When is it okay to hate the player, not the game?

This week, Jess and Aaron talk about The Traitors, Chevy Chase, Kobe Bryant, villainy, Timothée Chalamet, and Omarosa vs. New York. They don’t talk about the late, the great, The Diabolical Biz Markie.

references

• Wagon Wheel Watusi
• The Traitors
• I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not
• Kobe Bryant
• Omarosa vs. New York
• The Original HBIMFC
• Mary Lou Retton
• Battlestar Galactica Board Game
• Flavor Flav

How should we learn beyond school?

This week, Joey and Jess talk about framing work as learning, human observation, vocational training, osmotic learning, pen and paper, and the wheel. They don’t talk about Simple Machines Records.

references

• You're only 16, Joey, you don't have a rep yet.
• Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath on How Screen Time Hurts Kids' Cognitive Development
• Osmosis Jones
• Deutsche Welle: Back to basics: Sweden aims to de-digitalize youth
• Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf
• Did a turkish man invent a steam engine 200 years before the industrial revolution and only made it to spin doner kebab?

What fictional characters should we be shipping today?

This week, Aaron and Jess talk about soap, fan fiction, Back to the Future, ensemble shows, reading the book vs. seeing the movie, and reimagined universes. They don’t talk about Such Great Heights.

references

• Spirk
• The Traitors
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit
• Kate McKinnon Gets Weird While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones
• The New York Times: Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
• Kenny G
• God of War: Sons of Sparta