Everything About Anything
By Everything About Anything
Everything About AnythingMay 19, 2024
Episode 15: Self-Censorship
In this episode, Adrian, Roddy, and Evan continue their discussion of Free Speech by talking about self-censorship. Roddy believes that it is due to people being afraid of the consequences of speech, while Adrian believes that such fear undermines the premise of Free Speech in the first place. Evan thinks that the phenomenon is caused by the Right not speaking up and Adrian believes it is the result of the LEft hijacking some form of moral high ground and the meaning of 'political correctness.'
Episode 14: Keeping in Check
In this episode, Adrian, Evan, and Roddy continue their discussion of censorship by talking about top-down and bottom-up censorship. They also express their views on the implication of the free market, in particular social media platforms' role in today's world of diverse opinions.
Episode 13: Censorships
In this rather messy episode, Adrian tries his best to explain his nuanced position between cancel culture being applied to actions and speech, Evan raises concern regarding public figures' influence when it comes to misinformation and hate speech.
Episode 12: Cancel Culture
In this episode, Adrian, Evan, and Roddy begin the discussion of a broad topic: Free Speech. The trio begins by talking about Cancel Culture: Evan defends the necessity of its presence in society, while Roddy raises concern regarding the validity of the accusations, and Adrian mentions the manipulation of victimhood.
Episode 11: Source of Happiness
In this episode, Adrian, Roddy, and Evan extend the discussion of individuality and responsibility by formulating their stances. Adrian mentions how taking up responsibilities could be a long-term stable source of happiness, Roddy values personal pleasure over the collective when given the choice but acknowledges the sense of honour of being useful, and Evan disagrees with Adrian for he believes it is the social construct that instils us to think responsibility can bring happiness.
Episode 10: Chain of Command
In this episode, Adrian and Roddy extend last week's topic by talking about the different interpretations of individuality and responsibility. They discuss their parents' influence on their understanding of the typical "chain of command" and the danger of killing individuality and killing collectivity.
Episode 9: Different Interpretation of Freedom
In this episode, Roddy and Adrian talk about the different interpretations of freedom caused by cultural differences. They realize that cultural differences are not easy to mediate and quite often people apply double standards when it comes to the topic of "human rights." They discuss the seemingly delusional claim that human rights is a concept that is universally accepted and adopted when it clearly isn't yet and the odd phenomenon's parallel with the idiocy of the Taiwanese independence movement.
Episode 8: Do We Have Free Will
In this episode, Adrian, Evan, and Roddy attempt to answer the question of 'do we have free will.' Adrian emphasizes the ability to create options that were never presented to us as the true spirit of free will while Roddy focuses on having complete control - even the consequences of actions, as a defining characteristic of free will. Evan mentions the ability to choose as a major part of freedom and why it is difficult to determine whether we have free will or not.
Episode 7: Individuality and Responsibility
In this episode, Evan, Adrian, and Roddy talk about the effects of feminism. They discuss the declining fertility rate and the devastating consequences of the feminism narrative of "thinking twice before having children" and how to balance promoting individuality and responsibility without bias. They also address Roddy's rather peculiar and strict standard of parenting that is scaring him away from the idea of starting a family.
Episode 6: Are We Done Yet
In this episode, Evan, Roddy, and Adrian talk about gender equality and feminism. They discuss whether Feminism contributes to gender equality in the context of today's society and why the usual affirmative action standards should be different when it comes to the realm of gender. They also explore the unconscious divisions caused by outdated gender education and the portrayal of mainstream media.
Episode 5: It's Easier to Just Believe It
In this episode, Roddy, Evan, and Adrian continue last week's topic by attempting to reiterate Roddy's willingness to not care about the truthfulness of his belief and how religion often serves as an easy escape ramp for most. They also discussed the purpose of the formalities of religion and the overlaps of values between religion and individuals.
Episode 4: Believing the Lie
In this episode without Evan, Adrian and Roddy begin talking about religion. They each provide their stances on the matter before discussing the element of irrational fear and family influence regarding religion. Adrian then questions Roddy on "Does whether what we believe in is true or not matter?" when he makes an interesting observation.
Episode 3: The Parallels
In this episode, Roddy, Adrian, and Evan talk about the accusations against Israel since Oct 7, the Russian Invasion of Ukraine and the Revolution of Dignity, the parallels between the Russo-Ukrainian relationship and the situation in Taiwan, and how the ideology of political parties can shift over time.
Episode 2: Addressing the Elephant in the Room
In this episode, Adrian, Roddy, and Evan talk about the ongoing escalation of conflict between Israel and Gaza and the implications of the culture war.
Episode 100: Jeopardy!
In this final episode of the season, Adrian, Evan, and Roddy each prepared their Jeopardy! clues for a three-hour match as the send-off of Season 1 of the Everything About Anything Podcast.
Episode 1: We have returned
In this brand new season of Everything About Anything, the trio does a recap of the exam they just finished and outlines the podcasting journey ahead of them.
