Episode Details

How do we cure the disease of rugged individualism? And what wouldn’t you put on a waffle? [25:20]

This week, Joey and Aaron talk about the American ideal of self-reliance, the story of Survivor Bias, how hard it is to be a man and ask for help, a framework to decide if something should/should not be a topping, "The Maple Syrup Standard", and Aaron's new waffle iron. They don't talk about the power ranking of breakfast foods: waffles, pancakes, french toast, anyone?

references

• Herbert Hoover and a primer on Rugged Individualism
• The Over-the-Rhine Foundation in Cincinnati
• NYTimes' Wirecutter: "The Best Waffle Maker"
• (Corrections Department: "So it looks like it's technically not The Maple Syrup Standard... but..." - Joey) Quartz: "Canada's Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve and the Economics Behind it"
• Aaron's waffle recommendations: find the Matt's near you and this other place to get waffles and Wafels & Dinges "where I found my waffle life in NYC" - Aaron