East Meets West 191 – Time for a lock-in

I’m calling from a tin can because my Comcast Internet is out, but we’re still able to discuss the wonders of geek rock and Jaron Lanier’s “You are Not a Gadget”

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East Meets West 190 – Award this!

Scott Johnson joins us to talk about why we have all these awards shows, review the late night controversy, and lament the nature of the spinoff.

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East Meets West 189 – Remembering the 2000s

We talk about the state of the economy, our favorite podcasts, some audiobook picks, and what makes up the identity of a decade.

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East Meets West 188: Never is not ever never

We give our thoughts on the finale of Doctor Who, and the departure of David Tennant. We weigh in on the wisdom of Dick Clark continuing to appear on New Year’s Eve. And we speculate on the breakup of the United States into separate countries.

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East Meets West 187: Security through absurdity

We discuss the necessity and effectiveness for new TSA security measures at the airport, discuss some listener comments on Avatar, and make our predictions for the next decade.
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East Meets West 186 – Objectively objecting to objectivity

We chat about the cultural meaning of the movie event known as Avatar, as well as give our review of the movie. Then we turn our attention to newsgathering and the meaning of objectivity in today’s world.

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East Meets West 185: Happy holidays, I got you a brain juicer

Leo Laporte joins us to talk about the true meaning of Festivus, the reason we like to buy flags and the chances that we’re all living in a simulation.

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East Meets West 184: We fix the world

We welcome the Turpster on the show to talk about the evils of networks delaying shows from overseas, the need to revive the meme of the ‘evil twin’, and how to end all the world’s problems.

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East Meets West 183 – Why must we fight?

Tom and Roger have differing opinions about why the country seems so divided over politics. They also have differing opinions about the Prisoner remake. Which is more important? You decide!
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East Meets West 182 – It all comes down to 2012

Tom describes the movie 2012 and why he loved it, then Roger helps him debunk the 2012 mythology. Lou Dobbs departure from CNN has Roger thinking election campaign, and once again the topic of how boring it is to be moderate comes up.

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