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Breaking rules is the most important education one can get. Implications are discussed. We also debate child care policies and the best character actors, briefly discuss the NBA playoffs, and review Apple TV's Severance. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivaladude/message

Elon Musk makes a move to buy Twitter. Implications are a discussed. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivaladude/message

Sorry this is late. This podcast is technically still alive, in the way that yeast is alive or the fire of your youthful ambition is still alive in your failing adult body. Like and subscribe! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivaladude/message

lol lol nothing matters lol lol --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivaladude/message

We review the Kanye Netflix documentary, discuss the potential for a youth-led conservative backlash, offer our thoughts on contemporary poetry and ridicule Poet Voice, analyze outlandish headlines, consider the legacy of assassinated Louisiana politician Huey Long, debate the all time greatest scandal-fueled company rebrands, and finally we uncover the potential for a huge conspiracy involving the events that led to Texas Governor Greg Abbott's paralysis. Like and subscribe, and support your local PBS station. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivaladude/message

We get into a lot of sports topics on this one, so sorry if that's not your jam. We also talk about judging cities based on the people their airports are named after. Peace, love, ecstasy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivaladude/message

We discuss Russia Ukraine, replying-all to work emails, non-combat military jobs, soda, and more. Like and subscribe. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivaladude/message

An all-time episode, we dive straight into bullying Redditors and incels, hit the news and Sloppy Joe Biden, reminisce on Obama's CALM act, which outlawed loud commercials and remains probably the crowning political achievement of the Democrats in our lifetime, engage in a heated debate about the mean the median and the mode, and finally offer our favorite parental dismissive rejoinders. Peace love ecstasy.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivaladude/message

We reveal our bets for the big game that will definitely hit and make us rich, explore the Sunni-Shia schism in Islam, and reflect on Hemingway's enviable lifestyle. Like and subscribe. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivaladude/message

We discuss things that are right in between depressing and not depressing, offer our theories of US balkanization, and review the news. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivaladude/message

We're back from our bye week, folkxs. We talk about the best kept secret in the parenting world: they have favorite children, hold an On The Podium: Basic White Bitch Anthems Edition, and develop the theory of the One Way Doppelgänger--when person A looks like person B but not vice versa, which we conclude is largely determined by relative attractiveness. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivaladude/message

Critically acclaimed, what many consider the best episode of season 3, we dive into genealogy and explore whether the premise of becoming one's own grandpa is possible, a major plot point of 1995's The Stupids. Then we dive into some current events, I have a quasi-existential breakdown, and wax philosophical on the cultural import of dumb smart-guy movies such as Boondock Saints and Joker. Like and subscribe. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivaladude/message

Democracy is dead, folks, and Donald J. Trump killed it. We take stock of the year, talk about the paparazzi, and debate the latest Oscar movies. Like and subscribe.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivaladude/message

The Spinecrackers are back. We test their intellectual dexterity by grilling them using the All Souls Exam, allegedly the world's hardest test and entrance exam to Oxford. Then we hit the news of the day, consider the Land Value Tax and the economic philosophy of Georgism, and reveal our favorite books. Check out Spinecrackers, a legit good literature podcast. This is likely the last episode until the new year! Peace, love, ecstasy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivaladude/message

All the elected Republicans who cosplay as anti-elite went to Ivy League schools. They're frauds. At least the Democrats rub their elitism in your face. We also talk about the appropriate length of a shower, architecture, specifically windows, and method acting (I think, I don't remember tbh). Peace and love, sex and drugs. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivaladude/message

In this episode, we begin by complaining about the monopolized internet service provider industry. Then we pivot and announce our respective and official retirements from certain activities, debate the merits of walking on all fours as a way to get jacked and vascular forearms, consider the Copenhangen Interpretation of Ethics--which essentially says anyone who tries to solve a problem will end up being blamed for that very problem--and finally conclude with an On The Podium of companies with the worst customer service. Like and subscribe. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivaladude/message

We talk professional farters (aka "farteurs" or "fartistes"), NBA basketball, and movies about school shootings. Like, subscribe, and share widely, my good bitches. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivaladude/message

Just a chill Sunday morning conversation, covering topics such as architecture and bands with geographical locations in their name. We also compare intelligence to intuition. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivaladude/message

Cilantro is good, circus peanuts are bad. Or are they? This and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivaladude/message

We discuss why the Democrats suck. Then, we do an On The Podium with movie endings/series finales. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivaladude/message