Trevor and Cy discuss Isaac Asimov's short story *The Last Question* and try to figure out what the answer actually was.
Link to the short story:
https://www.physics.princeton.edu/ph115/LQ.pdf
15 Aug 2022
Episode 18: Angry Grapes
Bonus Episode: Trevor reads Chapter 5 from the well known make-em-up "Grapes of Wrath".
7 Aug 2022
Episode 17: You Love Oil
Trevor and Cy discuss Wendell Berry's Essay "The Ecological Crisis as a Crisis of Character".
https://archive.org/stream/wendellberrytheunsettlingofamericaculturezlib.org/%5BWendell_Berry%5D_The_Unsettling_of_America__Culture%28z-lib.org%29_djvu.txt
9 Jul 2022
Episode 16: To the republic for which it stands
The majority of a discussion on Federalist Paper number 10 written by James Madison in 1787.
https://billofrightsinstitute.org/primary-sources/federalist-no-10
20 Jun 2022
Episode 15: The Three Cog Problem
Trevor and Cy discuss the Three Body Problem and the Remembrance of Earth's Past series.
19 Nov 2021
Episode 14: React Authentically
Trevor and Cy discuss the new Dune movie before jumping into an essay titled "The Authentic Reactionary" by Nicolás Gómez Dávila.
Link to the essay:
https://isi.org/modern-age/the-authentic-reactionary/
18 Oct 2020
Episode 13: Orwell Cancels 2020
The boyz are back with the hottest of takes on the general election, Orwell, and more!
4 Apr 2020
Episode 11: I Take No Responsibility For This Crisis
Conversation filled with confusion, sadness, reflection, and optimism from the depths of the covid crisis.
2 Apr 2020
Episode 10: Lying Dog Faced Pony Soldiers For Biden
Political update and some early covid speculation
2 Apr 2020
Episode 9: We Are All Guilty But I'm A Good Person
Discussion of Utilitarianism vs. Individual Liberties
2 Apr 2020
Episode 8: Get Your Climate Freak On Part 1
A conversation about the complexities of measuring and mitigating the impending climate disaser.
2 Apr 2020
Episode 7: Iran Didn't Kill Us!
Iran, Iran, Iran, Iran, Tom Brady, Iran.
2 Apr 2020
Episode 6: Prince of Persia
Deep dive into US-Iran relations filled with speculation and ignorance
2 Apr 2020
Episode 5: You Love Big Tech
Is big tech the answer to society's problems or our new overlord?
2 Apr 2020
Episode 4: Impeachment is Super Important
Does it mean anything? Spoiler alert: No, no it doesn't.
2 Apr 2020
Episode 3: Hard Economic Truths
An argument somehow emerges with both participants simultaneously agreeing and screaming at each other.
2 Apr 2020
Episode 1: The Pilot
There are no heroes in this episode.
2 Apr 2020
Episode 2: I Love Regime Change
Attack of the Neo-con clones! Tulsi vs. Hillary! Syria vs. Freedom!
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