Parallel Barking

Arianna and Larry talk about three very different but dramatic events that happened in relatively close succession. 

Ari and Larry discuss how the US is faring as of 2022, the currents and changing tides along with lamentations on what we've lost.  For those that celebrate, happy Independence Day! 

We laugh at times when it is too painful to cry. It is hard to find the joviality in the circumstance of long-standing liberties being stripped away for over half the American population. Rather than a win for jurisprudence, this is a loss for social progress.  We review the majority opinion, for what its worth, discuss what it signals and why the specific text might not matter in the grand s...

It is easy to focus on what is happening on the ground in Ukraine and see the impacts it has on the surrounding areas, it is more difficult to see the connections between war in Ukraine and developments in the Pacific with Japan, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea, or the canceled transport of good through Lithuania. 

Apparently, this is an option now -- if you decide to get frisky in an insured automobile whilst also foregoing additional protection for your special members, then you might be able to shift the risk from yourself to whatever institution insures the space in which you are choosing to get frisky. But, does the plaintiff actually get the full $5.2M? Listen in to find out. 

There seems to be a pattern in Kings County, CA, where county prosecutor Keith Fegundes has filed two charges of murder for stillbirths and is the only CA prosecutor who has filed charges for a stillbirth in the last 3 decades.  Chelsea Becker and Adora Perez, a woman charged with murder in 2017, were prosecuted under Section 187 of CA penal code which states murder as "the unlawful killing o...

Barry Jones was convicted of murder and after two unsuccessful state trials where he was not provided with his "constitutionally unalienable right" to effective assistance and counsel on not one, but two occasions he went to the Supreme Court for relief.  Justice Thomas broke precedent and rules that the federal court can still hear proceedings of a criminal defendant if they have received in...

There are many things to say about this incident not least of which is that it is a tragedy that could be prevented. How do we prevent things like this from happening in the future? At first, it may seem relatively easy -- heck, Australia has gun-control on lock. Listen to Ari and Larry talk about what makes things so complicated in the U.S.

In the early morning hours of May 14, Russia cut off electric supplies to Finland, following a Thursday announcement from Finnish president and prime minister that they will hasten Finland's NATO membership application "without delay." Today, Sweden announced its intent to join NATO after a long history of neutralism.  

Ari and Larry continue their series on data security by discussing how data and control are crucial to the war effort.  

This is part II of II in a series discussing the series of events that took place, the mechanics and strategy of the draft opinion and where we can go from here.  Part II focuses on the ramifications of a leak of confidential information from the Supreme Court - regardless of which side of the Roe argument we land on, and what struggles we could see in the near future.

Although the title of this episode is a bit tongue-in-cheek, the gist of the argument is not that far-off. This is part I in a two-part series to discuss the Supreme Court draft opinion to overrule an over 50-year precedented case, Roe v. Wade, the circumstances under which the draft was revealed, and what this might look like in terms of future legislation.  Part I focuses on the argument pr...

This is the first in a series of pods covering the subject of 'security' in its many forms. This episode discusses the topic of food security: it's no secret that war in Ukraine has contributed to sky-rocketing food prices and broken supply chains. But what else can we look forward to, based on reactions from global leadership?  

The fact that China has been working on improving the J-20s is old news; same with China patrolling the disputed seas -- it's nothing new.  What is relatively interesting is the gradual, incremental way China has been able to unburden itself from international production dependencies and move toward fully domestic production. 

New bills being passed around state governments like beach balls on Spring Break. Larry and Ari talk about what's in these bills, what they mean, and what their authors are signaling to the public. 

Oh, yes -- we hopped on the bandwagon and joined the discussion about Will Smith's spontaneous reaction to Oscar Host Chris Rock's G.I. Jane joke. 

This is what happens, people, when you obsessively hold in your farts around your significant others.  Instead, some have used their farting skills to impress, and made a lot of money doing it. Who's in?

Larry and Ari talk about the details you'll find in the bill that passed the Florida Senate and the stricter bill proposed in Tennessee. 

After arriving in Canada, Alexander Malofeev, 20, was informed that his performances with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, on three separate dates--March 9, 10, & 12--were canceled. The orchestra's reasoning was that the current context did not allow for such an event to take place. The Vancouver Recital Society said, "The truth is that many in our city don't have the appetite for this c...

This week we take a little bit of a turn and review a Russian period film addressing societal issues that span the ages. 

You read that right -- this story covers none other than a habit-bearing believer troubled with shedding her bad habit. Puns completely intended.  

Had to talk about this! Gaming, human rights, the metaverse and international relations collide into one perfectly compact narrative about a notoriously mouthy gamer and the politics of the realities in which we show up. 

Many content creators have been able to successfully argue that their content falls under "transformative fair use," but others are facing hundreds of copyright strikes against them at once. Of course, with such inflated numbers, the court costs become astronomical and difficult for any individual to manage.  Intimidation tactics like this are not new and certainly show no sign of going away....

We heard a lot of stories about disgruntled travelers in 2020--a lot of which is attributed to the impacts of the pandemics.  This story flips the switch a bit and tells the tale of an emboldened, rather than disgruntled, passenger traveling from Syracuse, NY to ATL.  Tensions heightened in the Delta flight after the woman refused to remove the hairless, swaddled feline from her chest, a...

Stress levels have been high since the start of the pandemic, which could not be truer for South Korean workers, whose overtime hours are among some of the highest in the world. Up until July 2018, the South Korean work week was about 6 days, 68hours/week.  People are increasingly seeking out spaces to break away from the constant pressure. It's nice to be able to take a step back from the he...