The Exchanges Podcast.

The Exchanges Podcast – E06 – This Day in History + Harvey Weinstein + Niger Mission + Equifax
THIS PODCAST: This Day in History + Harvey Weinstein + Niger Mission: 0:05:54 Who is the tallest of them all? 0:08:21 What do women really want? Kwaku arrives. 0:11:17 Scandinavian Giants 0:12:52 Kwaku the caveman. 0:14:19 Brent’s fascination with the Exploration Age 0:14:47 Angie and David arrive 0:16:18 Happy Birthday Angie. Lawrence’s job hunt 0:17:35 Ed: Facebook News & the Internet 0:19:05 Pundits opinions vs actual News 0:19:51 Ed versus Technology. Wonders of smartphones. 0:22:13 Internet scammers 0:23:51 Equifax Hack. History of Credit Agencies 0:26:41 Actual start of the show! 0:28:44 Harvey Weinstein Sexual Assault/Harassment talk commences. Kwaku jumps us off 0:31:56 David’s initial thoughts on Weinstein. 0:33:05 Ed: why did it take so long? and standing up for yourself 0:38:58 Brent: something needs to stop these settlements. Bill O’Reilly and Roger Ailes 0:40:34 Angie play’s devil’s advocate 0:42:37 Kwaku: Male celebrities role in all this 0:44:36 Lupita Nyong’o’s encounter with Harvey Weinstein 0:47:14 The many faces of Bill O’Reilly 0:48:10 Angie opens the can on Michael Jackson’s allegation 0:49:15 David speculates on the future of non-closure agreements 0:54:08 Lawrence: these people being a product of their times 0:54:43 David: Power and Money allows this Machoism culture to persist 0:56:27 Where does this toxic culture come from? 0:57:15 David: social media making things worse. 0:59:18 Ed: trapping rich men? 1:01:08 Hook up culture 1:03:28 Pop culture’s role in sexual predation & hook up culture. 1:05:26 Lawrence and the idealization of masculinity 1:06:23 Rock vs. Hip Hop 1:09:02 Do we like hyper masculinity? Is this culture or biology? 1:10:03 Weinstein and O’Reilly victims? 1:11:16 What we teach about manhood 1:11:42 Taking out the trash. 1:13:43 David’s take on women expectations. Angie gives us a bit more insight. 1:17:02 Kwaku’s take on women’s expectations: biological coding 1:18:17 Niger Incident. Angie leads us off on what happened 1:19:40 Ed’s beef with how bad the military screwed up. 1:20:48 It’s “NIH – GEER” 1:22:04 Ed gives us the special forces MO. Some many unknown unknowns. 1:23:13 US military’s mysterious missions around the global. Our goals in Africa 1:27:59 Trump’s role in the Niger story. The tweets. Pointing fingers at Obama. 1:29:40 Media fanning the flaming. Trash stories. Stories about Nothing. 1:33:28 Advertisement dollars versus journalistic integrity 1:36:14 Paying for good News? Taking Information for granted. 1:37:18 David and Ed debate how big the Niger story is. 1:40:12 THIS. DAY. IN. HISTORY 1:41:01 Ed: Eisenhower gave support to the French is South Vietnam. The true beginning of the Vietnam War 1:41:31 Ed: The Russian Red Guards gained control of Russian Government 1:41:48 Ed: Founding of the UN 1:42:01 Any love for Eisenhower out there? Vietnam War Implications 1:45:48 David on Eisenhower. Democrat and Republican “Switch: history 1:46:51 Kwaku: The movie the Manchurian Candidate dropped 1:47:17 David: 2008 – Blood Friday 1:48:05 Kwaku: Russia “grooming” Trump? 1:49:33 David: First guy survives going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.