Make Your Damn Bed

There are no perfect revolutionaries, and Gandhi is no exception, but that doesn't mean we can't learn from their work. So, as Gandhi reminds us, "We must never lose our faith in humanity.”And he's ri...

12 Mars 20259min

"... we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in the Bronx and along the border, we shall fight in the national parks and forests, we shall fight with growing confidence an...

11 Mars 202511min

Cooperation is good for the goose and good for the gander, but it's built on trust. Our current society does a lot of work to convince us that we can't trust each other - and that is to our detriment....

10 Mars 20258min

In multi-cycle versions of the prisoner's dilemma, the most successful winning strategy was tit for tat (and later, tit for two tats) because it was: Nice, (didn't defect first)Retaliatory, (so they d...

9 Mars 202510min

Believe it or not, in the official studying of strategy within game theory, cooperative strategies fared the best, even amongst those selfish motivations. Let's talk about the prisoner's dilemma and w...

8 Mars 20259min

Today we discuss the Twilight Zone, its controversy, and a few of its more profound (and controversial) episodes. If you like this stuff let me know by emailing mydbpodcast@gmail.com! If you don't lik...

7 Mars 20258min

Today we’re talking about Rod Serling’s dealings with censorship and how he turned his frustrations into something profound and timeless.“The writer's role is to menace the public's conscience. He mus...

6 Mars 20259min

Today we explore who Rod Serling was before he created The Twilight Zone (which became a brilliant example of resilience, social commentary, and rebellion). The Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

5 Mars 20259min