The Best Paragraph I've Read...

Does We Need New Cities? Would Building on Open Land Escape Current City Problems? Or Will People Being People Ruin New Cities? Do Irvine, CA & Walt Disney Have the Solution to the Housing Shortage?

The Best Paragraph I've Read:"Open land represents the future in its purest form — after all, every place was no place at some point. The quest for resources, escaping bondage or seeking places to worship freely have all motivated new settlements and fresh modes of living. Buildings, sure, but also a chance to improve society in a place where the future looms larger than the past."This paragraph comes from the New York Times. The article is titled: "Maybe America Needs Some New Cities." The article is written by Conor Dougherty. You can read the full article here.Zac & Don discuss the idea of building cities from fresh land. They wonder what the pros and cons are. They also wonder if they will just become the same places with the same problems once people move in.

Are Schools the Problem? Are Phone Unfairly Blamed When It Comes to Student Stress & Anxiety? Should the Correlation of NCLB/Common Core & Increases in Student Anxiety Be Considered? Dave Mckay Joins!

The Best Paragraph I've Read:"By turning childhood into a thing that can be measured,adults have managed to impose their greatest fears of failure onto the youngest among us. Each child who strays from our standards becomes a potential medical mystery to be solved, with more tests to take, more metrics to assess. The onlything that seems to consistently evade the detectives is the world around that child — the one made by the grown-ups."This article comes from the New York Times. The title is: "Are Schools a Problem?" The author is Sam Sifton. You can read the full article here.Zac & Don are joined by their good friend Dave McKay. The three discuss whether schools and their system of standards should be blamed for the rise in childhood anxiety. They wonder if it is possible phones are being unfairly blamed.

What's the Urgency Thinking Level: Robots taking Amazon Jobs? The Southern Cone Thesis? More Aircraft Carriers for China? Greenland's Subsidized Population? The Dollar's Declining Value?

Don tells Zac whether he needs to stop or keep thinking about the following issues:Robots taking JobsThe Southern Cone ThesisChina's Growing Aircraft Carrier CollectionGreenland's Subsidized PopulationThe Dollars Declining Value

The Most Interesting Things Kent Hendricks Learned in 2025: Hot Dogs In W. Virginia, Decline in Male Hand Strength, Mexican School Hours & Divorce Rates, Billion Dollar Birders, Adult Diapers & More!

The Best Paragraph this week comes from Kent Hendrick's Blog Post on 52 Things I Learned in 2025. You can read the entire blog here.Zac and Don discuss their favorite facts and statistics that Mr. Hendricks shares in his article.

Football! Why So Popular When So Few Play & Actually Understand It? The Perfect TV Product or A Distraction from Real Issues? Is Jim Thorpe Greatest Ever with No Video Evidence? Is it Applied Track?

The Best Paragraph I've Read comes from the new book by Chuck Klosterman, "Football."Zac & Don discuss the first half of the book. They wonder about why so few people play the game, if it's the perfect TV product, whether the game is applied track, and more!