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Episode 128 – Tariffs and time travel
In this episode, Andy and Roger ponder the science of the flux capacitor and the tantalising idea of travelling through time—only to find themselves knee-deep in Trump tariffs, MAGA loyalists, and the geopolitical fallout of a nuclear trade war. What begins as a pop-culture nod to Back to the Future becomes a sprawling conversation about cultish political devotion, strategic trolling, and the existential crisis of buying cheap Nikes from morally questionable supply chains.
Andy and Roger discuss Trump’s latest economic chaos, prompting a spirited debate about whether his base is misled, misunderstood, or simply bored and destructive. From the psychological makeup of Peter Thiel types to the petty grievances of Fox News junkies, Andy and Roger lay out the intellectual poverty of modern MAGAism. Roger plays devil’s advocate while Andy unleashes a steady stream of exasperated analogies—Scientologists, cults, and the inevitable popcorn-worthy downfall of the base.
Things then take a turn into proper time travel territory: what moment in history would you change? Should we bring back Churchill to slap Trump across the face? Or Jesus to sort out the PR crisis he left behind?
Finally, they take a speculative leap into the year 2055, considering the trajectory of AI, the banality of future tech, and whether having ChatGPT in 1995 would’ve been enough to take over the world (spoiler: no). It’s philosophical, petty, political, and properly nerdy.
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