The Problem with Reading

Another action-packed episode as the gang discusses the medieval philosophers in After Virtue chapter 13. In other news--Beto is a bit Trumpy, but also a legend who stands on tables, Stephen muses on Jordan Peterson and that state of pastoring, something about stoicism and tech companies, and Brevin revisits the legendary April Fool's day miracle, Reddit Place. Tune in! Articles: ~sudoscript.com/reddit-place/ ~theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/04/orourkes-campaign-kickoff-texas-drew-money-crowds/586210/ ~theamericanconservative.com/dreher/jordan-peterson-religious-rohrshach/ Music: Ratata by Jeremiah Dangers

SpaceForce! On a podcast far far away, Sam takes on ideological campus warfare, Stephen says TV killed our souls and channels the spirit of DFW, and Brevin talks SpaceForce and the moon. Also, DON'T MISS Stephen's reading of Nixon's speech to be given in the event the Apollo 13 mission has a wacko in the machine. Tune in! Articles: ~dalkeyarchive.com/a-conversation-with-david-foster-wallace-by-larry-mccaffery/ ~theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/03/trump-nasa-moon-2024/585880/ ~theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/03/conservative-universities-and-intellectual-diversity/585511/ Music: Ratata by Jeremiah Dangers

The crew gathers on a Wednesday night to do content and they chose poorly. In short, Zoomers bring the apocalypse, none of the gang is really angry about anything (and they're nerds), something about After Virtue chapter 11, and who is Nate Silver? Tune in. Article: ~theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/religion-workism-making-americans-miserable/583441/ Music: Ratata by Jeremiah Dangers

#zoompocalypse

The team takes on the worst chapter of After Virtue yet(why won't MacIntyre translate the damn words?!). Stephen and Sam slap down bad government policy towards the mentally handicapped, Brevin talks about the minimum wage, and Sam has a secret admirer. Articles: ~nationalreview.com/2019/03/the-social-media-censorship-dumpster-fire/ ~nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/21/magazine/minimum-wage-saving-lives.html ~theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/02/lack-services-adults-autism/582586/ Music: Ratata by Jeremiah Dangers

Sam kills modernity with Catholicism again.

The team explores heroic societies, absurdity, and After Virtue chapter ten. When they run out of jokes about Greeks, Stephen muses about gender and coding, Sam explains how we'll never find love, and Brevin encourages us all to take a second hard look at Fun Dip. Also in the mix: ISIS brides, underpopulation, and Plato.

In this clip from episode 009, Brevin discusses the creepiness of Fun Dip.

Sam, Brevin, and Stephen choose between Nietzsche and Aristotle in After Virtue chapter nine. The crew takes a deep dive into the mystery of Florida Man, read a Cosmopolitan article on Purity Culture, and discover that we are trees, you are trees, humans and society are trees, etc. Also AI will kill us all, but we knew that. On an unrelated note, imagine a country populated entirely with Ayn Rands and Nietzsches, and then imagine how many trains there would be. Articles: ~wsj.com/articles/physics-biology-and-economic-inequality-11549061005 ~slate.com/technology/2019/02/super-bowl-commercials-robots-sadness-terror-nervous-laughter.html ~cosmopolitan.com/politics/a26026217/sexual-abstinence-joshua-harris-purity-movement-scam/ Music: Ratata by Jeremiah Dangers

Join Stephen and Brevin and the vaunted chapter eight, where everything is unpredictable! Also in this episode: sad bad grad school, why Webster's 3rd dictionary is an abomination, and more math than you want. Articles: ~blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-emotional-toll-of-graduate-school/ ~claremont.org/crb/article/bourbon-neat/ Music: Ratata by Jeremiah Dangers