No more intros, ancient Amish-like people, keeping things simple, disintermediated soda, conserving resources, buying cars, Taylor Swift.
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East Meets West 326 – World Disorder
Longevity, Doctor Who, Arrow, The CW and preternatural series, the return of Twin Peaks, Once Upon a Time, events in Ottawa, protests around the world. The future of politics. Who would you choose to be President?
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East Meets West 325 – Who am I?
Scottish non-independence, English devolution, the effects of regional independence, the creation of a tribal/ethnic/national identity. And a little about Doctor Who at the end.
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East Meets West 324 – Video Games Are My Comfort Food
What makes comfort food, patriotic fast food, the premiere of Peter Capaldi as Doctor Who.
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East Meets West 323 – No, No, They’re Lunatics
The misplaced priorities of corporate work, how to avoid getting distracted by the short-term, how to avoid getting swamped by technological change, how hard it is to take risks, what our goals for society actually should be.
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East Meets West 322 – Tribal issues
Watching television in the modern age, how to get actual news these days, the problems in Iraq, the problems in all parts of the world in general.
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East Meets West 321 – Stop Mumbling
We’re calling this one May people, I don’t care what you say. We also talk movies, X-Men and Godzilla. Then somehow we get into cartoons being for adults.
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East Meets West 320 – The Osmond Revolution
The perils of postal carriers, what the 1970s brought us, the fate of the Osmonds, collector culture, how merchandising changes comic and movie culture, why is NFL the most popular sport in the US? The changing path of careers, and of course we can’t avoid talking about Ukraine and Venezuela.
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East Meets West 319 – Living History
We reflect on our last 8.5 years and then reflect on the fate of flight 370. And of course that leads to press coverage which leads to Crimea.
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East Meets West 318 – Beware the two-wheeled cars
We talk about Roger’s trip to Hawaii, the nature of holidays and vacationing, the idea of space cruises, moving with pets, why you need beware the two-wheeled cars.
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