Almost Educational

Dennis blows Patrick’s mind with his view of governmental censorship during wartime. Patrick and Dennis spend an hour debating censorship. schenck vs United States, Vietnam Caesar, Propaganda, the Borg all appear

Dennis and Patrick stack up ten example of what they feel exemplifies and defines literature. Arguing over genre and author intent follows Dennis rants about Mark Twain. Great Gatsby Calvin n Hobbes, Frank Miller, surr

Dennis and Patrick examine the Gilded Age and Progressive Era compared to Modern History and discuss viewing history as a series of chronic illness and Cold War treatments.

Dennis and Patrick find a magic lamp and the most boring genie grants them three wishes to change the American Educational system with no financial or political constraints. Jackson Pollock, Finland, and at risk teens a

Dennis thinks science ruins the wonders of nature. Patrick is horrified counters using Newtonian Physics and Stylistics. Disney, NFL, Brian wilson, The Watchmen, Myths, 1930 Serials, Shackleton and head injuries all ap

Dennis: Elizabeth Proctor (The Crucible) = Women? Puritans? Witches? Patrick: Jim Jones = Holy Wayne (The Leftovers) Bedbugs,fish flies, mass hysteria, college football, FBI, cults, HBO all appear

Patrick and Dennis take a random odd tale from contemporary history and craft a broadway musical cast, music, concept, and act structure. Dennis - The Siege at Waco Patrick - Magic VS Bird

Patrick suffers from Baader-Meinhof phenomenon and thinks he can explain religion, commerce, romance, culture, and identity through the lense of food and what kinds of food people eat. School boards, Marco Polo, Oatmea

Dennis and Patrick draft their White House cabinets with their favorite fictional executive branch characters from film, literature, comics, and television. World War Z, Captain America, All the King's Men, House of Car

Patrick makes the case that names in oral human language mean nothing and only symbols or concepts matter. Dennis explains why he sounds insane. Text Speak, Linguistics, Naked Lunch, Memes, Evolution, High School essay

Change a date, person, time, or event in the timeline and you get an Alternative History or Counterfactual Patrick = USSR invades Japan during WW2 Dennis = Al Gore Wins 2000 Election

Patrick and Dennis argue loudly! Scenarios of the needs of the many outweighing the needs of the few are debated. Utilitarianism, Organ donation, Games Atomic War, FlatTax, Stalin appear

Patrick wants to know can someone identify as a cultural Catholic, Jew, Muslim, Buddhist, or Hindus? Or faith to identify? Dennis explains his conversion to Catholicism at age 29. Smedley Butler anti war Mormons ritua

Dennis and Patrick test each for voting rights and psychopathy. Dennis wants to know who killed the concept of the Renaissance Man? Specialization of Education? Anti-Intellectualism? Jim Crow, Jon Ronson, Polymath, Eli

Dennis wants to Quantum Leap back to a period in his past. When? Would you alter the past. Back to The Future, Lost Love, Death, Kurt Vonnegut, Batman, High School, Sports, Regret, Adverbs, HIV, and alternate timeline

What happens after Aliens make contact? Would mankind unite? Shrug it off? Dissolve? Twilight Zone, They Live, The Thing, V, Columbus, Evolution, The Leftovers, Adaption, Redheads, Bullies, Epidemics also appear

Patrick ponders on the popularity of conspiracy theories. Does it give the illusion of order from a chaotic world? Who are Them or They? Or is that what they want you to think? Denver Airport, Illuminati, Tupac, 911, U

Fantasy football style Patrick and Dennis create their own squad of fictional detectives from film, television, literature, and comics. Colombo, Eggs, Google, Luther, Sherlock Holmes, Pulp, Jim Gordon, X-Files, Die Hard

Dennis wants to know if American politics have become so partisan will it fundamentally change America culture? Patrick tries to calm him by claiming American politics has always been filled with nasty factionalism. Ba

Can a utopian society really exist? Is my utopia really dystopia? Real life examples, fiction, and robot overlords are bantered about. Mad Max, Thomas More, Henry Ford, the Matrix, Surrogates, Communism, The Road, Bra