“Eloquent commentators” William Buckley and Gore Vidal occupied opposite ends of a spectrum and arguably kicked off a decades-long skid towards talking heads shouting insults over one another on television. Which is to say that by contemporary standards they held a long running civilized debate between intellectual foils. Check out the 2015 documentary Best of Enemies if you want to know more. Today, hear a couple topics that our hosts are NOT mortal intellectual enemies on.

15m 0s Who is buying from As Seen On TV mid day cable news ads? This is a question that probably has an answer.

19m 20s A thought experiment on policy writing. It’s either really, really smart…or really, really dumb.

37m 33s Terry makes the mistake of insulting fans of hit documentary series “Tiger King” and risks being run out of town and off the airwaves.

40m 40s Crows are smart. Along with Ravens, the other member of the corvid family, they can learn some words and solve puzzles individually and socially. Please don’t train them to come to your house.