Sinopsis
A (sometimes rambling) discussion on freedom of expression, the nature of competing ideologies, the creative power of play, and evidence-based reasoning. The world at large is crazy sometimes... okay most of the time, and we aren't shying away from it!
Episodios
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Episode 009 – Ajit Has Warez
04/10/2019As humanity reaches further into the cosmos, how do we grade ourselves on if we are worthy inheritors of the universe? Should we even grade ourselves?
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Episode 008 – Sargassum in Sciencelandia
12/08/2019In this episode we talk about anime, salamander research, the poverty of student life, and more! Every year 5,000 miles of Sargassum seaweed are stretching from the Gulf Coast to the west coast of Africa and that may just be the new normal.
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Episode 007 – That’s the World We Live In
02/08/2019Trump newsletters, political debates, rising income inequality, salamander research(?), and alien dongs - we've got it all!
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Epiosde 006 – Bild-a-bearg Group
30/07/2019Join us for a shorter jaunt into the fantastical world of Globalism and Neoliberal Economic (Anti-)Populism!
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Episode 005 – We Will See
28/07/2019This week in SPAAAAAAACE! We discuss topics including, policing, legitimacy of grievances, space pirates, Void Bastards, pride festivals, and more! When you see someone screaming for attention, there are so many ways to think about their attention-seeking. Sometmes people are screaming because they're hurt, but how do you tell if they're legitimate and honest?
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Episode 004 – Tragedy of the Commons
28/07/2019Hello, hi, welcome! Join the Taking Flak crew as we focus on discussing the 1968 paper by Garrett Harding, "The Tragedy of the Commons" which discusses the social dilemma of how to protect both freedoms and sustainability. Besides that, we discuss a myriad of topics including anarchist fiction, cultural values, and effective regulation.
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Episode 003 – Only the Protagonist Gets to Say !#&$
28/07/2019Join the Taking Flak crew for a (late) episode that gives you the SECRET TRUE ending to Game of Thrones, because electoral politics aren't so great after all. We talk about all sorts of things this episode, including Eco (again), Republican Politicians, Economics, Game of Thrones, Education, Socialist Policies, and more!
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Episode 002 – Deer Skulls with Traction
28/07/2019Join the Taking Flak crew for Episode 2 as we talk about reality's well-known biases, conspiracy theories infiltrating the US Government, Eco once again, agriculture, and tangent after tangent.
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Episode 001 – Do Attend
27/07/2019Join the Taking Flak crew this week as we talk about social media failing to keep up with banning hate speech, the Philadelphia Steel Furnace "Melt-Yourself" festival, Russian interference in the Mueller Report, ecological sustainability, and more.