Fun in one's life helps people live longer but what makes things fun?  Mark and Jeff discuss the components of fun and how you can differentiate between True Fun and Fake Fun

Mark and Jeff discuss the current state of US politics in the wake of the recent change in the Democrats' presumptive nominee and how the Republicans are managing it.  At least what we see from outside the US.  Canada is affected by US politics but has no ability to influence the elections. 

In this episode, Mark and Jeff discuss why people are so easy to fall to the lure of conspiracies rather than believe the obvious.  They discuss a wide variety of conspiracy theories and why people want to believe them.

If you learned as a kid that there are only 5 senses and that the 6th sense is precognition, you have missed the boat.  There are many more senses than 5 but not all are agreed upon.  Despite this there are many additional senses that are agreed upon.  In this episode, Mark and Jeff discuss the additional senses

Today we have a special guest with Kadie Isaac who is interviewed by Mark (Jeff is away).  Kadie is a long time member of the Society for Creative Anachronism and tells us all about this great organization, what she loves about it and her plans to travel to Pennsic

Alcohol is a significant part of our culture and society at large, but is it good for you?  If it is bad for you, how much is too much?  What are the risks?  Mark and Jeff discuss the swing from people thinking alcohol was good for your in the mid 1980's to people thinking no quantity is safe to a more measured understanding of that actual risks involved.

In this episode, Mark and Jeff discuss some fundamental aspects of psychedelic drugs (hallucinogens) and what sets them apart from other illegal drugs such as Opiods

In this episode, Mark and Jeff discuss what is happening to Koalas in Australia, they are dying off at a high rate from a variety of causes... In this episode, we discuss some of the details of what threatens Koalas. 

In this episode, we discuss the deteriorating state of global nuclear balance.  China and Russia are now each other's biggest trade partners and things are not getting better globally.  This is as bad as it was in the 1980's but it seemed even worse back then and people seem to be oblivious to the state of global precariousness as it relates to nuclear stability.  We also talk about how people pick their PINs and bad movies we recently saw

In this episode, Mark and Jeff talk about things that have made for great movie and TV franchises, where they have stumbled and what has made them work so well.  We focused on Star Trek, Star Wars, Doctor Who, James Bond and Aliens (but there are many more).  Lots of long lived franchises have definitely had down times and then reboots.