Nostalgium Arcanum
A Repository For The Pop Culture That Made Us Who We Are
Displaying all 2 Episode of Nostalgium Arcanum with the tag “politics”.
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WarGames
June 23rd, 2025 | 1 hr 56 mins
1980s, 80s, ai, ally sheedy, artificial intelligence, computer, computers, matthew broderick, politics, software, ussr, war games
Shall we play a game? 1983's WarGames presciently predicts the dangers of both human intelligence and artificial intelligence that we still wrestle with today. In this classic Matthew Broderick accidentally nearly sets World War III into motion by seemingly innocently challenging an AI to a game with potentially apocalyptic consequences. We're joined by returning guest B.T. Moorer to discuss the fallout from this thermonuclear film.
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George Carlin
September 9th, 2024 | 1 hr 36 mins
bill & ted, bill & ted's bogus journey, bill & ted's excellent adventure, bill and ted, comedian, comedians, comedy, george carlin, politics, satire, stand-up, stand-up comedy, standup, standup comedy, wyld stallyns
Instead of seven words you can't say, we can't say enough good words about comedy legend George Carlin. Guest comedian Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) joins us to pay homage to an all-time great who taught us to be excellent to each other, and to never turn off your bullshit detector.