This episode, we talk Laurel vs. Yanny (if you hear yanny, you are wrong), conspiracy theories, the Santa Fe High School Shooting, nihilism and social isolation, meaning vs. purpose in life, and we speak out in defense of Jordan Peterson (you're welcome, Jordan).

This week, we have Palmer's longtime friend Max on the show. We comment on Childish Gambino's new single, Max tells us about his trip to South Africa (both the country and the region), leading to a conversation about the horrors of apartheid. Then we weigh in on the Sam Harris/Christian Picciolini feud and the definition of 'Alt-Right'. Finally, we ask the hard questions; are diversity and democracy compatible? Are sports a good thing for society? What should we name this episode? We know those are the types of questions that keep you listeners coming back week after week.

This week we talk about Michelle Wolf and the White House Correspondence Dinner, Ye's views on slavery (ideological and/or otherwise), Eddie Murphy's F-word, Daum Keziah's Chinese prom dress, and peace talks between North and South Korea. Also, Ryan posits some very questionable ideological stances. He promises he's not racist.

Palmer doesn't like parties, Hotep Jesus blocked Ryan on Twitter, Kanye is Kanye, and the UK is killing Alfie Evans.

Since recording the episode on April 26th, Alfie Evans has passed away. Our deepest condolences to the family. Our thoughts and prayers are with them during this difficult time in their lives.

Welcome back for the eighth installment of your favorite podcast. In this episode we get real heavy real quick with talk about long-distance relationships and co-dependence (side note: why aren't there any REAL love songs any more?).

Then we weigh in on the recent Starbucks controversy and talk about just how racist their entire system is (praise HOTEP Jesus for getting his reparations paid from that white-supremecist coffee corporation).

Then we talk about native American civilizations pre-western colonization, and Palmer blows Ryan's mind with some facts about the Amazon.

And finally, we wrap it up with a light-hearted conversation about the ethical implications of categorizing psychopaths and pedophiles as evil instead of individuals with a terrible disease, which leads us to determining that the death penalty is problematic.

First off, we have a little bit of housekeeping to clear up an error we made last episode (thank you to our listener for calling us out on being full of shit) and then we get right on into the episode where we have our good friend Brian Heller on the show.

We ask him to tell us something problematic, which opens up a great conversation about art (specifically art that is meant to be consumed) and whether or not it is helpful to have criticism of that art so readily available. And also, is it really so great that fans of television shows and movies can so easily put their opinions about what they think the show/movie should be out there for others to see? Should the creators of these pieces of entertainment art pay attention to those fans through so-called fan-service? Can a show or movie even be considered art any more if they're just giving the fans what they are asking for? Do fans even know what they really want? We ask the big questions on this podcast.

Then we talk Star Wars (mostly Rogue One and The Last Jedi, but with a little bit of the other episodes thrown in there for good measure), Game of Thrones, and the PROBLEMATIC anti-social tendencies inherent to Netflix's way of releasing shows.

Then Brian tells us about how he ran* the NYC Marathon and just how freaking difficult it is to become the guy that wakes up at 5:00 in the morning to go running. We probably could have gone on for another hour, but Brian had a bus to catch, so we cut it short.

Enjoy the episode and thanks for listening!

*ran 75% and walk/jogged the other 25%

Oh boy, this week was a doozy. We start off strawmanning a few well-known podcasting personalities, then take a hard left turn into a discussion of the devaluation of college degrees and whether or not brick-and-mortar universities are necessary in modern society. Then we dip our toes into the Ezra Klein/Sam Harris feud and racially charged scientific study and follow it up with our shortest segment yet on guns, briefly talking about the most recent shooting at Youtube and the definitive illegality of hunting children. Then we jump into a talk about the difference between putting up racist signs (signs are and will always be problematic) and baking gay wedding cakes. And we wrap it up with a debate on the role of marriage in society and decide that separate but equal is probably the best way to go (not completely sure how we ended up there).

It's Episode 5 and we are back and better than we've ever been before at podcasting. We alienate most people who might be listening to this by talking too much about architecture, which somehow leads us to a conversation about data gathering in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the revelations about all the personal information being gathered by the Facebooks and Googles of the world. Then we talk Palmer's wedding for a little bit, and decide that we'll probably have a more in-depth discussion about our views on marriage next week. That's how you do a teaser.

Recorded on March 25th.

Another horrible school shooting happened this past week at Great Mills HS in Maryland, but fortunately a "good guy with a gun" was there to prevent the shooter from taking more innocent lives. But is the argument about a "good guy with a gun" an effective argument in support of gun rights? Then we talk cops, tariffs (not terrorists), omnibus bills, and whether or not the politicians passing these bills really have our best interests at heart.

Also, Ryan tries to be less weak by going to the gym, and Palmer's getting married soon and just installed some granite countertops (OoOoOoOhHhHhHh).

*Subjects not necessarily in the right order.

Corinne Leo is our long time friend who lives in Los Angeles. We ask her about her life and she tells us about donating a kidney, what watching, whale imitating, and problematic toast, among other things. I didn't even know there were raw vegans who only ate fruit. LA is a crazy place mannn...