Dexter Buxton joins That Old Pod as this week's special guest to talk about how recent events have dramatically increased the average American's political involvement and awareness. Discussion carriers over to what issues are most important facing us today, possible solutions, and their impact on quality of life. Also some discussion of growing up LDS.

Discussing how conspiracy theories go off the rails, and how a similar thing has happened to American politics. The story behind the assignation of the Archduke Ferdinand. Discussion on the quality of life with VR and impacts of the climate of quality of life. Long discussion of Animal Psychology

Special guest Jim Guido joins That Old Pod to discuss capitalism and the future of economic theory; and its effects on society in regards to politics, research, and quality of life.

Cillian joins That Old Pod to discuss this week in tech. Discussion covers the new releases by AMD and Nvidea; the future of the processor market; quantum computing; Google's new product releases and some issues arising with Google Home; digital assistants and space travel. *There were some technical issues uploading the file. If you notice your audio stop after 5 minutes and become crackling noise, or the conversation double over at 13 minutes, erase the download and simply download the episode again.

Mike Jones joins That Old Pod to discuss technology as it relates to quality of life. Starting our discussion off as it relates to the book The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture by Wendall Berry, we discuss how farming and industrialization have impacted our quality of life. You’ll notice that the pod ends abruptly on a cliff hanger. In a charming encapsulation of the failings of technology, about an hour of our conversation got cut off through a technical error on Lucio’s part. Fortunately, we have noted the course of the missing conversation, and we were getting tired and really had much more to say anyway, so we will be recording part II of this topic in the near future.

Evan Reyes joins That Old Pod to discuss this week in sports, All Star Games, NBA Trade Season, Flat Earthers, Climate Change, PewDiePie, South Park, the state of the movie industry and many other topics

Episode focuses on Uber, Amazon, the future of transportation, AR/VR, the Nintendo Switch and internet connected devices (IoT).