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Episode 131: Cheating Our Way to Mars

15 January 2013 By StephenTorrence 0 In Podcast

Matt, Kevin, and Stephen don their student hats once again to talk Dan Ariely, education, and soft colonialism… on the way to Mars!

Barack Obama, cheating, college, Colonialism, Coursera, Dan Ariely, economics, education, English, essay mills, globalism, government, grading, Honduras, Hong Kong, Kevin, Mars One, Matt, outsourcing, plagiarism, SimCity, Stephen, Steve Jobs, Texas, The Wire, This American Life, Tim Cook, Triangulation

Episode 120: Intellectual Simulation

06 May 2012 By StephenTorrence 1 In Podcast

Kevin and Stephen attempt to construct a solid introduction to post-structuralism and deconstruction… in STEREO.

C. S. Lewis, class, consequentialism, deconstruction, deontology, Derrida, epistemology, games, gender, government, hope, identity, Imperialism, Judith Butler, Kevin, Lacan, Marxism, mathematics, meaning, metaphysics, Plato, postmodernism, poststructuralism, power, race, Saussure, science, society, soul, spiritualism, Stephen, structuralism, subjectivism, value, Wittgenstein

Episode 117: Mintyvan

26 March 2012 By StephenTorrence 0 In Podcast

Stephen, Kevin, Kiki, and new guest Matt Epperson examine whether chaos-inducing “jokers” are a fundamental reason why society works. Science thinks so. Do you?

9-11, AirBnb, Alan Moore, anarchy, autopsies, Bass Pro Shop, Batman, Bernie Madoff, Code for America, collective action, comics, crime, eBay, ethics, financial services, free market, French Revolution, game theory, Getaround, government, ion, iTunes U, Joker, Kevin, Kiki, lighthouses, Lloyd Blankfein, mafia, Matt E, Mitt Romney, Nash Equilibrium, NPR, Planet Money, PRI, Prisoners' Dilemma, publics goods, rational anarchy, social engineering, Stephen, Steven Levitt, superheroes, taxes, Texas Tech University, The Dark Knight, The Killing Joke, The Price is Right, thermodynamics, This American Life, Tragedy of the Commons, Watchmen

Episode 105: Down With the WORMHELPs!

24 October 2011 By StephenTorrence 0 In Podcast

Protesting is one of those most righteous and time-honored of human activities. Something about the simple act of getting angry, going somewhere, and shouting pithy phrases repeatedly with a group of people all holding signs appeals to our deep inner psyche. Is it the adrenaline rush of potentially getting busted by the authorities? Is it […]

bailouts, banking, beer, economics, elections, employment, First Amendment, gender, government, Herman Cain, income tax, Marxism, Michael Moore, Occupy Wall Street, politics, protesting, public speaking, sales tax, student loans, taxes, United States, Wage Slave's Glossary, We Are the 99%