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 Jan 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 Jan 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 Des 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 Des 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 Nov 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 Nov 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 Okt 202042min
Episode Seven: What Would Yeezus Do?
Send us Fan Mail Mark and Joe place Kanye West’s strange presidential campaign in the context of recent third-party candidacies and examine whether it’s likely to play a spoiler role in the race betwe...
12 Okt 202041min
