Episode 9 - The Attention Span of a Gnat

Damn smartphones! Thanks to these things, nobody can focus or pay attention to anything for more than a few seconds anymore! Well, maybe it's not all of our techo-devices that have made us this way - maybe we're all actually CHOOSING to be this way...



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The article that spawned this episode came from 
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/01/21/opinion/smartphones-dont-make-us-dumb.html?referrer=&_r=0

Episode 8 - We Waited 200 Years for THIS???

More than two hundred years ago, Founding Fathers Paul Revere and Samuel Adams left some items in a time capsule, likely as a way to allow us, their descendants, to gain some insight into the way they lived. Strangely, it seems the items they left are still a bit more relevant to OUR lives than they should be.



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The article that got Anthony and Smokey thinking about this particular subject can be found at http://www.boston.com/news/history/2015/01/08/not-everything-the-paul-revere-time-capsule-history/nDKSekk0YjaG1Nixnn8XEK/story.html

Episode 7 - Your Handwriting Sucks

Are you able to get a point across by writing it down? Could anybody read it if you tried? Has anyone ever even taught you the correct way to hold a pen??? Anthony and Smokey wonder how the art of handwriting will survive our keyboard-centric modern lifestyle.



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Mentioned in this episode: 

The source article for today's show can be found at http://www.artofmanliness.com/2014/12/16/improve-your-cursive-handwriting/

Anthony mentions "The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron, which can be found for Kindle at http://www.amazon.com/Artists-Way-Julia-Cameron-ebook/dp/B006H19H3M/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420318887&sr=1-1&keywords=julia+cameron

The "Sullivan Ballou Letter" from Ken Burns' "The Civil War" can be heard at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNfBdzpG6L4

Episode 6 - Bullets and Profanity for Christmas...?

If a movie is set at Christmastime, does that automatically make it a "Christmas movie?" Probably not (we're looking at YOU, "Die Hard"), but Anthony and Smokey ponder this seasonal topic while conversationally flipping through a few of their favorite Yuletide flicks.



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Episode 5 - Zap My Brain!

Is the possibility of ...clearer thinking (pun totally intended)... worth the application of a little electricity to your skull? Apparently, more and more people are believing it to be.



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The source article for today's show came from https://www.sciencenews.org/article/home-brain-stimulation-gaining-followers

Episode 4 - Everybody Gets a Trophy

If everybody gets a trophy for everything, then just what does a trophy even mean? This perplexing question spurs Anthony and Smokey's discussion this evening.



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Episode 3 - Old Fogies Like Music, Too

Anthony and Smokey try to figure out how old fuddy-duddies can discover new music that actually appeals to them if what all the streaming services provide is stuff that today's kids are listening to.



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