125: MINISODE #33: What does it take to be a good person in a corrupt institution?
Aug 18, 2022
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Malcolm Gladwell is on the bad take brigade, and we're exploring whether or not it's possible to be a good person while supporting fundamentally bad institutions.
124: MINISODE #32: Remframing Anxiety
Aug 13, 2022
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Beto O'Rourke is our first contestant on Baller of the Week, and I discuss how my recent trip to Ireland helped me reframe the role anxiety plays in my life.
123: MOVIE THEATRES with Tim Blakaj aka @comedianofcinema
Jul 28, 2022
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Matt Gaetz is on the bad take brigade, and Tim pops in to talk about why we feel that movie theatres are a sacred space.
122: MINISODE #31: The significance of our size in the universe
Jul 15, 2022
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Josh Hawley shows up on the bad take brigade, and we break down the existential significance of the new photos from the James Webb Space Telescope.
121: RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM with Dr. John Dehlin
Jul 07, 2022
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Looking at the religious extremism. What is it? And what role is it playing in the current American sociopolitical landscape?
120: ADHD with Brave Dave
Jun 30, 2022
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Brave Dave cruises in to chat about the evolving landscape of ADHD. How what we know about it has changed, and the role TikTok has played in a groundswell of new diagnoses.
119: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE with Matthew Libby
Jun 23, 2022
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Discussing the current state of machine learning. How we got here, and where we might be going next.
118: MINISODE #30: The Bad Take Brigade
Jun 16, 2022
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Breaking down bad takes from Bill Maher, Ben Shapiro, Joe Rogan, Ricky Gervais, and Matt Walsh.
117: MINISODE #29: the Homogenization of Art
Jun 09, 2022
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Exploring the capitalistic causes for the homogenized nature of our stories, our music, and our art, while also looking at the role we play in that process as the consumers or the market.
116: MINISODE #28 the Cult Nation
Jun 02, 2022
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Exploring the idea that America was founded for the specific freedom to start and operate radical white supremacist christian cults under the banner of unfettered capitalistic greed.