Episode Fifteen: Breaking Up (Big Tech) Is Hard to Do
Send us Fan Mail The recent federal antitrust lawsuits against Facebook and Google mark a rare area of agreement in our polarized political culture. Seemingly everybody wants to do something about Bi...
1 Helmi 20211h 1min
Episode Fourteen: Here’s the Dope on Drug Legalization
Send us Fan Mail Without inhaling, Joe and Mark catch a whiff of the best arguments for and against legalizing drugs. Includes a brief history of drug use in the USA, a chronicle of the ill-advised "...
17 Tammi 202153min
Episode Thirteen: Whitewashing the Negro Leagues
Send us Fan Mail Mark and Joe slide into Major League Baseball’s surprising decision to integrate the Negro Leagues with the major leagues. Is it even feasible to combine the statistical records of d...
3 Tammi 202135min
Episode Twelve: The Thing About Christmas
Send us Fan Mail Why is Christmas such a big deal, and how did it become so important? Joe and Mark trace the history of a religious holiday’s roots in ancient European winter solstice festivals, and...
20 Joulu 202040min
Episode Eleven: To Defund the Police, or Not to Defund the Police, That is the Question
Send us Fan Mail Mark and Joe review the newest political catchphrase to polarize America, examining its origins, the longstanding debate among advocates of abolishment versus reform, and a careful re...
6 Joulu 202044min
Episode Ten: ¿Qué Pasa con the Hispanic Vote?
Send us Fan Mail Joe and Mark ponder “the Hispanic vote,” its influence on the 2020 presidential election, and the sneaking possibility that it’s not the monolith many Democrats assume. (Hint: it’s no...
22 Marras 202039min
Episode Nine: The Dodo Bird. The Passenger Pigeon. Movie Theaters?
Send us Fan Mail The demise of movie theaters has been predicted for decades, but COVID-19 might be the thing that finally does them in. Mark and Joe examine the history of the cinema-industrial comp...
9 Marras 202041min
Episode Eight: Flunking the Electoral College
Send us Fan Mail Joe and Mark explore the origins of the electoral college, why it made sense at our nation’s founding, and whether there are any good reasons for retaining it today. (Recorded October...
25 Loka 202042min
