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Adam and Joe were childhood friends, but life pulled them apart. 20 years later, they're very different people.
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Wisconsin. What's it good for, other than freezing cold, oppressive humidity, and pestilential clouds of mosquitos? Nothing, really. That's why Joe's contemplating making his boldest move yet -- the move to Tucson.
It’s our final episode! If you want to be able to brag to your friends that you’ve listened to our whole series, though, you’re going to have to complete a special Vox Populi endurance test! Steel yourself for the soporific saga of Adam’s nine-month trek across …
Adam and Joe wrap up their series of political discussions with this final installment - but they saved the thorniest issue for last. That’s right, Vox Populi: it’s the Abortion Episode.
I'm Joined by Adam
Abortion: Back to the Tape
Building a Hedge
Pick a Side
A Thread Stretching …
Adam and Joe discuss America's system of government. Is it a representative democracy or a republic? Should it be more democratic? Is the electoral college an outdated remnant or a misunderstood treasure? And what's good about parliamentary democracies anyway?
Let's Make Conversation, Not War
Start the Show
Flashback to Democracy …
Politics, Part the Fourth: Adam & Joe present their cases for how the Supreme Court should interpret law. Joe’s bit of a Supreme Court geek. Adam ain't. But that won’t stop him from challenging Joe anyway.
Foreshadowing An Early End
Constitutional Flashback
A Matter of Interpretation
Amend It Already …
Do mainstream Republicans share blame for the white supremacists’ rally in Charlottesville? Your somewhat shaken hosts talk it over.
Hitch Fan Club
The Show
Our Previous Debate
Fair to Denounce Republicans?
A Very Violent Place
Trump and the Republicans
A Defense of Trump Voters
Extremist Violence
Goldberg v. Goldberg
The …
The minimum wage: a necessary corrective in a world of greed or a well-intentioned but misguided killer of jobs? Adam and Joe clash over the best way to help.
Let’s Get Started
A Minimum Wage Recap
Minimum Income
Civic Engagement
The Purpose of An Economy Is Not To Produce …
It’s Adam & Joe’s healthcare debate! Feel free to enjoy this episode without fear for its participants, Vox Populi: both of them have insurance.
Add to the Livestream
Healthcare Snapshots
Let's Sling Some Mud
Healthcare: Drug Prices
Healthcare: What is the American System?
Looking Ahead to Next Time
Looking …
Joe & Adam tackle six of their most pressing concerns, and each other, in a Presidential debate-style preview of their upcoming political episodes.
Let’s Do Some Lightning Rounds
1 — Healthcare
2 — Minimum Wage
3 — Supreme Court
4 — Political Extremism
5 — Democracy vs Republic
6 — Abortion
It’s the calm before the storm, as Adam and Joe set the stage for their coming debates by updating each other on their political views.
Chapters
Raving Conservatives
My Journey to Libertarianism
Milton Friedman
Friedman on YouTube
Free to Choose (book)
Free to Choose (PBS series)
Away from Libertarianism …
From music to sports and from fine dining to video games, Adam ’n’ Joe cover the spectrum of modern hobbies, what they get out of theirs, and how much we all ought to let our recreational activities define us.
Introduction
Comic Books
Talking TV
Discomfort With Fandom
Geeks and Sport …
As Adam's grand plan moves towards its masterful finale, listen to a recap of the opening acts of his forthcoming autohagiography. This one’s all about writing books, managing hostels, and teaching English in South Korea!
We All Have That Story
On Literature
Book Recommendations
On Literature
An English Teacher …
In the first of our job-focused episodes, Joe manfully accepts the challenge of explaining to Adam his work at a healthcare software company that affects over half of all hospital patients nationwide. It’s pretty epic.
Getting Off the Runway
Learning Programming
What Is Your Job, Joe?
Moving Beyond Programming …
Adam recalls how his very Christian courtship of Anna in college almost killed him, literally and figuratively. As a bonus, hear how he and his new bride became illegal immigrants in South Korea.
Flor de Caña Rum (0:00)
Clad in a Bathrobe (1:12)
Shorter College
I Kissed Dating …
It's time to talk family, and every family starts with a love story. When Joe met Christine in college, the two Trekkies seemed perfect for one another. But could love overcome red hair?
Take Me Back to 2001
Asking Christine Out
Unchained Melody (Spotify, Apple Music, Google Music, YouTube)
Time …
Adam's journey to deconversion started when he earnestly sought God.
I Will Be Drinking Tonight
Soju
Transformations
In the Land of the Morning Calm
Podcast: Reading in Church and Other Distractions
Where the Spiritual Could Still Be Found
Course in Comparative Religion
Dr. Robert Alter
A Brief Interlude on Reading …
Adam quizzes Joe on how his religious views have changed since they attended a fundamentalist youth group together.
A Very, Very Unique Niche
The Theocrats
Minor Thoughts
But, for Now, Religion!
What Has Changed for You?
Antipope (Multiple claimants to the papacy)
Views on Biblical Inerrancy
"Run From Your Life …
Adam and Joe go back to the beginning, reminiscing about first jobs, first loves, and whether being homeschooled worked for them.
Joe's Homeschool Life
A Beka Video Academy
Adam Sees the Real World
Additional Words About Schooling
Joe's First Jobs
A Vacuum Salesman
Joe's Hobbies
It's Always Been Writing
Roleplaying …
Twenty years ago, Adam and Joe were homeschooled children in Norfolk, Virginia. Life’s taken them in two different directions since then.
Who We Were
Who We Are - Joe (10:52)
Who We Are - Adam (20:04)
I Don't Have Many Possessions (30:33)
Wrapping Up (38:35)
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