481: Aging is mandatory, growing old is optional

Brandon celebrates his birthday on this date, and is inspired by the occasion to muse on aging and getting older, discussing all manner of related concepts like why spiritual teachings advise us to become more childlike, and what the latest scientific and genetic...

478: On unique names and informal nicknames

Brandon references a couple of instances of his mispronouncing a recent podcast guest’s name and reads a comment from a listener on this, hoping to clear up some confusion as to why he made light of his mistake in case his lighthearted comment on another episode...