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Ep37 : Governmental Genesis, Marketing, and the Amplification of Violence
This week Jad and I consider the idea of how ...
This week Jad and I consider the idea of how a government forms - essentially out of thin air. - Once a government gets up and running, we go on to consider how people are convinced to accept the various ills that any government in existence is known ...
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Ep36 : Facebook Official – The NSA Spies on Everyone, Everyday, for Anything
There's no doubt that millions of Americans have long since ...
There's no doubt that millions of Americans have long since suspected their government was spying on them regularly. Of course these people have also long been referred to as paranoid conspiracy theorists. -
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Ep35 : Apples to Africans and Other Abstract Arguments
In this episode we travel back in time to November ...
In this episode we travel back in time to November 14th, 2012, just a week after President Obama was re-elected. (caption: Devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy in late 2012.) - Our episode this week focuses on the idea of making abstract arguments t...
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Ep34 : The Steubenville High School Rape Case
On August 11th of 2012 a drunken and incapacitated high ...
On August 11th of 2012 a drunken and incapacitated high school girl in Steubenville Ohio was repeatedly sexually assaulted by some of her peers. - The incident was posted on a variety of social media outlets and eventually led to a trial.
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Ep33 : When Do You Give Up on the Political Process?
This week Jad introduces us to a philosophical idea he ...
This week Jad introduces us to a philosophical idea he had been twirling around in his head about giving up on the political process. He essentially concludes that once you’ve discovered without question that the deck is stacked against you no matter ...
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Ep32 : Washington and Colorado, Reversing Absurdity
This week we bring you another of our Throwback Thursday ...
This week we bring you another of our Throwback Thursday episodes. If you're just now joining us, our Throwback Thursday series is comprised of earlier recordings that never made the final cut. Essentially podcast b-sides. -
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Ep31 : Searching for Political Common Ground Part II
This week we conclude our two-part episode on finding common ...
This week we conclude our two-part episode on finding common ground. - In the first part of this discussion, Jad, Tom and I discuss varying methods, strategies, and pitfalls for finding common ground in which to discuss politics with people.
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Ep30 : Searching for Political Common Ground Part I
This week we begin the first of a two-part episode ...
This week we begin the first of a two-part episode primarily focused on the idea of finding common ground in political discourse. In a round-about way we've actually discussed the topic many times before, but it's always been ancillary to our main foc...
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Ep29 : Talking to People About Politics
We'll get to the topics in just a moment, but ...
We'll get to the topics in just a moment, but first a little note about the podcast. This week is a little different for us. Over the past 9 months now, Jad and I have been recording every Wednesday evening; we've missed a few weeks,
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Ep28 : Marching on Washington, All Peaceful Like
This week, an ongoing story that we’ve had our eyes ...
This week, an ongoing story that we’ve had our eyes on. It’s supposed to culminate on July 4th when, according to the event’s organizers, 1000+ armed persons will walk from Virginia into the District of Columbia with loaded rifles slung over their sho...
