Our humble adventurers dip their toes into the world of Anime, and the water's fine, if a bit sad.

Episode Breakdown:

• We start the episode by introducing All the People Network and the podcasts it includes (00:01:50).
• For this episode's Tavern Talk segment, Peter has chosen five interesting thought experiments for us to think about (00:04:46):
• The Chinese Room Argument,John Searle (00:06:22). 
• The Brainstorm Machine, Daniel Dennet (00:14:42).
• Mary, the Color Scientist (the Knowledge Argument), Frank Jackson (00:19:31).
• Twin Earth, Hilary Putnam (00:22:09).
• The Boltzmann Brain, Ludwig Boltzmann (00:25:47).
• The Experience Machine, Robert Nozick (00:31:49).
• We move on to discuss Cowboy Bebop!
• We start by introducing the show and its history (00:48:39).
• We then discuss our general feelings about the show, the storytelling and the characters, and we mention whether we watched it in Japanese or English (00:50:37).
• We discuss the main themes in the show (01:04:05).
• Peter brings up Spike's artificial eye and whether or not he died in the end (01:10:49).
• We discuss the history of the show in a bit more depth (01:14:44).
• We discuss one of the major aspects of the show - the music, which leads us to mention Yoko Kanno, the music director (01:16:40).
• We talk about our favorite characters (01:21:42).
• We quickly mention the Cowboy Bebop movie (01:30:36).
• We close the discussion by summarizing our thoughts (01:31:50).
• We take a vote to see whether or not Cowboy Bebop will be included in the CQEG! (01:37:12)
• Ynon introduces the subject of our next episode: The Transformers - Last Stand of the Wreckers (01:45:15)
• Stick around and check out a promo clip for the Assorted Goods podcast! (01:52:40)

 

Here's links to the other podcasts on All the People Network:

• All the People You Should Know Podcast -Website, Twitter.
• Assorted Goods Podcast - Website, Twitter.
• Controller Disconnected Podcast - Website, Twitter.
• Happy Hour Gets Weird Podcast - Website, Twitter
• Off the Record Podcast - Website, Twitter.
• All the People Network - Website, Twitter, Instagram.

 

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The Culture Quest Essentials Guide: CQEG.

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Tank! By Seatbelts, performed by Nimrod Gavriel (drums, bongos, egg), Ynon Hermon (bass and guitar), Peter Thomas (cool text), Baryo (saxophone).

 

Cover art by Azeecreations .

‘Celebration’ theme by Alexander Nakarada ( www.serpentsoundstudios.com ).

 

The episode was recorded on July 11th, and originally released on August 9th, 2020.