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162. The Code Switch Episode: Or Why Deondre' Can't Catch a Break
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161. The Climbing Episode: The Japanese Have the Crabby Patty Recipe!
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160. The Election Episode: #RippedforTrump

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159. The Courts System: What Does Prison Abolition Really Mean?

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158. The Jury Duty Episode: Jail for Life or Nothing

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157. The Gaza Episode: To Make Scandalous the Presentation of Context

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156. The Wedding Episode: I Was Playing the Game Of Love to Not Lose and Now I Am Playing to Win

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155. The Camp Episode: If You Can't Find the Community You Want, You Need to Build It Yourself

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154. The Chaos Demon Episode: Sometimes You Really Are Just Vibing

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153. The People Theory Episode: The Knight-Jones Personality Test

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152. The Electron Microscopy Episode: Meet the BEST Electron Microscopist in the WORLD!

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151: The New York City Episode: What Would Isabella Chiu Do?

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150. The 150th Episode(!): I Have a Hard Time Trusting Anybody to Do Anything Good Enough for a Long Time

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149. The Experience Camps Episode: Talking to the Sumo Wrestler on Your Hip to Take Away the Pain
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148. The Climate Episode: The 4 Horsemen Are Here

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147. The Musician Episode: Am I Gonna Be a Wife or Am I Gonna Be a King?

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146. The Support Episode: 60 Unglazed Pots

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145. The Pacific Crest Trail Episode: Imagine Not Needing to Unplug
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144. The Girl Moss Episode: The Girl Boss is Dead

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143. The Concussion Episode Part 2: Anxiety is a Dizzyness of Freedom

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142. The Concussion Episode Part 1: "OK: I am alive. And I am in a body. And everything hurts."
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141. The Pivot Episode: Grieving the Alternate Paths You Life Could Have Taken

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140. The Disney Episode: Black Ariel, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, and How Disney's Absurd Level of Historic Problmaticness Weirdly Set It Up for Success in the Modern Media Environment

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139. The True Crime Episode: Virtuous Police Accountability or Gratuitous Violence Spectacle?

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138. The Gay in the South Episode Pt 2: Somebody Had to Build That House, and You Can Build One Too

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137. The Being Gay in the South Episode: When You Always Knew You Had a Little Sugar in the Tank

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136. The Political Consultant Episode: Why Establishment Politics is Important

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135. The Business Coach Episode: What Do You Owe the World vs. What Do You Owe to Yourself when Building a Business?

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134. The Actor Episode: Who Am I If I'm Not Acting?

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133. The Style Episode: Should You Wear Chacos on the First Date?

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132. The 36 Questions Episode: Email Us and Tell Us Whether You Are in Love With Us After Listening to This Episode
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131. The Sexual Trauma Episode: There is No Such Thing As Deviancy

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130. The Art Episode: How Art Can Help Heal Sexual Trauma

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129. The Roe Episode: Well, Here We Are

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128. The Introversion Episode: Should Introverts Run the World?
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127: The Astrology Episode: You Can't Snap You Fingers and Achieve Inner Peace, but You Can Get Into Astrology

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126. The Wedding Episode: Are Weddings Just For the Couple?

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125. The Dating Coach Episode: Figuring Out the "Click"

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124. The Health Coach Episode: We've All Been Taught to Ignore Our Bodies

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123. The Invisible Disability Episode: What Would You Do If You Could Only Be On Your Feet for 3-4 Hours A Day?

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122. The Land Episode: How Can We Make Equity Work for the Community?

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121. The Faith Episode: How We Build Meaning in Everything From Neighborhood Architecture to High School Musical Nights
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120. The AI Episode: Immortality and Endless Wealth or Human Extinction?

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119. The Proposal Episode: The Life and Death of Relationships

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118. The Missionary Episode: How Religious Institutions are Changing to Cater to the Youth
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117. The Mormon Episode: What is it Like to Be a Progressive Mormon?

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116. The Endemic Episode: The Next Phase of Covid

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115. The Figuring Shit Out Episode: The Millennial Urge To Throw Your Life Away and Start All Over Again

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114. The Digital Nomad Episode: When There's No Return Ticket

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113. The Bo Burnham Episode: The Ultimate Millennial Comic

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112. The Elon Musk Episode: Time Person of the Year

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111. The Expanding Polyamory Episode: Expanding Our Conception of What A Romantic Relationship Is

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110. The Progressive Christianity Episode: Satanism, Science, and Secularization with a Sunday School Teacher

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109. The Desirability Politics Episode: Should We Dismantle Our Conception of Who is Attractive?

