121: Korea

Captain Crunch made a surprise trip the Mid-Atlantic region, bringing a very strange Korean rice beer, and regaling Pigweed and Crowhill with tales of her travels in Korea.

What’s different over there? Shopping. Weather. Living arrangements. Technology. Driving. Trash. Having a wacko neighbor to the north. Snack foods.

Listen in and hear all about it.

Can Derek Chauvin get a fair trial?

On the one hand, George Floyd may have died from an overdose, and I have heard that the kind of restraint Chauvin was using is police policy for people in an agitated state. On the other hand, despite all that, it certainly seems obsessive, and it seems as if Chauvin is trying to “teach him a lesson.” So I can’t say whether Chauvin is guilty, or if so, what he’s guilty of.

I am pretty certain Chauvin can’t get a fair trial in the present environment. The jury knows that if they do not convict him, there will be riots, and that will certainly influence their deliberations. It seems likely that any decision to convict will have an easy appeal.

120: Food fads: Organic and GMO

P&C drink and review an abbey ale, then discuss food fads, and worries about new agricultural innovations. 

Organic food. GMO. “All-natural.” Does it really matter? Or is this just a big marketing ploy? What does “organic” really mean? And aren’t all of our foods genetically modified?

The boys weigh the costs and benefits of scientifically modified food. 

119: Jordan Peterson as Martin Luther version 2

P&C drink and review the latest Pastryarchy offering from DuClaw, then discuss the similarities between Martin Luther and Jordan Peterson.

Crowhill is convinced JP is on the edge of a major transformation, and can see similarities between Peterson and Luther — especially in how they deal with the righteousness of God.

Peterson seems unable to deal with the moral weight of God’s existence in a healthy way. It crushes him. It terrifies him. As it did Luther.

JP will have to solve this. And soon.