Episode 94 – TikTok and The Pentagon Wars

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Show Notes 

• Ben and Josh take on evil zoos, Disney’s handling of Treasure Planet, and Josh’s rapid-onset adoption of TikTok and all the implications of that time-consuming social media platform. Finally they review ‘The Pentagon Wars’ (HBO Films, 1998) starring Cary Elwes and Kelsey Grammer while trying not to trigger their bureaucracy-induced PTSD.  
• Intro & follow-up (0-39:42)
  • F-22 Raptor IDL Incident (2007) 
  • Digital Nomad at Sea? 
  • National World War II museum in New Orleans (NYT Review, 2013) 
  • Audobon Zoo in conservation mode 
• Bad at Technology (39:42-1:10:38)
  • For the boys (TikTok) 
  • The Jar that represents your life 
• Bad at Rhetoric & “What I’m Reading” (1:10:38-1:20:19)
  • Persuasive appeals
    • Pathos 
    • Ethos 
    • Logos 
  • Why Treasure Planet Flopped 
• BGS (1:20:19-1:30:56)
  • How to play ‘Star Wars: Villainous’ 
• Feature: The Pentagon Wars (1:30:56-end)
  • DoD Acquisitions Flow-Chart (TRIGGER WARNING) 
  • The Bradley Development Sequence (WARNING: SCOPE CREEP) 
  • What Pentagon Wars got right on YouTube 
  • Sheep Specifications 
  • “I want to be an Airborne Ranger!” 
  • Inspector General report regarding the death of Pat Tillman (85 pgs) 
  • Vanguard epaulet shaper 
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  • Transition music by Jarus Rich 
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich