And When I Say... I Mean...

As men, Adrian and Austin talk about an article from the Guardian about the crisis of modern masculinity. We start off by discussing our understanding of the current global view of masculinity and then discuss our person views. Finally we answer the question, is being "masculine" the same as being a "good man"? Here is the article we discuss in this episode. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/17/the-crisis-in-modern-masculinity

In this episode Adrian and Austin talk about why they have been listening to hip hop and rap recently and discuss what makes it good. We look at "Christian" rap and examine it's place in our culture today. The question is how do we learn from hip hop and rap and use what we learn to preach the gospel more effectively. Here is the YouTube video Austin references in this episode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR1oUcO8m-k

Adrian and Austin discuss weather or not America spends too much time and resources on researching statistics for sports instead of more important things like economics. We look at how basketball is a perfect experiment for determining stats and how economics just has too many variables. Finally, we round out this episode by reflection on the impact Stephen Hawking had on the world of physics and Austin gives us an update on the situation with Russia. Here is the link to the Trevor Noah skit on sports in America which inspired this episode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r-464KzH_k

Are you addicted to your phone? In this episode Adrian and Austin discuss if smartphones are addictive and determine if and how they should be regulated. We will discuss our thoughts on what to do about smartphone addictions and give suggestions on how to be less attached to your phone. Here is the article that we reference in this episode.  https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-to-break-your-phone-addiction/

In this episode Adrian interviews our resident Russian expert Austin. We learn about current events in the Middle East and how Russia is playing a role in what is happening. We seek to look at it from a Russia perspective and understand their motivations. Finally we discuss why this is important to the listener and what lies ahead. Here is the article from the Atlantic that we reference. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/02/russia-syria-putin-assad-trump-isis-ghouta/554270/