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Pat and Rod Save the World

Goodbye For Now Cast

Pat and Rod discuss (1) the situation with Greece and Germany; (2) the Rolling Stone journalism debacle; and (3) "The Jink" documentary.

The In Between Two Week Podcast

Suicide pilots, Middle East conflagration and alleged pedophile rings. We never promised it'd be happy talk.

Week Ending 28 March

Pat is joined by Dave Carter (@daspex) to discuss: (1) the Israeli elections; and (2) the movement towards real time broadcasting on the web.

Week Ending 21 March 2015 Real Time Cast

Pat and Rod discuss: (1) foreign fighters in the Middle East - on both sides; (2) the Congressional letter to Iran; and (3) a tribute to Terry Pratchet.

Week Ending 14 March 2014

Pat and Rod discuss the ideas of Yuval Noah Harari as presented on www.edge.org (http://edge.org/conversation/yuval_noah_harari-daniel_kahneman-death-is-optional). Harari argues that technology will render a great many people superfluous to the predominant economic model, and that they might have less power to change that than we think.

Useless Masses

Pat and Rod discuss: (1) the killing of a prominent Russian opposition leader; (2) developments on net neutrality; and (3) developments in Australia's meta data regime.

Week Ending 28 February 2015

Pat and Rod discuss (1) the situation in the Ukraine; (2) the Chapel Hill shootings in the United States; and (3) Dominic Strauss-Kahn's proclivity for sex parties.

Week Ending 14 February 2015

Pat and Rod discuss: (1) the ISIS execution of the Jordanian pilot; and (2) the measles outbreak in the United States, and what that says about society at large.

Week Ending 7 February 2015

Pat and Rod conduct an uninformed discussion of the role of religion in human history.

Was Religion Worth It

Pat and Rod discuss (1) The film "American Sniper" as propaganda; and (2) the death of the Saudi king.

Week Ending 24 January 2015

Pat and Rod discuss (1) the massacre in Nigeria perpetrated by Boko Haram; and (2) the implications of human rights for artificial intelligence (assuming it can be created).

Week Ending 17 Jan Boko Haram and Artificial Intelligence

We've fixed the problem with our podcast for the week ending 11 January, so you can now listen to it. Thanks to the people who let us know.

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Pat, Rod and Alice (from "Tea With Alice" - http://alicecomedyfraser.com) discuss the terror attacks in France.

Week Ending 11 January 2015

Pat and Rod discuss (1) the hostage situation in Sydney; (2) the hacking of Sony by North Korea on account of "The Interview"; and (3) Stephen Colbert's final show.

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