THIS PODCAST: This Day in History + Harvey Weinstein + Niger Mission:

0:05:54 Who is the tallest of them all?

0:08:21 What do women really want? Kwaku arrives.

0:11:17 Scandinavian Giants

0:12:52 Kwaku the caveman.

0:14:19 Brent’s fascination with the Exploration Age

0:14:47 Angie and David arrive

0:16:18 Happy Birthday Angie. Lawrence’s job hunt

0:17:35 Ed: Facebook News & the Internet

0:19:05 Pundits opinions vs actual News

0:19:51 Ed versus Technology. Wonders of smartphones.

0:22:13 Internet scammers

0:23:51 Equifax Hack. History of Credit Agencies

0:26:41 Actual start of the show!

0:28:44 Harvey Weinstein Sexual Assault/Harassment talk commences. Kwaku jumps us off

0:31:56 David’s initial thoughts on Weinstein.

0:33:05 Ed: why did it take so long? and standing up for yourself

0:38:58 Brent: something needs to stop these settlements. Bill O’Reilly and Roger Ailes

0:40:34 Angie play’s devil’s advocate

0:42:37 Kwaku: Male celebrities role in all this

0:44:36 Lupita Nyong’o’s encounter with Harvey Weinstein

0:47:14 The many faces of Bill O’Reilly

0:48:10 Angie opens the can on Michael Jackson’s allegation

0:49:15 David speculates on the future of non-closure agreements

0:54:08 Lawrence: these people being a product of their times

0:54:43 David: Power and Money allows this Machoism culture to persist

0:56:27 Where does this toxic culture come from?

0:57:15 David: social media making things worse.

0:59:18 Ed: trapping rich men?

1:01:08 Hook up culture

1:03:28 Pop culture’s role in sexual predation & hook up culture.

1:05:26 Lawrence and the idealization of masculinity

1:06:23 Rock vs. Hip Hop

1:09:02 Do we like hyper masculinity? Is this culture or biology?

1:10:03 Weinstein and O’Reilly victims?

1:11:16 What we teach about manhood

1:11:42 Taking out the trash.

1:13:43 David’s take on women expectations. Angie gives us a bit more insight.

1:17:02 Kwaku’s take on women’s expectations: biological coding

1:18:17 Niger Incident. Angie leads us off on what happened

1:19:40 Ed’s beef with how bad the military screwed up.

1:20:48 It’s “NIH – GEER”

1:22:04 Ed gives us the special forces MO. Some many unknown unknowns.

1:23:13 US military’s mysterious missions around the global. Our goals in Africa

1:27:59 Trump’s role in the Niger story. The tweets. Pointing fingers at Obama.

1:29:40 Media fanning the flaming. Trash stories. Stories about Nothing.

1:33:28 Advertisement dollars versus journalistic integrity

1:36:14 Paying for good News? Taking Information for granted.

1:37:18 David and Ed debate how big the Niger story is.

1:40:12 THIS. DAY. IN. HISTORY

1:41:01 Ed: Eisenhower gave support to the French is South Vietnam. The true beginning of the Vietnam War

1:41:31 Ed: The Russian Red Guards gained control of Russian Government

1:41:48 Ed: Founding of the UN

1:42:01 Any love for Eisenhower out there? Vietnam War Implications

1:45:48 David on Eisenhower. Democrat and Republican “Switch: history

1:46:51 Kwaku: The movie the Manchurian Candidate dropped

1:47:17 David: 2008 – Blood Friday

1:48:05 Kwaku: Russia “grooming” Trump?

1:49:33 David: First guy survives going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

1:50:38 YouTube videos of people climbing buildings. Anything for Clicks. Evel Knievel. Adrenaline Junkies.

1:52:09 Adrenaline Junkies have a mental illness? Angie and Pain Junkies

1:53:53 Crazy Wright Brothers

1:54:46 Badass European Explorers

2:04:07 Being poor in the 60s versus Today