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Is the US to Blame for the Education Ban on Women in Afghanistan? Also, the Illusion of Time and the Merits of a Dry January

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to the Taliban’s recent move to ban college education for women in Afghanistan and consider whether the US bears any responsibility for this development (01:35). The guys also weigh in on the ongoing debate over whethe

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Is Behaving Respectably Overrated in the 21st Century? Also, the Fusion Power Breakthrough and the Possibility of Endless Energy

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana weigh in on the idea that the tech revolution has resulted in leaders in business or public life no longer feeling the need to behave in a respectable manner (01:26). The guys also react to the recently announced fusion powe

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Why the Midterm Elections Diverged from Expectations; Also, the Mentality Underlying Indonesia’s Sex Ban

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look back at the 2022 midterm election now that things have pretty much shaken and consider why the results from a big picture standpoint were both divergent from historical norms and unexpected in light of many contem

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Legitimate Anger Over Biden’s Justifiable Move to Undercut Railway Unions; Also, Michelle Obama’s “Controversial” Insight on Marriage

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at the issues surrounding, and the anger resulting from, the move by President Joe Biden, the self proclaimed “most pro union president,” to use a nearly 100 year old law to undercut railway unions in order to ave

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The High Stakes of the Protests in China; Also, Spontaneous Memories and Ruminating on the Past

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the uncharacteristic protests going on in China, how China’s past illustrates the substantial risk of public demonstrations like this, these stakes, and how the Chinese government appears to have backed itself into a

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The Old Lessons Being Learned Again Through FTX’s Collapse; Also, Taylor Swift Reveals Ticketmaster’s True Nature

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to the FTX collapse and consider how what led to this point may have been less about crypto and currency and more about humans and currency (01:29). The guys also to discuss this Live Nation/Ticketmaster anti-trust con

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The Role Economics and Culture Play in Exploiting America’s Slavery Loophole; Also, Injecting Hormones to Grow Taller Children

As more states move to remove the criminal punishment exception to the prohibition of slavery, James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss how economics and culture have led to this exception being exploited over the years (01:44). The guys also take a look at

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Real History has been Hidden, but not Everything You Find Is Real; Also, Keeping Up With Our Evolving Selves

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the difficulty in, and importance of, distinguishing between what is real and what is not when it is known history has been hidden in the context of the antisemitic documentary promoted by Kyrie Irving, the experience

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The Need to Keep Antisemitism Out of Decent Society; Also, Preventing AI From Destroying Humanity

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the recent antisemitic comments by Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and consider whether the way mainstream society reacted was appropriate in light of his position and his status in society (01:41). The guys also t

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Does the Approach of Some Environmentalists Hold Back Environmental Progress? Also, Technology Growing Faster Than Our Perception

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana consider the premise that is argued from time to time that the mindset of, and approach taken by, some environmentalists may be counterproductive as far as doing better on the environment (01:29). The guys also discuss the i

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The Impact, or Lack Thereof, of the January 6th Hearings; Also, Eating Late Ruins Tomorrow

As it appears that we have seen the last January 6th hearing, James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss their overall takeaways from the hearings and why the countless damming revelations seemed to have such little impact on the American public (01:16). The

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Hyperpartisanship and the Loss of Even the Expectation of Honesty; Also, Why the US is Still Beholden to OPEC

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take note of how many in the US seem to take little offense to being lied to by politicians they support, consider how many in the political class have reacted to this, and discuss George Washington’s warning to the country a

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