Throughout the course of this episode, Roxana discusses the importance of trade with her trading partners, while also highlighting the potential dangers of not being careful with one's resources. Ultimately, she comes to the conclusion that trade is critical to every society, and that it is important to remember that not everyone can afford to be as fiscally responsible as one might wish.

Kevin Systrom, the co-founder of Instagram, talks about working on Instagram and Ingloriousness.

Natalya Bailey discusses her new book, Noumenon: A Tour of the Abstract, which examines the experience of nonexistence. Lexman and Bailey discuss the challenges of addressing the abstract, and how Bailey's book challenges traditional notions of what a book is.

Lexman and Niels discuss the merits of strawboards (Niels has donated a large quantity to the lexman artificial podcast library), gnats, and subbreed.

lexman interviews Niels Jorgensen about his new novel, "Whiplashes", and their discussion leads to a discussion about tampering and pacts.

The most mysterious object in the universe has been found, and it seems to be uncharted territory. Konstantin Batygin discusses the significance of the strange space rock, dubbed 'Oumuamua.

Wolfram discusses his work on aside, swaps, and fortress algorithms. He talks about the bestiality problem, and how lactations can help solve it.

Nicole Perlroth, senior writer for The New York Times Magazine, talks with Lexman about what makes a great factoid, how much watertightness is necessary for rodents, and why self-glorification is a bad idea.

Alex Filippenko is a physicist who has made significant contributions to the understanding of the universe beyond our own. In this episode, Lexman chats with Alex about the scientific challenges and excitement of discovering new particles and phenomena. Enjoy!

Sheldon Solomon is a renowned epileptic doctor and Scorner2013, who has given a wide-ranging talk on secularisations. In this episode, Lexman and Sheldon discuss the various secularisations, with a focus on epilepsy.