This week we spend the hour catching up on current events. We also talk about how the future may play out post Covid. It's basically a continuation of our backyard conversations series.

This week we talk about our earliest food memories and the evolution of our relationship with food over time. We discuss packaged/highly processed foods, gardening, cooking, and the farm to table and locavore movements. Then, we share our thoughts on how the Corona virus might impact our food distribution systems, and how smaller, interdependent, local systems might replace huge mechanized producers and distributors.

Here Pat and Shane discuss what white supremacy really means and how the idea of white superiority still permeates all aspects of society and culture even today in America.

Pat and Shane are back from their Covid-hiatus. They discuss how they are holding up during self-quarantine, the current situation in the States, and how they see the future playing out.

We invite Ronan Lynch to join the discussion as our first ever guest. Lynch shares stories and insights on his latest reggae album released earlier in March under the name Jah Seal. He also talks history in his book release Between Worlds: The history and legends of the Kirwans of Castlehacket. More info on both releases can be found at Irieland.co.

Pat and Shane go off script and have a conversation covering many topics. The format is similar to many back porch conversations we have had through the years.

Our musings about the situation we are facing in Austin, Texas and the U.S.A. with the spread of the corona virus. Afterwards, we discuss how to find meaning in life in the modern digital world.

We talk about our first times travelling outside of the US. What we saw, what we felt, and generally how we recall it. We also talk about how international travel still impacts our world view today. Part 2

We talk about our first times travelling outside of the US. What we saw, what we felt, and generally how we recall it. We also talk about how international travel still impacts our world view today. Part 1

Tonight we talk about propaganda mainly due to Facebook's ad algorithms. We also touch on the other subjects like micro targeting which is used to segment small sections of society for easier manipulation.