Society, Ethics & Social Issues
570: Marc Fennell | Cracking California’s Nut Jobs
Marc Fennell (@MarcFennell) is an award-winning journalist, interviewer, author, and documentary maker. He is also the writer and narrator of Audible Original Nut Jobs: Cracking California’s Strangest $10 Million Dollar Heist. What We Discuss with Marc Fennell: Who stole $10 million in nuts (specifically almonds and pistachios) from California’s Central Valley farmers — and why? […]
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565: My Manipulative Sister: How Can We Resist Her? | Feedback Friday
You have a manipulative half-sister who disrespects your father by referring to him as “bio-dad” and ghosts him when it suits her, but never hesitates to contact him when she needs money. Your attempts to salvage a relationship with her always go unanswered, yet your father believes she should still be invited to your wedding […]
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564: A.J. Jacobs | It’s All Relative
A.J. Jacobs (@ajjacobs) is a New York Times best-selling author who went on a quest to help build the biggest family tree in history, as detailed in his latest book It’s All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World’s Family Tree. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a […]
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562: Old Ex-Con Mister Eloped with My Young Sister | Feedback Friday
Your family helped a 62-year-old convict who was “wrongfully convicted” of the statutory rape of his stepdaughter get back on his feet — until he went off and eloped with your 23-year-old sister. Now that conviction seems like it might not have been so wrongful after all, and you’re wondering how you can protect your […]
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560: Dan Carlin | Apocalyptic Moments in Hardcore History
Dan Carlin (@hardcorehistory) is the host of the wildly popular Hardcore History and Common Sense podcasts, and author of The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses. What We Discuss with Dan Carlin: Do tough times make for tougher people? How do we define what “tough” means? […]
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556: How Can I Expunge the Family Sponge? | Feedback Friday
You live in an extended family situation and the only contribution one member makes to the collective is drinking, smoking pot, eating your food, stealing your old phones to pawn, and making messes they can’t be bothered to clean up. Since they’re not liable to move away from free room and board of their own […]
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