*Michael is quarantined in a hotel this week, so please excuse the minor echo in his audio*

In this week's episode, we talk about about the definition of a "country", the purpose of monarchy and nobility, and whether or not nostalgia is a negative mental exercise. As usual we get off topic and begin discussing everything from fake car wrecks to the old computer game "Number Cruncher".

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