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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. 

David and Perrenial guest host do a loosey-goosey dispatch. 

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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.

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.

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.

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.