your local Big Boss haters checking in.

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pop quiz - 23:16

discussion - 25:49

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sources:

1. https://www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/cr/1978-sandinista.pdf
2. https://www.marxists.org/archive/guevara/1960/08/19.htm

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pop quiz - 18:02

discussion - 20:39

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intro - 00:00

pop quiz - 22:35

discussion - 27:05

Sources:

1. https://colombiareports.com/understanding-the-causes-of-colombias-conflict-land-ownership/
2. https://freedomhouse.org/article/colombias-farc-faces-complex-path-insurgency-politics
3. https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/colombia/2025-09-03/spy-vs-spy-scenes-cold-war-colombia-1963-72
4. https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/banzer-seizes-power-bolivian-coup
5. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/allende

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What more needs to be said?

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pop quiz 05:59

discussion 7:17

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Sources:

• https://southern.libguides.com/watergate/deepthroat
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_President%27s_Men
• https://www.history.com/articles/watergate-deep-throat-fbi-informant-nixon
• https://arlingtonhistorical.com/items/show/113

Sometimes you have an idea and then you research it and it totally unravels your whole plan for your project or said episode and your view on space travel. Research is fun!

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pop quiz 06:01

discussion 10:20

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Sources:

• https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/the-overview-effect-astronaut-perspectives-from-25-years-in-low-earth-orbit/
• https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kNwGOVBI_ME
• https://www.nasa.gov/project-mercury/ https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/what-was-mercury-program
• https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53d29678e4b04e06965e9423/t/59397a7b20099e3818f062c3/1496939132423/the+overview+effect.pdf
• https://gwern.net/doc/psychology/2014-bimm.pdf

AI rant with a little Metal Gear thrown in. Thank you for joining our rant propaganda sessions as we discuss the harms of AI again.

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pop quiz 9:55

discussion 15:30

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Sources:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11403199/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10686326/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrNBEhzjg8I&t=230s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTTSXc6sARg

https://psychhelp.com.au/what-does-the-still-face-experiment-teach-us-about-connection/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364661325000580

Who would've thought CQC was something that was still used to this day?

intro 00:00

pop quiz 13:47

discussion 17:15

Sources:

1. https://www.konami.com/mg/archive/mgs3/uk/system_cqc.html

2. https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA612103.pdf

3. https://sofrep.com/military-history/origins-of-modern-close-quarter-battle/

4. https://closecombatinstructors.com/

5. https://www.facebook.com/groups/164093236986819/posts/24144040838565390/

6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yvkECEBFS8&t=3s

7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DfL_iKTdTQ

8. https://mgsgnosis.blogspot.com/2020/08/military-advisor-motosada-mori_24.html

We discuss AI. We tried to be unbiased, i promise you.

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pop quiz 10:39

discussion 13:57

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Sources:

1. https://www.ics.ai/post/the-evolution-of-voice-ai-a-brief-history-and-future-predictions

2. https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5462609/grok-elon-musk-antisemitic-racist-content

3. https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/

4. https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5462609/grok-elon-musk-antisemitic-racist-content

5. https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/884911/burger-king-ai-assistant-patty

6. https://kotaku.com/hideo-kojima-metal-gear-solid-death-stranding-ai-2000636622

K's great attempt to get you all into STEM.

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pop quiz 19:52

discussion 22:52

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Bibliography:

1) https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/06/stanford-explainer-crispr-gene-editing-and-beyond

2)https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6982820/

3)https://blog.nanochemigroup.cz/how-materials-change-at-the-nanoscale-and-what-this-means-for-industry/

4) https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Retrovirus

5) https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Nanomachines

Kojima wanted to end the series so many years ago and he kept going, why? We dig through some articles and discuss his many motivations in today's 201! see below for full list of interviews we found!

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pop quiz 04:45

discussion 10:04

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Bibliography:

1. https://www.tumblr.com/thearkhound/189640385948/famitsu-403-hideo-kojima-interview-metal-gear

2. https://shmuplations.com/metalgearsolid1997/

3. https://shmuplations.com/kojima/

4. https://mgarsenal.proboards.com/thread/2380/new-interview-hideo-kojima

5. https://www.tumblr.com/thearkhound/185300055888/hideo-kojima-interview-with-msx-magazine-2005

6. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/tgs-07-kojima-speaks/1100-6179757/

7. https://games.kikizo.com/features/hideo-kojima-interview-2008-p2.asp

8. https://games.kikizo.com/features/hideo-kojima-interview-2009-p2.asp

9. https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/12/01/the-snake-eater-interview

10. https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/09/kojima-mgs2-was-meant-to-be-my-last-metal-gear

11. https://time.com/2862423/interview-hideo-kojima/

12. https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/why-did-hideo-kojima-leave-konami

13. https://www.polygon.com/2015/12/16/10220356/hideo-kojima-konami-explainer-metal-gear-solid-silent-hills/

14. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/kojima-expected-to-leave-konami-after-mgs5-inside-/1100-6426024/