Everything About Anything

Join Roddy and Adrian as they talk about wanting to move on from the school club they are each involved in, the eternal drive to seek the next sensation peak, and how this self-realisation drive might be associated with the role of religion and meaning. *Note: This is NOT a regular EAA episode but a backup plan if the hosts' schedules get overwhelmed. The pre-recorded session is thus not alway...

In this episode, the trio kicks off the new topic - Leisure and Entertainment - by talking about reading. They discuss their reading habits, preferences, and the challenges of finding time for reading. They also touched on the deterioration of linguistic sophistication.

Join Roddy and Adrian as they talk about irritating assignments and "frogs at the bottom of wells." *Note: This is NOT a regular EAA episode but a backup plan if the hosts' schedules get overwhelmed. The pre-recorded session is thus not always in chronological order in relation to regular episodes.

Join Roddy and Adrian as they talk about Lego, jigsaw puzzles, museums, travelling, and the revisitability of cities. *Note: This is NOT a regular EAA episode but a backup plan if the hosts' schedules get overwhelmed. The pre-recorded session is thus not always in chronological order in relation to regular episodes.

In this episode, the trio wraps up their conversation about democracy and free society by doing a freedoms and liberties tier list comparison. They discuss in detail the reasoning behind their ranking and reveal many deep-lying worldview differences when it comes to the premise of what a free society is.

Join Roddy and Adrian as they talk about the recent controversy about school hours and the holiday-ridden October. They also discuss the difficulty of changing the existing compulsory education system and what schools are not teaching but should be teaching. *Note: This is NOT a regular EAA episode but a backup plan if the hosts' schedules get overwhelmed. The pre-recorded session is thus not...

In this episode, the trio continues their conversation about democracy. The discuss the inefficiency of democracy and howlegitimacy is often gained through results instead of support, making highly democratised processes extremely ineffective. They also talk about how this prompts thoughts of the alternatives to democracy, and how the best compromise - representative democracy - is increasingly co...

In this episode, the trio has a conversation about the premise of democracy. They discuss the difficulty of following people's will, the disparity of democracy's goals and what happens in practice, and the lack of incentives that drives talents away from politics.

In this episode, the trio wraps up their discussion of Cross-strait relations. The talk about how some people push certain agendas and ignore the legal status quo, the weird obsession of the DPP's active undermining of the ROC government's legitimacy, and how cultural and national identity play a part.

Join Roddy and Adrian as they talk about the recent infamous assassination of political influencer Charlie Kirk and how some people must understand that political violence is not the way. *Note: This is NOT a regular EAA episode but a backup plan if the hosts' schedules get overwhelmed. The pre-recorded session is thus not always in chronological order in relation to regular episodes.

Join Adrian and Roddy as they talk about the peculiar revenge psychology in practice in modern politics and the grim situation of their clubs' recruitment. *Note: This is NOT a regular EAA episode but a backup plan if the hosts' schedules get overwhelmed. The pre-recorded session is thus not always in chronological order in relation to regular episodes.

In this episode, the trio continues their discussion of Cross-strait relations. The talk about the potential reasons behind the relative ignorance of the younger generations on the issue, the difficulty of navigating the sea of overwhelming information and the subsequent challenge of biased narratives instead of misinformation, and the incompetence and lack of information of the standardised curri...

Join Roddy and Adrian as they talk about course selection, social battery, anticlimactic plots in literature, and more. *Note: This is NOT a regular EAA episode but a backup plan if the hosts' schedules get overwhelmed. The pre-recorded session is thus not in chronological order in relation to regular episodes.

In this episode, the trio kicks off the new theme format with the first topic - Cross-strait relations: Taiwan and the World . Adrian gives an analytical view of how outsiders see the China-Taiwan situation and the influence of biased narratives from international media outlets on the issue. The conversation also touched on the age-old question of identity and its role in Taiwanese politics before...

In this episode, Adrian, Evan, and Roddy welcome a special guest, Kun, a civil engineering student at NTU. He recounts his personal journey to Taiwan, marked by visa rejections, the threat of conscription in Myanmar, and eventual support from Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kun talks about the corruption and instability in his home country, while also pointing out the danger of rising anti-C...

In this episode, Roddy and Adrian talk about the frustration and challenges associated with people's unwillingness to take responsibility. They also discuss why their generation is very commonly accused of instinctively criticising institutions instead of themselves.

In this episode, Evan, Adrian, and Roddy discuss exhaustion, underpaid student labour, and the toll of organising passion-driven events. They also explore whether extroverts have an advantage in modern society, debating how personality affects professional and social outcomes across cultures and industries.

In this episode, Adrian and Evan discuss the realisations they have had. They talk about the positions they have previously taken but later changed, the things they thought they would never agree with, and things others kept trying to convince them yet it took years before they understood.

Join Adrian and Evan as they talk about low interest rate policy, the overly competitive students in medical school, and more. *Note: This is NOT a regular EAA episode but a backup plan if the hosts' schedules get overwhelmed. The pre-recorded session is thus not in chronological order in relation to regular episodes.

Join Adrian and Evan as they talk about their completion of the freshman year of college, World Happiness Report 2025, and more. *Note: This is NOT a regular EAA episode but a backup plan if the hosts' schedules get overwhelmed. The pre-recorded session is thus not in chronological order in relation to regular episodes.

In this episode, the trio discuss the value of preserving and respecting traditions, the different approach by conservatives when making changes, how green energy is difficult in Taiwan, and more.

In this episode, the trio discuss the definition of the Woke Left. Adrian introduces his observation that links the obsession with identity politics with the difficulty in the pursuit of economic equality since the end of the Cold War.

In this episode, the trio discuss Gen Z's tendency to switch positions and opinions. The conversation also stretches into the realm of why their generation is despised by previous ones.

In this episode, the trio discuss the purpose and value of education and why students nowadays may be let down.

In this episode, the trio discuss Rodrik's Trilemma and globalization. Interestingly, each of them takes different stances.