just how long does it take to eat one potato chip? Will Sharon St…

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FP32: Legend vs. Willow 1:03:08

6+ y ago1:03:08

1:03:08

It's a Christmas miracle, we did a real episode for the first time in months! Relive your childhood movie traumas with us as we discuss the surprisingly trippy/creepy Legend, and the unsurprisingly schmaltzy Willow.By Faint Praise

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FPX07: Robin Hood (2018) 50:41

6+ y ago50:41

50:41

Yes, it's as bad as you heard. Even though we already talked about an unbelievably bad Robin Hood movie earlier this year, we found more to discuss with the newest Robin Hood from 2018.By Faint Praise

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FPX06: Overlord 39:14

6+ y ago39:14

39:14

The movie that may take the cake for most misguided name and marketing strategy of 2018, Overlord.By Faint Praise

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FPX05: The Predator 46:59

7y ago46:59

46:59

We take a break from the regular format with a Faint Praise Extra episode focusing on Shane Black's The Predator made by Shane Black. Hey did you hear Shane Black made a movie how exciting say all the increasingly more inexplicable Shane Black fans.By Faint Praise

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FP31: The Astronaut's Wife vs The Devil's Advocate 54:46

7y ago54:46

54:46

Are you ready for Charlize Theron to get naked and cry because her evil husband moved her from Florida to New York City for his new high-falutin' job? Because it happened twice! This week we compare The Astronaut's Wife and The Devil's Advocate.By Faint Praise

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FP30: Waxwork vs House of Wax 57:52

7y ago57:52

57:52

It doesn't happen often, but this week brought us a little surprise treat when we compared two wax-themed horror movies, Waxwork and House of Wax. And no surprise to anyone who lived through the year 2005, the treat wasn't House of Wax.By Faint Praise

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FP29: Double Impact vs. Maximum Risk 40:33

7y ago40:33

40:33

We're here to tell you about all the times Jean-Claude Van Damme has played multiple roles in his movies, focusing specifically on the two movies where he plays secret twins - Double Impact and Maximum Risk.By Faint Praise

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FP28: Supernova vs. Lost in Space 52:05

7y ago52:05

52:05

After much time off for no good reason, we're back at it talking about two turn-of-the-millenium space stinkers, Supernova and Lost in Space.By Faint Praise

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FP27: Flatliners 1990 vs. Flatliners 2017 47:17

7+ y ago47:17

47:17

For an Easter theme, we compare movies about coming back from the dead by talking about the Flatliners movies, the 1990 original and the 2017 remake.By Faint Praise

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FP26: Robin Hood (1991) vs. Robin Hood (2010) 56:48

7+ y ago56:48

56:48

In a moment of accidental almost-relevance, we compare the most recent two Robin Hood movies from 1991 and 2010, in the wake of a new version coming out later this year. Listen on to find out the winner of Kevin Costner vs Russell Crowe.By Faint Praise

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FP25: The Three Musketeers 2011 vs. 1993 53:31

7+ y ago53:31

53:31

This episode we compare two different adaptations of The Three Musketeers story: one from 2011 directed by Paul WS Anderson, and another from 1993 by Disney that seems to be mostly forgotten (at least, forgotten by two representatives from the target demographic at the time).By Faint Praise

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FP24: The Day After Tomorrow vs 2012 54:22

7+ y ago54:22

54:22

In honor of the mini ice age taking over most of the US, we compare what are probably Roland Emmerich's favorite of his own movies, The Day After Tomorrow and 2012.By Faint Praise

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FP23: Johnny Mnemonic vs Tank Girl 45:29

7+ y ago45:29

45:29

After an unplanned break for the holidays (our definition of weekly has been very flexible), we return with our first episode of 2018 with Johnny Mnemonic vs Tank Girl. The theme is supposedly 1995 movies about dystopian futures starring Ice-T, but we fail to talk about Ice-T almost at all!By Faint Praise

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FP22: Jupiter Ascending vs. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 1:09:12

7+ y ago1:09:12

1:09:12

In space perhaps no one can hear you scream, but we sure can still see you embarrassing yourself, as we learned watching Jupiter Ascending and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.By Faint Praise

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FP21: Assassin's Creed vs Warcraft 1:07:55

7+ y ago1:07:55

1:07:55

The theme for this week's episode is video game adaptations from 2016, pitting Assassin's Creed against Warcraft: The Beginning. Find Toni on twitter @faintpraisetj if you want to tell her how ignorant she is about video games, or email either Toni or Eric at [email protected]!By Faint Praise

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FPX04: Justice League 44:43

7+ y ago44:43

44:43

In Eric's first time joining in a Faint Praise Extra episode, we talk about Justice League, and if it's as bad as we both think it's going to be.By Faint Praise

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FP20: The Punisher Movies 1:11:40

7+ y ago1:11:40

1:11:40

In honor of the release of the new Punisher Netflix series, we watched all 3 of the Punisher movies to see which is the best one, and the results may be surprising given general public opinion about these generally forgotten films.By Faint Praise

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FPX03: Happy Death Day 28:48

8y ago28:48

28:48

It's a Halloween miracle, Toni actually watched a horror movie for fun! In the last of the Eric-free FPX series, Toni talks about Happy Death Day and other movies and shows with the Groundhog Day theme.By Faint Praise

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FP19: Egyptian Mythology Monstrosities 56:52

