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In this episode, Woody and I delve into some side issues. We delve into OJ Simpson and comparing his trial to Trump's, older athletes that are still playing or returning to their sports, local news about Key Bridge and Senator Cardin retiring.
In this, the final episode of Get 2 the Point, we start out by recapping the series. Then, we talk about the U.S. Senate, including the history of the filibuster and the problem of aging Senators who don't have term limits. After that, we spe
In this episode, Woody and I get all caught up on current events again. We start with a little more on the eclipse (mainly to hear about Woody's experience), then we address Iran vs Israel, the Trump hush money payments trial, new extreme Abor
Sometimes, it's right in the middle of the day, and suddenly the moon gets right between you and the sun and it gets really dark out for a few minutes. Likewise, we take a break from our usual series of politics and pop culture for this episod
Special note: I'm re-releasing this on April 8th, which is the day that a full solar eclipse is occurring across much of the middle of the United States. If all is going according to plan, I'm out in Missouri now so that I can watch it from th
In this episode, I delve into the topic of High School education in the U.S., including more tape from my interview with Gary and Woody which I followed up on with further research. Areas discussed include: ramifications (or the lack thereof)
Even though politics has seemed relatively quiet recently, there's still a lot to discuss from the past two and a half months or so, in total. So, in this episode, Woody and I tackle all of that-- both all the big things and all the small thin
Happy Pi Day! This seemed like a good occasion to get my latest episode edited by and put up on.Leap Day is a really big day for me. So, not only did I make sure that one of my flashback episodes went up on that day, I also made a point to re
Special note: Daylight Saving Time in 2024 starts on March 10th... so I'm re-releasing this on March 9th. Don't forget to set your clocks!--In this episode, I address the terrible plan to switch the U.S. to permanent Daylight Saving Time. I s
In case I don't have a new episode to schedule for the day instead, I'm at least putting this up-- Happy Leap Day!--In this episode, I explain how representation of citizens works in the U.S. Government, how redistricting follows the census, wh
Special note: I'm re-releasing this episode on 2/23/24, which is two years to the day after it was recorded.--I sit down with politics enthusiasts and amateur experts Gary and Woody to ask them about the problems at the core of U.S. politics ri
After making our predictions for the year ahead, Woody and I just continued our conversation and saw where it took us... which was all over the place from an abstract view of what happens after we die to just political commentary in general.Thi
Will machines ever come to life and take over the world? Here are the important basic facts behind what "you" are, ensoulment into a body, how computers work, how artificial intelligence works, and how it all ties together. No wasting time he
In this episode, Woody and I take a little while just before the end of 2023 to make some predictions about the events of 2024... politics, celebrities, sports, and who knows what else? And then we segue into some deep philosophical discussion
Pol and Pop will be back with more episodes soon. In the meantime, I've decided to use the available upload time for the current month to start re-releasing my eight episode limited series podcast from 2022, Get 2 the Point. I'll be spreading
In mid-October, Woody and I recorded a three part Politics episode. The first two parts were discussions about hypotheticals, like if JFK or RFK hadn't been killed. We wrapped up the evening with a discussion of the news of the day. As it wo
In this two part episode, John Comberiate and I discuss the latest from the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Loki Season 2 and The Marvels.Part 2 focuses completely on The Marvels. Were you not particularly impressed by it? Are you concerned about
In this two part episode, John Comberiate and I discuss the latest from the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Loki Season 2 and The Marvels.Part 1 here mostly focuses on Loki Season 2... though there are some points in time throughout where we end up
Since Woody's birthday fell on a Thursday this year, we figured it was a great opportunity to do something special about him. So I interviewed him!We started off the episode with some quick thoughts on current politics, because that's just wha
In the second of three episodes recorded together in one evening, Woody and I discuss some hypothetical situations where a very small difference in events leads to a very large difference in outcomes.Here we discuss how things would have played
In the first of three episodes recorded together in one evening, Woody and I discuss some hypothetical situations where a very small difference in events leads to a very large difference in outcomes.Here we start off with discussing how things
In this episode, I discuss the excellent modern 90's-style RPG Chained Echoes with John Comberiate. Joe Comberiate was a bit busy with one of his kids when we were starting, so he joins us roughly halfway through.There are mild spoilers for Ch
In this episode, I give my quick impressions for a group of additional Metroidvania games I've played through since part 3. Hopefully this will give you enough of a feel for each one to determine which ones you might enjoy playing yourself.Gam
Woody and I answer the hypothetical question: What happens if Biden or Trump dies at any given point in time between now and Inauguration Day, 2025?
In the miscellaneous topics section of our latest extensive politics discussion, Woody and I go into these subjects:The Trump situation after four indictments, Mitch McConnell's ongoing health concerns, Wagner leader dies, Biden vs. Big Pharma,
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