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An in-depth look at if there are, in fact, point.

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    • Aug 11, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 140 EPISODES


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    What Are Point Weekly: Elysha's Paradise

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2023 29:01


    This week we welcome debut author Elysha Chang to discuss her novel A Quitter's Paradise. Buy your copy here! https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-quitter-s-paradise-elysha-chang/18639110

    What Are Point Weekly: Summer Comeback

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023 34:29


    This week we discuss the Trump indictment, early 2024 contenders, Ukraine updates, aliens, Orca attacks, Jokic brilliance, and Messi practicality.

    What Are Point Weekly: Balloons, Trains, and Super Bowls

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2023 24:26


    This week we discuss balloon confusion, train derailments, the state of the union, the super bowl, and the start of F1.

    What Are Point Weekly: Secret Documents

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2023 22:54


    This week we discuss revelations about Biden's secret documents, the debt ceiling, tanks in Ukraine, and the NFL playoffs.

    What Are Point Weekly: House Cleaning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2023 30:24


    This week we discuss disarray in the House of Representatives.

    What Are Point Weekly: Year in Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022 20:19


    This year we recap a whirlwind year.

    What Are Point Weekly: World Cup Final

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2022 16:03


    This week we preview the World Cup final.

    What Are Point Weekly: Griner Freed, World Cup In Full Swing

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2022 21:46


    This week we discuss the return of Brittney Griner, ChatGPT, Liver King, and a simmering World Cup.

    What Are Point Weekly: World Cup Preview

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2022 22:29


    This week we finish the autopsy of the midterms and preview the World Cup in Qatar.

    What Are Point: Blue Levees Hold

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2022 21:57


    This week we discuss the (current) results of the midterms.

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    What Are Point: Midterm Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 21:48


    This week we discuss the midterm knife edge and Taylor Swift's new album.

    What Are Point Weekly: Halloween!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2022 24:16


    This week we discuss Elon Musk finally buying Twitter, Rishi Sunak's election to prime minister, the state of the midterms, and Biden's chip ban.

    What Are Point: UK Implosion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2022 13:42


    This week we discuss the resignation if Liz Truss.

    What Are Point Weekly: Fall Returns

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2022 35:13


    This week we discuss the state of the war in Ukraine, the midterms, sports, and get some big announcements.

    What Are Point Weekly: The Queen's Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2022 21:18


    The week we discuss Queen Elizabeth II's passing, the worsening European energy crisis, and the firing of Thomas Tuchel.

    What Are Point Weekly: Fairness in Artificial Intelligence

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2022 28:23


    This week statman Walter joins us to discuss defining fairness with machine learning, Arsenal's perfect start, and dancing.

    What Are Point Weekly: Our Nautical Past

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2022 11:52


    This week we go off the deep end and dredge up some nautical history.

    What Are Point Weekly: DJT Gets Raided

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2022 21:32


    This week we discuss the raid on Mar-a-Lago.

    What Are Point Weekly: Pelosi Lands in Taiwan

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022 21:26


    This week we discuss the inflation-climate change compromise in the Senate, Pelosi's ballsy trip to Taiwan, the start of the Premier League, and Richard Nixon's legacy.

    What Are Point Weekly: Pelosi Heads for Taiwan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2022 26:37


    This week Nick returns from training to talk about tangled US foreign policy.

    What Are Point Weekly: Crypto Winter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2022 17:25


    This week Dan breaks down recent crypto struggles.

    What Are Point Weekly: €=$

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2022 22:52


    This week Remy joins us to talk about the euro/dollar parity and Top Gun.

    What Are Point Weekly: BoJo Resgins and BA.5

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 13:59


    This week we discuss Boris Johnson's quick exit and new variant.

    What Are Point Weekly: Roe v. Wade Overturned

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 28:55


    This week we discuss a spate of depressing Supreme Court rulings.

    What Are Point Weekly: Bear Market

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2022 23:46


    This week Dan breaks down a tumultuous financial picture.

    What Are Point Weekly: Primary Season

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2022 15:29


    This week Dan and Nick lay out the Republican primary landscape.

    What Are Point Weekly: Amber Heard and Johnny Depp Verdict

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2022 21:24


    This week we discuss the Heard-Depp trial and the Celtics taking the advantage in the NBA Finals.

