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The sociopolitical landscape of the day is a minefield of cognitive dissonance, intellectual laziness, and disingenuous actors. Listen in weekly as four dudes navigate the perilous state of national discourse and laugh at current events. Because if you don't laugh you'll cry.
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Dispatch: Is Eugenics Bad?, U.N. World Hunger, Georgia Guidestones
Tony's back. Let's get esoteric. David and Tony talk about the Georgia Guidestones, how Christians would actually react to Christ's resurrection, and how the Dutch Farmer's Strike foreshadows our bug eating future.
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Dispatch?: Podcast Rankings, Mad Libs, Etc
David and Perrenial guest host do a loosey-goosey dispatch.
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The Replication Crisis (Unlocked Bonus Episode)
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A group of researchers have discovered that there's a huge reproducibility issue in science. From cancer research to social psychology, this replication crisis is calling a lot of our assumptions about the way things work into question. David walks Tony and Felipe through the problem and they discuss the implications it has on everything from culture war ideology to government policy. -
Dispatch: Texas Trans Laws, Border Patrol 4th Amendment Fight, January 6th Hearings
David and Perrenial Guest Host get into some stories from the week, including Texas being Texas, a Supreme Court decision on a far-reaching Border Patrol Zone, and an insane op-ed about gun violence and child abuse.
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Dispatch: California Reparations Taskforce, Heard-Depp Case, Medicare Price Hikes
David and Tony talk about the outcome of the Johnny Depp / Amber Heard case and all of the subsequent hot takes, the new California taskforce exploring reparations for Black Americans, and what Biden's Medicare price hikes say about how America treats its elderly.
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Dispatch: Uvalde Shooting, Greg Locke, Real Estate Bubble
Tony and David spend some time discussing the tragedy in Uvalde and some of the worst impulses of the media after a spree shooting before covering some other news from the week: including what rate increases mean for the housing market and a check-in on Pause for Parrots fan favorite Greg Locke.