East Meets West – Podcast

Moving, getting rid of things, gout, medicine, and eating right. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest302WhatToEat/eastmeetswest302.mp3

Roger’s got a bum foot. Do unions get a bum rap? How important is money? http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest301HardshipAShipMadeOutOfConcrete/eastmeetswest301.mp3 Brought to you by Ting.com. Big savings and billing clarity in an honest mobile phone service. Try their online savings calculator and save $50 on your device purchase at EMW.Ting.com.

We review the election, how choosing your news outlets can have bad effects, how math became a partisan issue. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest300InsideMyNavel_728/eastmeetswest300.mp3 Brought to you by Ting.com. Big savings and billing clarity in an honest mobile phone servie. Try their online savings calculator and save $50 on your device purchase at EMW.Ting.com.

Roger fixes his audio, Government does some things well, PSAs done right and wrong, How film and TV predicts the future, also Disney bought Lucasfilm. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest299FuturePerfect/eastmeetswest299.mp3

Roger parties does a horrible job of promoting an awesome comic. We recall MathNet, what you watch when you’re young, do standards of violence and sexuality in entertainment go in cycles? All that and more. Is a slow recovery better than boom and bust? http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest298-SerialTime/eastmeetswest298.mp3

Why people feel powerless. Are we better off in tribes than we are now? Was Hobbes right? What would be the best way to be governed? Does one system work for everyone? What replaces nation-states? Migratory patterns of humans. What should immigration policy be like? http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest297Migrate/eastmeetswest297.mp3

Roger and Tom review the US presidential debate and Tom shares his thoughts on the first half of Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessig. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest296-IsTheRepublicLost/eastmeetswest296.mp3

Roger relates his water heater problems. We talk about the weather but it’s really interesting. Voting with your cups at 7-11. Our love/hate relationship with malls. Roger’s dietary issues. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest295GreasySickness/eastmeetswest295.mp3

We had a great show but then Tom didn’t press record. So here’s a summary of what we talked about. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest294Tldl/eastmeetswest294.mp3

Roger and Tom talk news, politics and weather. It’s like a local news broadcast but with more theory and less hyped-up kittens in trees. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest293NeverTrustACommittee/eastmeetswest293.mp3

We relate Roger’s experience at the San Diego Spaghetti Factory and talk a lot about food. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest292NowImHungry/eastmeetswest292.mp3

What makes a media format die? The dangers of energy drinks. Why we stay up late at home. How we related to the rave scene. What scene are you? Why Roger was born too early. The rise of the passionate employee and the community-oriented business. Why we’ll want serendipity in shopping. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest291BornTooEarly/eastmeetswest291.mp3

How time flies, and things slow down at the same time. Why we pick where we live. Making new friendships. How self-driving cars reduce psychoses. Stranger danger. Also Prometheus. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest290-Anti-metheus/eastmeetswest290.mp3

More Doctor Who talk about why our favorite companions are our favorites and why the red shirts need a day to remember them. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest289NoDoctors/eastmeetswest289.mp3

We talk about Doctor Who and why we wish the Doctor would go crazy. we also ponder why don’t we see new superheroes in comics anymore and whether viral marketing can be planned. Also there was a horrible failure with the Google hangout which you can hear after the main episode and explains why we [...]