In the deep pit that 2020 has become Eli, M, Preston, and Simon dive into their thoughts about Joker in order to focus on something other than real life.

In this episode, we talk about prison reform and capital punishment. In a flurry of ideas, Eli addresses prison corruption, M. advocates for rehabilitative prisons, Simon talks philosophy, and Prestons links Nazism to capital punishment, 

After a long break Eli, M, Preston, and Simon hit the topic of poverty around the globe.

Sources

United Nations, End Poverty. https://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/poverty/ 1/25/2020

Global Poverty Project, Global Citizen,  https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/take-action/ 1/25/2020

Simon chose the topic of feminism and we all talked on great lengths on it.

The Sources were lost in a move that Eli and M made, sorry for the inconvenience

 Sources (That could be taken from audio)

Mill, John Stewart. On liberty. Edited by Elizabeth Rapaport, Hackett Publishing Company, Inc, 1978

Preston wanted to talk about the disinformation we get from media. The conversations are pretty standard. For some reason the audio picked up every small movement made, we're so sorry. 

Sources

Nietzsche, Frederich, On the Genealogy of Morality: A Polemic, 1887

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/abc-video-syrian-war-footage/

Professor Bruce A. Williams from The University of Virginia

Eli chose the topic of factory farming, Preston and Simon didn't prepare so the majority of it is plain thinking, but this also means that Preston had no way to bring up John Stewart Mill.

Sources:

"Student Project: Factory Farming: Animal Cruelty." Kutzer, Kayla Pace law school Library research Grides. Jun 11, 2019 4:15 pm. https://libraryguides.law.pace.edu/factory farming 12/7/19

"Eating Red Meat Daily Triples Heart Disease-related Chemical." National Institutes of Health . Jan 8,2019. www.nihgov/news-events/nih-research-matters/eating-red-meat-daily-triples-heart-disease-related-chemical . 12/7/19

"Factory Farming and Human Health" farm sanctuary www.farmsanctuary.org/learn/factory-farming/factory-farming-and-human-health/  12/7/19

"Factory Farming: Bad for The Animals, Human, and the Environment" Green and Growing.  www.greenandgrowing.org/factory-farming-information  12/7/19

"Meat and Poultry: Organic vs Regular" Kamaraju, Malavika. gulfnews Sep. 27,2019 19:37. gulfnews.com/uae/environment/meat-and-poultry-organic-vs-regular-1.66727641  12/7/19

"Can Commercial Hunting in North America Save Our Wildlife?" Cooper, Peter. A medium Cooperation Nov 16,2016 medium.com/invironment/can-commercial-hunting-in-north-america-save-our-wildlife-19580aa0cd74  12/7/19

M chose the topic of rebellions and asked important questions on whether or not they work within the modern day. Preston and Simon get off topic, M gets annoyed, and Eli apparently forgot how to talk.

sources. 

"Arab Springs" history.com Jan 10,2018 A&E Television Networks, www.history.com/topics/middle-east/arab-spring, Nov 30,2019

Chakraborly Roshni "civil Disobedience in the Trump Era" Harvard political review. Jan 3,2018 harvardpolitics.com/united-states/civil-disobedience-in-the-trump-era/ , nov 30,2019

Simon chose the topic of transgender people and how people should approach aspects of the subject. Everyone has great opinions on the topic and Preston is still obsessed with John Stewart Mill.

Sources:

Meerwijk, Esther L, and Jae M Sevelius. "Transgender Population Size in the United States: a Meta-Regression of Population-Based Probability samples." American journal of public health vol. 107.2 (2017): el-e8.

Head, Tom. "A History of Transgender Rights in the United States." Thought Co. Nov 13 2019. Thought.co.com/Transgender-rights-in-the-united-states-721319

Bos, Joan. "Elagabalus of Rome" Mad Monarchs 03109/2012. madmonarchs.guusbeltman.nl/madmonarchs/elagabalus/elagabalus_bio.htm

Knight, Connel MD and Tangpricha, Vin MD, PHD. "Whats New in Transgender Medicine?" Vol II issue I Empower.

Kimya Dawson "Utopian Futures" Thunder Thighs.

Preston's topic of choice was the stigmas religious people put against non-believers. Eli, M, Preston, and Simon get to talking about this and only slightly get off topic at times.

Sources:

"Discrimination" American Psychological Association, Accessed 11/16/2019, https://www.apa.org/helpcenter/discrimination

"Freedom" Oxford Dictionary

"History of Special Olympics" Special Olympics Delaware, Accessed:11/16/2019, https://www.sode.org/about/history-of-special-olympics/

Mill, John Stewart. On liberty. Edited by Elizabeth Rapaport, Hackett Publishing Company, Inc, 1978

"What is the Role of a Public Theologian Today?" America Magazine, 12 July 2019, https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2019/07/12/what-role-public-theologian-today.