Just listen. I can try to explain but is futile.
The topics vary from child education to career (ugly word) advice passion thru meditation and x-man comics, but the topics are not that important, what is important is the approach to the topics, the deconstructivism of the common fallacies that we live with.
The show, for me at least, is about what is really import to you, not what you think is important, but what is really important and you are not paying attention to.
It's not del help material, sorry folks, no assignments or inspirational crap. It's a intelligent, funny an informative conversation.
The co host, Dan Benjamin, is a very intelligent person who tries to keep rings on track but not in a way that constrains, he almost like a Lacanian psychologist who is there more as a facilitator make the patient (Merlin) talk.
I believe is a "geek" show (for the jackals) because the references are very becky/nerdy but regular people can enjoy also.
By the way, if you never heard about Merlin or Dan google the them, they both have been done amazing stuff.
I found so good that I download and listed all of episodes from the begging.
Cheer from sunny Brasil (yes we write with a S)
Felipe C.