Christmas day television special, Star Wars toys for Christmas, a break for Tito’s Tacos, why holidays are weird, the changing of holidays, getting old, schools, and we make our predictions.
East Meets West 340 – Read It! It’s Good!
News fatigue, TV news, Kryptonians are an interesting species, why we read the comics we do, How Arthur was the first superhero, the genre cycles on TV, the return of SciFi, Roger has a book idea.
East Meets West 339 – We’re 10 Years Old!
10 years ago we started this show, then we talked about food. Today we start by talking about food, using apps to order food, Moon Pies, Back to the Future, fiction affecting reality, the computer market of the 1980s, the music player of the 2000s, The Player with Tim Robbins, and back to Back to the Future. Our memories of 2005.
East Meets West 338 – Doom and Gloom
This show is getting old, predictions, how to become an analyst, bad rhetoric, information responsibility, and health care.
East Meets West 337 – Violence
Perceptions of ages, the pace of change, violence across time, treating the systems, making a system where good emerges.
East Meets West 336 – Reality bites
Winning the lottery, Roger’s ideas for reality shows, the rise of a culture of secrecy, the changing nature of community
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East Meets West 335 – Sine Wave
Tom’s dog barks and some people eat dogs, power dynamics and culture, race and the danger of getting lost in the minutiae, what is racism, classism vs. racism, is prejudice being reduced over time?
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East Meets West 334 – Travelin’ Man
Road trips with a baby, the witching hour of a baby, why we need a teleportation device, why air travel has become frustrating, the oddity of US territories, the FIFA corruption scandal, conspiracy theories, secret trade treaties, the lack of new travel bodes ill.
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East Meets West 333 – Age of the Aged
Changing behavior as you get old, dealing with traumatic stress, psychological disorders, Avengers: Age of Ultron, noise in theaters, Marvel vs. Star Wars, what makes good bonus features.
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East Meets West 332 – The Dirty Dad Joke
Do books need title pages? The older you get the less you care about things, what is wrong with Dad jokes? Can Dad’s be cool? How clean is too clean in your house? Things that have meaning are better than those that do not.
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