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.
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This show is getting old, predictions, how to become an analyst, bad rhetoric, information responsibility, and health care.
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Perceptions of ages, the pace of change, violence across time, treating the systems, making a system where good emerges.
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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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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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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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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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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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Roger’s a Dad. Repeat. Roger’s a Dad. Why your baby’s crying is like the lottery. Why baby’s are like skydiving. A little about why we laugh. How humans can get better at estimating chances. Do cities make you literally crazy? Why do we live in cities anyway?
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The State of the Union, feeling grown up, the state of journalism, why bad people aren’t always recognized, selective law enforcement, how can success be measured, are we good at being a big society, will a robot brain turn against us? How do we decided what we’re suited for, and why we’ll soon have jobs growing organs for people in our bodies.
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