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Allen and Alex use a few keywords with GPT to track down an old story, caution listeners not to confuse Oz the Mentalist with the HBO series, and discuss the pitfalls of a solo cross country drive with kids. No problems were solved. Get full access to Known Issue at knownissue.substack.com/subscribe

Allen’s opening statement where he says it’s time to cut the bullsh*t. Then, a nice discussion with Kelly Garrett about the amorphous life stage known as Generativity, where it came from, and where it’s all going. Get full access to Known Issue at knownissue.substack.com/subscribe

Whitney preps for Super Bowl ad season, she and Allen talk a little "micro"-economics, they discuss kids' story component recognition skills, grown-ups doing what they want (or not!), and try to come up with some ideas about "what to do". Get full access to Known Issue at knownissue.substack.com/subscribe

Hunter is back. A little New Year's talk followed by a lot of WTF. Get full access to Known Issue at knownissue.substack.com/subscribe

Kicking off 2026, we welcome our friend, Kelly Garrett, LMHC to the Known Issue Podcast to discuss why we’re all “so busy" and what, if anything, we can do to slow it down and take a dadgum breath. Kelly drills down on a concept he calls the “Demand of Participation" -- or the cost of simply signing up to do any given thing. Get full access to Known Issue at knownissue.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to the first episode of Diminishing Return! Friends from youth, Allen Rogers and Alex Brownstein, share a tale about a high school guidance counselor they never knew and a teen poem penned for the golden sibling of Pearland, Texas. Get full access to Known Issue at knownissue.substack.com/subscribe

Allen and Whitney talk a year after their first episode and catch up on the process of completing Mabee at the Market. They also discuss balancing work work, creative work, and creative parenting as well as the foibles of large trucks and the perpetual state of getting the gimmies. Get full access to Known Issue at knownissue.substack.com/subscribe

Allen Rogers & Whitney Hill (author & illustrator of the Mabee children's book series), briefly lament the results of our "Democratic" process before turning the conversation to the question on everyone's mind--how to basically survive adulthood re: getting & keeping work while raising littles and doing anything else (creative) at all. Get full access to Known Issue at knownissue.substack.com/subscribe

Originally recorded in 2019, this episode of Known Issue explored what caused and drove the anti-vax movement for years. Get full access to Known Issue at knownissue.substack.com/subscribe

Allen & Hunter debate the merits of college and what’s to come. Get full access to Known Issue at knownissue.substack.com/subscribe