Podcasts by Two Reluctant Cogs
An exploration of modern absurdity with an emphasis on speculative hot takes.
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Episode 19: The Last Question from 2022-09-28T02:59:14
Trevor and Cy discuss Isaac Asimov's short story *The Last Question* and try to figure out what the answer actually was. Link to the short story: https://www.physics.princeton.edu/ph115/LQ.pdf
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Episode 18: Angry Grapes from 2022-08-15T23:04:48
Bonus Episode: Trevor reads Chapter 5 from the well known make-em-up "Grapes of Wrath".
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Episode 17: You Love Oil from 2022-08-07T15:18:14
Trevor and Cy discuss Wendell Berry's Essay "The Ecological Crisis as a Crisis of Character". https://archive.org/stream/wendellberrytheunsettlingofamericaculturezlib.org/%5BWendell_Berry%5D_The_U...
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Episode 16: To the republic for which it stands from 2022-07-09T03:24:52
The majority of a discussion on Federalist Paper number 10 written by James Madison in 1787. https://billofrightsinstitute.org/primary-sources/federalist-no-10
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Episode 15: The Three Cog Problem from 2022-06-20T18:01:46
Trevor and Cy discuss the Three Body Problem and the Remembrance of Earth's Past series.
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Episode 14: React Authentically from 2021-11-19T00:58:20
Trevor and Cy discuss the new Dune movie before jumping into an essay titled "The Authentic Reactionary" by Nicolás Gómez Dávila. Link to the essay: https://isi.org/modern-age/the-authentic-reacti...
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Episode 13: Orwell Cancels 2020 from 2020-10-18T20:07:21
The boyz are back with the hottest of takes on the general election, Orwell, and more!
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Episode 11: I Take No Responsibility For This Crisis from 2020-04-04T04:20:25
Conversation filled with confusion, sadness, reflection, and optimism from the depths of the covid crisis.
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Episode 10: Lying Dog Faced Pony Soldiers For Biden from 2020-04-02T19:36:44
Political update and some early covid speculation
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Episode 9: We Are All Guilty But I'm A Good Person from 2020-04-02T19:32:32
Discussion of Utilitarianism vs. Individual Liberties
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Episode 8: Get Your Climate Freak On Part 1 from 2020-04-02T19:28:47
A conversation about the complexities of measuring and mitigating the impending climate disaser.
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Episode 7: Iran Didn't Kill Us! from 2020-04-02T19:23:47
Iran, Iran, Iran, Iran, Tom Brady, Iran.
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Episode 6: Prince of Persia from 2020-04-02T19:21:18
Deep dive into US-Iran relations filled with speculation and ignorance
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Episode 5: You Love Big Tech from 2020-04-02T19:14:52
Is big tech the answer to society's problems or our new overlord?
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Episode 4: Impeachment is Super Important from 2020-04-02T15:58:49
Does it mean anything? Spoiler alert: No, no it doesn't.
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Episode 3: Hard Economic Truths from 2020-04-02T15:56:04
An argument somehow emerges with both participants simultaneously agreeing and screaming at each other.
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Episode 2: I Love Regime Change from 2020-04-02T15:52:02
Attack of the Neo-con clones! Tulsi vs. Hillary! Syria vs. Freedom!
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