Recent Episodes

Tim Pawlenty and Gregory Wrightstone – #1365-2

Are we all going to drown from the rising ocean? Probably not. The climate is changing, but it’s doing so very slowly and we’ve done a pretty good job of adapting. It’s inconvenient for people who make money off fear, but things aren’t as dire as some would have you believe.

Christ Kortlander – #1365-1

You better not get caught with any plastic straws or the feds might send a SWAT team. It sounds ridiculous, but it’s happened because of rainforest wood and 19th century artifacts. For more information on the latter, read Chris’s book.

In the Ditch – #1364-3

Ditch weed is often considered undesirable. Rolling your car into a ditch, much moreso. Both are better than getting into radio, according to Tom.

Amberly Lago – #1364-2

One would think that 34 surgeries on one limb would necessarily mean that limb isn’t very useful any more. If you’re like Amberly, that is not the case. Her various trials by fire may have given her an edge though.

Nicholas Irving – #1364-1

Regardless of your position on college professors, we’ll give you a voice. We never asked Nicholas his opinion on the issue, but he wrote a book about his experience as a sniper which we decided was more interesting.

Expired Mellon – #1363-2

There was a ripple in the banking industry, and it was called Ripple. It’s a bit too late to make billions of dollars insider trading, but it didn’t seem to do much good for the guy who did.