It's Pretty OK

It's Pretty OK

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  • Ep. 202: Crossbound and Down

    Thanksgiving did a number on people’s travel schedules, but never fear, Pierce and Kevin met up to discuss their fascination with crossword puzzles.

    MUSIC: “Midnight City” - M83


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    36 min
  • Ep. 201: Love in the Time of Smartphones - PART 2!

    You may recall, way back about 100 episodes ago, that we did a pod on online dating. Two years later, with everyone who was on that podcast now in a relationship (3/4 of which started online!), we thought it would be good to revisit that conversation and see how our perspectives have changed.

    MUSIC: “Shut Up Kiss Me” - Angel Olsen

    ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: Proverbs for the Modern Dating World (Human Parts on Medium)


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    42 min
  • Ep. 199: The One About National Parks

    This week, Sean is buried under a mountain of schoolwork, so Max and Pierce are talking about mountains and forests and other things that you might find in…national parks!

    MUSIC: “Time We Had” - The Mother Hips


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    32 min
  • Ep. 198: Power and Responsibility and Whatnot

    Pierce was recently given a not-insignificant amount of power in society—he was on a jury in a criminal proceeding—so naturally, we had to ask him about it.

    MUSIC: “Sweaty Lake” - Active Bird Community


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    45 min
  • Ep. 197: It's Stew-ky Season!

    This week, with it maybe kind of sort of finally starting to think about getting a little bit colder outside, the gang talks about our beloved fall/winter foods. Not PSLs or other fall food fads—we’re talking about comfort food classics.

    MUSIC: “Not” - Big Thief


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    36 min
  • Ep. 196: Making a List, PreChecking It Twice

    This week, the topic of discussion is TSA PreCheck, that magical system that allows pretty much anyone with $85 and no criminal record to bypass most of the security procedures that “normal people” have to go through at the airport. How can something simultaneously be so great and so terrible?

    MUSIC: “The Knife” - Maggie Rogers

    ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: The best $80 I ever spent: TSA PreCheck (Vox); TSA Agents Say They’re Not Discriminating Against Black Women, But Their Body Scanners Might Be (ProPublica)


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    37 min
  • Ep. 195: Bad Fan-ta

    This week, Pierce has a conundrum: The Nationals are on the verge of a World Series appearance…but he’s not that psyched about it because he feels like the organization doesn’t deserve success. So he and Sean talk about “enlightened fandom” and the conundrum of rooting for your team to fail.

    MUSIC: “Jager Yoga” - CSS


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    35 min
  • Ep. 194: Post Mates or Past Mates?

    This week, the discussion turns to the apps that exist to make our lives easier—and what they do to the way we use our social time.

    MUSIC: “Teenage Wasteland” - Wussy


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    36 min

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