East Meets West – Podcast

World Culture on the Skids

We talk about holidays and ethnic groups and the creation of cultural identity.

Where Roger and Tom talk about ripping off the bandage of a horse-sized duck.

Why fighting is good, but longevity makes a marriage harder. The effects of nostalgia.

Roger’s cranberry juice, best before dates, omnivores, evolution of food.

Tom lets Arguecon lapse, is the internet still fun? Changing cultural norms, plus road design.

Corn in your car and your mouth, immigration, argumentation, the tilapia conspiracy.

Roger describes his many dealings with the city, including tearing up his street.

How to be a man, or any kind of person, what skills do we need?

Why kids make us think of the future, the spread of humanity, rebooting your body, do we want clones?

How retirement is changing, movement of people in history, mutability of history, argument vs. debate.