Solving Everything

The MMA world and how money factors in. Why aren't they getting paid bigger bucks for putting their lives on the line? Cain Valasquez, Brock Lesnar, Frankie Edgar. The crazy primal coil and the glory of incredible athletes who show up in a big way. Calcio Storico is the world's most violent game. Is sports just an outlet to safely prevent us from attacking each other all the time?  

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Aaron Rodgers hosts Jeopardy, Charles Woodson gives Kris his chair. Will Aaron Rodgers leave the Packers and if so, why? Also, Judge Parins, former president of the Packers and Kris' grandfather in-law, gets a shout out.

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As you likely know, we spend 4, often 5 hours with those record lights lit in one evening. There is frequently music, creative sparks, and shenanigans into the wee hours of the night that don't make it onto the pod. In this episode, enjoy an improv-y after hours cut. Originally recorded in January 2021.

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South Park doesn't apologize, Half Price Books rules, how do we hold artists accountable for their discrimination without canceling them all, Dr. Seuss is racist, and The Cat in the Hat is an asshole. This episode gets spontaneously musical more than once courtesy of Andrew Nath having a guitar in his hands.

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This one gets intense! Are we allowed to have unpopular opinions without getting canceled? Is it right to cancel people because they are tone deaf? Or liars? Or discriminatory? Where does free will and moral responsibility intersect? Heated discussion! Kris says "shut up!" for the first time on mic! What coms up: Taylor Swift, Gina Carano, Dixie Chicks, Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Tom Ashbrook, and more.

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Kris' song gets played on Lovett or Leave It and she tries to downplay it, then gets called out on not being able to take a compliment. Is not being able to take praise a Midwestern thing? On the flip side, how do terrible experiences with audiences make us more fearless about what we create? Also, Andy was a theater major! And how to fire up the pilot light of learning and keep it lit. College professors, the performance aspect of teaching. Then Dan gets laid off and redirects his life. The last 45 minutes is about handling bad news, getting dumped, how to come to peace with losing a parent, and how we accept our parents for who they are.

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Episode 21. We pick up where we left off in Episode 20. Video games: destroying society and ruining our kids' brains? Or maybe just a normal part of growing up. Should we be worried that without constant stimulation, we get anxious? Self-awareness and the zones of regulation. Using the body as a tool for how how you actually feel and what you need. Dan tries Virtual Reality (spoiler alert: the shark doesn't eat him.) Also how we all lose our minds trying to get kids to do what they need to do every day. "It goes IN the sock bin, not NEXT TO the sock bin!"

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This short episode aired on our sister podcast, Growing Beyond. Kris shares some solo thoughts about her work at hospice as a massage therapist. The tone is serious and the subject is death. You were warned. This episode is great validation for anyone who was denied access to a loved one due to facilities or hospitals enforcing infection control. It also covers who we have become as a society when we can go to the grocery store and get on a plane but aren't allowed to sit with loved ones' on their death bed.

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In this episode after a brief Higgs/Nath basketball chat, we stroll down memory lane, exploring self-created nicknames and Vegas, where Iowa boys aim and fail to get corrupted by a car full of babes. Then we discuss the innocence of 3 channel TV in the 70's and how we first got exposure to explicit comedy. 2 Live Crew corrupts our earholes, we discover Appetite for Destruction and cassette tapes rated E, then Andy commemorates Milli Vanilli with soaring renditions of their hits. We discuss the age old question: why don't we get what our kids are into? And the classic question: are video games corrupting our kids? Then Koji Kondo, Mario theme songs, and early Nintendo and arcade games. Part 1 of 2.

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In this episode, we talk about mass media, the commercialization of things we love, trusting our leaders, how the 50 U.S. states are like unruly adult children at Thanksgiving, the possible evolution of politics in America (should states secede?) and conspiracy Dan makes an appearance.

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