This week we're joined by special guest Patrick Ballesteros as we deep dive into how gatekeeping can be an effective tool against instant gratification, how John Calhoun's landmark rodent utopia over-population experiment led to societal collapse, and how corvid behavior effects our everyday lives. A listener email tells us how Richard Nixon once longed to be the Kendrick Lamar of his day.

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Episode Tabs:

The Case for Gatekeeping (Yes, Even in a Culture That Tells You to Share Everything)

https://www.cyndiespiegel.com/blog/the-case-for-gatekeeping

Mouse Heaven or Mouse Hell?

https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/mouse-heaven-or-mouse-hell/

FAQs about Crows

https://corvidresearch.blog/faqs-about-crows/

Listener Tabs:

When Richard Nixon Wanted to be a Rapper 

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/89019/when-richard-nixon-wanted-be-rapper

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https://rj51photos.com

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