In this episode, I talk about what football meant to me, and how I feel about it today. 

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What Football Was and Is To Me

This week Ben and Michelle discuss the changing shape of the work week over the past ten thousand years, and they find some interesting statistics about ancient rest periods that put our current models to shame. 

The Work Week Evolution: Are We Working Too Many Hours?

In this episode, I interview Dr. Will Oliver, who recently wrote a book on lawman August Vollmer. Vollmer held contrary views on most issues of his time, but his ability to apply logic to every situation made him a legendary figure in the world of law enforcement and criminal justice. 

The Father of American Policing

Internet trolls did not invent the act of anonymous harassment. So who did? In this episode we track the progress of troublemakers hiding in the shadows. 

Trollvolution

In this episode we explore some strange words and explain why maybe all children should have the right to vote. 

Kakistocracy and Why Children Should Have the Right to Vote

In this episode we explore the roots of our scavenging past, and we talk about our current role in the food chain. 

The Benefits of Scavenging

Are we hunters at heart? Really?

Certain gestures, like saying "Happy Birthday," used to relate much more to our ability to remember. But now as we rely more on technology to remember for us, how are the effects of these gestures changing? 

Happy Birthday! What does it mean anymore?

How can images replace text in our writing? We look to the past, and to China, for the answer to this question. Also, many schools in the U.S. and around the world are no longer teaching cursive, or even print writing. What does this mean for our brains? 

The Future of Writing

Learning how to read and write rewired our brains in fascinating ways. But where did writing come from, and for that matter, where did language originate? 

The Evolution of Writing

Airplanes in department stores? There was a time in U.S. History when people experienced this reality. But are we any closer today to realizing the dream of the personal airplane? 

An Airplane for Everyone

In this episode we break down the factors that will influence the fate of football in the United States. Is it doomed or is it immune to the newly-exposed horrors of the game?

Football. Soon to be History?

Weddings today do not mean what they used to, and for this very reason, people do their best to ressurect that lost meaning. In this episode we trace the evolution of the modern wedding and discuss how and why the focus has shifted from quality to quantity, from inward to outward. 

Weddings. Then, Now, and Beyond

Sex with machines is here, and it's only going to become more common. In this episode we discuss the benefits and consequences of relationships with synthetic beings. 

Pleasures and Pitfalls of Synthetic Love

Steam-powered vibrators the size of kitchen tables, the importance of dildos in Ancient Greece, and the future of sex machines in this second installment of our series on synthetic relationships. 

Sex Machines in Our History

History Repeating Itself attempts to shed light on current events by exploring similar episodes that have already run their course

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