Junto Club

Productively Flushing Your Money Down the Toilet

Welcome to the 25th meeting of Junto Club. 

On this episode, Shu starts rough. He claims it’s the 24th meeting and tries to reuse an old Benji quote before being called out.    

He recovers nicely though to lead our main topic, which is startup investing, a legalized form of gambling. The episode devolves into us guessing at the likelihood of success for companies with products and services ranging from sex toys to software to milk.

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Us vs. Them - Human Tribalism

Welcome to the 24th meeting of Junto Club. 

On this episode, we talk about a couple that’s spent the last four months a little too close together and celebrate the centennial of the Chinese Communist Party.

Our main topic examines human tribalism, or the common “us vs. them” mentality people have. We discuss the evolutionary underpinnings of this type of thinking and consider what tribes we belong to.

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The Savior of Singapore

Welcome to the 23rd meeting of Junto Club. 

On this episode, we talk a little about Benjamin Franklin’s perspective on pride and the Free Britney movement. 

Our main topic is on the savior of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, and his principles of leadership.

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Marx Off the Mark

Welcome to the 22nd meeting of Junto Club. 

Yes. The episode title is a bad joke.

On this episode, we talk briefly about pet rocks coming back around and getting kids back to work before diving into Karl Marx, communism and socialism. 

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We Need More Conspiracy Theorist Friends

Welcome to the 21st meeting of Junto Club. 

On this episode, we talk about a marriage contract from Albert Einstein that aged poorly and aliens. 

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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Welcome to the twentieth meeting of Junto Club. 

Meeting twenty is a milestone episode for a couple of reasons. It’s our first episode done in person with all three of us in the same room. Also, in the time since meeting nineteen, Matt and Shu defended their Ph.D.s. 

This meeting focuses on the good, the bad and the ugly of doing a Ph.D. 

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This is your brain on drugs...happier?

Welcome to the nineteenth episode of Junto Club.

This is one of our more controversial episodes as we talk about depression, anxiety and the treatment of mental health conditions using hallucinogens. This includes diving into the neuroscience and behavioral science related to these conditions as well as the pharmacology of the legal and illegal treatments for these conditions. We discuss why these drugs may or may not work for certain people, and Jake provides insights based on first hand experiences.

We’ll be putting out new episodes in May. Matt and Shu are defending their dissertations over the next couple of weeks.

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As you think, so shall you become.

Welcome to the eighteenth episode of Junto Club.

On this episode, Jake’s back; we think about the definition of the word “want”; Matt gives an update on the infrastructure bill, and we talk about Bruce Lee, his philosophy and different martial arts.

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Is Our Nation Failing?

Welcome to the seventeenth episode of Junto Club.

On this episode, Shu brings some unique pickup lines and other writings, and we talk about the neo-liberal bible, Why Nations Fail.

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I Want to Play a Game

Welcome to the sixteenth episode of Junto Club.

On this episode, Shu introduces a new and questionable segment, and we welcome back Jake to talk about non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and gaming.

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