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In the spirit of the Goliards, Rabbi Dave and Friar Cook bring you their irreverent and raucous views of the day.So come, fill your mug and sing boisterously along and ask yourself the simple question: What the Frock?
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Does God Care Who Wins a Football Game? (opens the original)
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After Ole Miss defeats LSU, quarterback Trinidad Chamblisscredits prayer, preparation, and God’s will for the victory. Rabbi Dave has heard enough. If God chose the winner, what does that say about the losing team? Why does God receive public credit after victories but rarely appear in the losing locker room? That postgame interview launches Rabbi Dave and Friar Rodinto a larger argument about the way human beings claim divine authority for their own ambitions. From football fields to European b
Chef Boyardee Saves Civilization (opens the original)
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Artificial intelligence may eventually destroy humanity,although at the moment it still struggles with fingers, factual citations, and the occasional straightforward instruction. That has not discouraged a growing class of researchers, former researchers, professional alarm-ringers, and extremely online prophets from warning that the machines could become smarter than their creators sometime next year. Conveniently, next year is always close enough to frighten investors but far enough away to av
Correct the Map? What The Frock Is Wrong With It? (opens the original)
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A map is supposed to help you find your way. Unfortunately, the latest attempt to “Correct the Map” may tell us more about modern politics than it does about geography. In this episode of What the Frock? , Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod examine the campaign against the Mercator projection, the familiar world map that makes Greenland look enormous, stretches Antarctica toward infinity, and leaves Africa appearing smaller than it really is. The distortion is genuine, but it is hardly a sinister plot. Ge
Hormonal (opens the original)
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There are bad arguments, and then there are bad arguments whose consequences stretch far beyond the case in whichthey were made. The defense of Lindsay Clancy, accused of murdering her three young children, raises precisely that kind of problem. If postpartum hormonesand psychiatric distress can diminish criminal responsibility, where does compassion end and accountability begin? More importantly, what happens when the reasoning offered to excuse one woman is applied to women everywhere? That is
The Cult in Your Pocket: How the Internet Changes What We Believe (opens the original)
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The internet was supposed to give us access to the accumulated knowledge of humanity. Instead, it may be making it harder to agree on what is true. This week on What The Frock? , Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod wrestle with a question that has become increasingly difficult to ignore: What happens when the device in your pocket doesn't merely provide information, but begins shaping the way you understand the world? It starts with something personal. Dave discovers just how much time his sixteen-year-old
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