Elegant Ramblings
Smart essays designed to make you think more deeply about the world around us
Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 24 in total of Elegant Ramblings with the tag “essays”.
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Episode 25: Episode 25: What's Wrong with Abundance?
June 15th, 2025 | 18 mins
arts and culture, book review, essays
My review of Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's book Abundance!
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Episode 24: Episode 24: Star Wars: A New Trilogy?
May 16th, 2025 | 24 mins 39 secs
#justiceforjohn, arts and culture, essays, fanfiction, star wars
I took a stab at creating a treatment for the first episode of a Star Wars trilogy that would have replaced the Abrams-Johnson-Abrams trilogy that we got
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Episode 23: Episode 23: AmeriCorps
May 4th, 2025 | 21 mins 30 secs
arts and culture, essays, government
My thoughts on the recent news of AmeriCorps shutting down and thoughts on the future of the program
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Episode 22: Episode 22: Is a Value-Added Tax inevitable?
April 7th, 2025 | 26 mins 20 secs
essays, fiscal policy, government
Weighing the pros and cons of a VAT in the United States
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Episode 21: Episode 21: Overrated, Underrated, and Rated Movies of the Last 25 Years
March 18th, 2025 | 20 mins 1 sec
arts and culture, criticism, essays, movies
My look at 10 films that are overrated, underrated, or simply rated!
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Episode 20: Episode 20: Oscars, Oscars Oscars!
March 1st, 2025 | 57 mins 42 secs
arts and culture, essays, movies, oscars
My look at the last 25 years of Best Picture winners, including my own personal rankings, this year's nominees, and the future of the predictive power of the Oscars. Plus, a drinking game!
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Episode 19: Episode 19: The Past, Present, and Future of Electric Vehicles
February 3rd, 2025 | 17 mins 18 secs
arts and culture, essays
My look at the history of the electric vehicle market in the US, from the EV1 to the BYD Shark
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Episode 18: Episode 18: Looking forward to 2025
January 20th, 2025 | 9 mins 35 secs
arts and culture, essays
My look at the movies, books, and music coming out over the next year
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Episode 17: Episode 17: A Premature Autopsy of the 2024 presidential election
December 1st, 2024 | 35 mins 29 secs
arts and culture, essays, government, politics
My look at the results of the 2024 presidential election, thoughts and takeaways
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Episode 16: Episode 16: What About Bob?
October 24th, 2024 | 31 mins 46 secs
arts and culture, essays
A look at the workings of rock stars selling their catalogs, with Bob Dylan as an example