Reconcilable Differences 35: A Lot of Them Are Tricks
This week kicks off with a look at the rise of vaping, the decline of public infrastructure, and whether it's okay for authors to sign their own books in the airport store.
Merlin (finally) figures out how to join Slate Plus, John reminisces about Yahoo!, and both hosts advocate strongly for the vanishing genre of slow-paced movies about how things get made.
The main topic this week is magic and superstition. What delights (or angers) your hosts in a magic show? Why can't Cardini get rid of those cards?
Merlin admits he's superstitious about his water heater, and John reveals how he learned not to mind when his plane takes off. John cruelly schools Merlin on why he should stop trusting himself.
(Recorded Monday, September 12, 2016)
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