East Meets West – Podcast: Recent Episodes
Roger Chang and Tom Merritt
The fallout from Covid. The bad times aren’t permanent. Forming communities. Why things seemed simpler then.
How did you find East Meets West? Going through probate. Saving money. Star Trek and Star Wars. Werewolves, vampires and zombies. Genre cycles.
Better halves, House of the Dragon vs. Rings of Power, the similarity between TV and burgers, TV is like books. (Jeann Robertson is who Roger mentioned)
Better halves, House of the Dragon vs. Rings of Power, the similarity between TV and burgers, TV is like books. (Jeann Robertson is who Roger mentioned)
Roger has a brand new fence! Cooling the Earth. Maybe moving forests? Fallen civilizations.
How to refresh thinking, critical viewing, video games vs. TV and movies, working with stress and anxiety, distance and information.
People who don’t watch the news, news diets, news points of view, curating your own news.
Roger’s crush on Firewire, aging, dress codes, is the hoodie a staple now? department store electronics, books of the past.
Happy anniversary East Meets West, early jobs, Roger the world traveler, summer vacation, jobs.
German election, elections in general, “the good old days”, people as symbols, arguing to win.
Tom is invulnerable, Roger is excited for Dune, Have we reached peak comic book movie? Thoughts on the Green Knight and Arthurian legend. The drift of history. Fictionalized future.