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Zac and Andrew go to WWDC! They discuss the broad implications of AR, Apple’s dichotomy of needing to push boundaries while acknowledging the negative impact of using your phone, and so much more.

Zac's away this week so Andrew chats to Victor Agreda and Kelly Guimont about their origins in blogging, Apple as moral example, the tribal mentality of forums, and the infinite subdivision of ideas and content online. Also aliens!

Zac and Andrew discuss mapmaker and storyteller Ken Wilber and how his Theory of Everything just might help make sense of all the the raised tension, culture wars, and general chaos happening out there on the internet. Buckle up, because things are about to get heady and strange.

Zac goes one on one with John Gruber to discuss the Apple memo that leaked about Apple leaks, why Beats was a good purchase, why John thinks Netflix might buy Spotify, how Apple might bundle Apple Music and TV shows, iPad productivity low hanging fruit, and more.

In our first ever ‘Takeover’ episode, Josh Centers sits down with Sonya Mann and Bob Burrough to discuss lizard people, creating a TOR site, ways to solve humanities struggle with data tracking, and a whole lot more.

Rene Ritchie sits down with Zac and Andrew to discuss Wing Chun, free will, who you’re allowed to be on Twitter, the importance of asking why companies make the decisions they do, Apple’s MacBook Pro keyboard dilemma, the problem with batteries, big changes Apple has had to adapt to, and of course — Aliens.

Zac and Andrew sit down to discuss The Atacama Mummy, Zac’s haunted mirror, Reiki healing, atheism with benefits, the fragility of our memory of history, the linearity of worldview development, the inevitability of concrete, why Star Trek aliens are mostly human, cosmic horror, humans as the perfect virus, finding validation through others, the folly of judging others, the conversations humanity ought to be having, the cost of using Twitter, and we debate whether or not progress is real.

Robin Hanson joins Zac and Andrew to talk about a future with emulated humans, why our current technological curve only *seems* important, the hidden motives that drive human behavior, why no one predicted social networks, the value in going where the conversation isn’t, why humans don’t necessarily understand what motivates their behavior, and why everyone you know is an imposter.

Ben Bajarin sits down to talk with Zac and Andrew about recent UFO headlines, Bigfoot, Apple's ongoing struggle with Siri, what it means for Apple to make a significant contribution in services, why Apple gave up on TV as a platform play, the Facebook whistleblower story, the social media privacy tipping point, why Apple News might be Apple's dark horse, and how Apple could make a bigger dent in social.

Acclaimed writer/director Alex Proyas (The Crow, Dark City, Garage Days, I Robot, Knowing, Gods of Egypt) sits down with Zac and Andrew to discuss his inspirations, why risky filmmaking has fallen out of favor in Hollywood, what's broken about Rotten Tomatoes, the difficulties marketing Gods of Egypt, why streaming platforms might not be the salvation auteurs are looking for, and hope for a future where filmmakers can steer their own destiny.