Oh hey there!  It's been a bit, but we're back!  This week Eric Minishred runs through the recent economic trade war with China and the effect on rare earth element mining.  We take a deep dive into how reframing your past experiences can make you a better(?) person, and finally touch on 5G data caps and cool new magnet technology.

Rare Earth Elements - 
https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/31/18647021/china-us-trade-war-trump-huawei-rare-earths-embargo-softbank-5g-snub

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/05/australian-rare-earth-ore-processor-wants-to-build-a-plant-in-the-us/

https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/23/18637071/rare-earth-china-production-america-demand-trade-war-tariffs

Personal Introspection - 
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190523-the-way-you-tell-your-life-story-shapes-your-personality

5G Data Caps/Magnets! - 
https://gizmodo.com/bbc-goes-to-conduct-its-first-broadcast-over-5g-immedi-1835119262

https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/03/spintronics-3d-magnetic-interactions-university-glasgow/

This week Eric Minishred gives a real deep dive on the history of the Entertainment Software Association & E3, spends some time going over recent solar system related discoveries and closes things out dissecting the recent National Emergency (eyeroll) and how it affects Huawei.

ESA & E3
https://variety.com/2019/gaming/features/entertainment-software-association-mike-gallagher-e3-1203211280/

Topic Smorgasbord
https://gizmodo.com/a-collision-with-a-dwarf-planet-likely-caused-our-moon-1834927403
https://gizmodo.com/wild-observation-shows-white-dwarf-stars-merging-into-s-1834893025
https://gizmodo.com/at-t-gave-200-000-to-politicians-leading-abortion-ban-1834928667

National Emergency & Huawei
https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/22/18634754/huawei-ban-lawsuit-phones-national-security-trump

After a week in the gutter, Eric Minishred returns to shed some light on the recent Big-Tech Break-up discussion as well as breaking down a few new songs off Bad Religions latest album, The Age of Unreason!  We also run you through a few fun articles from the past week.

Big Tech Breakup
https://gizmodo.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-injects-energy-into-elizabeth-1834515588
https://gizmodo.com/kamala-harris-says-we-need-to-seriously-take-a-look-at-1834706259

Article Smorgasboard
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/06/us/denver-magic-mushrooms-vote-trnd/index.html
https://earther.gizmodo.com/exxon-predicted-2019-s-ominous-co2-milestone-in-1982-1834748763
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/05/att-promised-7000-new-jobs-to-get-tax-break-it-cut-23000-jobs-instead/
https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/15/18626643/ytmnd-down-meme-4chan-something-awful-internet-culture
https://gizmodo.com/a-coconut-water-brand-is-offering-free-piss-on-twitter-1834795589

Boeing Human Errors
https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/2/18518176/boeing-737-max-crash-problems-human-error-mcas-faa

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This week Eric Minishred takes a deep dive in to some comments made by Abigail Disney, heir to the Disney fortune on wealth re-distribution, walks you through what crunch means and how it affects the video game industry, and finally takes a peek at some recent studies on the effects of THC vs CBD.

This week we're a few days late in posting thanks to closing weekend at Vail and the Colorado Avalanche distracting your venerable host Eric Minishred.  Fun roundup of topics this week including the decline of religion in America, a whole smorgasbord of various fun topics, and closing things out with a closer look at the rare earth metals needed to produce the technology behind renewable energies!

Religion in America - 
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/13/us/no-religion-largest-group-first-time-usa-trnd/index.html

Topic Smorgasbord - 
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-47960874
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/17/us/interstellar-meteor-object-harvard-study-scn-trnd/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/17/business/carls-jr-cbd-burger/index.html
https://gizmodo.com/look-at-all-these-fucked-up-galaxy-folds-1834118147

Renewable Energies and Rare Earth Metals - 
https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/19/earthworks-renewable-energy-metal-demand/?utm_campaign=homepage&utm_medium=internal&utm_source=dl

This week we run through a varied list of topics including Nancy Pelosi getting cranky with progress, the recent abundance of space-faring news, and end things with a look at Foxconn in Wisconsin!

Topic 1 -
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/08/politics/nancy-pelosi-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-twitter/index.html

Topic 2 - 
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/11/18306525/scott-mark-kelly-twins-year-international-space-station-nasa-dna-genes-health

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/4/11/18306110/first-image-black-hole-eht-event-horizon-singularity

Topic 3 - 
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/10/18296793/foxconn-wisconsin-location-factory-innovation-centers-technology-hub-no-news

A bit of a slow week but the lovely gift of the Thursday news cycle brought us some news about the impending death of games retail, a true real world 5G wireless test, and a big discussion on climate change!

Topic 1 -
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/04/gamestop-posts-massive-loss-as-pre-owned-game-sales-plummet/

Topic 2 - 
https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/04/amazon-internet-satellite-network-project-kuiper/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/04/verizon-5g-goes-live-hits-760mbps-in-a-speed-test/

 Topic 3 - 

https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-first-meeting-of-the-house-climate-crisis-committ-1833812915

This week we delve in to the ongoing saga of 5GE (eyeroll at you AT&T), briefly touch on some advancements in Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles, and take a deep dive in to recent research Valve Software has been doing in to synaptic responses and potential human upgrades!  Plus, your last (for a little bit) Bad Religion song analysis.

Bad Religion Song - The Paranoid Style
https://www.stereogum.com/2037102/bad-religion-do-the-paranoid-style/music/

Topic 1 -
https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/22/18277484/att-fake-5g-e-network-lte-study

https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/22/opensignal-study-att-5g-e-speeds/

Topic 2 -
https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/22/umass-lowell-hydrogen-fuel-cell-electric-vehicles/?utm_campaign=homepage&utm_medium=internal&utm_source=dl

Topic 3 -
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/03/valve-software-dreams-of-analyzing-your-brainwaves-to-tailor-in-game-rewards/

After a brief 1 week hiatus minishred returns to discuss Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaking at the SXSW convention regarding automation in the workforce and her Green New Deal, takes a little time to celebrate Nintendo turning 130 years old, and takes a whole lotta time to discuss what Googles entry in to the video game world means for the industry and consumers.  Its a monumental episode!

Topic 1 - 
https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/09/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-automation-green-new-deal/?utm_campaign=homepage&utm_medium=internal&utm_source=dl

Topic 2 - 
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/mar/13/nintendo-at-130-interview-shinya-takahashi-and-hisashi-nogami

Topic 3 - 
https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/20/18273098/google-stadia-games-release-platform-controller-gdc-2019

https://kotaku.com/what-we-know-and-don-t-know-about-google-s-new-gaming-p-1833444004

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Cozy up to those headphones friends, we've got another rousing hour of fun analyzing what the rise of all-encompassing ski passes are doing to the industry, we dive in to some good things a video game company is doing for the industry, and close things out thinking deeply about the recent FDA approval of Ketamine as an anti-depressant.  Plus, a special guest appearance from everyone favorite Golden Retriever Minnie!

Topic 1 - 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vail_Resorts
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vail-resorts-to-acquire-falls-creek-and-hotham-ski-resorts-in-victoria-australia-300800160.html

Topic 2 - 
https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/6/18253785/donald-trump-tim-apple-cook-ceo-name
https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/03/06/report-nintendo-requests-mobile-game-partners-prevent-players-from-spending-too-much

Topic 3 - 
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/03/oxycontin-pusher-purdue-blames-everyone-but-itself-for-opioid-crisis/
https://gizmodo.com/ketamine-is-now-an-fda-approved-depression-treatment-b-1833097771