Note: No Adrian this episode

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• The glorious fake TripAdvisor restaurant (and the Paris Fashion Week stunt)
• US politics and what they show about someone's character
• What are we hoping for from 2018 and can we think of anything good that happened in 2017?

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• We did the monk thing!
• "Demes" in Ancient Athens
• Bitcoin is bad for the environment

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• Shall we bring back ostracism? Where in ancient Athens people voted not only for their leaders but also for one person to be exiled every year.
• Sham surgery is a great placebo, furthering Andrea’s simulation theory theories (also, heart stents don't work)
• Unified astronomy: a reason to be cheerful

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• Andrea complains about fragrances
• What is a book that has really changed the way you think about something in the world forever?
• FIFA's Weekend League

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• The Fundamental Shallowness of Getting Things Done (Cory Doctorow's article)
• Does anyone really want to be comforted by being given practical solutions?
• The School of Life's "How Do You Like to be Comforted?" video
• The myth of the male bumbler
• Monks for a month: College kids give up talking and technology

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• Star Trek
• MilitarySplainin': culture and class issues and how the US military fits into upward mobility
• How you write a book that is "about something" without making it so on the nose that everyone needs rhinoplasty after reading it

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• Forgiveness, redemption, and this plague of serial harassers
• Why has no one ever invited Naomi to FooCamp?
• How to Hire Fake Friends and Family
• Rent a grounded private jet for Instagram photos

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• The lie of exposure, or, why Andrea is doubling down on blogging & newsletters
• What do you do if you hear about Jian Ghomeshi or Bill Cosby? & Harvey Weinstein and the Silence In The Industry About Bad Men
• The US is retreating from religion

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• Adrian has a new iPhone X
• Andrea's Apple Watch is making her sad
• A Pill to Make Exercise Obsolete
• Why the TV show Limitless sucks, and how it could've been good

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