Click & Obey

Supreme Court Speculation (22)

February 02, 2021 19:09 - 44 minutes - 23.4 MB

Today we discuss what the Biden team is looking to do on the Supreme Court before delving in to other topics about the current political climate.

Red Pill, Blue Pill... Black Pill, White Pill?

January 22, 2021 21:22 - 52 minutes - 48.7 MB

Discussion on exactly what each different "pill" means when people bring them up in conversation.

Talking About Talking About Political Violence

January 19, 2021 21:47 - 11 minutes - 20.8 MB

Some pre-inauguration thoughts on the difficulties of having actual conversations around political violence.

The Case for Optimism: Big Tech Censorship

January 16, 2021 18:49 - 17 minutes - 16.6 MB

While censorship is bad, the time for decentralization might finally be upon us.

Parler and the current (and future) state of Censorship.

January 13, 2021 00:30 - 1 hour - 82 MB

We have a long discussion on the state of things after the Parler take down. Both of us are very optimistic at the thought of a de-centralized internet however, so long term we hold high hopes.

2021, a year that took 5 days to become more chaotic than 2020

January 09, 2021 17:03 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB

So now what happens?

What does Secession mean to you?

December 20, 2020 18:58 - 1 hour - 60.3 MB

Discussion on Secession at a state level and even secession as it relates to friend groups and relationships.

1 Billion Americans!?

December 09, 2020 23:55 - 1 hour - 60.3 MB

Discussion on the Matthew Yglesias book/podcast appearances discussing the prospect of 1 Billion Americans. We also end on a discussion about the new Covid Vaccine that will be rolling out in the coming months.

Election Results Pros and Cons

November 12, 2020 19:29 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MB

Discussion on what good/bad came out of the election results (at least until/unless they change).

The election happened, and we still don't know who won.

November 06, 2020 21:08 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MB

Some presidential election talk, but also looking in to the Senate, House, and Ballot Measures.

The state of Journalism

November 02, 2020 15:24 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MB

A discussion on the state of Journalism and whether it even exists any more. Also predictions for the election.

Social discourse with Friend of the Podcast G

October 26, 2020 11:42 - 1 hour - 55.9 MB

Discussion of the DOJ anti-trust suit against google, 230 protections, social discourse, and several other topics.

VP Debate Recap, Mesh and DRush try out a couple different debate formats

October 09, 2020 15:14 - 1 hour - 58 MB

Starts with a quick recap of the VP debates, followed by 2 debates between Mesh and DRush. Debates are over Lockdowns and UBI, one with the 2 minutes format we see in presidential debates, the other with a more long form 5/10/5 style that we are using as a thought exercise. Neither of us have any debate history or topic expertise, so this is more of a thought experiment on the pros/cons of each style.

Losers and Bigger Losers from the Debate

October 05, 2020 11:33 - 1 hour - 55.8 MB

What was that debate? How in the world are these the 2 people we have chosen to potentially lead the country?

Offensive Speech, Hate Speech, and Harrassment

September 28, 2020 11:19 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MB

Today we go in to a discussion on what are Offensive Speech, Hate Speech, and Harassment. We go in to the implications as they relates to freedom of speech, and the cultural implication of being able to punish offensive speech.

Episode 9: DRush goes a week without Politics

September 17, 2020 15:57 - 1 hour - 28.8 MB

00:00 - Mesh gives a True/False quiz on the weeks headlines 09:15 - Answers are revealed 34:00 - State of Discourse 42:25 - How to Avoid Politics 56:55 - Prioritization of Threats 1:06:00 - Voldemorting 1:10:00 - When Left met Right

Episode 8: How would Online Voting work?

September 11, 2020 14:52 - 58 minutes - 54 MB

00:00 - Intro 05:50 - What is the acceptable vote loss? 13:05 - How does this work with in person and mail in? 19:30 - Where do we even start? 23:15 - What is the user experience? 29:10 - Security 35:10 - Platform vs. Application 39:10 - What happens when a security breach occurs? 44:50 - What is online voting trying to solve? 48:50 - Who makes the decision on implementation? 53:10 - Online voting vs. Online banking comparison

Episode 7: It's a grab bag

September 03, 2020 01:18 - 1 hour - 25.6 MB

Usually I timestamp these things, but this episode was a bit all over the place. Lot of politics and in general venting about the current state of things.

Episode 6: Biden's VP Pick (Spoiler Alert it's Kamala Harris)

August 17, 2020 18:50 - 54 minutes - 98.8 MB

Timestamps: 00:00 - General talk about the pick 12:00 - Is Harris the presidential pick 23:00 - Lets talk swing states 29:00 - Do we trust the polls 40:00 - Contested election 48:00 - Next Generation of debates Useful Links: Compare Senate/Congressional Voting Records - https://projects.propublica.org/represent/members/compare-votes/115 Votes with Bernie 93% Votes with Ted Cruz 24% Votes with Rand Paul 26% Votes with Tim Kaine 80% Votes with Corey Booker 95%

Episode 5: Data (And yes some Covid discussion will occur)

August 10, 2020 23:16 - 58 minutes - 22.7 MB

00:00 - Good Data vs. Bad Data, is there such a thing as either? 2:30 - Covid Discussion 14:00 - Is the Suicide Rate up? 23:30 - The Sweeden (and other countries) comparison 38:10 - Polarization, i.e. the mental state of the country 41:40 - Let's talk polling data

Episode 4: Glitches and Hacks

August 01, 2020 13:58 - 59 minutes - 23 MB

Timestamps: 12:00 -blacklist/whitelist and adjustments based on social justice initiatives 28:50- google “blacklisting” conservatives 45:00 - Hawaii false missle alert 53:00 y2k Useful Links: Streisand effect - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect Black list first usage - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacklisting Github renaming - https://github.com/github/renaming

Episode 3: Academia

July 24, 2020 01:00 - 57 minutes - 42.7 MB

Timestamps: Our Personal Anecdotes (0:15) Grievance Studies and STEM (7:00) Denouncing STEM and what is the Smithsonian's take on Whiteness? (18:49) Purity Testing (30:14) State of College (34:53) References: Jonathan Haidt/Greg Lukianoff - Coddling of the American Mind: https://www.amazon.com/Coddling-American-Mind-Intentions-Generation/dp/0735224897/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1595518771&sr=1-2 Douglas Murray - Madness of Crowds: https://www.amazon.com/Madness-Crowds-Ge...

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