How can architecture affect lifestyle?

We discuss the current and future impacts of popular internet connection gaining speed and bandwidth.

We talk about talking about Trump. This will be the first and last time?

We discuss the first book of Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" (1776). The main topics Smith covers are the development of specialization, a labor theory of value, capital for manufacturing, and the use of currency. Though we both very much respect Smith's work, we also question some of his underlying explanations.

A discussion of Kafka's 'The Judgment' (see the previous episode for a reading). We end with a reading of Henry's short story 'Consequence' ("it was written in middle school so not the best writing"-Henry), which has uncanny similarities with Kafka' story - Yuta

A reading of Kafka's short story in English translation.

We discuss American high school education and the arguments about sorting students.

What's the point of taxes? What considerations should go into deciding tax policy? Surprisingly our resulting conversation is not _that_ dry.

We start by announcing our new sponosor: Michael Bloomberg! We then have a totally unrelated discussion about the greatness of billionaires Jeff Bezos and (lesser) billionaire Elon Musk.

We discuss Scalia's philosophy of law as he outlines it in "A Matter of Interpretation." How should legal text be interpreted, and how should its writers' intentions be factored in?