Lenses Of Optimism And Pessimism

In this episode, we discussed the history of the United States' foreign policy, mainly its original stance of neutrality and isolationism, and how it changed over time into what many like to call the "policeman of the world" attitude. Enjoy!

In this episode, we discuss the common philosophies of optimism and pessimism. What is the "correct" measure of both, how skeptics and pessimists are different and why is the world today perhaps overly optimistic? Enjoy!

UFC returns to Salt Lake City with the event headlined by two title fights. Attempting to defend his belt for the third time in a year, Alex Pereira will face hard-hitting challenger Khalil Rountree. We will see the women`s bantamweight division shaken as the title is up for grabs between reigning champion Pennington and challenger Julianna Pena while the card features a title eliminator fight between Harrison and Vieira. Check out our predictions for the main card and enjoy!

In this episode, we discussed the ongoing trends in the anime/manga world, mainly how the popularity of the shonen genre is faring, how tropes evolved, and why canon movies became such success. Enjoy!

Bohemian Rhapsody, Oppenheimer, The Patriot, Inglorious Basterds... History on film comes in many forms. In this episode, we pondered whether artistic expression or historical facts should take precedence in cinema and how marketing, subject, and historical setting can influence our opinion. Enjoy!

Arthurian legends became a major part of Western and general pop culture receiving many iterations through various forms of media. In this episode, we discussed the origin of King Arthur, and how the myth developed from 6th-century Welsh poetry to a broad opus of stories that involve wizard, sword in the stone, and knights of the Round Table. Enjoy!

As the title says, in this episode we talked about our favorite comic book storylines; the characters, the plots, the art, and the authors that made them memorable. Enjoy!

The cashless society idea has been gaining a lot of traction in the past few years and in this episode we discussed various pros and cons to this concept. How will the monetary policy and role of central banks change? What are the concerns regarding centralization and loss of privacy? Will cryptocurrencies have a response to CBDCs? Enjoy!

Stillknocks vs Stylebender. Don`t Blink vs Astro Boy. Gamer vs Hangman. UFC returns to Australia with a fantastic summer-ending card featuring middleweight gold on the line between Dricus Du Plessis and Israel Adensanya and ranked contender bouts in the flyweight and lightweight divisions. Check out our predictions and enjoy!

"If you don`t say what you think then you kill your unborn self. When you have something to say, silence is a lie." In this episode, we discussed the phenomenon of self-censorship; how it affects freedom of speech and diversity of thought, legal and societal boundaries that stifle expression and in what situations is remaining silent worth it. Enjoy!