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108. The Drug Episode: Addiction is Rare, but Misuse is Still a Problem

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107. The Black Ecology Episode: Humanity Isn't Wrecking the Planet, Capitalism and White Supremacy Is (And Those Are Fixable!)

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106. The Sports Episode: Women in Sports Aren't Unicorns

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105. The Self-Employment Episode: The Workforce Asks Us to Do Work Humans Were't Designed To Do And We All Know It

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104. The Evil Episode: Can We Save Our Nation By Talking To One Another?

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103. The Living At Home Episode: Living With Your Parents at 28

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102. The Dating with Disabilities Episode: If She's Saying You Can't Defend Her In a Fight, You Gotta Ask WHO IS SHE FIGHTING?

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101. The Disability Episode: COVID Has Proven That People Don't Really Care About Disabled People

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100. The 100th Episode: What the Revolution Will Look Like

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99. The Social Work Episode: Why We Should Take The Problems of Kids More Seriously

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98. The Play Episode: Why You Don't Have to Monetize and Compare Everything You Do As An Adult

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97. The Burnout Episode: The Way to Address Burnout Isn't Self-Care, It's Unions

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96. The Alzheimer's Episode: "We Are On The Brink Of A Financial Tsunami"

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95: The Solidarity Episode: There Are Decades Where Nothing Happens and There Are Weeks Where Decades Happen
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94. The Palestinian Occupation Episode: Why Fighting Israeli Occupation Requires Fighting Capitalism

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93. The TikTok Episode: Does TikTok Know You Better Than You Know Yourself?

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92. The Overcorrection Episode: How Much is Too Much of a Good Thing?

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91. The Romanticism Episode: Romance is a Mid-Level Marketing Scheme

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90. The Construction Episode: What It's Like Being a Woman in Construction

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89. The School Episode: Kids Just Aren't Going to School Because of the Pandemic

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88. The Apprenticeship Episode: Why Aren't There More Apprentices?

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87. The Fatherhood Episode: The Benefits of Planning Parenthood Years in Advance

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86. The Fear Episode: Fear Helps You Find Your Edges So You Can Grow

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85. The Texas Politics Episode: What Rugged Individualism Gets You

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84. The ADHD Episode: Why Women are Underdiagnosed with ADHD

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83. The Conscious Parenting Episode: How to Parent Like Our Society Depends On It

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82. The Self-Care Episode: Wholesome Call-to-Arms or the Latest Money-Making Scheme?

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81. The Personal Finance Episode: Our Parents Didn't Teach Us Finance Because They Didn't Know Themselves

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80. The Singledom Episode: Choosing To Be Single In A Romance-Obsessed World

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79. The Game Development Episode: What's Wrong with Spending the Next 10 Years Playing Pokémon?

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78. The Passion Episode: Maslow's Hierarchy of Career Paths

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77. The Capitol Siege Episode: One Minute You're Covering the Electoral Vote, Next Minute You're Covering a Coup

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76. The Psychiatry Episode: Psychedelics, Making Money in Mental Health, and Emotional Labor

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75. The Therapy Episode: Everything You Wanted to Ask Your Therapist About Being a Therapist

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74. The New Year Episode: A Look Back at an Objectively Shitty Year

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73. The Futurism Episode: The AI Techno-Utopia May Be Dope, But First We Need Chaos

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72. The Bloopers Episode: I'M THE VILLAIN UNCENSORED
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71. The Mental Health Stigma Episode: When Depression is Trendy, but Schizophrenia Is Not

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70. The Nukes Episode: What Nukes Tell Us About the Moon, Fat, and Art

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69. The Power Episode: Is Power Zero-Sum?
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68. The Caring Episode: The Abundance Mindset

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67. The Autism Episode: I've Always Felt A Little Odd....Turns Out I Was Autistic The Whole Time

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66. The 2020 Election Episode: Get Your Ass to the Polls!

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65. The Social Dilemma Episode: Is Social Media Making Us More Polarized?

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64. The Local Politics Episode: Streetcars, Paid Family Leave, and Gentrification

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63. The Radicalization Episode: At Some Point, You Run Out of Boomers to Sell Houses To

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