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Steve Downing shares his thoughts after attending a class reunion for his summer-of-love high school class---the class of 1967-- in Grand Rapids.
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- Added: Aug 15, 2017
- Length: 05:14
- Purchases: 1
Michael Goldberg gives us music and essays to help us stay human and enjoy the abundance of summer.
- Added: Aug 09, 2017
- Length: 59:25
It’s the way that folks at the Bisbee farmers Market say, “Oh, you grow the bellota.” that makes me think of that common name as an honorific name ...
- Added: Aug 03, 2017
- Length: 05:02
Steve Downing shares his thoughts and memories from 1997, the summer of love.
- Added: Jun 23, 2017
- Length: 05:54
For those of a certain age, the start of summer isn't about going to the beach because a life's worth of hamburgers means never again wearing a bat...
- Added: May 30, 2017
- Length: 20:24
Excerpts from Rachel Cohen's essay "Lost Cities" and segments of poetry by Fernando Pessoa and Constantine Cavafy examine the allure of one's home ...
- Added: May 26, 2017
- Length: 53:20
This week we talk about ad hominem, Soviet propaganda, and red herrings.
We also discuss Pravda, logical fallacies, and hypocrisy.
- Added: May 05, 2017
- Length: 27:25
This week we talk about chemical weapons, North Korea, and misspeaking on camera.
We also discuss Yugoslavia, the MOAB, and Aleppo.
- Added: May 05, 2017
- Length: 48:15
On this week’s episode we talk about chatbots, social media cheats, and robot lawyers.
We also discuss logic trees, digital familiars, and the Mat...
- Added: May 05, 2017
- Length: 45:45
On this week’s episode we talk about fossil fuels, the EPA, and the yoga industry.
We also discuss the Carboniferous period, clean coal, and corpo...
- Added: May 05, 2017
- Length: 41:13
This week we talk about terrorism, acronyms, and Doge.
We also discuss memetics, mass surveillance, and the Irish Republican Army.
- Added: May 05, 2017
- Length: 42:21
There’s a new political force center stage in India these days.
The cow. The cow has always been holy to millions of Hindus but it’s still a plac...
- Added: Apr 11, 2017
- Length: 06:00
This week we talk about authenticity, Rookie magazine, and PRIZM.
We also discuss product placement, Jersey Shore, and the two-step flow of commun...
- Added: Mar 30, 2017
- Length: 41:43
This week we talk about blackballing, #DeleteUber, and the spirit of the law.
We also touch on taxes, Freemasons, and ride-share unions.
- Added: Mar 30, 2017
- Length: 41:52
This week we talk about chronological snobbery, signaling theory, and the Chicken Connoisseur.
We also discuss social cognition, Discover Weekly, ...
- Added: Mar 30, 2017
- Length: 44:37
This week we discuss dark patterns, Facebook, and the tycoon monomyth.
- Added: Mar 07, 2017
- Length: 47:55
Host of Criminal, Phoebe Judge takes us on a tour of kids who break rules -- including tales of her own childhood offenses. The Mortified Podcast i...
- Added: Mar 04, 2017
- Length: 24:23
This week we talk about the Harlem Hammer, COINTELPRO, and punching nazis.
- Added: Feb 28, 2017
- Length: 42:03
This week we discuss brachycephalic dogs, maize, and birth control.
- Added: Feb 23, 2017
- Length: 38:41
This week we talk about enemies who are friends, globalization, and non-polarized opinions.
- Added: Feb 23, 2017
- Length: 36:24
This week we talk about noble lies, compassion fatigue, and addiction.
- Added: Feb 23, 2017
- Length: 36:55
This week we talk about smart mobs, reddit, and Kompromat.
- Added: Feb 23, 2017
- Length: 41:27
This week we discuss hackers, video games, and Project Xanadu.
- Added: Feb 23, 2017
- Length: 32:10
This week, we talk about self-driving trucks, Malthusian catastrophes, and human obsolescence.
- Added: Feb 23, 2017
- Length: 47:03
This week we discuss protests in several different contexts.
- Added: Feb 23, 2017
- Length: 52:53
