For this week's episode our Gang of Four, each self-administered a version of the Myers-Briggs Personality Assessment tool.  the version they took is offered online by 16Personalities.com.  The link to the test is https://www.16personalities.com.  They each reveal their results, comment on those results (and those of their co-podcasters) and discuss the Myers-Briggs process in general, in their usual freewheeling style.  For more information about the Myers-Briggs Personality assessment tool, check out the Myers & Briggs Foundation website at https://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/home.htm?bhcp=1.

After a quick trip abroad, Jim is back in Silver Spring and joins Peg, Shelly and John to discuss the adventure.

Andy Rothstein grew up on the East Coast before his big move west. He gives his unique take on what makes the two coasts special.

Jim Gentile discusses his experience as a Nielsen Family, having his every video and computer move watched for 18 months.

Are China’s wealthiest people hiring James Bond-like thieves to repatriate art in the West stolen in the colonial past? Jim, Peg, Shelly and John talk about one of David Brooks’ favorite essays of 2018, “The Great Chinese Art Heist” by Alex Palmer and published in GQ. The conversation focuses on international relations, ethical theft, the power of governments over private agents, secret backroom deals, massive inflows and outflows of money and the tricks of the trade of international thievery.

Jim interviews Peg, Shelly and John about their best vacation ever which Peg quickly derails into multiples and aspirationals. Don’t miss this carefully argued distinction between trips and vacations.

Peg, Shelly and John “interview” Jim Gentile, holder of all knowledge on the Academy Awards about this year’s production and nominees.

The first gene-edited human will be born in less than a year. Genetic and medical experts Shelly Cummings and Peggy Bennett join scoundrels Jim Gentile and John Heintz to talk about the scientific, regulatory, ethical, societal and personal impact of the new out of China.

The 1980s seem like a distant memory to some and even more of a distant memory to those of us who are asked to remember Jim’s trivia about them.

Jim, Shelly, Peggy and John reflect on 2018 and make their predictions for 2019.