Episodes

  • Entitled materialistic Americans and lazy apathetic Euros - culture clash!

    Entitled materialistic Americans and lazy apathetic Euros - culture clash!
    Feb 20 2022
    Are Europeans lazy? Do Americans only care about money and things? Why do Americans act entitled from a customer service perspective while most Europeans will "take what they are given?" What happens when all of these differences collide together in an increasingly 'borderless' world?    Is it in our DNA, or is it learned behavior?    Comments, complaints, praise & rants: feedback@lostempires.org twitter.com/lostempirescast gettr.com/user/brewer_patriot    
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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • Djokovic banned from the ’Australian Closed’ while Boris Johnson opens England?

    Djokovic banned from the ’Australian Closed’ while Boris Johnson opens England?
    Jan 26 2022
    Are we living in crazy world? One of the GOATS of tennis is detained and banned from Australia for 3 years while Boris Johnson makes a violent u-turn and re-opens the UK with an impassioned parliament speech. Omicron ushers in a new, even more, chaotic world of differing vaccine mandates & regulations. If that isn't enough, some folks are still worried about how to clean their backside as the great toilet paper shortage continues.   Seem like a lot? Yeah, we all need a drink.   Comments, complaints, praise & rants: feedback@lostempires.org twitter.com/lostempirescast
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Is conservatism the new punk rock?

    Is conservatism the new punk rock?
    Nov 17 2021
    We start off asking if conservatism has become the new counter-culture and quickly dive into the idea of quotas and try to understand why people can't elevate facts over feelings. We spend a good amount of time reminding you all we aren't racists as we discuss facts because somehow this is the world we live in.    How long do empires last on average? Around 250 years? Ahh, makes sense. 1776+250=2026. So America has about 5 years left....   Comments, complaints, praise & rants: feedback@lostempires.org twitter.com/lostempirescast Fans support: Lost empires Locals!
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    1 hr and 45 mins
  • Thomas Jefferson tumbles in NYC, Mexico asks Spain to say ”Sorry” - Is context dead?

    Thomas Jefferson tumbles in NYC, Mexico asks Spain to say ”Sorry” - Is context dead?
    Nov 1 2021
    We start discussing the recent trend of tearing down statues in America and Europe without any consideration for historical context or the positive impact on humanity also brought by these folks. As usual, as the whiskey begins to flow the conversation goes significantly off on several other courses, including free associating what the psychopaths must have been like who would sign up on a mission to discover the new world. This one is anything but boring folks.   And why are there Egyptian hieroglyphics of helicopters and planes? Is this evidence of interdimensional aliens or perhaps even the multiverse?    Comments, complaints, praise & rants: feedback@lostempires.org twitter.com/lostempirescast    
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    1 hr and 43 mins
  • Rising Covid cases spark vaccine passports in businesses and triggers a fiery podcast debate!

    Rising Covid cases spark vaccine passports in businesses and triggers a fiery podcast debate!
    Oct 26 2021
    What starts as a discussion sparked by the news that a Facebook whistleblower exposed the ways the company "controls the narrative" quickly turns into a surprisingly heated debate between Daniel and Alex on the right of businesses to impose a vaccine mandate for their customers. My body, my choice? Or viewing the unvaxxed as a danger to the community and society as large.    ...oh, and do the vaccines work anyway, cause the data on that's starting to look a bit disappointing.   Comments, complaints, praise & rants: feedback@lostempires.org twitter.com/lostempirescast      
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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • Noam Chomsky or General Pinochet - where we do we align politically?

    Noam Chomsky or General Pinochet - where we do we align politically?
    Oct 19 2021

    We take the Political Compass test (https://www.politicalcompass.org/) to see where we fall on the left/right scale with authoritarian/libertarian intersection. What do we learn? You'll have to listen to find out, but perhaps the greatest learning of all is that there is little representation for most of our feelings in today's ruling governments. Additionally there's little difference between so-called 'left' and 'right' anymore. 

      Basically, we're screwed.   Comments, complaints, praise & rants: feedback@lostempires.org twitter.com/lostempirescast    
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    1 hr and 54 mins
  • Patriots, deplorables, MAGA & a baby donkey

    Patriots, deplorables, MAGA & a baby donkey
    Oct 12 2021
    Join us on a journey through our Twitter follower profiles as Daniel learns American political "terms." Together we try to understand why our Twitter base seems like they might be "wanted" for storming the capitol. We explore what drives the way we all self-identify online and how this might be representative of our countries and social climate as a whole today.    Comments, complaints, praise & rants: feedback@lostempires.org twitter.com/lostempirescast
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • The Freedom to say what you want, be 600 pounds & not remain unvaccinated.

    The Freedom to say what you want, be 600 pounds & not remain unvaccinated.
    Oct 5 2021
    What starts as a classic debate on free speech differences between the United States & the rest of the world somehow mounts into a rambling diatribe about the right to be 600 pounds and obese, change your gender and have it paid for, or to take a vaccine or not.  Does our own rational approach towards unpacking these topics lead to changed perspectives by episode end? Maybe, but you'll have to listen to be sure.    Comments, complaints, praise & rants: feedback@lostempires.org twitter.com/lostempirescast
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    1 hr and 13 mins