Mike, Nathan, and Mahler discuss ethnic-religious cleansing, chemical weapons, Skinny Puppy, the beauty of mathematics, stroke weather, plastic shopping bag fuel, the minimum wage, the debt ceiling, the Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger, C. Ray Nagin, Freedom Industries, mammograms, and America's Most Literate Cities.

Mike, Nathan, and Mahler discuss tree roots, humanistic androids, Bashar al-Assad, narcotics, El Salvador, the Holy See, the Turkish internet, Anonymous, Taranis, Keystone XL, food stamps, climate hubs, abortion, and Happy Meals.

Mike, Nathan and Mahler discuss dog food, Aleppo, Fallujah, the Polar Vortex, COINTELPRO, Janet Napolitano, Reprieve, Northrop Grumman, quinones, JPMorgan Chase, Janet Yellen, Boeing, Dow Chemical, and Lee Baca.

Mike, Nathan , and Mahler discuss clouds, Mohamed Mursi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, chemical weapons, the National Intelligence Estimate, Russian bombings, Canadian tar sands, Rob Ford, donkey meat, spyware, jam-proof drones, jobless benefits, Benghazi, evolution, peanuts during pregnancy, cannabis, and horse carriages.

Mike, Nathan and Mahler discuss ethnic Nuers, the Muslim Brotherhood, the Gaza Strip, the Caravan of Death, Pussy Riot, Alan Turing, drone cargo ships, the worst Congress ever, Secret Service misbehavior, A&E, Neanderthal genomes, and aging in mammals.

Mike, Nathan and Mahler discuss the WTO, the NSA, the TPP, PFTBL, GM, Putin, Thailand, the Central African Republic, the North Pole, the Ukraine, North Korea, schizophrenic signing, SkyJack, the Volcker Rule, antibiotics, memories, and blows to the head.