COVID-19: We Interrupt This Program...

117 – The hosts discuss Covid-19

Anger: Introductions

116 – Everyone in the United States seems to be angry about everything. What are the roots of this anger? What are its effects? Can it be used constructively? (Part 2 of 2).

Community: Wrap-up

115 – The hosts conclude their conversation on community. Are there community's you are a part of but wish you weren't? (Part 1 of 2).

Community: Touching as Ritual

114 – How do we know that we belong to a community? What is the role of touching as a ritual, and rituals in general within the community, and is it possible to maintain a community without them?

Community: Death

113 – What is the role of death in the community? How does it contribute to community formation, and how is death shaped by the community?

Community: What We Run To, What We Run From, Part II

112 – Part 2 of 2. We are shaped by the communities we escape from, and the communities we find. What does it mean for a social primate to be "an individual"?

Community: What We Run To, What We Run From, Part I

111 – Part 1 of 2. We are shaped by the communities we escape from, and the communities we find. What does it mean for a social primate to be "an individual"?

Community: Aspirational

110 – There are communities we belong to by birth and circumstance, and then there are communities we want to belong to. How important are aspirational communities to our sense of self?

Community: Introductions

109 – We all belong to communities--political, familial, academic, religious, cultural, etc. But what is the balance between individual identity and communal identity? How individual are we?

2020 Election: Check-up

108 – With the 2020 Presidential Election heating up, the hosts check-in with each other. What's the current state of the Democratic field, and can any of the candidates match the Trump campaign's financial juggernaut?