Hosted by Baby Boomer, Patrice Sikora, and someone who sits on the cusp as the youngest GenXer or oldest Millennial, Mathew Passy, Irrationally Rational offers an intergenerational take on the best and worst life throws at us. From an opinionated take on the biggest news stories of the week to complaints about the trivial problems in their everyday lives, Patrice and Mathew bring their versions of humor, analytical thinking, wisdom, pathos (Patrice added that one), naivete (Mathew added that one), cynicism, and friendship (we both added that) to this weekly podcast conversation. They may even tackle the often-whined, timeless questions “What’s for dinner?” and “Who left the lights on?”
Vaccination efforts and other good news brings hope for getting out of the pandemic.
And the thawing out brings other news.
26 Feb 2021
One Shot
JandJ is about to get approval for a https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/02/25/how-the-new-one-dose-covid-19-vaccine-compares-to-pfizer-and-moderna/ (one-shot vaccine).
Patrice and Mathew share their experience getting their first shot.
Meanwhile, if you've been working from home, you could see a https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-24/double-taxation-due-to-remote-work-americans-face-messy-filing-season?srnd=premium (larger tax bill) than you were planning for.
And why everyone should be watching Ted Lasso
12 Feb 2021
The Purr-fect Legal Defense
Happy Chinese Year
Happy Valentine's Day
and Happy Tax Filing Season.
It's a busy weekend on the show but first we talk about the https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/trump-impeachment-trial-day-3-house-democrats-rest/ (impeachment trial of the former President).
Which reminds us of a certain lawyer who appeared as a cat on Zoom.
Biden secures https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/02/11/world/covid-19-coronavirus (more vaccines for everyone) but there is some thinking that it could still be a long time before we are back to normal. Especially https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2021/02/10/salesforce-says-9-to-5-workday-is-dead-and-employees-will-only-come-into-the-office-one-to-three-days-a-week/?sh=726ee39b5d16 (when it comes to working).
And the Boss's Jeep ad gets pulled https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/11/entertainment/springsteen-arrest-new-details/index.html (after revelations of a DWI).
5 Feb 2021
I Am Not Throwing Away My Shot
Vaccine updates, help from the federal government could be on the way, big losses for the Game Stonk crowd, and the Big Game is this Sunday
29 Jan 2021
GameStonks and the Newest Vaccine Variety
Patrice and Mathew take a somewhat in depth look at the craze around https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkdvgy/send-this-to-anyone-who-wants-to-know-wtf-is-up-with-gamestop-stock?fbclid=IwAR0jj_VSnqFjcM_af93LBaNLHDWYNyn92pdB9NrchclQv_rVDG683GbtwR8 (GameStop and the Wall Street craze) that is dominating mmarket news.
Johnson and Johnson reveals the https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/29/health/johnson-coronavirus-vaccine-results/index.html (efficacy of their Covid-19) vaccine today and what it could mean for all of us.
Why we're worried about the https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-variant-south-africa-us-2bc397370cdd44afe916ddd6edbaf870 (latest variants of the Covid-19) from around the globe. And whether you should double mask. Mathew recently https://halolife.io/ (got this one).
And the East Coast was hit with a https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/26/tech/verizon-fios-outage/index.html (major Verizon Fios Outage). But more importantly, we look at Patrice's unique issues with her service.
22 Jan 2021
It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like America
This week marked the transition to President Biden's administration, what that means for the public and for policy moving forward. And why it feels like a weight has been lifted off all of our collective shoulders.
In fact, comedian John Mulaney may have https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhkZMxgPxXUandlist=FLDY7okKwIpaNrs5KhKi3tWQandindex=166 (summarized it best), even before Covid.
The introduction of our first female Vice President has also highlighted https://www.wsj.com/articles/wave-of-women-in-congress-puts-men-in-top-supporting-roles-11611320401?mod=politics_lead_pos4 (a big shift in Washington, DC with more male spouses).
And the big highlight of the night, was the https://www.cnet.com/news/bernie-sanders-inauguration-mittens-the-funniest-versions-of-the-meme/ (Bernie Sanders meme) and his https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/22/business/bernie-sanders-mittens/index.html (now famous mittens).
15 Jan 2021
Welcome to Irrationally Rational
Launching yet another brand new podcast from the minds of Patrice Sikora and Mathew Passy.
This show will be a variety of news topics, general interest stories, and personal anecdotes that we should all be able to relate to, or at least some of us some of the time.
This week, a look at the state of Covid around the world as global deaths cross two million and vaccine rollout is.....happening?
Patrice battles a new major appliance purchase as winter is slated to ramp up and what we're looking for in terms of entertainment value from the Biden inaguration.
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