Scapegoats & Straw Men

Scapegoats & Straw Men

By Pete Fernbaugh, Lakin WeaverComedySociety & CultureReligion & SpiritualityPhilosophy
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Scapegoats & Straw Men episodes

  • Cold Cut: Our Greatest Hits and Tropes
    Every band has its greatest hits. Every TV show has its greatest tropes. We're not any different. In this Cold Cut from TGT 50, Lakin and Pete gab the gamut of topics we've beaten to death many times before, all in one concise 18-minute package.
    19 min
  • TGT 51: The Trump Pervasion
    The talking continues as Pete and Lakin muse upon the pervasion of Donald Trump. They also muse upon sexual orientation and epigenetics. But somehow it circles back to Trump. Everything circles back to Trump. Eventually.
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    36 min
  • TGT 50: The Broken Toilet of Existential Dread
    The talking continues as Lakin extols the virtues of self-winding mechanical watches and Pete breaks a toilet. Throw in a dash of existential dread and an apocalyptic cover of "Nearer, My God, to Thee," and you have a beautiful day in the TGT neighborhood.
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    34 min
  • Cold Cut: Good Friday Shiva (Repodcast)
    Following up on our repost from yesterday, it's only appropriate that we include the Cold Cut from SSM 4. Here's how we described it way back then: "On this Good Friday edition of 'Cold Cuts,' two Gentiles discuss their preference for Shiva rituals, especially after dealing with their fathers' deaths." Monday, we'll have a brand-new TGT for you. Have a great holiday weekend!
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    7 min
  • 4: (Don’t Fear) The Reaper – Easter Edition (Repodcast)
    Given that it's Easter weekend, let's revisit a podcast we recorded in March 2015 that's all about our inevitable fate. Here's how we described our discussion way back then: "Death weighs heavily on the minds of a twenty and thirtysomething as they contemplate whether life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness have passed them by." www.scapegoatsandstrawmen.com
    42 min
  • TGT 49: Inside Our Mind Palace
    The talking continues as Lakin and Pete take a tour of several mind palaces, ranging from the Current Occupant of the White House (COWH) to wedding photography to event boundaries to paranoia about Internet security. It's a hodgepodge of thoughts that occasionally resemble conversation, all with an extra dash of hodge and a spritz of podge.
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    29 min
  • TGT 48: A Master Class on Masterclass
    You've probably seen those MasterClass ads on YouTube and Facebook, the ones in which a celebrity promises to make you almost as good as they are at something. In this episode, Pete and Lakin discuss the MasterClasses of Gordon Ramsay, Dustin Hoffman, and deadmau5. Also: Santa Clarita Diet, technology vs. old people, and who calls art art.
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    32 min
  • TGT 46: We Are Confident Idiots
    The talking continues as Pete and Lakin discuss a great article by researcher David Dunning titled "We Are All Confident Idiots." In fact, we encourage you to give it a glance before listening to us gab about it. The article can be found here: https://psmag.com/we-are-all-confident-idiots-56a60eb7febc#.d5l0oksic
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    32 min

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Welcome to the World's One-Billionth Podcast, Scapegoats & Straw Men! Two guys deconstruct logical fallacies of all kinds (and create some of their own in the process). Join us for weekly…