Guest host Julian Feurer, a freshman journalism student at the University of Maryland, joins the podcast to discuss an emerging trend of Gen Z and millennial consumers opting for "dumb phones" over smart phones. We also branch out to touch upon social media use, artificial intelligence, and how "Grandma hobbies" are making a comeback.

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The original "Is It A Smart Choice To Go Dumb?" article by Julian Feurer

Julian Feurer LinkedIn

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Vice signaling has overtaken much of modern discourse - but what is it? How does it differ from, and share similarities with, virtue signaling? How do we stop it? Should we stop it? Evan answers these questions and also talks about a couple of additional "DLC topics" during this show.

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Wiktionary definition of vice signaling

Urban Dictionary definition of vice signaling

Link to the Parliamentary debate over Vladimir Putin jumping the shark

https://theenglishchronicle.com/News/12155/

https://www.salon.com/2026/01/29/vice-signaling-explains-trumps-enduring-appeal/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/11/vice-signalling-how-hatred-poisoned-politics?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1

A conservative article about why vice signaling is bad

https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/iran-war-embassies-trolling-us-trump-memes-saracasm-13997076.html

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/iran-and-the-propaganda-war-9.7150601

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Returning guest host Kai McAlister discusses the Stop Killing Games initiative, and why it matters - not just for the gaming community, but for consumer rights across the board.

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Stop Killing Games official website

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The National Basketball Association has been dealing with a big problem for some time - tanking. A good number of its teams do not want to win in order to maximize their chances of landing a top draft pick. Evan discusses this issue from the perspective of a very casual sports fan, and also provides commentary on other areas the league should address to make basketball a more compelling sport to watch.

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The Gold Plan https://boardroom.tv/nba-tanking-gold-plan-solution/

Seven anti-tanking proposals https://www.si.com/nba/nba-anti-tanking-rule-changes-are-coming-next-season-here-are-the-seven-proposals

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47967591/solution-nba-fix-tanking-problem-ahead-draft-count-wins-record-picks-2026

Full remarks from Adam Silver on tanking: https://x.com/WorldWideWob/status/2022782604970504560

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In the spirit of the podcast's name, Evan takes a suggestion from a podcast topic generator live on the air, and gives his thoughts on a subject he did exactly 0 preparation for.

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Evan examines the logical fallacy of survivorship bias, gives some examples, and then goes over five ways to avoid falling into this trap. He also uses a couple of examples from the teachings of Jesus to draw out some Biblical rationale for this as well.

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The famous picture of bullet hole locations on WWII airplanes that is often cited as the preeminent example of survivorship bias: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias#/media/File:Survivorship-bias.svg

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In order to help continue producing quality content, and with ever-increasing obligations outside of the podcast, Evan has made the difficult decision to transition to a biweekly release schedule.

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Evan reads through and discusses an interesting pamphlet he received outside of Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025, entitled "A Biblical Examination of American Patriotism." (The pamphlet's writer, Jesse, has been invited on to the show, but at the time of publishing, has not responded to my inquiry.) Let's see if the claims hold up under scrutiny.

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Was the American Revolution a violation of Romans 13:1-7?https://www.gotquestions.org/American-Revolution-Romans-13.html

A lot of the themes mentioned in this episode are also discussed at length in my interview with Father Frank Brawner: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/2554066/episodes/18470559-episode-10-faith-politics-with-father-frank-brawner

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