In this episode, Josh and Ian return from an extended break on the podcast to catch up and comment on current events. They talk about time management in adulthood and family life, Ian's various career choices, challenges in parenthood and how alike children are to their parents, will to power and the battle between passion and reason, the art of performance, celebrity podcasters, the podcast as an outlet and the exercise of conversation, the craft of misery making, understanding our own philosophical perspective, the current Russian-Ukranian war, the annexation of the Crimean penninsula and Putin's egoism, America's and the West's investments into Ukranian support, the potential fears of another World War, Elon Musk's $44 billion purchase of Twitter and his intent on making the platform a bastion of free speech, and other subjects.

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Ian @modernoverman
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Website: https://www.necessarybspod.com/

Recorded 5 November 2022