Episodes 53
Avg. Duration 1h 12m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (3)
Since Nov 2024
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
51%
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About This Podcast

Two long-time best friends wander through culture, politics, tech, and fatherhood and try to arrive at—stumble upon, alchemize and synthesize—something wise.

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Recent Episodes

053: Supposedly Smart People

Mar 30, 2026 1h 13m

We talk about audiophiles, stereos of our youth, early portable music devices, white gentrification, artistic idiosyncrasies, writing, the pap smear test, videoconferencing apps, libertarians,…

052: In the Kali Yuga

Mar 24, 2026 1h 3m

We talk about the challenge of focusing on normal life, Trump’s fundamental laziness and capriciousness, art after tragedies like 9/11, the diminishing returns of escapism, dystopia-induced anxiety…

051: Tragedy of the Commons

Mar 18, 2026 1h 13m

We talk about daylight savings, the war with Iran, ancient civilizations in North America, Lucy (aka “the missing link”), Charles Darwin’s bone collection, the brontosaurus, Amerigo Vespucci, John…

050: Learning the Hard Way

Mar 12, 2026 1h 22m

We talk about MiLo’s new grandson, parenting, germaphobia, catastrophizing, panic attacks, our love language, learning the hard way, idiosyncrasies of houses, intuitive design and its opposite, the…

049: The Golden Rule

Mar 04, 2026 1h 15m

Shawn gets a little salty about Trump’s SOTU address (which he avoided), while MiLo compares Trump to Liberace. After indulging that digression for a bit, we talk about the closeted 1980s. We come…

048: Consequences

Feb 23, 2026 1h 16m

Happy birthday to MiLo! Shawn is recovering from a cold, so we talk about that and about losing your voice, then about (the royal formerly known as) Prince Andrew, political accountability (former…

047: An Optimized Life

Feb 17, 2026 1h 21m

MiLo (“Abu”) welcomes a new grandson, and we talk about pregnancy and birth. Then we talk about discrimination and personal blind spots, “cooperative interruption,” daydreaming, optimizing yourself…

046: Movie Talk

Feb 10, 2026 1h 14m

We have thoughts about sleep. Then we talk about movies and entertainment—Quentin Tarantino’s films, Elmore Leonard adaptations, The Matrix, F1 (movie), Justin Timberlake, K-Pop Demon Hunters, the…

045: Minneapolis

Feb 02, 2026 1h 6m

We talk about what’s happening in Minneapolis and debate whether the Trump administration is pursuing a strategy or just sort of chaotically pushing against civil norms and legal boundaries. Shawn…

044: Revenge of the Nerds

Jan 26, 2026 1h 13m

We talk about helping elderly parents with tech support, situations when AI unhelpfully offers help, the unnatural mix of high and low quality in AI output, machines vs the human experience of…

043: Operant Conditioning

Jan 23, 2026 1h 9m

We talk about works we created long ago, old tech, operant conditioning oneself, checklists, the memory palace, MiLo’s dad’s collections of stamps and old baseball cards, Warren Buffet’s stock market…

042: In The Quickening

Jan 15, 2026 1h 4m

We talk about being creatures of habit, aging parents, purpose and meaning in the context of work and AI, and what it feels like to live in this age of rapid and accelerating change. This is a public…

041: Family Gatherings, Family Estrangement

Dec 24, 2025 1h 15m

We talk about family gatherings and family estrangement, the horseshoe effect in political ideology, the nazi problem on the right, incels, women in politics, misogyny, super-wealthy welfare queens,…

040: Navigating Relationships

Dec 16, 2025 1h 16m

We talk about conflicting nutrition advice, confirmation bias, Jedi mind tricks as a parenting technique, our visceral aversion to blaming and shaming, consequentialism in parenting, older/younger…

039: The Creative Process

Dec 09, 2025 1h 16m

We talk about creating, procrastinating, collaborating, seeing our own past work with fresh eyes, discipline and the lack thereof, arts & craft fairs, art criticism, having your beliefs…

038: Thanksgiving Edition

Dec 01, 2025 41m

We talk about atmospheric rivers, The Doobie Brothers, suburban myths and life before the internet, Rush Limbaugh, the American Revolution, Simón Bolivar, the Haudenosaunee confederacy, the decline…

037: Rick Rolled

Nov 27, 2025 1h 21m

We meander for an hour and talk about internet memes, mullets, old time hockey, creative careers, various songs and artists, New York City, roommates, and natural comedic talent.Mentioned in this…

036: Leveling Up

Nov 17, 2025 1h 11m

We share some nuggets of wisdom we have gathered during our fiftysomething years on this bluegreen rock, and we try to fashion it into advice….* Use “I” statements* Don’t take things personally; own…

035: If We Were In Charge of the World

Nov 10, 2025 1h 25m

We talk about last week’s election results (mini blue wave), what natural political talent looks like (Mamdani, AOC), factions in the Democratic party, theories about what voters actually want, what…

034: The Paradox of Wisdom

Nov 04, 2025 1h 14m

Shawn has more to say about social sharing on the internet. Then we talk about therapy, the paradox of wisdom, the creative process, qualifications for becoming POTUS, codes of ethics, the complete…

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