In today’s belated episode we catch up a bit on events in the year 2021. As the title implies, this is followed by a lengthy complaint about the MCU miniseries on Disney+ which wound up rubbing Tristan the wrong way. Mohammad mostly sits back and enjoys the rant, but still squeezes in some valuable contributions of his own.
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The Election That Just Keeps On Giving
In today’s episode which I forgot to post last week, we discuss the US Election which the president somehow manages to lose again every single day. Hopefully this will be the last time we ever have to discuss him (at least for the next four years until he runs again).
Arrogance: The Defining Trait of Every Generation
This episode of A Difference of Squares is brought to you by Idol Rich; a Gloucester based heavy metal band that almost achieved success in the 80’s.
We play it loose today as we bounce between a wide variety of subjects. Some are serious. Some not so much.
Protests in the Time of Coronavirus
We once again come to you via Zoom as we discuss an issue that has somehow managed to drown out a global pandemic. Black Lives Matter and anti-police protests have swept America and indeed the globe and we go over our own low opinions of law enforcement that have somehow gone even lower. In addition we look into how social media is pressuring people into either speaking up or going silent. What fun times we live in.
Note: The company selling you online profiles (specifically your photos which are plugged into their facial recognition software) to police is called Clearview AI.
A Very Special At Home Episode
Today’s episode was recorded without an intro from our respective homes over Zoom! How exciting! Much time is spent talking about the thing everyone is always talking about nowadays; why communism failed. We also discuss this ongoing global pandemic a bit and how it has (or hasn’t) affected our lives.
Democoropocalypse
Today we talk about the thing everyone is talking about: the impending end of the world courtesy of Covid-19. We also delve into some lighter fare with recent developments in the Democratic Primary. Then things take a turn for the worse when we bring up the Cats movie. You don’t want to miss it!
Year/Decade in Review
At the end of a wild year/decade full of ups and downs, Tristan and Mohammad take some time to look back at the events, politics, technology, and culture that shaped it. We also delve into the personal and look forward (with some apprehension) to the decade ahead.
Fyre Festival Fun!
Today we tackle a more lighthearted subject; the debacle that was the Fyre Festival. Specifically as laid out in the Netflix documentary, Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened. We laugh at the expense of liars and trust fund babies while also going off on our patented tangents about Alex Jones and the uber-rich.
VIFF 2019
After taking his sweet time working out some technical problems, Tristan is finally ready to post en episode recorded way back in October. This is in addition to another episode from November likely to be published next week. But wait there’s more! Early in the new year we’ll likely have a third episode ready to go where we review more recent events, the year of 2019, and the 10’s as a whole! Truly the greatest of Christmas presents! For now enjoy our review of a documentary about blockchain paired with a very outdated discussion about impeachment.
It Is What It Is
In today’s episode we being on the lighter side with the disappointing conclusion to Game of Thrones before delving back in to Brexit and US politics (with a brief aside for our home and native land). In the end we reach some pretty disappointing conclusions of our own.
Trudeau, Trump, & Theresa
In today’s episode we discuss a trio of crazy political developments both at home and abroad. What is the English-speaking world coming to? We all make some time for the equally baffling case of Jussie Smollett and some random odds-and-ends to close out.
A Singular Shutdown
In this episode we start things off with a heady discussion on the upcoming singularity. After that we get real low to the ground as we delve into the Trump Shutdown which ended as I was writing this. Finally, we end by looking into the near-future and the Democratic Primary which is just now getting underway.
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