Joined by Jerah Milligan (Black Men Can't Jump in Hollywood) we discuss the wokest of Lethal Weapons: Lethal Weapon 2. Imagine a world where the police are against racist governments? Where Danny Glover fights Aparthied South Africa?  Where dads are told to respect their daughter's sexual agency?  Wow.  Beyond woke for 1988.  We also discuss criminalizing Black joy and how they screwed John Boyega in the recent Star Wars. Enjoy!

Lethal Weapon 2 with Jerah Milligan

The journey of Travis and Terezka Parks, national pioneers for The Rooftop in the Czech Republic, began with a seemingly simple mission trip. Little did they know that a chance encounter on the streets of Brno would not only lead to their marriage but would also ignite a shared passion for evangelism. This interview explores their unique story, the cultural challenges they've overcome, and the fulfillment they've found in sharing the Gospel, a fulfillment that Terezka says only Jesus can provide.

Interview conducted by Doug Apple in the studios of Wave 94 in Tallahassee, FL on Aug. 20, 2025.

Radio Interview With Travis and Terezka Parks - Aug. 20, 2025

8-20-25

A beloved picture book from two-time Caldecott Medal award-winner Sophie Blackall that transports readers to the seaside in timeless, nautical splendor! Watch the days and seasons pass as the wind blows, the fog rolls in, and icebergs drift by. Outside, there is water all around. Inside, the daily life of a lighthouse keeper and his family unfolds as the keeper boils water for tea, lights the lamp's wick, and writes every detail in his logbook.

Step back in time and through the door of this iconic lighthouse into a cozy dollhouse-like interior with the extraordinary award-winning artist Sophie Blackall.

Hello Lighthouse (Caldecott Medal Winner) By Sophie Blackall

"May prove to be the most important book of our time.”—Tim Urban, Wait But Why

The scramble to create superhuman AI has put us on the path to extinction—but it’s not too late to change course, as two of the field’s earliest researchers explain in this clarion call for humanity.

In 2023, hundreds of AI luminaries signed an open letter warning that artificial intelligence poses a serious risk of human extinction. Since then, the AI race has only intensified. Companies and countries are rushing to build machines that will be smarter than any person. And the world is devastatingly unprepared for what would come next.
 
For decades, two signatories of that letter—Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares—have studied how smarter-than-human intelligences will think, behave, and pursue their objectives. Their research says that sufficiently smart AIs will develop goals of their own that put them in conflict with us—and that if it comes to conflict, an artificial superintelligence would crush us. The contest wouldn’t even be close.
 
How could a machine superintelligence wipe out our entire species? Why would it want to? Would it want anything at all? In this urgent book, Yudkowsky and Soares walk through the theory and the evidence, present one possible extinction scenario, and explain what it would take for humanity to survive. 
 
The world is racing to build something truly new under the sun. And if anyone builds it, everyone dies.

“The best no-nonsense, simple explanation of the AI risk problem I've ever read.”—Yishan Wong, Former CEO of Reddit

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies By Eliezer Yudkowsky & Nate Soares, Read By Rafe Beckley

Woodland Pattern Radio - Episode 36: Kenneth Koch - Aug 23 2025

Protestors at DC's Union Station Yell at Vance, Hegseth and Miller Who Call Them "Crazy Communists"

Today's episode focuses on election map redistricting and how they play out in the US general election

Study Session Ep. 32 - Midterm Elections

AI browser assistants are a privacy disaster

Paul shows us his journey in the percussion world and the eclectic music it exposed him to through an eclectic set of people

Quantum Music: Dissecting the Modern Musician - Paul Westfahl (8/20/2025)

Copaganda! is a comedy podcast where we rewatch cop movies to learn about policing. Each episode I rewatch a classic cop film with a comedian friend and ask what makes the ideal cop?  
We break down what’s happening in the movie, what’s happening in policing when the film was being made and our own relationship to police and cop movies.

Did you know Dirty Harry inspired something called a “Make My Day” law, a precursor to today’s “Stand Your Ground” laws? 
Did you know when Miranda rights were introduced the cops lamented they’d never be able to solve a crime again? 
Does watching the chief yell “you’re a loose cannon!” over and over again make us think cops are best when they’re unregulated?  

We get into all this and more in Copaganda! Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.