Episode 12 Part 2 of 3: A Moment of Weakness at the Stronger Men's Conference; Recorded April 21st, 2024
It's part 2 of episode 12, and we do a deep dive into an incident that happened at an event called the "Stronger Men's Christian Conference." The event was criticized by a pastor, who was then kicked ...
12 Touko 202440min
Episode 12 Part 1 of 3: Getting Derailed, Checking Out, and Playing Video Games; Recorded April 21st, 2024
We're back with a three-part episode 12, releasing weekly. In this part, we cover a few fun stories, with deeper conversations on more personal topics in the next two parts to come. First in part 1, ...
5 Touko 202435min
Episode 11 Part 4 of 4: El Salvador and Mass Incarceration; Recorded February 16th, 2024
It's our final segment of episode 11, and we dive deep into El Salvador and its crackdown on gangs and criminals. They massively reduced their crime rate through mass incarceration, but is this the be...
19 Maalis 202440min
Episode 11 Part 3 of 4: Portland and the Fentanyl Crisis and Catching Up on Our Personal Lives; Recorded February 16th, 2024
It's episode 11 part 3, and we get serious with a discussion on the ongoing fentanyl crisis. Oregon declared a state of emergency after legalizing drug possession, and we dig into what we think the ap...
12 Maalis 202433min
Episode 11 Part 2 of 4: New Billionaires Inherit More Than They Earned and the Moral Failings of Charismatics; Recorded February 16th, 2024
We're back with Episode 11 Part 2. We each brought a story we thought was hugely important that the other was apathetic about. It goes great. First, we discuss the finding that last year more people w...
5 Maalis 202420min
Episode 11 Part 1 of 4: Gambling at Sea, Plus No More Funny Road Signs and An Update on Yakutat Alpacas and Telephone Hill; Recorded February 16th, 2024
We're back with a new format! The Sam and Derik Show is going weekly! How you may ask? I wouldn't ask that. But since you did, we've split our episodes into 4 weekly easily consumable parts. The nutri...
27 Helmi 202421min
Episode 10: The Bar Wars in the Last Frontier and New Rules for Robots. Recorded January 5th, 2024
We're back after an extended break! And they didn't change the locks to the recording booth on us. We keep things light and fun in this episode with a variety of mostly local stories we felt deserved ...
15 Tammi 20241h 31min
Episode 9: Are monopolies bad? Are kids going to hell? Where are all the single women at? Plus a review of Scotland. Recorded October 25th, 2023
We do deep dives into three topics in this episode. First up, the proposed Kroger Albertsons supermarket chain merger would leave us with fewer local options. We debate what that does to the economy a...
5 Marras 20231h 50min
