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  • Episode 134: Choosing Choosin' Texas

    This week, Alex, Kate, and Kyle talk about Ella Langley's Choosin' Texas, how they feel about the song itself, the state of country music, and how it claimed the record for most weeks at #1 song in the country in today's music climate.

    1 hr 25 min
  • Episode 132: Celebrities Aren't Going to Save You

    This week, Alex, Kate, Adrian, and Swara talk about Macklemore and Ed Sheeran, the emptiness of most celebrity activism, the dangers of taking your political leads from millionaires, and why it's beyond time to stop just talking and actually do something about the issues that matter.

    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 130: It's Up To Us To Make Spaces Better

    This week, Alex, Kate, and Joseph talk about getting into hobbies, especially Magic: The Gathering. They talk about startup costs, the importance of making spaces open to new people, and the value of taking and giving feedback.

    1 hr 27 min
  • Episode 129: We Need Middle-earth, Not Westeros

    This week, Alex, Kate, and Joseph Bradford of MMORPG.com and beyond discuss why modern fantasy is quite bad. They talk about the vast difference betwen Tolkein and Martin, why classic fantasy is less "black and white" than it's accused of even though it's actually good that it is, and the hopefulness that's too lacking in modern fantasy.

    1 hr 13 min
  • Episode 128: Jefferson Dinners Don't Exist Anymore

    This week, Alex and Kate discuss the rise in anti-intellectualism and willful ignorance. They discuss how the internet has destroyed people's abilities to argue, the total loss of literacy, and especially how this has shown up in the public response to Emily Wilson's review of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. Plus a bunch of MTG talk!

    1 hr 16 min
  • Recommended Reading from ButWhyTho.net!

    This week Alex highlights a handful of articles from Butwhytho.net, covering everything from Magic the Gathering to marching bands to free-to-play RPG Soulframe.

    [EXCLUSIVE] The Women Behind Secret Lair’s Latest Philanthropic Drop Talk The Importance Of Mentorship

    Dear EA Sports, The Next College Football Should Honor The History Of The Saturday Sound

    ‘Soulframe’ Just May Be The Game We Need Right Now – Even In Pre-Alpha

    5 min
  • Episode 127: Defining Mature Genres

    This week, Alex, Charles, and Swara talk about what happens when genres reach maturity, what's become of superhero movies, and what they would do to fix the genre's problems if they were in charge.

    1 hr 13 min
  • INTERVIEW: Rasheed Abu-Eidah Discusses Dreams on a Pillow, Palestine, And History

    The Nakba, or "catastrophe" in Arabic, describing the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Palestine by Israel since 1948, is not widely learned. Rasheed Abueideh, a Palestinian game designer based in the West Bank, aims to change that with his new game in development, Dreams on a Pillow. Here is our interview with Abueideh, in which he explains why he decided to pursue making the game, what he hopes players will get out of it, and how people can support it.

    23 min

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