Scott Mike Podcast
Documentary Club – If you enjoy learning about people, life and the world around us, join us for our discussion and analysis of documentaries that dive into the minds of unique people, question human nature, reveal scientific discoveries and conundrums and generally challenge us to think about people, history and nature.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 57
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2022
Episode 36 - June 3, 2021
D-K: City of Evanston taking the lead in the nation on a local reparation program for historical discrimination against black persons.
News: Memorial Day brings a return to travel and gatherings; How…
Episode 35 - May 27, 2021
D-K: Facebook decision to bar posts asserting coronavirus was man-made and retraction of that decision in light of revelations on infections in the Wuhan province in a mine 9 years ago and in Novembe…
Episode 34 - May 20, 2021
D-K: USPS iCOP surveillance using facial recognition technology.
News: COVID update, EU travel restrictions eased, virus-sniffing dogs; volatility in the stock and cryptocurrency markets; Biden revea…
Episode 33 - May 13, 2021
D-K: Attorneys General from 44 states call for FB to cancel plans for an IG for kids.
News: Markets and economy dominating this week, including the April labor report and inflationary concerns; Elon …
Episode 32 - May 6, 2021
Dunning-Kruger... Governor Caitlyn Jenner? News: COVID vaccine progress, Summer Olympics, Peleton treadmill recall, SpaceX success and genetically engineered mosquitos. Regina King’s One Night in Mia…
Episode 31 - Apr 29, 2021
This week, Tucker Carlson is our D-K example. In the news, the global battle aginst COVID-19 continues to rage, the cornavirus reaches Mt. Everest, Biden’s spending spree, will we be able to eat meat…
Episode 30 - Apr 22, 2021
Is crime rampant, COVID reports from the US and internationally, the latest cryptocurrency rage, more on Mars exploration and movie reviews in anticipation of this week’s Oscars.
Episode 29 - Apr 15, 2021
This week Scott and Mike give the latest COVID report, discuss international issues, review corporate happenings and report on significant legal developments. In entertainment, Scott reviews the movi…
Episode 28 - April 8, 2021
In the news this week: COVID, FDA and CDC failures, more positive economic signs, Minneapolis police officer murder trial, Georgia voting law protests and immigration. In entertainment, we review W…
Episode 27 - Apr 1, 2021
This week's news and entertainment from the latest COVID information, Biden's newest announcements, US Postal Service overhaul, to opening of the baseball season and reviews of the movie Cherry and t…
Episode 26 - Mar 25, 2021
COVID, Afghanistan, Immigration, Gun Control, Reparations, Markets, Crime and the Duke of Sussex in news this week. Reviews of the movie Soul and the series WandaVision.
Episode 25 - Mar 20, 2021
Scott and Mike discuss this week's key news, including COVID developments, Amazon getting into healthcare, conclusions about foreign interference in the 2020 election, markets and economy and the Gra…
Episode 24 - Mar 11, 2021
This week - Meghan making things hairy at "Buckingpig" palace, vaccine bashing Russians, plus-sized pooches, Biden and the Dems stimulating Americans, economic euphoria, the worst movie ever (maybe) …
Episode 23 - Mar 5, 2021
Scott and Mike bring you the latest news about COVID, Google, the U.S. Bombing of Syria and Dr. Seuss, as well as information on the Golden Globes and movies and television series.
Episode 22 - Feb 25, 2021
Scott and Mike talk about the winter blast that gripped the U.S. last week, the problems caused by the Texas deep freeze, COVID, Mars exploration and more.
Episode 21 - Caffeine
Caffeine is likely the most used psychoactive drug in the world, though generally people don't identify it as a drug. While caffeine is relatively safe, it does cause biological responses in your bod…
Episode 20 - GameStop and Market Bubbles: Should You Care?
Scott and Mike review recent erratic trading in GameStop and discuss bubbles in the context of what a smart investor should know and do.
Episode 19 - Evolutionary Psychology and the Savanna Principle
Are women responsible for men's mid-life crises? Why do men find large boobs titillating? Scott and Mike explore a hypothesis referred to as the Savanna Principle which asserts that life on the Sava…
Episode 18 - COVID Conspiracy Theories
Conspiracy theories are not new, but they seem to be having an exceptional impact on thinking about current events, including the coronavirus and COVID. Scott and Mike will touch on a few of those an…
Episode 17 - Power of the President
Scott and Mike look at the formal and informal powers of the U.S. president.