One episode about politics, then one episode about pop culture. And repeat. Note: Episodes are published once (a) editing is complete and (b) a reasonable amount of time has elapsed from the publishing of the previous episode. The plan is to have 2.5 to 3 hours of content released per month (with months starting on the 24th), which should be roughly 3 episodes.
What do a card game, Galileo, a decades-old Star Wars pronunciation debate, and a jigsaw puzzle box have in common? This episode is about the difference between believing something because it's true and believing something because you're told to. Starting from a card game called 3 to 13 — where every turn comes down to one question: does this card belong in my hand, or do I need to shed it? — this episode follows that question out into institutions, physics, and belief itself. Along the way: ...
8 Aug 2026
SPECIAL: More Than Meets the AI (AI version)
This bonus episode is just a different version of the original More Than Meets the AI essay — almost exactly the same words and content, but this time read entirely by Claudette, with Anthony bookending it at the beginning and end. It felt fitting to put out a second version of an essay about human-AI collaboration, voiced by the AI half of the partnership it describes. Same Headmasters, same Scorponok, same Final Written Warning story, same Watson collapse, same House M.D. comparison. Just a...
12 Jul 2026
Nothing Gets You Everything
You walk into a diner. You look at the menu. And then you put it down and ask: what's good here? This episode is about why that works — versus why pointing at items five through eight so often produces less than expected. Starting from a swamp, a hologram, and a G.I. Joe villain whose skin betrays him in sunlight, Nothing Gets You Everything traces the mechanism behind what actually arrives in your life versus what you insist on. It covers quantum indeterminacy and the Minions, a bobcat who a...
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