Episodes
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Season One Recap
Views from Cleve-Mandu is taking a brief respite with the plan to return with more episodes sometime this Spring. When we return the direction, format, and release schedule may change. This first season was exploratory, serving more as a learning experience for us than an attempt to build and…
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Episode 10: Inflation
We cover some of the basics inflation today. What it is? How it’s measured? Why it happens? Why it is preferable to deflation? And the political consequences of runaway inflation. There is much more that can be said about inflation. Feel free to join the conversation. Resources and…
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Episode 9: There Will Be Carbon
Today, we talk about some of the basic facts and figures of the fossil fuel industry. It’s a brief conversation, but we cover a lot of ground: some hydrocarbon chemistry, supply/demand dynamics, geographical considerations, different corporate players, and the relevant political landscape. While...
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Episode 8: Mortal Certainty and Its Consequences
As the year closes, we chose to venture into the realm of armchair philosophy. This is a freewheeling session, where we try to figure out whether certainty about our expiration date would change how we live. Although outlandish thought experiments can reek of sophomoric bloviation, we felt this…
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Episode 7: The Cost of Reading
Episode Note: This episode was the inaugural recording of the podcast. It predates Stetson’s use of a microphone to record. Suffice to say, we will provide better audio quality in other recordings, and we’ll continue to improve the overall quality. Today, we discuss the tradeoffs involved in...
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Episode 6: Elephant Inside, Tail Outside
In today’s episode, Manjul quizzes Stetson on the meaning of Nepali proverbs. This fun exercise is one entry in the larger mission of the show, which includes exploring similarities and differences across our different backgrounds. We had a hunch we would find some surprising areas of cultural...
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Episode 5: Is College Still Worth It?
In our first podcast conversation, we briefly noted our concerns about the mounting cost of college. We’re both fathers who’ll one day be on the hook for college tuition and related expenses. So we wanted to return to that issue today. In today’s conversation, we make note of some of the factors...
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Episode 4: Electoral Politics in 2024
“I never discuss anything else except politics and religion. There is nothing else to discuss.” ―G.K. Chesterton The 2024 election is imminent! Thus, Manjul and I thought we’d provide some light coverage of American civics, focusing on the electoral college, and then dip our toes into some of the...
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Episode 3: Does Sports Betting Have an Upside?
Sports betting has grown increasingly popular after a U.S. Supreme Court decision that allowed states to legalize the practice (Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association). Subsequent to this 2018 decision, 38 states legalized sports betting. As would be expected, this prompted a deluge…
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Episode 2: The Deep History of Us
Some time early in life, we are introduced to the ideas of academic fields interested in the evolution and history of humans. For many, this triggers their first intellectual awakening. In our private conversations, human origins is a subject we’ve returned to a few times. These discussions have...
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Episode 1: Dadsplaining
To launch Views from Cleve-Mandu podcast, Manjul and I discuss parenting in personal, philosophical, and sociological terms. We’re both relatively new to fatherhood and want to do our best for our kids. Today’s episode breaks down into roughly three segments: * Generational differences in…
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Introducing Views from Cleve-Mandu
Hi, thank you for listening. This is Stetson of the Holodoxa channel at Substack. Today, I’d like to introduce a new podcast venture. One we’re calling “Views from Cleve-Mandu.” This funny title is a mashup of the names of the hometowns of the hosts, Cleveland and Kathmandu. Which reminds me, I...
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Two young dads, connected by their wives, share their unguarded perspectives on sensitive subjects, drawing on their respective backgrounds, Cleveland and Kathmandu.
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