This week Patrick invites Stephen Gower to create a North American super hivemind in which we construct different alternate realities. A reality in which the MLB of consists of only 18 teams Another in which the MLB follows Premier League Soccer rules of promotion and relegation. A Blue Jays Quiz too Find more of Stephen on his podcast https://www.alternativeairwaves.com/

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Canadian Baseball

This week Patrick is joined by a real-life human lawyer, Professor Winston Conrad, with the goal of understanding the world of intellectual property. Winston explains the concepts of intellectual property through the history of guilds ownership and how the patents grew from this knowledge.   Patrick is shocked to learn that trademarks are designed to help the consumer.  Winston explains it was designed as a system to show the public what they planned on the purchase was verified and vetted. How evil is Disney?  Like uber-evil?  Demigod evil?  Minor level evil?

Trademarked Men

This week, [Patrick], and [Dennis] cover [COVID-19]..... Topics discussed: Cornovirus American Populism The Zombie Democratic Primary This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

The Populist Plague

This week, Patrick invites guest host Cassidy on to cover the 1983 film Videodrome Topics discussed: Is this a plotless film? The film is Marshall Mcluhan distilled Are we in Videodrome right now? Links mentioned in this episode: https://macguffinpod.podbean.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoCrx0scCkM&t=137s This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

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Patrick is joined by guest host Roejen of the Project Archivist Podcast to discuss the Legend Of Polybius. The mythical mind controlling video game of the early 80’s that never existed. We talk about the strange real life truths around the legend and how it evolved. Check out Project Archvist Podcast 

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This week we draft the worst people in North American sports. The list includes some awful Detroit Lions, French Canadien jerks, 1980's NFL scabs, and the worst state in the union, cough cough O-H-I-O.

The Worst Sports People

This week, Dennis and Patrick debate what an Alternate version of America would look like with six to eight different political parties.   There is a Brexit quiz to kick things off.   Patrick does not understand why the founders were scared of political factions.  Dennis explains why the had reservations, kinda. Both hosts discuss what eight different political factions would look like in 1930s America and in 2020 America.   This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

American Factions Fan Club

Patrick is joined this week by guest host Cassidy of the film review podcast The McGuffin, to take a deep cultural dive into the guts of the 1999 David Fincher film Fight Club. Along the way we explore the homosexual and asexual subtext in the film. We debate if Tyler Durden is spouting general toxic MRA talking points? Is he a representative for that strain of American death cult nihilism? Or is he a warning sign of proto fascism wrapped in the cloak of anti-consumerism and rebellion? Heavy Stuff right? Well Cassidy also informs Patrick of Doomer Culture and corrects his misunderstandings of David Fincher as an artist and filmmaker.

EP 175: We Do Not Talk About Fight Club

This week Patrick is joined by guest host Kehaar, of the now concluded podcast Dissecting Worlds, to discuss the history of Capes and Tights by crafting a Mad Men style television series that spans four, maybe five seasons of comic book history.

EP 174: The Comic Book Show

Patrick has guest host “Professor”, Winston Conrad this week to discuss Zines. We discuss the Fan-zine and how during the 1970’s it transformed into a zine thanks to the photocopy machine becoming widely available. We also discuss how American culture is zine culture. But what the hell is a zine?

EP 173: The Zine Scene

This week we discuss a version of America that gives into the “free markets” and always all public schools to become privatized. What we do is explore an alternate history of America without public schools post 1983. All our takes are good.

EP 172: Free Market Skool

This week Roejen, from the Project Archivist podcast, joins Patrick to discuss the history and magic of brewing, distilling, and fermenting alcohol. Roe explains the difference in types of beer, wines, whiskeys, and bourbon. What makes a porter a porter and a stout a stout, or what the heck is mead really? 

EP 171: Alchemy of Alcohol

This week we play around with abolishing the senate, adding 5-25 new states to the union, and debate if the senate majority leader is the most powerful person in America. Patrick claims that the US senate is undemocratic. Dennis counters with the historical defense of the senate and how the progressive era gave us the 17th amendment. Patrick wants to just abolish the senate or at least that end the filibuster and cloture. Maybe he would solve all our legislative issues by creating a dozen new states

EP 170: The 68 State Senate

This week we examine five counterfactual 1980’s scenarios generated from various events branching loosely from the Reagan Administration or Era.  We are “shocked” by how much 1980’s America mirror 2010’s America.

EP 169: The Ronald Reagan Show

This week Patrick is joined by guest host Michael Grasso, who is a senior editor for the online magazine We Are the Mutants to discuss his series Days of the Dolphin: Cetaceans in Cold War Science and Science Fiction

EP 168: Cetacean Industrial Complex

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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