    What Are Point Weekly: Uvalde Shooting

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2022 25:18


    This week we discuss the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

    What Are Point Weekly: Buffalo Shooting

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2022 27:13


    This week we discuss the massacre in Buffalo and the possibility of new NATO members.

    What Are Point Weekly: Battle for Roe

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2022 24:01


    This week we discuss the leaked Supreme Court opinion on overturning Roe v Wade, Korean Age, and the NBA (duh).

    What Are Point Weekly: Siege of Mariupol

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2022 32:58


    This week special guest Trever joins to discuss the shifting of Ukrainian battles lines and American military aims. Real Madrid's epic comeback, the tightening NBA playoffs, and more F1 porpoising close out the episode.

    What Are Point Weekly: Elon Buys Twitter

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2022 20:59


    This week Dan breaks down the Twitter sale, midterm election prospects, and the rocky NBA playoffs. Special guest Martine also wonders about the dollar's place as the world's reserve currency.

    What Are Point Weekly: New Cold War

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2022 24:06


    This week we discuss the battle lines in Ukraine and the heating up NBA playoffs.

    What Are Point Weekly: Recession Fears

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 15:06


    This week we discuss growing fears of a recession and Elon Musk's bid to buy Twitter.

    What Are Point Weekly: Emilia Grab Bag

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 11:25


    This week Emilia joins the show to talk about favorite colors, Will Smith's slap, her mixed sentiments on Russian aggression, her aversion to Donald Trump, and love of New York City.

    What Are Point Weekly: Brown Jackson Hearing

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 17:28


    This week we groggily discuss the Senate hearing of Ketanji Brown Jackson.

    What Are Point Weekly: Zelenskyy Pleads to Legislatures

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2022 33:00


    This week we focus on developments in Ukraine, including Zelenskyy's continuing calls for help, partial no fly zones, drones, and defaulting Russian bonds.

    What Are Point Weekly: Zelenskyy Calls for Closed Skies

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2022 26:33


    This week Nick updates us on military developments in Ukraine.

    What Are Point Weekly: Stalemate in Ukraine

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2022 19:52


    This week we discuss the dire situation in Ukraine, the growing pressure on Russia, and what might come next.

    What Are Point Weekly: Invasion of Ukraine

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 37:45


    This week Remy joins us to discuss Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

    What Are Point Weekly: Super Bowl

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022 20:55


    This week we discuss the Super Bowl and the continuing tensions in Ukraine.

    What Are Point Weekly: NBA Trades and Trucker Shutdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022 15:30


    This week we discuss the Harden/Simmons trade, an NYC rat variant, trucker shutdowns, and inflation.

    What Are Point Weekly: Partisanship

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 28:59


    This week we discuss the nature of patrisanship, gerrymandering, and Brian Flores v the NFL.

    What Are Point Weekly: Jad Grab Bag

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 51:07


    This week Jad joins us for a grab bag on the military escalation in Ukraine, NFL playoffs, human archetypes, the future of viral engineering, and CRISPR.

    What Are Point Weekly: Ukraine...

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 24:04


    This week we discuss NATO?

    What Are Point Weekly: Covid and Statistics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2022 30:33


    This week statistician Walter Dempsey joins to talk about distortions in tracking Covid rates.

    What Are Point Weekly: Australian Double Fault

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2022 21:59


    This week we discuss Novak Djokovic's denial, the NFL's concussion problem, and foreign conflicts of interest.

    What Are Point Weekly: 2021 Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021 20:26


    This week we do a pretty cursory glance over a pretty meh year.

    What Are Point Weekly: Omnicron Takes Over

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2021 22:32


    This week we discuss how the new variant took over, including early findings on mutations and conjecture on where this might be going. We also look forward to our year-end episode.

    What Are Point Weekly: Verstappen Wins!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021 17:34


    This week we discuss Lewis Hamilton's crushing F1 loss and the congressional hearings on crypto.

    What Are Point Weekly: Foreign Hypocrisy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 20:38


    This week we discuss Ukraine, Putin, US war crimes in Syria and diplomatic duplicity. Ben also gets exposed to Covid (again) and previews the F1 finale.

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