Episode 63: The State of Statehood for DC and Puerto Rico
Send us Fan Mail It’s been 64 years since the United States admitted any new states to the union—the longest period in our history. Though most observers would say that the District of Columbia and P...
5 Feb 202333min
Episode 62: Rumors of Religion’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Send us Fan Mail Given the booming numbers of people who report that they don’t belong to any religion (30% in the USA, 70% of young people in Europe), you’d think that religion is not long for this w...
22 Jan 202358min
Episode 61: The Origin of New Year's Day
Send us Fan Mail It’s been said that New Year’s Day is the closest thing we have to a truly global holiday. People of all different religions and ethnicities recognize it, but how did that come to be...
7 Jan 202328min
Episode 60: The Artist is a Bot
Send us Fan Mail The last few years have seen rapid improvement in AI’s ability to generate original text, images and music – so rapid that it got Mark thinking about what that means for the people wh...
19 Des 202252min
Episode 58: Welcome to the Metaverse!
Send us Fan Mail Mark Zuckerberg renamed his company from Facebook to Meta to signal that he’s all in on building the metaverse—the next-stage internet, betting billions that it will be the next big t...
19 Nov 20221h 6min
Episode 57: The Ups and (Mostly) Downs of Vaping
Send us Fan Mail There’s another epidemic in America right now: an epidemic of vaping. Just as the number of cigarette smokers was in decline, we have e-cigarettes with flavors like bubblegum and man...
5 Nov 202242min
Episode 56: Whither the Russian Military?
Send us Fan Mail It’s fair to say that Russia is having a tougher time in Ukraine than anyone (outside of Volodymyr Zelenskyy) expected. The vaunted Russian military is performing very poorly, at lea...
23 Okt 202240min
Episode 55: Boob Tube Bests Big Screen
Send us Fan Mail It used to be that the movies were where you found profound meditations on subjects that mattered, while TV was the place for frivolous, escapist fare, but it sure seems like those ro...
9 Okt 202245min
