Episode 134 – Arrow Boners

This week we have a talk about our latest geeky boners.  Tim has been watching a lot of his favorite movies since the beginning of the year and spends some time talking about them.  Nick has been working to catch up on some new (and old) TV series.  Molly is playing a whole lot of […]

Episode 133 – Calendars

This week’s episode brings our friend Jon Olsen to the basement studios for a conversation about calendars.  Jon has a long held interest in how we mark time and it makes for a broad conversation topic.  We even learn why the seventh day of the week isn’t a Sunday!  Jon also has the distinction of […]

Episode 132 – Nous Sommes Charlie

This week we talked about the shocking massacre at the Charlie Hebdo offices in France. We explore a lot of different reactions to the situation, some more understandable than others.  Is Islam somehow more dangerous than other religions?  And should satire have limitations?  We try – and mostly fail – to make sense of a […]

Episode 131 – Holy Wars

This week we get together with our friend David Elwyn Traylor to talk about holy wars.  The central question is whether or not religion drives people to commit despicable acts or if it is merely one potential means to an end.  We manage to do little more than scrape the surface of so broad a […]