5/15/21 News JC Penney USS Roosevelt https://www.healthline.com/health-news/people-reinfected-with-covid-19-werent-infectious Felicien Kabuga mask wearing orders Germany recession Tigers on the loose Topics Last ep thoughts   Metaphorical Wine Pairing ("Space Oddity," "Ashes to Ashes," "Major Tom (I'm Coming Home)," Endurance, The Wanderers, Sally Ride) “Two of Us”, On the Road, Away (TV)  

5/7/21 News new black holes surveys Disneyland https://www.nytimes.com/article/ahmaud-arbery-shooting-georgia.html record lows unemployment rate Amtrak https://www.amtrak.com/coronavirus social distancing arrests bankruptcy https://fashionunited.com/news/business/2020-fall-of-fashion-brands-retailers-and-series-of-chapter-11-bankruptcies/2020122837207 Topics travel memories interconnectedness https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/03/science/earth/study-links-syria-conflict-to-drought-caused-by-climate-change.html https://www.pnas.org/content/112/11/3241 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/11/how-does-climate-change-impact-conflict-world/ Butterfly effect Metaphorical Wine Pairing (Fight Club, The Great Gatsby, Rules of Civility) Tenet, Survivor, Outlander

4/24/21 Episode 50: things we learned/things we got wrong News Kim Jong-Un DOD https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2165713/statement-by-the-department-of-defense-on-the-release-of-historical-navy-videos/ The COVID yo-yo US Women's Soccer https://www.dw.com/en/us-womens-soccer-team-gets-partial-victory-on-equality/a-57175882 May Day rent strike Armed protests Canadian ban on assault rifles https://www.npr.org/2021/04/10/985514254/biden-wants-new-ban-on-assault-style-weapons-what-lessons-were-learned-from-the- Topics list of potential positive results of COVID https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7467397/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7498239/#:~:text=The%20global%20disruption%20caused%20by,parts%20of%20the%20world. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1871402120301776 book series with strong settings https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2020/12/31/city-guide-writers-pandemic-covid/ commuting Metaphorical Wine Pairing (Los Angeles Plays Itself [documentary], "L.A." by Neil Young, Day of the Locust, "Isle of California" [mural]) X - "Los Angeles" Sunset Blvd, Escape from LA  

4/24/21 Episode 49: things we learned/things we got wrong News U.S. poison control COVID ExxonMobil Tornadoes Immunity passports https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01451-0 https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/lasting-immunity-found-after-recovery-covid-19 Topics pros and cons of working from home "work" vs "home" morale and productivity comfort food comfort genres Metaphorical Wine Pairing (Convenience Store Woman, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Pond, "She Is Beyond Good and Evil") "Yellow Wallpaper" "Kiss the Book" Play it As it Lays  

4/15/21 Episode 48 things we learned/things we got wrong  News COVID testing protocols proms Humboldt squid https://www.npr.org/2020/04/17/820707276/deep-sea-squid-communicate-by-glowing-like-e-readers hospitals overflowing https://news.usni.org/2020/05/25/beyond-mercy-navys-covid-19-hospital-ship-missions-and-the-future-of-medicine-at-sea Brett Crozier Short Wave Consider This iPhone SE Baseball https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/26/21339029/virtual-baseball-mlb-nba-fox-sports-coronavirus Topics Andrew: tiny horses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistory_of_the_United_States#:~:text=It%20covered%20the%20majority%20of,than%20600%20feet%20of%20water. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horses_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_horse_breeds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_Heard_%27Round_the_World_(baseball) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX2_zx-eJhw Metaphorical Wine Pairing (The Woman Who Died a Lot, "The Impossible Astronaut" and "Day of the Moon" Doctor Who episodes) Sherlock “The Abominable Bride”, Simon & Garfunkel's “the Sound of Silence”, Forrest Gump

4/10/21 Episode 47: things we learned/things we got wrong News NASA plans to mine on the moon https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/03/moon-mining-contracts-named/ transit workers and COVID https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-mta-covid-transit-deaths-peter-petrassi-20210326-ol25evkc7nafvkfnvenps4fbyq-story.html Thailand elephants COVID disparities https://weta.org/watch/shows/pbs-newshour/covid-race-1594934110 app to help track COVID https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/03/covid-app-exposure-notification-apple-google.html COVID and prison populations https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/us/covid-prisoners-vaccine.html pollution and COVID https://www.lung.org/blog/covid-19-mortality-and-air-pollution cytokine storms https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200417/cytokine-storms-may-be-fueling-some-covid-deaths Topics Zoom procrastination etc. Metaphorical Wine Pairing (Blindness, No Exit, "Allegiance" ST:TNG episode) “The Magnificent Ferengi” ST:DS9 | “The Adventures of Pete and Pete: Halloweenie” | “Dum Dum Boys”

3/27/21 Episode 46: things we learned/ things we got wrong News 2020 Olympics https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/mar/30/astrophysicist-gets-magnets-stuck-up-nose-while-inventing-coronavirus-device vaccines Ability to forecast weather took a hit due to lack of commercial flights https://www.govtech.com/question-of-the-day/How-is-COVID-19-affecting-the-accuracy-of-weather-forecasts.html Zoom Topics: masks control bread https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/06/417906/still-confused-about-masks-heres-science-behind-how-face-masks-prevent Metaphorical Wine Pairing (Severance, The Regional Office Is Under Attack!, Bellwether) Andrew: The Office, The Big Short, Office Space

3/27/21 Episode 45: things we learned/things we got wrong News CARES Act air quality MLB N. Korea Topics food during stay at home walking words we spell wrong   Metaphorical Wine Pairing (The Fall (tv show), Native Son, Crime & Punishment and/or The Stranger) Andrew’s: Pink Floyd, The Myth of Sisyphus, and Prosecutor Princess

3/21/21 Episode 44: things we learned/things we got wrong: News stay at home orders oil demand countries also in lockdown tax deadline extended evictions banned in L.A. investigations of U.S. Senators selling of stocks with insider knowledge health care open enrollment Topics what people are doing to stay connected/positive during "stay at home" orders   Zoom and video chat plague/pandemic book list continued  RadioLab - “Crispr” episode Metaphorical Wine Pairing (Russian Doll, "Now Wait for this Week" (Alice Sola Kim), Groundhog Day, The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle)  "Now Wait for This Week": https://www.thecut.com/2019/01/now-wait-for-this-week-a-short-story-by-alice-sola-kim.html You’ve Got Mail, Cast Away, & Joe vs the Volcano

3/13/21 Guests: Danny and Miles News COVID as pandemic R. Kelly DOW Jones https://www.macrotrends.net/1319/dow-jones-100-year-historical-chart European rover ExoMars Rocket attacks in Iraq COVID-19 closures US Soccer Federation Topics Live during COVID - One year later https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/90871 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/coronavirus-pandemic-fake-animal-viral-social-media-posts https://time.com/5851633/best-global-responses-covid-19/   Metaphorical Wine Pairing: “Wind Will Rove” vs “Station Eleven” https://sarahpinsker.com/files/WindWillRove_Pinsker.pdf Andrew’s Tri-Pairing: “The Iceman Cometh”, “Easy Street” film, and “Franny and Zooey”