Great Distraction

We've all got 'em. Little actions someone else does that just annoy the heck out you. It could be someone chewing with their mouth open, or that obnoxiously loud person having a conversation on their cell phone in public. They're pet peeves, and in this episode we have a chat about the ones that really get under our skin!

After getting a few requests from listeners we figured it was time to do a kind of introductory episode where we talk a bit about each of the main hosts and how this podcast came to be. Some folks like knowing about the people they're listening to, so this is that. Might not be your thing and we get it, but in case you happen to be interested this episode will give you a little more background on us.

Beer is one of humanities favorite pastimes! In this episode we talk a bit about the history, how micro and craft breweries are everywhere these days and beer culture in general and how much it's changed over the past decade. All while having a few ourselves!

We've been talking a bit lately about things we do in our lives to try and make for better living and we thought some of it might be interesting or even useful to others. So we recorded an episode throwing down some tips and tricks we use to improve the quality of our lives. Not trying to tell anyone how to live there life, just discussing some things we've learned along the way.

Quickly becoming a popular term, Universal Basic Income is a concept that a lot of people and entities are talking about. Imagine if every adult in the country was given $1000 per month just for being alive. How would that change the way we live? How would we fund it? And what are the downfalls of such an idea? Join us in this episode as we pick this bold idea apart and discuss the pros and cons.

One of our group gets back from three weeks in Europe and after hearing his wondrous tales we decide to make an episode out of it while it's still fresh in his head! There are a lot of differences in nearly every facet of life between American and European cultures and we discuss a broad range of interesting tidbits. If you were on the fence before this episode might make you decide to push forward those travel plans and make it happen!

It seems more and more people these days are actively choosing to not procreate. But what does one do when they decide to not focus such a large portion of their life on creating and raising offspring? In this episode we discuss our thoughts on the matter and the reasons we've each decided this way or that when it comes to having children.

Why are more and more people choosing to learn a martial art of some kind? Is it just for self defense or because so many of us were exposed to it as kids in school? Or is there more to it? Perhaps even something deeper? We bring on a guest in this episode and talk about the benefits of practicing martial arts and why they can actually help improve our lives.

It seems history really does repeat itself. In this episode we talk about what appears to be a second round of propaganda surrounding the decades old "war on drugs". It seems to have come back again with the legalization of marijuana spreading across the country. This time however, it feels like the people aren't as naive and they are calling the government out on some of the claims made.

We see politicians come and go, political agendas rise and fall and government entities seem to make changes only to have things remain the same in the end. So why is it we still put stock into our political system? Is it simply because we have nothing else? Or is there still some value there? In this episode we ponder, what it is about our current political structure that still keeps the people watching?