Episodes
Monday Jul 25, 2011
64: The Erosion of the TV Landscape
Monday Jul 25, 2011
Monday Jul 25, 2011
Easily the best argument against television is that it's not very good. I believe that I would only watch a couple of programs a week if it weren't for sports and the power of recording. DVR makes it possible to screen what I see. A better tool would let me replace the current TV offerings with the older programs they are referencing. Surely, all these imitators of "I Love Lucy" have some explaining to do! Different Drummer: Jay Bulworth
Tuesday Jul 19, 2011
63: Disposability (We've Become a Bunch of Tossers)
Tuesday Jul 19, 2011
Tuesday Jul 19, 2011
The way we use products as customers is a significant, and less acknowledged, pressure on the environment. Even merchandise that we expect to last for years has become much more disposable. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to backtrack from society's investment in lower prices, with lower quality. We need to be wary, though, of what else we're tossing out when we dispose of old and worn things. Different Drummer: Jerry Mander
Wednesday Jul 13, 2011
62: Protecting society with, and from, capital punishment
Wednesday Jul 13, 2011
Wednesday Jul 13, 2011
At some point, the idea of capital punishment stopped being about protecting society through the dispensation of justice, and it started being about settling the score for crimes that offend a lot of people. The word "heinous" could almost be defined as "justification for revenge." If you take vengeance away from the death penalty, we would certainly seek such a sentence far less often. Different Drummer: Neil Peart