Podcast

I don’t know if we even consider it an unwritten code that you don’t date your ex’s friends or your friend’s exes. I feel like that’s probably actually written somewhere when it comes to explaining to people how they should behave. We give high school students a little bit of a pass because their social…

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When we moved back from Japan to the United States, we encountered an ever tightening noose of gun violence. It was an abrupt reintegration to the American fascination with firearms. I don’t know if the socialization of young boys to idolize and play with guns has anything to do with the prevalence of violence, and…

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I think the worst phone call I’ve had to make to my dad is when I was fresh out of college and working in Tennessee. I got cut off on an exit ramp and didn’t have enough space to stop, so I ended up in a fender bender. Well, my fenders, bumper, hood and headlights…

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