3 chapters across the catalog
Al Gore returns with a new TED Talk, using a "one slide" presentation to describe the troposphere as an "open sewer" for greenhouse gas pollution. The hosts revisit Gore's history with the carbon exchange and his failed past predictions. They mock his alarmist tone and his description of the atmosphere, noting his continued influence in the climate movement despite scientific inaccuracies.
Historical Moral Panics, Comic Books and Rock Lyrics
Adam Curry draws parallels between current video game and gun debates and past moral panics involving rock lyrics in the 1980s and comic books in the 1950s. He notes that society frequently blames media for youth violence, citing the historical banning of EC Comics.
The separation of Al and Tipper Gore is discussed as a potential media distraction from larger political issues. The hosts recall Tipper Gore's past leadership of the PMRC and her efforts to censor music in the 1980s. They speculate whether the timing of the divorce was strategically chosen to provide a "relationship story" for the headlines.
