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WE ARE BACK! With a valiant, if doomed effort to catch up on the last five months with lame dad jokes and general corniness. Maybe a little insight, but mostly dad jokes.

A mid workday convo about whether we are feeling optimistic about 2022 or we are drowning in hopeless despair...

We got the band back together for the first time in 2022, discuss the etiquette of wishing someone Happy New Year, and sort through the various hopes and wishes that we cling to in this perilous pre-midterm era... 

Part 2 of the marathon recording sesh - we were happy to be recording again! Oh, and we were so excited we didn't address the swirling rumors that the hiatus was actually caused by a falling out between Darius & Seb. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth.  (edit: I forgot to add the episode number at the beginning of the title because, as Darius points out, I've recently suffered trauma from this specific number)

...and we are BACK! Apologies for the longer-than-expected hiatus, life is complicated and all that. But the important thing is Darius & Seb have returned with their inimitable stylings on politics and current events and just general awesomeness. You are welcome. 

Refreshed from a late afternoon nap, our intrepid middle-aged duo take on current events with a renewed vigor and purpose! We talk select committee, Olympics, various unfairnesses and whether we remain optimistic or think democracy is in its end game. (Spoiler, we're hopeless optimists) https://anchor.fm/sebastian-hassinger/message

We're back after an unintended hiatus to reveal the new name of the patriarchy, BDE! In its bad space billionaire form and some of its good forms such as the Speaker of the House's jiujitsu moves unleashed on the GOP. We also talk about the arrest of Barrack (not the one the MAGA world wanted) and the usual deftly woven display of deep intelligence, effortless breezy wit and, of course, as always, our abiding humility in all things. 

TBH I can't remember everything we talked about here - we recorded it at the end of May but there was a problem with the recording that I was able to sort of recover from... enjoy? We did I know that.

Loads of title ideas including many other Nikole Hannah-Jones related ones besides this one. I think Darius also may have suggested a name for the podcast, Spicy Jambalaya of Knowledge or something very Darius-like. We discuss what has transpired since last episode and make each other laugh so that we don't break down and cry, the usual. 

How, fan may ask themselves, was this the title when Darius served up "In the Mosaic of the Universe the Threads all Tie Together" in the last seconds of the show, seeming to deliver, as is his wont, precisely the kind phrase that serves beautifully as an episode title. The answer, fan, is just a perverse sense of humor that borders on pettiness from time to time. 

Debate club: resolved, the world is going to hell in a handbasket and America's democracy is doomed. Representing the affirmative, reluctantly, is Sebastian who's just had a long month is all. Opposing: the always sunny Mr. Brown who, spoiler alert, brings Sebastian around. All ends well.

Alternate title "so you're saying there's a chance," but take a listen, see what you think. We bid the lost episodes adieu and fall back on zoom recordings until a better technology can be procured.