Two educators Patrick and Dennis sit down and attempt to educate one another on a subject using a thought experiment as the premise. Topics range from Real Life Super Villains, Language as a Virus, Restructuring the MLB, Alternate History, 1970’s
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Jun302 weeks agoThis week, Patrick and Dennis cover a radical change the NCAA football conferences, create a workable playoff system, and eliminate amateur college football saving higher education tens of bi...
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Jun164 weeks agoThis week, Patrick and Dennis play a tabletop game all about America’s whacky and wild current constitutional crisis. Links mentioned in this episode: http://www.trumptwitterarchive.com/ http...
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Jun081 month agoThis week, Patrick, and guest host Roejen cover tales of real life time travelers, or at least those who claimed to be time travelers Topics discussed: Time Travel Quiz John Titor pushbck M...
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Jun021 month agoThis week the Cyberpunk dystopia of 1992 is here, thanks to Peter Theil, Zuckerberg, and the FCC. Patrick fears Big Brother is your next door neighbor. Dennis fears the "deep state" of kid'...
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May262 months agoThis week, Patrick and Dennis debate what the American social and poltical landscape would look like if Roe V Wade and the extension of the 14th admendment never occured.. Topics discussed: ...
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May122 months agoThis week, Patrick, and Dennis discuss slight alternate histories of the Great War. Topics discussed: Teddy Roosevelt brings the Americans to Europe in 1916 1917 French Army mutinies Lenin n...
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Apr283 months agoThis week, Patrick, and Dennis onstruct their own places of higher learning from scratch. They draft the America's "greatest" academic and intellectual minds to fill their departments. Top...
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Apr143 months agoThis week, [Patrick] and [Dennis] cover [Medicare for all and Simple Tax Returns]..... Topics discussed: Medicare for all The archaic tax filing system betting on Democracy Links mentioned i...
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Mar313 months agoPatrick and Dennis ponder different scenarios what the Western Hemisphere would look like without a "War on Drugs". What if Reagan decided to use conventional forces? What if America just...
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Mar164 months agoPatrick and Dennis debate if protest marches have any impact on American elections and citizen engagement in government. Are leaks a symptom of illness in Government? Is Snowden a villain or...
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Mar094 months agoPatrick and Dennis pick four different what if election years and play our different scenarios until one or both of their minds explode. Also a Season 5 quiz showdown goes to the wire and ma...
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Mar014 months agoDennis returns from a visit to China and wants to discuss what war with China would look like and how? Three Scenarios. North Korean Collapse, Trade War, and Full on Engagement. Patrick a...
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Feb225 months agoPatrick invites Bill from the podcast The Great Albums to discuss four different “what ifs?” concerning the Fab Four. These include: What If the Beatles never appeared on the Ed Sullivan Sh...
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Feb175 months agoPatrick and Dennis empty out the email bag and hold court on various topics. Topics included are... Batman of the 1800's, Protests at Berkley and Free Speech, Betsy Devos ughh, Free speech ...
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Feb145 months agoDennis thinks we are looking down the barrel of either World War Three or an American Reich. Patrick tries to calm the waters by hoping America is on the precipice of great radical change th...
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Jan256 months agoWhat would happen if Superman was a soviet? Or raised by hippies? What would Batman in 1860’s Gotham look like? Would a resurrected Captain America in the 1980’s be a tool of the CIA?
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Jan196 months agoPatrick goes solo and plays real life supervillains comparing Vladimir Putin to one Victor Von Doom of Latveria. It is not an A for A comparison but the two rulers share many qualities incl...
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Jan126 months agoPatrick and Dennis debate the infamous Richard Nixon line “When the President does it, it is not illegal.” How true is that with past Presidents Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, and Obama. How will ...
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Dec286 months agoPatrick goes solo to discuss one of his favorite people, the peaceful neighbor Mr. Fred Rogers. Fred Rogers loved children, promoted world peace, and helped create fair use for copyright law...
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Dec227 months agoPatrick and Dennis debate what constitutes a Christmas movie? Patrick claims it must have the following. Take place 48 hours before and after Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Must have a fa...