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Not A Great Time to Have Kids?

AI leading to a new prosperity world ...or the end of it?

50 and Still Hungry

Benjie kicks off Episode 22 fresh off turning 50 — two surprise dinners, cigars with friends, and back-to-back long runs to prove he's still got it. VJ, meanwhile, spent his own 50th packing boxes for a move. From there the brothers fall into a familiar rabbit hole of food memories, trading notes on childhood treats, local Hawaii spots they grew up on, and the things you just can't find anywhere else.

Latchkey Kids in Paradise

In Episode 21, Benjie and VJ get sidetracked — in the best way — reminiscing about their childhood in 1980s Navy housing on Oahu. What starts as a recap of a YouTube video about Gen X tabletop gaming spirals into half-remembered stories about Scooby-Doo-inspired sandwich experiments, coffee poured over rice, a centipede lurking in the toilet, flying cockroaches dropping from the ceiling, and a nauseating C-130 flight to the Philippines. They also piece together their fragmented memories of Hurricane Eva — including their dad trudging home through the storm with a trash bag as a raincoat. Equal parts funny and oddly moving.

A Desire to Be Social

Is it natural to want to be social?