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E71. "Season Five Recap" - After Dinner Conversation editor Kolby answers listener questions.

E70. "The Growing And Weeding Of Dandelions" - Can the stakes ever be so high that genocide of a species is a reasonable option?

E69. "For Your Safety" - How do you know if the government-imposed limits on personal freedom “for your protection” have gone too far?

E68. "Cruel Means, Bitter Ends" - Should war be "won" at any cost?

E67. "Exodus" - What makes a “religious” holiday?

E66. "Rose-tinted Glasses" - Can you stop yourself from "growing up?"

E65. "The Wrong Side Of History" - How far would you go to protect your legacy?

E64. "The Machine" - Would you help create general AI?

E63. "Bugs In The Valley" - How do you decide who gets scarce medical treatments?

E62. "Appreciating Hate" - Should we stop consuming art from vile artists?

E61. "Conscience Cleaners" - Does a criminal need to remember his crime?

E60. "Home For The Holidays" - Do you ever give up on family?

E59. "Claim" - Should sexual assault allegations be an insurable risk?

E58. "Season Four Recap" - After Dinner Conversation editor Kolby answers listener questions.

E57. "The Devil You Know" - Do you ALWAYS have an obligation to confront evil?

E56. "Blackorwhite" - At what point are you old enough to be punished for life?

E55. "The Perfect Daughter" - Should you betray your morals to give your child every legal advantage in life?

E54. "The Freedom Machine" - What's wrong with getting a little AI advice?

E53. "Step Back" - Is our "natural" biology always the best choice?

E52. "Guilt-Edge Security" - How would you live your life, if you lived forever?

E51. "A Wolf On The Bus" - How do you know if you’ll protect others?

E50. "Prey" - How do you break the cycle of living?

E49. "Take-em!" - When is a request from a loved one emotional manipulation?

E48. "Reach" - Should we know "the story" of the people behind the products we purchase?

E47. "Echo" - What natural rights does a human in an artificial body deserve?

E46. "Sienna's Monster" - How do you escape the monster inside you?

E45. "Bill And The Tooth Fairy" - When is it wrong to have a sincerely held belief?

E44. "Simon" - What would happen if you killed the devil?

E43. "Season Three Recap - Listener Questions"

E42. "People Used To Die Every Day" - Is sleep a waste of time?

E41. "Teddy And Roosevelt" - Do role models really matter?

E40. "The Waiting Room" - Is it selfish to abandon your natural abilities to follow your dream?

E39. "The Crate" - Is it better to strip away judgment, or to be judged?

E38. "In Their Image" - What happens when a Teddy can't find its purpose?

E37. "Externalities" - While facts are unchanging, is 'truth' contextual?

E36. "Everyone's Gay In Space" - What if your clone was gay?

E35. "Sacrificing Mercy" - Would you let your spouse die for their faith?

E34. "Performance" - Are you simply what you repeat?

E33. "Love Sounds" - How much should you let family with mental health issues into your life?

E32. "The Mind Reader" - Is it in our nature to be ruled by a Fascist?

E31. "Idle Horns" - What do you do when it's punishment to punish?

E30. "Farewell, Odysseus" - Would you get a human as a pet?

E29. "All My Tomorrows" - How many tomorrows would you give up for a single yesterday?

E28. "The Seven Absent Sins" - Are all sentient species hard-wired to sin?

E27. "Two-Percenters" - Should we make everyone special?

E26. "Snitch" - When doing a moral good, do the ends justify the means?

E25. "Pneumadectomy" - Would you remove your soul, to save your life?

E24. "Choose" - What if death is the only option?

E23. "Prevention" - Would you turn on your son, to save his school?

E22. "An Infinite Game" - Is everyone selfish, when death is on the line?

E21. "Prohibition" - Can you blame an addict for not following the law?

E20. "How The Cockroach Lost Its Voice" - When cockroaches could talk, and humans were still unhappy.

E19. "The Orphan's Dilemma" - Is getting a future worth forgetting the past?

E18. "The Book Of Approved Words" - Are there words so horrible they shouldn’t even exist?

E17. "A Change Of Verbs" - What if you just said what you meant?

E16. "Abrama's End Game" - If god told you she was ending your world, would you fight back?

E15. "Ruddy Apes And Cannibals" - If a civilized cannibal invited you to dinner, would you attend?

E14. "Give The Robot The Impossible Job!" - Can teaching methods go too far when murder is on the line?

E13. "Believing In Ghosts" - How much power are you willing to give to AI?

E12. "A Community of Peers" - Would you cast the first stone?

E11. "Rainbow People Of The Glittering Glade" - Does society have the right to tell you you’re worthless?

E10. "The Alpha-Dye Shirt Factory" - Is suicide ever the rational choice?

E9. "The Truth About Thurman" - Is there a "better" decision, when both cause someone to die?

E8. "Lay On" - Can a person be evil in their mind, or must it be in the act?

E7. "Are You Him?" - If someone is crying, are you the kind of person that would stop?

E6. "As You Wish" - If you could change anything about yourself, would you ever stop?

E5. "Pretty Pragmatism" - Can a good idea come from a horrible source?

E4. "This I Do For You" - Can you be a hero, if you didn’t know you volunteered?

E3. "The Shadow Of The Thing" - Would you take a pill that showed you the truth about the world?

E2. "My Fellow (Immortal) Americans" - Don't you have a right to immortality?

E1. "Patchouli Lost" - How far would you go to help a friend, who is unwilling to help themselves?