Oct 30, 2019
#139 – This week, we tackle Lars Chittka and Catherine Wilson's article "Expanding Consciousness." Bees! They're just like us? Should we be more humble about our ability to plan and reflect? We discuss! Also, it's possible that Jack think bees are horny for honey? There's a lot to unpack here. It's a fun...
Oct 23, 2019
#138 – We devote the hour to the Bhagawan Shree Rajneesh's cult. We talk cults! We talk about the streak of individualism in the fabric of America's identity! We talk salad bars!
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Oct 16, 2019
#137 – Jack and Hao make a spreadsheet! It has three columns: things where you must kill something, things where you might kill something, and things where you won't kill something. We also tackle interesting physics problems, like dropping a knife from an airplane that's turned off its engines.
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Oct 9, 2019
#136 – People in the news are trying to break Facebook up! We, at Downers, feel compelled – compelled – to weigh in on this important topic. In this episode we break Facebook up into a more competitive set of smaller companies: Fads.com, NoIDon'tThinkI'llBeThere.gov, HistoricalImageArchive.org. Also, Jack has a...
Oct 2, 2019
#134 – Kate and Hao talk about the myriad of ways we try to make ourselves, to trick ourselves, into feeling better when we're sick. (In this episode, Kate's actually sick, which lends the show a real air of authenticity.) We're also going to talk about Korean food.
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