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May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Josh and Nayanci are joined by Nayanci's science professor/public health professional Isabel Rodriguez, and one of our favorite local NY comedians, Lucas Connolly.  We talk about the state of mental health and addiction in our communities after COVID.

In this episode, we discuss the intricacies of cultural appropriation, what's acceptable and what's over the line, and if there is a line at all.  We definitely have a heated conversation about hip hop and compare the differences between Eminem, Lil Dicky, Iggy Azalea and what they are each doing for the culture if anything at all.  One of our favorites!

In this episode Nayanci and Josh are joined by comedian Ryan Long and professor Christina Weinbaum.  They discuss the fine line between good comedy and hate speech among many other fun topics.

In this episode Nayanci asks comedians Myq Kaplan and Josh Carter along with Philosophy Professor and podcast host Dena Shottenkirk their interpretation of "The Allegory of The Cave" and how it may relate to our current society

In this episode Nayanci brings up the philosophy and ethics in war.  Josh and guests; Larry Beyah (comedian/podcaster/veteran) give their points of view and Justin Steinberg (CUNY Philosophy/Ethics Professor) brings his academic perspective.

Nayanci and Josh are joined today by comedian and podcaster, Danny Lobell and philosophy professor and author Dr. Anna Gotlib.  We are all over the place with interesting subjects this week as we talk about the death penalty, moral vs political stances, abortion and more!

This is one of our favorite episodes, Krystyna Hutchinson joins Josh and Nayanci and they talk about the philosophy of dreams, and sleepwalking, sleep paralysis including our own supernatural experiences (warning, it gets crazy). 

Nayanci discusses Aristotles theories on relationships with comedians Dante Nero ("NBC's The Blacklist," Relationship Guru), Josh Carter and Brooklyn College Philosophy professor Christine Vitrano.  They talk about all types of positive and negative friendships and relationships.

Nayanci asks comedians Josh Carter and Kurt Metzger about their opinions on topics relating to philosophy of religion, the conversation gets deep and they also end up talking about social politics.