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The Great Resignation and the Expansion of What is Possible; Also, Pavlov’s Notifications

Americans are quitting their jobs in unprecedented numbers, and James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at how this “Great Resignation” has been spurred by many different technological, cultural, and economic trends, several of which have operated to ex

Dave Chappelle’s “The Closer” and the Public Debate About What is Scientific Fact; Also, China’s Effort to Force Greater Assimilation of Minorities

October 12, 2021 JK

The reaction to Dave Chappelle’s “The Closer” has included a lot of debate about what is scientific fact, so James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana consider whether this debate mirrors other disagreements over matters of science and if truth is being sought or if

This is Your Society on Social Media; Also, Making Sense of Huge Changes in Average Height

September 21, 2021 JK

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at some of the revelations in the “Facebook files” series being published by the Wall Street Journal consider how our humanity in impacted by social media in ways that have serious effects on society (01:41). The

A Messy Withdrawal and a Manipulated Reaction; Also, Producing Drinking Water out of Thin Air

August 24, 2021 JK

The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has clearly not gone as smoothly one would like, and James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana try to make sense of what has happened and also discuss the media’s role in the over-the-top reactions coming from the public (01:27).

Critical Race Theory and Manufactured Controversies; Also, Soft Fascination for Recharging the Brain

June 29, 2021 JK

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss what Critical Race Theory is and how it has gone from exclusively being an academic and scholarly matter to a dominant topic in our political and media environments (01:16). The guys also take a look at recent findin

Facebook Bans “False Claims” About Vaccines & Managing Procrastination as an Emotion

February 9, 2021 JK

Facebook’s decision to ban vaccine misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be a major departure from its normal handling of misinformation, so James Keys and Rob Richardson discuss their reaction to this effort, the good and bad could come

Let’s Fight the Virus and Not the Scientists

November 3, 2020 JK 42:55

COVID-19 rates are spiking across the globe, and James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana consider whether our societies have misjudged how pervasive the pandemic would be (01:13) and discuss comments from a conservative party leader in the UK about Boris Johnson “g

Manipulation Through Espionage and Information Warfare

August 25, 2020 JK 58:53

Our intelligence community is sounding the alarm, so James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to the release of the final volume of the Senate Intel Committee’s Bipartisan Russia Report (01:08), discuss the ongoing information warfare campaign being waged aga

Undermining the USPS From Within is American Self Sabotage

August 18, 2020 JK 57:06

The push to defund the U.S. Postal Service is needlessly self-destructive, so James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss their issues with the efforts to politicize the operations of the U.S. Postal Service (01:24). The guys also consider the extent to which

Chess Moves for Control over Your Sensitive Data

August 11, 2020 JK 45:09

Governments and large companies around the world are making high stakes, chess style moves over control of who has access to your sensitive data, and James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the President’s executive order that seeks to ban TikTok in the U.S

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