8y ago56:52

56:52

What was originally supposed to be a matchup of remakes of The Mummy instead morphed into a comparison of The Mummy (2017) and Gods of Egypt, due to the fact that in the 21st century there's no good reason to make yourself watch a Brendan Frasier movie.By Faint Praise

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FP18: Arthurian Atrocities 55:16

8y ago55:16

55:16

Remember when Clive Owen played King Arthur, but like in Roman times? Neither did we! But we wanted to talk about the impressively bad Guy Ritchie King Arthur movie from this year, so we had to find something to compare it to. So listen to us struggle to make it through both King Arthur from 2004 and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.…

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FP17: 80's Muscley Masters 55:44

8y ago55:44

55:44

We live!! Sorry about the long absence - there were many things that contributed to it, and it turned out to just be a better idea to wait until they all passed before resuming the podcast. But from now on we shouldn't have too many issues keeping to our weekly schedule. Our triumphant return is to examine a couple 80's movies about heavily muscled…

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FPX02: Hidden 28:37

8y ago28:37

28:37

Sorry we've been absent for a few weeks. Computer/internet troubles have been plaguing the production, but we are back with a second Faint Praise Extra episode, this time reviewing the Duffer Brothers movie Hidden.By Faint Praise

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FP16: Worst of 2002 56:04

8y ago56:04

56:04

This week we're back on track with an episode proper, and boy are we back! It's a real doozie, looking at two of the worst movies of 2002 (and maybe all time?) with Rollerball and Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever. If you want to enhance your podcast listening experience, after we start talking about the night vision scene in Rollerball do yourself a favor…

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FPX01: Dunkirk 27:55

8y ago27:55

27:55

Sorry that we've missed a couple weeks recently. This episode is a little different than our usual fare and includes a quick explanation at the beginning of what's been going on and our plans for the future. So enjoy the first of what we're calling Faint Praise Extras, with a longer-than-expected review of Dunkirk.…

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FP15: Skydiving Crimefighters 59:32

8y ago59:32

59:32

This week we go back to 1994 with Terminal Velocity and Drop Zone, two movies that desperately try to convince us that skydiving could be an effective way of either perpetrating or fighting crime. All they really convince us of is that we'd rather be watching Point Break.By Faint Praise

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FP14: Eva Green Boobs Out For Frank Miller 53:35

8y ago53:35

53:35

If nothing else came of the year 2014, we can at least rest assured that likely Eva Green was paid handsomely for getting her boobs out for not one, but two belated Frank Miller sequels, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For and 300: Rise of an Empire. Listen to Toni nerd out a little over ancient Greek history and Eric nerd out a lot over Eva Green.…

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FP13: Serial Killer Chick Flicks 47:57

8y ago47:57

47:57

This week Toni and Eric are comparing possibly the most indistinguishably-named movies to have come out within a few months of each other, with Twisted and Taking Lives. Which one gets more sexually involved with the serial killings she's investigating, Ashley Judd or Angelina Jolie? Wait, weren't both of them in serial killer movies before?…

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FP12: Stephen King Aliens 54:55

8y ago54:55

54:55

After getting a little bit of a break last week with decent movies, we get back on track with our whole reason for being by comparing two bad Stephen King movies. And since there are so many to choose from, we went with the Stephen King sub-genre of alien horror and watched The Tommyknockers and Dreamcatcher. Experience Toni's disappointment as the…

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FP11: Time Traveling Bruce Willis 49:35

8y ago49:35

49:35

After suffering through the worst combination of movies we've done so far with last week's westerns, we decided to treat ourselves with a couple good movies for a change with 12 Monkeys and Looper. Be prepared to hear Bruce Willis' name a lot in this episode, including several times when we meant to say Brad Pitt. Be prepared to also hear Toni and …

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FP10: Western Whiffs 1:18:09

8y ago1:18:09

1:18:09

This was a tough one, guys. We watched The Lone Ranger and Wild Wild West within 24 hours of each other. Naming one of them the best was possibly the faintest praise we have yet doled out. But, at least we got to reminisce about this moment in obscure pop culture history: https://twitter.com/barrypepper/status/631960391745183744…

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FP09: YA Franchise Failures 52:49

8y ago52:49

52:49

There are a lot of Young Adult book series, many of which don't translate well into movies, but that doesn't stop Hollywood from desperately trying for the next Twilight. We examine a couple of the failed attempts with The 5th Wave and I Am Number Four. And Toni may have managed to make it through the second episode in a row without getting any obv…

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FP08: Brain Busters 51:55

8y ago51:55

51:55

Do you still believe that humans only use 10% of our brains? Then we've got 2 movies you may find very intriguing. But for the rest of us, Limitless and Lucy will not help us eke out that last 90% capacity we've been looking to utilize.By Faint Praise

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FP07: Flaccid Frankenstein Flops 1:06:16

8y ago1:06:16

1:06:16

Two Frankenstein movies came out within a year of each other that nobody asked for and nobody saw, and it's not as obvious as you may think as to which is better. Toni stays true to her tradition of getting easy facts wrong by saying that Aaron Eckhart was in Battlefield Earth, when of course it was Battle Los Angeles. Whoops!…

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FP06: Monster Mashups 48:16

8y ago48:16

48:16

They tried pretty hard to make it a thing to add monsters into the stories of classic 19th century figures, but again audiences across the globe declined to participate. Come listen to us decide if Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is better than Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and find out if Toni messed up any more obvious facts!…

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