Episode 99: Dad jokes
In this episode, the trio sends off the series by exchanging dad jokes.
Episode 98: Affirmative actions
In this episode, the trio talk about the recent SCOTUS ruling on Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and affirmative actions in general.
Episode 97: Same-sex marriage
In this episode, Evan and Adrian argue about same-sex marriage.
Episode 96: Getting political huh
In this episode, Roddy, Adrian, and Evan chat lightheartedly about politics.
Episode 95: Just another ordinary EAA episode
As the series approaches its end, Adrian rants on about the shitty island of Taiwan.
Episode 94: Approaching the end of an era
In this laid-back episode, Roddy, Adrian, and Evan banter about randomly about their pathetic high school life as the EAA podcast approaches its big milestone.
Episode 93: Isn't it just a joke?
In this episode, the trio discusses a trending controversy in Taiwan regarding a mock student election that took place in a top university.
Episode 92: Identity Crisis
In this episode, Adrian, Evan and Roddy address the looming identity crisis of being born in Taiwan.
Episode 91: Monopoly
In this episode, the trio addresses bad PR and talks about board games.
Episode 90: So why?
In this episode, Adrian and Roddy dive deeper into a previous episode's topic.
Episode 89: Do you believe in that?
In this episode, Evan, Adrian, and Roddy each present their take on religion in general.
Episode 88: Did we just swap positions?
In this episode, Evan, Roddy, and Adrian discuss their views on marriage and family in a general context from the perspective of high schoolers.
Episode 87: Transgenderism
In this episode, the trio each delivers their take on transgenderism.
Episode 86: Twitter Adventures
In this episode, the trio addresses the ridiculous logic of the so-called "1450 Internet Army" of DPP's in Taiwan.
Episode 85: The Biggest Lesson and the Biggest Lie
In this episode, the trio brings back Would You Rather and talk about what they think is the biggest lesson and biggest lie to each of them.
Episode 84: Rubbish Curriculum and Politics
In this episode, Adrian, Roddy, and Evan talk about the rubbish curriculum in Taiwan and the politics of Taiwan.
Episode 83: Twitter & "Taiwan Youth"
In this episode, the trio discuss their experience with Twitter and their opinion on the mysterious Instagram account the almighty algorithm keeps recommending to them.
Episode 82: Genetic Editing and Morality
In this follow-up episode, the trio begins the discussion regarding genetic editing and the moral issues associated with it.
Episode 81: Debate Competition, Irritating Villagers, and Construction Works
In this episode, Evan talks about a debate competition he attended, Adrian lashes out at the idiotic policies of the village office around his campus, and Roddy rants about how a construction site near his home irritates his family.
Episode 80: Climate Change and Feminism
In this episode, the trio addresses a duo of controversial topics: climate change and feminism.
Episode 79: Post-Graduation Trip
In this follow-up episode, the three share their interesting stories regarding their graduation trip.
Episode 78: Pre-Graduation Trip
In this episode, the trio has a chat before they each embark on their graduation trips... in their sophomore year.
Episode 77: Social Butterflies and Music
In this episode, Evan and Adrian talk about social butterflies and why Taiwanese people tend to be late for so many things before Roddy joins the action and the trio went on to discuss the sort of music they dislike.
Episode 76: Plagiarism and Influencer Political Spectrum
In this episode, Evan, Roddy, and Adrian talk about the situation of academic plagiarism they observed and where influencers stand on the left/right political spectrum while assessing why society seems to be getting more and more polarised.
Episode 75: Names and Florida Man
In this episode, Roddy, Adrian, and Evan talk about names but someway somehow ended up talking about Florida man.
Episode 74: Being Broke vs. Being Rich
In this continuation episode, the trio picks up where they left off and move on to discuss a jealousy-arousing topic – money.
Episode 73: Lunar New Year but with Same Old Rants
In this episode, Evan, Roddy, and Adrian talk about Chinese New Year and other "related" topics that are definitely not repetitive.
Episode 72: 2022 Wrap-Up
In this episode, the trio of EAA wraps up 2022 by looking back at the year and making resolutions for 2023.
Episode 71: Stereotyping and Political Correctness
in this episode, Adrian, Evan, and Roddy talk about national stereotyping and political correctness.
Episode 70: Super Humans?
In this episode, the trio talk about whether they think the existence of human humans will be better for the world.
Episode 69: Are we alone?
In this episode, Adrian, Roddy, and Evan talk about whether they think we humans are alone in the universe.
Episode 68: Gender v.s. Sex
in this episode, the trio talks about gender and sex.
Anything About Anything #15: Really?
In this backup recording, the trio talks about the recent Twitter takeover of Elon Musk's and more.
*Note: This is NOT a regular EAA episode but a backup plan if the hosts' schedules get overwhelmed. Keep in mind that this is pre-recorded and thus cannot be considered in chronological order when discussed with other regular episodes.
Episode 67: What are we talking about?
In this episode, Evan, Adrian, and Roddy attempt to talk about how fingerprint databases owned by the governments affects us, but them seem to have gone off track... again...