282. Guys, Gals, Dolls, and Flesh
Reviewing the article “A (Straight, Male) History of Sex Dolls” by Julie Beck
281. Basilisks, Boxes, Singularities, and Malevolence
Reviewing the article “The Most Terrifying Thought Experiment of All Time” by David Auerbach
280. Crosswords, Magic, Solutions and Deception.
Discussing the TED talk, “Two Nerdy obsessions meet – and it’s magic” by David Kwong.
279. Jobs, Technology, Futurists, and Chance
Reviewing comments made by Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google in a recent interview and the articles that followed
278. Silence, Thoughts, Electric Shocks, and Flesh
Reviewing the article, “People Prefer Electric Shocks to Being Alone With Their Thoughts,” by Matthew Hutson
277. Laws, Deductions, Observations, and Experience
Reviewing the TED Talk “Why we should trust scientists” by Naomi Oreskes
276. Word, Spending, Money, and Time
Reviewing the week and the article “Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (The Real Reason For The Forty-Hour Workweek.” by David Cain
275. Men, Women, Facts, and Flesh
Chatting about the events of the week, and the article, “The Misguided Definition of Rape as ‘Force'” by Mary Adkinsmay
274. Men, Women, Attraction, and Fear
Chatting about events of the past few weeks: the killing of women by a frustrated man and the stories that followed with #YesAllWomen
273. Peeing, Underendowment, Vomiting, and Casanovas
Reviewing the article “Naked Confessions of the College-Bound” by Frank Bruni