EP 165: The Presidency of Al Gore

Two educators Patrick and Dennis sit down and attempt to educate one another on a subject using a thought experiment as the premise.  Topics range from Real Life Super Villains, Language as a Virus, Restructuring the MLB, Alternate History, 1970’s

Society & Culture

Personal Journals

History

Philosophy

Places & Travel

This week Patrick invites Stephen Gower to create a North American super hivemind in which we construct different alternate realities.

1. A reality in which the MLB of consists of only 18 teams
2. Another in which the MLB follows Premier League S...

Canadian Baseball

This week Patrick is joined by a real-life human lawyer, Professor Winston Conrad, with the goal of understanding the world of intellectual property.

Winston explains the concepts of intellectual property through the history of guilds ownership an...

Trademarked Men

This week, Patrick invites guest host Cassidy on to cover the 1983 film Videodrome

**Topics discussed:**
1. Is this a plotless film?
2. The film is Marshall Mcluhan distilled
3. Are we in Videodrome right now?

**Links mentioned in this episo...

Videodrome

Patrick is joined by guest host Roejen of the Project Archivist Podcast to discuss the Legend Of Polybius.  The mythical mind controlling video game of the early 80’s that never existed.  We talk about the strange real life truths around the legend a...

EP 165: The Presidency of Al Gore

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