Are we still in the space age?  It depends on who you ask.  Officially, yes.  But NASA hasn't launched a shuttle in over a decade.  We haven't set foot on a non-earth object in 50 years.  So what's so spacey about the current age?  Privatization, for one.

People like comfort zones.  This has become exponentially more true as social media has gotten more popular.  Now you can literally surround yourself with like-minded sycophants at the push of a button.  No longer do you have to suffer the slings and arro

America has a problem with mind-altering substances.  Alcohol, fentanyl, weed.  We want it all so we don't have to think too hard about the real world.  This isn't a good thing.  But who's to blame?  Shadowy corporations getting us all hooked?  Humanity's

Every day, we're all flooded with negativity.  At least, those of us who watch the news or use social media are.  How do we cope?  Tia suggests that you Arrive At Happy.  Yes, happiness is a choice, but it's not a literal choice.  You don't just decide to

Every generation thinks they've got parenting all figured out.  The one before them was old-fashioned and lacking in scientific method.  The one after them is too new-age and experimental.  Of course, in reality, no generation has parenting all figured ou

This time the AF stands for something else. Try to guess what it is. I dare you! Subscribe like share See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Streaming is the name of the game.  We've had this conversation before, but we've never mentioned frame interpolation or contrast ratio before.  We're much more intellectual now.  We even talk about Van Gogh. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor

Brent Alpert, board member for the Minnesota street rod association, joins us in studio to talk about the 48th annual Back to the Fifties car show, One of the largest in the United States. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's that time again: time to fix all of the world's issues.  Today we're solving human stupidity.  Ideally, it will no longer exist once this episode is over.  Yes, it's a tall order, but if anyone can solve a fundamental problem with the human species,

Benevolence is a good thing.  It means making the world a better place just because you can.  The past few years have reminded us that benevolence is the exception, not the rule.  But it does exist.  Ari's book catalogues a few such examples.  Even someth