Shingi and Teddy talk about the use of performance enhancing drugs, both in the context of sports as well as day-to-day life. Is the use of PEDs cheating or is it the best path to an upgraded version of humanity?

Shingi and Teddy discuss how all of the decisions made by the leader of North Korea follow a very rational and predictable pattern. One based on not only the survival of the family dynasty, but avoiding assassination by internal rivals within North Korea as well. The principles that drive Kim Jong Un's thinking can be used to understand other "rogue" heads of state, both past and present - Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein, Robert Mugabe, and more.

Individuals don't survive disasters - communities do. Teddy and Shingi talk about the necessary elements a community has to have to minimize the chaos and disorder that comes with any kind of natural disaster, and how you as an individual can help facilitate it where you live.

This week Teddy and Shingi talk about the growing power of value and content creators. Pro athletes are a great example of how content creators are starting to overtake platform providers as the primary drivers of commercial value.  The NFL and NBA anthem protests demonstrate how players can turn their newfound power into social and political leverage.

Teddy and Shingi talk about Charlottesville and why identity politics is so appealing to people when they are socially and economically vulnerable.

Is it possible to use moral arguments to affect behavior change at a systemic, societal level? Teddy and Shingi dissect some of the fallacies in how mainstream vegans attempt to win converts, and identify more effective ways that vegans could drive change.

Serial entrepreneur and bodybuilder Manu Edakara stops by to share his experience with developing discipline as an entrepreneur

Shingai and Teddy discuss an article from the Guardian about big consumer brands faking "wokeness" in order get Millennials to buy their products. From there we jump into questions like "what does it mean to be woke?" ; "what comes after being woke?" ' and how to move from being woke to actually living a life of full consciousness.

People are often stuck in a vicious cycle, where their poor nutrition leads to unhealthy behavior, and the unhealthy behavior drives poor nutrition. Shingi and Teddy explore the mindsets that drive bad nutrition in the US, the social impacts of that bad nutrition, and some actionable things that an individual or community can do to stop the vicious cycle.

Henning joins Teddy and Shingai in a conversation about how mainstream media is becoming indistinguishable from fake news, and how the shift from fact-based to opinion-based mainstream news will benefit Trump in the long run.