18 episodes
Two Reluctant Cogs particleinabox.space
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An exploration of modern absurdity with an emphasis on speculative hot takes.
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Episode 19: The Last Question
Trevor and Cy discuss Isaac Asimov's short story *The Last Question* and try to figure out what the answer actually was.
Link to the short story:
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Episode 18: Angry Grapes
Bonus Episode: Trevor reads Chapter 5 from the well known make-em-up "Grapes of Wrath".
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Episode 17: You Love Oil
Trevor and Cy discuss Wendell Berry's Essay "The Ecological Crisis as a Crisis of Character".
https://archive.org/stream/wendellberrytheunsettlingofamericaculturezlib.org/%5BWendell_Berry%5D_The_Unsettling_of_America__Culture%28z-lib.org%29_djvu.txt -
Episode 16: To the republic for which it stands
The majority of a discussion on Federalist Paper number 10 written by James Madison in 1787.
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Episode 15: The Three Cog Problem
Trevor and Cy discuss the Three Body Problem and the Remembrance of Earth's Past series.
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Episode 14: React Authentically
Trevor and Cy discuss the new Dune movie before jumping into an essay titled "The Authentic Reactionary" by Nicolás Gómez Dávila.
Link to the essay:
https://isi.org/modern-age/the-authentic-reactionary/