Genteel Poverty

Saddle up partner! Today our couple explore the good, the bad, and the ugly of the western film genre.

Our couple look at the weaponization of hope.

From gambling, politics, to religion our hope is being used as a weapon against us.

Our couple discuss friends, lovers, and acquaintances. 

Navigating between these three can be more difficult than it seems; and why does it get harder as we age?

Our married couple discuss the artists voice within the creative process. 

Can you make a universally loved piece of work? Should that even be a goal? Can you open the window and make love to the world?

Our married couple discuss the possible demise of TikTok

Is TikTok a clean well lighted place? Is it a threat to the United States? Who will hurt from its ban and should we care?

Our married couple talk marriage.

Are you and your significant other playing cooperatively or is it a battle of player vs player? Are you a solo player thinking about marrying "the one"? Is marriage important? 

What role does manners play in society? Is it essential to help us get along socially or repressive/archaic? Our husband and wife team explores what manners means, how we resist it, and whether you need to stand when someone comes into a room.

From clothing to career to whether to have children, we discuss the realities of judgment and how we've navigated them.

This is the real parent trap: what are you going to do with all the stuff they have when they are gone? In this episode, we talk about navigating the logistics and guilt associated with deciding what to keep of our parents' collections. 

What is genteel poverty, and what did we do wrong to get here? In this episode, we discuss what the term means and how our journey in the humanities led us here.