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

Are we giving gifts for the right reason? As we get closer to Christmas, Adrian and Austin question why we give gifts and if we should stop. We look at both reasons to give and not give gifts for Christmas and dig into why we do it. Finally, we answer the question about gifts and briefly look at other Christmas traditions as well. We wont have an episode next week but we'll see you in the new year!

Is it better to be new or novel? This week Adrian and Austin reflect on NPR's 50 Best Albums of 2018. We try and decipher what NPR is trying to say with their list; if it's the best albums musically or topically? From there we discuss if we should seek out new things or novel things and which is better. Finally, we share the things we keep going back too, even with all the new. Here is the article discussed in this episode. https://www.npr.org/2018/12/04/671206573/the-50-best-albums-of-2018-page-1

Does this podcast care about nuance enough. In continued backlash to the episode about Albert Mohler and truth, Adrian and Austin reflect on the podcast in general to see if they use enough nuance. First, we define what nuance is and how it applies to our podcast. We ask if nuance is good in general and should be used. Finally, we look into what we want our podcast to be and how nuance works within that.