Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRetire, B----: Gerontocracy and the Scramble for Power
Season 2 Episode 22
Alternative title for this episode: Don't let the Prez sundown on me. Why is the inability to retire or withdraw, damn the consequences, a recurring …
1 year, 11 months ago
The No-Kid Zone: Lowered Birth Rates and Growing Hostility to Children
Season 2 Episode 21
Is American culture hostile to children? With certain hotels, resorts, restaurants, and other public spaces forbidding the presence of kids, and the …
2 years ago
Publishing Books is a Mistake
Season 2 Episode 20
Amazon controls everything, literature is culturally irrelevant outside of the Tiktok subgenres of Dark Academia Dark Romance Dark Fantasy, the indus…
2 years ago
The Artistic Age of Decline
Season 2 Episode 19
What's an Arts District without any art? Mostly condo buildings named after composers, restaurants with a $200 seafood tower, and Madam Butterfly as …
2 years ago
She's Giving Mother: On Our Collective Mommy Issues
Season 2 Episode 18
If the masculinity influencers like Tate and Huberman are our society's surrogate daddies, who are the women giving mother? Are the makeup YouTube tu…
2 years ago
The Agony of Fandom: Klopp's Reign Ends and Liverpool Continues On
Season 2 Episode 17
It's not a great time to be a fan. The hooligan, the violent and illogical fanatic who will commit crimes to defend their faves, is no longer found o…
2 years, 1 month ago
A Culture of Overcorrection
Season 2 Episode 16
Jessa and Nico return from their week off to discover nothing has really changed. We're still talking about campus protests (instead of what they are…
2 years, 1 month ago
America, Abroad: Everyone Thinks They Are Anthony Bourdain
Season 2 Episode 15
Americans are being warned by their government that before they leave the country they need to check their luggage for any "stray ammo" or weaponry t…
2 years, 1 month ago
Garland's Gettysburg, Wow: Americans Fantasize About Civil War
Season 2 Episode 14
Civil War is a hit! Both blue states and red states agree that watching a movie that lets you fantasize about the half of the country you don't agree…
2 years, 2 months ago
Our Bodies: Abortion Law, Repro Health, and Other Crimes
Season 2 Episode 13
The Dept of Health and Human Services ruled that hospitals could no longer do pelvic exams on unconscious women without their consent, in the year of…
2 years, 2 months ago