On the Fence podcast
By Alesh Houdek
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Podcast Description
Alesh Houdek and Steve Klotz discuss the news of the day and solutions to the problems that plague the world.We'll see how it goes, right?
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ExplicitEpisode 15: Fluctuations | Steve and Alesh talk about ESPN’s use of the phrase “chink in the armor” regarding Jeremy Lin, the Supreme Court, the friggin’ Oscars, and whether religiosity correlates with intelligence (and whether politicians are closeted atheists ). Episode Links: ESPN uses racial epithet in headline of Jeremy Lin story Slate: The Jeremy Lin controversy suggests it’s time to retire the phrase for good Justice Kagan sides with the right on Miranda Oscar voters overwhelmingly white, male Folonari wineries Miami Herald The intelligence-religiosity nexus The strong correlation between religiosity and intelligence Scott Adams: Non-Believerdar Audio: | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 14: Slingshot | Steve and Alesh talk about the Susan G. Komen fiasco, fact-checking at the New York Times, the pros and cons of gun ownership, elections futures markets, and Frank Ghery. Episode links: After Outcry, A Top Official Resigns At Komen Cancer Charity The Guardian: By defunding Planned Parenthood, the Susan G Komen Foundation betrays women He-said-she-said journalism at NPR Should the NY Times be a truth vigilante? PolitiFact Should we put truthtelling back at number one? Sock fashion in Silicon Valley Twitter: NYTimes is on it Politics of political prediction markets InTrade Apple stock over the last 5 years New World Center Frank Gehry’s National Eisenhower Memorial Eisenhower Memorial Controversy Ted Talks: Frank Gehry interview Audio: | 2/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 13: If You’re Not Yet Walking in a Burlap Bag | Steve and Alesh talk about the guy who thought he was going to work on his iPad through a whole performance of the Cleveland Orchestra, why (and whether) Florida has the worst drivers, self-driving cars, the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page, and Newt Gingrich. Episode links: InTrade Florida primary results 15 most dangerous cities for driving Steven Pinker: A History of Violence Let the Robot Drive: The Autonomous Car of the Future Is Here Mercedes’ current safety features Wall Street Journal: No Need to Panic About Global Warming Forbes: Remarkable Editorial Bias on Climate Science at the Wall Street Journal Dismal Science at the Wall Street Journal Gingrich: The Spirit of Washington Audio: | 2/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 12: A Warm and Pleasant Dinner | Steve and Alesh suffer through some of the worst audio tribulations yet to talk about the Republican race and the State of the Union. Blah. Episode links: Ferro and roasted pepper salad at Serious Eats State of the Union video/transcript Echo Canyon on Obalaesque Romney attacks Gingrich Did Gingrich’s SC win break the paradigm? 2012 Republican primary schedule Republican Delegate Allocation Rules: 2012 vs. 2008 Barack Obama, Post-Partisan, Meets Washington Gridlock : The New Yorker Audio: | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 11: Goat Brains | Steve and Alesh talk about Facebook, timeline, Google Plus, and Andrew Sullivan’s Newsweek article about Barack Obama’s performance in office and legacy. Episode links: “Who the f**k is Alice?” fb.me/tml – Facebook Timeline Googe+ Hangouts The Food of Morocco, Paula Wolfert Preparing Couscous Andrew Sullivan on Wikipedia Andrew Sullivan: How Obama’s Long Game Will Outsmart His Critics – The Daily Beast Audio: | 1/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 10 – 22.8 Percent | After a month-long hiatus, Steve and Alesh are back, talking about the New Hampshire Republican primary, Ron Paul, what really put the US Government in debt, and prison m**********n. Not our best episode yet. Episode links: NH primary results The contentious debate on Ron Paul among Progressives My Guantánamo nightmare $7.77 trillion S&P 500, historical Should prison inmates have the right to m********e? Audio: | 1/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 9 – My Pants They’re Tight | Steve and Alesh talk about the unemployment rate, the renaming of the Miami Art Museum, why people serve on boards of trustees of non-profits, and how people get rich, anyway. Episode links: Unemployment hits 8.6 percent Living on Monkey food for a week Bill Clinton and Glass-Steagall Steve’s link about the Guillotine Fabiola Santiago on the MAM renaming Renaming of Miami art museum inspires debate IMPACT brochures on Critical Miami Miami Art Museum board of trustees Embrace Music Foundation on Facebook Audio: | 12/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 8 – Lectures on Ethics | Alesh and Steve talk about Newt Gingrich’s impact on the national discourse, what congress has been up to, and moral relativism Episode links: Bill Keller: The Politics of Economics in the Age of Shouting Congressional bill creating a “police state” Congress Weighs Taking the War-on-Drugs Approach to Fighting Internet Piracy Gingrich and the Destruction of Congressional Expertise Electronic Frontier Foundation Moral Relativism, Moral Absolutism Kant: Lectures on Ethics Arthur Schopenhauer Audio: | 11/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 7 – Edgewater | Thanksgiving special! After sorting out a couple of Steve’s myriad computer issues, he and Alesh talk about what they’re grateful for, Edgewater, transvestites, the budget super committee, and Grover Norquist. Episode links: Congress’ approval problem in one chart “Globally average transgender person’s life expectancy believed to be around 23.” Source (via) Dan Savage interview at Fray Michel Lotito, plane eater Edgewater and and Miami 21 at Critical Miami Miami 21 which, it turns out was passed in 2010 The Supercommittee’s worst-case scenario Fairfield Four Grover Norquist The Pledge: Grover Norquist’s hold on the GOP What’s the point of a book fair? Audio: | 11/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 6 – 100-point Pesto | Steve and Alesh talk much more about foodies, the politics of meat, and about the bipartisan debt supercommittee. Episode links: Ken Burns’ baseball documentary John McPhee at the New Yorker Newt Gingrich Looking at People Condescendingly Libyan Government Warns NYPD to Exercise Restraint Newt Gingrich doesn’t have a chance at SFDB Audio: | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 10 Episodes |
