What kinds of friendships are worth the energy of their upkeep? Tonight we talk about the ups and downs of friend groups and how supportive/not-so-supportive they can be over the years. Parenting and the inherent drama of young children takes the stage, and the two halves try to suss out if the world's most adorable 3-year-old is being rude.

Intellectual property makes a surprise comeback in the context of gaming engines. We end our session, dear listener, with a par-for-the-course discussion of racial dynamics in American media and the global economy.