Épisodes

  • The World via War
    Jun 1 2025

    Hello and welcome to the World Via.

    Today, we’re gonna talk about a topic that humankind has grappled with since we were facing off against each other for bananas on the savanna, many millennia ago. We’re gonna play some cards, listen to some music, probably not watch a Jet Li movie, maybe savor some metrics, sometimes running hot and sometimes running cold.

    There’s gonna be tragedy, glory, assymmetry, totality, a whiff of Malthus and a dash of Augustine. From 13,000 years ago to good god y’all, this very moment. We’re going to consider politics by other means, today on The World via War.

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    1 h et 22 min
  • The World via TV
    May 1 2025

    Hello and welcome to The World Via.

    We humans are interesting primates. The act of sitting and observing one another with our eyes, our ears, our minds, appears to be a fundamental activity. One that we've been partaking in for millennia.

    We observe to gain new knowledge, to have old teachings reinforced, to honor higher beings, to laugh at lesser beings, and sometimes because those beings want us to buy stuff. We do this on our own, in groups, small and large, in public squares, and in the comforts of our home.

    Clever monkeys that we are, we’ve come up with innovative ways to observe each other, particularly, magic boxes of light that allow the multitudes to observe while sitting safely within their metaphorical caves.

    So please, sit back, relax, and join us today as we discuss a massive medium on a medium scale, today on the World via TV.

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    1 h et 50 min
  • The World via Dungeons & Dragons
    Apr 1 2025

    Hello and welcome to The World Via.

    Today, we’re inviting you to look beyond your mundane reality and envision yourself within a fantastic world. A world of heroes and villains, goblins and elves, fire-breathing dragons and earthshaking giants.

    Picture yourself sitting in a quiet inn, resting your feet after a long journey, listening to tales of adventure from the patrons around you. A half-giant, a halfling and an elf are sitting nearby and you overhear them chatting about a new fad that they encountered in the Capitol. A game that allows you to become a different person and journey to places you’ve never seen before.

    The half-giant sees your interest, motions you to join them at the table. You sit and they introduce themselves as a band of explorers. The halfling raises his tankard in greeting and says, “Well met, and welcome to the company of The World via Dungeons and Dragons.”

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    1 h et 27 min
  • The World via Color
    Mar 1 2025

    Hello and welcome to The World Via.

    Today, we’re gonna hold up a metaphorical prism and wrap our minds around the array of wheels, solids, spaces and spectrums that result. We’ll compare objective wavelengths to subjective perceptions. Try to understand why addition and subtraction both lead to black and have a debate about the blue debate while considering hue, saturation, luminance, and interference.

    We’re gonna get help from Goethe, mantis shrimp, and the fine Franks at the CIE. We may not quite get synesthesiatic but we’re gonna give our trichromatic best, today, on The World Via Color.

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    1 h et 14 min
  • The World via Film
    Feb 1 2025

    Hello everyone and welcome to The World via Film.

    Today, we will focus our mental lenses on the topic of films, movies, the cinema. We will do our best to explore this visual medium in an audio format and to divine from discussion all that these virtual stages bring to our lives.

    Please join our theater of the minds as we discuss, Film.

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    1 h et 1 min
  • The World via Nirvana
    Jan 1 2025

    Hello and welcome to The World Via.

    Today, we are going to talk about liberation and freedom. No, we’re not talking about Independence Day, but we are talking about independence. We are going to talk about a state of mind, a state of being, and we’re probably briefly going to touch on the state of Washington.

    We are going to journey across the world and across time to try and understand how and why a person would want to extinguish themselves. Today, we’re going to try and leave it all behind, and maybe learn how to gain by not trying.

    So please, join us today, as you are, as you were, as you want to be, on The World via Nirvana.

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    1 h et 23 min
  • The World via T-Rex
    Dec 1 2024

    Hello and welcome to the World via Tyrannosaurus Rex. We are here to talk about the king of the lizards, T. Rex, themselves. The most famous dinosaur to ever roam this earth.

    We have hunted down facts, scavenged for information, lorded over mental labors, to bring you our definitive take on this definitive creature. We hope that our time with this beast from ancient times will fill your time with the awesome perspective that can only be gained by thinking about the World via Tyrannosaurus Rex.

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    1 h et 22 min
  • The World via Beer
    Nov 1 2024

    Hello and welcome to The World Via.

    Today, we’re going to sit back, raise a glass, and commune with our past, with our present and with our future.

    We’re going to journey from the field to the farmhouse, from the brewhouse to the pub. We’ll wonder at the partnership between man and microbe and how a simple molecular byproduct can help us all get along.

    We’ll consider gravity and effervescence, IBU’s and ABV, MCU’s and SRM’s.

    There’s gonna be some malting, mashing, watering, boiling, fermenting, conditioning. We may even break out the Irish Moss.

    Crack open a cold one, pour one out for your Homies, and your Holies, and take a long refreshing sip and join us today on The World Via Beer.

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    2 h et 9 min