But Really...

A.k.a. When do you decide that others need your help - and that's okay? Don, Chuck, Pete, and Christina talk about what the core differences are between some of the political parties. It's enlightening. I promise.

Don, Chuck, and Christina discuss zoning and the long-term and self-perpetuating devastating impact that zoning laws have on people and their descendants.

Christina, Pete, Don, Justin, and Chuck discuss the nature of a short, and what's going on in the stock market. None of us are financial advisors, and it shows. What also shows is that there are multiple perspectives on what the stock market is, and whether shorts are a good thing for our financial system or not. This is one lively debate!

Christina, Don, Chuck, and Pete talk about the Overton window - accidentally. The long and seemingly random journey we take to get there touches on some of the fundamental problems of our development as a nation. Pull out your magnifying glass and discover how even the most left-leaning members of the podcast barely register as middle in other developed nations.

Don and Chuck are joined by Christina and Alex to explore the misinformation we find ourselves swimming in. When people believe that antifa (whoever that may be) staged the coup and rigged an election and that what they saw with their own eyes was incorrect - how can they be convinced otherwise? We must fight misinformation at every step - we explore some ways that have worked for us in personal relationships and some ways that clearly don't work (like fighting about it on FaceBook).

Hey folks, looking at the episode, there's not much of a problem here. We have a bit of grunk work indicated in the inside.

Pete, Christina, and Justin join Don and Chuck for a more in-depth review of the impact of the capital protest on the week of 1/8/2021. This is a day that will live in infamy. We talk about the actors, the situation, the failures ... and come to some surprising conclusions.

Christina is back! And Pete and Don and Chuck join her to talk about the impact of empathy on our governance. Who are the others? Why are the others? Yes - why are the others? And what does bias have to do with it? 

For this episode, we were joined by former marines Pete, Alex, and Christina, Don and Chuck share a little of what we did during the holidays.

Former Marines Don, Chuck, Christina, Pete, and Alex discuss the haves and the have nots. How much money does anyone person actually need? At what point does the object of acquisition become the acquisition itself? We get deep on some structural things and ask the searing question - who owns the mess? You might be surprised at the answer.