Episode #34: I Am Become Eli, Defender of Words

Current Affairs

Comedy, Government, News, Culture, Politics

4.4 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Please note: this episode does contain spiders. You may wish to skip 28.00-29.23 if you do not enjoy spiders. This week, the all-powerful, some-knowing Current Affairs panel discusses self-help culture, productivity, and their most hated left-wing words and phrases. The panel this week is Podmaster Aisling McCrea, senior editor Brianna Rennix, finance editor Sparky Abraham, jack-of-all-trades Eli Massey, and your host is Pete Davis. This episode was edited by Dan Thorn of Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA. The music in the amusement is "Orbit" by Josh Woodward.

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0:00.0	From Studio H3 in the Current Affairs World Headquarters, it's Current Affairs.
0:06.3	Your ears, greatest hour of politics and culture.
0:10.9	Tonight on the program, we unpack productivity culture and we retire some overused
0:17.1	political buzzwords.
0:19.4	Our panel tonight,
0:22.9	Current Affairs Senior Editor Brianna Renix.
0:23.9	Hello, everyone.
0:26.3	Current Affairs Finance Editor, Sparky Abraham.
0:27.3	Hi.
0:30.7	Current Affairs Podmaster General Ashling McCray.
0:31.2	Hello.
0:35.2	Current Affairs business manager, Eli Massey.
0:35.8	Howdy?
0:39.3	And I'm your host with a slight sore throat, Pete Davis.
0:41.1	We begin with segment one.
0:43.7	Is this good or bad?
0:46.5	In the recurring segment, is this good or bad?
0:49.9	Previously titled Manichaean Monster Mash. We assess whether a cultural phenomenon is good or bad.
0:58.3	Or, of course, a bit of both, though that's rare.
1:02.2	This week's topic, productivity, culture.
1:03.8	It's all around us.
1:09.6	Self-improvement, self-help, the seven habits of highly effective people, life hacking, the Pomodoro method, task management software,
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