March 2024

Season 3 Episode 2 Alabama Embryo Case

By |2024-08-20T15:36:40+00:00March 11th, 2024|Categories: Human Things, Persuasion, Podcast|Tags: , , |

After discussing his deep dislike for chimpanzees, this episode focuses on the recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court determining that under Alabama law the human embryo in vitro (in glass) is considered a child just as a human embryo in vivo (in the living) is under the state’s Wrongful Death of a Minor [...]

December 2023

2023 Christmas Special

By |2024-01-20T22:35:56+00:00December 12th, 2023|Categories: Human Things, Podcast|Tags: , , |

Jay discusses the importance of reading Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol aloud, specifically to his daughter. He notes that Dickens' writing lends itself well to being read aloud, and that Shakespeare was also a master of character creation. Watts also talks about the impact of performers like Aaron Sorkin on modern storytelling and criticizes [...]

November 2023

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