Archive for the ‘podcast’ Category

585. Facts, Stories, Flesh, and Destruction

Reviewing the article “Our Brains ell Stories So We Can Live,” by Robert A. Burton

584. Subsystems, Flesh, Us and Them

Reviewing the event of the week and reflecting on the sadness of current events.

583. Chocolate, Money, Happiness, and a Simple Expression

Reviewing the article “Neuroscience Says Doing This 1 Thing Makes You Just as Happy as Eating 2,000 Chocolate Bars” by Melanie Curtin

582. Boulders, Lightening Strikes, Strokes, and Bar Fights

Reviewing “The Mystery of Why Some People Become Sudden Geniuses” By Zaria Gorvett

581. Incidents, Deaths, Fear, and Endings

Reviewing the article “How Pandemics End,” by Gina Kloata

580. Religion, Secularism, Science, and Glory

Reviewing the article “Why Religion Is Not Going Away and Science Will Not Destroy It,” by Peter Harrison

579. Star Wars, Origins, Oxygen, and Simiplicity

Discussing the article “Volcanic Rock Discovery Calls Theories About Life’s Origins Into Question” by Yasmin Tayag

578. Disgust, Delight, Respect, and Love

Reviewing the article “A Therapist’s Simple Rule Transformed My Marriage,” by Jancee Dunn

577. Sidetrips, Costumes, Trolls, and the Flesh

Reviewing the week and talking about Billie Eilish’s continuing lament over internet trolls

576. Dog Bites, Bad Rules, Reality, and Analogies

Quickly reviewing the article “Why Physicists still don’t know what reality is,” by Jed Brody and chatting about the week.