OVERTIME: UFC 317 Predictions

International fight week card will be headlined by the fight for the vacant lightweight throne between former featherweight champ Ilia Topuria and former lightweight champ Charles Oliveira. Check out predictions for this and other fights on the card and enjoy!

Donato Giancola is one of the most celebrated and talented artists in the world of pop culture. During our enjoyable discussion we talked about his beginnings in the world of art, never ending inspiration he finds in Middle Earth, how classic paintings influence his work, current and upcoming projects and more. Enjoy!

Today we discuss the fine aspiration of humanity, the world peace. Is is something that we will achieve in time or unreasonable goal of idealists?

On December 17th 1903, at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright successfully made the first sustained, controlled flight of a heavier-than-air powered air-craft realizing in the process humanity's long dream of flying. More than century later we look at this invention, its past and future, role in the wars and discovery, how Wright brothers felt about development of air crafts and other. Enjoy!

Bantamweight throne will be up for grabs in the rematch between "The Machine" and former champ "Suga" Sean O`Malley at UFC 316. Card will also see exciting debut of former Bellator champ, battle for the belt in women's bantamweight division between reigning champ Julianna Pena and former Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison. Check out our predictions for this event and enjoy!

Today, we pondered several questions regarding the highest office of country, mainly should the position of president be one man job or should it be in form of a council, is the position itself outdated and similar. Enjoy!

TMNT is one the most beloved franchises in pop culture, sporting many splendid adaptations across various mediums. Today we spoke a bit about legacy of the franchise, especially in the 2000s, who was our favorite among the brothers and the exciting developments of new live action and animated stories. Enjoy!

Personal development today is in fact - an industry. We spoke about the influence of hustle culture, self improvement books, seminars and similar stuff on modern person and how a simple desire to be better became fairy dust of the modern day.

Ever since its founding in the 18th century, the rhetoric of the decline of the United States has been prevalent in the culture. From the skepticism of Founding Fathers to the Civil War, Second World War and many post-war inter and outer challenges, the US at the moment still stands at the top of the global order. We discussed what the future might hold for the Land of the Free, how US politics influences every corner of the world, legacy of Pax Americana and similar. Enjoy!

In this episode we discussed popular character trope of an antihero. We discussed some famous examples like Punisher and James Bond, audience affection towards the archetype and how does being antihero differs on the scale of how close to villain one is. Enjoy!