Curious Discussions
Curious Discussions
Jeremiah Cutright & Jacob Landis
The Curious Discussions Podcast is hosted by Jeremiah Cutright & Jacob Landis. Each week the hosts focus on a different topic, whether that be politics, science, deep questions, or just two idiots thinking out-loud.
Episode 39: Family Leave, The Pay Gap, and Gender Theory
This episode the hosts have a smooth flow of topics. Starting with the current situation of family leave, they transition over to gender theory while also covering personal responsibilities, traditional gender roles, risk reward analysis, and The Rock being the epitome of male masculinity.
Oct 21, 2021
1 hr 52 min
Episode 38: Analysis of the Forward Party
This week the hosts look at many of the specific details relating to the newly founded "Forward" party, led by Andrew Yang. Key talking points include ranked-choice voting, universal basic income, a Value-Added Tax (VAT) and Jeremiah completely butchering his explanation of open primaries.  
Oct 14, 2021
2 hr 13 min
Episode 37: The Fermi Paradox
This week the hosts discuss one of our favorite paradoxes, The Fermi Paradox. Key talking points include extraterrestrial life, the Great Filter, existential risks, and sex shops (naturally).
Oct 14, 2021
1 hr 56 min
Episode 36
This week the hosts have a jovial conversation about various topics. Key talking points include outrage at comedy, dark humor, war between Taiwan and China, and a spicy hot take at the beginning.
Oct 7, 2021
2 hr 2 min
Episode 35
This week the hosts go on rants about various topics. Key talking points include the looming government shutdown, free college, getting jobs to recognize the value in self-taught skills, and coconuts.
Oct 1, 2021
1 hr 46 min
Episode 34: Mass Automation
Disclaimer: The audio in this episode got messed up due to technical issues. It is good until about halfway into the episode and then the hosts audio falls out of sync with eachother. This week the hosts discuss the automation of the workforce. Key talking points include the automation of trucking and various other industries, the Tesla Bot, and robo-cops.  
Sep 17, 2021
2 hr 5 min
Episode 33: Abortion, Death Penalty, and the Value of Human Life
This week the hosts discuss a variety of topics around how much a life is worth, inspired by the recent Texas abortion laws. Key talking points include the buying of organs, prostitution, how to determine if something/someone is net societally positive or negative, and the trolley problem.
Sep 9, 2021
2 hr 29 min
Episode 32
Freeform Discussion. Key talking points include Afghanistan, Marvel movies, China's new law restricting the amount of time its people can play video games, cars, and "stealing the moon".
Sep 2, 2021
1 hr 55 min
Episode 31: Kensha Bell
This week the hosts are joined by Kensha Bell. Kensha is the author of The Movement and head of his company: Pure Oddity. Key talking points include Afghanistan, military spending, how to listen to other perspectives, and censorship.
Aug 22, 2021
2 hr 3 min
Episode 30: Should we abolish lobbying?
This week the hosts discuss whether the practice of lobbying has a place in our democracy. Key talking points include searching the internet for reasons why lobbying is good, lobbying against lobbying, governmental changes that could reduce lobbying's impacts, and how science is awesome.
Aug 8, 2021
1 hr 45 min
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